ELT Calendar

Saturday, September 24th, 2011

Cambridge ESOL examiner training for KET and PET (in Okayama)
Time: 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Speaker: Jim George
Organization: Cambridge English Language Assessment - JP004 (Luna International)
Location: Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture
Short description: Professional development day-long session to train experienced and qualified teachers to be become Oral Examiners (OEs). This workshop will cover the speaking tests for the Key English Test (KET) and Preliminary English Test (PET), the Lower Main Suite of Cambridge ESOL's examinations for adults (CEFR levels A2 and B1).

Typography and document design for classroom materials
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker: Cameron Romney
Organization: Akita Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Akita City, Akita Prefecture
Short description: Many teachers give students handouts of some sort in the classroom. Whether these are in-class activities or homework, the content of the handout is only half of the document.

Oxford All-Japan Summer Tour (Tsu, Mie)
Time: 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Speaker: Caroline Marie Gerner, Eric Kane
Organization: Oxford University Press
Location: Tsu City, Mie Prefecture
Short description: Schedule:11:20 - 12:00 How can I use puppets for English and other subjects? by Caroline Marie Gerner (Ivy International Kids School) 12:20 - 13:00 How can I teach my students to read through phonics? by Eric Kane (ELF Learning).

Oxford All-Japan Summer Tour (Kochi)
Time: 11:20 AM - 1:00 PM
Speaker: Gerard Marchesseau (Naruto Daigaku), Joshua Kidd (JAK English School, Tochigi)
Organization: Oxford University Press
Location: Kochi City, Kochi Prefecture
Short description: 11:20 - 12:00 How can I teach my students to read through phonics? by Gerard Marchesseau (Naruto Daigaku) 12:20 - 13:00 How do I teach songs? by Joshua Kidd (JAK English School, Tochigi) For full details and preregistration, please visit the OUP Summer Tour schedule.

Fabulous Fun Activities for Teaching English to Children
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Yoshihisa Nashiro
Organization: Okinawa Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nago City, Okinawa Prefecture
Short description: Prof. Nashiro has had extensive training and experience in "English through Music" and many methods of interpretation (including similtaneous, relay etc) and has been successfully running his own language school for nearly two decades.

Bringing Pragmatics to the Classroom
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Jim Ronald (Hiroshima Shudo University)
Organization: Hiroshima Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture
Short description: Pragmatics is a key part of everything we say and write, and how we respond. .

Raising Children Bilingually in Japan: A Joint Event by Kobe JALT Chapter and Bilingualism SIG
Time: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Speaker: Panelists: York Weatherford, Janina Tubby, Steven Nishida and Elizabeth Yoshikawa. Moderator: Tim Greer
Organization: Kobe Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture
Short description: For many foreign and international families living in Japan, there is both a need and a desire to raise their children in both Japanese and another language.

Developing intercultural communicative competence through intercultural mediation: Questioning the aims of foreign language education
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: Stephanie Houghton
Organization: Fukuoka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR, published ten years ago) has been influential not only in Europe, but also in East Asia and the Americas.