ELT Calendar

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

Oxford Teaching Workshop Series 2010 (Sendai)
Time: 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Speaker: Setsuko Toyama, Ben Shearon, Miki Sakai
Organization: Oxford University Press
Location: Sendai City, Miyagi 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.

One-day Certificate Course in Teaching Elementary School Children (Nagoya, Aichi)
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Speaker: David Paul
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: About the course: A general introduction to child-centered learning. All sessions are interactive.

Elementary School English
Time: 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Speaker: Cedric Noto, Carl Zeman, Carla WIlson
Organization: ETJ Hiroshima (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture
Short description: Three presentations on English in elementary schools by teachers working in public elementary schools in Hiroshima and Yamaguchi. For more information, email hiroshima_etj@yahoo.

Motivating Children and Tips for Multi-level Class
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Various
Organization: ETJ East Tokyo (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture
Short description: Motivating children is one of the most important roles of EFL teachers. Since most children don't need English outside class, there has to be good reasons for learning English.

Motivating Young Adult Learners to Communicate
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Roberto Rabbini
Organization: Gunma Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture
Short description: After defining a successful communicative task, Roberto Rabbini will share a variety of student-led activities that generate real communication and enhance conversational skills and strategies.

(1) Highlights from the 2009 JALT National Conference; (2) Brainstorming on Future Programs
Time: 2:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: Ben Shearon, John Wiltshier, Kumiko Ota, Maggye Foster, Marc Helgesen, Ryan Hagglund
Organization: Sendai Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture
Short description: Join us for highlights from the 2009 JALT National Conference. Six of our members have brought back gems from the recent conference in Shizuoka and will share summaries, observations and discussion on these.