ELT Events CalendarSunday, October 26th, 2008Korea Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Korea TESOL International ConferenceSpeaker: Various speakers Time: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM Date: Sunday, October 26th, 2008 Location: Seoul Venue: Sookmyung Women's University, Seoul, Korea Description: Korea TESOL encourages teachers and scholars to consider what it is about the contemporary ELT environment that drives change in the classroom, and to present their responses before 900 ... (62 more words)[more details]
Linguapax Asia Language and Propaganda: The Uses of Linguistic InfluenceSpeaker: Call for papers deadline May 23, 2008 Time: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM Date: Sunday, October 26th, 2008 Location: Tokyo Venue: University of Tokyo, Komaba Campus Description: The topic of the 2008 conference is the interface of language and propaganda and the ways in which perceptions and behaviors can be managed through words. Within this general ... (115 more words)[more details]
ETJ Aichi (English Teachers in Japan) Chubu ELT ExpoSpeaker: Many speakers Time: 9:30 AM - 6:00 PM Date: Sunday, October 26th, 2008 Location: Nagoya, Aichi Venue: Chukyo University, 101-2 Yagoto Honmachi, Showa-ku, Nagoya-shi Description: Bringing together all English teachers. There will be presentations and materials for college teachers, high school teachers. elementary school teachers, kindergarten teachers. In fact, the aim is to provide ... (50 more words)[more details]
Shizuoka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching A practical activity for a TOEIC preparation classSpeaker: Shizuno Seki Time: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM Date: Sunday, October 26th, 2008 Location: Shizuoka Venue: Kyouiku Kaikan (across from Shin-Shizuoka) in the basement (5-minute walk north from JR station) Description: This presentation will introduce a practical activity to get students more involved in a TOEIC preparation class. In the activity, students make a presentation about the company they would ... (47 more words)[more details]
Gunma Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching Exploring Portfolio Assessment in the EFL ClassroomSpeaker: Steve Quasha Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM Date: Sunday, October 26th, 2008 Location: Maebashi, Gunma Venue: MIT: Maebashi Institute of Technology (Maebashi Koka Daigaku), 460-1 Kamisadori, Maebashi Description: In this workshop, the presenter will demonstrate how portfolio assessment plays an integral part in his communicative English courses at a Japanese women's university. Participants will experience tasks and ... (49 more words)[more details]
Sendai Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (1) iPod Activities for English Teachers; (2) Enhancing the Graded Reading ExperienceSpeaker: (1) Mark Neufeld; (2) Ken Schmidt Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM Date: Sunday, October 26th, 2008 Location: Sendai, Miyagi Venue: Sendai Mediatheque mapDescription: (1) iPod Activities for English Teacher Apple's iPod music and video player can be used to present audio, video, photos and slides, and the Internet provides access to a ... (135 more words)[more details]
Kagoshima Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching From Inside the Elementary ClassroomSpeaker: Various speakers Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Date: Sunday, October 26th, 2008 Location: Kagoshima Venue: Seminar Room 117, Ground Floor Kousha Biru, Shinyashiki opposite the Shinyashiki Tram Stop Description: We will hear from elementary school teachers about successes and difficulties within the english classroom. What are the challenges and what are the pitfalls? Putting our heads together to ... (5 more words)[more details]
Okayama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching Storytelling in the Language ClassroomSpeaker: Kusumika Chatterjee Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Date: Sunday, October 26th, 2008 Location: Okayama Venue: Sankaku A Bldg. 2F near Omotecho in Okayama City Description: Kusumika Chatterjee, a professional storyteller from England, will give a workshop on how mime and music can be used to teach English grammar, poetry and literature. She has extensive ... (43 more words)[more details]
English Teacher and Learner Cooperative Tourism in JapanSpeaker: Kenneth Biegel Time: 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM Date: Sunday, October 26th, 2008 Location: Niiza, Saitama Venue: The first floor of the eTLC meeting house near Hibarigaoaka Station on the Seibu-Ikebukuro Line (an 8-minute walk). Email for address and directions. Description: In the past several weeks many difficult issues have dominated the news. These economic and political issues are important, but very difficult for us to discuss in English. Actually, ... (225 more words)[more details]
The International University of Kagoshima, Canadian Studies Centre ECOnomics and ECOlogical Island DevelopmentSpeaker: Godfrey Baldacchino Time: 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Date: Sunday, October 26th, 2008 Location: Kagoshima Venue: Sun Royal Hotel Kagoshima Description: Canada's Island Chair focuses on the tension between economic and ecological development of islands around the world and in Japan, such as the Kagoshima islands. [more details]
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