This is an archive of the old (pre-2025) JALT website.
For the new website, visit https://jalt.org
Details of past JALT events from late 2008 onwards. For a listing of earlier events (2001-2008) please visit the events calendar archive.
15Jun2024, 6:00pm to 8:00pm Self-Talk: An Investigation into Students' Self-Talk during Speech AssignmentsFukuoka Are you looking for ways to improve students' performance during speaking assignments? Self-talk (or internal dialogue) can mediate students' emotions and performance during tasks (Tod et al., 2011). Consequently, it offers us insights into students' experiences during high stress situations... |
15Jun2024, 3:00pm English as Elective Course + Engaging Students with QuestionsOkayama Peter Burden Okayama Shoka University "What's Going On?" What Happens When English Becomes an Elective Subject While English has long been seen as important to enable people to communicate via the global lingua franca, and the Japanese government has long promoted the notion of "... |
09Jun2024, 2:00pm to 4:30pm Using Illustrations for Reading Activities: When is Better? Before, During, or After?Gunma This event focuses on the use of illustrations for pre-, during, and post-reading activities. First, if learners negotiate written texts by considering illustrations before and during the reading of the texts, what kind of learning effects might it have on their reading performance? On... |
09Jun2024, 1:30pm The Evolving Role of an ALT: A Panel DiscussionToyohashi Assistant Language Teachers (ALT) are employed at public elementary, junior high, and high schools throughout Japan, to assist Japanese Teachers of English (JTE). How ALTs are used in the classroom can vary widely, and when team teaching, the role of the JTE and ALT can sometimes be unclear (... |
09Jun2024, 10:00am to 11:00am Webinar - Ethical Issues in Language TestingTesting and Evaluation Language testers have shown longstanding concern for ethics in the practice of testing and assessment, as evidenced by documents like the International Language Testing Associations Code of Ethics and volumes written on issues such as fairness and justice in testing. Recently, more attention has... |
24, 21, 09, 21, 15Mar, Apr, Jun, Jul, Sep2024, 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 : 14:30-17:00Learner 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... |
08Jun2024, 6:00pm Teaching Speaking Skills to Japanese Students—Recent Advances in the Immediate MethodKitakyushu In 2007, I presented the basic principles of the “Immediate Method” for the Kitakyushu chapter. This classroom management technique was developed from the ground up in the context of the Japanese university classroom. At that time, my co-authors and I were excited about the significant changes... |
02Jun2024, 2:00pm to 5:00pm Crossing Cultures: A Personal JourneySendai ABSTRACT: Setting out as a teenager to uncover the world beyond her New York City neighborhood, our speaker began her cross-cultural journey more than half a century ago. She will share with us how in the decades since her worldwide travels have been not only geographical explorations but a... |
01Jun2024, 6:00pm to 8:00pm Hiroshima JALT May / June Event: ALT SpecialHiroshima Our May event has been moved to June 1st, so there will be two events in June this year! For this event there are two speakers, Michelle Ugalino- Nawang, and Monalyn Saddington. Michelle will talk about Working with JTEs Monalyn will talk about the Empowerment of ALTs This... |
01Jun2024, 1:00pm to 4:00pm Exploring Positionality and Diversity with Students from Within and BeyondYokohama Date: June 1, 2024 at 13:00 - (followed by social) Location: Keio University Hiyoshi Campus (small conference room) & Zoom (register to attend on Zoom by emailing:yojaltpresident@yojalt.org) Presenters: Ken Ikeda and Jackson Lee ... |