ELT Calendar

Monday, February 11th, 2013

Today is National Foundation Day (Kenkoku-kinen-no-hi)

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

Literacy Teaching
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Yuco Kikuchi and others
Organization: ETJ East Tokyo (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: In this workshop, participants will share effective and fun activities, materials, songs and chants. We will also discuss the ways to raise children's phonemic awareness, read words and sentences, gradually leading to independent readers.

CANCELLED Student Research Showcase
Time: 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Speaker: Various Student Speakers
Organization: Niigata Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture
Short description: This event has been cancelledJALT Niigata is pleased to support students in the Niigata area by providing a venue for them to present and discuss their research.