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ELT Calendar for Osaka City

Events of professional interest to language teachers in Osaka City.

June 23rd (Saturday) 2018

Distinguished Lecturer Series: Task-based Language Teaching and Learning
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Andrea Revesz (University College London, U.K.)
Organization: Temple University Japan
Venue: Osaka Ekimae Bldg. 3, 21st Floor, 1-1-3-2100 Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-0001 (map)
Brief description: Task-based language teaching (TBLT) is an increasingly popular approach to second and foreign language education across the globe.

July 7th (Saturday) 2018

Distinguished Lecturer Series: Teaching and Learning Vocabulary
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Paul Nation (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
Organization: Temple University Japan
Venue: Osaka Ekimae Bldg. 3, 21st Floor, 1-1-3-2100 Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-0001 (map)
Brief description: This course looks at the role played by direct learning and meaning focused activities in the teaching and learning of vocabulary.

July 21st (Saturday) 2018

Distinguished Lecturer Series: Lexical Input Processing, the TOPRA Model, and Effective Vocabulary Instruction
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Joe Barcroft (Washington University in St. Louis, U.S.A.)
Organization: Temple University Japan
Venue: Osaka Ekimae Bldg. 3, 21st Floor, 1-1-3-2100 Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-0001 (map)
Brief description: This seminar focuses on (a) lexical input processing (lex-IP), referring to how learners allocate their limited processing resources when they are exposed to novel vocabulary; (b) the type of processing - resource allocation (TOPRA) model and its predictions for how different types of tasks and input manipulations affect vocabulary learning; and (c) implications of research on lex IP and TOPRA when it comes to vocabulary instruction.

November 11th (Sunday) 2018

englishbooks.jp Education Day for ELT Teachers Autumn 2018 in Osaka
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: TBA
Organization: englishbooks.jp
Venue: TBA
Brief description: Come to talk with, learn from and share ideas with some of Japan's favourite authors of English learners' textbooks! Gain teaching tips, valuable inspiration, and have a look through the presenters educational materials designed to motivate learners of all ages! A must for all those teaching English as a foreign language! Reserve in advance to get a mini gift pack! You are welcome to our event without registering.

February 3rd (Sunday) 2019

englishbooks.jp Osaka Kids Workshop Spring 2019
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: TBA
Organization: englishbooks.jp
Venue: TBA
Brief description: Come to talk with, learn from and share ideas with some of Japan's favourite authors of English learners' textbooks! Gain teaching tips, valuable inspiration, and have a look through the presenters educational materials designed to motivate young learners! A must for all those teaching English as a foreign language! Reserve in advance to get a mini gift pack! You are welcome to our event without registering.

Groups Active In Osaka City

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

• Osaka JALT (84 events)
• Temple University Japan (67 events)
• Osaka IIEEC Study Group (48 events)
• IAFOR (23 events)
• Osaka British Council (20 events)
• Pearson Kirihara (16 events)
• ETJ Osaka (15 events)
• Oxford University Press (14 events)
• OUP Kids' Club (12 events)
• NPO Teaching English Methods Institute (11 events)
• Institute of International Education in London (10 events)
• ETJ Certificate Course (9 events)
• Language Teaching Professionals (9 events)
• Nellie's Group, Ltd. (9 events)
• Cambridge ESOL Centre JP172 (6 events)
• ETJ (6 events)
• Cambridge English Language Assessment - JP004 (Luna International) (5 events)
• Macmillian LanguageHouse (4 events)
• Apricot Publishing (3 events)
• CEFR and Language Portfolio (3 events)
• Cypris Society (3 events)
• englishbooks.jp (3 events)
• LET National (3 events)
• Task-Based Learning SIG of JALT (3 events)
• English Resource (Osaka) (2 events)
• ETJ Kyoto (2 events)
• General Union (2 events)
• Matsuka Phonics (2 events)
• mpi (2 events)
• The Asia Association for Global Studies (2 events)
• Tokyo British Council (2 events)
• Vocabulary SIG of JALT (2 events)
• Alma Publishing (1 event)
• Compass Publishing Japan (1 event)
• Edcamp Kansai (1 event)
• ELF Learning (1 event)
• GALE SIG of JALT (1 event)
• GenkiEnglish.com (1 event)
• International Pacific College in New Zealand (1 event)
• Japan Association for English Corpus Studies (1 event)
• Little America Book Store (1 event)
• MASH Collaboration (1 event)
• McGraw-Hill (1 event)
• Pragmatics SIG of JALT (1 event)
• School Owners SIG of JALT (1 event)
• The Japan Language Testing Association (1 event)