ELT Calendar

Saturday, June 17th, 2023

2023 Japan Association for Nursing English Teaching (JANET) Conference
Time: To be announced
Speaker: Call for presentation proposals is due March 31, 2023
Organization: Japan Association for Nursing English Teaching
Location: Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture
Short description: Theme: Willingness to Engage: Culture and CommunicationCall for presentation proposals is due March 31, 2023. Please see JANET's website for details.

Translanguaging in the Japanese EFL Classroom: Presentation, Workshop and Discussion
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Blake Turnbull (Otani University), Kevin Bartlett (Mukogawa Women's University)
Organization: Kobe Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture
Short description: Presentation (Blake Turnbull): Throughout the past two decades, translanguaging has emerged as a buzzword in applied linguistic research, but to this day it remains one of the most misunderstood and misused terms in the field.

(1) ALTs - procurement, employment status and cost; (2) University teachers and the 5 year rule/10 year rule
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: Chris Flynn (Kyushu Institute of Information Sciences)
Organization: Fukuoka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: Part 1: The ALT "Industry" through Freedom of Information The many and varied ALTs - procurement, employment status and cost Do you know how many ALTs there are in Japan? What percentage of them are JETs? Since the JET program brought the ALT to the classroom their working conditions have steadily deteriorated.