ELT Calendar

Saturday, April 10th, 2010

Examiner Training - FCE and CAE - Cambridge ESOL workshop
Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Jim George
Organization: Cambridge English Language Assessment - JP004 (Luna International)
Location: Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
Short description: A practical workshop incorporating a lot of professional development. Objective is to train experienced and qualified teachers to be become Oral Examiners (OEs) at FCE (CEFR level B2) and CAE levels (CEFR level C1).

Implementing Differing SLA Theories into Teaching
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: Matthew J. Jenkins
Organization: Kitakyushu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: Based on his Masters study with Monash University, Matthew will start by outlining some of the key differing theories in SLA. As each of the SLA theories is introduced, it will be immediately followed by a discussion on how it can be applied in classrooms, and the difficulties that might be encountered.