ELT Calendar

Saturday, April 18th, 2015

(1) Can-do Statements; (2) Assessment in a Japanese Context
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: (1) Morten Hunke; (2) Yumiko Miyamoto
Organization: Nagano Chapter (formerly the Shinshu Chapter) of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture
Short description: Many teachers are under immense pressure to prepare Can-Do statements that specify what aspects of communicative competence their courses are designed to develop, and clarify how students are assessed in relation to these statements.

Content-Based Instruction Workshop
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Brent Jones
Organization: Okayama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture
Short description: Content-focused language teaching approaches such as Content-Based Instruction (CBI) and Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) continue to gain both recognition and credibility.

Re-writing Classic Foreign Literature As Graded Readers
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: Alastair Lamond
Organization: Gifu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture
Short description: The presentation will focus on the mechanics and retelling process of writing a graded reader at a low level as well as look at the socio-cultural benefits of low-level graded reader versions of non-Western classic literature.