ELT Calendar

Saturday, October 6th, 2012

The 10th Asia TEFL International Conference (day 3 of 3)
Time: To be announced
Speaker: Call for papers due April 30, 2012
Organization: The Asian Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language
Location: Delhi, Delhi (India)
Short description: The 10th Asia TEFL conference will be held in Delhi, India on October 4-6, 2012. The conference theme is Expanding Horizons of Language and Communication: ELT Issues, Challenges and Implications.

TESOL Certificate: Standardized tests - Understanding the challenges and preparing students to face them
Time: 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Speaker: Grant Trew
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: Preparing students for tests like the TOEIC, TOEFL, EIKEN and Cambridge exams can be challenging. This session will look at the types of tasks common to these tests, then present effective techniques to prepare students to get the scores they need.

TESOL Certificate: Planning and teaching ESP (English for Specific Purposes) courses
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Grant Trew
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: English courses for specific fields such as business, tourism, or technology, require different approaches to course planning and teaching. This session will look at the basics for this type of course, including analyzing learner needs, course design, class management, and assessment.

TUJ Osaka Distinguished Lecturer Series: Autonomy in Language Learning
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Phil Benson (Hong Kong Institute of Education)
Organization: Temple University Japan
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
Short description: Autonomy has become a keyword in global language education policy in recent years, but many teachers remain uncertain about the value of autonomy and what they should do in order to encourage it among their learners.

Helping our students become multicompetent academic writers
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: Carol Rinnert (Hiroshima City University)
Organization: Kitakyushu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: This presentation examines the development of English and Japanese academic writing ability among Japanese EFL writers. The presenter will share results of a long-term, multi-stage research project involving participants at various levels of language and writing proficiency, ranging from high school to post-graduate writers in L1 and L2, most recently adding L3 (Chinese, French or Spanish).