ELT Calendar

Saturday, September 18th, 2010

IGALA 6 Conference (day 1 of 3)
Time: 8:00 AM - 6:45 PM
Speaker: Call for papers deadline is Dec 31
Organization: The International Language and Gender Association
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: The International Language and Gender Association (IGALA) the announces IGALA 6 Conference to be held 18-20 September, 2010. Keynote/Featured SpeakersProfessor Deborah Cameron (Oxford University)Momoko Nakamura (Kanto Gakuin University)Ingrid Piller (Zayed University)The venue is Kodaira Campus of Tsuda College in Tokyo, Japan.

TPR-Storytelling workshop (Sept 18-20)
Time: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Susan Gross
Organization: Shimabara TPRS Teachers Group
Location: Shimabara City, Nagasaki Prefecture
Short description: September 18th - 20th 2010. The Shimabara City Board of Education is proud to support this workshop providing three days of training in TPR Storytelling, presented by Susan Gross.

MASH JALT Tokyo Equinox 2010 (day 2 of 4)
Time: 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Speaker: Scott Thornbury and Andy Boon
Organization: West Tokyo Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: 10. 00 - 10.

Conversation Analysis: Practical Applications for the Classroom
Time: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Speaker: Donna Fujimoto
Organization: Oita Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Oita City, Oita Prefecture
Short description: Language teachers are busy people, so it is a challenge to keep up with the latest research on pedagogy and language learning. This presentation will help teachers get an understanding of Conversation Analysis, a methodology which involves the microanalysis of transcriptions of talk, both institutional and informal.

Cypris Society: Virtual World Teaching Workshop and Meetup
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: Jean Paul DuQuette
Organization: Cypris Society
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
Short description: Come learn about teaching English in a virtual world. We'll begin with an introduction to Second Life in which we'll show you how to register, log in, and navigate.

Getting Back to Basics in English Language Teaching
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: David Barker
Organization: Gifu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture
Short description: English language teaching seems to be a steady stream of ever-changing trends. Many highly effective teaching methodologies have fallen out of favour in recent years because they are no longer deemed to be sufficiently 'communicative'.