ELT Calendar

Sunday, February 22nd, 2009

Meet, Ask, Share and Help: Kyoto MASH '09
Time: 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: JALT members, MASH collaborators and language teachers
Organization: Kyoto Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
Short description: MASH originated in 2006 by MA TEFL students in the University of Birmingham distance MA program. MASH focuses on professional development through collaboration.

Teaching Workshop Series 2009 : The Teacher's Tool Kit (Osaka)
Time: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Setsuko Toyama, Kevin Churchley, Ritsuko Nakata, Kaj Schwermer
Organization: Oxford University Press
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
Short description: What shall I do next? Every teacher in the world has asked themselves this question at least once. Many teachers ask this question every day.

Meet, Ask, Share and Help: KYOTO MASH '09
Time: 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: JALT members, MASH collaborators and language teachers
Organization: Kyoto Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
Short description: MASH originated in 2006 by MA TEFL students in the University of Birmingham distance MA program. MASH focuses on professional development through collaboration.

One-day Certificate Course in Teaching Children (Fukuoka)
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:15 PM
Speaker: David Paul
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: A one-day certificate course in teaching English to elementary school children. A general introduction to child-centered learning.

Planning a curriculum
Time: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Beth Kaplan Wolff and Catherine Marich
Organization: ETJ Tokyo (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: Oral Communication classes are often assigned to teachers without strict curriculum requirements or guidelines, leaving teachers to decide on their own teaching approaches, course content and materials.

The Road to the Software-Armed Skillful Language Teacher
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Norihito Kawana
Organization: Hokkaido Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture
Short description: 1. The Road to the Software-Armed Skillful Language TeacherIf language teachers have their own e-Learning sites with photos, audio and videos, their teaching will be very powerful and effective.

Legitimate Participation in Academic Publishing: from the periphery to the core
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Theron Muller
Organization: Nagano Chapter (formerly the Shinshu Chapter) of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture
Short description: This interactive workshop will have two primary focuses. The first will be to encourage audience members to become legitimate participants in academic publishing by explaining different journal systems, including The Language Teacher (JALT's monthly publication), the JALT Conference Proceedings, and the Asian EFL Journal family of journals (free access online journals).