ELT Career and Professional Development Conference:

ECAP (ELT Career and Professional Development Conference) 2010

Date: Sunday, May 30th, 2010 Time: 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM

Speaker: William Snyder, Columbia University Teacher's College; Masaki Kobayashi, Kanda Gaigo University; Chuck Sandy, Chubu University

Description:
The ELT Career and Professional Development Conference (ECAP) caters to teachers from an array of different experience levels and teaching situations. The day is divided into three 45-minute keynote presentations, each of which is followed by a range of 1-hour workshops that relate back to the themes and content introduced in the keynote. This year's three keynotes are:
* Creating learning opportunities
* Why good learners learn?
* Creating and sustaining motivation

Schedule:
10:00-10:45 Keynote "Creating learning opportunities" -William Snyder, Columbia University, Teacher's College

11:00-12:00 Workshops
Noriko Ishihara, Hosei University (in Japanese)
Alastair Graham-Marr, Science University of Tokyo
Marnie Mayse and Ben Brooke, Meikai University
Chantal Hemmi, British Council

13:00-13:45 Keynote
"Why do good learners learn" - Masaki Kobayashi, Kanda Gaigo University

14:00-15:00 Workshops
Kuniyoshi Ishikawa, Meiji University (in Japanese)
Gordon Myskow, Toyo University
Gregory Rouault, Konan University
Phil Patrick, British Council

15:30-16:15 Keynote
"Building student motivation by being the change we wish to see" - Chuck Sandy, Chubu University

16:30-17:30 Workshops
Keita Kikuchi, Tokai University (in Japanese)
Andrew Boon, Toyo Gakuen University
Marcos Benevides, J.F. Oberline University
David Harrison, British Council

18:00-20:00 Reception

The deadline for pre-registration is 17:00 on Friday, May 28th. To reserve a place, please call, fax or email the Cambridge University Press Japan office with your first choice of each workshop.
Tel: 03-3295-5875
Fax: 03-3219-7182
Email: japanelt@cambridge.org