ELT Calendar

Saturday, January 21st, 2017

Thailand TESOL 2017: ELT Pathways to Professional Excellence (day 2 of 2)
Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Dudley Reynolds, President of TESOL International; call for papers due September 30, 2016
Organization: Thailand TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages)
Location: Bangkok, Bangkok (Thailand)
Short description: 37Th Thailand TESOL International Conference: ELT Pathways to Professional Excellence will be held January 20-21, 2017. The call for papers is due September 30, 2016; please see the Thailand TESOL website for details.

JACET ESP SIG Kanto January Chapter Meeting
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Philip McCasland (Fukushima University)
Organization: JACET English for Specific Purposes SIG (Japan Association of College English Teachers) Kanto
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: Program: 15:00-15:30 Invited Presentation by Philip McCasland (Fukushima University) Title of Talk: Teaching Entrepreneurship: Policy, Framework, Method, Practice Presenter Bio: Philip McCasland is an associate professor in the Department of Business and Economics at Fukushima University.

Okayama JALT January Meeting
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Stephen Hampshire; Tom Fast
Organization: Okayama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture
Short description: Making English classes more active and communicative by Steve Hampshire In this materials-based workshop, I will demonstrate some team, group and pair work activities guaranteed to put your students into active English mode! Taken from Why Can�t Elephants Jump? (Perceptia), my new bilingual materials book for teachers, these ideas can be easily integrated into existing courses.