ELT Calendar

Saturday, March 25th, 2023

GRAPE: Graded Readers Authorship and Publication Experience
Time: 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Rob Waring, Paul Goldberg, Ann Mayeda, Trina Chalmers, Others TBA
Organization: Materials Writers Special Interest Group, Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
Short description: The GRAPE is designed to help authors write and publish graded readers. On the day of the event, participants will learn from experts in the field on the major aspects of the creative and publication process.

University Entrance Examinations Stratify High School English Education
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: Fukunaga Sunao
Organization: Fukuoka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: This qualitative study examined how the Japanese university English entrance examination reform functions as policy planning and elucidates how the reform has ended up stratifying high school English teaching practices, exacerbating disparities between students who have access to quality instruction and those who do not.