ELT Calendar

Saturday, March 8th, 2014

Oxford Teaching Workshop Series 2014 English Education (Yokohama)
Time: 10:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Speaker: Patrick Jackson, Ritsuko Nakata, Kathleen Kampa + Charles Vilina and Setsuko Toyama
Organization: Oxford University Press Kids' Club
Location: Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture
Short description: The Oxford Teaching Workshop Series 2014 will be held in several cities throughout Japan. The theme is "Giving today's children the wings to fly into the global age.

Science Challenge - A novel language-learning project at Kochi National College of Technology
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Michael Sharpe (Kochi National College of Technology)
Organization: JACET English for Specific Purposes SIG (Japan Association of College English Teachers) Kanto
Location: Sagamihara City, Kanagawa Prefecture
Short description: Short presentation + business meeting. For more information, please see jacet-esp-kanto.

Task-Supported Language Teaching: Factors for communication and grammar use
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: Colin Thompson
Organization: Kitakyushu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: This presentation looks at different ways tasks can be used in classrooms to improve L2 speaking in terms of fluency, accuracy and complexity. The talk first discusses what fluency, accuracy and complexity are, how they can be measured, and issues relating to them as aspects of L2 speech proficiency.