Category: Conferences

Scott Thornbury is a teacher and teacher educator, with over 40 years’ experience in English language teaching, and an MA from the University of Reading. Until recently he taught on the MA TESOL program at The New School in New York. His previous experience includes teaching and teacher training in Egypt, UK, Spain (where he…

From 2007 to 2011, Dr. Andy Curtis was the Director of the English Language Teaching Unit at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and a professor in the Faculty of Education there. From 2015 to 2016, he served as the 50th President of the TESOL International Association. In 2016, he received one of the Association’s…

The Okinawa JALT Summer Symposium 2021 was held online on July 25th. We are pleased to announce that our keynote speakers were Andy Curtis and Scott Thornbury. The Submission Deadline is over: Call for Presentation Proposals ended on July 14, 2021. CLICK to REGISTER https://www.okijalt.org/

Time & Location 23 Jan 2021, 12:00 pm – 6:40 pm GMT+9Online Conference About the Event The Trends in Language Teaching Conference is an annual event featuring leading academic keynote speakers and presentations about current developments and insights in the field of modern foreign language education. Prior events have welcomed scholars from all over Asia…

Time & Location 03 Oct 2020, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm GMT+9Online Conference About the Event 21st Century Language Teaching Conference 2020October 3, 2020 (online) We welcome proposals for an online conference sponsored by the Okinawa Chapter of JALT and the Teaching Younger Learners SIG. While research-oriented proposals will be considered for inclusion, we are…

Time & Location 21 Mar 2020, 1:00 pm – 4:40 pm GMT+9 University of the Ryukyus Faculty of Education1 Senbaru, Nishihara, Nakagami DistrictOkinawa 903-0129, Japan About the Event HOLT 2020HANDS-ON LANGUAGE TEACHING WORKSHOP (HOLT) The purpose of this Language Teaching workshop is to provide the occasion for members and friends of the Okinawa Chapter of…

Time & Location 24 Jan 2020, 3:00 pm GMT+9 – 26 Jan 2020, 1:40 pm GMT+9 Okinawa Christian University777番地 Onaga, Nishihara, Nakagami DistrictOkinawa 903-0117, Japan About the Event David BeglarImproving students’ speaking performance through scaffolding Learning to speak a foreign language is a tremendously challenging task, but it can be made easier if teachers take…

Time & Location 05 Oct 2019, 10:00 am GMT+9 Okinawa Amicus InternationalEnobi, UrumaOkinawa 904-2205, Japan About the Event Okinawa JALT and AMICUS International School are pleased to announce a call for papers for the 21st Century Language Teaching Conference 2019 (21CLT), to be held at AMICUS International School on Saturday, October 5th. The deadline for submissions…

Time & Location 21 Jun 2019, 3:00 pm GMT+9 – 23 Jun 2019, 7:00 pm GMT+9 Okinawa Prefecture Gender Equality Cente3-chōme-11-1 Nishi, NahaOkinawa 900-0036, Japan About the Event https://sites.google.com/view/tblpieokinawasdd/home June 21-23, 2019 (Fri-Sun) Okinawa JALT 2019 Language Teaching Summer SymposiumRod Ellis, Barbara Hoskins Sakamoto, David Kluge Visit the event website for more information Venue: Tiruru, Center for…

Time & Location 07 Apr 2019, 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm GMT+9 University of the Ryukyus FLU934-14 Minamiuebaru, Nakagusuku, Nakagami DistrictOkinawa 901-2424, Japan About the Event April 7 (Sun) – HOLT: Hands-On Language Teaching with Gaby Benthien, in conjunction with the Young Learners SIG Time: 14:00-17:00 Venue: University of the Ryukyus FLU General Education Building #3, Room 403（共通教育３号棟403号室）…