The 2012 Professional Development Symposium focuses on effective classroom methods and materials, taking place at Tokai University's Shonan campus on November 10. Key workshops include vocabulary learning activities led by Charles Browne and authentic communication strategies presented by Marcos Benevides. Further details are available on the symposium's website.

1. Professional
Development
Symposium 2012
The Active Classroom:
Methods and Materials that Work
Saturday, November 10, 2012, 10 am to 5 pm
Tokai University Foreign Language Center, Shonan Campus
Putting Vocabulary Learning into Practice:
Activities for the Classroom
Charles Browne
Meiji Gakuin University
Keynote Workshop
11:05 ~ 12:25
How to Incorporate Authentic Communication
Strategies into Coursebook Lessons
Marcos Benevides
J. F. Oberlin University
Plenary Workshop
3:50 ~ 4:40
Full Symposium Details: http://www.flc.u-tokai.ac.jp/tokaisymposium2012