ELT Calendar

Saturday, October 7th, 2006

16th Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference (day 1 of 3)
Time: To be announced
Speaker: Call for papers due May 20, 2006
Organization: Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference
Location: Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
Short description: The 16th Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference will be held October 7-9, 2006, on the campus of Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. This conference aims to provide a forum for presenting research in Japanese and Korean linguistics thereby facilitating efforts to deepen our understanding of these two languages, which have striking typological similarities.

The 2006 Linguapax Asia Symposium
Time: 8:30 AM - 6:05 PM
Speaker: Various.
Organization: Linguapax Asia
Location: Meguro City, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: The 2006 Linguapax Asia Symposium will take place on October 7, 2006 at Tokyo University (Komaba Campus). Linguapax Asia works in partnership with the Linguapax Institute to further UNESCO's Linguapax project on language rights, language and peace linguistics, plurilingualism, and endangered languages.

Professional Development in English Language Teaching (day 1 of 2)
Time: 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Speaker: Several Speakers
Organization: Teacher Development Special Interest Group, Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture
Short description: The Teacher Education JALT SIG's 2-day mini-conference will be held in association with the JALT Okayama Chapter and Okayama University on the 7th and 8th of October.