ELT Calendar

Sunday, April 17th, 2011

2nd Oita English Language Teaching Seminar
Time: 9:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Simon Goddard Weedon, Kazuya Yamamoto, Ed Kellerman, Scott Aubrey, Monica Hamciuc, Antoinette Jones, Warren McDonald, Tristan Scholze, Meg Takemura
Organization: ETJ Oita (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Oita City, Oita Prefecture
Short description: The second Oita English Language Teaching Seminar will feature presentations focused on teaching English to students in elementary school, junior and senior high school, and college/university, as well as adult TESOL classes.

One-Day Certificate Course in Teaching Children (Nagoya)
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Speaker: David Paul
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: About the course: A general introduction to child-centered learning. All sessions are interactive.

The Power of Connection: How Twitter (and the Internet) Can Make You A Better Teacher.
Time: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Speaker: Barbara Hoskins Sakamoto (sponsored by Oxford University Press)
Organization: Nagasaki Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture
Short description: For our second full meeting of 2011, we are very happy to welcome - to Nagasaki for the first time - one of the busiest, most popular presenters in Japan.

Writing Center Workshop
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Jennie Roloff, Robert Moreau, Peter Cassidy
Organization: Yokohama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture
Short description: The workshop will have as its focus the writing center movement, its pioneers, important underlying philosophies, and some key practices that can be applied to a variety of institutional contexts.