ELT Calendar

Saturday, February 4th, 2006

Growing Up with Oxford. Putting Great Ideas into Practice (Tachikawa)
Time: 9:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Patrick Jackson, Kathy Kampa, Charles Vilina, Miki Sakai, Setsuko Toyama
Organization: Oxford University Press
Location: Tachikawa City, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: Join authors Setsuko Toyama (English Time), Kathy and Charles Kampa (Magic Time) and Patrick Jackson (Potato Pals) for presentations that show you how to put great ideas for reading, songs, chants and lively communication for a wide range of student ages into practice in your classes.

Games in the Language Classroom
Time: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Speaker: John di Stefano
Organization: Yamagata Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Yamagata City, Yamagata Prefecture
Short description: Learning a language is hard work. Games can help encourage learners to sustain interest and work.

Electronic Dictionary Workshop
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Speaker: Takashi Inomori
Organization: Kitakyushu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: Electronic Dictionaries are getting more and more popular among high school students as well as university students. In some schools more than 80 per cent of the students are e-dictionary users.