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ELT Career and Professional Development Conference (ECAP) 2010
Sunday, May 30th at the Yomiuri Shimbun Building, 9F. (doors open at 9:30 am)

We at Cambridge University Press, the British Council, Teachers College Columbia University, ABAX and the Daily Yomiuri welcome you to the fourth annual ELT Career and Professional Development Conference - a full day of presentations and workshops of interest to all those teaching English to young adults and adults - junior high school, high school, university, community language schools and so on - a chance to reflect on your own classroom efforts and to share those reflections with others.

This is the fourth ECAP event. Feedback from the first three were very positive and we look forward to meeting up with people again this year. Click here to have a look at the first ECAP event in 2007.

To register, please fax the downloaded registration form to the CUP office at 03-5479-8277. For further information please call CUP at 03-5479-7265.

ABAX ELT Ltd. Shinkawaya Center Building, 4-24-5 Kuji, Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken, 213-0032
Phone: 044-813-2909 / Fax: 044-813-2916 / Email: whats(at)abax.co.jp

Finally, the organisers would also like to thank the Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT), Language Solutions Inc. and the Banner Financial Services Group for their support and promotion of this event.

Schedule

Time Topic Presenter
10:00 - 10:45 Keynote: Creating the learning-centered classroom: A focus on learning opportunities William Snyder
11:00 - 12:00 Communication strategies and learning opportunities Alastair Graham-Marr
Exploring learning opportunities in pronunciation used in global contexts Chantal Hemmi
Wii Interactive Whiteboard: Building a sophisticated educational tool out of cheap parts Marnie Mayse and Ben Brooke
文化的・社会的状況にふさわしい言語を教えるために:プラグマティックス指導を考える 石原 紀子
     
13:00 - 13:45 Keynote: Why good learners learn Masaki Kobayashi
14:00 - 15:00 University entrance exam writing prompts and effective language learning strategies Gordon Myskow
Guiding students to become good learners on a lower-level IELTS course Phil Patrick
Using multiple intelligences to teach the way your students learn Gregory Rouault
日本人学習者のL1 干渉克服:英語韻律単位と意味グループとの並行性 石川 邦芳
     
15:30 - 16:15 Keynote: Building student motivation by being the change we wish to see Chuck Sandy
16:30 - 17:30 Sustaining motivation through themed tasks Marcos Benevides
"Curiouser and curiouser": the classroom as wonderland Andrew Boon
Using authentic materials to motivate learners of English David Harrison
なぜモチベーションが上がるのか・減退するのか?:日本における英語学習動機の高揚・減退要因に関する考察 菊池 恵太
18:00 - 20:00 Reception with speakers

Details

Cost/参加費用  Pre-Registration 2,500 Yen / Non-Registration 3,500 Yen. The deadline for registration is 5 pm, Friday May 28th. Registration can be by fax, email or phone. Click here for the registration form.
事前予約 2,500円 / 予約なし 3,500円、5月28日午後5時までにFAX,Emailまたはお電話にてお申し込み下さい。 参加費は当日会場受付にてお支払いください。ここをクリックして、お申し込みください。
Address/住所 The Yomiuri Shimbun Building 9F1-7-1 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.
東京都千代田区大手町1-7-1読売新聞東京本社9
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