ELT Calendar for January 2020

January 12th (Sunday) 2020

Bring Your Classroom To Life - Winter Tour 2020 (Nagoya)
Time: 10:00 AM - 3:45 PM
Speaker: Rachel Wilson, Mayumi Tabuchi, Lesley Ito
Organization: National Geographic Learning (Cengage Learning)
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

TBLT in Japanese EFL
Time: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Rintaro Sato (Nara University of Education), Natsuko Shintani (Kansai University)
Organization: Kyoto Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture

January 13th (Monday) 2020

Today is Coming of Age Day (Seijin-no-hi)

Bring Your Classroom to Life - Winter Tour 2020 (Osaka)
Time: 10:00 AM - 3:45 PM
Speaker: Rachel Wilson, Mayumi Tabuchi, Lesley Ito
Organization: National Geographic Learning (Cengage Learning)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

January 18th (Saturday) 2020

A Call to Apps: Current best practices in digital pedagogy
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: Rab Paterson
Organization: Fukuoka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture

January 19th (Sunday) 2020

Session A: Most effective and successful teaching activities; Session B: Help students build confidence and improve their test scores
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker: Wayne Jackson, Yuichi Hasegawa
Organization: ETJ Aichi (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

Bring Your Classroom to Life - Winter Tour 2020 (Okayama)
Time: 10:00 AM - 3:45 PM
Speaker: Mayumi Tabuchi, Julie Hwang, David White
Organization: National Geographic Learning (Cengage Learning)
Location: Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture

JALT School Owners SIG Mini-conference
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Speaker: Kenny Fritts, Lawrence Hong, Peter Lackner, Grant Osterman, Doris Wong
Organization: School Owners Special Interest Group, Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Meguro City, Tokyo Metropolis

A Call To Apps
Time: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Speaker: Rab Paterson (Toyo University)
Organization: Kitakyushu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture

X-Reading Users Group, Kanto Chapter 2020 Meeting
Time: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Speaker: Marcel Van Amelsvoort, Anna Husson Isozaki, Richard John Walker, Andrew Reimann, Tim Gutierrez
Organization: West Tokyo Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kokubunji City, Tokyo Metropolis

January 25th (Saturday) 2020

TUJ Distinguished Lecturer Series: On the Role of Multi-Word Expressions in Language Learning and Use (Tokyo)
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Anna Siyanova (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
Organization: Temple University Japan
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

January 26th (Sunday) 2020

Bring Your Classroom to Life - Winter Tour 2020 (Fukuoka)
Time: 10:00 AM - 3:45 PM
Speaker: Lesley Ito, Alison Nemoto, David White
Organization: National Geographic Learning (Cengage Learning)
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture

EOG Owners - App and Tech Share
Time: 11:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Multiple Presentations as yet to be decided.
Organization: Eikaiwa Owners Group
Location: Neyagawa City, Osaka Prefecture

JALT2019 Highlights
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: JALT Sendai members
Organization: Sendai Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture

January Workshop: Teachers Help Teachers
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Harumi Shige-eda, Yuco Kikuchi and others
Organization: ETJ East Tokyo (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

Oven-ready Speaking Resources for Junior High School Students
Time: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Speaker: Terry Yearley
Organization: ETJ Kanagawa (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture

January 30th (Thursday) 2020

Thailand TESOL 2020: Harmony in Diversity: ELT in Transcultural Society
Time: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Call for papers due August 31, 2019
Organization: Thailand TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages)
Location: Bangkok, Bangkok (Thailand)

January 31st (Friday) 2020

Thailand TESOL 2020 (day 2 of 3)
Time: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Call for papers due August 31, 2019
Organization: Thailand TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages)
Location: Bangkok, Bangkok (Thailand)