ELT Calendar

Saturday, May 28th, 2011

Exploring Gender and Its Implications
Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Various speakers
Organization: Gender Awareness in Language Education Special Interest Group, Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
Short description: This conference is an opportunity to share your research as well as exchange ideas on different aspects of gender and language education. Abstracts are invited for paper presentations, posters and workshop sessions related to the conference theme or to any aspect of gender and language education.

The 3rd Annual N.E.A.R. Language Education Conference
Time: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Speaker: Featured Chuck Sandy. Call for papers due by Feb. 14
Organization: Niigata Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture
Short description: The 3rd Annual North East Asian Region (N. E.

Active Participation through Student Response Systems
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Bill Pellowe and Paul Shimizu
Organization: Nagasaki Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture
Short description: We can motivate students to stay focused in the classroom through student response systems (SRS) that require all students to respond simultaneously.