ELT Calendar

Sunday, May 27th, 2018

The Mechanism of Japanese Communication: Grin and Bear It (ETJ Chiba May Workshop)
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:50 AM
Speaker: Nicky Sekino
Organization: ETJ East Tokyo (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: An academic question is if the Japanese and Westerners smile for different occasions. A casual observer of cross-cultural differences will say "yes" to this question.

How children learn
Time: 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Speaker: David Paul
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Location: Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
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.

Child-centered learning
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: David Paul
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Location: Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
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.

Presentations 2.0: Modern Presentation Skills for the Digital Age
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Rab Paterson (Toyo University)
Organization: Gunma Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture
Short description: No matter where people work, in academia, business, or the media, there is a good chance they will be asked to give a presentation of some kind at some point in their career.

Grounded Theory in Applied Linguistics Research: A Method for Good Research Practice
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Gregory Hadley (Kellogg College, University of Oxford)
Organization: Sendai Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture
Short description: Although widely-used throughout the social sciences today, the Grounded Theory methodology (GTM) has been frequently misused by graduate students in Applied Linguistics and related fields, leading some scholars and thesis supervisors to question its suitability.