ELT Calendar

Sunday, February 26th, 2012

8th Annual CamTESOL Conference on English Language Teaching (day 1 of 2)
Time: 7:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Speaker: Jack C. Richards (Univ. of Sydney), Janet K. Orr (TEAL Services), Chea Kagnarith (Australian Centre for Education), Alan Klein (Univ. of British Columbia), Hoang Thanh Lien (Hanoi Univ.)
Organization: Cambodia Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
Location: Phnom Penh, Phnom Penh (Cambodia)
Short description: This is a conference for professionals in the field of English Language Teaching and related issues. The theme of the first CamTESOL conference was Practical Issues in Teaching.

8th Annual CamTESOL Conference on English Language Teaching (day 2 of 2)
Time: 7:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Speaker: Jack C. Richards (Univ. of Sydney), Janet K. Orr (TEAL Services), Chea Kagnarith (Australian Centre for Education), Alan Klein (Univ. of British Columbia), Hoang Thanh Lien (Hanoi Univ.)
Organization: Cambodia Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
Location: Phnom Penh, Phnom Penh (Cambodia)
Short description: This is a conference for professionals in the field of English Language Teaching and related issues. The theme of the first CamTESOL conference was Practical Issues in Teaching.

Power Seminars EFL Event
Time: 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Speaker: Donald Kinney (Kinney Brothers Publishing), Peter Warner (A-Go Man (Phonics) Products)
Organization: Power Seminars
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: Don Kinney's morning workshop is entitled "Permission to Speak: Decentralizing the classroom and creating student-centered learning activities". He will be introducing an educational approach that can be applied in classrooms for young learners to help them become more effective and more independent learners.

Pearson Kirihara Spring Teachers Conference 2012 (Osaka)
Time: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Mayuka Habbick, Ann Mayeda, Mari Nakamura, Goro Tajiri, Atsuko Takase, Shigenori Tanaka, John Wiltshier, and Kenzo Yoneda
Organization: Pearson Japan
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
Short description: Pearson Kirihara is pleased to invite you to the Spring Teachers Conference 2012 - Bring Learning to Life. You will learn about current trends in English language teaching from presenters who are leading in the field of English education in Japan.

TESOL Certificate Workshop: Motivating students to communicate
Time: 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Speaker: David Paul
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: How can we motivate lower level university students and adults to communicate? How can we motivate junior/senior high school students to use English more communicatively?.

Oxford Teaching Workshop Series 2012 (Tokyo)
Time: 10:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Speaker: Barbara Hoskins Sakamoto, Kathleen Kampa and Charles Vilina, Ritsuko Nakata, Setsuko Toyama, Kevin Churchley
Organization: Oxford University Press
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: Practical and interactive workshops from well-known presenters to help you teach children more effectively. Pre-registration strongly recommended.

APRICOT Plaza 2012 in Osaka
Time: 10:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Peter Morris, Kierryn Bowring, Mikiko Nakamoto, Yukako Manta, Samantha Kawakami
Organization: Apricot Publishing
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
Short description: Once a year event! Fun workshops and a great chance to learn about APRICOT materials. 10:30-11:10 Peter Morris Engaging, Interactive Activity Sheets Demonstrate fun examples and tricks with activity sheets that you can use in your class! 11:20-12:00 Kierryn Bowring Class and Curriculum Planning: Using Yellow and Blue Books Effectively Concrete strategies and learning activities that can be used and adjusted to your needs for every class! 13:10-13:50 Mikiko Nakamoto From Chants and Songs into Stories! (*in Japanese) 14:10-14:50 Yukako Manta From "just saying chants" to "expressing one's opinions through chants" (*in Japanese) 15:10-15:50 Samantha Kawakami Fun Activities with Guided Reading Determine purpose and pick the appropriate level.

Brain Rules, Tools and Jewels for Your Classroom
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Kim Horne, Japan Assoc. for Language Teaching (JALT)
Organization: Teaching Younger Learners Special Interest Group, Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Fukui City, Fukui Prefecture
Short description: Discover three ways the brain learns. Experience activities that showcase the forces of movement, repetition and emotion on students and learning.

Text-to-Lesson: Online Resources for Vocabulary and Lesson-Making
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Christine Winskowski, Morioka Junior College
Organization: Iwate-Aomori Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture
Short description: Why is vocabulary so important? Applied linguist Paul Nation says that students must know 95% of a text's vocabulary to understand it. What should teachers know about vocabulary? What online tools can help us effectively develop vocabulary materials? Finally, how can we apply what we know, and develop a lesson module from a text? In this session, online tools will be introduced and demonstrated to:Quickly identify useful vocabulary in a text - e.

Preparing Students for Speech Contests
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Justin Hunt (Nagasaki Commercial High School)
Organization: Nagasaki Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture
Short description: Preparing students for speech contests, and judging them, are part of many language teachers' jobs in Japan. In this workshop Justin Hunt will talk about the system that he uses to prepare his high school students.

Thoughts on ELT Materials Development
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Marcos Benevides
Organization: Shizuoka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture
Short description: Marcos will outline his how his experience as an ESL learner influenced his approach to teaching, and in turn how both continue to inform his work as a writer of ELT materials.

TESOL Certificate Workshop: Communication Activities
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: David Paul
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: Teachers will practice and assess a range of activities that motivate students to communicate. This will include the creation of new activities by teachers.

Using iPads and iPhones in the Classroom
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Daniel Beck
Organization: Gunma Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture
Short description: Mobile devices such as iPads and iPhones have become very popular with teachers and students. Combined with Apple’s AppleTV, instructors can mirror the screens on their iPads with screens or TV monitors in the classroom to demonstrate examples and use reference apps websites with learners.

Grammar Insights: From Swan to Thornbury to You
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Matt Wilson
Organization: Sendai Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture
Short description: Description:Michael Swan and Scott Thornbury's ideas concerning the development of grammar and its roles in the classroom will keep everyone interested for the first part of the workshop, as we will look at their ideas through their videos, presentations, and books.