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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.
15May2010, 5:30pm to 7:30pm Preview of JALT 2010 and 18th International Conference on Pragmatics and Language LearningKobe 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.... |
15May2010, 2:00pm to 4:00pm Giant Steps: The Project to Internationalize EIKENHokkaido 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... |
09May2010, 2:00pm to 4:45pm Developing identifiable voice: Implications for teaching haiku in second language writingSaitama Using Haiku to Develop Communications Skills |
09May2010, 1:00pm to 3:00pm Developing Personalized Portfolio Rubrics for the EFL ClassroomOita 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,... |
08May2010, 6:30pm to 8:00pm Developing Personalized Portfolio Rubrics for the EFL ClassroomKitakyushu 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,... |
25Apr2010, 3:00pm to 5:00pm Being Constructive with MoodleHiroshima 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. |
25Apr2010, 2:00pm to 5:00pm My Share - Classroom ManagementSendai 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. |
25Apr2010, 2:00pm to 4:00pm My Share, My Share, My ShareShizuoka 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... |
25Apr2010, 2:00pm to 4:00pm Becoming a Teacher-Researcher: The First StudyHokkaido 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.... |
25Apr2010, 1:30pm to 4:30pm Intensively Extensive: How my experience as an ESL learner has contributed to my teaching and writingIwate-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... |