ELT Calendar

Sunday, April 15th, 2018

How children learn
Time: 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Speaker: Trainer: David Paul
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: TESOL (Young Learners) Certificate Workshop: A comparison of different theories and the implications of these theories for classroom practice. Teachers will look at the assumptions behind the methods we use.

Self-Publishing from Japan Workshop
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Workshop speaker and facilitator: Kathy Morikawa (aka Wilhelmina Penn)
Organization: Hokkaido Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture
Short description: An online pre-registration form will be set up soon (please refer to the JALT Hokkaido facebook page as it will be posted there when ready). This will be a workshop and Q&A session, not a speech, for those considering self-publishing.

Monthly Meet up
Time: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Speaker: TBA
Organization: Association of Childrens English Teachers
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: Ideas for young learners of English. .

Extensive Reading for Young Learners
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Chiyuki Yanase
Organization: ETJ Saitama (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture
Short description: n this workshop, Chiyuki Yanase will discuss how to facilitate and set up an effective Extensive Reading program for young learners using graded readers as well as picture books within various institutional contexts, from small classrooms to large ones.

Child-centered learning
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: David Paul
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: TESOL (Young Learners) Certificate Workshop: What is child-centered learning and how can we incorporate child-centered methods in our classes? Teachers will compare teacher-centered and child-centered methods.

Methods and Materials for Teaching Spoken Language
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: John Campbell-Larsen (Kyoto Women's University), Cameron Romney (Doshisha University)
Organization: Kyoto Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
Short description: From A Pageful Of Text To A Mouthful Of Air: Materials Design For Teaching The Spoken Language John Campbell-Larsen This presentation highlights the centrality of speaking in language use; especially the genre of speaking referred to as conversation.

The Benefits Of Shared Reading As Perceived By Japanese Parents, Pre-service, And In-service Educators
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Aaron Sponseller, Yasuko Iwasaka, Brett Walter, Mitsuko Kashiba, and Seiji Fukazawa
Organization: Hiroshima Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture
Short description: While parents and educators seem to universally agree that reading with children is beneficial, the specific benefits perceived may differ. Moreover, it seems that the benefits of shared reading are perhaps so taken-for-granted that research in this area is under-represented in the current literature.