ELT Calendar

Saturday, June 20th, 2020

POSTPONED: 2020 TESOL-JALT International Mind, Brain, and Language Education Symposium
Time: To be announced
Speaker: TBA
Organization: Mind, Brain, and Education Special Interest Group of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
Short description: This event has been POSTPONED until 2021 due to the Covid-19 (Coronavirus). Please see jalt-tesol.

JALT PanSIG 2020 Conference (ONLINE)
Time: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Speaker: See the PanSIG website for details
Organization: JALT PanSIG Conference
Location: Online, Online Events (Online Event)
Short description: This event has been shifted to an online event due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the date has changed. This PanSIG is an annual conference sponsored and organized by many of the Special Interest Groups (SIGs) of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT).

Fifth Task-Based Language Teaching in Asia Conference
Time: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Speaker: Martin Bygate (Lancaster University), Shoko Sasayama (Educational Testing Services); Call for papers due March 15
Organization: Task Based Learning Special Interest Group, Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
Short description: The JALT Task-Based Learning SIG is proud to sponsor the 5th "Task-Based Language Teaching in Asia" conference, to be held June 20th and 21st, 2020, at Ryukoku University in Kyoto, Japan.

Okayama JALT June Meeting
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Shawna Carroll; Caleb Prichard
Organization: Okayama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Online, Online Events (Online Event)
Short description: Teaching Cross-Cultural Communication Through Power-Hierarchies Shawna Carroll In this presentation, I examine the dangers in teaching cross-cultural communication in terms of the 'Other,' as in people in a different country, and instead advocate a power-hierarchy approach that focuses on intersectional identities, power/oppression, and diversity within Japan.