ELT Calendar

Saturday, June 12th, 2010

MoodleMoot Mishima
Time: To be announced
Speaker: Several speakers
Organization: MoodleMoot Mishima
Location: Mishima City, Shizuoka Prefecture
Short description: The first MoodleMoot Mishima will be held on June 12th at Nihon University College of International Relations. Please see their website for details.

SCBWI Tokyo Translation Day 2010: Bringing Japanese Children's Books to the World
Time: 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Arthur Binard, Cathy Hirano, Cheryl Klein, Akiko Beppu, Rei Uemura, Tokuma Shoten, and Yurika Yoshida
Organization: The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) Japan
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: A day of presentations, critiques, and conversation for published and pre-published translators of Japanese children's literature (picture books through young adult) into English.

Let's Personalize it
Time: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Speaker: Brian Cullen and Greg Goodmacher
Organization: Oita Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Oita City, Oita Prefecture
Short description: Brian Cullen and Greg Goodmacher will examine how to personalize classes for your students to help them to share their own ideas and everyday lives in their learning of English.

Metaphor Elicitation as a Means of Investigating Learner Beliefs and Facilitating Reflection
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Joseph Sykes
Organization: Akita Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Akita City, Akita Prefecture
Short description: As part of the research study for his master's thesis, Joseph Sykes explored the beliefs of English language learners by getting them to compose original metaphors.

How and Why to Improve Reading Speed
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: Ken Gibson
Organization: Kitakyushu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: More and more ESL teachers in Japan are discovering the advantages of involving their students in an active reading program, rather than just leaving reading to students to do reading as homework.