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.

26 Apr 2009, 1:00pm to 4:00pm Developing Discussion Tasks for EFL Classrooms Shizuoka Commercial course books offer discussion material but often fail to engage students because the topics seek to avoid controversy and are often of little interest to students. Greg will show you new ways of developing discussion tasks on current events that students care about. The...
26 Apr 2009, 9:30am to 12:00pm Can Adolescents Become Autonomous Language Learners? Toyohashi The best advice we can get from experts on language teaching is that we should try to make our learners into autonomous (self-driven, independent) learners. In this mode, they are to choose their own avenues of learning, measure their progress against their goals, and motivate themselves to...
25 Apr 2009, 3:00pm to 5:00pm Motivating non-English majors in English classes Okayama This 2-hour workshop has two parts. The first hour is an opportunity to consider and discuss issues relating to motivating students in general, but particularly university students. This includes the symptoms and underlying causes of low motivation and practical solutions. The second hour...
25 Apr 2009, 2:00pm to 4:00pm The Corpus in the Classroom Akita Abstract: 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...
25 Apr 2009, 10:00am to 5:00pm Input and Output: Toward Integration West Tokyo, Yokohama, Tokyo Chapters, Pragmatics SIG and Tokai University are co-sponsoring a professional development symposium featuring a dozen presentations, poster sessions, and a two-part workshop led by Dr. John Fanselow, comparing practices used in teaching input and output. See http://...
24 Apr 2009, 5:45pm to 9:00pm TESOL Action Research Mini-Conference #3 - More Astonishing Research Professional development for EFL teachers: Aston University in collaboration with JALT West Tokyo and Tokyo Chapters, Abax, and Toyo Gakuen University invite you to an evening of presentations exploring the topics of task-based learning, and communication. 17.45-18.00: Doors open 18....
19 Apr 2009, 3:00pm to 5:00pm Simple Activities for Super Teachers 【概要/Description】　　　　 The best classes are almost always the simplest ones. Teachers are not stressed, students are confident and involved, and everyone knows what's happening and what they're supposed to do. Teachers need a core of tried and true activities that they can adapt to different...
19 Apr 2009, 2:00pm to 5:00pm So Where Are the Working Women?: A Discussion of Gender Roles in High School Textbooks Sendai Abstract: Based on an analysis of example sentences in English writing textbooks for Japanese senior high school students, this presentation shows how traditional gender roles, represented by the mother staying home and the father working outside the home, still persist there in spite of...
19 Apr 2009, 2:00pm to 4:30pm Teaching the Strategies of Speaking Gunma We all use strategies when we speak: to confirm or clarify what we're saying and what we're hearing, to show interest, to maintain and develop conversations, to help with fluency, to compensate for language we don't have. Alastair Graham-Marr, author of Communication Spotlight, a new text that...
19 Apr 2009, 1:30pm to 4:00pm A Workshop on Task Sequence and Design for all Classrooms The presenter will briefly introduce tasks related to motivational theory based on Pintrich & De Groot, before taking participants through a receptive listening lesson focusing on task sequences and their effect on student learning/motivation. An action research project will provide...