ELT Calendar

Saturday, July 7th, 2018

The 30th Anniversary Conference of the JACET Kyushu-Okinawa Chapter
Time: 9:10 AM - 5:40 PM
Speaker: Submission Deadline: April 18, 2018
Organization: Kyushu-Okinawa Chapter of the Japan Association of College English Teachers
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: The theme of this conference is "Improving EFL Learning Outcomes through Student Engagement. " The call for papers deadline is April 18th (you must be a JACET member to present).

Distinguished Lecturer Series: Teaching and Learning Vocabulary
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Paul Nation (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
Organization: Temple University Japan
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
Short description: This course looks at the role played by direct learning and meaning focused activities in the teaching and learning of vocabulary. It examines the statistical nature of vocabulary and research-based principles of vocabulary learning in order to help teachers plan the vocabulary learning component of language courses.