Teaching Children and Young Learners

If you teach English to children or young learners (elementary school, junior high school, or high school), the events listed here are especially for you!

July 15th (Saturday) 2017

Creating a Successful Extensive Reading Library
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: Lesley Ito, LIXON Education
Organization: Gifu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture

July 16th (Sunday) 2017

ETJ Chiba July Workshop
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Nicky Sekino
Organization: ETJ Chiba (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

July 23rd (Sunday) 2017

Developing "Global Citizens": Considering the role of language educators in developing 21st century skills
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Richmond Stroupe (JALT President)
Organization: Sendai Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture

August 4th (Friday) 2017

The Fourth World Congress on Extensive Reading
Time: 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Speaker: Shuhei Kadota, Richard Day, Loh Chin Ee, Jennifer Bassett, and many more
Organization: Extensive Reading Foundation
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

August 5th (Saturday) 2017

The Fourth World Congress on Extensive Reading (day 2 of 4)
Time: 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Speaker: TBA; Call for papers due February 28th, 2017
Organization: Extensive Reading Foundation
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

August 6th (Sunday) 2017

The Fourth World Congress on Extensive Reading (day 3 of 4)
Time: 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Speaker: TBA; Call for papers due February 28th, 2017
Organization: Extensive Reading Foundation
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

Practical English Teaching Workshop 2017
Time: 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Speaker: Erin Mikulec (Illinois State University), and Tomo Machida, Mark deBoer, Cherie Brown, Pat Dougherty, Mary Frances Agnello, Miguel Sosa, Leigh Bennett, Malcolm Sim, Clay Williams (all from AIU)
Organization: Akita International University
Location: Akita City, Akita Prefecture

August 7th (Monday) 2017

The Fourth World Congress on Extensive Reading (day 4 of 4)
Time: 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Speaker: TBA; Call for papers due February 28th, 2017
Organization: Extensive Reading Foundation
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis