ELT Calendar

Saturday, October 17th, 2009

2009 CUE Conference on ESP/EAP: English for Global Working, Living and Studying (day 1 of 2)
Time: 8:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Speaker: Featured speakers: Thomas Orr and Mike Guest
Organization: College and University Educators Special Interest Group, Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nara City, Nara Prefecture
Short description: The two-day event will feature an array of presentations, workshops and discussions on topics related to ESP/EAP teaching, including: materials development, pedagogy, ESP/EAP programs and syllabus/curriculum design.

TEMI Fall 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: TEMI's Fukuoka two-day English teacher-training seminar will be held October 17-18 at Little America, the school Uchida runs in Fukuoka; the seminar will include observing classes, review of methods and materials and discussion in both English and Japanese.

Briefing sessions on postgraduate course on teaching Japanese (Tokyo)
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.

Elementary School Teaching and the Implementation of the New English Curriculum
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Kai Pence, Meghan O'Connell and Warren Allen
Organization: Nagasaki Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture
Short description: For our eighth meeting of the year, three experienced Nagasaki area ALTs will share accounts on the reasons they chose to come to Japan. They will each talk about why they personally chose Japan as a country to live and work in.