ELT Calendar

Saturday, January 29th, 2011

Tenri University - Nara JALT Chapter Joint Seminar: Beyond the New Course of Study
Time: 12:45 PM - 5:20 PM
Speaker: Various speakers
Organization: Nara Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nara City, Nara Prefecture
Short description: This event is cosponsored by Tenri University, Nara JALT, KELES (Kansai English Language Education Society) Nara Chapter, and NET Forum. There will be a variety of presentations.

An Online Interactive Vocabulary Learning Course
Time: 1:30 PM - 3:40 PM
Speaker: Trudie Heiman
Organization: East Shikoku Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture
Short description: The Lexical Portfolio is a corpus-based course for learning all high frequency words missing from student's vocabulary. Teachers can lead this course and interact with students while presenting a rich array of methods to learn and remember words.

Briefing sessions on postgraduate course on teaching Japanese (Tokyo session)
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Teruyuki Zushi, the principal of the Institute of International Education in London
Organization: Institute of International Education in London
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: The Institute of International Education in London will hold briefing sessions on a postgraduate program on teaching Japanese as a foreign language that the organization offers in the British capital.