ELT Calendar

Sunday, January 29th, 2012

New Finding Out
Time: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker: David Paul
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: New Finding Out is a multi-skill, child-centered, phonics-based course for elementary school children. In this presentation, David Paul will demonstrate how New Finding Out motivates children to be active learners, and how children can start with phonics and then move from phonics into reading stories.

2012 WE CAN! Spring ELT Forum (Osaka)
Time: 11:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Plenary speaker: Yoko Matsuka, Workshops presenters: Lesley Ito, Mayumi Tabuchi, David Staggs, Yasuko Hirata
Organization: mpi
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
Short description: Teaching English for REAL communication. Empowering teachers with a series of exciting, information-packed presentations and workshops.

The Annual Tenri University - Nara JALT Joint Seminar 2012: Reconsidering the Standards of Teaching
Time: 12:40 PM - 5:50 PM
Speaker: Various speakers
Organization: Nara Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Tenri City, Nara Prefecture
Short description: Schedule: 12:40-13:00 Opening Addresses 13:00-13:30 Presentation 1: Kazuya Nakakono (Unebi Junior High School) Looking Back at My First Year as a Junior High Teacher 13:40-14:20 Presentation 2: Yasuhiro Sakata (Takada High School) Pronunciation Practice for the High School Students Who Want to Be Elementary School Teachers14:30-15:10 Presentation 3:Takashi Yamamoto, Misa Naruse, and Motoyasu Saito (Tenri High School) Towards Establishing the a Unified Syllabus for the Whole School15:20-16:00 Workshop/Presentation 4:Matthew Apple (Nara National College of Technology)To Use Tech or Not to Use Tech: Is This Even the Right Question?This part-lecture, part-workshop will first offer a set of criteria for assessing the use of technology in the language classroom, after which participants will be invited to examine a list of potential language learning activities and discuss what technology could be used to help the learning process.

Communicate / Motivate
Time: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Speaker: David Paul
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: Communicate and Motivate are intended for low-level university classes, junior/senior high school communication classes, and adults. In this presentation, David Paul will give an overview of the courses and demonstrate how they motivate students to communicate more actively.

Winter Potpourri: Practical tips, Pronunciation training, Collaborative Research, and Online Exchange with Dubai
Time: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Stuart Mclean, Gabor Pinter, Greg Sholdt, and Laura Markslag
Organization: Osaka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
Short description: Doors open at 1:00. Dinner at a nearby restaurant for those interested will follow the presentations after 5:00.

ABAX Day at Shinshu JALT
Time: 1:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Speaker: Marcos Benevides (J.F. Oberlin University), Michael Stout (Toyo Gakuen University), Alastair Graham-Marr (Tokyo University of Science), Hugh Graham-Marr (Meiji University)
Organization: Nagano Chapter (formerly the Shinshu Chapter) of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Ueda City, Nagano Prefecture
Short description: Four presenters, four presentations. A look at task-based learning, followed by a look at narrow reading 2.

Are We Really 'Teaching' Listening?
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: David Barker
Organization: Hokkaido Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture
Short description: Many people have made the observation that we do not really teach listening; we just keep testing it. Indeed, most of our materials are based on the assumption that students‚ listening skills will naturally improve through exposure to a series of listening texts accompanied by questions and tasks designed to test their comprehension.

(1) Authentic Materials and Copyright;
(2) Visual Design for Language Learners

Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Both presentations by Cameron Romney
Organization: Sendai Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture
Short description: This event, featuring two presentations by Cameron Romney, is co-sponsored by the JALT Materials Writer's SIG. (1) Authentic Materials and Copyright14:00 - 15:30Authentic materials such as newspapers and videos are protected by copyright.

Briefing sessions on postgraduate course on teaching Japanese (Nagoya)
Time: 2:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Teruyuki Zushi, the principal of the Institute of International Education in London
Organization: Institute of International Education in London
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: The Institute of International Education in London will hold briefing sessions on a postgraduate program on teaching Japanese as a foreign language that the organization offers in the British capital.

Communication Strategies
Time: 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
Speaker: David Paul
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: Communication Strategies is a topic based course for intermediate and upper intermediate university students and adults. This presentation will demonstrate how the course covers the vocabulary, patterns and collocations students need to commicate actively within a range of relevant and interesting topics.

The Secrets of Successful Language Learners
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Four Successful Language Learners
Organization: Hiroshima Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture
Short description: Today's speakers:Keiso Tatsukawa (Hiroshima University professor)Akiko Furutani (JTB Global Marketing & Travel guide and interpreter)Monika Szirmai (Hiroshima International University professor)Tomoka Ogawa (Hiroshima University 3rd-year student)Ever wondered what motivates individuals to learn the language? Four successful language learners will tell about their journeys to language learning success.

Communicate / Motivate (second time today)
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Speaker: David Paul
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: Communicate and Motivate are courses are intended for low-level university classes, junior/senior high school communication classes, and adults. In this presentation, David Paul will give an overview of the courses and demonstrate how they motivate students to communicate more actively.

Seven Secrets of Successful EFL
Time: 9:00 PM - 10:30 PM
Speaker: Hans Mol
Organization: The International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language, Young Learners and Teenagers Special Interest Group
Location: Online, Online Events (Online Event)
Short description: Note: This is an online seminar being held Sunday 29th January 12:00 CET/11:00 GMT, which is 21:00 (9 PM) on the same day in Japan. The event takes place in the IATEFL online conference room; click here for details on how to connect.

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