ELT Calendar

Saturday, September 8th, 2012

One-Day Workshop on Syntax and Semantics
Time: 9:40 AM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Richard K. Larson (Stony Brook University); call for papers due June 30, 2012
Organization: Department of English Language and Culture, Fuji Women's University
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture
Short description: We are pleased to announce a one-day workshop on syntax and semantics on September 8, 2012 (Saturday). The Plenary Speaker is Richard K.

Oxford All-Japan Summer Tour for Teachers 2012 (Okayama)
Time: 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Speaker: Taniyama Yoriko (Fukuoka), Lucas Bohaty (Noda Gakuen)
Organization: Oxford University Press
Location: Okayama City, Okayama 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.

CUE ESP Symposium 2012
Time: 12:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Speaker: Invited Speakers Judy Noguchi and Laurence Anthony, plus workshops, poster sessions and roundtables
Organization: College and University Educators Special Interest Group, Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Ikoma City, Nara Prefecture
Short description: Hosted by the JALT CUE SIG in collaboration with the JACET Kansai ESP SIG, this unique event features presentations from two of the foremost experts in English for Specific Purposes (ESP) in Japan, interactive workshops led by those experts, a chance to share your own work in a poster session, and a round-table discussion focusing on core issues in ESP.

The language classroom and social interaction: How learners create classroom practice
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: Paul Stone
Organization: Fukuoka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: While communicative and task-based approaches to language pedagogy promote high levels of learner-learner interaction, research on language learning has tended to focus on the individual linguistic competence of particular learners, rather than classroom interaction itself.

Connectivism: A learning theory for the digital age. Fad or Future?
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: Michael Phillips
Organization: Kitakyushu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: In the digital age, rapid developments in information and communication technologies are having a dramatic impact on the way that information is processed, how knowledge is produced, and how learning occurs.