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ELT Calendar for Fukuoka Prefecture

Events of professional interest to language teachers in Fukuoka Prefecture.

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)
Venue: TKP Conference City Hakata, Conference Room 1 map
City: Fukuoka City
Brief description: Come and join National Geographic Learning for a fascinating day of practical workshops that showcase a range of skills and techniques for teaching young learners.

February 15th (Saturday) 2020

Essentializing Cross-cultural Communication Competencies in English Language Teaching
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Speaker: Aaron Hahn, Chris Haswell
Organization: Fukuoka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Venue: Tenjin, Fukuoka City: Kurume University Satellite Campus (ELGALA building, next to Daimaru, room 601-2 map
City: Fukuoka City
Brief description: Most teachers of English in Japan would likely agree that English is valuable in part, if not in whole, because it is the language most commonly used for international communication.

March 14th (Saturday) 2020

Labor Law
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Speaker: Chris Flynn
Organization: Fukuoka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Venue: Tenjin, Fukuoka City: Kurume University Satellite Campus (ELGALA building, next to Daimaru, room 601-2 map
City: Fukuoka City
Brief description: Chris will talk about how labor laws affect your job security. Details will be provided at a later date.

March 15th (Sunday) 2020

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
Venue: Reference Ekihigashi Bldg, 7F, H-2, Hakata (map
City: Fukuoka City
Brief description: Creating empowered 21st century learners. See the event series webpage for details.

March 21st (Saturday) 2020

Today is Vernal Equinox Day (Shunbun-no-hi)

More Personal Finance in Japan
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Speaker: Ben Tanaka (Shearon)
Organization: Kitakyushu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Venue: Teramoto Bldg. 3F, 2-chome-11-4 Muromachi, Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyushu (map)
City: Kitakyushu City
Brief description: Personal finance is the cornerstone of a comfortable life. If you have good money habits and knowledge you will be able to enjoy your life and spend your time doing interesting and productive things.