ELT Calendar

Saturday, July 21st, 2018

JALT Speech, Drama, and Debate SIG Summer Travelling Conference 2018 (Fujisawa, Kanagawa)
Time: 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: Poster sessions and short presentations
Organization: Performance in Education Special Interest Group (formerly known as the Speech, Drama and Debate SIG), Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Fujisawa City, Kanagawa Prefecture
Short description: Event theme: Performance-Assisted Learning (PAL). Presentation proposals are welcome on the topics of speech, drama, debate, oral interpretation, Reader's Theatre and other PAL-related themes.

Okinawa Summer Language Teaching Symposium 2018: Reaching All Learners
Time: 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: Curtis Kelly (Kansai University)
Organization: Okinawa Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Onna, Okinawa Prefecture
Short description: The 2018 Okinawa JALT Summer Symposium will be a lively and heartwarming event at OIST. The conference will be featuring Dr.

Distinguished Lecturer Series: Lexical Input Processing, the TOPRA Model, and Effective Vocabulary Instruction
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Joe Barcroft (Washington University in St. Louis, U.S.A.)
Organization: Temple University Japan
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
Short description: This seminar focuses on (a) lexical input processing (lex-IP), referring to how learners allocate their limited processing resources when they are exposed to novel vocabulary; (b) the type of processing - resource allocation (TOPRA) model and its predictions for how different types of tasks and input manipulations affect vocabulary learning; and (c) implications of research on lex IP and TOPRA when it comes to vocabulary instruction.

Video Exchange Project Between a Japanese-Canadian living in an Agriculture-centered Former Japanese Internment Camp and Freshmen Japanese University Students
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: Andrew Meyerhoff (Saga University)
Organization: Fukuoka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: The project involves video exchange between fourteen first year Japanese University students and a Japanese-Canadian living within the former internment camp, now-turned incorporated town.