ELT Calendar

Saturday, February 20th, 2021

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)
Short description: This online conference looks at practice of and research into Performance in Education (PIE). The purpose of the conference is to widen the research base for supporting the use of performance in all aspects of education (teaching, consolidating teaching, and testing/evaluation) across the curriculum (medicine, law, history, etc.

(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)
Short description: Please note that the TUJ DLS seminars have switched to online only, which are open to the public only on the first sessions: Feb. 13 (for the Carroll DLS) and Feb.

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)
Short description: Twine is free, open-source software for telling interactive stories that can directly be published to HTML. Either downloaded or used online, Twine allows students to create interactive texts that can include questions, images, and audio.

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)
Short description: This presentation discusses the overseas teacher training program for EFL professionals from the insiders' points of view. More specifically, drawing on sociocultural approach, this study explores what pedagogical tools the training program in Australia presented to teachers, and how the host considers the goals and roles of the program.