ELT Calendar

Saturday, September 21st, 2019

2019 JALT CUE and BizCom ESP Symposium
Time: 10:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: Winnie Cheng (Hong Kong Polytechnic University), Judy Noguchi (Kobe Gakuin University), Laurence Anthony (Waseda University)
Organization: College and University Educators Special Interest Group, Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
Short description: The 2019 JALT CUE and BizCom ESP Symposium will feature three plenary speakers and two poster sessions. Presenters are invited to submit research-oriented or practice-based abstracts (by June 30) for poster presentations on topics related to teaching English for specific purposes.

TUJ Distinguished Lecturer Series: Corpus Use in Education and Research
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Atsushi Mizumoto (Kansai University, Japan)
Organization: Temple University Japan
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
Short description: The development of corpus linguistics has had a tremendous influence on the field of applied linguistics. The aim of this seminar is to introduce the participants to a number of topics related to corpus use for educational and research purposes such as data-driven learning (DDL).

Getting Published in JALT: Tokyo Chapter and the Publications Board
Time: 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Speaker: Eric Hauser and Gregory Glasgow, JALT Journal Editor and Associate Editor; Nicole Gallagher and Theron Muller, The Language Teacher Editors; Peter Clements and Aleda Krause, Postconference Publication Editors; and Caroline Handley, Publications Board Chair
Organization: Tokyo Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: The Tokyo Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT) is happy to once again host the JALT Publications Boards / Getting published in JALT.

(1) Event Diversity and Equity ELT Japan; (2) JALT Code of Conduct
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: (1) Tanja McCandie; (2) Katie Cahill
Organization: Gifu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture
Short description: Part 1: Event Diversity and Equity ELT Japan Female English language educators, more so non-native English speakers, are not often visible in positions of leadership and influence.

Multilingual Childraising: Giving children access to the world
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: Christine Provenzano
Organization: Fukuoka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: (Please note: "Individual Factors, Mindsets, and FLL" by Mike Berg, originally scheduled as an additional presentation today, has been postponed to a future date TBA)As the population of long-term non-Japanese residents rises in Japanese cities like Fukuoka, more and more families with at least one non-Japanese parent are working to help their children make the most of their international background by developing two, three, or more languages from birth.