ELT Calendar

Saturday, November 26th, 2005

Micro-Conference #2: Writing from Within and Without
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Curtis Kelly, Simon Stevens, Chris Gallagher and Peter Ross
Organization: West Tokyo Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: West Tokyo Chapter announces the second in a new series of micro-conferences, each featuring several presenters exploring a particular topic for a whole day.

Globalization ... at what cost?
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Eric Spears, Mercer University, Georgia
Organization: Seinan Jo Gakuin's Junior College Cross Cultural Seminar
Location: Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: This event is a symposium in English (Japanese translation provided) presented by the School of Humanities, Seinan Jo Gakuin University, with a musical interlude provided by The Hibiki String Quartet, followed by a panel discussion on Globalization (Eric Spears and Professor Hideki Kan, Seinan Jo Gakuin University).

Oral Testing for Communication Classes
Time: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Speaker: Rebecca Calman
Organization: Kobe Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture
Short description: This presentation will look at the oral testing of conversation skills in the context of communication classes for Japanese university students. An overview of oral testing will be given.

Two Presentions: Teaching Listening to Low-Level Learners & Teaching the Strategies of Speaking
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: Alastair Graham-Marr, ABAX
Organization: Fukuoka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: Part I: Teaching Listening to Low-Level Learners Teaching listening effectively means teaching both phonology and knowledge of discourse. A working knowledge of the phonology of natural connected speech, elisions and liaisons, weak forms and reductions helps students with their 'bottom-up' decoding skills.