ELT Calendar

Saturday, February 21st, 2009

TEMI Pioneer Seminar
Time: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Speaker: Helene Jarmol Uchida
Organization: NPO Teaching English Methods Institute
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: This is a 2-day weekend (Feb 21-22) seminar and includes observation of Little America classes, reviewing TEMI�@teaching methods, the usage of materials, games, and songs, discussion in both English and Japanese, reviewing a local elementary school pilot program, and consultation with Helene J.

(1) Demotivators; (2) Questionnaire Construction and Analysis
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Speaker: Keita Kikuchi, Waseda University
Organization: Fukuoka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: Two presentations will be given, one focused on more practical issues of how students are demotivated in language classrooms and what teachers can do about it, and one focused on research on how demotivators can be measured and analyzed.