Event

ECAP (ELT Career and Professional Development Conference) 2010

Sunday, May 30th, 2010, 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM

Speaker: William Snyder, Columbia University Teacher's College; Masaki Kobayashi, Kanda Gaigo University; Chuck Sandy, Chubu University

The ELT Career and Professional Development Conference (ECAP) caters to teachers from an array of different experience levels and teaching situations. The day is divided into three 45-minute keynote presentations, each of which is followed by a range of 1-hour workshops that relate back to the themes and content introduced in the keynote. This year's three keynotes are:
* Creating learning opportunities
* Why good learners learn?
* Creating and sustaining motivation

Schedule:
10:00-10:45 Keynote "Creating learning opportunities" -William Snyder, Columbia University, Teacher's College

11:00-12:00 Workshops
Noriko Ishihara, Hosei University (in Japanese)
Alastair Graham-Marr, Science University of Tokyo
Marnie Mayse and Ben Brooke, Meikai University
Chantal Hemmi, British Council

13:00-13:45 Keynote
"Why do good learners learn" - Masaki Kobayashi, Kanda Gaigo University

14:00-15:00 Workshops
Kuniyoshi Ishikawa, Meiji University (in Japanese)
Gordon Myskow, Toyo University
Gregory Rouault, Konan University
Phil Patrick, British Council

15:30-16:15 Keynote
"Building student motivation by being the change we wish to see" - Chuck Sandy, Chubu University

16:30-17:30 Workshops
Keita Kikuchi, Tokai University (in Japanese)
Andrew Boon, Toyo Gakuen University
Marcos Benevides, J.F. Oberline University
David Harrison, British Council

18:00-20:00 Reception

The deadline for pre-registration is 17:00 on Friday, May 28th. To reserve a place, please call, fax or email the Cambridge University Press Japan office with your first choice of each workshop.
Tel: 03-3295-5875
Fax: 03-3219-7182
Email: japanelt@cambridge.org

Organization: ELT Career and Professional Development Conference

Cost: Pre-registration 2,500 yen; On-site 3,500 yen

Venue: The Yomiuri Shimbun Building, Otemachi, Tokyo

Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis, Japan

Contact ELT Career and Professional Development Conference

Japan ELT, CUP

Work phone: 03-3518-8272