ELT Calendar

Sunday, December 19th, 2010

Learn How to Make Chants from Carolyn Graham the Founder
Time: 9:40 AM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Carolyn Graham
Organization: JJ Fellowship
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: Given the limited time of the classroom, teachers are always looking for ways to maximize their students ability to express themselves in English. Using chants, which are chunks of natural rhythmic conversation, is one of the best methods to enable your students to be able to do this.

In My Life: Conversation Strategies and Personalized Content to the Max
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: David Kluge
Organization: Toyohashi Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: How can we get our students interested and participating in conversation classes? This is a question the presenter had struggled with until a little over ten years ago.

Best of JALT 2010: Highlights from the 2010 JALT National Conference (with short brainstorming session on future programs)
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: JALT Sendai Members
Organization: Sendai Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture
Short description: Several of our members will bring back gems from the 2010 JALT National Conference in Nagoya and will share summaries, observations and discussion on these.