The 2024 Nara JALT Conference will be held at Nara Women’s University* on December 1st.
Access: https://koto.nara-wu.ac.jp/gakusei/ryugaku/AI_NWU_e/access_map_e.html
We have another great lineup of speakers this year.
The program has five presentations throughout the day, with plenty of time during and after for networking.
Nara JALT 2024 Program:
9:00–9:15: Opening
Presentation 1
9:15–10:00: Erin Noxon
Thirty Essential Google Tricks Every Educator Should Know
Presentation 2
10:15–11:00: David Eckford
The Benefits and Challenges of Teaching Traditional Japanese Arts in a Study Abroad Program
Presentation 3
11:15–12:00: Olga Li and Akiko Mokhtari
Enhancing Inductive Learning through AI-Assisted Paraphrasing and Prompt Engineering
12:00–13:30: Lunch
Presentation 4
13:45–14:45: Eric Martin
High-frequency Vocabulary: Understanding the Words that Our Learners are Likely to Know (and Those They Don't)
Invited Speaker Presentation
15:00–16:00: Ben Tanaka
Ten Easy Steps to Sort Your Finances Out in 2024
16:00–16:15: Closing
16:15–17:00: Social Gathering
*Please note there will be no online version
More about Ben Tanaka (Invited Speaker)
Ben Tanaka (also Shearon) was born in Germany, grew up in northern Spain, yet claims to be British. He retired from formal work in 2022. He has been running RetireJapan since 2013 to help people living in Japan learn more about personal finance, investing, retirement, and life in Japan. He also helps his wife run a medium-sized English school and writes various things. Please see his website (RetireJapan) for more information.
Thank you to this year's sponsors
OUP and the JALT CALL SIG are sponsoring this conference. We thank both organisations for their sponsorship and encourage CALL members to attend the conference. All attendees are encouraged to interact with the OUP staff member, who will provide a book display for those interested.
We look forward to seeing everyone for another informative and social annual conference.
