Newsletter
iCalendar
Google Calendar
Yahoo! Calendar
RSS feeds
Twitter
Facebook
JavaScriptELT Calendar
Sunday, July 15th, 2012
2-Day Intensive Certificate Course in Teaching English to Children (Shizuoka)
Time:
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Speaker: Marco Brazil, IETC Training Director
Organization: Institute of English Teaching to Children
Location: Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture
Short description: Learn to teach; teach to learn. Our IETC Certificate program is an intensive 2-day course that will teach you how to become a better English teacher to children with an emphasis on practical methodology.
Oxford All-Japan Summer Tour for Teachers 2012 (Sapporo)
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: Sapporo 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.
Practical Ideas for Teaching Pronunciation
Time:
1:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Ayako Kanamaru (Caritas Junior/Senior High), Chie Shiramizu (Kyoei University), and Terry Yearley
Organization: Yokohama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture
Short description: First presentation: There are two major strands for teaching pronunciation; segment-focused instruction (focusing on phonemes) and suprasegment-focused instruction (focusing on stress, rhythm, and intonation).
Opening your own school: How hard can it be?
Time:
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Malcolm Harding (CK Education), Tony Brace (UKPlus, Osaka), Matthew Reynolds (English-Please! Language Schools), Catriona Takeuchi (One World English)
Organization: Nara Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nara City, Nara Prefecture
Short description: Have you ever wondered about opening your own school? Four owners describe their experiences over the last decade establishing 7 very different English schools.
