ELT Calendar for February 2021

February 7th (Sunday) 2021

TEMI Teacher-training Online Seminar: Teaching Preschoolers (Materials)
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker: Helene Jarmol Uchida
Organization: NPO Teaching English Methods Institute
Location: Online, Online Events (Online Event)

February 13th (Saturday) 2021

Conversation Analysis and Its Practical Application to Language Teaching
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Donald Carroll (Shikoku Gakuin University)
Organization: Temple University Japan
Location: Online, Online Events (Online Event)

Building an Effective, Free Language Lab
Time: 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Speaker: Erin Noxon
Organization: Kitakyushu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Online, Online Events (Online Event)

February 14th (Sunday) 2021

Session: ELL 2021
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Speaker: 30 speakers; call for presenters is open until February 9th
Organization: Session: ELL (English Language Learning)
Location: Online, Online Events (Online Event)

February 20th (Saturday) 2021

(TUJ Only) Conversation Analysis and Its Practical Application to Language Teaching
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Donald Carroll (Shikoku Gakuin University)
Organization: Temple University Japan
Location: Online, Online Events (Online Event)

Twine interactive fiction/essay software
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Gavin Young
Organization: Okayama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Online, Online Events (Online Event)

Exploring an Overseas Teacher Education Program from Insiders' Points Of View
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: Yuka Kurihara (Tokai University)
Organization: Shizuoka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Online, Online Events (Online Event)

2nd Performance in Education: Research and Practice Conference / Student Showcase, Film Festival, and Performances
Time: 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: Plenary Speakers: Rod Ellis and Dawn Kobayashi; call for papers due January 31st
Organization: Performance in Education Special Interest Group (formerly known as the Speech, Drama and Debate SIG), Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Online, Online Events (Online Event)

February 25th (Thursday) 2021

ALT Agora
Time: 7:30 PM - 8:20 PM
Speaker: Daniel Pearce (Kyoto Notre Dame University), Wang Linfeng (University of Fukui), Nate Olson (Sophia University) and more.
Organization: ALTTO (ALT Training Online)
Location: Online, Online Events (Online Event)

February 27th (Saturday) 2021

Seeking for the Interface between SLA Research and Language Teaching
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Shinichi Izumi (Sophia University)
Organization: Temple University Japan
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

Two presentations on Extensive Reading
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: Mark Brierley and Paul Goldberg
Organization: Fukuoka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Online, Online Events (Online Event)

February 28th (Sunday) 2021

Second JALT Zoom for Professional Development (ZPD)
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: Introductory comments by Bill Pellowe, JALT Director of Public Relations
Organization: JALT Zoom for Professional Development
Location: Online, Online Events (Online Event)