ELT Calendar

Saturday, September 16th, 2017

The 6th Annual OLE SIG Conference (day 2 of 2)
Time: 8:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Speaker: Several speakers
Organization: Hiroshima Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture
Short description: On behalf of the organizing committee, we would like to welcome everybody to OLE 6 Hiroshima: The Past, Present and Future of Second Foreign Languages in Japan.

CUE ESP Symposium
Time: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Speaker: Sue Starfield (UNSW), Barbara DuBabcock (City Uni HK), and Masako Terui (Kindai). Call for posters due June 30th
Organization: College and University Educators Special Interest Group, Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: This is the fourth ESP Symposium offered by the JALT CUE SIG; this year in collaboration with the JALT BizCom SIG and Yokohama JALT Chapter. The ESP Symposium features three plenary speakers -- two from overseas and one from within Japan -- with a broad of expertise in the field of teaching and researching English for Specific Purposes (ESP).

Breaking the Mold
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: Bill Fugate (La Porte International Kindergarten)
Organization: Gifu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture
Short description: There are more than 10,000 English language schools in Japan. Systematically, there are very few meaningful differences between most of these schools, resulting in very little growth within the industry.