ELT Calendar

Sunday, January 10th, 2010

Examiner Training - Cambridge ESOL workshop: Young Learners
Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Jim George
Organization: Cambridge English Language Assessment - JP004 (Luna International)
Location: Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture
Short description: Professional development day-long session to train experienced and qualified teachers of young learners, to be become Oral Examiners - "OEs". This workshop will cover the speaking tests for the three levels of YLE - Starters, Movers and Flyers.

Facilitating Technology-Enhanced Active Learning Strategies on Your Campus
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: James L. Morrison, UNC Chapel Hill
Organization: Computer-Assisted Language Learning Special Interest Group, Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: The JALT CALL SIG is happy to announce an event in Tokyo on Sunday, January 10, 2010 from 2-4PM at Showa Women's University near Sangenjaya station, 2 stops outside Shibuya.

Eureka! Finding a direction forward with research planning
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:45 PM
Speaker: Andy Boon
Organization: Saitama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture
Short description: In this workshop, Andy Boon will provide an overview of how to form and develop lines of inquiry when researching one's own teaching context. Participants will be encouraged to formulate or bring along research questions to work on.

Brain Science, Teaching, and Active Skills of Communication
Time: 2:15 PM - 4:20 PM
Speaker: Curtis Hart Kelly, Kansai University, Shogakubu
Organization: Matsuyama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture
Short description: Curtis Kelly writes, "For 20 years, I have been teaching 3L college students (low proficiency, low confidence, low motivation). In order to better understand them, I studied motivation and brain studies related to learning.