ELT Calendar

Wednesday, December 7th, 2011

Professional Development through Collaborative Research: A Writing Fluency Project
Time: 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Speaker: Greg Sholdt
Organization: Sojo International Learning Center at Sojo University
Location: Kumamoto City, Kumamoto Prefecture
Short description: Making the transition from teacher to teacher researcher can result in a range of classroom and career benefits; however, getting started in classroom-based research can be a bewildering endeavor when undertaken alone.

ELT Chat on Twitter
Time: 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Speaker: Group discussion on Twitter
Organization: ELTChat
Location: Online, Online Events (Online Event)
Short description: #ELTChat (on Twitter) early chat is 12 noon (London time), which is convenient for teachers in Japan to join. Join the #ELTchat hashtag every Wednesday to connect with ELT professionals around the world.

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Mobile Audience Response System (MOARS)

ELT means English Language Teaching. The ELT Calendar contains information about conferences, conventions, workshops, presentations and other events of professional interest to teachers of EFL (English as a Foreign Language) in Japan, and the research communities of SLA (Second Language Acquisition), TESOL (Teaching English as a Second or Other Language), TEFL (Teaching English as a Foriegn Language) and others relevant to language learning and teaching English in Japan.