ELT Calendar

Friday, April 17th, 2009

Spring Workshop Series Session One: Transition Songs: Managing Your Class Through Music
Time: 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Speaker: Devon Thagard, Troy McDonald, and Tanja Yoder of Super Simple Learning. Facilitated by Yuco Kikuchi
Organization: Kids English Education Project
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: Teaching young learners requires much more than knowing what language to teach and how to teach it. Managing a young learners' English classroom involves creating a welcoming atmosphere, managing moods and energy levels, helping children learn to share and cooperate, signaling transitions in a clear and comprehensible manner, instilling a sense of confidence in the students, and more.

'Terrific, I 'm Going to Be Eaten By Sharks.' Telling Funny Stories in Words and Pictures
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Speaker: Jon Agee
Organization: The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) Japan
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: In this two hour workshop author/illustrator Jon Agee will describe and illustrate how he takes an off-the-wall idea and works it into a dynamic 32-page word-picture narrative.