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ELT Calendar for Tokyo

Events of professional interest to language teachers in Tokyo.

November 10th (Sunday) 2019

Teaching in elementary schools
Time: 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Speaker: Aurora Dobashi
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Venue: Nellies English Books, Kenkyusha Fujimi Bldg., 1F, 2-11-3 Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. (map https://ltprofessionals.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Nelliesmap.pdf)
Brief description: What is happening with English classes in public elementary schools? How can we make the best use of the materials? How can we work well in team teaching situations.

Yoga in ESL classes and Mini Presentations
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Brooke Lathram-Abe
Organization: ETJ Tokyo (English Teachers in Japan)
Venue: Nellies Bookstore at Iidabashi, 3F
Brief description: ETJ Tokyo is holding its 5th meeting of the year and are excited to announce a new presenter for our November 10th meeting.

Activities that are effective in both large and small classes
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Aurora Dobashi
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Venue: Nellies English Books, Kenkyusha Fujimi Bldg., 1F, 2-11-3 Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. (map https://ltprofessionals.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Nelliesmap.pdf)
Brief description: There are many activities that work well only in small classes. Many teachers neeed activities that are effective in large classes and can also be adapted to smaller classes.

November 16th (Saturday) 2019

TUJ Distinguished Lecturer Series: Theory and Practice of Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Mike Bostwick (Katoh Gakuen English Immersion, Japan)
Organization: Temple University Japan
Venue: 1-14-29 Taishido, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan 154-0004 7-minute walk from Sangen-jaya station (Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line) (map)
Brief description: The role of content – how much does it belong in the foreign language class and how it should be integrated with language learning outcomes to promote language learning has been a debate since the 1980's (Pally, 1999).

December 1st (Sunday) 2019

englishbooks.jp Education Day for ELT Teachers Autumn 2019 in Tokyo
Time: 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: TBC
Organization: englishbooks.jp
Venue: Hearton Hotel Higashishinagawa 2F, 4-13-27 Higashishinagawa, Shinagawa-Ku, Tokyo, 140-0002
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 gift bag! You are welcome to our event without registering, but if you register for this event, you will have a special registration desk at the event where you can pick up an event bag with free gifts courtesy of publishers.

Groups Active In Tokyo

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

• Tokyo British Council (127 events)
• Language Teaching Professionals (124 events)
• ETJ Tokyo (79 events)
• Temple University Japan (77 events)
• Oxford University Press (73 events)
• Tokyo IIEEC Study Group (65 events)
• Tokyo JALT (65 events)
• SCBWI (61 events)
• Nellie's Group, Ltd. (52 events)
• West Tokyo JALT (47 events)
• Tokyo PC Users Group (44 events)
• ETJ East Tokyo (42 events)
• Tokyo Chapter of FEW (40 events)
• TC Columbia (29 events)
• English Teaching Workshop (26 events)
• International Business Communicators (25 events)
• OUP Kids' Club (25 events)
• Japan Market Expansion Competition (21 events)
• Pearson Japan (21 events)
• Cambridge English Language Assessment - JP004 (Luna International) (18 events)
• Japan Intercultural Institute (18 events)
• Institute of International Education in London (16 events)
• JALT International Conference (14 events)
• NPO Teaching English Methods Institute (12 events)
• The Entrepreneur Association of Tokyo (12 events)
• Peace as a Global Language Conference (11 events)
• CALL SIG of JALT (10 events)
• ETJ Certificate Course (10 events)
• National JACET (10 events)
• eigoTown (9 events)
• CDF (Classes de Francais) (8 events)
• ETJ (8 events)
• JACET ESP SIG Kanto (8 events)
• CUE SIG of JALT (7 events)
• ELT Career and Professional Development Conference (7 events)
• Macmillian LanguageHouse (7 events)
• ACTJ (7 events)
• TEL Book Fair (7 events)
• Anaheim University (6 events)
• Cambridge University Press (6 events)
• Lakeland University Japan (6 events)
• Meisei University International Studies Centre (6 events)
• Teaching Younger Learners SIG of JALT (6 events)
• Amnesty International, Group 78 Tokyo (5 events)
• Cambridge ESOL Centre JP172 (5 events)
• EFL Arena (5 events)
• Engaged Pedagogy Association (5 events)
• Japan ASCD (5 events)
• Maruzen Bookshops (5 events)
• Teacher Development SIG of JALT (5 events)
• The Japan Language Testing Association (5 events)
• The Japan Second Language Association (5 events)
• CEFR and Language Portfolio (4 events)
• EF Education Japan (4 events)
• englishbooks.jp (4 events)
• Extensive Reading Foundation (4 events)
• FETJ-Tokyo (4 events)
• Independent Learning Association (4 events)
• International Christian University (4 events)
• Kanto LET (4 events)
• Kanda Gaigo University (4 events)
• Linguapax Asia (4 events)
• Nakasendo English Conference (4 events)
• National Geographic Learning (4 events)
• Pragmatics SIG of JALT (4 events)
• Society of Writers, Editors and Translators (4 events)
• The English Resource (4 events)
• The Japanese Society for Language Sciences (4 events)
• AGEnT (3 events)
• Apricot Publishing (3 events)
• Association of International Behavioral Studies (3 events)
• IAFOR (3 events)
• Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports Science and Technology (3 events)
• Kanto JACET (3 events)
• Kids English Education Project (3 events)
• Learner Development SIG of JALT (3 events)
• Natural Language Processing Pacific Rim Symposium (3 events)
• Research Group for Teaching Conversation in Japan (3 events)
• Business Communication (BizCom) SIG of JALT (3 events)
• The International Language and Gender Association (3 events)
• The Society for Intercultural Education, Training, And Research (3 events)
• Vocab@ (3 events)
• Aoyama Gakuin University Research Institute (2 events)
• Asian Studies Conference Japan (2 events)
• Australian Embassy (2 events)
• CoFFET (2 events)
• Elementary School Thematic English Education Movement (2 events)
• Institute of English Teaching to Children (2 events)
• Intrapersona (2 events)
• PanSIG Conference (2 events)
• Japan Association for Asian Englishes (2 events)
• JJ Fellowship (2 events)
• JSHS SIG of JALT (2 events)
• Lifelong Language Learning SIG of JALT (2 events)
• Matsuka Phonics (2 events)
• McGraw-Hill (2 events)
• Meisei University (2 events)
• Moodle Association of Japan (2 events)
• mpi (2 events)
• The Japanese Association for the Study of Cooperation in Education (2 events)
• Waseda University (2 events)
• Tokai University Foreign Language Center (FLC) (2 events)
• Tokyo Conference on Psycholinguistics (2 events)
• Vocabulary SIG of JALT (2 events)
• Akita JALT (1 event)
• Alma Publishing (1 event)
• Amnesty International (1 event)
• Bunkyo Gakuin University (1 event)
• CAN (Conversation Analysis Network) Kanto (1 event)
• CELF Forum, Tamagawa U. (1 event)
• Compass Publishing Japan (1 event)
• English Hands (1 event)
• English Language Education Council, Inc. (1 event)
• ExcitELT (1 event)
• Extensive Reading SIG of JALT (1 event)
• FETJ-Chiba (1 event)
• IFG Asia (1 event)
• International Pacific College in New Zealand (1 event)
• J-VARG SIG (1 event)
• Japan Association for English Corpus Studies (1 event)
• Josai International University (1 event)
• Kanto International Senior High School (1 event)
• Ochanomizu University (1 event)
• Oxfam Japan (1 event)
• Performance in Education SIG of JALT (1 event)
• Reitaku University Tokyo Research Center (1 event)
• Research Institute for Oriental Cultures (RIOC) at Gakushuin University (1 event)
• Scientific Education Group (1 event)
• Society for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language (1 event)
• Soka University (1 event)
• Sophia University LIFIC (1 event)
• Rikkyo University (1 event)
• Super Simple Learning (1 event)
• Teachers College Columbia University Japan Alumni Association (1 event)
• The Japan Association for Self-Access Learning (1 event)
• The Oyako Net (1 event)
• Waseda University (1 event)
• University Teachers Union (1 event)