JALT Event

This year ’s JALT forum, “Bridging the Accessibility Divide: Discussing Issues and Options ” , will continue to focus on sharing our ideas, strategies, and experiences accommodating learners with diverse needs. Our two featured speakers; Katrina M. Persons -Nishi and Catherine Takasugi, will share their insights and experiences. Help us to further ALL-SIG’s goal of developing both a framework and a network for accessible language learning by attending. All participants interested in sharing their stories, strategies, or experiences are welcome. We are all looking forward to seeing you at the conference.

The next Multilingual Cafe (OLE SIG) is scheduled for Wednesday January 25th, 2023 from 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm and will be held online. - Eric Fortin, an Instructor of English and French as a Foreign Language at St. Mary’s College in Fukuoka, will present on the peculiarities of the pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar of the French spoken in Quebec, Canada, as compared with standard European French. The OLE SIG wants to provide a space to meet and share using languages other than English, creating a community of practice. This is the Multilingual Café: meet and chat in your favorite language. The languages available depend on those attending on the day (for example French, German, Spanish, Thai, Hungarian, Chinese, Tagalog, Japanese and many more). After a short presentation we will meet in breakout rooms where different languages are used for further discussions. (Lingua Franca: English and Japanese) We meet online using zoom, please sign-up for receiving the zoom-credentials.

～ Tottori JALT Presents ～ Back In-Person Events!

みなさま、いかがお過ごしでしょうか？鳥取JALTの次回のイベント開催が決定致しました。2月5日（日）の14時から16時までの開催予定となりました。鳥取JALT一同、皆様のご参加を心よりお待ちしております。語学教育に関係する仲間同士、親交を深めるいい機会ですので、是非ご参加くださいませ。詳細につきましては、以下をご覧くださいませ。なお、お近くに興味をお持ちの方がおられましたら、ぜひ添付ファイルの転送をお願い致します。

Hello again from Tottori JALT. We are happy to announce that Tottori JALT's next event will be on Sunday, February 5 from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Click here to download a promotional poster with the basic event schedule and presentation information. Please visit our website often for up-to-date information and please forward this message to anyone you think might be interested in the event.

★小学生の皆さん、お待ちしています！ご家族も大歓迎！
★This event is for primary school children, and their parents and teachers. Families welcome! Please bring your children.
 

演題： 「ようこそ小学生！英語体験レッスンへ ～子どもたちが楽しみながら学べる英語学習～」。
★ Workshop Title: "Young Learners’ Workshop: Fun, Effective Activities for Primary School Children!"

講師：金田 裕子先生、岡本 尚也先生、中江 よし江先生、赤星 順子先生
Presenters: Ms. Yuko Kaneda, Ms. Yoshie Nakae, Mr. Naoya Okamoto, and Ms. Junko Akaboshi

概要: 添付ファイルをご覧ください。
★ Abstracts: Please click here to download the detailed event flyer.

日付: 2月5日（日）
★When: February 5th (Sunday)

時間・Time: 14:00 ～ 16:00pm (13:45～ 受付開始) (Room open from 13:45)
• 13時55分までにご着席お願いします。
• We request that you be seated by 13:55 so that all members, including those working at the event, get a chance to enjoy the entire presentation. Thanks in advance for your cooperation.

場所・Location: 鳥取大学 (湖山キャンパス)  Tottori University (Koyama Campus)  
• 広報センター 2階 Ｃ・Ｄ・Ｅ室室（正門を入ってすぐの左側にある建物です）
• Tottori University - In Rooms C, D & E of the Koho Center (2F), which is just inside the main gate

交通・Transportation:
• 汽車：最寄り駅は「鳥取大学前駅」です。 Train: Get off at Tottori Daigaku-Mae Station.
• 車：大学の構内に来客用駐車場があります。 Car: Parking is available on campus.

出席料：
★JALT 会員とその子どもは無料
★JALT 非会員は1000円 (但し、子供と一緒の場合は保護者は無料、小学生は500円 /１人）
☆学生は500円。

Cost:
★JALT Members: FREE (children included) 
★Non-members: 1000 Yen (If coming with children, ¥500 per child & parents are FREE)
☆Students: 500 Yen

Event up-to-date information, presentation abstracts, presenter bios, or questions:
• Homepage 1: https://jalt.org/groups/chapters/tottori
• Homepage 2: https://sites.google.com/view/tottori-jalt/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Tottori.JALT
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/TottoriJALT
• Email: tottori.jalt@gmail.com
• Sign-up and receive the Tottori JALT Events & Information E-Newsletter at: http://eepurl.com/cwqoPr

There will be something for everyone, whether you teach elementary school, JHS, high school, or university-level students.
対象となるのは、英語教育に関わるすべての人で、小中学生から、高校生、大学生、社会人に英語を教えておられる方は、是非この機会にお越し下さい。

★小学生の皆さん、お待ちしています！ご家族も大歓迎！
★This event is for primary school children, and their parents and teachers. Families welcome! Please bring your children.

We at Tottori JALT look forward to seeing you at Tottori University on Sunday, February 5th (2月5日) from 14:00 pm. 

Warm regards,

Christopher J. Hollis, Raymond Levy and Miyuki Miyachika
Tottori JALT Publicity Officers
“Learning to Teach, Teaching to Learn”

This meeting was originally scheduled for January but moved to April.

[Face-to-face meeting]

This presentation will focus on how English teachers adapted their medium of instruction during the first two years of the pandemic. Data were gathered from surveys, teacher interviews, and class observations. In 2020, Japanese and non-Japanese teachers reported using more Japanese than normal on learning management systems (LMS) and synchronous systems (e.g., Zoom). In 2021, both groups of teachers returned to "normal" levels of Japanese/English use (i.e., using less Japanese). Surprisingly, however, both Japanese and non-Japanese teachers tended to use more Japanese for all teaching functions. Non-Japanese teachers tended to make greater use of writing functions, such as Chat, to reinforce their statements or instructions. Following the presentation, attendees will have the chance to share how they handle various teaching situations in terms of teaching language.

本発表では、パンデミックの最初の2年間、英語教師がどのように彼らの指導媒体を適応させたかに焦点を当てる。データはアンケート、教師インタビュー、授業観察から集められた。2020年、学習管理システム（LMS）や同期型システム（Zoomなど）において、日本人教師も外国人教師も通常より多くの日本語を使用したと報告されている。2021年には、両グループの教師は、日本語と英語の使用量が「通常」レベルに戻った（日本語の使用量が減った）。外国人教師は、発言や指示を補強するために、Chatなどの文章機能をより多く利用する傾向があった。プレゼンテーションの後、参加者は言語教育の観点から、様々な教育状況にどのように対処しているかを共有する機会がある。

Julia Kawamoto has been teaching in Japan for twenty-seven years. She is an associate professor at Ehime University with a PhD in applied linguistics from Hiroshima City University. Her research interests are focus-on-form, teacher training, medium of instruction, and willingness to communicate. カワモト•ジュリアは日本で27年間教鞭をとっている。愛媛大学准教授。広島市立大学で応用言語学の博士号を取得。研究テーマは、フォーカスオンフォーム、教師養成、指導媒体、コミュニケーションへの意欲など。

Eleanor Carson is an English lecturer at Matsuyama University. She has a PhD (Applied Linguistics) at Hiroshima City University. Her research interests include medium of instruction, WTC, and student autonomy. エーラノア・カーソンは 松山大学英語講師。広島市立大学で博士号（応用言語学）を取得。研究テーマは、ミディアムオブインストラクション、WTC、スチューデントオートノミー。

Ian Willey has an MA in TESL from Kent State University and a PhD in second language writing from Hiroshima City University. He is currently an associate professor at Kagawa University. His research interests include English for Specific Purposes, Medium of Instruction, and International Posture. イアン・ウィリーはケント州立大学でTESLの修士号を、広島市立大学で第二言語ライティングの博士号を取得しています。現在、香川大学准教授。研究テーマは、特定目的のための英語、教育媒体、国際的な姿勢。

Endorsements: Matsuyama City; Matsuyama City Board of Education （後援:　松山市、松山市教育委員会）

Our next free online event will be held on Sunday, December 18, starting at 10:00am. We'll be talking about classroom management strategies and ideas for teachers of young learners!

Please see the promotional poster here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EuPSYd8NtXGBJlNiwUA5p5SRlxiQ5j4Q/view?u...

Register here: https://tinyurl.com/bdzee49u

Kobe JALT meets FETJ Global for fun intercultural communication activities ready to use in your classroom!

Marife Carpio has a doctorate in human sciences from Osaka University. Her interests lie in the fields of communication education, educational technology, and language and culture. She teaches at a private junior and senior high school in Kyoto and is currently the president of the Filipino English Teachers in Japan (FETJ), an organization focused on helping its members become effective English teachers, through seminars and workshops.

Brent Jones has taught English for Specific Purposes in Hawaii, Japan, and other parts of Asia since 1987. He was the coordinator of the Business English program in the Economics Department at Kobe Gakuin University from 2005 - 2009. He is currently the Director of Language Programs at Konan University, Hirao School of Management, where since 2009 he has helped develop a content and language integrated (CLIL) program. From April 1, 2018, to March 31, 2019, he was Visiting Professor at the Peter Gustavson School of Business at the University of Victoria. The shortlist of his research interests includes L2 learning motivation and engagement, instructional technology, instructional design, CLIL, curriculum and materials development, genre approaches to second language reading and writing, and extensive reading.  He was the coordinator of the Business English program in the Economics Department at Kobe Gakuin University from 2005 - 2009. He is currently the Director of Language Programs at Konan University, Hirao School of Management, where since 2009 he has helped develop a content and language integrated (CLIL) program.

Date: Saturday, December 17th, 2022 at 3:00pm
Venue: Konan University CUBE Nishinomiya (甲南大学CUBE西宮）https://goo.gl/maps/Gztk9DqvvULWQvej8

Pre-registration is required here!

Niigata Chapter's first live event in 3 years. We will have a MyShare event by members followed by a general chapter meeting. Hybrid setting (in-person at Tokimeito, online on Zoom).
Meeting location for in-person attendees: Click here!

EdTech 201 is a practical workshop for language teachers who want to know more about EdTech and look for different ways to implement new ideas in their teaching. In EdTech 201, each presenter will demonstrate an EdTech tool and give the audience some hands-on experience.

Erin Noxon: Make your own free LL using Google Docs, Classroom, Forms, and Videos

Monitored read-aloud practice, listening to different speakers, answering questions... All things you would love for your students to be able to do in the language lab. But, do you have the time, the budget, and can you find the right software? And how do you even begin to get feedback on how they are learning? What if you could do it all for free, with equipment that you already have lying around, and, after the initial set up time, the class took care of itself? Over the past years I've created my own curriculum out of spare parts, using G Suite tools for voice recognition, Forms-based grading and more. I'll teach you how to do it.

Paul Raine: Nation’s Four Strands and Digital Language Pedagogy with ZenGengo

In recent years, the move toward blended and hybrid forms of language learning has led many teachers to re-evaluate their digital toolsets. Language teachers in particular need not only a reliable set of tools but also a solid pedagogical framework within which these tools can be put to use. Renowned linguist Paul Nation argues that a well-balanced language course should consist of “Four Strands”: meaning-focused input, meaning-focused output, language- focused learning, and fluency development. In this presentation, the speaker will demonstrate the effectiveness of ZenGengo (www.zengengo.com), a web-based language teaching and learning platform, in creating activities that correspond to Nation's Four Strands.

Presenter Bios

Dr. Erin Noxon teaches at Sagano High School in Kyoto, Japan. She has taught EFL English, science, and Tech & Media skills during her 20+ years of teaching in public schools in the US and Japan. She is a Google Certified Innovator and is currently researching global learning with EdTech, ALT training, and public school blended learning environments.

Paul Raine (MA TEFL/TESL, University of Birmingham 2012) is an award-winning teacher, presenter, author, and developer. His books include the best-selling 50 Ways to Teach with Technology and the innovative multi-path graded reader Journey to Mars. He has helped design and develop several websites for teachers and learners of EFL, including abaxlms.com and zengengo.com. He has published numerous research articles on the teaching and learning of English as a second language, and is particularly interested in Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL). He currently teaches at universities in the Tokyo area.

A short talk about Extensive Reading from one of our members or from the wider ER community on Sunday 27 November 19:00-19:30 (followed by our LoungERs social event 'til late).

This month’s PresentER is Sumiya Dulamtsoo and her student Baljinnyam who will be talking about teacher and student experiences using Xreading in Mongolia. Join the event on Zoom (https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86937792669) or through the Facebook event on our page http://www.facebook.com/groups/ersig.

We want to hear from a wide variety of people in the ER community about how they do extensive reading, so we would like to invite anyone interested in talking about a reading program at their school.

The event will involve a short 10-15 minute casual talk from our PresentER (maybe you!), followed by around 15-20 minutes of questions/discussion. You could talk about your library, how you use graded readers, you or your students' favorite books, how much your students read, your own extensive reading in another language, or anything extensive reading related.

We would love to hear from people working in different contexts (language schools, eikaiwa, public schools, private schools, kindergartens, libraries, universities...) so we can learn from each other.

If you are interested in sharing something about how you do extensive reading at a PresentERs meeting in the coming months, please complete this Google Form.

https://forms.gle/8i7ZwpstiuxinRdF7

PresentERs will take place on the last Sunday of each month online on Zoom. It is free for anyone to attend.

Although it is a perennial aspect of the ESL classroom, group work is frequently implemented as an afterthought: it is a means to an end, a break in the schedule, or a chance for students to let off steam. However, this attitude risks losing the real efficacy of classroom peer interactivity: an opportunity for shared learning. It is only by exploring the reasons as to why the empirical support for a shift from teacher-led to student-led group work is so vehement, that we truly uncover the power of group work in the classroom. Group Work in the Oral and Literacy Classrooms is a workshop that not only explores these reasons but demonstrates how various activities can be implemented, modified, and adapted for both oral and literary activities. The presenters aim to help you augment your own imagination and understanding of group interaction in the best way possible: in a group of your peers.