ELT Calendar

Sunday, March 15th, 2020

POSTPONED: Getting your Research Funded: A Symposium Presented by Kyoto JALT
Time: 10:00 AM - 2:30 PM
Speaker: Tanja McCandie (Chair, JALT Research Grant Committee, Code of Conduct Committee), Greg Scholdt (Consulting Editor, JALT Journal)
Organization: Kyoto Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
Short description: Unfortunately, due to concerns about the Coronavirus, this event has been postponed. The new date will be announced later.

CANCELLED: Oxford Teaching Workshop Series 2020 (Fukuoka)
Time: 10:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Speaker: Kathleen Kampa and Charles Vilina, Barbara Hoskins Sakamoto, Naoko Ashikawa, Kevin Churchley
Organization: Oxford University Press
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: CancelledThis event has been cancelled due to concerns about the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak. See the event series webpage for details.

Kansai ETJ Expo Experience
Time: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Speaker: Hisae Mitsueda, Ryan Wilson
Organization: ETJ Okayama (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture
Short description: The speakers will talk about their experience at the recent ETJ Kansai Expo and will share the great ideas and information that they received at the event from the large variety of presentations that they attended.

CANCELLED: EdTech - Where we are now, Where we are going (Publisher Sponsored Event)
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Alastair Lamond (MangoSTEEMS)
Organization: Saitama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Omiya City, Saitama Prefecture
Short description: This event has been canceled. Accepting that Educational Technology is 'not restricted to high technology but is anything that enhances classroom learning in the utilization of blended, face to face, or online learning', this workshop will explore where Japan currently is regarding the use of edtech in the education system, covering the following areas: current trends, infrastructure, applications available and those in use in schools and by individuals, 21st century skills and their future influence in Japan through Society 5.

Call for Papers Due March 15th (Sunday)

Task-Based Language Teaching in Asia
Call for papers due: March 15th (Sunday)
Event Dates: June 20th (Saturday) - June 21st (Sunday), 2020
Overview: The JALT Task-Based Learning SIG 5th Task-Based Language Teaching in Asia Conference will be held June 20th-21st, 2020, at Ryukoku University in Kyoto, Japan.