ELT Calendar

Saturday, October 27th, 2018

Understanding Language Course Design as a Problem-Solving Process (in Osaka)
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: David Crabbe (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
Organization: Temple University Japan
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
Short description: Course design at its most basic is specifying learning goals, together with effective learning opportunities to achieve those goals. But it is more exciting than that.

Using Listening Journals to Foster Learner Autonomy (Also: Fukuoka JALT Annual General Meeting)
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: Sergio Mazzarelli (Kwassui Women's University, Nagasaki)
Organization: Fukuoka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: Extensive listening has been attracting attention as a means to improve language learners' listening skills and promote their autonomy. The presenter will explain how he added an extensive listening component to two consecutive listening courses he taught at a Japanese university.

To Coordinate, or Not to Coordinate: That is the Question.
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: Jackson Lee (Gifu University)
Organization: Gifu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture
Short description: Some universities coordinate their English education curriculum among all the classes so students essentially acquire the same knowledge and skills and are tested in the same way, regardless of which instructor they get.