ELT Calendar

Saturday, July 19th, 2014

FAB5: neuroELT Brain Days International Conference
Time: 9:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Speaker: Plenary speakers: Vanessa Rodriguez, Robert S. Murphy, Marc Helgasen, Curtis Kelly, Tim Murphey, Joseph Shaules
Organization: FAB NeuroELT Conference
Location: Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: What is neuroELT? This is a new interdisciplinary field within Applied Linguistics (and Educational Neuroscience) that connects neuroscience, psychology, and second language teaching.

Exploring The Value Of Student Self-transcription
Time: 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Simon Cooke and Colin Skeates
Organization: Yokohama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture
Short description: Students transcribing their own spoken output (self-transcription) is a teaching tools that has been sparingly investigated in recent years. With the advancement of technology, however, self-transcription has become easier to administer.

Creative homework design ideas to flip your classroom and Going paperless
Time: 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Speaker: Robert Cochrane
Organization: Oita Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Oita City, Oita Prefecture
Short description: Homework can be a valuable tool that serves a variety of purposes: scaffolding, review, preparation, consciousness raising and grammar practice. It is often overlooked by teachers and ignored by students.