ELT Calendar

Saturday, June 21st, 2014

1st Tri-ELE International Conference on English Language Education (day 2 of 2)
Time: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Speaker: Alison Cook-Sather (Bryn Mawr College, USA), Cliff Goddard (Griffith University, Australia), Robert C. Kleinsasser (Arizona State U., USA), Michael Harrington (U. of Queensland, Australia)
Organization: Tri-Institutes for English Language Education
Location: Bangkok, Bangkok (Thailand)
Short description: This 1st International Conference is a joint collaboration among three leading ELE institutes of Thailand: Institute for English Language Education, Assumption University (AU-IELE), Faculty of Liberal Arts, Mahidol University (LAMU), and Language Institute, Thammasat University (LITU).

How Secure is Your Job? Labour Law changes and the effect on teachers in Japan
Time: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Speaker: Chris Flynn
Organization: Fukuoka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: A talk about the recent changes in Japan's labour laws, and how these changes affect teachers' jobs in Japan. .

Workshop: Using Japanese cultural techniques in the foreign language classroom
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: Morten Hunke (Aichi Prefectural University)
Organization: Gifu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture
Short description: This workshop demonstrates how Japanese cultural formats like haiku, tanka, and kamishibai may be employed in the foreign language classroom. This encompasses areas such as comparative culture, scaffolding, teaching aspects of pronunciation/ prosody, creative language usage, and literature awareness.