ELT Calendar

Sunday, October 2nd, 2016

JALT Hokkaido Conference: Plan, Implement, and Evaluate -- Teaching and Assessing Learning
Time: 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Michihiro Hirai, President, Hirai Language Services Inc.
Organization: Hokkaido Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture
Short description: Call for presentations due July 24Please see the abstract submission page for details. Teachers plan, implement and evaluate their teaching and student learning in various ways and contexts.

Oxford Day 2016: Forum on English Education
Time: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Plenary Speaker Victoria Murphy (University of Oxford) plus many others
Organization: Oxford University Press
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: English education in Japan is changing due to a range of domestic and international pressures and as a result educators and institutions are facing new challenges they must find solutions to.

9th Annual Extensive Reading Seminar (day 2 of 2)
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: TBA; call for papers due May 30
Organization: Extensive Reading Special Interest Group, Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: The theme of the conference is "Extensive Reading/Listening: How do you do it?" and is expected to include presentations in both English and Japanese.

Vocabulary Learning Strategies: Applying What We Know From Research to Our Practice
Time: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Speaker: Atsushi Mizumoto (Kansai University)
Organization: Nara Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nara City, Nara Prefecture
Short description: In this talk, Atsushi Mizumoto, Ph. D.