ELT Calendar

Saturday, February 11th, 2012

Today is National Foundation Day (Kenkoku-kinen-no-hi)

Oxford Teaching Workshop Series 2012 (Saitama)
Time: 10:30 AM - 2:20 PM
Speaker: Kathleen Kampa and Charles Vilina, Ritsuko Nakata, Setsuko Toyama
Organization: Oxford University Press
Location: Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture
Short description: Practical and interactive workshops from well-known presenters to help you teach children more effectively. Pre-registration strongly recommended.

Developing resources for self-directed learning
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: Paul Collett (Shimonoseki City University), Kristen Sullivan (Shimonoseki City University)
Organization: Kitakyushu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: Helping our students to develop as self-regulated learners able to successfully engage with learning tasks involves helping them to acquire certain skills, strategies and approaches that they can apply both in and out of the classroom.