ELT Calendar

Saturday, March 23rd, 2013

Special Symposium: Learner Corpus Studies in Asia and the World 2013 (LCSAW 2013)
Time: 9:40 AM - 5:30 PM
Speaker: Sylviange Granger (Louvain Catholic U.), Vincent Ooi (Singapore National U.), Yukio Tono (Tokyo U. of Foreign Studies), Andy Kirkpatrick (Griffith U,) Shin'ichiro Ishikawa (Kobe U.), and 10 more
Organization: The International Corpus Network of Asian Learners of English
Location: Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture
Short description: The Learner Corpus Studies in Asia and the World 2013 (LCSAW2013) will be held March 23rd to 24th at Kobe University in Kobe, Japan. This is an international symposium to commemorate the completion of the International Corpus Network of Asian Learners of English (ICNALE) Project.

Online Workshop
Time: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Speaker: Yuco Kikuchi (English Pier)
Organization: English Teaching Workshop
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: Part 1: 13:00-14:30 JHS English Lesson and Materials In this workshop, participants will discuss the challenges many students face when they learn English at JHS.

Tactics for TOEIC Author Talk
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Grant Trew
Organization: Oxford University Press
Location: Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
Short description: Join Tactics for TOEIC� author Grant Trew as he speaks about the new low-level TOEIC� prep course and gives insight on how to effectively teach TOEIC� and raise students' scores and communicative ability.

Introducing English speaking tests into university entrance examinations in Japan
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Nic Underhill, Makoto Hirano (MEXT), Kensaku Yoshida (Sophia University), Yuji Nakamura (Keio University)
Organization: Kyoto Institute of Technology
Location: Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
Short description: This symposium will discuss the possibility of introducing English speaking tests into the university's entrance examinations and will try to identify the benefits of introducing speaking tests, factors impeding the introduction, and possible solutions.

JALT LD SIG Kansai Get-together
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: All welcome
Organization: Learner Development Special Interest Group, Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
Short description: The Learner Development SIG's second Get Together for this year is Saturday, March 23rd from 2-5PM at Ritsumeikan Junior and Senior High School in Fushimi, Kyoto.