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.

10 May 2009, 2:15pm to 4:20pm Preparing Your Students for TOEIC Success Matsuyama TOEIC, Listening and Reading Test is used to assess non-native English proficiency and is currently the standard measure of English ability in Japan. This presentation will look at what the TOEIC test is, what it is used for, and how it is changing.
10 May 2009, 2:00pm to 5:00pm May One-day Meeting/Afternoon Presentation: Cross-Cultural Issues in Education/Working in an Intenational Environment Ibaraki The seminar is a celebration of some of the differences in international cultures in terms of etiquette, hygiene, forms of greetings, body language, food and drink, with special emphasis on different learning styles and differing views on what constitutes a good student, a good...
10 May 2009, 2:00pm to 4:45pm Drama: a Stepping Stone towards English Language Performance Saitama In this presentation, Adriana will briefly analyze the importance of using drama techniques as part of the strategies for teaching English to university students. In addition to the analysis of the theory available about this subject, Adriana will present some of the findings of her personal...
10 May 2009, 10:00am to 11:30am May One-day Meeting/Morning Presentation: Language Development - Vocabulary Teaching for Young Adults Ibaraki This seminar will explore fertile areas and techniques for teaching vocabulary. These areas will include art and design, cult objects, fashion, icons and figures from popular culture. This will be especially useful for teachers of teenagers/young adults and young professionals....
09 May 2009, 6:00pm to 8:00pm Choosing Topics for Writing Classes Kitakyushu In a workshop setting, the presenters will explore topics that stimulated the best writing from their high school students and analyze the factors that characterize the best topics, illustrating their findings with examples of student writing and comparing them with the results of a simple...
09 May 2009, 3:00pm to 5:00pm Exploring Portfolio Assessment in the EFL Classroom In this workshop, the author will demonstrate how portfolio assessment plays an integral part in his communicative English courses at a Japanese women's university. Participants will experience tasks and activities that will enable them to successfully develop their own grading rubrics, peer...
03 May 2009, 8:10am to 1:30pm The 20th Annual Lake Suwa Charity Walk Nagano Please join us for an educational walk halfway around Lake Suwa! After meeting at 8:10 at the "Katakura Fureai Nagisa", we will walk appr. 8 km to the "Kamaguchi Suimon" while learning about life in the lake from Shinshu University graduate students. After lunch (please bring your own), you can...
26 Apr 2009, 2:00pm to 4:00pm Monthly Meeting: Analyzing Grammar Mistakes in College Composition Classes Hokkaido Topic: Analyzing Grammar Mistakes in College Composition Classes Abstract: During the 2008 academic year, Kenlay Friesen and Peter Gray analyzed the grammar and punctuation mistakes made by 20 second-year university students in their English Composition classes. Four essays by each student...
26 Apr 2009, 2:00pm to 4:00pm Workshop on D.R.E.A.M Management in the ELT Context Kyoto The DREAM Management workshop introduces a thought provoking alternative model of management designed for the ELT context. DREAM, an acronym, suggests policies that will help keep quality teaching and learning as the core value of the institution. The workshop introduces the DREAM principles...
26 Apr 2009, 1:30pm to 4:30pm The Corpus in the Classroom Iwate-Aomori In this workshop, the presenter will lead a session to show the possibilities and pitfalls of introducing corpora in a practical way to the classroom. He will discuss aspects of building the corpus, ways to involve students in its creation and materials development. No prior knowledge of corpus...