ELT Calendar

Saturday, February 20th, 2010

Oxford Teaching Workshop Series 2010 (Okayama)
Time: 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Speaker: Barbara Hoskins Sakamoto, Laurie Thain, Yoko Ishii
Organization: Oxford University Press
Location: Okayama City, Okayama 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.

TEMI Winter 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 February 20-21 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.

Anatomy of a Native Check
Time: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Speaker: Ian Willey and Kimie Tanimoto
Organization: East Shikoku Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture
Short description: Many academic journals in Japan require "native checks" for English abstracts accompanying submissions in Japanese. However, the efficacy of such native checks has not been confirmed empirically.

From Curiosity to Competency: Intercultural Activities for the EFL Classroom
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: Jon Dujmovich
Organization: Gifu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture
Short description: Educators often speak of using activities appropriate for each language learning stage. However, when incorporating "cultural elements" into lessons, there is usually little consideration of the learners' developmental stage of intercultural learning.