ELT Calendar

Saturday, October 23rd, 2010

Tokai Foreign Language Center: JALT Professional Development Symposium 2010
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Alastair Graham-Marr, David Barker, and several more
Organization: West Tokyo Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: "Helping Learners Build Multiple Skills by Setting Clear Goals, Developing Effective Methodologies, and Creating Appropriate Materials" Participating organizations: * West Tokyo JALT, * JALT Gunma, * JALT Shizuoka, * Ibaraki JALT, * Tokyo JALT, * JACET Kanto Chapter The symposium includes a keynote address, concurrent presentations, poster presentations, a plenary address and ends with an evening reception.

Get Neuro-Psyched! Memory and Learning
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: Robert S. Murphy
Organization: ETJ Kitakyushu (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: Want to improve your students ' memory? Better yet, want to improve your own memory? In this presentation, Robert S. Murphy will be discussing recent discoveries in brain research focusing primarily on Memory and Learning.