ELT Calendar

Saturday, June 29th, 2019

Asia TEFL 2019 (day 3 of 3)
Time: 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Budsaba Kanoksilpatham (Silpakorn University), Andy Kirkpatrick (Griffith University), Kurt Kohn (University of Tuebingen), Alastair Pennycook (University of Technology Sydney), Willy Renandya (Nanyang Technological University), Yilin Sun (University of Macau), Amy Tsui (University of Hong Kong)
Organization: The Asian Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language
Location: Bangkok, Bangkok (Thailand)
Short description: Asia TEFL 2019, featuring the 17th Asia TEFL International Conference and the 6th FLLT (Foreign Language Learning and Teaching) International Conference, is a collaboration between Asia TEFL and the Language Institute of Thammasat University (LITU), Thailand, and runs June 27th-29th, 2019.

Teacher Journeys 2019 Conference
Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Featured Speakers: Christopher Hale (Akita International University), Fumi Takegami (The Prefectural University of Kumamoto). Call for papers due April 30th
Organization: Teacher Development Special Interest Group, Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kumamoto City, Kumamoto Prefecture
Short description: At the eighth annual Teacher Journeys Conference, we aim to explore the winding but meaningful paths of teachers in our field towards greater self-awareness and improved classroom practice.

Half-day workshop--Engaging students with the Linguaculture Motivation Profiler
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Joseph Shaules, Sumiko Miyafusa, Robinson Fritz, Gabriela Schmidt
Organization: Japan Intercultural Institute
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: This half-day workshop will introduce the Linguaculture Motivation Profiler (LMP). This validated 36-item online instrument creates a learning profile of students.

MA in Global Communication Open Day Event. Including a TESOL Workshop: Designing a CEFR-based curriculum
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:15 PM
Speaker: Colin Thompson (Josai International University), Tim Woolstencroft (Josai International University)
Organization: Josai International University
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: TESOL Workshop, MA Thesis Presentations, MA Program Q & A session. TESOL Workshop: CEFR's influence on language education in Japan has grown significantly in recent years.

TUJ Distinguished Lecturer Series: Issues of (mis)communication in Science and Mathematics Classrooms--the Surprising Importance of Language
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Timothy Fukawa-Connelly (Temple University, U.S.A.)
Organization: Temple University Japan
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
Short description: This course will synthesize the results of various classroom-based (content-based) studies of language and communicative practices in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) classrooms.

(1) Character Building Blocks for English Class; (2) Motivating Critical Thinking Through Graded Readers
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: (1) Kim Horne; (2) Heather Doiron
Organization: Gifu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture
Short description: A seminar of two halves, plus our regular book swap. .