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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.


15

May
2010, 5:30pm to 7:30pm

Preview of JALT 2010 and 18th International Conference on Pragmatics and Language Learning

Kobe

Kobe JALT honorary member Donna Tatsuki will provide the audience with a sneak peek at the 36th Annual International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning & Educational Materials Exposition as well as the the 18th International Conference on Pragmatics and Language Learning....

15

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...

09

May
2010, 2:00pm to 4:45pm

Developing identifiable voice: Implications for teaching haiku in second language writing

Saitama

Using Haiku to Develop Communications Skills
At this month’s Omiya Chapter event, Atsushi Iida of the Indiana University of Pennsylvania (US) will conduct three presentations. The following are the details for Atsushi’s program:
1. Composing haiku for communicative purposes
The...

09

May
2010, 1:00pm to 3:00pm

Developing Personalized Portfolio Rubrics for the EFL Classroom

Oita

In this workshop, the presenter will demonstrate how portfolio assessment plays an integral part in his communicative English courses at a Japanese women's university. Participants will experience tasks and activities that will enable them to successfully develop their own grading rubrics,...

08

May
2010, 6:30pm to 8:00pm

Developing Personalized Portfolio Rubrics for the EFL Classroom

Kitakyushu

In this workshop, the presenter will demonstrate how portfolio assessment plays an integral part in his communicative English courses at a Japanese women's university. Participants will experience tasks and activities that will enable them to successfully develop their own grading rubrics,...

25

Apr
2010, 3:00pm to 5:00pm

Being Constructive with Moodle

Hiroshima

In this workshop, the audience will learn how to blend Moodle into their language classes. They will get hands-on experience in setting up a course and populating it with resources and activities. The presenter will emphasise those aspects of Moodle that facilitate collaborative learning.
...

25

Apr
2010, 2:00pm to 5:00pm

My Share - Classroom Management

Sendai

Chapter members and local colleagues sharing their knowledge, tips and tricks on classroom management. We had a very successful meeting on this topic last year, and only scratched the surface. Come and pick up some great ideas.
If you'd like to present 1-2 of your ideas/activities,...

25

Apr
2010, 2:00pm to 4:00pm

My Share, My Share, My Share

Shizuoka

Three University of Shizuoka teachers give three presentations on classroom teaching techniques: Jonathan deHaan will show us how to run a Strategic Interaction program, including using video to record student roleplays, posting said recordings to an online WIKI, and having students write and...

25

Apr
2010, 2:00pm to 4:00pm

Becoming a Teacher-Researcher: The First Study

Hokkaido

Getting started in action or classroom-based research can be a bewildering endeavor. The goal of this workshop is to provide novice teacher-researchers with a simple and versatile quantitative research design template that can be easily implemented in most language classroom settings....

25

Apr
2010, 1:30pm to 4:30pm

Intensively Extensive: How my experience as an ESL learner has contributed to my teaching and writing

Iwate-Aomori

The speaker will present his personal story as a language learner and demonstrate the impact it has made on his classroom practice as well as on his material writing. He will suggest how all teachers can directly, immediately--and often surprisingly--benefit from a careful autobiographical...