ELT Calendar

Saturday, January 31st, 2009

TEMI Teacher Training Seminar
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Helene Jarmol Uchida
Organization: NPO Teaching English Methods Institute
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: TEMI Teaching Children Teacher-Training Seminar Teacher-trainer: Helene J. Uchida, founder of Little America (www.

Tokyo: Briefing sessions on postgraduate course on teaching Japanese
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Teruyuki Zushi, the principal of the Institute of International Education in London
Organization: Institute of International Education in London
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: The Institute of International Education in London will hold briefing sessions on a postgraduate program on teaching Japanese as a foreign language that the organization offers in the British capital.

Shadowing and other out-of-class listening assignments
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Nicholas Bovee and Jeff Stewart, Kyushu Sangyo University
Organization: Nagasaki Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture
Short description: Nagasaki JALT wishes you a Happy New Year, and best wishes for the Year of the Cow! For our first meeting of 2009, Nicholas Bovee and Jeff Stewart from Kyushu Sangyo University will visit us.

Pragmatics in a Film Corpus: Challenging Assumptions about Authenticity
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Speaker: Donna Tatsuki, Kobe City University of Foreign Studies
Organization: Fukuoka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: It is generally believed that in EFL contexts like we have in Japan, film or video is a significant source of input for our learners. But how valid are our assumptions? Hasn't there been a generally uncritical acceptance of these assumptions? What has been missing, however, are studies to see in what ways film and media materials faithfully reflect the ordinary language used in natural conversations in the "real world" and in what ways they might deviate,if ever so slightly.