ELT Calendar

Sunday, January 19th, 2020

Session A: Most effective and successful teaching activities; Session B: Help students build confidence and improve their test scores
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker: Wayne Jackson, Yuichi Hasegawa
Organization: ETJ Aichi (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: Session A: Wayne Jackson will share his most effective and successful activities from his 20+ years of teaching. The activities he will present will cover a wide range of topics and be applicable to a wide range of students.

Bring Your Classroom to Life - Winter Tour 2020 (Okayama)
Time: 10:00 AM - 3:45 PM
Speaker: Mayumi Tabuchi, Julie Hwang, David White
Organization: National Geographic Learning (Cengage Learning)
Location: Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture
Short description: Come and join National Geographic Learning for a fascinating day of practical workshops that showcase a range of skills and techniques for teaching young learners.

JALT School Owners SIG Mini-conference
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Speaker: Kenny Fritts, Lawrence Hong, Peter Lackner, Grant Osterman, Doris Wong
Organization: School Owners Special Interest Group, Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Meguro City, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: The mini-conference is a day dedicated to presentations that would interest school owners. Presentations will be given on effective school curriculums, hiring, business strategies, government subsidies for pre-schools, and creating business LINE accounts.

A Call To Apps
Time: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Speaker: Rab Paterson (Toyo University)
Organization: Kitakyushu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: This session will cover a range of current best practices in digital pedagogy, with practical examples drawn from a number of pedagogical approaches to learning and related apps.

X-Reading Users Group, Kanto Chapter 2020 Meeting
Time: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Speaker: Marcel Van Amelsvoort, Anna Husson Isozaki, Richard John Walker, Andrew Reimann, Tim Gutierrez
Organization: West Tokyo Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kokubunji City, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: We welcome you to the first meeting of the X-Reading Users Group. The purpose of the meeting is to share ideas for how X-Reading can be used in the foreign language classroom.