ELT Calendar

Saturday, December 10th, 2011

CoFFET/AFFETIS Launch: Teaching Guidelines Workshop and Christmas Party.
Time: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Lynn Suico
Organization: Community of Friendly Filipino English Teachers
Location: Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture
Short description: CoFFET's regional affiliate group The Association of Foreign English Teachers in Shizuoka (AFFETIS), will hold a day long workshop on "Teaching Guidelines.

The 8th Annual Conference on English Vocabulary Acquisition
Time: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Speaker: Yo In'nami, Brian Strong, Michael P. H. Rodgers, Masamichi Mochizuki, Kiwamu Kasahara, Rie Koizumi, Andy Barfield, Naoki Sakata
Organization: JACET Vocabulary Acquisition Research Group
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: JACET's Vocabulary Acquisition Research Group's 8th Annual Conference on English Vocabulary Acquisition will be held on December 10, 2011 (Sat) at Reitaku University Shinjyku Campus in Tokyo.

(1) Setting up an extensive reading course; (2) The Illusion of Synonyms
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Andy Boon (Toyo Gakuen)
Organization: Nagasaki Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture
Short description: Setting up an extensive reading course: the beginning, the middle and the endThis presentation / workshop will provide an outline of an extensive reading elective reading course for second year students at Toyo Gakuen University.

Discourse Frames and Materials Development: What is the connection?
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Mike Guest
Organization: Okayama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture
Short description: From teaching basic self-introductions to professional interactions within specialized domains, setting up frames for discourse enables better learner comprehension, deeper internalization, and greater transferability of both language form and skills.

My Share & Year End Social
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: Various Chapter members
Organization: Hamamatsu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture
Short description: Annual Year-end meeting where members gather and share an activity, idea, project, or anything else that is on their minds. This is followed by a social at another location (T.

Fukuoka JALT Bonenkai (end of year party)
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: It's a party!
Organization: Fukuoka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: Fukuoka JALT's end of year party is at Rollins, an American-style Italian restaurant bar in Akasaka for a 2-hour dinner. The dinner is a set meal, and the drinks are all-you-can-drink beer and wine.