ELT Calendar

Saturday, February 13th, 2010

MoodleMoot Japan 2010 (day 1 of 2)
Time: 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Several speakers
Organization: Moodle Association of Japan
Location: Hakkodate City, Hokkaido Prefecture
Short description: MoodleMoot is a conference or series of workshops to learn about Moodle, the very popular open-source Course Management System. Attendees vary in expertise from newbies to developers and administrators.

Mini Conference: English Activities for Elementary Schools
Time: 9:45 AM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Tokio Watanabe, Tatsuto Tagami, Takamasa Motoyama, Tonya Kneff, Amanda Carr, Sue Fraser, Erin King and Shinobu Koya.
Organization: Nagano Chapter (formerly the Shinshu Chapter) of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture
Short description: 10:00 Tatsuto Tagami, Using English outside the English classroom (Japanese) 10:35 Takamasa Motoyama, Putting together 45 minutes of English activities to make a fun lesson (Japanese) 10:35 Tonya Kneff, Which language to use in the classroom? (English) 11:10 Amanda Carr, The Elementary English Environment - Comfort and Communication (Japanese) 11:10 Sue Fraser, Communicative Teaching (English) 11:45 Erin King and Shinobu Koya, Communication is Key: A Look into a Team-Teaching Relationship (Japanese) 13:45 Main Speaker: Tokio Watanabe, A Vision for Elementary School English Activities: English activities for non-linguists to tackle alone (Japanese with English subtitles) Followed by group discussions.

Oxford Teaching Workshop Series 2010 (Yokohama)
Time: 10:00 AM - 4:15 PM
Speaker: Charles Vilina, Setsuko Toyama, Miki Sakai, Marco Brazil
Organization: Oxford University Press
Location: Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture
Short description: This fun and informative day involves lively and hands-on workshops for teachers of English to children in nine cities throughout Japan:* Sunday, January 31st OUP Teaching Workshop in Sendai * Sunday, February 7th OUP Teaching Workshop in Fukuoka* Saturday, February 13th OUP Teaching Workshop in Yokohama * Sunday, February 14th OUP Teaching Workshop in Nagoya * Saturday, February 20th OUP Teaching Workshop in Okayama * Sunday, February 21st OUP Teaching Workshop in Osaka * Sunday, February 28th OUP Teaching Workshop in Tokyo * Sunday, March 7th OUP Teaching Workshop in Sapporo * Sunday, March 14th OUP Teaching Workshop in Niigata Come and join this year's Oxford Teaching Workshop series.

NPO TEMI Seminar in Gunma (for first-time attendees)
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Helene Jarmol Uchida
Organization: NPO Teaching English Methods Institute
Location: Gunma City, Gunma Prefecture
Short description: TEMI (Teaching English Methods Institute), a nonprofit organization founded by Helene J. Uchida, the Language Connection's "Primary Advice" columnist, will offer English teacher-training seminars for novices and veterans regarding teaching English to preschoolers and primary school students in the following cities in February: * Gunma: February 13 (for first time attendees), * February 14 (for veterans) at Matsubara Youchien in Gunma, Oizumi-machi.

CALL in the classroom: Possibilities and outcomes
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: Paul Collett and Malcolm Swanson
Organization: Kitakyushu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: This session features two CALL-based presentations. Microblogging in the classroomPaul Collett will demonstrate some easy ways to work with the Twitter stream, bringing this rich authentic language source into the classroom in a controlled way.