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 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
Location: Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture

Low-tech classroom response system
Captur

Captur Paddles encourage every student to stay involved.

Mobile Audience Response System (MOARS)

JALT's 52nd Annual International Conference:

JALT 2026

November 20-22, 2026
in Nagoya

Call for presentations due March 8

JALT PanSIG 2026:
PanSIG

May 23-24, 2026
Chukyo University, Nagoya

Call for presentation proposals due January 25 (extended)

ELT means English Language Teaching. The ELT Calendar contains information about conferences, conventions, workshops, presentations and other events of professional interest to teachers of EFL (English as a Foreign Language) in Japan, and the research communities of SLA (Second Language Acquisition), TESOL (Teaching English as a Second or Other Language), TEFL (Teaching English as a Foriegn Language) and others relevant to language learning and teaching English in Japan.