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Past Events

Details of past JALT events from late 2008 onwards. For a listing of earlier events (2001-2008) please visit the events calendar archive.


24

May
2024, 9:30am to 5:30pm

Dr Yui Suzukida – PanSIG 2024 Special Round Table

Listening

Dr Yui Suzukida –Special Round Table

Send your questions and discuss your ideas with PanSIG 2024’s plenary speaker!

https://jaltlistening.wordpress.com/2024/02/21/jalt-pansig-2024/

 

The JALT PANSIG 2024 conference
PanSIG 2023, Fukui University of Technology,...

24

May
2024, 12:00am to 11:55pm

JALT PanSIG 2024

PanSIG Executive Committee

PanSIG 2024 will be held May 24th to May 26th, 2024 at the Fukui University of Technology in Fukui City. Details: https://pansig.org

19

May
2024, 2:00pm to 4:30pm

Online Text Reconstruction Exercises and Metadiscourse Markers Use

Gunma

This presentation will examine pedagogical merits of online text reconstruction exercises (OTREs) and examines their efficacy in teaching argumentative writing (AW) and students’ experience of learning through them. It looks at a specific type of OTRE called WebSequiturs and that application’s...

19

May
2024, 2:00pm

Event rescheduled for Dec. 8th: An afternoon Zoom presentation with Steve McGuire II: Experience Using Google Apps

Matsuyama

Steve McGuire, our speaker for the Matsuyama JALT event on May 19th has to postpone this meeting due to a sudden conflict. He would like to reschedule his presentation on December 8th (2-4 PM), just early enough for getting out of Jamboard.

You may also be interested in the JALTCALL2024...

19

May
2024, 1:30pm

Processing Instruction Workshop

Toyohashi

At our next meeting, chapter member Gabriel Misaka will present and facilitate a workshop on processing instruction. Processing instruction is a research-backed way of helping students focus on grammar to improve their ability to retain that language and use it correctly in the future....

19

May
2024, 1:00pm

ART in Kyoto – Creative Ideas for the Language Classroom: 19 May, 2024 online 13:00 – 16:30

Kyoto

The JALT Kyoto Chapter and ART SIG explore visual art and creativity in language teaching, with online presentations by:

Thomas Entwistle
Using A.I. generated images to challenge students’ views of what constitutes ‘real’ art

Alec McAulay
Creative writing:...

19

May
2024, 12:00am to 11:55pm

ART in Kyoto

Art, Research, and Teaching

18

May
2024, 3:00pm to 6:00pm

JALT Oita 7's 2024

Oita

JALT Oita 7’s is back for 2024, bringing you a series of quick-fire presentations on a range of language education topics. This year, we have talks on gamification, audio journaling, lesson flow models and developing student engagement, to name just a few. THis promises to be a fun and engaging...

18

May
2024, 2:00pm to 4:00pm

Island Insights: Unveiling Challenges and Dreams of Future Language Teachers in Curaçao

Shizuoka

Island Insights: Unveiling Challenges and Dreams of Future Language Teachers in Curaçao

Larger island nations like Japan have numerous universities. Smaller islands like Nauru (21 km²) in the south-pacific offer university courses while Curacao (444 km²) in the Caribbean features a...

18

May
2024, 2:00pm

May 18th Presentation: Teaching Fluency Using the Verbalclassrooms Method

Akita

ABSTRACT
All teachers want their students to achieve higher levels of fluency, but how to teach it, and
which classroom methods actually work? The presenter has been teaching fluency-based
speaking classes for over 20 years and will share his methods and theories to get...