ELT Calendar

Sunday, January 27th, 2019

JALT Hokkaido Winter Language Teaching Conference: Language as a Business Tool: Communicating in the Global Market
Time: 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Speaker: Marcos Benevides (Oberlin University, Tokyo); call for papers due November 4, 2018
Organization: Hokkaido Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture
Short description: The goal of most students is to get an interesting, fulfilling job after graduation. What language tools can help them succeed? How can we help prepare them for the global market? This conference attempts to address questions about how acquiring a second language will help make their dream job a reality.

Inspire, Explore, Motivate: A young learners event (Tokyo)
Time: 10:00 AM - 3:15 PM
Speaker: Mari Nakamura, Yasuko Hirata, David White
Organization: National Geographic Learning (Cengage Learning)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: With workshops from leading names in young learner education and experienced consultants, you will acquire practical teaching ideas you can use in your classroom today! Let's inspire, motivate and explore together as English teachers who play a vital role in shaping the future of our young learners.

englishbooks.jp Tokyo Young Learners Teaching Workshop, Winter 2019
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Speaker: James Hara (ABC Pop Phonics), Angus Schaefer (ABC Pop Phonics), Aaron Siegel (e-future), Eric Kane (ELF Learning), Deborah Grow (English Garden), Mark Kulek (MSC Press), Patricia Daly Oe, Hans Janssen (Thinking World), Mari Yoshizawa (Pep, Inc.)
Organization: englishbooks.jp
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: Come to talk with, learn from and share ideas with some of Japan's favourite authors of English learners' textbooks! Gain teaching tips, valuable inspiration, and have a look through the presenters educational materials designed to motivate young learners! A must for all those teaching English as a foreign language! Reserve in advance to get a mini gift pack! You are welcome to our event without registering.

TESOL (Young Learners): Lesson planning
Time: 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Speaker: David Paul
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Location: Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
Short description: Teachers will look at effective lesson planning, create lesson plans, and demonstrate how the lessons would be carried out in practice. .

ETJ Chiba Workshop: English Language Program in Public Elementary Schools: What's Going on? What Can We Do to Make it Successful?
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Various speakers
Organization: ETJ East Tokyo (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: Japan will face a new era in English education in 2020. The country's elementary schools will take more communicative approaches after the year of the Tokyo Olympics.

Navigating the Discussion of "Challenging" Topics in High School and University English Classes
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Marian Hara
Organization: Gunma Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture
Short description: The Education Ministry has announced that communication, thinking and discussion skills must be developed to help produce Japanese citizens who are able to hold their own in our globalized world.

TESOL (Young Learners): Being an effective teacher
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: David Paul
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Location: Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
Short description: Teachers will look at the role of the teacher in class, and at how to manage difficult classes. This will include the way we interact with students, the example we set, our role in activities etc.