ELT Calendar

Sunday, October 30th, 2011

ACE 2011: Third Annual Asian Conference on Education
Time: 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Speaker: Keynote Speakers David N. Aspin and Judith D. Chapman
Organization: International Academic Forum
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
Short description: The International Academic Forum in conjunction with its global partners is proud to announce the Third Annual Asian Conference on Education, to be held from October 27-30 2011, in Osaka, Japan.

2011 ETJ Tohoku Expo in association with JALT
Time: 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Speaker: David Paul, Setsuko Toyama, and many others for 30 presentations
Organization: ETJ Sendai (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture
Short description: The one-day conference features presentations and workshops by colleagues from Tohoku and around Japan on topics of interest to language teachers in any context, from young learners to college students and above.

Teaching Language and Teaching Gender in the EFL Classroom
Time: 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Speaker: Todd Squires, Gerry Yokota
Organization: Kyoto Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
Short description: Kyoto JALT and GALE (Gender Awareness in Language Education) SIG are collaborating once again by holding a joint event on Sunday 30 October, 2011 from 10:00 am at the Campus Plaza Kyoto.

2011 mpi Kids English Tour on Picture Books and We Can!
Time: 11:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Rumiko Kido, Yumi Kaneko, Keiko Tamura
Organization: mpi
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: Workshop 1: 12:30-13:30 Introducing and demonstrating how to teach mpi's new editions of the exciting Wiggle book, Hot book, and Funny Alphabet which come with fun stickers and independent workbooks.

Assessment and evaluation workshop
Time: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Speaker: Fred Davidson
Organization: East Shikoku Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kochi City, Kochi Prefecture
Short description: Dr. Fred Davidson, Professor of Linguistics at the University of Illinois, will be giving a workshop on assessment and evaluation.