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The ICNALE Corpus and what it tells us about how Japanese university students speak and write in EnglishFebruary 3, 2025 NiigataPresenter Martin Spivey gave a talk about the ICNALE Corpus, and what we can learn about Japanese university students' speaking and writing tendencies based on the data it has collected. By looking at the statistics of keyword usage and comparisons between Japanese students and native speakers... |
Reflective Language Teaching in Action: Unlocking Insights throught the Community of Inquiry FrameworkSeptember 30, 2024 NiigataPresenter Lily Thukral introduced participants to the Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework, showing us how it can be an effective tool for pedagogical reflective journaling. The focus was on the CoI's three core elements—cognitive presence, social presence, and teaching presence—and how they can... |
MyShare Report - June 2024June 27, 2024 YokohamaOn Sunday, July 23, YoJALT hosted it twice-a-year My Share. We heard highly professional and engaging presentations on four very different topics with lots of great ideas to bring into our own classrooms. YoJALT Publications Chair, Alexander Selman, gave information on how the speakers can turn... |
Mr. Masafumi Fuketa: The Current State of Elementary School EducationJune 5, 2024 TottoriMr. Fuketa shared his experiences in traveling and working overseas, and his perspectives on teaching in local elementary schools. Mr. Fuketa spent 3 years teaching at the School for Japanese Learners in Vienna, Austria. Through this opportunity he was able to see the Japanese education... |
AWSD 2nd Anniversary Event co-sponsored by CEGLOC and JALT Ibaraki ChapterApril 4, 2024 IbarakiEVENT REPORT- AWSD 2nd Anniversary Event co-sponsored by CEGLOC and JALT Ibaraki Chapter (2024-01-31)
IBARAKI, January ―the Academic Writing Support Desk（AWSD） at Tsukuba University celebrated a second anniversary to inform their commitment to helping students enhance their... |
Ibaraki Chapter Spring Meeting (2024-03-17)March 28, 2024 IbarakiIBARAKI, March ―"Materials evaluation in actual classroom use: A case study"by Anja Gonzalez. She is a Cuban English teacher, focused on evaluating the effectiveness of the "Learning World 1" coursebook package in English conversation classes for young learners aged 6-8. While highlighting the... |
MyShare Report - December 2023March 28, 2024 YokohamaOn December 10th, 2023 at Kannai Hall, YojALT held our semi-annual My share event. It was a hybrid meeting with a post-pandemic record attendance of 14 people in person and one online. We heard from three presenters who represented the full range of teaching levels. Samuel Lambert, an... |
Event Report: インクルーシブか? 他人化か？ Inclusiveness vs Othering; What our students see (January 21, 2024) 2PM-4PM @ Tottori UniversityJanuary 25, 2024 TottoriEvent Report: インクルーシブか? 他人化か？ Inclusiveness vs Othering; What our students see (January 21, 2024) 2PM-4PM @ Tottori University (Koyama Campus) Koho Center (2F)
Zoey, a third-year university student in Japan, presented a very informative presentation about her experience as a... |
Event Report, Tottori Chapter September 2023September 11, 2023 TottoriOn September 10 Tottori JALT, working together with Matsuyama JALT and Okayama JALT, hosted an online event for those interested in English education at the primary school level in Japan. Fifteen people joined the event, and in addition to a summary of current research in the field, spent time... |
Event report: English Language Teaching for Japanese EngineersJune 4, 2023 NaganoIn what felt like the first in person presentation in far far too long, Nagano JALT hosted Sean Collin Mehmet for his presentation on his (largely completed) PhD research. Sean’s research asksed the question: “To what extent does the TOEIC measure intercultural competence?”. Sean... |
MAVR at PANSIG 2023May 24, 2023 Mixed, Augmented, and Virtual RealitiesFor the second year in a row a MAVR gave a plenery presentation at PANSIG. |
Report for 3/12 Kip Cates - Global Citizenship and Linguistic Awareness: Teaching about World Languages and Writing SystemsApril 8, 2023 SaitamaIt's such a thrill to write a direct, positive report like this one - we had a well-attended event (just shy of the 21 person max capacity), lovely conversation, and an engaging look at a lan.guage-learner's journey over an incredible diversity of languages and contexts: I am of course speaking... |
Tottori JALT 2023 February 05 Event ReportMarch 6, 2023 TottoriOn February 5, Tottori JALT was able to again host their Teaching Young |
February 2023 Ibaraki Chapter OnlineFebruary 15, 2023 IbarakiIBARAKI: February— Talking about Death and Death Cafe by Masatoshi Shoji. In this presentation, Shoji introduced the activities at the Death Café he has launched in Sendai and proceeded with other foreign Death Cafes, becoming a global movement, with videos. Shoji was inspired by the idea of... |
Event Report, Tottori Chapter December 2022January 11, 2023 TottoriTottori Chapter December 18, 2022 Event Report: Life After JET: Stories of Opportunity, Passion, Change, and Inspiration (What happened to those guys, anyway?) On December 18, 2022 the Tottori Chapter held their first in-person event in more than a year; Life after JET. This was a panel... |
Event Report, Ibaraki Chapter, September 2022September 27, 2022 IbarakiIBARAKI/OLE SIG: On September 21, Naoko Ochiai gave an informative presentation entitled “Mediation to help hearing-impaired students learn German” to the Multilingual Cafe and Ibaraki JALT Chapter. Ochiai introduced the CEFR “Common European Framework of Reference for Languages” established in... |
Event Report, Ibaraki Chapter, July 2022September 1, 2022 IbarakiIBARAKI/OLE SIG: July Persian Language and Culture, and the Relationship of Persian and English Languages by Abdollah Dodangeh. Dodangeh focused on the long history of Persian. He introduced the epic poem of the king, the greatest masterpiece of Persian literature, and explained Persian’s... |
Implementing the New English Curricula for Elementary and Junior High SchoolJune 5, 2022 NaganoOn May 28th, Nagano JALT was fortunate to host Professor Sakai as he gave his presentaiton on “Implementing the New English Curricula for Elementary and Junior High School”. For those of you who missed it, you can find a video recording of the presentation here: https://youtu.be/... |
Event Report, Ibaraki Chapter, March 2022April 4, 2022 IbarakiIBARAKI/OLE SIG: March Sign language—Why I Like It by Martin Pauly. Pauly reflected on his journey of learning sign language over the years. It all started when he began working at the Tsukuba University of Technology (TUT), which has a division for the hearing impaired and one for the visually... |
Selecting, grading, and teaching TED Talks-based listening lessonsMarch 27, 2022 Naganohttps://youtu.be/8YmCXz2-MwE On Saturday March 26th, Nagano JALT was fortunate to host Dr. Naheen Madarbakus-Ring and she gave a presentation on how to teach listening with TED Talks. Naheen’s presentation was split into three parts. She first explained some of the theory behind listening... |