ELT Calendar

Sunday, December 4th, 2011

2011 ETJ Kyushu Expo
Time: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Speaker: Various speakers
Organization: ETJ Fukuoka (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: Bringing together ALL kinds of English teachers!The Kyushu English Language Teaching Expo is the premiere event of the year for all teachers of English in the Kyushu region.

Certificate Course in Teaching Conversation Skills to Japanese University Students (Tokyo)
Time: 1:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Speaker: Jerry Talandis Jr (Toyo Gakuen University), Bruno Vannieu (Kobe University)
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: Teaching oral communication to groups of Japanese students (such as university or high school classes) requires solid professional skills. This certificate training course will give participating teachers an understanding of the cultural factors at play in a Japanese university and a working knowledge of the Immediate Method, a set of classroom management principles that have proven effective in the Japanese context.