Nagano ETJ (ETJ Nagano (English Teachers in Japan)). August 29 (Sat), 13:00-16:00 in Matsumoto-shi, Nagano Japan. Emily Percival.

OUP (Oxford University Press). October 18 (Sun), 9:00-16:00 in Tokyo Japan. Ritsuko Nakata, IIEEC Teacher Trainers.

eTLC (English Teacher and Learner Cooperative). July 26 (Sun), 15:30-17:30 in Niiza, Saitama Japan. Kenneth Biegel.

National JALT (The Annual International Conference of the Japan Association for Language Teaching). November 21 (Sat), in Shizuoka Japan. Deadline for submissions: Friday 24th April, 2009.

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