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ELT Calendar for Gifu Prefecture

Events of professional interest to language teachers in Gifu Prefecture.

May 19th (Saturday) 2012

Empowering Young Readers with the Brain in Mind
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: Mari Nakamura
Organization: Gifu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Venue: JR GIFU - Heartful Square Culture Centre 2nd Floor (Southeast end of Gifu Station)
City: Gifu City
Brief description: Promoting young learners' reading skills is one of the biggest challenges among EFL teachers of young learners.

June 16th (Saturday) 2012

A Virtual Asian Textbook Tour
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: Najma Janjua, Kagawa Prefectural University of Health Sciences
Organization: Gifu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Venue: JR Gifu Station, Heartful Square, 2nd floor, east side of the station
City: Gifu City
Brief description: Can textbooks tell why Japanese lag behind other Asian countries on standard tests of English proficiency? This workshop will take the audience on a virtual Asian textbook tour with stops in China, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Taiwan.

September 2nd (Sunday) 2012

Oxford All-Japan Summer Tour for Teachers 2012 (Gifu)
Time: 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Speaker: Kim Horne (Izumi Chuo Hoikuen, Gifu), Marco Brazil (Beans International)
Organization: Oxford University Press
Venue: Granpalais Hotel 4F Keyaki 8-20 Koganemachi, Gifu-Shi, Gifu
City: Gifu City
Brief description: From mid-June to late-September, Oxford University Press will be holding a tour of 30 cities across the country.