ELT Calendar

Sunday, October 22nd, 2017

2017 KOTESOL International Conference (day 2 of 2)
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.

Oxford Day 2017: The Power Of Language
Time: 10:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: Plenary Speaker Philip N. Howard (Statutory Professor of Internet Studies at the Oxford Internet Institute and Senior Fellow of Balliol College at the University of Oxford); plus many more
Organization: Oxford University Press
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: Recent social and political issues are impacting communication on a global scale and in turn shaping policy in local education. As an authority on the English language, OUP influences how language reflects the times through publications such as the Oxford English Dictionary and the Word of the Year.

Good Education Versus Gamification: Who Wins?
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: John Wiltshire (Miyagi Gakuin Women's University)
Organization: NanKyu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nagasaki City, Nagasaki 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.