ELT Calendar

Sunday, October 21st, 2012

20th KOTESOL International Conference (day 2 of 2)
Time: To be announced
Speaker: Call for papers due May 31, 3012
Organization: Korea Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
Location: Seoul City, Seoul (South Korea)
Short description: The KOTESOL 2012 International Conference is a forum for educators to share their ideas, innovations, experience, action research, and major research findings.

Second Language Research Forum 2012 (day 4 of 4)
Time: 8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: Brian MacWhinney (Carnegie Mellon Univ.), Bill VanPatten (Michigan State Univ.), Natasha Tokowicz (Univ. of Pittsburgh), Patsy Duff (Univ. of British Columbia); Call for papers due April 30th
Organization: Second Language Research Forum
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA)
Short description: The Second Language Research Forum (SLRF) is the premier venue for sharing second language research in North America. The 2012 Second Language Research Forum (October 18-21) will be hosted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, by the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University.

TESOL Certificate (Young Learners): Story based lessons for young children
Time: 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Speaker: Mari Nakamura
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: This session will examine how we can nurture young childrens' love of language and multiple skills using illustrated stories as a springboard. Teachers will actually design some activities in small groups.

(1) Critical Media Literacy; (2) Global Issues in Scholarly Writing: Towards Academic Publication
Time: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: (1) Anna Husson Isozaki; (2) Atsushi Iida
Organization: Yokohama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture
Short description: The first presentation is on critical media literacy � empowering university-level English learners to access and understand news, and to sort truth from spin.

TESOL Certificate (Young Learners): gateway to literary independence
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Mari Nakamura
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: What is beyond the ABCs? This session will discuss effective ways to develop children's reading fluency and comprehension skills with the aim to help them become lifelong readers.