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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.
24Feb2024, 6:00pm Being Funny in L2 EnglishAbstract: Effective humor is known to be a characteristic of good communication, yet shockingly little has been written about encouraging L2 humor. Let’s think about some of the issues involved. First, do we need L2 humor? Are our classrooms conducive to L2 humor, and what do students... |
24Feb2024, 3:00pm to 5:00pm February Chapter Meeting: Teaching disabled students and all about ALSOkayama Gavin Thomas Presents If you have a disabled student in your class, you have to change your teaching style to better suit that student. I will show two aspects of my teaching style and my reasons for doing these. Then I'll talk about how I adapted my approach to the challenge of a... |
23Feb2024, 6:30pm to 7:30pm Workshopping with AI for an Academic World!Tokyo These EdTech events are for language teachers who want to know more about EdTech and look for different ways to implement new ideas in their teaching. AI’s arrival into the academic world is having a major impact on education and teaching practices. Without training, this will cause... |
18Feb2024, 2:00pm to 4:30pm Language learner motivation and materials designGunma Motivation plays a key role in achieving success in language acquisition. However, motivation levels in language learners fluctuate over time. An important role of foreign and second language teachers therefore is to maintain high levels of motivation among their learners. Materials that... |
18Feb2024, 2:00pm to 4:00pm Developing Writer Identity in Argumentation Essays & Conflict Resolution in the English ClassroomMatsuyama [JALT February Meeting—two sessions; presentation order subject to change] <Session A> By Carol Rinnert, Hiroshima City University: Developing Writer Identity in Argumentation Essays 議論文におけるL2 学習者の“Writer Identity” |
17Feb2024, 1:00pm to 4:00pm Online Learning of Vocabulary through the New General Service List ProjectYokohama Please Join us for Another Exciting Event! Speaker: Dr. Charlie Browne Title: Online Learning of Vocabulary through the New General Service List Project In this session the presenter will briefly introduce his New General Service List Project, a collection of 7 free corpus-... |
17Feb2024, 9:00am to 5:15pm "Moving Towards Sustainable Education” (Teacher Development SIG event)Teacher Development (UPDATED POST) Our final schedule is all set now! We have a full day of presenters with exciting and innovative research topics. Please check out the photo and our registration page. Of course, let us know if you have any questions a jalt.td.sig@gmail.com TD SIG... |
10Feb2024, 5:30pm to 8:00pm How to write a better abstract for the JALT2024 Conference call for presentation proposalsFukuoka Post event note: Example files used in the workshop are available at the bottom of this page as PDFs. The workshop was recorded and uploaded to YouTube. Conference presentation proposals for JALT2024 are due March 10. Every year, the JALT conference receives many more submissions than it... |
09Feb2024, 4:00pm BzCom Forum on communication issues in translating contracts and legal documentsBusiness Communication The JALT Business Communication SIG will host this year's first online forum. It will discuss communication issues in translating contracts and legal documents, inviting Mr. Akira Nagasaki, an international lawyer. The presentation will be in English and last approximately 40 minutes on Zoom,... |
04Feb2024, 1:30pm Teaching Approaches for Fostering Language Learner AutonomyToyohashi In our first regular meeting of 2024, chapter Vice President Ashley Bartholomy will present on language learner autonomy and ways to foster autonomous learning in the classroom. Ashley’s presentation is based on her recent M.A. work and is sure to be informative and engaging. Further details are... |