ELTChat

ELT Chat on Twitter

10/3 8:00 PM-9:00 PM, Online , Online Events

Group discussion on Twitter

AsiaTEFL

The 10th Asia TEFL International Conference (day 1 of 3)

10/4 Time TBA, Delhi

Call for papers due April 30, 2012

AsiaTEFL

The 10th Asia TEFL International Conference (day 2 of 3)

10/5 Time TBA, Delhi

Call for papers due April 30, 2012

Akita JALT

Genre pedagogy to lead students to a high stake of learning: Students' voice and critical thinking about environment issues through news item writing

10/5 5:30 PM-7:00 PM, Akita City

Inggy Yuliani Pribady

Language Teaching Professionals

TESOL Certificate: Standardized tests - Understanding the challenges and preparing students to face them

10/6 10:30 AM-1:00 PM, Tokyo

Grant Trew

AsiaTEFL

The 10th Asia TEFL International Conference (day 3 of 3)

10/6 Time TBA, Delhi

Call for papers due April 30, 2012

Temple University Japan

TUJ Osaka Distinguished Lecturer Series: Autonomy in Language Learning

10/6 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, Osaka City

Phil Benson (Hong Kong Institute of Education)

Language Teaching Professionals

TESOL Certificate: Planning and teaching ESP (English for Specific Purposes) courses

10/6 2:00 PM-4:30 PM, Tokyo

Grant Trew

Kitakyushu JALT

Helping our students become multicompetent academic writers

10/6 6:30 PM-8:00 PM, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture

Carol Rinnert (Hiroshima City University)

Language Teaching Professionals

TESOL Certificate: Standardized tests: Understanding the challenges and preparing students to face them

10/7 10:30 AM-1:00 PM, Tokyo

Grant Trew

Saitama JALT

Balsamo Asian Scholar Four Corners Tour

10/7 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, Saitama City

Inggy Yuliani Pribady, Ivan Botev

Language Teaching Professionals

Planning and teaching ESP (English for Specific Purposes) courses

10/7 2:00 PM-4:30 PM, Tokyo

Grant Trew

Mabuhay Classroom Teacher Workshop

Halloween and Mabuhay Classroom 2nd Anniversary Presentation

10/8 10:00 AM-5:00 PM, Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture

Marco Brazil, Eric Kane, Oxford Presenter, and iTDi Presenter

Pearson Japan

Pearson Kirihara Teachers Conference (Tokyo) - Teacher Effectiveness, Student Success

10/8 10:00 AM-4:30 PM, Tokyo

Allen Ascher, John Wiltshier, Sarah Louisa Birchley, Ai Hirai, Mayuka Habbick, Izumi Miyashita, Ann Mayeda, Shigenori Tanaka, Kenzo Yoneda, and Miwa Mitsui

Hiroshima JALT

Students' Voice and Critical Thinking About Environmental Issues through News Item Writing

10/8 3:00 PM-5:00 PM, Hiroshima City

Inggy Yuliani Pribady

Kyoto JALT

JALT2012 Balsamo Asian Scholar: Four Corners Tour

10/10 6:30 PM-8:00 PM, Kyoto City

Inggy Yuliani Pribady

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10/10 8:00 PM-9:00 PM, Online , Online Events

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Shizuoka JALT

Project-Based Learning

10/11 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Shizuoka City

John Eyles

JALT International Conference

JALT 2012: Technology in Teaching Pre-Conference Workshops

10/12 1:00 PM-7:00 PM, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture

Forrest Nelson, Mark Shrosbree, Paul Daniels, Lawrie Hunter, Don Hinkelman, Daniel Beck

Learner Development SIG of JALT

JALT2012 National Conference: Learner Development SIG Forum

10/13 10:00 AM-9:00 PM, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture

Call for participation due May 9th

Applied Linguistics Association of Korea

ALAK 2012: Conversation Analysis and Corpus Linguistics

10/13 9:00 AM-5:30 PM, Seoul City

Invited speakers: Geoffrey Raymond (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA), Sylviane Granger (University of Louvain, Belgium)

JALT International Conference

JALT 2012: The 38th Annual International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning and Educational Materials Exposition

10/13 9:00 AM-7:00 PM, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture

Several presenters

Sky High English Studio

2-Day Certificate Teacher Training Program

10/14 10:00 AM-4:30 PM, Chofu City, Tokyo Metropolis

Fukuoka ACET

October ACET Meeting

10/14 1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Fukuoka City

Various speakers

JALT International Conference

JALT 2012: The 38th Annual International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning and Educational Materials Exposition

10/14 9:00 AM-7:00 PM, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture

Several presenters

Oxford University Press

Using Social Media and Simple Technology to Help Students Learn English

10/15 6:30 PM-8:30 PM, Tokyo

Ken Wilson and Kristin Sherman

JALT International Conference

JALT 2012: The 38th Annual International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning and Educational Materials Exposition

10/15 9:00 AM-1:30 PM, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture

Several presenters

Performance in Education SIG of JALT

Simply Dramatic Language Teaching: The First Conference by the Speech Drama and Debate SIG

10/16 6:00 PM-9:00 PM, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

Carolyn Graham, creater of Jazz Chants, and Ken Wilson, coursebook author and teacher trainer.

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10/17 8:00 PM-9:00 PM, Online , Online Events

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Globalization and Localization in CALL

GLoCALL 2012: The Globalization and Localization in Computer-Assisted Language Learning Conference (day 1 of 3)

10/18 Time TBA, Beijing

Plenary speakers: Mark Warschauer, Francoise Blin, Peter Gobel. Call for papers due April 16

Second Language Research Forum

Second Language Research Forum 2012 (day 1 of 4)

10/18 8:00 AM-8:00 PM, Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania

Brian MacWhinney (Carnegie Mellon Univ.), Bill VanPatten (Michigan State Univ.), Natasha Tokowicz (Univ. of Pittsburgh), Patsy Duff (Univ. of British Columbia); Call for papers due April 30th

Globalization and Localization in CALL

GLoCALL 2012: The Globalization and Localization in Computer-Assisted Language Learning Conference (day 2 of 3)

10/19 Time TBA, Beijing

Plenary speakers: Mark Warschauer, Francoise Blin, Peter Gobel. Call for papers due April 16

Second Language Research Forum

Second Language Research Forum 2012 (day 2 of 4)

10/19 8:00 AM-8:00 PM, Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania

Brian MacWhinney (Carnegie Mellon Univ.), Bill VanPatten (Michigan State Univ.), Natasha Tokowicz (Univ. of Pittsburgh), Patsy Duff (Univ. of British Columbia); Call for papers due April 30th

English Education Study Group of SGU

CALL Workshop 2012: Technology and Language Learning

10/20 10:00 AM-5:00 PM, Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

Speakers TBA

Language Teaching Professionals

TESOL Certificate (Young Learners): Story based lessons for young children

10/20 10:30 AM-1:00 PM, Tokyo

Mari Nakamura

Globalization and Localization in CALL

GLoCALL 2012: The Globalization and Localization in Computer-Assisted Language Learning Conference (day 3 of 3)

10/20 Time TBA, Beijing

Plenary speakers: Mark Warschauer, Francoise Blin, Peter Gobel. Call for papers due April 16

Pan-Korea English Teachers Association

2012 Pan-Korea English Teachers Association (PKETA) International Conference

10/20 Time TBA, Busan City

Call for papers due April 15th

KOTESOL

20th KOTESOL International Conference (day 1 of 2)

10/20 Time TBA, Seoul City

Call for papers due May 31, 3012

Temple University Japan

TUJ Tokyo Distinguished Lecturer Series: Autonomy in Language Learning

10/20 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, Tokyo

Phil Benson (Hong Kong Institute of Education)

Language Teaching Professionals

TESOL Certificate (Young Learners): A gateway to literary independence

10/20 2:00 PM-4:30 PM, Tokyo

Mari Nakamura

Second Language Research Forum

Second Language Research Forum 2012 (day 3 of 4)

10/20 8:00 AM-8:00 PM, Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania

Brian MacWhinney (Carnegie Mellon Univ.), Bill VanPatten (Michigan State Univ.), Natasha Tokowicz (Univ. of Pittsburgh), Patsy Duff (Univ. of British Columbia); Call for papers due April 30th

Language Teaching Professionals

TESOL Certificate (Young Learners): Story based lessons for young children

10/21 10:30 AM-1:00 PM, Tokyo

Mari Nakamura

KOTESOL

20th KOTESOL International Conference (day 2 of 2)

10/21 Time TBA, Seoul City

Call for papers due May 31, 3012

Yokohama JALT

(1) Critical Media Literacy; (2) Global Issues in Scholarly Writing: Towards Academic Publication

10/21 1:00 PM-5:00 PM, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture

(1) Anna Husson Isozaki; (2) Atsushi Iida

Language Teaching Professionals

TESOL Certificate (Young Learners): gateway to literary independence

10/21 2:00 PM-4:30 PM, Tokyo

Mari Nakamura

Second Language Research Forum

Second Language Research Forum 2012 (day 4 of 4)

10/21 8:00 AM-8:00 PM, Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania

Brian MacWhinney (Carnegie Mellon Univ.), Bill VanPatten (Michigan State Univ.), Natasha Tokowicz (Univ. of Pittsburgh), Patsy Duff (Univ. of British Columbia); Call for papers due April 30th

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10/24 8:00 PM-9:00 PM, Online , Online Events

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Nagano JALT

JALT Share

10/27 2:00 PM-4:00 PM, Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture

David Callaghan, Fred Carruth, Jim George, Mark Brierley, Cheryl Kirchhoff

Nagasaki JALT

(1) Bringing Rasch to the Masses: Test evaluation without statistics; (2) Increase Participation and Decrease Anxiety: Crafts in a Self-access Learning Centre

10/27 2:00 PM-4:00 PM, Nagasaki City

Judith Runnels (Hiroshima Bunkyo Women's University)

Temple University Japan

TUJ Osaka Distinguished Lecturer Series: Researching Lexis and Reading On-Line

10/27 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, Osaka City

Tom Cobb (University of Quebec)

Niigata JALT

Best of JALT 2012

10/27 3:00 PM-5:00 PM, Niigata City

Various Speakers

Okayama JALT

1) Guiding student discussion of graded readers; 2) Demotivation, amotivation or overmotivation? An action research project

10/27 3:00 PM-5:00 PM, Okayama City

1) Jason Cox; 2) Peter Burden

The Japan Language Testing Association

The 16th JLTA Annual Conference (JLTA 2012)

10/27 9:00 AM-5:00 PM, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture

David Beglar (Temple University, Japan). Call for papers due July 8th

Language Teaching Professionals

TESOL Certificate (Young Learners): Using songs and chants

10/28 10:30 AM-1:00 PM, Tokyo

Setsuko Toyama

Shizuoka JALT

In My Life: Scrapbooking, Conversation Strategies, Body Language, and Presentations

10/28 2:00 PM-4:00 PM, Shizuoka City

David Kluge (sponsored by MacMillan Language House)

Language Teaching Professionals

TESOL Certificate (Young Learners): Teaching in elementary schools

10/28 2:00 PM-4:30 PM, Tokyo

Setsuko Toyama

Fukuoka JALT

Fukuoka JALT Conference and Education Material Expo 2012

10/28 9:00 AM-7:00 PM, Fukuoka City

Plenary Speaker: Marjo Mitsutomi. Plus many presentations, roundtables and workshops

ELTChat

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10/31 8:00 PM-9:00 PM, Online , Online Events

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