ELT Calendar

Saturday, October 21st, 2017

2017 KOTESOL International Conference
Time: To be announced
Speaker: Call for papers due May 31, 2017
Organization: Korea Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
Location: Seoul City, Seoul (South Korea)
Short description: Korea TESOL, in association with the Pan Asian Consortium of Language Teaching Societies, invites you to participate in the 25th Annual Korea TESOL International Conference, "Why are we here? Analogue Learning in a Digital Era," to be held 21-22 October 2017 at Sookmyung Women's University in Seoul, South Korea.

CANCELLED: Understanding Language Course Design as a Problem-Solving Process
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: David Crabbe (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
Organization: Temple University Japan
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: CANCELLEDTUJ sent out notification on October 18 that the Distinguished Lecture Series events in Tokyo and Osaka on October 21 and 28 have been cancelled.

October Meeting
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Ian Nakamura, David Townsend and Larry Dante
Organization: Okayama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture
Short description: An Introduction to Discourse Analysis for Language Teachers (Ian Nakamura) The presenter will show excerpts of interviews of the same guest, Larry David, conducted by two different interviewers.

Off to the Onsen with Sendai JALT
Time: 5:15 PM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: Special guest Michael Griffin
Organization: Sendai Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture
Short description: The night of October 21 will feature our annual Off to the Onsen event in Akiu. Eat, drink and enjoy the waters with fellow members of the teaching community and special guest Michael Griffin.

Good Education Versus Gamification: Who Wins?
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: John Wiltshier (Miyagi Gakuin Women's University)
Organization: Fukuoka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: Why do our students, spend so much time gaming, tweeting, clicking, liking, uploading, texting? As teachers we can critically observe students' online activities to determine what--if anything--can be utilized for good education.

DIY NeuroELT: Seven keys for making your textbook more brain-friendly
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Speaker: Marc Helgesen
Organization: Nagoya and Gifu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: Whoever wrote your textbook was thinking about grammar and vocabulary, perhaps tasks and motivation - and was probably not focused on brain science. But the brain is where learning occurs.

English as a lingua franca: Past, present, and our response
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: Alan Thompson, Gifu Shotoku Gakuen University
Organization: Gifu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture
Short description: In most of the world, when English is used, it is used as a lingua franca - a language chosen for communication by people who do not share a first language.