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ELT Calendar for Tokyo

Events of professional interest to language teachers in Tokyo.

Upcoming Deadlines in Tokyo

Call for papers due January 30th (Thursday) 2020
The 21st International CALL Research Conference: Smart CALL
The 21st International CALL Research Conference will be hosted by Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan on July 3-5, 2020. The theme of the conference will be Smart CALL.

January 25th (Saturday) 2020

TUJ Distinguished Lecturer Series: On the Role of Multi-Word Expressions in Language Learning and Use (Tokyo)
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Anna Siyanova (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
Organization: Temple University Japan
Venue: TUJ Tokyo Campus: 1-14-29 Taishido, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan 154-0004 (map)
Brief description: The last decade has seen an unprecedented interest in the acquisition, processing and use of multi-word expressions (MWEs).

January 26th (Sunday) 2020

January Workshop: Teachers Help Teachers
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Harumi Shige-eda, Yuco Kikuchi and others
Organization: ETJ East Tokyo (English Teachers in Japan)
Venue: Conference Room, 9F, Kameido Camellia Plaza, 2 min walk from Kameido Station on Sobu Line or Tobu Kameido Line. 2-19-1 Kameido, Koto-ku, Tokyo 136-0071 (03-5626-2121, Brief description: Speaker 1: Harumi Shige-eda Title: Interactive Reading for Young Learners Outline: The presenter will introduce some picture books for young learners and share ideas on how to use them.

February 9th (Sunday) 2020

Bring Your Classroom to Life - Winter Tour 2020 (Tokyo)
Time: 10:00 AM - 3:45 PM
Speaker: Rachel Wilson, Lesley Ito, Julie Hwang
Organization: National Geographic Learning (Cengage Learning)
Venue: TKP Tokyo-eki Central Conference Center, Hall 10A map
Brief description: Come and join National Geographic Learning for a fascinating day of practical workshops that showcase a range of skills and techniques for teaching young learners.

February 15th (Saturday) 2020

TUJ Distinguished Lecturer Series: Psycholinguistics (Tokyo)
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Scott Crossley (Georgia State University, U. S. A.)
Organization: Temple University Japan
Venue: TUJ Tokyo Campus: 1-14-29 Taishido, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan 154-0004 (map)
Brief description: Psycholinguistics is concerned with how language is acquired, used, stored, and processed cognitively. This course will offer an introduction to the field of psycholinguistics with a specific focus on language learner data.

February 16th (Sunday) 2020

Oxford Teaching Workshop Series 2020 (Tokyo)
Time: 10:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Speaker: Kaj Schwermer, Barbara Hoskins Sakamoto, Rob Peacock, Setsuko Toyama
Organization: Oxford University Press
Venue: Aioi Nissay Dowa Sonpo Shinjuku Bldg, B1, Hall
Brief description: Creating empowered 21st century learners. See the event series webpage for details.

February 22nd (Saturday) 2020

The Tokyo ELT Expo and Book Fair
Time: 9:00 AM - 6:30 PM
Speaker: Prominent authors, trainers, and local teachers. Call for papers due December 20th, 2019
Organization: ETJ Tokyo (English Teachers in Japan)
Venue: Otsuma Womens University Chiyoda Campus, Building G., 12 Sanban-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8357
Brief description: Inviting all ELT professionals and those interested in English language learning and teaching. Comprehensive displays of the latest ELT materials for children and adults.

February 23rd (Sunday) 2020

Today is Emperor's Birthday (Tennou-tanjyou-bi)

The Tokyo ELT Expo and Book Fair (day 2 of 2)
Time: 9:00 AM - 6:30 PM
Speaker: Prominent authors, trainers, and local teachers. Call for papers due December 20th, 2019
Organization: ETJ Tokyo (English Teachers in Japan)
Venue: Otsuma Womens University Chiyoda Campus, Building G., 12 Sanban-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8357
Brief description: Inviting all ELT professionals and those interested in English language learning and teaching. Comprehensive displays of the latest ELT materials for children and adults.

March 14th (Saturday) 2020

TUJ Distinguished Lecturer Series: Effective Techniques for Teaching and Learning L2 Writing
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Eli Hinkel (Seattle Pacific University, U. S. A.)
Organization: Temple University Japan
Venue: TUJ Tokyo Campus 1-14-29 Taishido, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan 154-0004 (map)
Brief description: L2 writing instruction has the goal of developing learners' skills directly relevant to producing written text. These skills necessarily include grammar and vocabulary.

July 3rd (Friday) 2020

The 21st International CALL Research Conference: Smart Call
Time: To be announced
Speaker: Keynote speaker Mat Schulze (San Diego State University); deadline for abstracts is 30 January, 2020
Organization: International CALL Research Conference
Venue: Waseda University, 1-6-1 Nishiwaseda Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan (map)
Brief description: The 21st International CALL Research Conference will be hosted by Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan on July 3-5, 2020. The theme of the conference will be Smart CALL, with "Smart" defined as possessing three qualities: personalization, contextualization and socialization.

July 4th (Saturday) 2020

The 21st International CALL Research Conference: Smart Call (day 2 of 3)
Time: To be announced
Speaker: Keynote speaker Mat Schulze (San Diego State University); deadline for abstracts is 30 January, 2020
Organization: International CALL Research Conference
Venue: Waseda University, 1-6-1 Nishiwaseda Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan (map)
Brief description: The 21st International CALL Research Conference will be hosted by Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan on July 3-5, 2020. The theme of the conference will be Smart CALL, with "Smart" defined as possessing three qualities: personalization, contextualization and socialization.

July 5th (Sunday) 2020

The 21st International CALL Research Conference: Smart Call (day 3 of 3)
Time: To be announced
Speaker: Keynote speaker Mat Schulze (San Diego State University); deadline for abstracts is 30 January, 2020
Organization: International CALL Research Conference
Venue: Waseda University, 1-6-1 Nishiwaseda Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan (map)
Brief description: The 21st International CALL Research Conference will be hosted by Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan on July 3-5, 2020. The theme of the conference will be Smart CALL, with "Smart" defined as possessing three qualities: personalization, contextualization and socialization.

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 (81 events)
• Temple University Japan (80 events)
• Oxford University Press (74 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)
• ETJ East Tokyo (44 events)
• Tokyo PC Users Group (43 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)
• Lakeland University Japan (6 events)
• Meisei University International Studies Centre (6 events)
• Teacher Development SIG of JALT (6 events)
• Teaching Younger Learners SIG of JALT (6 events)
• Amnesty International, Group 78 Tokyo (5 events)
• Cambridge ESOL Centre JP172 (5 events)
• Cambridge University Press (5 events)
• EFL Arena (5 events)
• Engaged Pedagogy Association (5 events)
• Japan ASCD (5 events)
• Maruzen Bookshops (5 events)
• National Geographic Learning (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)
• Nakasendo English Conference (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)
• International CALL Research Conference (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)
• Linguapax Asia (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)
• 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)