ELT Calendar

Sunday, June 10th, 2018

JALTCALL2018: The 25th Anniversary Conference of the JALT CALL SIG (Theme: New Directions in Educational Technology)
Time: To be announced
Speaker: Plenary Kazunori Nozawa, Ritsumeikan University; keynote Agnieszka (Aga) Palalas, Athabasca University; call for papers due February 14 (extended deadline)
Organization: Computer-Assisted Language Learning Special Interest Group, Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: This is a three-day event for educators and researchers in digital technology and language learning. The event starts with workshops in the evening on Friday, June 8 (6-9pm) and is followed by the main conference on the following two days.

Teaching listening and communication
Time: 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Speaker: David Paul
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: TESOL (Young Learners) Certificate Workshop: How can we develop children's listening and communication ability? The ability to communicate includes a variety of elements.

Cambridge Day Nagoya: Cambridge English Qualifications
Time: 10:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Mitsuharu Ota (Nagoya University of Foreign Studies), Tomoe Aoyama (Cambridge Assessment English), Tanja MaCandie (Meijo University), Curtis Kelly (Kansai Uni.), John Snow (UK Plus English School)
Organization: Cambridge University Press
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: Cambridge University Press Japan is proud to present "Cambridge Day Nagoya - Cambridge English Qualifications", a day of workshops designed to offer teaching ideas in response to the changes in University Entrance Testing announced in March this year.

Monthly Meet up
Time: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Speaker: TBA
Organization: Association of Childrens English Teachers
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: Teaching young learners of English. .

Teaching writing
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: David Paul
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: TESOL (Young Learners) Certificate Workshop: Writing is the most difficult of the four skills, but mastering writing greatly improves the children’s ability to internalize language.

Raising Bilingual Children
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Mary Nobuoka
Organization: Gunma Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture
Short description: Many people think that children raised by parents who speak two or more languages will naturally become bilingual or multilingual. However, in a monolingual country, this is not so easy.