ELT Calendar

Saturday, March 23rd, 2019

Kyoto JALT 2nd Annual Mini-Conference
Time: 12:45 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Various speakers; the call for presenters closes on February 14
Organization: Kyoto Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
Short description: Kyoto JALT is happy to announce that our 2nd annual chapter mini-conference will be held on Saturday, March 23rd at the Kinugasa Campus of Ritsumeikan University.

(1) English as a lingua franca (ELF): Empowering Japanese learners in a university World Englishes course; (2) Character Building Blocks For English Class; (3) Teaching Digital Literacy
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: (1) Corazon T. Kato (Chubu Gakuin University); (2) Kim Horne; (3) Marie Kjeldgaard (Nanzan University)
Organization: Gifu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture
Short description: Each of our 3 guest speakers will take turns presenting on their respective topics, giving us some great variety within a single event. We will also be starting a new Book Exchange slot, where we encourage attendees to bring 2 or 3 unneeded books they would recommend to a friend (not spring cleaning).

Two Presentations on Learners' Stories
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Speaker: (1) Keita Kikuchi (Kanagawa University); (2) Neil McClelland (University of Kitakyushu)
Organization: Fukuoka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: Presentation 1: Listen to Learners' Stories: Focusing on Changes of Ideal Self, Ought-to Self, and L2 Learning Experience Keita Kikuchi (Kanagawa University) As noted by Dörnyei and Ryan (2015), much of the focus of recent motivation research is on the dynamic nature of motivation.