Past Events | NPO The Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT)

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

29 May 2010, 1:00pm to 5:30pm 1st Annual Shikoku JALT Regional Conference East Shikoku This is the first of an ongoing series of all-Shikoku conferences, sponsored by East Shikoku and Matsuyama chapters. Full details from http://eng.core.kochi-tech.ac.jp/eastshikoku/ Keynote speaker: Ian Isemonger (Kumamoto University, JALT Journal editor) the state of the...
29 May 2010, 1:00pm to 5:00pm First Annual All Shikoku Joint Conference (with East Shikoku JALT) Matsuyama See the East Shikoku Chapter for description. Please sign up in advance and let us know if you need a ride and/or a hotel room. A social gathering is planned after the conference.
29 May 2010, 10:40am to 3:30pm JALT CALL 2010 The JALTCALL 2010 annual conference will be held at Kyoto Sangyo University in Kyoto, Japan from May 29 - 30, 2010. Our Keynote speaker will be Joy Egbert from Washington State University. You are invited to submit a proposal for a presentation at the conference.The submission page is now open....
29 May 2010, 10:00am to 5:00pm The 2nd Annual North East Asian Region (N.E.A.R.) Language Education Conference Niigata 第２回北東アジア言語教育学会 The 2nd Annual North East Asian Region (N.E.A.R.) Language Education Conference will be held on Saturday, May 29, 2010 on the campus of the University of Niigata Prefecture in Niigata, Japan. The organizers are now preparing to hold conference. Click here for...
26 May 2010, 6:00pm to 8:30pm Shifting Paradigms in Online Language Learning: The Link between Technology and Organizational Culture Recent literature suggests that learning online (eLearning), and learning in a face-to-face environment involve different processes. Online learning poses its own challenges, including: (1) building an effective and efficient learning community; (2) establishing a coherent and cohesive online...
23 May 2010, 11:30am to 2:30pm Annual barbecue Toyohashi The Toyohashi chapter annual barbecue will be held at the usual location, Takashi Ryokuchi Park (just south of Aichi University), on May 23rd from 11:30 to 2:30. All are welcome, JALT members and friends.
23 May 2010, 10:00am to 4:00pm Oita ELT Teacher Training Seminar Oita This event will feature 6 presenters who will each give practical teaching advice. Two presentations will run simultaneously, one will be related to teaching young learners and the second young adults and adult learners. Each presentation will last for about 1 hour and there should be plenty of...
22 May 2010, 3:00pm to 5:00pm Self-Access Language Learning as Classroom-Based Instruction Okayama This workshop focuses on how self-access language learning might be integrated into the curriculum in high schools and universities. In the first part of the workshop, the presenter outlines a course in self-directed language learning that he developed and delivered to first-year Japanese...
22 May 2010, 9:00am to 4:00pm The 9th Annual JALT Pan-SIG Conference 2010 Learner Perspectives　 The 9th Annual JALT Pan-SIG Conference 2010 This year, the theme of our conference is “Learner Perspectives.” During two days of presentations, workshops and poster sessions, we hope that all conference participants will find something that will stimulate their...
22 May 2010, 9:00am to 4:00pm The 9th Annual JALT Pan-SIG Conference 2010 Kyoto This year, the theme of our conference is “Learner Perspectives.” During two days of presentations, workshops and poster sessions, we hope that all conference participants will find something that will stimulate their research and ideas for teaching in their classrooms! There will be over 85...