November 2014

Nagasaki JALT

A four-step process for critical thinking instuction

11/1 2:00 PM-4:00 PM, Nagasaki City

David Gann

Temple University Japan

TUJ Tokyo Distinguished Lecturer Series: Computer-assisted Language Learning

11/1 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, Tokyo

Irina Elgort (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)

ETJ Tokyo

The 2014 Tokyo ELT Expo and Book Fair in Association with JALT

11/1 9:00 AM-6:30 PM, Tokyo

Prominent authors, trainers, and local teachers.

ETJ Tokyo

The 2014 Tokyo ELT Expo and Book Fair in Association with JALT (day 2 of 2)

11/2 9:00 AM-6:30 PM, Tokyo

Prominent authors, trainers, and local teachers.

Osaka JALT

JALT2014 Four Corners Tour in Kansai: The Teaching Power of Stories

11/3 6:00 PM-9:00 PM, Osaka City

Bill Harley, JALT2014 National Conference Plenary Speaker, Two-time Grammy-award winning musician, storyteller, and author

NanKyu JALT

Bill Harley - The Mark Twain of Contemopary Children's Music.

11/4 7:30 PM-9:30 PM, Kagoshima City

Bill Harley

ACM Chapter on E-learning and Technical Communication

Symposium on Language Learning beyond the EFL Classroom

11/8 10:00 AM-9:00 PM, Aizu-Wakamatsu City, Fukushima Prefecture

Margaret Franken, University of Waikato, New Zealand; Yukie Koyama, Nagoya Institute of Technology; Stephen Hesse, Chuo University; Gordon Bateson, Kanazawa Gakuin University

Meisei University International Studies Centre

Meisei University Professional Development Forum

11/8 10:00 AM-3:00 PM, Tokyo

Call for papers due Oct. 17th

Temple University Japan

TUJ Osaka Distinguished Lecturer Series: Computer-assisted Language Learning

11/8 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, Osaka City

Irina Elgort (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)

Gifu JALT

Gifu JALT Conference Preview

11/8 5:00 PM-9:00 PM, Gifu City

Brent Simmonds, Kathleen Cahill, Mike Stockwell, John Spiri

Kitakyushu JALT

Pechakucha Night

11/8 6:30 PM-8:00 PM, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture

Various speakers

Fukuoka ACET

November Meeting

11/9 1:30 PM-4:30 PM, Fukuoka City

ETJ Osaka

ETJ Kansai Expo

11/9 9:30 AM-6:00 PM, Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture

Speakers include School owners, educational leaders and teachers

Okayama JALT

We're Going Global? A look at Local Efforts to Implement Japan's National English Education Goals

11/15 3:00 PM-5:00 PM, Okayama City

Tom Fast (Okayama University)

Fukuoka JALT

Fukuoka JALT's Ordinary General Meeting 2014

11/15 5:00 PM-6:00 PM, Fukuoka City

Fukuoka JALT officers

ETJ Aichi

English Activities for Intercultural Awareness

11/16 10:00 AM-12:00 PM, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

Jon Dujmovich (Aichi University and director of Imagination Ink)

Oxford University Press

Shaping Learning Together: A Day with Oxford 2014

11/16 9:15 AM-6:00 PM, Tokyo

Henry Widdowson, Barbara Seidlhofer, Nina Spada, Cheryl Boyd Zimmerman, Susan Stempleski, Peter Atkins, Timothy O'Donnell, Hiroyuki Obari, Robin Skipsey, and Hiroyuki Tsukamoto

JALT International Conference

JALT 2014: 40th Annual International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning, and Educational Materials Exhibition

11/21 1:00 PM-5:00 PM, Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture

Technology in Teaching Workshop speakers

JALT International Conference

JALT 2014: 40th Annual International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning, and Educational Materials Exhibition

11/22 9:00 AM-8:30 PM, Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture

Hundreds of interesting presentations

JALT International Conference

JALT 2014: 40th Annual International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning, and Educational Materials Exhibition

11/23 9:00 AM-6:30 PM, Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture

Hundreds of interesting presentations

JALT International Conference

JALT 2014: 40th Annual International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning, and Educational Materials Exhibition

11/24 9:00 AM-4:00 PM, Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture

Several presenters

UEC

5th Presentation Session of the Research Station on Innovative and Global Tertiary English Education

11/28 4:30 PM-6:00 PM, Chofu City, Tokyo Metropolis

Shinichi Hashimoto (UEC Tokyo), Jie Shi (UEC Tokyo), Takeshi Tarui (UEC Tokyo), Milan Hodoscek (National Institute of Chemistry, Slovenia), Siegfreid Hoefinger (Vienna University of Technology, Austri

Tottori JALT

Learning through English in Thai Schools: Policy, Concerns and Directions

11/28 7:30 PM-8:30 PM, Tottori City

Sonthida Keyuravong

Cambridge ESOL Centre JP172

University of Cambridge Teacher Knowledge Test (TKT) Examinations Modules 1-3

11/30 10:00 AM-3:20 PM, Tokyo

Matthew Reynolds (Invigilator), Centre Examinations Manager, Cambridge English Language Assessment Centre JP172

ETJ Sendai

The 2014 Tohoku ELT Expo (organized by ETJ Sendai and JALT Sendai)

11/30 9:30 AM-6:00 PM, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture

Teachers and presenters living and working in the Tohoku area (proposals deadline extended to October 15th)