ELT Calendar

Sunday, April 21st, 2019

How children learn (TESOL certificate workshop)
Time: 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Speaker: David Paul
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: 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 (TESOL certificate workshop)
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: David Paul
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: 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.

Understanding Labor Contracts and the Five Year Rule
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Gerome Rothman (Tozen Union)
Organization: Sendai Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture
Short description: Description: Abstract: The talk will begin by giving a brief background about temporary labor contracts to set up an examination about a unique problem facing language educators in the corporate and university sector - the so called five-year rule/ten-year rule.