ELT Calendar for April 2026

April 18th (Saturday) 2026

Creating Connected Classrooms: Engaging Varied Activities for ESL Learners
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Rachel Patterson (Kindai Faculty of International Studies Global Studies Program)
Organization: Kobe Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture

April 19th (Sunday) 2026

TEMI Online Seminar: Class Management
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker: Helene J. Uchida (Little America)
Organization: NPO Teaching English Methods Institute
Location: Online, Online Events (Online Event)

April 26th (Sunday) 2026

Back to School 2026
Time: 9:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Speaker: Call for presentation proposals due March 15
Organization: Osaka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

Low-tech classroom response system
Captur

Captur Paddles encourage every student to stay involved.

Mobile Audience Response System (MOARS)

JALT's 52nd Annual International Conference:

JALT 2026

November 20-22, 2026
in Nagoya

Call for presentations due March 8

JALT PanSIG 2026:
PanSIG

May 23-24, 2026
Chukyo University, Nagoya

Call for presentation proposals due January 25 (extended)

ELT means English Language Teaching. The ELT Calendar contains information about conferences, conventions, workshops, presentations and other events of professional interest to teachers of EFL (English as a Foreign Language) in Japan, and the research communities of SLA (Second Language Acquisition), TESOL (Teaching English as a Second or Other Language), TEFL (Teaching English as a Foriegn Language) and others relevant to language learning and teaching English in Japan.