ELT Calendar

Saturday, July 24th, 2010

Intercultural Communication in Practice: Insights from the (Foleshill) Field
Time: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Speaker: Minoru Yoshioka
Organization: East Shikoku Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kochi City, Kochi Prefecture
Short description: This presentation will share some insights and lessons learned by the presenter, Minoru Yoshioka, who lived and worked in a ‘hyper diverse’ area of Britain.

Creative Use of Silence
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Joseph Shaules
Organization: Sendai Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture
Short description: Silence in a classroom can be terrifying. It can signal a lack of understanding or an activity that isn't working.

Teaching a Process Approach to Paragraph Writing
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Peter Neff
Organization: Okayama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture
Short description: Academic writing skills can be one of the most challenging yet rewarding skills to teach to EFL learners. This presentation will focus on ways to guide students through the stages of writing a clear, cohesive, and well-organized paragraph – knowledge which they can also utilize for later essay writing.

Examining Learner Autonomy Dimensions
Time: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Speaker: Jonathan Aliponga (Kansai University of International Studies, Craig Gamble (Kansai Gaida), Yasuko Koshiyama (Kansai University of International Studies), Keiko Yoshida (Kobe Gaidai)
Organization: Kobe Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture
Short description: Learners who take responsibility for their own learning, make their own choices and capable of self-reflection, are found to be successful learners. Unlike learners from the West, studies on learner autonomy revealed that Japanese students do not possess these characteristics.

Cypris Society Workshop: Introduction to Virtual Worlds and Teaching
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: Jean-Paul Duquette
Organization: Cypris Society
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
Short description: Cypris Society's first workshop on virtual world language learning. We'll begin with an introduction to Second Life in which we'll show you how to register, log in, and navigate.

Communication Spotlight: Rationalizations and Developments
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Speaker: Alastair Graham-Marr
Organization: Fukuoka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: Over the past several years, the Communication Spotlight textbook series has been growing quickly in the Japanese EFL market, representing a break from some of the more standard texts.