ELT Calendar

Sunday, May 13th, 2012

One-day Certificate Course in Teaching Children (Sendai)
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:15 PM
Speaker: David Paul
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Location: Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture
Short description: This course has been running for many years and has a very high reputation. It provides a general introduction to child-centered learning.

TESOL Certificate Workshop: Principals of Second Language Acquisition
Time: 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Speaker: Alastair Graham-Marr
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: Teachers will be given a brief introduction to the field of second language acquisition. They will then discuss how to apply some of the discussed principles to their teaching situation.

TESOL Certificate Workshop: 'Fundamentals of Teaching Listening
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Alastair Graham-Marr
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: Teachers will learn the fundamentals of teaching listening. Teachers will discuss when, why and how to teach bottom-up and top-down listening skills.

Bookswap
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: No speakers
Organization: International Womens Bookswap
Location: Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture
Short description: Books are expensive to buy here in Japan, so we get together about every three months and swap books. Women married to Japanese, women who want to get together with other Native English Speaking women and chat.

JALT Omiya May Meeting
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Genevieve Ruff (Saiei International), Ivan Botev (Saitama City BOE)
Organization: Saitama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture
Short description: Global Education in the English Classroom Genevieve Ruff Genevieve Ruff will talk about her experiences designing and implementing thematic teaching lessons at an English conversation school.