ELT Calendar

Saturday, July 17th, 2010

Mini Conference: A Day With Vocabulary
Time: 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Featured Speakers: Rob Waring, Philip Shigeo Brown, Rory Rosszell
Organization: Yokohama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture
Short description: Recently there have been great strides in the development of second language vocabulary acquisition. To provide a forum in which such research may be discussed, the Yokohama chapter of JALT and Kanto Gakuin will host a one-day conference on vocabulary.

Videotaping and Self-Reflection. What Do You See?
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: Greg Dunne and Sean Toland
Organization: Nara Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nara City, Nara Prefecture
Short description: In addition to physical conditioning and hitting thousands of balls at a driving range, a professional golfer will spend hours upon hours carefully examining videotape of his/her swing in order to observe any flaws or elements of the swing that could be improved.