ELT Calendar

Saturday, July 8th, 2017

JACET Kyushu-Okinawa Chapter 28th Annual Chapter Conference
Time: 9:15 AM - 5:30 PM
Speaker: Several speakers
Organization: Kyushu-Okinawa Chapter of the Japan Association of College English Teachers
Location: Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture
Short description: The theme of the conference is, "Collaborative Enterprise in Language Education. " For details, please see the conference page on the Kyushu-Okinawa JACET site.

Summer Social
Time: 10:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: It's a social!
Organization: Kitakyushu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: Come on out and toast Kitakyushu JALT. .

TUJ Tokyo Distinguished Lecturer Series: Oral Corrective Feedback in Language Pedagogy and SLA
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Rod Ellis (Curtin University, Australia)
Organization: Temple University Japan
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: The purpose of this seminar is to explore the extent to which the approach to correcting learners oral errors evident in popular teacher guides is compatible with research that has investigated the effect of oral corrective feedback on second language acquisition.

Teaching for Global Citizenship in the Language Classroom
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Kip Cates (Tottori University)
Organization: Okayama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture
Short description: The English classroom can be more than just a place to practice language skills. It can also be a "window to the world" where students learn about other cultures, explore international themes and acquire the knowledge, skills and attitudes needed in a global age.

Annual Okayama JALT Beer Garden
Time: 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: Everyone
Organization: Okayama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture
Short description: Come join us following Kip Cates' presentation at Okadai. .