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.

23 May 2009, 2:00pm to 4:00pm From Curiosity to Competency: Intercultural Activities for the ESL/EFL classroom Akita Abstract: Language educators often speak of using techniques and activities appropriate for each stage of language learning. But when it comes to incorporating cultural learning in the language lessons, there is usually very little consideration given to the learners' developmental stage...
17 May 2009, 4:00pm to 5:00pm Enhancing EFL Instruction Through the Use of Manga Okayama Through this one hour workshop, educators can discover techniques to tap into a learner's use of English through comics. Educators will be able to see how manga is a relevant tool in helping reluctant learners to share language and for instructors to channel instruction.
17 May 2009, 3:00pm to 5:00pm Learning Vocabulary by Using Computers Hiroshima Vocabulary learning is probably the most difficult and time-consuming aspect of learning a foreign language. But it can also be enjoyable! This presentation will focus on ways of helping students learn and retain vocabulary. An overview of computer programs will make it easier to choose the best...
17 May 2009, 3:00pm to 4:00pm Interview Discourse and National Sports Okayama This presentation will examine the interview discourse of athletes, coaches and supervisors who participate in the national sports of four countries (Australia, Korea, China and Japan). Differences will be discussed and theories considered for these differences.
17 May 2009, 2:00pm to 5:00pm Tasked-Based Language Learning in Japan. Nara ] Title: Task-Based Language Teaching ( TBLT) in Japan . Speaker: Marcos Benevides. Marcos Benevides is an assistant professor at Kansai Gaidai University. He has taught EFL in Japan for ten years, at every level from elementary school to university, from private...
17 May 2009, 2:00pm to 4:30pm Try the Opposite! Gunma Engaging our students with alternative activities sometimes takes more time than we have. One way to save time is create by following the admonition in the title. So the alternate activities we create are related to your day-to-day teaching, please bring one of the textbooks you use to the...
17 May 2009, 1:30pm to 4:00pm ELT and the Science of Happiness Positive, motivated students -- engaged with their subject and each other -- learn more. How do we facilitate that? Attitude. The new field of “positive psychology” offers ideas. Traditional psychology focuses on mental illness. Positive psychology focuses on mental health:...
17 May 2009, 1:30pm to 3:30pm A Vocabulary Notebook: The Whys and Hows Hokuriku We all recognize that words are the bedrock of language learning. As Michael Lewis quoting Earl Stevick in his book The Lexical Approach notes, when students travel abroad they carry a dictionary, not a grammar book. This talk will look at the place of teaching vocabulary in the curriculum and...
16 May 2009, 2:00pm to 4:30pm Task-Based Language Teaching ( TBLT) in Japan JALT Central Marcos Benevides is an assistant professor at Kansai Gaidai University. He has taught EFL in Japan for ten years, at every level from elementary school to university, from private tutoring to graduate courses. He has been an invited, sponsored, featured or keynote speaker at...
16 May 2009, 2:00pm to 4:00pm Brain Studies and Learning/Active Skills for Communication For our fourth meeting of the year, we welcome back for a third time a popular teacher at Kansai University, as well as a noted and prolific ELT materials writer and presenter. This time, he will have two parts to his session. In the first half, he discusses how “brain-compatible teaching” calls...