ELT Calendar

Sunday, July 26th, 2009

4th Annual Fukuoka JALT Applied Linguistics Colloquium
Time: 11:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Several speakers
Organization: Fukuoka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: 12:00-12:55 Featured Speaker: Kristen Sullivan, Teaching/Learning Principles for Oral Communication Courses The presenter will introduce the teaching/learning principles she believes are crucial for oral communication courses and will discuss how they were incorporated into the oral communication textbook Impact Conversation 1 and 2 (Pearson Longman) and how she applies them in her own classes.

Digital video in the classroom for teaching and motivating young learners
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Tina Koyama
Organization: ETJ Niigata (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture
Short description: Tina Koyama will share her recent experiences and lead a group discussion on using a digital video camera in the classroom as a tool for instruction and student motivation.

(1) Task Analysis; (2) Building Vocabulary
Time: 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: (1) Simon Weedon; (2) Joseph Siegel
Organization: ETJ Oita (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Oita City, Oita Prefecture
Short description: Task Analysis presentation:Task Analysis is an EFL term for deciding what activities will work with a given class. This presentation aims to provide a simple checklist any teacher can use, and to look at a number of classic classroom activities to see how well they match the classroom environment of the different attendees.