ELT Calendar

Sunday, November 16th, 2014

Shaping Learning Together: A Day with Oxford 2014
Time: 9:15 AM - 6:00 PM
Speaker: Henry Widdowson, Barbara Seidlhofer, Nina Spada, Cheryl Boyd Zimmerman, Susan Stempleski, Peter Atkins, Timothy O'Donnell, Hiroyuki Obari, Robin Skipsey, and Hiroyuki Tsukamoto
Organization: Oxford University Press
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: Participants will enjoy: A wide range of presentations and topics Book signings and a chance to meet internationally acclaimed academics and presenters directly An opportunity to network with like-minded teachers from schools in Japan Lunch 15 per cent off books at the venue About the presenters Henry Widdowson (Series Advisor: Oxford Applied Linguistics) Barbara Seidlhofer (Author: Understanding English as a Lingua Franca) Nina Spada (Author: How Languages are Learned) Cheryl Boyd Zimmerman (Series Director: Inside Reading, Inside Writing) Susan Stempleski (Author: Stretch, Resource Books for Teachers - Film) Peter Atkins (Author: Atkins�f Physical Chemistry) Timothy O'Donnell (Ritsumeikan Uji Junior High School) Hiroyuki Obari (Aoyama Gakuin University) Robin Skipsey (British Council, Japan) Hiroyuki Tsukamoto (Fuji High School, Shizuoka) See OUP's site for more details.

English Activities for Intercultural Awareness
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker: Jon Dujmovich (Aichi University and director of Imagination Ink)
Organization: ETJ Aichi (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: Jon Dujmovich will demonstrate how to incorporate intercultural activities, adjusted for language ability and stage of intercultural development, into a language curriculum.