ELT Calendar

Saturday, January 18th, 2014

Cooperative learning: Teaching that is as easy as 1-2-3-4
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:45 PM
Speaker: Joel Laurier (Gunma Kokusai Academy)
Organization: Yokohama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture
Short description: Current reforms in the educational landscape are pushing toward a more student-centered approach to education. The talk is now of learning more than teaching.

(1) Exploring cultural differences through humor; (2) Swiss-Army Knife Activities
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: (1) John Rucynski, Ayako Namba, and Scott Gardner; (2) Matt Gilhool
Organization: Okayama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture
Short description: Exploring cultural differences through humor What are the cultural boundaries of humor? This presentation reports on a research project in which students from various cultural backgrounds viewed and discussed a variety of "controversial" comedy clips.

(1) Creative homework design ideas to flip your classroom; (2) Going paperless
Time: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Speaker: Robert Cochrane, Kyushu Sangyo University
Organization: Fukuoka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: 1. Creative homework design ideas to flip your classroom Homework can be a valuable tool that serves a variety of purposes: scaffolding, review, preparation, consciousness raising and grammar practice.