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Past Events

Details of past JALT events from late 2008 onwards. For a listing of earlier events (2001-2008) please visit the events calendar archive.


24, 21, 09, 21, 15

Mar, Apr, Jun, Jul, Sep
2024, 2024, 2024, 2024, 2024, 12:00am to 11:55pm, 12:00am to 11:55pm, 12:00am to 11:55pm, 12:00am to 11:55pm, 12:00am to 11:55pm

Online Get-together : 14:30-17:00

Learner Development

All members are welcome to share and discuss their learning, teaching, and researching practices and interests with learner development in pairs and small groups. Each get-together typically starts with a catching-up session where members get to reconnect and share the puzzles or research they...

20

Jul
2024, 6:00pm

July Social Get-Together

Okayama

This is a social event to help our members stay connected and happy. We will get together to reconnect, talk about our work and have some fun.

Please make sure you sign up on the form on our Facebook page.

20

Jul
2024, 2:00pm

AKITA JALT MEETING FOR JULY 20TH: STRATEGIC INTERACTIONS IN THE LANGUAGE CLASSROOM

Akita

AKITA JALT MEETING FOR JULY 20TH: STRATEGIC INTERACTIONS IN THE LANGUAGE CLASSROOM

Presented by Martin Sedaghat

Role-play activities are commonly used in communicative EFL/ESL classrooms to practice speaking skills in a variety of situations. However, most role-plays are heavily...

14

Jul
2024, 2:00pm to 4:00pm

Their Stories: Literature in the ESL Classroom

East Shikoku

Speaker: Luke Draper
Location: Kagawa University, Global Café
Date & time: July 14th 14:00-16:00

Abstract: Literature is often used in ESL classrooms not only as a rich resource for language, but also as a means of allowing students to explore the culture and sociohistory...

13

Jul
2024, 6:30pm

The Crucial Role of Habits for Language Learning

Join the Nagoya, Gifu, and Toyohashi JALT chapters for our July event, entitled "The Crucial Role of Habits for Language Learning ", presented by Clair Taylor. In the last 20 years, research findings from the neurosciences, cognitive sciences, and behavioral sciences have greatly developed our...

13

Jul
2024, 5:30pm to 7:30pm

Pragmatics - What our language classes need more of!

Fukuoka

Note the earlier starting time! 5:30 PM start at our usual location in Tenjin.

Much of our students' English study has focused on learning grammar and vocabulary, and maybe pronunciation, too. All of these are important parts of what we need to become competent and confident users of our...

13

Jul
2024, 2:00pm to 5:00pm

【Zoom】Raising Bilingual Kids in Japan

Kobe

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Challenges of Multilingual Families
Montserrat Sanz Yagüe
Kobe City University of Foreign Studies

Monolingual families are all alike; every multilingual family is multilingual in its own way”. Following this Anna Karenina principle, we will argue...

13

Jul
2024, 12:00am to 11:55pm

The Listening Conference 2024 - Registration now open!

Listening

To register for the event: https://forms.gle/fjtucyBRhKjrMHjn6

Our next Listening SIG event will be the JALT Listening SIG Conference on Saturday 13th July. The JALT Listening SIG Conference has been organized together with JALT Kyoto Chapter. The whole day event will showcase some of the...

07

Jul
2024, 2:30pm to 4:30pm

My Share Event in Kaga (theme: beginner & lower-level learners)

Hokuriku

This is an opportunity for you to meet with local language teachers in the Hokuriku Region. The focus is classroom activities for beginner or lower level English learners. Please come and share your ideas to the group. Please send an email to wamalcolmjalt2008@gmail.com if you would like to...

05

Jul
2024, 3:00pm to 6:00pm

TBLT in Asia 2024

Task-Based Learning

The aim of this international event is to enable language educators and researchers from across Asia to share ideas and discuss various aspects relating to the theory and/or practice of TBLT in Asia. We also welcome those from further afield with an interest in TBLT.  We invite submissions for...