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Event Report, Ibaraki Chapter June 2018October 23, 2018 IbarakiIBARAKI: June— The brain’s many different memory processes: Applications to language teaching |
Event Report, Ibaraki Chapter March 2018October 23, 2018 IbarakiMorning: by Nivedita Kumari. Arguing that writing is a good way to teach students grammar and academic English conventions, Kumari offered us a glimpse of her writing classroom at a... |
Event Report, Gunma Chapter October 2018October 17, 2018 GunmaShort and Practical Intercultural Activities for Active Learning Educators often speak of using appropriate techniques and activities suitable for each stage of learning. But when it comes to cultural learning or cross-cultural communicative skills, there is usually... |
Event Report, Nara Chapter October 2018October 15, 2018 NaraWith the 2018 JALT International Conference approaching, this Nara Chapter event explored the conference theme, Diversity and Inclusion, at a local level. There were two talks presented by three speakers. In the first presentation, Akiko Mokhtari, a Japanese teacher of Chinese and English... |
Event Report, Okinawa Chapter September 2018October 9, 2018 OkinawaThe 2nd 21st Century Language Learning conference on the 21st of September 2018 was a well organised mini conference. The event featured a mixture of research based presentations as well as teachers sharing techniques they used in their classes. The masterfully presented bilingual... |
Event Report, Gunma Chapter September 2018September 11, 2018 GunmaDuring this two-day workshop, featured lecturer Dr. Atsushi Iida, Associate Professor of English at Gunma University gave two lecturers on using haiku and poetry in the development of L2 literacy. In the first, Iida identified several positive effects of poetry writing on L2 learning from... |
Event Report, Gunma Chapter August 2018August 7, 2018 GunmaSimple Activities to Engage Students The best classes are almost always the simplest ones. Teachers are not stressed, students are confident and involved, and everyone knows what's happening and what they're supposed to do. Teachers need a... |
Event Report, Okinawa Chapter July 2018July 27, 2018 OkinawaThings got off to a rough start on Friday the 20th of July as Typhoon number 10 approached Okinawa. All but two presenters were able to reach OIST seaside house on Friday night. Those that did make it sat in the lobby as the weather took a turn for the worse with wind and rain while eating pizza... |
Event Report, West Tokyo Chapter July 2018July 15, 2018Three speakers were featured in this year's My Share event. Their specific details are as follows. |
Event Report, Gunma Chapter July 2018July 10, 2018 GunmaIn a rapidly globalizing world, one of the important roles of foreign language education is to enhance students’ ability to “to communicate effectively in cross-cultural situations and to relate appropriately in a variety of cultural contexts” (Intercultural competence [IC]: Bennett and Bennett... |
Event Report, Nara Chapter June 2018June 29, 2018 NaraThe June event hosted by the Nara Chapter on June 17th, 2018 featured five speakers presenting overviews of their work introducing debate and discussion English learning activities to secondary school students. |
Event Report, Tottori Chapter May 2018June 29, 2018 TottoriThe Tottori JALT May 27 event focused on language education for children. It was a three-hour mini-conference of three speakers from JALT Junior. The speakers shared with us not only their knowledge and expertise but also a great deal of books and reference materials for language teaching. These... |
Event Report, Gunma Chapter June 2018June 11, 2018 GunmaPresenter: Mary Nobuoka Many people think that children raised by parents who speak two or more languages will naturally become bilingual or multilingual. However, in a monolingual country, this is not so easy. Raising a bilingual child in Japan (or countries like the USA where the... |
Event Report, West Tokyo Chapter June 2018June 11, 2018Dr. Andy Boon of Toyo Gakuen University presented on the benefits of Extensive Reading (ER), how to set up and operated an ER course in specific and an ER Program in specific, and shared of his own experiences as a creator of ER materials. Furthermore, he shared ideas on how to build a personal... |
Event Report, Okinawa Chapter May 2018June 4, 2018 OkinawaSpeaker: Simon Humphries (Kansai University, Osaka) Knowing factors which influence Japanese high school students' attitudes to speak would certainly help all teachers in this context. However, as Simon... |
Event Report, Niigata Chapter May 2018May 29, 2018 NiigataStarted using CALL in Austria, using internet labs Difficulty with computer access, so couldn’t really move forward at that time. Started a critical reading & writing program with a heavy emphasis on scaffoldable... |
Event Report, Gunma Chapter May 2018May 28, 2018 GunmaPresentations 2.0: Modern Presentation Skills for the Digital Age No matter where people work, in academia, business, or the media, there is a good chance they will be asked to give a presentation of some kind at some point in... |
Event Report, Kitakyushu Chapter March 2018May 7, 2018 KitakyushuDr. Gillis-Futaka's presentation began by outlining a number of points to lay the groundwork for a broader workshop on methods to engage students while doing extensive/intensive reading classes. She outlined 6 areas that teachers need to be aware of in order to motivate students: emotion;... |
Event Report, Kitakyushu Chapter February 2018May 7, 2018 KitakyushuDr. Hadley of Niigata University discussed the value and challenges of Grounded Theory as it applies to research in applied linguistics. He began by defining in broad terms what is meant by grounded theory as, he argues, the term is often misapplied and misunderstood in a number of disciplines.... |
Event Report, Kitakyushu Chapter January 2018May 7, 2018 KitakyushuAi's presentation focused on the idea that it is far more important for classes to be organized based on English level rather than on age. She argued that at many English schools, particularly at the eikawa level, classes are divided by age and this results in widely varying abilities within... |