ELT Calendar

Saturday, July 14th, 2018

Nagoya JALT/JALT Speech, Drama, and Debate SIG Process Drama Workshop and Summer Travelling Conference 2018 (Nanzan University)
Time: 10:00 AM - 8:30 PM
Speaker: Eucharia Donnery (Shonan Institute of Technology)
Organization: Performance in Education Special Interest Group (formerly known as the Speech, Drama and Debate SIG), Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: Event Theme: Process Drama in EFL and Getting Published in Performance-Assisted Learning (PAL) In addition to the SDD SIG Summer Travelling Conference in Nagoya (details below), there is also a Special Process Drama Workshop on July 14 in Nagoya (Location to be announced), 10:00-12:30 (part 1), 13:30-16:00 (part 2).

Video-Exchange Project Between a Japanese-Canadian and Japanese University Students
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Andrew Meyerhoff (Saga University)
Organization: NanKyu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture
Short description: The project involves video exchange between fourteen first year Japanese University students and a Japanese-Canadian living within the former internment camp, now-turned incorporated town.

Distinguished Lecturer Series: Lexical Input Processing, the TOPRA Model, and Effective Vocabulary Instruction
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Joe Barcroft (Washington University in St. Louis, U.S.A.)
Organization: Temple University Japan
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: This seminar focuses on (a) lexical input processing (lex-IP), referring to how learners allocate their limited processing resources when they are exposed to novel vocabulary; (b) the type of processing - resource allocation (TOPRA) model and its predictions for how different types of tasks and input manipulations affect vocabulary learning; and (c) implications of research on lex IP and TOPRA when it comes to vocabulary instruction.

Developing Young Learners' Literacy Skills Through CLIL
Time: 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Speaker: Chiyuki Yanase
Organization: Niigata Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture
Short description: In this workshop, Chiyuki Yanase will discuss what Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) is and why it can be an effective approach in EFL classes for young learners.

Introduction of iPad Video Materials and Methods for Task-Based Group Discussion in English
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: Kazumi Kato (Tokai University)
Organization: Gifu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture
Short description: Do your students really speak English in a group? This presentation will introduce a teaching method of how to conduct group work in English. The task-based group project was conducted by native English students in a college in the U.