ELT Calendar

Saturday, September 23rd, 2017

Today is Autumnal Equinox (Shuubun-no-hi)

1st International Conference on Intercultural Dialogue through the Arts: Community Development, Education and Policy (day 3 of 4)
Time: To be announced
Speaker: Featured speakers: TBA. Call for papers due 10th June 2017
Organization: Intercultural Dialogue through the Arts Conference
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: This conference is co-organized by NPO Tiempo Iberoamericano in Fukuoka, and the Multicultural Fitness Community , which is based at Saga University, in Japan.

Mini-Conference and Teacher Appreciation Barbecue
Time: 2:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: Alison Nemoto, Marcos Benevides, Charles Browne, Curtis Kelly, Marc Helgesen and John Wiltshier
Organization: Sendai Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture
Short description: September's event will be a mini-conference and Teacher Appreciation Barbecue sponsored by our partners at Pearson Japan. The mini-conference will be followed by the annual and legendary "Teacher Appreciation Pig Roast BBQ & Garden Party," supported by Pearson Japan, hosted by the English Firsthand authors, and backed up by some yet-to-be-decided pigs and birds.

Listening Skills: Critical in Asian Contexts
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: Alastair Graham-Marr
Organization: Fukuoka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: Learners need huge amounts of comprehensible input to learn a foreign language. And listening is an easy way to get this.