ELT Calendar

Saturday, March 12th, 2011

CANCELED: Oxford Teaching Workshop Series 2011: A New Start for English in Japan (Niigata)
Time: 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Speaker: Ritsuko Nakata, Setsuko Toyama, Ben Shearon
Organization: Oxford University Press
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture
Short description: Canceled. Karl O'Callaghan (Oxford University Press) has posted on facebook: "For anyone thinking of going to the Oxford Teaching Workshop Series in Niigata tomorrow: Sorry but we have had to cancel it.

2011 We Can! Spring ELT Forum (Fukuoka)
Time: 12:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Speaker: Yoko Matsuka, Mayumi Tabuchi, Rumiko Kido
Organization: mpi
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: McGraw-Hill Education and mpi present a series of exciting, information-packed presentations and workshops for all Japanese and native English teachers in Japan.

Behavior Management: Sleeping in class, playing with phones, teacher hair loss... arrgh!
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: Matthew Jenkins
Organization: Kitakyushu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: Undoubtedly, the best way to engage students is to get them to enjoy themselves. However, despite all efforts, at all levels of education, there are times when some student plays up, messes with a cell phone, or has overdosed on karaoke the night before and is sleepy in class.