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Events of professional interest to language teachers in Tokyo.

July 19th (Friday) 2019

Nick Ellis: Understanding Language and Learning: Theoretical, Methodological, and Cultural Developments in Applied Linguistics
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: Nick Ellis (University of Michigan)
Organization: Tokyo Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Venue: Rikkyo University Ikebukuro Campus Building 1, Rm 1104
Brief description: The Tokyo, West Tokyo, and Yokohama Chapters of the Japan Association for Language Teaching as well as the Teacher Development (TD) SIG are excited to welcome you to this presentation by Dr.

July 28th (Sunday) 2019

Making the Most of Photocopiable Resources
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:55 AM
Speaker: Terry Yearley
Organization: ETJ East Tokyo (English Teachers in Japan)
Venue: 3F, Shin-Koiwa Chiku Center (map)
Brief description: Presentation description: There are many excellent photocopiable resources available to teachers of EFL. They can be used in a wide range of teaching situations, and can be applicable to, or adapted for, various ages and levels.

August 4th (Sunday) 2019

Bring Your Classroom to Life: Practical ideas for teaching young learners
Time: 10:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Speaker: Mayumi Tabuchi, Julie Hwang, David White
Organization: National Geographic Learning (Cengage Learning)
Venue: DMM.com Sumitomo-fudosan, Roppongi Grand Tower 24F 3-2-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo (directly connected to Roppongi-itchome Station)
Brief description: Creating enjoyable and engaging lessons is a challenge we all face as educators. Our young learners need to develop language skills as well as the skills of collaboration, creativity and critical thinking in order to be the next generation of 21st citizens.

August 20th (Tuesday) 2019

The 2nd JACET [Summer(46th) and English Education(7th)] Joint Seminar (Tokyo, 2019). THEME: ELT materials development and use: Linking theory and practice
Time: 12:00 PM - 12:10 PM
Speaker: Invited Speakers: Willy Renandya (National Institute of Education, Singapore), Masaki Oda (Tamagawa University), Yoshiko Goda (Kumamoto University)
Organization: Japan Association of College English Teachers
Venue: Tamagawa University, University Hall 2014 (Tamagawa-gakuen 6-1-1, Machida, Tokyo 194-8610) map (#22 on map)
Brief description: We are pleased to announce the 2nd JACET [Summer(46th) and English Education(7th)] Joint Seminar (Tokyo, 2019). THEME: ELT materials development and use: Linking theory and practice これからの英語教材の開発と活用 - 理論と実践の連携を求めて Dates: Tuesday 20 - Thursday 22 August 2019 Invited Speakers: Dr Willy Renandya (National Institute of Education, Singapore) Prof.

October 4th (Friday) 2019

JD Brown: Keys to Actually Doing Successful Mixed Methods Research
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: James Dean Brown (University of Hawai'i at Manoa)
Organization: Tokyo Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Venue: Rikkyo University Ikebukuro Campus Building and Room TBA 3-34-1 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo Japan 171-8501 (map)
Brief description: Do you research? Are you interested in doing research? Come learn from an expert in language education related research on how to succeed with mixed methods research.

October 12th (Saturday) 2019

2019 JALT Vocabulary SIG Symposium
Time: 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Irina Elgort (Victoria University of Wellington), Tatsuya Nakata (Hosei University). Call for posters due August 31
Organization: Vocabulary Special Interest Group, Japan Association for Language Teaching
Venue: Waseda University, Nishi-Waseda Campus, Building 63, Tokyo
Brief description: Two symposia will be held, one on Vocabulary Learning with Discussant Dr. Irina Elgort, and one on Vocabulary and Computer Assisted Language Learning with Dr.

October 13th (Sunday) 2019

Cambridge Day Osaka
Time: 12:00 PM - 5:20 PM
Speaker: Hideaki Kogo (Keiai University), Tomoe Aoyama (Cambridge English Assessment), Yuko Hoshino (Chiba University), Chiho Nakagawa (Kogakuin Junior and Senior High School), James Dunn (Tokai University), Steven Gershon (J.F. Oberlin University )
Organization: Cambridge University Press
Venue: Civi Convention Centre Shin Osaka Higashi (map)
Brief description: Due to popular demand, Cambridge University Press Japan is pleased to announce the return of "Cambridge Day" in Osaka. Cambridge Day Osaka will have a range of sessions to prepare for the changes in 2020, from workshops on 4-skills integrated lessons, teaching speaking and presentation, to the importance of Critical Thinking Skills.

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 (119 events)
• ETJ Tokyo (77 events)
• Temple University Japan (74 events)
• Oxford University Press (73 events)
• Tokyo IIEEC Study Group (65 events)
• Tokyo JALT (64 events)
• SCBWI (61 events)
• Nellie's Group, Ltd. (52 events)
• West Tokyo JALT (47 events)
• Tokyo PC Users Group (44 events)
• ETJ East Tokyo (41 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)