ELT Calendar

Saturday, December 7th, 2013

PAC 2013: Tradition and Innovation in Language Education (day 3 of 3)
Time: To be announced
Speaker: Call for papers due April 30, 2013 (extended deadline)
Organization: Pan-Asian Consortium (PAC) of Language Teaching Societies
Location: Cebu City, Cebu (Philippines)
Short description: PAC 2013 will be held 5-7 December, 2013 in Cebu City, Philippines. The Pan-Asian Consortium of Language Teaching Associations (PAC) is a series of conferences, publications (proceedings and journals) and research networks, organized by a group of language teaching associations in East Asia, in order to create a forum for language teachers from throughout the region to explore matters of mutual professional interest.

Self-Regulation in Foreign Language Learning (day 1 of 2)
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:45 PM
Speaker: The featured speakers are Garold Murray (Okayama University) and Yoshiyuki Nakata (Hyogo University of Teacher Education).
Organization: Shimonoseki City University
Location: Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture
Short description: Interested researchers and practitioners are invited to submit a presentation proposal (150-200 words) for the upcoming symposium on Self-Regulation in Foreign Language Learning.

Motivating the unmotivated: Do teachers have to do all the work?
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Ken Wilson (author of the Smart Choice series by Oxford University Press)
Organization: Okayama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture
Short description: Okayama JALT is hosting events in two locations this weekend. Okayama on Saturday and Tottori on Sunday.