ELT Calendar

Saturday, October 20th, 2018

JALT Speech, Drama, and Debate SIG Traveling Conference 2018 (Nishinomiya, Hyogo)
Time: 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: Posters, short presentations and Pecha Kucha presentations
Organization: Performance in Education Special Interest Group (formerly known as the Speech, Drama and Debate SIG), Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture
Short description: Postponed due to bad weather: rescheduled to October 20-21 The new call for proposals deadline is September 24th. Event theme: Performance-Assisted Learning (PAL).

Assessment for Learning: CLIL and CEFR
Time: 1:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Speaker: Dmitri Leontjev (University of Jyvaskyla, Finland) and others
Organization: CEFR and Language Portfolio Special Interest Group of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: In this symposium we will feature a number of speakers on the topic of 'Assessment for Learning in CLIL classrooms: Conceptualisations and Practical Applications'.

Understanding Language Course Design as a Problem-Solving Process (in Tokyo)
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: David Crabbe (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
Organization: Temple University Japan
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: Course design at its most basic is specifying learning goals, together with effective learning opportunities to achieve those goals. But it is more exciting than that.

Professional Development Weekend: Fostering Resilience in Young Learners
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Judith B. O'Loughlin (Award-winning educational consultant)
Organization: Sendai Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture
Short description: Judith B. O'Loughlin will give three workshops over the course of the weekend.

CLIL Approaches to Post-truth Pedagogy
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Sandra Kouritzin
Organization: Okayama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture
Short description: Today's iGeneration youth, those who do not distinguish cyberspace from "real" space in the same way that earlier generations have, are exposed to constantly-aggregating fake news, alternative facts, and other forms of post-truth posturing.

Off to the Onsen
Time: 5:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Speaker: Akiu Springwater
Organization: Sendai Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture
Short description: The night of October 20 will feature our annual "Off to the Onsen" event in Akiu. Eat, drink and enjoy the waters with fellow members of the teaching community and special guest Judith O'Loughlin.