ELT Calendar

Sunday, January 13th, 2013

(iETC) 2-Day Certificate Course In Teaching English To Children
Time: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Speaker: Marco Brazil Executive Training Director (iETC)
Organization: Institute of English Teaching to Children
Location: Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture
Short description: Description: A basic and general introduction to teaching English to children! This is NOT A LECTURE COURSE. It is an intensive HANDS-ON, INTERACTIVE program filled with practical sessions.

Critical Media Literacy
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Anna Isozaki
Organization: Saitama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture
Short description: We live in an age of information overload. How can our students sort through it all, with English not their native language? Especially when the plethora of sources means the likelihood of running into seriously biased materials is all the higher? That's where empowerment and critical thinking come in.

Captivate your students with CAPTUR
Time: 2:15 PM - 4:20 PM
Speaker: Paul Shimizu, Intercom Press
Organization: Matsuyama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture
Short description: CAPTUR is a hand held low-tech device which allows the questioner to get answers from ALL students at the same time. The presenter will run a workshop showing how CAPTUR can run simple teacher led activities as well as having students question each other in small groups.

Easy Web Tools for Teachers
Time: 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Speaker: Ozge Karaoglu Ergen
Organization: Teaching Younger Learners Special Interest Group, Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Online, Online Events (Online Event)
Short description: JALT TCSIG and the International Teacher Development Institute (iTDi pro) are proud to present esteemed educator and web expert, �zge Karaoglu, as the host of a series of online workshops this January.