ELT Calendar for July 2019

July 5th (Friday) 2019

Tokyo JALT State of the Chapter 2019: Labor and Jobs in Japan
Time: 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: Yumiko Nakajima (Executive President of National Union of General Workers, Tokyo Nambu), Chie Matsumoto (Journalist /activist; president of Newspaper and wire service workers' union), Suwako Uehara, Michele Joel
Organization: Tokyo Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

July 7th (Sunday) 2019

Project Based Learning & English Training
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker: Masako Moriwaki
Organization: Nagano Chapter (formerly the Shinshu Chapter) of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Okaya City, Nagano Prefecture

Teaching games and songs effectively (TESOL certificate workshop)
Time: 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Speaker: David Paul
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

Elementary & JHS Games, Teaching Writing to Young Learners and Medical Situational role-play
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Chinny Mbakwe, Andy Baysa and Michael Ciantar
Organization: ETJ Tokyo (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

July 13th (Saturday) 2019

TUJ Distinguished Lecturer Series: Usage-Based Second Language Acquisition: Implicit and Explicit Learning and Their Interface
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Nick Ellis (University of Michigan, U.S.A.)
Organization: Temple University Japan
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

How Listening Skills Can Drive or Inhibit Motivation and SLA
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Speaker: Alastair Graham-Marr
Organization: Fukuoka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture

July 14th (Sunday) 2019

Session A: Making Students Active Readers; Session B: Self-Assessment in the EFL Classroom
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker: Yoko Takano, Steve Charles, Jane Hislop
Organization: ETJ Aichi (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

July 19th (Friday) 2019

Nick Ellis: Understanding Language and Learning: Theoretical, Methodological, and Cultural Developments in Applied Linguistics
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: Nick Ellis (University of Michigan)
Organization: Tokyo Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

July 20th (Saturday) 2019

July 21st (Sunday) 2019

Teaching games and songs effectively (TESOL certificate workshop)
Time: 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Speaker: David Paul
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

Career Development Day
Time: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: L'Shawn Howard; Michael Parrish
Organization: Kyoto Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture

Special Workshop for English Teachers and School Owners
Time: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Speaker: Jeremy Lanig MA
Organization: Association of Childrens English Teachers
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture

Activities for children's classes
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: David Paul
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

Active Not Passive, Memorable not Memorized
Time: 2:30 AM - 4:30 AM
Speaker: Marco Brazil
Organization: ETJ Yokohama (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture

July 28th (Sunday) 2019

Making the Most of Photocopiable Resources
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:55 AM
Speaker: Terry Yearley
Organization: ETJ East Tokyo (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

Teaching games and songs effectively
Time: 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Speaker: David Paul
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Location: Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture

Activities for children's classes (TESOL certificate workshop)
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: David Paul
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Location: Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture

How Computers Learn Language
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Robert Swier (Kindai University)
Organization: Sendai Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture