ELT Calendar

Sunday, November 9th, 2003

TEFL in Asia: Emerging Issues (day 3 of 3)
Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Bernard Spolsky, Neil Anderson, Keith Johnson, Sandra McKay, Michael Levy, Amy Tsui, more.
Organization: The Asian Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language
Location: Busan City, Busan (South Korea)
Short description: Check the first day of TEFL in Asia: Emerging Issues for more information. .

JALT Hokkaido 20th Annual Language Conference
Time: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Speaker: various speakers; call for papers due June 30th, 2003
Organization: Hokkaido Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture
Short description: The Hokkaido Language Conference will be a combined event under the sponsorship of ETJ and many ELT publishers. It will feature many presentations covering a broad spectrum of topics that focus on teaching.

Nellie's ELT Workshop & Book Fair 2003 in Tokyo
Time: 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Several speakers
Organization: Nellie's Group, Ltd.
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: Nellie's ELT Workshop & Book Fair 2003 has several presentations on the latest ELT materials and teaching techniques, plus a wide range of teaching materials on display and for sale at discount prices.

Hokkaido ELT Expo
Time: 9:45 AM - 6:00 PM
Speaker: Charles Rogers, Mayumi Tabuchi, Roger Banard, Setsuko Toyama, Tom Kenny, David Paul, more
Organization: ETJ (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture
Short description: 2003 marks the start of an exciting innovation -- the ETJ English Language Teachers' Expos 9-City Tour! Each Expo will have between four and eight rooms with concurrent presentations, and a very wide range of teaching materials on display.

Corpus Engine for Teachers
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: June Tateno
Organization: Gunma Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture
Short description: Shogakukan Corpus Network (SCN) has offered the BNC Online service via Internet since this August. SCN provides a user-friendly Japanese interface with a high-performance search engine developed by Shogakukan, Co.

November JALT Tokushima meeting
Time: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Speaker: Meg Ishida
Organization: East Shikoku Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Tokushima City, Tokushima Prefecture
Short description: TBA; return later or contact Noriko Tojo. .