ELT Calendar

Sunday, January 18th, 2015

English Unplugged: Generating energy in the classroom
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker: Paul Durant (InterSchool, Linguage)
Organization: ETJ Aichi (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: Students are curious about each other, but lack confidence to explore this curiosity in English. Dogme ELT, a strategy by Scott Thornbury, taps students' desire to communicate as a teaching tool.

New Year 2015 Brunch
Time: 11:00 AM - 2:30 PM
Speaker: TBA
Organization: Okinawa Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Naha City, Okinawa Prefecture
Short description: Join your Okinawa JALT friends for New Year Brunch on Sunday, January 18th between 11:00 - 2:30. We will announce the restaurant at a future date.

ETJ Tokyo Workshop
Time: 2:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: (1) Olga Marina; (2) Terry Yearley
Organization: ETJ Tokyo (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: (1) Teaching speaking through communication mobility strategies and critical thinking Olga Marina This workshop introduces participants to Communication Mobility (CM) that helps students to use heir language resources for effective speaking at any level of language proficiency.