ELT Calendar

Saturday, October 13th, 2018

The IAFOR Asian Conference on Education 2018
Time: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Speaker: Zachary Walker (National Institute of Education), Tien-Hui Chiang (Zhengzhou University, China)
Organization: International Academic Forum
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: IAFOR and the ACE2018 Organizing Committee invite you to submit your abstract to the 10th Asian Conference on Education, to be held in Tokyo, Japan from October 13-15, 2018.

The 26th Annual Korea TESOL International Conference
Time: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Speaker: Scott Thornbury, Jill Hadfield, Steven Herder (Doshisha Women's College) and more; call for papers due May 31
Organization: Korea Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
Location: Seoul City, Seoul (South Korea)
Short description: The Korea TESOL International Conference is the largest ELT Conference in Korea, attracting many presenters and attendees from Japan as well as other countries.

VietTESOL Convention 2018 (day 2 of 2)
Time: 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: Call for papers due July 20
Organization: VietTESOL
Location: Hanoi City, Hanoi (Vietnam)
Short description: VietTESOL Convention 2018 Call for Papers We would like to invite you to present at VietTESOL Convention 2018. The Convention will be collaboratively organized by VietTESOL Association, Hanoi University of Industry and the National Foreign Languages Project on 12-13th October 2018 at Hanoi University of Industry (HaUI), Vietnam.

Be The Teacher: Inspiring students to find their own voice in English
Time: 1:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Speaker: Shibahara Tomoyuki (Kanda University of International Studies), Yamamoto Takao (Tokyo Metropolitan Musashi Junior and Senior High School), Joseph Shaules (Juntendo University)
Organization: National Geographic Learning (Cengage Learning)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: Designed for junior and senior high school teachers. More information and registration (click here).

Using the Process Approach for Advanced Academic Writing: Practical Applications for Diverse Situations
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Matthew Taylor
Organization: West Tokyo Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: In this presentation/workshop,which is sponsored by Cengage National Geographic Learning, the immense task of teaching advanced academic writing in English, specifically, research paper writing, to learners who may or may not be prepared for it will be addressed.

Strategic Instruction and Interaction to Foster Resilience in the Young Learner: Connecting I Have, I Am, I Can to the C.R.E.D.E. Standards of Effective Pedagogy
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: Judith B. O'Loughlin
Organization: Hokkaido Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture
Short description: Young learners may be traditional newcomers or students with limited literacy. For these learners to become resilient in educational and life challenges, schools must create "havens of resilience" (Henderson, 2013) to help them discover their own internal strengths, as in the "I Have, I Am, I Can" model (Grotberg, 1995; Davis, 2014).