ELT Calendar

Saturday, April 23rd, 2011

Professional Development: Teachers of adults - Speaking test examiners
Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Jim George
Organization: Cambridge English Language Assessment - JP004 (Luna International)
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: POSTPONED: This event has been postponed from March 20 to April 23. Professional development day-long session to train experienced and qualified teachers to be become Oral Examiners (OEs).

Workshop on Lesson Planning
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: ETJ Fukuoka Committee
Organization: ETJ Fukuoka (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: Lesson Planning: Getting Inside the Organization of a Good Lesson. How can you organize each class to reach it's maximum potential? Spending time organizing your lessons can make your classes more fun and interesting, build trust with your students, and even help with discipline in the classroom.

(1) What is Reading Anyway? (2) Extensive reading and Blogs
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Speaker: (1) Joseph Tomei; (2) Joseph Tomei, Paul Beaufait and Richard Lavin
Organization: Fukuoka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: (1) What is Reading Anyway?Joseph Tomei, Associate Professor, Kumamoto Gakuen University Abstract: Extensive Reading proponents say 'Reading is caught, not taught'.