Kyoto JALT is happy to announce that our 2nd annual chapter mini-conference will be held on Saturday, March 23rd at the Kinugasa Campus of Ritsumeikan University (please note this is different from our usual venue). This is an opportunity for local EFL researchers and teachers from all contexts to share their research with like-minded peers. Join us for an afternoon of idea exchange and networking and get a fresh perspective on your teaching just in time for the start of the 2019 academic year!
京都JALT主催、第2回年次ミニ・カンファレンスを3月23日(土)に立命館大学衣笠キャンパスで開催します。あらゆる教育現場で活躍する地域のEFLに関わる研究者・教員が自分たちの研究内容を同じ関心を持った人へ共有できる機会です。2019年の新学年の始めとして、アイディアを共有、情報交換や新しい考えを得に、このミニ・カンファレンスへぜひご参加ください！
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Registration (12:45 – 13:00)
Welcome (13:00-13:05)
Session 1 (13:05-13:30)
Investigating Child Vocabulary Size in an Immersion Class by Abram Leon (Temple University Japan)
Flipgrid and its effects on complexity by Richard Sparrow, Brian Dubin and Nicole Moskowitz (Kyoto Sangyo University)
Raising Self-efficacy with Information Exchange Tasks: Japanese University Students’ Comments by Michael Edwards (Doshisha University)
Poster Session (13:40-14:40)
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A guide for independent publishing for EFL in Japan by John Carle (Kinki University)
A Case Study on the Integration of Foreign Faculty at Japanese Universities: A Brief Look at the Findings by Thomas Nishikawa (University of Liverpool, U.K.; Ritsumeikan University)
Session 2 (14:50-15:30)
Cognitive linguistics: The Japanese and English interface by John Campbell- Larsen (Kyoto Women’s University)
Demystifying data-driven learning: Using a corpus in the university classroom by Michael McGuire (Kansai Gaidai University)
A comparison of the effects of input-based instruction and production-based instruction on vocabulary acquisition by young Japanese learners of English by Alex Kirkham (Ritsumeikan Trust)
Closing (15:15-15:20)
