ELT Calendar

Sunday, October 16th, 2011

KOTESOL 2011 International Conference (day 2 of 2)
Time: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Speaker: Stephen Krashen, B. Kumaravadivelu, Keith Folse, Thomas Farrell, Gavin Dudeney
Organization: Korea Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
Location: Seoul City, Seoul (South Korea)
Short description: The KOTESOL 2011 International Conference is a forum for educators to share their ideas, innovations, experience, action research, and major research findings.

2011 ETJ Kansai Expo
Time: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Speaker: David Paul, Janina Tubby, Lesley Ito, Kathleen Kampa, Charles Vilina, and many others
Organization: ETJ Osaka (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
Short description: Inviting all ELT professionals and those interested in English language learning and teaching. Comprehensive displays of the latest ELT materials for children and adults.

Power Seminars EFL Event: Young Adult Learners
Time: 9:30 AM - 5:15 PM
Speaker: Mat White, Vick Ssali, Ben Backwell, and Peter Warner
Organization: Power Seminars
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: Come for a full day of workshops focusing on activities to use with college aged students (and up). Mat White, Vick Ssali, Ben Backwell, and Peter Warner will cover a variety of themes from using movies and journal-writing with students, to activities for improving pronunciation and communication.

Cambridge ESOL Speaking Examiner training - Young Learners (in Tokyo)
Time: 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Speaker: Jim George
Organization: Cambridge English Language Assessment - JP004 (Luna International)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: Professional development day-long session to train experienced and qualified teachers of young learners, to be become Speaking test Examiners ("SEs").

Ethical ELT & Popular Songs, Active Neurons, and High-frequency Vocabulary
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker: Maggie Lieb, Meiji University
Organization: Himeji Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture
Short description: Ethical ELT In keeping with many professions that have ethical codes to guide their practice, this presentation will explore how to incorporate ethics into ELT and ensure our profession contributes to intercultural understanding and tolerance.

IIEEC - Oxford University Press Teacher Training Certificate Program Autumn Session Workshop 5
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Speaker: Ritsuko Nakata and IIEEC Teacher Trainers
Organization: Oxford University Press
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: Workshop 5 - Classroom management and lesson planning. Workshop content has been developed by Ritsuko Nakata (Co-Author, Let's Go) in cooperation with Oxford University Press and is aimed at all teachers of young learners who wish to become more confident and effective teachers.

Using Conflict Resolution Techniques for Language Learning
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Chris Stillwell (Sojo International Language Center, Kumamoto)
Organization: Yokohama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture
Short description: A language course that incorporates conflict resolution techniques can promote an alternative view of conflict as a potential opportunity for enhanced communication and understanding, with material that may have great power to stimulate interest and engage higher order thinking as learners use language not for its own sake but rather to communicate, negotiate, and mediate.

IIEEC - Oxford University Press Teacher Training Certificate Program Autumn Session Workshop 6
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Ritsuko Nakata and IIEEC Teacher Trainers
Organization: Oxford University Press
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: Workshop 6 - Using activities effectively. Workshop content has been developed by Ritsuko Nakata (Co-Author, Let's Go) in cooperation with Oxford University Press and is aimed at all teachers of young learners who wish to become more confident and effective teachers.