ELT Calendar

Saturday, November 8th, 2014

Meisei University Professional Development Forum
Time: 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Speaker: Call for papers due Oct. 17th
Organization: Meisei University International Studies Centre
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: Meisei University's International Studies Centre guest lecturers will host their sixth annual professional development forum where English lecturers will present short seminars on EFL classroom practice and relevant research themes.

Symposium on Language Learning beyond the EFL Classroom
Time: 10:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: Margaret Franken, University of Waikato, New Zealand; Yukie Koyama, Nagoya Institute of Technology; Stephen Hesse, Chuo University; Gordon Bateson, Kanazawa Gakuin University
Organization: ACM Chapter on E-learning and Technical Communication
Location: Aizu-Wakamatsu City, Fukushima Prefecture
Short description: The theme of this symposium is Language Learning beyond the EFL Classroom; it is sponsored by ACM Chapter on E-learning and Technical Communication and The University of Aizu.

TUJ Osaka Distinguished Lecturer Series: Computer-assisted Language Learning
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Irina Elgort (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
Organization: Temple University Japan
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
Short description: The Temple University Distinguished Lecturer Series brings internationally-recognized TESOL scholars to TUJ for intensive weekend seminars. Each seminar can be taken for elective credit for the master's and doctoral degrees.

Gifu JALT Conference Preview
Time: 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: Brent Simmonds, Kathleen Cahill, Mike Stockwell, John Spiri
Organization: Gifu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture
Short description: Four JALTGifu members will present on the theme they will be presenting on at the JALT national conference in November. This will give those of us who can't make it to Tsukuba a chance to see some of the presentations.

Pechakucha Night
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: Various speakers
Organization: Kitakyushu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: Kitakyushu JALT will be hosting our fourth PechaKucha night involving a variety of presentations to do with classroom learning and teaching. There will be several presenters who will each take turns presenting their chosen topic using only 20 slides for 20 seconds each.