ELT Calendar

Saturday, May 11th, 2013

Reacting to the Past (a CLIL pedagogy) Special JALT Workshop
Time: 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Speaker: Nick Proctor (Simpson College)
Organization: Tokyo Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: This two-day event will introduce a new CLIL based pedagogy called Reacting to the Past (RTTP) and demonstrate how to use it in the classroom. Much of the workshop will consist of playing RTTP games so that participants can get a feel for how to incorporate this style of teaching into their lessons.

Caring about learners of nursing English: Adaptable vocabulary activities for ESP and beyond
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Simon Capper (Japanese Red Cross College of Nursing, Hiroshima)
Organization: Okayama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture
Short description: Nursing English students with limited English proficiency are frequently overwhelmed by large amounts of new occupation-related vocabulary. Avoiding this pitfall requires both creativity and practicality.

Online Reading and Vocabulary Environments: Present and Future
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: Rob Waring
Organization: Kitakyushu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: The presentation starts by reviewing some of the better currently available online learning and vocabulary environments leading to a set of principles that good online learning environments should adhere to.