ELT Calendar

Saturday, September 9th, 2017

2017 Annual JALT Vocabulary SIG Symposium: Learning/cognition and corpus linguistics
Time: 10:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: David Beglar, Jenifer Larson-Hall, Robert Nelson, Yu Kanazawa, Phil Bennett, Laurence Anthony, Dale Brown, Paul Lyddon, Rock Romanko
Organization: Vocabulary Special Interest Group, Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
Short description: The symposium takes place in a single room. Learning/Cognition Sessions Following the four invited speakers, the discussant comments on the papers submitted by the featured speakers.

The 28th Annual JALT Gunma Summer Workshop in Ikaho
Time: 12:30 PM - 12:35 PM
Speaker: Yasushi Sekiya, Antonija Cavcic, Hideto D. Harashim, Daniel Hooper, Yoshimi Ochiai
Organization: Gunma Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Ikaho Town, Gunma Prefecture
Short description: The 28th Annual JALT Gunma Summer Workshop will be held September 9-10 in Ikaho. The theme of this event is "Pronunciation for Japanese Learners of English.

JLTA 2017: The 21st Annual Conference of the Japan Language Testing Association
Time: 2:30 PM - 4:40 PM
Speaker: Keynote speaker: John M. NORRIS (Educational Testing Service)
Organization: The Japan Language Testing Association
Location: Aizu-Wakamatsu City, Fukushima Prefecture
Short description: 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.

Money 101: Personal Finance, Investing, and Retirement for Residents of Japan
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: Ben Shearon
Organization: Kitakyushu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: Many teachers in Japan would like to get their finances in order, but aren't quite sure where to start. This exposes them to three big potential dangers: not doing anything, doing the wrong thing, and being taken advantage of by "advisors" or financial institutions.