ELT Calendar

Sunday, October 27th, 2019

ETJ Okayama Fall Meeting
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker: Ryan Wilson
Organization: ETJ Okayama (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture
Short description: ETJ-Okayama will hold its fall meeting on Sunday, October 27th from 10 am to 12 pm at the Izushi Community House. Topic: Positive Discipline.

Songs, chants and rhymes in the classroom
Time: 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Speaker: Herman Bartelen
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Location: Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
Short description: Songs, chants and rhymes can add a whole new fun dimension in the classroom as children respond well to music and rhythm. Movement activities, instrument playing, and call and response singing are just a few items that can be used.

4 Corners Tour and Practice Session for JALT 2019
Time: 12:45 PM - 4:50 PM
Speaker: Donna Brinton, Denise Haugh, Michael Hollenback, Leigh McDowell, and Liz Leigh
Organization: Kyoto Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
Short description: Come listen to Donna Brinton, one of the JALT 2019 Plenary Speakers, and others present on various topics. Kyoto JALT strongly recommends this for people who can not make it to the international conference in November.

Labour Rights Education for Education Workers
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Dennis Tesolat
Organization: GU (the General Union)
Location: Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture
Short description: Unions affiliated with the National Union of General Workers which are involved in organising educational workers welcome all those teaching or working at a language school, cram school, university, college, and ANYONE else to attend our seminars to learn about your rights.

Child-centered story telling
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Herman Bartelen
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Location: Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
Short description: Storytelling is an essential element in TEYL classrooms. It is engaging and fun, and can teach all of language skills.

Developing Learner Agency using Ready-made Mind Maps
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Rob Morrain (Language Learning Centers Europe)
Organization: Sendai Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture
Short description: Featured JALT2019 speaker Ron Morrain currently lives and works in Germany where he is co-founder and Director of Studies at the Language Learning Centers Europe.

Call for Papers Due October 27th (Sunday)

Second Annual Performance in Education SIG in Sapporo Conference
Call for papers due: October 27th (Sunday)
Event Dates: February 1st (Saturday) - February 2nd (Sunday), 2020
Overview: Performance in Education SIG (PIE SIG) is returning to the winter wonderland of Sapporo on February 1st and 2nd, 2020 at Hokusei Gakuin University, Sapporo.