This is an archive of the old (pre-2025) JALT website.
For the new website, visit https://jalt.org

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.


25

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

The 2nd World Immersive Learning Labs Symposium

Mixed, Augmented, and Virtual Realities

Looking to discuss real-world case studies and examples from many countries and contexts of post-pandemic learning environments and programs, this event will bring together industry professionals and academics. Leading experts from international universities will be present to share their...

24

Mar
2024, 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Spring Eikaiwa Forum

Osaka

Attention all Eikaiwa Teachers!  Come and join the Spring edition of the Eikaiwa Forum. As usual, everything will be online and free. Teachers and professionals from the Eikaiwa industry can share their experiences, discuss teaching techniques, network with other educators, and broaden thier...

24

Mar
2024, 2:00pm

Materials Exchange

Gunma

Let's get ready for the upcoming school year with a Materials Exchange! Attendees are asked to bring some kind of classroom material or idea they can present in five to ten minutes. Lesson plans, activities, games, textbooks, worksheets - anything is welcome! Attendees will take turns explaining...

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...

17

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

Hidden Connections: Relationships, Neuroscience and Language Teaching

Matsuyama

(minor updates 3/11)

Abstract:

Focusing solely on academic achievement in teaching can lead to missing out on important emotional and relational factors that significantly impact learning. These factors are always present in the classroom and are crucial to students' progress. How...

17

Mar
2024, 10:00am

Maximize the Success and Joy of Your Family's Bilingual Journey

Join Nagoya JALT online on March 17 for "Maximize the Success and Joy of Your Family's Bilingual Journey" with Adam Beck.  What are the "best practices" for parents seeking to raise bilingual or multilingual children? How can you generate as much rewarding progress as possible over the childhood...

17

Mar
2024, 12:00am to 4:00pm

Ibaraki JALT March 2024 All-day Face-to-Face Meeting

Ibaraki

We are going to have an all-day face-to-face meeting on March 17, 2024, at Ibaraki University. There will be two chapter member presentations in the morning and one guest workshop in the afternoon. The following is a tentative schedule, and more detailed information such as presentation titles...

16

Mar
2024, 2:00pm

Language in the Field site: Producing Qualitative Research Data from Local Poetry

Akita

Speaker: Ben Grafstrom

 

This presentation has two parts. In the first I share current trends that I have observed over the past year and a half in qualitative research, interdisciplinary research, research ethics, and the humanities in general from a Norwegian/ European...

16

Mar
2024, 10:30am to 1:00pm

Spring Hike and Hanami

Okayama

𝗢𝗸𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗺𝗮 𝗝𝗔𝗟𝗧 ‘𝗕𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗯𝘄𝗲𝗯𝘀 𝗢𝘂𝘁’ 𝗛𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮4

𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲:            March, 16th  10:30~13:00 (Bus Home) 10:30~15:00 (Round trip hike) 
𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻:     Mount Misao to Sougenji Temple
𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴:       Behind baseball grounds, by Gokokujinjya shrine https://maps.app.goo.gl/...

10

Mar
2024, 9:00am to 11:00am

Ludic Language Pedagogy: How to Teach with Games and Play

Niigata

In this two-hour workshop, James York, founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Ludic Language Pedagogy journal, will introduce various ways to teach languages with games and other playful activities. No coding, programming, or game design skills are necessary! By the end of the workshop, participants...