ELT Calendar

Saturday, July 14th, 2012

2 Day Young Learner Teacher Training Program.
Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Chris Espiritu Reyes Lynn Suico
Organization: Community of Friendly Filipino English Teachers
Location: Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture
Short description: YLTTP from CoFFET brings to aspiring teachers a new teacher training program for those who want to teach students in pre-schools, elementary and junior high schools.

FAB3: First Annual Brain Days (International Three-Day TEFL Certification Event)
Time: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Speaker: Curtis Kelly, Marc Helgesen, Tim Murphey, Robert Murphy
Organization: FAB NeuroELT Conference
Location: Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: How can Neuroscience, Psychology, and English Language Teaching (ELT) inform each other for the benefit of students and teachers? This question is at the core of our FAB events.

Oxford All-Japan Summer Tour for Teachers 2012 (Ashikawa, Hokkaido)
Time: 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Speaker: Geordie McGarty (Moon Tree English School), Michael Mielke (Little Tree English School)
Organization: Oxford University Press
Location: Asahikawa City, Hokkaido Prefecture
Short description: From mid-June to late-September, Oxford University Press will be holding a tour of 30 cities across the country. There will be presentations at each venue on teaching pre-schoolers and children up to the age of 12.

Conversation Strategies: Teaching, Learning & Motivation
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Ivan Brown (Joetsu University of Education)
Organization: Niigata Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture
Short description: More information can be found on the JALT Niigata events pageA: Hi, how’s it going? B: Oh, not too bad, thanks. You? A: Yeah, pretty good, thanks.