ELT Calendar

Saturday, May 9th, 2015

Monthly PIGATE meeting
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Mio Ehara (Kumamoto Kita HS), Tomomi Nishioka (Kikuchi Kita JHS), Hisao Kobori (Koshi JHS)
Organization: NanKyu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kumamoto City, Kumamoto Prefecture
Short description: The monthly PIGATE meeting will feature three secondary teachers presenting on various topics. Mio Ebara will discuss Canadian approaches to reading education that she saw in her one year stay there, Tomomi Nishioka will discuss Akira Toyama's English Grammar textbook, while Hisao Kobori will introduce his use of Extensive reading at his JHS.

Card Games and Vocabulary Building
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Speaker: Adam Stone
Organization: Kitakyushu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: The aim of this presentation is to introduce a computer program that produces a modifiable card game that can be used in some English classes as a vocabulary builder and to strengthen lexical recognition.