{"id":4365,"date":"2009-02-15T13:32:58","date_gmt":"2009-02-15T10:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eltweekly.com\/more\/?p=105"},"modified":"2009-02-15T13:32:58","modified_gmt":"2009-02-15T10:32:58","slug":"eltweekly-issue9-worldwide-elt-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eltweekly.humbeestudio.xyz\/?p=4365","title":{"rendered":"ELTWeekly Issue#9, Worldwide ELT events"},"content":{"rendered":"
Teaching Workshop Series 2009 : The Teacher’s Tool Kit (Osaka),\u00a0Osaka,\u00a0February 22<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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Speaker:<\/span>\u00a0Setsuko Toyama, Kevin Churchley, Ritsuko Nakata, Kaj Schwermer<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
Date:<\/span>\u00a0Sunday, February 22nd, 2009<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n

Time:<\/span>\u00a010:00 AM – 4:00 PM<\/p>\n

Location:<\/span>\u00a0Osaka<\/p>\n

Venue:<\/span>\u00a0Mainichi Shinbun Bldg. B1 Oval Hall, 3-4-5 Umeda, Kita-Ku, Osaka<\/p>\n

Description:<\/span>\u00a0What shall I do next? Every teacher in the world has asked themselves this question at least once. Many teachers ask this question every day.<\/p>\n

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This workshop series will not only give you great ideas for how to use classroom time well, but also how to do it in a fun, interactive way that will have you and your students looking forward to the next lesson! Whether it is five minutes before the end of class, or when the children have finished all the activities in the textbook, or just before the next class, the Oxford Teaching Workshop Series 2009 will provide you with the TOOLS YOU NEED to reach every one of your learners every time. Looking for activities to capture and keep your students’ attention at the beginning, middle or end of class? If so, you won’t want to miss this year’s workshops, which will provide you with songs and chants, great storytelling and phonics, with ideas and activities to reach every single one of your students.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Cost:<\/span>\u00a0free<\/p>\n

Organization:<\/span>\u00a0Oxford University Press Kids’ Club<\/p>\n

For further details and pre-registration please visit:www.oupjapan.co.jp\/kidsclub\/tour2009<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Preparing Language Teachers for the 21st Century:\u00a0Sixth International Conference on Language Teacher Education,\u00a0May 28 – 30, Washington, DC<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Summary:\u00a0Designed for practitioners and researchers involved in the preparation and ongoing professional development of language teachers, LTE 2009 will address the education of teachers of all languages, at all instructional and institutional levels, and in many national and international contexts in which this takes place including: English as a Second or Foreign Language (ESL\/EFL) instruction; foreign\/modern\/world language teaching; bilingual education; immersion education; indigenous and minority language education; and the teaching of less commonly taught languages.<\/p>\n

Plenary Speakers:<\/p>\n