ELT Calendar

Saturday, June 30th, 2012

FETJ Teaching Guidelines Seminar
Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: FETJ Founder and Chairperson Aurora Dobashi
Organization: Filipino English Teachers in Japan (Tokyo)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: This is a 2-day certificate training program, held June 30th to July 1st. .

Oxford All-Japan Summer Tour for Teachers 2012 (Hiroshima)
Time: 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Speaker: Lucas Bohaty (Noda Gakuen) and one other
Organization: Oxford University Press
Location: Hiroshima City, Hiroshima 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.

Workshop: The comprehension hypothesis extended
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Stephen D. Krashen, University of Southern California
Organization: Extensive Reading Special Interest Group, Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: The talk will cover the implications of the comprehension hypothesis for language acquisition, and literacy development in general, and also other areas, including animal language (some interesting recent progress) and even conjectures about what we might expect from visitors from other worlds (some people think they are here already).

Online components, comprehensive solutions - a hands-on workshop
Time: 6:00 PM - 7:20 PM
Speaker: Robert Habbick
Organization: Nagano Chapter (formerly the Shinshu Chapter) of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture
Short description: Looking for a way to make your class more interactive with the addition of online components? Or a comprehensive solution for placing your students with an online placement test? Whether it be an online workbook, or a full online course, Cambridge University Press has material available now for you.

Call for Papers Due June 30th (Saturday)

One-Day Workshop on Syntax and Semantics
Call for papers due: June 30th (Saturday)
Event Date: September 8th (Saturday), 2012
Overview: Fuji Women's University will hold this one-day workshop on September 8th, 2012.