ELT Calendar

Saturday, June 20th, 2015

2015 Vocabulary Symposium
Time: 8:30 AM - 6:30 PM
Speaker: Featured Discussants: Stuart Webb and Rie Koizume
Organization: Vocabulary Special Interest Group, Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: Two Symposii of four speakers and one discussant along with poster presentations of Vocabulary SIG members during lunch. 8:15 ~ Registration & poster setup 9:15 to 9:45 Plenary: Stuart Webb (University of Western Ontario) 10:00 to 12:10 Symposium 1: Vocabulary Assessment 12:20 to 13:50 Lunch and poster session 14:00 to 16:10 Symposium 2: Vocabulary Teaching and Learning Breakout sessions 18:30 ~ Conference Dinner (held at Molto Buono, near Hakata Stn)Please see the symposium web page for details.

TUJ Osaka Distinguished Lecturer Series: Reflective Practice for Language Teachers
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Thomas Farrell (Brock University, Canada)
Organization: Temple University Japan
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
Short description: Reflective practice generally means conscious thinking about what we are doing and why we are doing it and is now used in many different professions such as the legal profession, nursing, and education.

Internationalized University Education And Global English
Time: 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Speaker: Chris Haswell
Organization: Oita Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Oita City, Oita Prefecture
Short description: This presentation covers recent efforts by MEXT to internationalize Japanese education through the use of English. The current language education policies in Japan mandate over 10 years of English language education.

Translator Ginny Tapley Takemori: On Whales, Blue Glass, War and Young People
Time: 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Speaker: Ginny Tapley Takemori
Organization: The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) Japan
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: Translator Ginny Tapley Takemori will discuss two children's books she translated from Japanese into English, both of which are due out from Pushkin Children's Books this year: The Whale That Fell In Love With a Submarine by Akiyuki Nosaka and The Secret of the Blue Glass by Tomiko Inui.

Teacher Employment Issues
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: Richard Miller (Kobe Gakuin University)
Organization: Gifu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture
Short description: This presentation will begin with an overview of the job market for language professionals in Japan, and the current trends for the job market. Results from surveys and questionnaires that the presenter has obtained through his role as the Job Information Centre (JIC) editor will be given.