ELT Calendar

Sunday, October 24th, 2010

Chugoku ELT Expo
Time: 9:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Speaker: Many speakers
Organization: ETJ Hiroshima (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture
Short description: Bringing together all English teachers. There will be presentations and materials for college teachers, high school teachers.

Presentations: Practice makes perfect! and Annual Business Meeting
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Daniel Mills, Jhana Bach, Kelly Butler and Stephen Dalton
Organization: Kyoto Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
Short description: 1:30-2:00 Registration and Opening 2:00-2:45Examining the "carry-over effect" by Daniel Mills (Room 1) From Boxed In Daughters to Carnivore Women by Jhana Bach (Room 2) 2:45-3:15 Break 3:15-4:00 Thinking Outside the Film by Kelly Butler (Room 1) Novel Strategies with Content in EFL Classrooms by Stephen Dalton (Room 2) Presenters and Abstracts Examining the "carry-over effect" By Daniel MillsIn recent years, research in the field of Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) has shown that technology can be used to increase students' willingness to communicate and decrease foreign language anxiety.

ELT and the Science of Happiness: Positive psychology in the classroom
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Marc Helgesen, Miyagi Gakuin Women's University
Organization: Iwate-Aomori Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture
Short description: Positive, motivated students -- engaged in what they are studying and with each other -- learn more. How do we facilitate that positive attitude in the classroom? This activity-based session looks at ways positive psychology (TIME magazine calls it "The science of happiness") can be combined with clear language learning goals for active, invested learning.

Creative Solutions for Reading, TOEIC and E-Learning
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Tomomi Katsuki, Cambridge University Press
Organization: Shizuoka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture
Short description: As I travel the country in my role as an ELT representative, there are three questions that I frequently get asked: What's new? ; Have you got anything for TOEIC?; and, What do you have for e-Learning? In this presentation I will answer these three questions, introducing a range of new materials.