ELT Calendar

Sunday, September 16th, 2012

Practice Makes Perfect: JALT 2012 Presentation Practice Sessions
Time: 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker: JALT National Presenters
Organization: Kyoto Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
Short description: This year JALT2012 will take place in Hamamatsu from October 12th to 15th. In mid-September we will hold our regular pre-conference event allowing Kyoto members that are presenting at the international conference the opportunity to practise their paper or workshop in a relaxed and supportive environment, and to receive some valuable feedback to make that perfect presentation.

Student-centered mini-presentations: Cultivating the communicative competencies of low-level EFL learners
Time: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Speaker: Sean H. Toland, Jeffrey Crawford
Organization: Fukui Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Fukui City, Fukui Prefecture
Short description: How can educators diminish the anxiety that accompanies an oral presentation and improve the overall quality of learning in their English language classrooms? This workshop will address this challenging question by examining a practical and versatile communicative presentation model that is constructed on a task-based learning (TBL) foundation.

Call for Nara JALT Chapter Officer Nominations and Announcement of Nara JALT Annual General Meeting
Time: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Speaker: All chapter members
Organization: Nara Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nara City, Nara Prefecture
Short description: The JALT international conference, held this year in October, marks the end of the elected term for current Nara Chapter Officers and an opportunity for chapter members to become more involved in the running of your chapter.

Ways That Work in Teaching Children
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Speaker: Takako Watanabe, Watanbe English School; Kazuo Watanabe, Professor of English and English language education at Nara University of Education.
Organization: Nara Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nara City, Nara Prefecture
Short description: This presentation will outline how a mini-immersion program has been conducted for the past 9 years with a special emphasis on the first 6 years, comparing these students' achievements with those of other students in once-a-week and twice-a-week programs.

Call for Papers Due September 16th (Sunday)

The 2012 Tokyo ELT Expo and Book Fair
Call for papers due: September 16th (Sunday)
Event Dates: November 3rd (Saturday) - November 4th (Sunday), 2012
Overview: The 2012 Tokyo ELT Expo and Book Fair will be held November 3-4 at the Kanda Institute of Foreign Languages.