Past Events | NPO The Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT)

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

18 Oct 2009, 3:00pm to 5:00pm From textbooks to TESOL Quarterly: Publishing for EFL teachers Okayama Many teachers want to publish but are often put off by the challenging and frustrating publishing process. The two presenters will attempt to give advice and information on how to make this process clearer and more ‘doable’. Based on a little bit of success and a huge amount of failure, the...
18 Oct 2009, 3:00pm to 5:00pm National Conference Preview Hiroshima If you cannot make it to November's JALT National Conference in Shizuoka, here is your chance to see 4 presentations which will be featured there. Laurie Thain will speak about Rhythm, Music and Young Learners. Jeremy Boston will explain about Focused Tasks and Syntactic Priming. Bill Moore will...
18 Oct 2009, 1:30pm to 4:00pm Using Video and Audio Files for Language Teaching Toyohashi In this presentation, Ruth will share ideas about using audio and video files in a language class. She will walk through the technical side of creating those files and give a tutorial on using “Audacity,” an audio editor and recording application which can be used to produce podcasts. With “...
18 Oct 2009, 11:00am to 4:00pm Documentary Film "Obachan's Garden", 2002 Nagano Linda Ohama is a third generation Japanese-Canadian who has produced seven full length feature films centering on the struggles of people, including working and living in a foreign country, and the suffering of Japanese Canadians during the Second World War, etc. Her latest film, "Obachan'...
18 Oct 2009, 9:30am to 4:30pm JALT Hokkaido 26th Annual Conference Hokkaido Theme: "Walking Before Running - Fundamentals in Language Learning" Plenary Talk: "Getting back to basics in ELT" For details on other presentations, see the JALT Hokkaido website: http://jalthokkaido.net/
17 Oct 2009, 2:00pm to 4:00pm Elementary School Teaching and the Implementation of the New English Curriculum For our eighth meeting of the year, three experienced Nagasaki area ALTs will share accounts on the reasons they chose to come to Japan. They will each talk about why they personally chose Japan as a country to live and work in. Then, they will share their views on the JET programme and the...
17 Oct 2009, 8:30am to 3:00pm CUE/Nara 2009 Conference ESP/EAP: English for Global Living, Working, and Studying, the CUE 2009 Conference takes place at Tezukayama University, Gakuenmae Campus, Nara (site of JALT 2004), during the weekend of October 17 & 18. Featured Speakers are Mike Guest (University of Miyazaki) and Dr. Thomas Orr (...
11 Oct 2009, 2:15pm to 4:20pm Rubrics Matsuyama This presentation will outline how we, as teachers, can improve the classroom experience with rubrics. Understanding a teacher's expectations can be problematic for students. Furthermore, from a student’s perspective, the assessment rationale may not be appreciated, or arguably, even understood...
11 Oct 2009, 2:00pm to 4:45pm Implementing an Effective Program Using English Notebook Saitama Conducting Foreign Language Activity Classes in public elementary schools should include fun, but learning must be happening. It is our job as teachers to provide children with a program that encourages, facilitates and is conducive to language learning. In 2002, in coordination with the...
11 Oct 2009, 2:00pm to 4:30pm MEXT's Attempt to Create a Coherent English Educational Program from Ele mentary School to University Gunma In the year 2011, English will officially be introduced in the Japanese elementary schools, forcing junior and senior high schools to change the ir methods of teaching English as well. Universities are also being enco uraged to become more 'international', by providing more...