ELT Calendar

Sunday, June 11th, 2017

Teacher Journeys 2017
Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Atsuko Watanabe (Bunkyo University), Ken Tamai (Kobe City University of Foreign Studies)
Organization: Teacher Development Special Interest Group, Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture
Short description: Please refer to the conference site for details. .

Turning Speaking Tasks Into Assessment Activities
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Jerry Talandis Jr. (University of Toyama)
Organization: Fukuoka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: One effective way to assess your students' speaking skills is to turn regular language practice tasks into tests. To do that, all you really need is some sort of feedback loop that provides insight into performance.

Gunma x Saitama MyShare Part 2
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Harry Meyer (Gunma Prefectural Women's University), Yoko Kamo (Gunma Language Center), Daniel Hooper (Kanda University of International Studies), Yoko Miyazaki (Takasaki City University of Economics)
Organization: Saitama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture
Short description: We are fortunate to have a number of presenters coming from the Gunma chapter of JALT, who kindly hosted our presenters from Saitama last month, joining us to present on a wide variety of topics.

Call for Papers Due June 11th (Sunday)

JLTA 2017: The 21st Annual Conference of the Japan Language Testing Association
Call for papers due: June 11th (Sunday)
Event Dates: September 9th (Saturday) - September 10th (Sunday), 2017
Overview: The 21st Annual Conference of the Japan Language Testing Association will be held on September 9-10, 2017 at the University of Aizu in Fukushima Prefecture. It is cosponsored by JALT's Testing and Evaluation SIG.