ELT Calendar

Saturday, June 13th, 2009

Native Checkmate
Time: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Ian Willey and Kimie Tanimoto
Organization: Okayama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture
Short description: Many Japanese journals require native checks for English abstracts. Are these native checks effective? The presenters describe a study that explored nursing researchers ' experiences with and attitudes towards native checks.

TASK based learning in the CLT classroom
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Peter Lutes
Organization: ETJ Okayama (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture
Short description: The speaker will discuss TASK based learning in CLT programs he has developed, offer suggestions for developing TLB programs that consider learners' needs and ability, teacher experience and training, and program constraints.

Learn through ENIE (English Newspaper in Education)
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: Toshihiro Yamanishi
Organization: Kitakyushu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: The presenter would say that he has not taught English but taught through English. Through this session he would like to share with the participants various merits of ENIE: English Newspaper in Education.