ELT Calendar for September 2025

September 5th (Friday) 2025

Extensive Reading World Congress 7
Time: 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Speaker: Workshops
Organization: Extensive Reading Foundation
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

September 6th (Saturday) 2025

Creating A 4-skills E-learning Curriculum: Challenges and Accomplishments
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: Shizuka Sakurai (Tohoku University) and Ryan Spring (Institute for Excellence in Higher Education)
Organization: Fukuoka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture

Extensive Reading World Congress 7
Time: 9:00 AM - 6:40 PM
Speaker: David Beglar, many others
Organization: Extensive Reading Foundation
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

September 7th (Sunday) 2025

Extensive Reading World Congress 7
Time: 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Speaker: Akio Furukawa, plus many others
Organization: Extensive Reading Foundation
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

September 8th (Monday) 2025

Extensive Reading World Congress 7
Time: 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Speaker: Yoko Yamashita, plus many others
Organization: Extensive Reading Foundation
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

September 9th (Tuesday) 2025

Extensive Reading World Congress 7
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Speaker: Excursion event
Organization: Extensive Reading Foundation
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

September 13th (Saturday) 2025

Japan Language Testing Association Annual Conference (JLTA 2025) day 1 of 2
Time: To be announced
Speaker: Various speakers; call for presentations due July 4
Organization: The Japan Language Testing Association
Location: Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture

JALT CUE Conference 2025
Time: To be announced
Speaker: Call for submissions closes August 1st, 2025
Organization: College and University Educators Special Interest Group, Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kunitachi City, Tokyo Metropolis

September 14th (Sunday) 2025

Japan Language Testing Association Annual Conference (JLTA 2025) day 2 of 2
Time: To be announced
Speaker: Various speakers; call for presentations due July 4
Organization: The Japan Language Testing Association
Location: Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture

JALT CUE Conference 2025 (day 2 of 2)
Time: To be announced
Speaker: Call for submissions closes August 1st, 2025
Organization: College and University Educators Special Interest Group, Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kunitachi City, Tokyo Metropolis

September 20th (Saturday) 2025

Yamagata JALT Professional Development Mini Conference
Time: To be announced
Speaker: Call for presentations due July 25
Organization: Yamagata Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Yamagata City, Yamagata Prefecture

TIEC International Symposium 2025 on Transformational participatory research: A practical methods workshop
Time: 9:00 AM - 4:45 PM
Speaker: Chris High (Linnaeus University), Stephen Pihlaja (Aston U.), Assaf Meshulam (Ben-Gurion U. of the Negev), Amoni Kitooke (University of Boras), Gusztav Nemes (HUN-REN Centre for Economic and Regional Studies), Alison Buckler (The Open University), Faith Mkwananzi (University of the Free State)
Organization: The School of Education, Waseda University
Location: Koto City, Tokyo Metropolis

September 21st (Sunday) 2025

From Insights to Action: A Teacher Development Event
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Kevin Bartlett (Mukogawa Women's University), Marian Wang (Konan University), C.D. Rathore (Konan Women's University)
Organization: Kobe Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture

Practical Tips for Teaching Oral Communication Classes in Japan
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Bruno Vannieu
Organization: Gunma Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture

September 28th (Sunday) 2025

Use of Course Books for Communicative Aims
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Tomoko Kikuchi (University of Leicester)
Organization: ETJ East Tokyo (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

TEMI Online Teacher-training Seminar 2025: Teaching Adults
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)

September 30th (Tuesday) 2025

JALT ZPD in September
Time: 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: Networking event
Organization: ZPD - JALT Zoom for Professional Development
Location: Online, Online Events (Online Event)