ELT Calendar

Sunday, April 12th, 2009

ACET Special Workshop with Devon from Super Simple Songs
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:15 PM
Speaker: Devon Thagard from Super Simple Songs and Emi Uchino from Dicekey
Organization: Association of Childrens English Teachers
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: ACET proudly announces the speaker for our special workshop: Devon Thagard from Super Simple Songs. We also welcome our own Emi Uchino (Dicekey) as the warm-up presenter for this workshop.

Classroom Management
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Howard Barr, Yuco Kikuchi and Shoko Sato
Organization: ETJ East Tokyo (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture
Short description: Today's schedule:13:30-14:00 1) Easter related picture books and game ideas14:00-14:45 2) Classroom Management for mixed levels/age/abilities classesPresenter: Howard Barr In this workshop the presenter will list some points, highlight areas that cause problems, elicit more of these areas from the participants, suggest some activities that help to counteract the problems, following with a short Q and A session and suggest some further reading.

Doable Debate in the Japanese Classroom
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:45 PM
Speaker: Harry Harris
Organization: Saitama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture
Short description: Research affirms that debate can have an effect on thinking, speaking, and even writing skills. Students engaged in this activity learn about important issues and improve their ability to do research, think critically, speak logically, use language, and cooperate with others.