ELT Calendar

Sunday, September 24th, 2017

1st International Conference on Intercultural Dialogue through the Arts: Community Development, Education and Policy (day 4 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.

Tokyo JALT Presents: Critical Thinking SIG and Brain SIG Conference
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Speaker: TBA
Organization: Tokyo Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: Come and join the Critical Thinking SIG and the Mind, Brain, and Education SIG (co-sponsored by Tokyo JALT) for a day of learning on September 24th at Rikkyo University.

The Games and Songs Seminar
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:40 PM
Speaker: Amy Long, Simon Moran, Marco Brazil, Kathleen Kampa, Scott Crowe, David Paul
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: Everything you need for teaching children through games and songs: Six great presentations by leading specialists Book store Attendance Certificate Full Information: ltprofessionals.

MOOCs and Professional Development: An afternoon with ALT Training Online founder, Nathaniel Reed
Time: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Speaker: Nathaniel Reed
Organization: Nagano Chapter (formerly the Shinshu Chapter) of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture
Short description: Our young learners deserve quality teachers. Language education in Japan has been called, amongst other things: rigid, immobilized and outdated.

Adapting Kagan Structures for Japanese Secondary School
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Kayvon Havaei-Ahary (TEFLpies), Lee Thomas (TEFLpies)
Organization: Saitama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture
Short description: Most Japanese secondary schools have had difficulty implementing the communicative methods of English instruction endorsed by MEXT. This presentation offers an overview of the literature which has explored these difficulties, and responds to calls from some of the local JALT community to explore cooperative learning as a potential means to meet the MEXT guidelines.