ELT Calendar

Sunday, August 4th, 2019

Bring Your Classroom to Life: Practical ideas for teaching young learners
Time: 10:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Speaker: Mayumi Tabuchi, Julie Hwang, David White
Organization: National Geographic Learning (Cengage Learning)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: Creating enjoyable and engaging lessons is a challenge we all face as educators. Our young learners need to develop language skills as well as the skills of collaboration, creativity and critical thinking in order to be the next generation of 21st citizens.

Summer Beach Party
Time: 12:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Speaker: It's a beach party!
Organization: Fukuoka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: It won't be rainy season forever! Come to this informal, family-friendly gathering hosted by the Fukuoka and Kitakyushu Chapters of the Japan Association for Language Teaching.

The Foundation on the First Floor: The Language Center, Radical Change, and Globalization
Time: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Speaker: Andrew Ross, Harvard University
Organization: Hokkaido Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture
Short description: Throughout Japan, and Hokkaido in particular, technology has had an enormous impact on education in general and especially on language education. Over the past few years, many national universities in Hokkaido have been sharing courses using technology.

Call for Papers Due August 4th (Sunday)

JASAL 2019 Annual Conference: New Beginnings
Call for papers due: August 4th (Sunday)
Event Dates: November 30th (Saturday) - December 1st (Sunday), 2019
Overview: The Japan Association for Self-Access Learning (JASAL) 2019 Annual Conference will be held November 30-December 1, 2019 at Otemon Gakuin University in Ibaraki City, Osaka Prefecture