ELT Calendar

Saturday, July 31st, 2010

Teaching in English: Challenges for High School (The 9th Seminar on English Education at Kansai University of International Studies, Amagasaki campus)
Time: 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Keynote speaker: Tomoyasu Mizohata, Otori High School (Osaka)
Organization: Osaka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
Short description: Hosted by the Communication Research Institute & Department of English Education at Kansai University of International Studies, Amagasaki campus Co-sponsored by the Osaka and Kobe Chapters of JALT.

(1) Testing the new TOEIC Speaking and Writing Test; (2) Writing Fluency: What is it, and is it necessary?
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Terry Fellner, Saga University.
Organization: Nagasaki Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture
Short description: For our fifth event of the year, presenter Terry Fellner returns to Nagasaki to offer us two presentations. In the first, he notes that standardized tests such as ETS' paper-based TOEIC Listening and Writing Test have significant pedagogical implications for many high school and university courses.