ELT Calendar

Sunday, September 5th, 2010

Small, Simple Ideas to Increase Student Talk in Elementary and Junior High School English Lessons
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Ryan Hagglund
Organization: ETJ Sendai (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture
Short description: Ryan, co-cordinator of ETJ Sendai, will share some activities designed to increase student talk time and show us how to take standard "passive" games or common board games and turn them into something more language-oriented and student-centered.

Teach or Trick?
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:45 PM
Speaker: Marco A. Brazil
Organization: ETJ Saitama (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture
Short description: Music, movement, and games the secret to a "funtastic" and successful children's English class. Discover how you can enjoy teaching very young learners with their mothers or fathers in the classroom.

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ELT means English Language Teaching. The ELT Calendar contains information about conferences, conventions, workshops, presentations and other events of professional interest to teachers of EFL (English as a Foreign Language) in Japan, and the research communities of SLA (Second Language Acquisition), TESOL (Teaching English as a Second or Other Language), TEFL (Teaching English as a Foriegn Language) and others relevant to language learning and teaching English in Japan.