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ELT Calendar for Online Events

Events of professional interest to language teachers in Online Events.

Upcoming Deadlines in Online Events

Call for papers due March 8th (Monday) 2021
JALTCALL2021 (extended deadline)
JALTCALL2021 will be a hybrid conference held June 4-6, 2021 at Hirosaki Gakuin University, Hirosaki, Aomori and virtually online.

Call for papers due April 4th (Sunday) 2021
Osaka JALT Back to School 2021 Mini-conference
The Osaka JALT Back to School 2021 Mini-conference will be held online May 9th, 2021.

March 8th (Monday) 2021

The 3rd JACET Summer (47th) and English Education (8th) Joint Seminar: ELT materials development and use II: Linking theory and practice
Time: 12:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Speaker: Prof. John Gray (Institute of Education, University College London), Prof. Kip Cates (Tottori University, Japan), and Assoc. Prof. Ryan W Smithers (Otani University, Japan), and Assoc. Prof. Toshiyuki Kanamaru (Kyoto University, Japan). Call for posters due February 7
Organization: Japan Association of College English Teachers
Venue: Online
City: Online
Brief description: We are delighted to announce our two-day event, the 3rd JACET Joint Seminar, which combines the 47th JACET Summer Seminar and 8th English Education Seminar (March 8-9, 2021). [read more]

March 9th (Tuesday) 2021

The 3rd JACET Summer (47th) and English Education(8th) Joint Seminar (day 2 of 2)
Time: 12:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Speaker: Prof. John Gray (Institute of Education, University College London), Prof. Kip Cates (Tottori University, Japan), and Assoc. Prof. Ryan W Smithers (Otani University, Japan), and Assoc. Prof. Toshiyuki Kanamaru (Kyoto University, Japan). Call for posters due February 7
Organization: Japan Association of College English Teachers
Venue: Online
City: Online
Brief description: We are delighted to announce our two-day event, the 3rd JACET Joint Seminar, which combines the 47th JACET Summer Seminar and 8th English Education Seminar (March 8-9, 2021). [read more]

March 13th (Saturday) 2021

Community Spotlight; a model UN in a new age of social distancing
Time: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Speaker: Edward Escobar ( Kyoto Gaidai Nishi High School) Angus McGregor (Kyoto Gaidai　Nishi High School)
Organization: Kyoto Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Venue: bit.ly/SpotlightMarch
City: Online
Brief description: "A Model United Nations event is a simulation of a challenging authentic environment that can provide meaningful learning contexts that go beyond the logistic and metaphysical constraints of the classroom" (Adamson, 2013). [read more]

IB FILM: Teaching and Designing a Western Curriculum in a Japanese Secondary School Context
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: Cassidy Marra
Organization: Fukuoka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Venue: Online: The Zoom link will be posted on the Fukuoka JALT website the day before
City: Online
Brief description: In the spring of 2019, I was hired to be a Film Studies teacher in the International Baccalaureate (IB) Program at Fukuoka Daiichi High School. [read more]

March 14th (Sunday) 2021

TEMI Online Teacher-training Seminar: Elementary School (Teaching Materials)
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker: Helene Jarmol Uchida (Founder of Little America English School, TEMI)
Organization: NPO Teaching English Methods Institute
Venue: Little America Headquarters, Fukuoka-shi
City: Online
Brief description: Zoom seminar focusing on teaching materials for elementary school students. The seminar will not only introduce innovative materials, but show you how to make the most of them. [read more]

May 9th (Sunday) 2021

Back to School 2021
Time: 10:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: Various, TBA
Organization: Osaka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Venue: Online
City: Online
Brief description: Back to School 2021 is Osaka JALT's 11th annual spring mini-conference which aims to share ideas on a wide range of language teaching and learning topics to help everyone in the new academic year. [read more]

June 4th (Friday) 2021

JALTCALL2021 (day 1 of 3)
Time: To be announced
Speaker: Proposals due Monday, March 8th (extended deadline)
Organization: Computer-Assisted Language Learning Special Interest Group, Japan Association for Language Teaching
Venue: Hybrid: Online, and at Hirosaki Gakuin University, Hirosaki
City: Online
Brief description: JALTCALL2021 will be a hybrid conference held June 4-6, 2021 at Hirosaki Gakuin University, Hirosaki, Aomori and virtually on the web at the JALTCALL2021 page at Eventzil. [read more]

June 5th (Saturday) 2021

JALTCALL2021 (day 2 of 3)
Time: To be announced
Speaker: Proposals due Monday, March 8th (extended deadline)
Organization: Computer-Assisted Language Learning Special Interest Group, Japan Association for Language Teaching
Venue: Hybrid: Online, and at Hirosaki Gakuin University, Hirosaki
City: Online
Brief description: JALTCALL2021 will be a hybrid conference held June 4-6, 2021 at Hirosaki Gakuin University, Hirosaki, Aomori and virtually on the web at the JALTCALL2021 page at Eventzil. [read more]

June 6th (Sunday) 2021

JALTCALL2021 (day 3 of 3)
Time: To be announced
Speaker: Proposals due Monday, March 8th (extended deadline)
Organization: Computer-Assisted Language Learning Special Interest Group, Japan Association for Language Teaching
Venue: Hybrid: Online, and at Hirosaki Gakuin University, Hirosaki
City: Online
Brief description: JALTCALL2021 will be a hybrid conference held June 4-6, 2021 at Hirosaki Gakuin University, Hirosaki, Aomori and virtually on the web at the JALTCALL2021 page at Eventzil. [read more]

June 12th (Saturday) 2021

Measuring Productive Lexical Proficiency in Learner Corpora
Time: 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Speaker: Kristopher Kyle (University of Oregon, U. S. A.)
Organization: Temple University Japan
Venue: Online Sign-up by noon on June 11
City: Online
Brief description: This seminar will be conducted by 3-hour online Zoom sessions for four days: Saturday, June 12, Sunday, June 13, Saturday, June 19 and Sunday, June 20 from 10:00 to 13:00 (JST). [read more]

June 26th (Saturday) 2021

Applied Methods for Researching and Teaching L2 Pronunciation
Time: 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Speaker: Alyssa Kermad (California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, U.S.A.)
Organization: Temple University Japan
Venue: Online Sign-up by noon on June 25
City: Online
Brief description: This seminar will be conducted by 3-hour online Zoom sessions for four days: Saturday, June 26, Sunday, June 27, Saturday, July 3 and Sunday, July 4 from 10:00 to 13:00 (JST). [read more]