ELT Calendar for August 2017

August 4th (Friday) 2017

The Fourth World Congress on Extensive Reading
Time: 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Speaker: Shuhei Kadota, Richard Day, Loh Chin Ee, Jennifer Bassett, and many more
Organization: Extensive Reading Foundation
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

August 5th (Saturday) 2017

The Fourth World Congress on Extensive Reading (day 2 of 4)
Time: 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Speaker: TBA; Call for papers due February 28th, 2017
Organization: Extensive Reading Foundation
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

August 6th (Sunday) 2017

The Fourth World Congress on Extensive Reading (day 3 of 4)
Time: 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Speaker: TBA; Call for papers due February 28th, 2017
Organization: Extensive Reading Foundation
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

Practical English Teaching Workshop 2017
Time: 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Speaker: Erin Mikulec (Illinois State University), and Tomo Machida, Mark deBoer, Cherie Brown, Pat Dougherty, Mary Frances Agnello, Miguel Sosa, Leigh Bennett, Malcolm Sim, Clay Williams (all from AIU)
Organization: Akita International University
Location: Akita City, Akita Prefecture

August 7th (Monday) 2017

Pacific Rim Objective Measurement Symposium (PROMS) 2017 (Main conference day 1 of 3)
Time: To be announced
Speaker: Various speakers; call for papers due May 31, 2017
Organization: Pacific Rim Objective Measurement Symposium
Location: Kota Kinabalu, Sabah (Malaysia)

The Fourth World Congress on Extensive Reading (day 4 of 4)
Time: 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Speaker: TBA; Call for papers due February 28th, 2017
Organization: Extensive Reading Foundation
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

August 8th (Tuesday) 2017

Pacific Rim Objective Measurement Symposium (PROMS) 2017 (Main conference day 2 of 3)
Time: To be announced
Speaker: Various speakers; call for papers due May 31, 2017
Organization: Pacific Rim Objective Measurement Symposium
Location: Kota Kinabalu, Sabah (Malaysia)

August 9th (Wednesday) 2017

Pacific Rim Objective Measurement Symposium (PROMS) 2017 (Main conference day 3 of 3)
Time: To be announced
Speaker: Various speakers; call for papers due May 31, 2017
Organization: Pacific Rim Objective Measurement Symposium
Location: Kota Kinabalu, Sabah (Malaysia)

August 17th (Thursday) 2017

English study home stay: A case study
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: Kayoko and Kunie
Organization: NanKyu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture

August 22nd (Tuesday) 2017

2017 CELF-ELTama Forum for English Language Teaching
Time: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Patrick NG (University of Niigata Prefecture), Masatsugu Enomoto (Tamagawa University)
Organization: Tamagawa University
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

August 28th (Monday) 2017

Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) and Its Application To Program Planning
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Shinichi Izumi (Sophia University), Yuki Yamano (Utsunomiya University)
Organization: English Language Education Council, Inc.
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

August 29th (Tuesday) 2017

JACET 2017: The 56th International Convention (day 1 of 3)
Time: 9:00 AM - 3:50 PM
Speaker: Plenary speakers Barbara Seidlhofer (University of Vienna) and Phyllis Ghim-Lian Chew (Nanyang Technological University)
Organization: Japan Association of College English Teachers
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

August 30th (Wednesday) 2017

JACET 2017: The 56th International Convention (day 2 of 3)
Time: 9:00 AM - 3:50 PM
Speaker: Plenary speakers Barbara Seidlhofer (University of Vienna) and Phyllis Ghim-Lian Chew (Nanyang Technological University)
Organization: Japan Association of College English Teachers
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

August 31st (Thursday) 2017

JACET 2017: The 56th International Convention (day 3 of 3)
Time: 9:00 AM - 3:50 PM
Speaker: Plenary speakers Barbara Seidlhofer (University of Vienna) and Phyllis Ghim-Lian Chew (Nanyang Technological University)
Organization: Japan Association of College English Teachers
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis