ELT Calendar

Sunday, July 7th, 2019

Project Based Learning & English Training
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker: Masako Moriwaki
Organization: Nagano Chapter (formerly the Shinshu Chapter) of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Okaya City, Nagano Prefecture
Short description: Masako Moriwaki will present case examples of implementing and organizing PBL projects in EFL teaching. This will include experiences in training other teachers in Brazil on how to adopt and develop PBL for the classroom, and some suggestions to try out in Japanese schools.

Teaching games and songs effectively (TESOL certificate workshop)
Time: 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Speaker: David Paul
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: How can we use games and songs to maximise learning? Games and songs are used as extras by some teachers and just to have fun by others. How can we make them the central part of the learning process?.

Elementary & JHS Games, Teaching Writing to Young Learners and Medical Situational role-play
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Chinny Mbakwe, Andy Baysa and Michael Ciantar
Organization: ETJ Tokyo (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: ETJ Tokyo will host its 3rd meeting of the year on Sunday July 7th. Are you looking for fresh games to be used with your Elementary and JHS students? Then look no further--come join Chinny Mbakwe for a hands-on and high energy presentation on making learning fun in large classes! The second presentation will be led by Andy Baysa and will cover how to teach writing to young learners.