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.

22 May 2010, 9:00am to 4:00pm The 9th Annual JALT Pan-SIG Conference 2010 Osaka The Pan-SIG Conference is one of JALT's premiere events of the year. This year it's happening in Osaka at Osaka Gakuin University. Please see the Pan-SIG website for the schedule, map, and full details: http://www.pansig.org/2010/index.html
16 May 2010, 3:00pm to 5:00pm JALT Special Interest Groups (SIGs) Hiroshima Pragmatics, Teaching Children, Extensive Reading, and Learner Development will be some of the topics discussed at this multifaceted meeting, devoted to JALT Special Interest Groups. First, each of the speakers will give a brief introduction of those groups, and will explain some "important...
16 May 2010, 2:00pm to 4:30pm Cultural Perspectives and Influences of Teachers Gunma This presentation details some of the findings from ongoing research exploring the views language educators hold about culture, the application of culture in the language classroom and the potential effects, positive or negative, on language learners. Whether or not it is a given that culture is...
16 May 2010, 2:00pm to 4:00pm Giant Steps: The Project to Internationalize EIKEN Hokkaido I used to tell people, when I spoke to educators outside Japan, that EIKEN was the biggest test they’d never heard of. I can’t use that line anymore. Over the past six years, acceptance of EIKEN scores by U.S. and Australian colleges and universities, and general interest in the test among...
16 May 2010, 2:00pm to 4:00pm Scaffolding Output Activities For Greater Learner Independence Nara Our very own Jeff Crawford, currently gainfully employed at Tezukayama,Kwansei Gakkuin University and Shoin women's University, will demostrate for us how he scaffolds activities from lower to higher levels, creating greater learner confidence and autonomy in output. He feels that...
16 May 2010, 1:30pm to 4:00pm Nagoya- The Communicative Classroom: What can be taught? This talk looks to examine what elements in a communicative classroom can be taught and what elements can only be developed through enough exposure and practice and then at how these two groups of elements should be introduced/emphasized. It will then look at how learning materials should...
16 May 2010, 1:15pm to 5:00pm Yokohama Chapter May Meeting: Reflective Teaching Yokohama The May meeting for the Yokohama Chapter of JALT will have two presentations: Rob Moreau and Allen Lindskoog will present Standing in a New Place: Reflecting on Awareness and Development; Polina Mitkova will present How to Phrase Your Praise. Details including a map to the venue can be found at...
16 May 2010, 10:00am to 12:30pm The Communicative Classroom: What can be taught? Toyohashi This talk looks to examine what elements in a communicative classroom can be taught and what elements can only be developed through enough exposure and practice and then at how these two groups of elements should be introduced/emphasized. It will then look at how learning materials should...
15 May 2010, 7:00pm to 9:00pm The Communicative Classroom: What can be taught? This talk looks to examine what elements in a communicative classroom can be taught and what elements can only be developed through enough exposure and practice and then at how these two groups of elements should be introduced/emphasized. It will then look at how learning materials should...
15 May 2010, 6:30pm to 8:30pm Collaborative Professional Development through Peer Observation Fukuoka Teaching has been famously referred to as the ‘egg carton profession’ because teachers are typically isolated from one another in their classrooms, but teachers are fortunate in that they have a valuable and free resource in their midst- other teachers. This presentation...