ELT Calendar

Saturday, July 4th, 2015

A Mid-summer's Day Micro-conference
Time: 1:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Samuel Sorenson, Michael Iwane-Salovaara, Cameron Romney, and Gerry Yokota
Organization: Osaka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
Short description: This event is co-sponsored by JALT's GALE SIG. Doors open at 1:00 with presentations starting at 1:30.

Qualitative research: Methods, applications, questions
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker: Amanda Gillis-Furutaka (Kyoto Sangyo U.), Blake Hayes (Ritsumeikan U.), Jackie J. Kim-Wachutka (Ritsumeikan U.), Robert O'Mochain (Ritsumeikan U.), Thomas Amundrud (Nara U. of Education)
Organization: Kyoto Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
Short description: This event will feature a variety of workshops on different aspects of the theory and practice of qualitative research, both within and beyond language classrooms.

TUJ Tokyo Distinguished Lecturer Series: Developing and Promoting Learners' Ability to Understand Real-world Spoken English
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Elvis Wagner (Temple University, U.S.A.)
Organization: Temple University Japan
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: Listening is a vital component of L2 proficiency and communicative competence. An incredible amount of research has examined the L2 listening process in recent decades, and real improvements have been made in how we understand the L2 listening process, and in how we teach L2 listening.