ELT Calendar

Sunday, September 27th, 2015

Halloween Activity Share Session
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker: (Attendees Share Ideas and Materials)
Organization: ETJ Aichi (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: ETJ Halloween Workshops are always very popular, and this year promises to be exciting and informative. We will get together to share ideas and materials for Halloween-themed lessons and activities.

JALT CUE SIG 2015 Conference (day 2 of 2)
Time: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Tadashi Shiozawa, James D'Angelo. Call for papers due July 15 (extended deadline)
Organization: College and University Educators Special Interest Group, Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: The theme of the JALT CUE SIG 2015 Conference is "Diversity: Communication and Education. " The call for papers deadline has been extended to July 15.

(1) Painless Pronunciation (2) The Teacher's Bag of Tricks!
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Michael Higgins (Yamaguchi Prefectural University), Marilyn Higgins (Yamaguchi University), Edana Mai (Speak English Academy)
Organization: International Educational Initiative
Location: Yamaguchi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture
Short description: Workshop 1 (starts at 1:00 pm): Painless pronunciation, want to work out the kinks in your students' English? Try the sound approach. The authors themselves will be there to share this method.

ETJ Chiba September Online Workshop Teaching Young Learners Sounds of English as Foundation of Phonics and Beyond
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: various facilitated by Yuco Kikuchi
Organization: ETJ East Tokyo (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: Teaching English sounds is a big challenge in an EFL environment where learners meet once a week for an hour or so. However if the course design is carefully made and learners have enough exposure to English sounds through various activities, they will likely to acquire pretty good sounds and rhythm of English and have a great benefit for further learning in junior and high schools and beyond.