ELT Calendar

Saturday, February 9th, 2013

2013 We Can! Spring ELT Forum (Osaka)
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Yoko Matsuka, Alan Davis, Lesley Ito, David Staggs, Yasuko Hirata
Organization: McGraw-Hill Education
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
Short description: This event will be held in Osaka, Nagoya, and Tokyo. Presentation titles are as follows: Are your students making progress? We Can! goals and assessment points Measuring the comminicative ability of students Expansion activities using We Can! to address different learning styles How to create lessons that encourage students to interact with each other and to take the initiative to speak Enriching your lessons with songs and chants to increase phonemic awareness in the pre-phonics stage Please click here for more details.

English Education Seminar
Time: 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
Speaker: Kathleen M. Bailey (Monterey Institute of International Studies)
Organization: Kanda University of International Studies (Kanda Gaigo University)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: Keynote lecture on English education to commemorate the launching of an English-medium MA TESOL program at Kanda Gaigo University (Tokyo Campus). .

(1) Revisiting CBI (Content-Based Instruction); (2) Theory and Practice E-learning trends: Lessons from experts in four different countries
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: (1) Akemi Morioka; (2) Keiko Sakui and Neil Cowie
Organization: Okayama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture
Short description: Revisiting CBI (Content-Based Instruction) (Akemi Morioka) This presentation gives an overview of theories that support Content-Based Instruction (CBI) and some examples of its practices.

Love That Dog: Making a Difference with Multimedia
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: Linda K. Kadota
Organization: Kitakyushu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: Inspired by Sharon Creech's Love That Dog, this presentation introduces ways to utilize multimedia in classroom activities to add color and fun to reading lessons.