ELT Calendar Archive of events: July 2012

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July 1st (Sunday) 2012 8
Extensive Reading SIG of JALT

5th Annual Extensive Reading Seminar

7/1 10:00 AM-6:00 PM, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

Plenary speakers: S. D. Krashen and Junko Yamanaka
Language Teaching Professionals

One-day Certificate Course in Teaching Children (Osaka)

7/1 10:00 AM-5:15 PM, Osaka City

David Paul
Oxford University Press

Oxford All-Japan Summer Tour for Teachers 2012 (Kanazawa, Ishikawa)

7/1 11:00 AM-2:00 PM, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture

Eric Kane (ELF Learning), Marco Brazil (Beans International)
Oxford University Press

Oxford All-Japan Summer Tour for Teachers 2012 (Sendai)

7/1 11:00 AM-2:00 PM, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture

Ashikawa Naoko (Oxford University Press), Josh Kidd (JAK English School)
Cambridge ESOL Centre JP172

TKT (Cambridge ESOL Teacher Knowledge Test) Module 1 Examination

7/1 1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Osaka City

Matthew Reynolds
ETJ East Tokyo

How students learn to read around the world: the case for using a whole-language/phonics mixed approach (WOLPH)

7/1 1:30 PM-4:30 PM, Tokyo

Erin Kourelis
Cambridge ESOL Centre JP172

TKT (Cambridge ESOL Teacher Knowledge Test) Module 2 Examination

7/1 3:30 PM-5:30 PM, Osaka City

Matthew Reynolds
Cambridge ESOL Centre JP172

TKT (Cambridge ESOL Teacher Knowledge Test) Module 3 Examination

7/1 5:30 PM-7:30 PM, Osaka City

Matthew Reynolds
July 3rd (Tuesday) 2012 1
Kobe JALT

Krashen Speaks...

7/3 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture

Stephen Krashen
July 4th (Wednesday) 2012 1
ELTChat

ELT Chat on Twitter

7/4 8:00 PM-9:00 PM, Online , Online Events

Group discussion on Twitter
July 7th (Saturday) 2012 7
Language Teaching Professionals

Principles of vocabulary learning

7/7 10:30 AM-1:00 PM, Tokyo

Rob Waring
Language Teaching Professionals

Principles of vocabulary learning

7/7 10:30 AM-1:00 PM, Tokyo

Rob Waring
Oxford University Press

Oxford All-Japan Summer Tour for Teachers 2012 (Fujisawa, Kanagawa)

7/7 11:00 AM-2:00 PM, Fujisawa City, Kanagawa Prefecture

Ishii Yoko (Yoko Kids' Club), Aurora Dobashi (Saitama Board of Education)
ETJ Ishikawa

ETJ Ishikawa Workshop: Brain Rules, Tools and Jewels

7/7 2:00 PM-4:30 PM, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture

Kim Horne
Language Teaching Professionals

Managing an Extensive Reading program

7/7 2:00 PM-4:30 PM, Tokyo

Rob Waring
Okayama JALT

Online Corpus Workshop

7/7 3:00 PM-5:00 PM, Okayama City

Ted O'Neill
CEFR and Language Portfolio SIG of JALT

The CEFR in general, in Japan, and with ESP - The FLP SIG Kaken project

7/7 3:00 PM-5:30 PM, Tokyo

Morten Hunke (TUFS/AGU), Alexander Imig (Chukyo University), Naoyuki Naganuma (TUFS), Fergus O'Dwyer (Osaka University), Maria Gabriela Schmidt
July 8th (Sunday) 2012 9
Cambridge English Language Assessment - JP004 (Luna International)

Cambridge ESOL Speaking Examiner Training

7/8 10:00 AM-5:00 PM, Tokyo

Jim George (Luna International JP004)
Language Teaching Professionals

Balance in Language Teaching

7/8 10:30 AM-1:00 PM, Tokyo

Rob Waring (Notre Dame Seishin University)
Oxford University Press

Oxford All-Japan Summer Tour for Teachers 2012 (Kashiwa, Chiba)

7/8 11:00 AM-2:00 PM, Kashiwa City, Chiba Prefecture

Ishii Yoko (Yoko Kids' Club), Aurora Dobashi (Saitama Board of Education)
Oxford University Press

Oxford All-Japan Summer Tour for Teachers 2012 (Shizuoka)

7/8 11:00 AM-2:00 PM, Shizuoka City

Ishii Yoko (Yoko Kids' Club), Marco Brazil (Beans International)
ETJ Saitama

Moving Music to Center Stage for Creative Learning

7/8 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, Saitama City

Deborah Grow
Saitama JALT

Sainokuni Joint ETJ Saitama and JALT Omiya Meeting: Moving Music to Center Stage for Creative Learning

7/8 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, Saitama City

Deborah Grow
Language Teaching Professionals

Getting the most out of your materials

7/8 2:00 PM-4:30 PM, Tokyo

Rob Waring
Matsuyama JALT

SLA and Budo (Martial Arts): Extended, embodied cognition and practical implications for ELT

7/8 2:15 PM-4:20 PM, Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

Yosuke Yanase (Hiroshima University)
Toyohashi JALT

Mini-conference: Thinking Critically

7/8 9:15 AM-4:10 PM, Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture

James Crocker, David Kluge, James Matchett, Steve Quasha, and Ken Slater
July 11th (Wednesday) 2012 1
ELTChat

ELT Chat on Twitter

7/11 8:00 PM-9:00 PM, Online , Online Events

Group discussion on Twitter
July 14th (Saturday) 2012 4
FAB NeuroELT Conference

FAB3: First Annual Brain Days (International Three-Day TEFL Certification Event)

7/14 10:00 AM-6:00 PM, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture

Curtis Kelly, Marc Helgesen, Tim Murphey, Robert Murphy
Oxford University Press

Oxford All-Japan Summer Tour for Teachers 2012 (Ashikawa, Hokkaido)

7/14 11:00 AM-2:00 PM, Asahikawa City, Hokkaido Prefecture

Geordie McGarty (Moon Tree English School), Michael Mielke (Little Tree English School)
Niigata JALT

Conversation Strategies: Teaching, Learning & Motivation

7/14 3:00 PM-5:00 PM, Niigata City

Ivan Brown (Joetsu University of Education)
CoFFET

2 Day Young Learner Teacher Training Program.

7/14 9:00 AM-5:00 PM, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture

Chris Espiritu Reyes Lynn Suico
July 15th (Sunday) 2012 4
Oxford University Press

Oxford All-Japan Summer Tour for Teachers 2012 (Sapporo)

7/15 11:00 AM-2:00 PM, Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

Geordie McGarty (Moon Tree English School), Michael Mielke (Little Tree English School)
Yokohama JALT

Practical Ideas for Teaching Pronunciation

7/15 1:00 PM-4:30 PM, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture

Ayako Kanamaru (Caritas Junior/Senior High), Chie Shiramizu (Kyoei University), and Terry Yearley
Nara JALT

Opening your own school: How hard can it be?

7/15 3:00 PM-5:00 PM, Nara City

Malcolm Harding (CK Education), Tony Brace (UKPlus, Osaka), Matthew Reynolds (English-Please! Language Schools), Catriona Takeuchi (One World English)
Institute of English Teaching to Children

2-Day Intensive Certificate Course in Teaching English to Children (Shizuoka)

7/15 9:30 AM-5:30 PM, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture

Marco Brazil, IETC Training Director
July 18th (Wednesday) 2012 1
ELTChat

ELT Chat on Twitter

7/18 8:00 PM-9:00 PM, Online , Online Events

Group discussion on Twitter
July 21st (Saturday) 2012 6
Research Institute for Communication of Kansai University of International Studies

Effective Language Teaching: The Never-Ending Challenge

7/21 10:00 AM-5:00 PM, Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture

Kazuhiro Nomura (Kobe Gaidai University), Paul Hullah (Meiji Gakuin University); call for papers due June 17th
Kyoto JALT

Using Corpora in the Classroom

7/21 1:00 PM-5:00 PM, Kyoto City

Laurence Anthony (Waseda University), plus others (call for proposals due June 10)
Fukuoka JALT

The Japanese Primary and Secondary English Curriculum and Role of ALTs

7/21 6:00 PM-8:00 PM, Fukuoka City

Aaron Hahn
Hamamatsu JALT

Standardized Language Testing in Japan

7/21 6:00 PM-9:00 PM, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture

Edward Sarich (Shizuoka University)
Gifu JALT

Vocabulary: Meaning, Form, Pronunciation and Beyond

7/21 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Gifu City

Brad Deacon (Nanzan University, Seto)
Cambridge English Language Assessment - JP004 (Luna International)

Cambridge ESOL Speaking Examiner Training - FCE, CAE, CPE

7/21 9:00 AM-6:00 PM, Tokyo

Jim George (Luna International, JP004)
July 22nd (Sunday) 2012 6
Sugiyama Jogakuen University

The Ins and Outs of Teaching Prepositions

7/22 10:00 AM-12:30 PM, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

Peter Warner
Language Teaching Professionals

Teaching games and songs effectively

7/22 10:30 AM-1:00 PM, Tokyo

David Paul
Hokuriku JALT

Using assessment to promote learning in elementary school context

7/22 1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Fukui City

Matt Hauca
Iwate-Aomori JALT

Teachers Finding Belonging Inside and Outside the Classroom

7/22 1:30 PM-4:30 PM, Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture

Joseph Falout
Language Teaching Professionals

Activities for children's classes

7/22 2:00 PM-4:30 PM, Tokyo

David Paul
Hiroshima JALT

Professional Development through Collaboration on Quantitative Research

7/22 4:30 PM-6:30 PM, Hiroshima City

Gregory Sholdt (Kobe University)
July 25th (Wednesday) 2012 1
ELTChat

ELT Chat on Twitter

7/25 8:00 PM-9:00 PM, Online , Online Events

Group discussion on Twitter
July 27th (Friday) 2012 1
CoFFET

5 day TESOL-Young learner course.

7/27 9:00 AM-5:00 PM, Tokyo

Mr. Robert Moreau, MA TESOL-Columbia University
July 28th (Saturday) 2012 6
Language Teaching Professionals

Teaching games and songs effectively

7/28 10:30 AM-1:00 PM, Tokyo

David Paul
Tohoku University

Mini-conference on Teaching Foreign Languages (day 1 of 2)

7/28 1:00 PM-5:00 PM, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture

Various speakers
English Teaching Workshop

English Teaching Workshop

7/28 1:00 PM-3:00 PM, Tokyo

Yuco Kikuchi and others
Language Teaching Professionals

Activities for children's classes

7/28 2:00 PM-4:30 PM, Tokyo

David Paul
Nagano JALT

Brain mapping and learning

7/28 6:00 PM-9:00 PM, Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture

H. Motegi and Ariji
CoFFET

5-Day TESOL course

7/28 9:00 AM-5:00 PM, Fuji City, Shizuoka Prefecture

Robert Bishop (Yokohama City Univ.) Paul Rowan
July 29th (Sunday) 2012 7
Language Teaching Professionals

One-day Certificate Course in Teaching Children (Hiroshima)

7/29 10:00 AM-5:15 PM, Hiroshima City

David Paul
Language Teaching Professionals

Ages and Stages: Selecting teaching and learning materials

7/29 10:30 AM-1:00 PM, Tokyo

Ann Mayeda
Hokkaido JALT

Enhancing Learners' Cross-Cultural Communication Skills: L2 Pragmatics for All Ages

7/29 2:00 PM-4:00 PM, Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

Noriko Ishihara (Hosei University)
Sendai JALT

English Education for Children at Meysen Academy: What We Have Learned In Our 46-Year History

7/29 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture

Jeremy Jenkins and Clifford Moore
Nagasaki JALT

The Nagasaki British Consulate: People, Places and Themes

7/29 2:00 PM-4:00 PM, Nagasaki City

Brian Burke-Gaffney (Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science; Honorary director of Glover Garden)
Language Teaching Professionals

Content and language-integrated learning

7/29 2:00 PM-4:30 PM, Tokyo

Ann Mayeda
Tohoku University

Mini-conference on Teaching Foreign Languages (day 2 of 2)

7/29 9:00 AM-4:00 PM, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture

Various speakers

Extensive Reading SIG of JALT

Language Teaching Professionals

Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press

Cambridge ESOL Centre JP172

ETJ East Tokyo

Cambridge ESOL Centre JP172

Cambridge ESOL Centre JP172

Kobe JALT

ELTChat

Language Teaching Professionals

Language Teaching Professionals

Oxford University Press

ETJ Ishikawa

Language Teaching Professionals

Okayama JALT

CEFR and Language Portfolio SIG of JALT

Cambridge English Language Assessment - JP004 (Luna International)

Language Teaching Professionals

Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press

ETJ Saitama

Saitama JALT

Language Teaching Professionals

Matsuyama JALT

Toyohashi JALT

ELTChat

FAB NeuroELT Conference

Oxford University Press

Niigata JALT

CoFFET

Oxford University Press

Yokohama JALT

Nara JALT

Institute of English Teaching to Children

ELTChat

Research Institute for Communication of Kansai University of International Studies

Kyoto JALT

Fukuoka JALT

Hamamatsu JALT

Gifu JALT

Cambridge English Language Assessment - JP004 (Luna International)

Sugiyama Jogakuen University

Language Teaching Professionals

Hokuriku JALT

Iwate-Aomori JALT

Language Teaching Professionals

Hiroshima JALT

ELTChat

CoFFET

Language Teaching Professionals

Tohoku University

English Teaching Workshop

Language Teaching Professionals

Nagano JALT

CoFFET

Language Teaching Professionals

Language Teaching Professionals

Hokkaido JALT

Sendai JALT

Nagasaki JALT

Language Teaching Professionals

Tohoku University

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