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.

27 Sep 2009, 2:00pm to 4:00pm Moodle for Beginners Hokkaido The first section will cover basics: 1) How to set up a class; 2) How to upload resources; 3) How to make a quiz. The second section will focus on class page with one-to-one bi-lingual support.
27 Sep 2009, 1:30pm to 4:00pm Why Our English Is the Way She Is Part Two of a multimedia presentation on how English came to be as it is now. We will look at different influences on English, including French, Latin, Dutch, and German. We will examine the characteristics and influences of the Queen's English, Cockney, Irish and Scottish Englishes before...
27 Sep 2009, 1:00pm to 5:00pm Learner autonomy in a CALL-based classroom / Vocabulary strategy training Nagano Hana Craig has been teaching English in both ESL and EFL contexts for over ten years. She has a Bachelors Degree in Commerce and Administration, a CELTA and a Masters Degree in Applied Linguistics. Currently, she is in her third year teaching at Meisei University in Hino city, Tokyo. She is...
27 Sep 2009, 1:00pm to 3:30pm Back to Basics: Developing World Resources and the Japanese Classroom Shizuoka This combined seminar and workshop examines a series of issues in EFL education from two diverse perspectives: the Japanese and Cambodian classrooms. In Japan, most EFL teachers have virtually unlimited resources available to them. However, the overuse of,if not overdependence on, these...
26 Sep 2009, 6:00pm to 8:00pm What is Red? Kitakyushu David will explore the areas of pre-reading and initial reading skills through the use of simple materials, songs, games and activities, and provide participants with the material teaching tools for practical use in the classroom. David Lisgo is a school owner of more than 20 years, part-...
26 Sep 2009, 3:00pm to 5:00pm Do teacher beliefs really influence classroom practices? Okayama This study investigates Japanese high school teachers’ (N = 139) beliefs and practices regarding communicative language teaching (CLT). Results show that CLT has not yet been widely used in Japanese high schools despite teachers’ positive beliefs about CLT. They also demonstrate that contextual...
26 Sep 2009, 2:00pm to 4:00pm An Integrated Skills Approach to E-Learning Materials Development/ Textbook Writing and Publishing For our seventh meeting of the year, we have two local presenters who are involved with material development. First, Collins of Nagasaki University will model various types of e-learning materials designed to implement an integrated skills approach. He will also explore video recording, story...
26 Sep 2009, 2:00pm to 4:00pm My Lesson Plan Akita The main theme is "My Lesson Plan." Each officer will present what he/she does in their classrooms. They will share one or two of their lesson plans with the members at the meeting. The participants are expected to bring some of their ideas and classroom activities to share with everyone. All...
20 Sep 2009, 2:00pm to 4:30pm Arts in the Classroom Gunma Creative imagination inspired by arts in the curriculum of language classes is particularly important in the sense that it contributes to the development of essential cognitive skills, such as perception, critical analysis and aesthetic awareness. This presentation explores the benefit of...
19 Sep 2009, 7:00pm to 9:00pm A Screening of the Documentary Film 'Obachan's Garden' East Shikoku Linda Ohama will screen and lead a discussion about her highly regarded documentary film, Obachan's Garden. The film is a very moving and personal reflection, recounting the life of Murakami-san (Obaachan) who was one of more than 6,000 Japanese women who arrived on Canada's shores between 1908...