ELT Calendar

Sunday, September 29th, 2019

The Fukuoka Seminar
Time: 9:40 AM - 5:30 PM
Speaker: Tristan Scholze, David Paul, Amy Long, Simon Moran, Jeff Hodsdon
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: Topics include "Everything you need for teaching children" and "Starting and building up your own school or private teaching. ".

Teaching in elementary schools
Time: 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Speaker: Aurora Dobashi
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: What is happening with English classes in public elementary schools? How can we make the best use of the materials? How can we work well in team teaching situations.

Learning Management Systems Event
Time: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Abram J. Jones (UC Davis), Mehrasa Alizadeh (Osaka University)
Organization: Kyoto Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
Short description: Does your school use a learning management system (LMS) like Blackboard or Moodle? Is it frustrating and indecipherable? Maybe you can learn something or get some new ideas at our LMS event on Sept.

ETJ East Tokyo September Workshop
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Toshio Jo
Organization: ETJ East Tokyo (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: Bio for Toshio Jo: A journalist. A reporter for The Japan Times (1980-1991).

Activities that are effective in both large and small classes
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Aurora Dobashi
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: There are many activities that work well only in small classes. Many teachers neeed activities that are effective in large classes and can also be adapted to smaller classes.