ELT Calendar

Saturday, May 15th, 2010

Korea TESOL 2010 National Conference
Time: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Speaker: Call for papers due April 4
Organization: Korea Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
Location: Daegu City, Daegu (South Korea)
Short description: The theme of KoTESOL's 2010 National Conference is Learning to Teach, Teaching to Learn: Lessons from the Classroom. The deadline for the call for presentations is April 4, 2010.

Giant Steps: The Project to Internationalize EIKEN
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: M. Todd Fouts, Chief Editor, Test Development and Research, The Society for Testing English Proficiency (STEP), Inc.
Organization: Hokkaido Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Obihiro City, Hokkaido Prefecture
Short description: (This presentation will be held on May 15 in Obihiro, and May 16 in Sapporo. )I used to tell people, when I spoke to educators outside Japan, that EIKEN was the biggest test they'd never heard of.

Preview of JALT 2010 and 18th International Conference on Pragmatics and Language Learning
Time: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Speaker: Donna Tatsuki
Organization: Kobe Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture
Short description: Donna Tatsuki, Co-Chair of the 36th JALT International Conference, will provide the audience with a sneak peek at the 36th Annual International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning & Educational Materials Exposition as well as the the 18th International Conference on Pragmatics and Language Learning.

Collaborative Professional Development through Peer Observation
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Speaker: Christopher Stillwell
Organization: Fukuoka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: Teaching has been famously referred to as the 'egg carton profession' because teachers are typically isolated from one another in their classrooms, but teachers are fortunate in that they have a valuable and free resource in their midst -- other teachers.

The Communicative Classroom: What can be taught?
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: Alastair Graham-Marr
Organization: Gifu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture
Short description: This talk examines what elements in a communicative classroom can be taught and what elements can only be developed through enough exposure and practice.