ELT Calendar

Sunday, December 8th, 2019

2019 Tohoku ELT Expo
Time: 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Speaker: Approximately 40 presentations
Organization: Sendai Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture
Short description: Part of a national series of Expos, the Tohoku ELT Expo is a one day mini-conference offering quality presentations and materials displays for language teachers in any context: college, jr.

englishbooks.jp Education Day for ELT Teachers Autumn 2019 in Nagoya
Time: 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: many speakers
Organization: englishbooks.jp
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: Teachers and authors will gather at this event to share their inspiration and how they achieve classroom goals with their work. They also offer advice on how you can do the same.

7th British Council New Directions in English Language Assessment Conference
Time: 10:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Speaker:
Organization: The British Council Tokyo Centre
Location: Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture
Short description: The 7th annual New Directions Conference will take place in Yokohama, Japan from 8 - 9 December 2019, under the theme Realising Potential: Policy, Engagement and Impact which focuses on the role assessment plays in developing national education systems.

(1) Some current issues in second/foreign language; (2) Story Listening (SL) and Guided Self-Selected Reading Workshop (GSSR)
Time: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: (1) Stephen Krashen (University of Southern California, professor emeritus); (2) Beniko Mason (Shitennoji University)
Organization: Kobe Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture
Short description: Dr. Krashen will talk about some current issues in second/foreign language: is there a gift or special talent in language acquisition? Is immersion best? Should we force to speak more? What about writing? And what about accent? Dr.