This is an archive of the old (pre-2025) JALT website.
For the new website, visit https://jalt.org

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.


20

Apr
2024, 3:00pm to 5:00pm

Poster Sharing Extravaganza

Okayama

Join us at our April meeting, where we will have poster presentations from local teachers, sharing their ideas--data-based research, lesson ideas, or something else altogether--for informal perusal and discussion. We will have snacks and drinks, too, so relax with us while we share what we know...

20

Apr
2024, 2:00pm to 5:00pm

AI in the English Language Classroom

Kobe

Abstract:
The sudden emergence of AI chatbots has shifted all of our thinking around education and we’re all trying to find our footing. While there are a lot of opinions, one thing is clear: this technology isn’t going away. This three part practical workshop will focus on helping...

20

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

Shizuoka JALT: Steps Forward in Empowering and Enabling Students with Learning Difficulties, Disabilities or Differences: Updates

Shizuoka

Online meeting for April 20. 

Zoom link will be provided on the Shizu-JALT website 10 minutes before the meeting.
Link to the website: https://www.shizujalt.org/#/

Contributors to the soon to be published: Barrier-Free Instruction in Japan: Recommendations for Teachers at All...

20

Apr
2024, 2:00pm

Elements of Drama in the EFL Classroom: Featuring ChatGPT as the Bogeyman.

Akita

Elements of Drama in the EFL Classroom: Featuring ChatGPT as the Bogeyman
This online presentation-workshop aims to explore the potential of using
elements of structured Process Drama (PD) as a teaching approach in the Japanese
university EFL classroom. The session begins with...

14

Apr
2024, 1:30pm

The Speaking Skill: Development and Assessment

Toyohashi

If you love to talk about language teaching, learn from fellow teachers, and experience new ways of teaching then this meeting is definitely for you!

Join Toyohashi JALT for our first talkshop. A talkshop is a new style of meeting where participants interact and collaborate. The topic of...

14

Apr
2024, 1:00pm to 4:00pm

Team Building & Class Building through Cooperative Learning Structures

Yokohama

Date: April 14, 2024 (Sunday)

Time: 13:00-16:00 (followed by social)

Location: Keio University Hiyoshi campus (Raiosha building 2F Small Conference Room 小会議室)

via Zoom (please contact yojaltpresident@yojalt.org)

14

Apr
2024, 1:00pm

Navigating TESOL Publishing: Insights and Strategies

Kyoto

Event Information

Event type: Presentation and workshop Date: Sunday, 14 April 2024, 13:00 Location: Campus Plaza Kyoto, 6th Floor Ritsumeikan Room (find maps and directions HERE) Price: JALT members free, 1-day membership ¥1000 (free if accompanied by a JALT member

Abstract

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14

Apr
2024, 12:30pm to 4:30pm

Hanami social in Osaka Castle Park

Osaka

Come join us for some friendly peer-, near-peer-, and community mentoring and networking at our annual hanami social in Osakajokoen (Osaka Castle Park)! It's FREE and open to everyone, so please bring family, friends, colleagues, students, pets, and acquaintances, or come alone if you prefer. ...

13

Apr
2024, 4:00pm to 5:30pm

Drs. Peter I. De Costa and Takaaki Hiratsuka for an Online Seminar – “Action Research and Exploratory Practice for Enriched Teaching and Learning”

Hokuriku

ONLINE – Please RSVP to wamalcolmjalt2008@gmail.com. Your name and email address will be registered and you will receive instructions on how to log-in.

1. Researching Teaching Emotions in ELT: An Action Research Perspective – Peter De Costa
Given the action research (e.g., Banegas...

07

Apr
2024, 12:30pm to 3:00pm

Lunch Alongside Mt. Ikoma and A Journey Through Hozanji Temple

Nara

 

For the first time after the Covid 19 restrictions were lifted, Nara JALT holds a social gathering after the MyShare event. With the benefit of the event venue location, a cable car ride leads you to the eatery area near Mt. Ikoma, where you can pick out your favorite dishes from...