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Details of past JALT events from late 2008 onwards. For a listing of earlier events (2001-2008) please visit the events calendar archive.
06Aug2023, 2:00pm to 4:30pm Unmasking the ALT Experience: Insights into Foreigner and Dabbler IdentitiesGunma For over 30 years, hundreds of thousands of foreign nationals have set foot on Japanese soil as foreign assistant language teachers (ALTs) through the government-sponsored Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) program (CLAIR, 2022). The job of the ALTs is to teach English in public schools, in... |
01Aug2023, 12:00am to 11:55pm Meet the Members Interview Series featuring Akiko MokhtariNara Meet the Members is an interview series aiming to get to know our chapter members better. These interviews are released as Youtube videos and podcasts. In this month’s episode of the Meet the Members series, we talk with Akiko Mokhtari. Akiko is one of our long-distance members whose... |
30Jul2023, 7:00pm July PresentERsExtensive Reading This month’s PresentER is YOU. In ER, we always want to add to our libraries, don't we? Peer suggestions is a great way to figure out what to order and what to add. So, come share your favorite graded readers with all of us. All languages welcome! Favorite French graded readers? Japanese graded... |
30Jul2023, 7:00pm Summer Eikaiwa ForumOsaka Please join Osaka JALT for our Summer Eikaiwa Forum! Current, former, and prospective Eikaiwa teachers as well as any and all language professionals can meet, network, and grow professionally in this series of presentations from Eikaiwa teachers. The event is online and free. All are welcome!... |
30Jul2023, 12:45pm to 2:00pm Tokyo State of the Chapter + EdTech event - MALL applications and games: Tools that can be used in Japanese EFL classroomsTokyo As part of our annual State of the Chapter event, we are very happy to welcome Christopher Saarna and Yukiko Yoshihara as our featured speakers. Following a brief chapter meeting, during which we will announce officer election results, there will be an EdTech workshop on MALL applications. ... |
30Jul2023, 9:00am ART for All TeachersArt, Research, and Teaching Grab an ice coffee 🥤 take a break from grading papers 📝 and see how fellow teachers use visual art in the EFL classroom. We'll be discussing: Bad Art is Good for Teaching, DIY Flashcards as Creative and Educational Tools, Future Hodophiles and Video Art Projects, Cinemagraphs in the... |
29Jul2023, 2:00pm Sociolinguistics in the EFL Classroom: Teaching Ideas by AIU Graduate StudentsAkita Abstract: Sociolinguistics is a major area in second language research and is a topic commonly covered in graduate school education programs worldwide. For EFL teachers, it can often seem difficult to bring the theory and research of sociolinguistics into the actual classroom. In this series of... |
26Jul2023, 7:00pm to 8:30pm Curious similarities between Japanese and TamilOther Language Educators The next Multilingual Cafe (OLE SIG) is scheduled for Wednesday, July 26th, 2023 from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm and will be held online. Parvathy Ramachandran (Kanazawa Institute of Technology) will present some "Curious similarities between Japanese and Tamil". This presentation will... |
25Jul2023, 8:00pm JALT Zoom for Professional Development (ZPD)ZPD - Zoom for Professional Development Event Committee Greetings! Our next ZPD will be on Tuesday, July 25th, 2023 from 8 PM - 9 PM Japan Time. We'll break up into small groups to discuss a variety of topics. As usual, we will also have an orientation for new officers and new members, tips and best practices in teaching, getting... |
23Jul2023, 3:00pm TBLT & Materials Design + Utilizing Interviews & StorytellingOkayama TBLT and ELF: Implications for materials design Justin Harris, Kindai University This talk will focus on how ELT materials design can effectively reflect core principles of Task Based Language Teaching (TBLT) and English as a Lingua Franca (ELF). It will begin with discussion on... |