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.

02 Aug 2009, 1:30pm to 4:00pm Nagoya-Linguistic Phonics for EFL + My Top 10 Classroom Resources This presentation will focus on distinguishing Linguistic Phonics from more general phonics courses. We will discuss issues such as: Should you teach phonics? When to start & when to stop teaching phonics. How to teach linguistic phonics in an EFL classroom. The last...
02 Aug 2009, 1:30pm to 3:30pm Intercultural Perspectives in Language Education Hokuriku National assessment of English in primary education in the Netherlands - This presentation will focus on the results that were collected in a nationwide assessment of proficiency in English (2006) in the final year (group 8 – age 11/12) of primary education. The position of English in the...
01 Aug 2009, 2:00pm to 4:30pm Living and Teaching in Qatar, followed by Beer Garden Party Osaka Long-time Kansai resident Larry Metzger is visiting from his current teaching post in Qatar where he serves as Vice President of Qatar TESOL. He'll share his perspectives on making the multi-faceted transition from Japan to Qatar, characteristics of Arabic learners of English, raising 3rd...
26 Jul 2009, 6:00pm to 8:30pm Vocabulary Teaching Ideas Workshop Oita Attendees will be encouraged to share a vocabulary teaching/building idea during the workshop, to share the educational skills of the various attendees. Feel free to bring along your favorite vocabulary building activity.
26 Jul 2009, 1:30pm to 4:30pm Relating Culture to the Teaching of Communication Strategies Iwate-Aomori This workshop will examine the ties between culture and the use of communication strategies in L1 and will look at the extent to which communication strategies employed in a learner L1 transfer naturally to English. It will then look at the two broad categories of communication strategies,...
26 Jul 2009, 11:30am to 4:30pm 4th ANNUAL FUKUOKA JALT APPLIED LINGUISTICS COLLOQUIUM Fukuoka 4th Annual FUKUOKA JALT APPLIED LINGUISTICS COLLOQUIUM Fukuoka Jo Gakuin University (Osa Main Campus) Sunday, July 26, 2009 Note: This event will be at a different venue from past events, see note at the end for access information. Time Featured Speaker: Kristen...
25 Jul 2009, 2:00pm to 4:00pm Relating Culture to the teaching of communication strategies Akita Abstract: This workshop will examine the ties between culture and the use of communication strategies in L1 and will look at the extent to which communication strategies employed in a learner L1 transfer naturally to English. It will then look at the two broad categories of communication...
25 Jul 2009, 1:00pm to 3:00pm Intertwining content studies with language studies For our sixth meeting of the year, the presenters will demonstrate many activities and materials that they have used in culture content, environmental issues content, and other global issues based-content classes. In addition, attendees will create and adapt their own materials and activities...
19 Jul 2009, 2:00pm to 5:00pm The Immediate Method Nara SUMMARY The 2 presenters will introduce the Immediate Method, developed in Japan by French teachers several years ago (see their website for more details http://www.almalang.com/about.html) They will show how they use it in their university language classes (although the...
12 Jul 2009, 3:00pm to 5:00pm In search of the ‘real’ Johnny Depp: The co-construction of identity through an interview Okayama This workshop-lecture will highlight how celebrity interviews are organized to draw out new and interesting information. Special attention will be paid to what can be learned by examining transcript excerpts to appreciate how talk-in-interaction is a co-accomplished social activity.