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Language Teaching Professionals

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Thursday June 23rd

New Facebook page

Language Teaching Professionals now has a Facebook page
Please support our efforts to help the professional development of English teachers.
It would help me and LTP a lot if you could click here, and 'like' the page.

Special events

July 31 (Tokyo): ETJ special seminar in teaching children
A rare chance to see four specialists in teaching children together
Presenters: Ritsuko Nakata, Barbara Sakamoto, Yoko Matsuka, David Paul

July 9 (Kitakyushu), 10 (Nishinomiya) Learn about neuroscience at the 'First Annual Brain Days'
Learn about the relationship between neuroscience and teaching EFL
Plenary Speakers: Curtis Kelly, Marc Helgesen, Tim Murphey, Robert S. Murphy

Read the news at ELT News

Cutting edge research

Negative emotion may enhance memory
Early research indicates that positive emotions may not have the same effect

Why cramming is not an effective way to remember things
Researchers have elucidated the neurological mechanism explaining why this is so

Our understanding of language and math rules are connected
The process of storing and reusing syntax works across cognitive domains

Research shows early childhood education is crucial
The research tracked people for more than 25 years

Japan: A story of sustained excellence
OECD report on why Japan is always at or near the top of educational rankings

Kanazawa course in teaching children

If you live in Ishikawa, Fukui, Toyama.....

Sunday June 26
One-day certificate course in teaching elementary school children
Trainer: David Paul

Events coming soon

Saturday Jul 9 - Kitakyushu
FAB1: Connecting brain science with EFL

Sunday Jul 10 - Nishinomiya
FAB1: Connecting brain science with EFL

Saturday Jul 16 - Yokohama
FETJ: Kanagawa chapter anniversary

Monday Jul 18 - Tokyo
FETJ: Everybody up! Games, chants and songs for EFL classes

Comprehensive list of events

OSAKA -- June 10-12 (Fri) 15:00-19:00
ACLL 2011: The Inaugural Asian Conference on Language Learning
Speaker(s): Keynote Speakers Garr Reynolds and Jill Robbins; featured speakers Deryn P. Verity, Charles Kowalski and Kevin Cleary
IAFOR
http://www.eltcalendar.com/events/details/5065

MATSUMOTO-SHI, Nagano -- June 25 (Sat) 9:00-17:30
Cambridge ESOL Speaking Examiner training - Young Learners
Speaker(s): Jim George
Cambridge ESOL
http://www.eltcalendar.com/events/details/5132

TOKYO -- June 25 (Sat) 13:30-16:30
English Teaching Workshop and CLIL Workshop
Speaker(s): Yuco Kikuchi
English Teaching Workshop
http://www.eltcalendar.com/events/details/5152

MATSUMOTO-SHI, Nagano -- June 26 (Sun) 9:00-17:00
Cambridge ESOL examiner training - adults
Speaker(s): Jim George
Cambridge ESOL
http://www.eltcalendar.com/events/details/5133

TSUKUBA, Ibaraki -- June 26 (Sun) 9:30-12:30
Classroom Management And Guidance
Speaker(s): Marco Brazil
MCTW
http://www.eltcalendar.com/events/details/5155

KANAZAWA, Ishikawa -- June 26 (Sun) 10:00-17:30
One-Day Certificate Course in Teaching Children (Kanazawa)
Speaker(s): David Paul
LTP
http://www.eltcalendar.com/events/details/5091

OSAKA -- June 28 (Tue) 18:45-21:00
Purposes and Approaches to Foreign Language Education: Universalism or Particularism?
Speaker(s): Mike Byram
Framework and Language Portfolio JALT
http://www.eltcalendar.com/events/details/5147

TOKYO -- July 2/3 (Sat/Sun)
JALT CUE 2011 Conference (day 1 of 2)
Speaker(s): Call for presentations due Jan 31
CUE JALT
http://www.eltcalendar.com/events/details/4930

TOKYO -- July 3 (Sun) 10:00-12:30
IIEEC - Oxford University Press Teacher Training Certificate Program Summer Session Workshop 5
Speaker(s): Ritsuko Nakata and IIEEC Teacher Trainers
OUP
http://www.eltcalendar.com/events/details/5111

TOKYO -- July 3 (Sun) 13:30-16:00
IIEEC - Oxford University Press Teacher Training Certificate Program Summer Session Workshop 6
Speaker(s): Ritsuko Nakata and IIEEC Teacher Trainers
OUP
http://www.eltcalendar.com/events/details/5112

KITAKYUSHU, Fukuoka -- July 9 (Sat) 10:30-17:30
FAB1: Connecting Brain Science with EFL
Speaker(s): Marc Helgesen, Curtis Kelly, Tim Murphey, Robert Murphy, and more
Kitakyushu JALT
http://www.eltcalendar.com/events/details/5125

NISHINOMIYA, Hyogo -- July 10 (Sun) 9:00-17:30
FAB1: Connecting Brain Science with EFL
Speaker(s): Marc Helgesen, Curtis Kelly, Tim Murphey, Robert Murphy, and more
Osaka JALT
http://www.eltcalendar.com/events/details/5124

YOKOHAMA, Kanagawa -- July 16 (Sat) 9:00-16:00
FETJ Kanagawa Chapter Anniversary
Speaker(s): Presenters and topics to be announced later
Kanagawa FETJ
http://www.eltcalendar.com/events/details/5143

TSUKUBA, Ibaraki -- July 17 (Sun) 9:30-11:30
The Heart and Science of Preschool Teaching
Speaker(s): Marco Brazil
MCTW
http://www.eltcalendar.com/events/details/5156

TOKYO -- July 18 (Mon) 9:00-12:00
Everybody up! Games, chants and songs for EFL classes
Speaker(s): Marco Brazil
Tokyo FETJ
http://www.eltcalendar.com/events/details/5142

KYOTO -- July 24 (Sun) 14:00-16:00
Project Based Teaching
Speaker(s): Call for papers due June 24
Kyoto JALT
http://www.eltcalendar.com/events/details/5149

TOKYO -- July 31 (Sun) 10:00-17:00
ETJ Special Seminar on Teaching Children
Speaker(s): Barbara Sakamoto, David Paul, Ritsuko Nakata, Yoko Matsuka
Tokyo ETJ
http://www.eltcalendar.com/events/details/5129

KAWASAKI, Kanagawa -- August 6 (Sat) 10:00-15:30
ETJ Kanagawa Launching
Speaker(s): Marco Brazil, Kimiko Koseki
Kanagawa ETJ
http://www.eltcalendar.com/events/details/5154

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