ELT Calendar

Sunday, July 22nd, 2012

The Ins and Outs of Teaching Prepositions
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Speaker: Peter Warner
Organization: Sugiyama Jogakuen University
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: Prepositions are a big part of language, and helping students develop a sense of English prepositions can be enjoyable. This presentation will explain and demonstrate twelve steps of preposition lessons for children, teenager, and adult students.

Teaching games and songs effectively
Time: 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Speaker: David Paul
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: How can we use games and songs to maximise learning? Games and songs are used as extras by some teachers and just to have fun by others. How can we make them the central part of the learning process?.

Using assessment to promote learning in elementary school context
Time: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Speaker: Matt Hauca
Organization: Fukui Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Fukui City, Fukui Prefecture
Short description: This presentation focuses on potential ways to use assessment in the classroom to promote learning. It will touch on the following ares: current assessment practices (elementary school program), types of classroom assessment, and possible ways forward that benefit both teachers and students.

Teachers Finding Belonging Inside and Outside the Classroom
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Joseph Falout
Organization: Iwate-Aomori Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture
Short description: Teachers are often professionally dedicated, however they may face motivational difficulties largely due to lacking a sense of belonging both inside and outside the classroom.

Activities for children's classes
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: David Paul
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: Teachers will practice a range of activities. This will include the creation of new activities by teachers.

Professional Development through Collaboration on Quantitative Research
Time: 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Speaker: Gregory Sholdt (Kobe University)
Organization: Hiroshima Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture
Short description: This enthusiastic presenter will share his passion for quantitative methods while recommending a unique approach to gradually developing quantitative research skills through small-scale studies.