ELT Calendar

Saturday, October 12th, 2013

KOTESOL International Conference 2013: Exploring the Road Less Traveled: From Practice to Theory
Time: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
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: This event is for all who are involved with ELT. Presentations range from theoretical research paper presentation to hand-on workshops.

2nd JALT OLE SIG Conference: Language learning and teaching beyond the first foreign language
Time: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Speaker: TBA; call for papers due July 15
Organization: Other Language Educators Special Interest Group, Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: JALT's OLE SIG (Other Language Educators Special Interest Group) welcomes language teachers of all foreign languages under the conference theme of Language learning and teaching beyond the first foreign language.

Using Mobile Devices in the EFL Classroom
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Bill Pellowe
Organization: Nagasaki Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture
Short description: Bill Pellowe will demonstrate four ways to use mobile devices in the classroom. His school has provided him with a classroom set of iPod Touch devices for his students, but these activities also work in BYOD ("bring your own device") classrooms, or with low-tech alternatives.

October 2013 Workshop Meeting
Time: 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Masa Tsuneyasu (Utsunomiya University), Brett Milliner (Tamagawa University), Travis Cote (Tamagawa Uniiversity), Dave Rear (Shibaura Institute of Technology)
Organization: JACET English for Specific Purposes SIG (Japan Association of College English Teachers) Kanto
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: This is the JACET ESP (English for Special Purposes) Kanto SIGs very first workshop. The workshop is in two parts.

(1) Designing Independent Listening Projects; (2) Ukiyo-Eigo: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Art and EFL
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: (1) Caleb Prichard; (2) Tom Fast
Organization: Okayama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture
Short description: (1) Designing Independent Listening Projects, Caleb Prichard This presentation discusses several ways to organize listening projects and have students share their work, including high-tech and low-tech options.

Practical neuroELT for kids and adults
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: Robert S. Murphy and Ai Murphy
Organization: Kitakyushu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: A practical, theoretical, and fun presentation! What does neuroscience have to offer to EFL teachers? Find out fascinating new developments in neuroscience that have been translated into practical classroom pedagogy.