ELT Calendar

Saturday, May 24th, 2025

Globalization and Reform: The Changing Face of English Education in Japan
Time: 10:15 AM - 12:45 PM
Speaker: Sho Kobayashi (Osaka Kyoiku University), Mahboubeh Rakhshandehroo (Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts)
Organization: Kobe Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture
Short description: Two presentations on the changing face of English Education in Japan: Practical approaches to engaging learners using Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) and Information and Communication Technology (ICT); Trends of leveraging virtual exchange to facilitate internationalization at home and distance.

Digital language learning strategies: A look at how our students are using tech outside of class and what we can learn from it
Time: 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Speaker: Joseph C. Wood
Organization: Nagoya and Gifu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: Language learning strategies (LLSs) are the conscious and purposeful actions that learners take on their own to improve their language skills. These types of strategies have been of interest to language teachers and researchers since the mid 1970s and can be as simple as underlining new words/key phrases in books or writing in a daily journal using the target language.

Digital Language Learning Strategies
Time: 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Speaker: Joseph C. Wood
Organization: Nagoya and Gifu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: A look at how our students are using tech outside of class and what we can learn from it. .

GRAPE Jr. 2025: Graded Readers Authorship and Publication Experience
Time: 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: Catriona Chalmers, Paul Goldberg, John Carle, and Joshua Solomon
Organization: Materials Writers Special Interest Group, Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Online, Online Events (Online Event)
Short description: We invite all people interested in joining a writing workshop to publish your very own Graded Reader. Collaborate online with published authors and other first-time writers in a supportive, goal-oriented system to get your book published.