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ELT Calendar for Yokohama City

Events of professional interest to language teachers in Yokohama City.

May 17th (Sunday) 2026

Preparing to Prepare for Submission, Acceptance, and Rejection
Time: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Bethany Lacy (Rikkyo University)
Organization: Yokohama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Venue: Keio University, Hiyoshi, Raiosha Building 2F, Yokohama (map)
Brief description: No matter a researcher's level of experience, preparing to submit an academic manuscript can be a daunting task. There are many academic journals to choose from, and each one has its own submission system and manuscript guidelines.

July 19th (Sunday) 2026

More Than Storytime: Interactive Read-Alouds That Spark Thinking and Feeling!
Time: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Alison Hasegawa (Rikkyo University)
Organization: Yokohama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Venue: Keio University, Hiyoshi Campus, Raiosha Building 2F, Yokohama (map)
Brief description: This workshop will introduce participants to essential aspects of picture books and show how they collaborate or complement each other to weave magic.

September 20th (Sunday) 2026

Practical Publishing Skills: Turning Research into Clear, Publishable Papers
Time: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Kinsella Valies (Sophia University)
Organization: Yokohama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Venue: Keio University, Hiyoshi, Raiosha Building 2F, Yokohama (map)
Brief description: This session is designed for language teacher-researchers at all career stages who want concrete, transferable skills for developing research into publishable writing.

December 13th (Sunday) 2026

Practical Tips for Teaching Oral Communication Classes in Japan
Time: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Bruno Vannieu
Organization: Yokohama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Venue: Keio University, Hiyoshi, Raiosha Building 2F (map)
Brief description: Getting Japanese students to speak in class can be challenging. One reason is that certain aspects of Japanese culture are magnified in the language classroom, where they can hinder communication and learning.

Groups Active In Yokohama City

Listed in decreasing order by the number of events on ELT Calendar by each group in Yokohama City. (The ELT Calendar database goes back to 2001.)

• Yokohama JALT (116 events)
• Oxford University Press (8 events)
• OUP Kids' Club (6 events)
• SCBWI (6 events)
• ETJ Yokohama (4 events)
• Elementary School Thematic English Education Movement (3 events)
• ETJ Kanagawa (3 events)
• FETJ-Kanagawa (3 events)
• Nellie's Group, Ltd. (2 events)
• Tokyo British Council (2 events)
• CoFFET (1 event)
• ETJ (1 event)
• Institute of English Teaching to Children (1 event)
• International Pacific College in New Zealand (1 event)
• Kanto LET (1 event)
• Kanagawa University Collaborative Research Group (1 event)
• National Geographic Learning (1 event)
• Pearson Japan (1 event)
• Task-Based Learning SIG of JALT (1 event)