ELT Calendar

Sunday, September 8th, 2019

Teacher Efficacy, Learner Agency
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker: Robert Maran (Osaka Shoin Women's University), Sayaka Ishimizu (National Institute of Technology, Nara College)
Organization: Nara Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nara City, Nara Prefecture
Short description: Nara JALT continues its exploration of the 2019 JALT International Conference theme with this September event focusing on "Teacher Efficacy, Learner Agency" at the local level and from the perspective of both established and early-career educators.

Teaching baby classes
Time: 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Speaker: Chadi Dubois
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: Ideas for children ages 6 months to 3 years. Fun and carefully balanced educational activities for children and parents.

Story-based teaching for very young learners
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Scott Crowe
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: Teachers will look at how to choose a story and how to re-work a story so that it matches a target language. This will include how to choose a good story for the type of target language being focused on and how to build speaking activities around that.