ELT Calendar

Sunday, February 10th, 2013

2013 We Can! Spring ELT Forum (Nagoya)
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Yoko Matsuka, Alan Davis, Lesley Ito, David Staggs, Yasuko Hirata
Organization: McGraw-Hill Education
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi 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.

2-Day Intensive Certificate Course In Teaching English To Children
Time: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Speaker: Marco Brazil (iETC) Training Director
Organization: Institute of English Teaching to Children
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: This 2-day intensive certificate course will help you understand how children learn, show you the skills and techniques you will need teaching children, teach you how to manage your class effectively, teach with less stress, never run out of steam or fresh ideas, never leave a deadly, dull impression on your students, make your job easier and have more fun at work! Also expect to learn how to start working immediately learn where the jobs are! PLUS, if you are applying for a teaching job, this course will teach you how to prepare for an interview, advise you on what to do for your demo lesson.

Calibrating Oral Assessment of Small Group Interaction
Time: 2:15 PM - 4:20 PM
Speaker: Darren Lingley, Kochi University
Organization: Matsuyama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture
Short description: This workshop will cover issues in assessing oral output in small group interaction. Participants will use four rating scale bands (keeping the conversation going, quality of content, grammar/vocabulary intelligibility, and pronunciation intelligibility) to assess three sets of Japanese learners.