ELT Calendar

Saturday, September 22nd, 2018

21CLT - 21st Century Language Teaching Conference Building Blocks for Language Learning
Time: 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Speaker: Makiko Tanaka (Kanda University of International Studies); call for papers due August 19
Organization: Okinawa Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture
Short description: Okinawa AMICUS International will host an all-day event organized with Okinawa JALT. We want to gather participants who don't normally see each other, and share ideas and good practices to develop language skills in Japan.

Age-related Factors in Second Language Learning (in Tokyo)
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: David Singleton (University of Pannonia, Hungary)
Organization: Temple University Japan
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: For most people the answer to the question of when it is best to begin learning a second language is self-evident. The cliche "the younger the better" would sum up the opinion delivered by the majority of respondents to such a question! We shall see in this course, however, that the facts of the matter are not so simple.

Okayama JALT Talks, Powered by PechaKucha
Time: 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Speaker: Several
Organization: Okayama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture
Short description: Okayama JALT will hold a Pechakucha-style event on 22 September! Ten presenters will give 6-minute, 20-slide visual prsentations related to language teaching or learning.