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.

10 Jan 2010, 2:15pm to 4:20pm Brain Science, Teaching, and Active Skills of Communication Matsuyama “For 20 years, I have been teaching “3L” college students (low proficiency, low confidence, low motivation). In order to better understand them, I studied motivation and brain studies related to learning. First, I will explain interesting things we have discovered about learning and then show...
10 Jan 2010, 2:00pm to 4:45pm Eureka! Finding a direction forward with research planning Saitama In this workshop, the presenter will provide an overview of how to form and develop lines of inquiry when researching one 's own teaching context. Participants will be encouraged to formulate or bring along research questions to work on. They will then be introduced to Cooperative Development (...
10 Jan 2010, 2:00pm to 4:00pm Facilitating Technology-Enhanced Active Learning Strategies on YOUR Campus Presentation: •What do we mean by technology-enhanced active learning strategies? •Why are they important in improving instructional effectiveness? Discussion: •What are the barriers to implementing technology-enhanced active learning strategies on Japanese campuses...
09 Jan 2010, 6:00pm to 8:00pm Developing Japanese learners' use of the English article system through task-based learning Kitakyushu In recent years the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) in Japan has expressed its desire for English language educators to move away from more traditional teacher-centered models of instruction and adopt approaches that focus on communication skills and group...
20 Dec 2009, 4:00pm to 7:00pm Year-end Potluck Dinner Hokkaido The year-end meeting is a potluck dinner open to JALT members, family and friends. Please bring your favorite holiday dish to share. Turkey, stuffing, gravy, and soft drinks will be provided. In addition, there will be a silent auction for Project Santa with the money going to buy...
20 Dec 2009, 2:00pm to 5:00pm December Meeting - "Language Learning Stories," followed by Year-End Party Sendai A number of our colleagues will share stories from their language learning journeys, followed by group discussion of key themes and sharing of our own stories. Join us for a good time of exploration and eye-opening firsthand accounts. The meeting will be followed by our annual Year-End...
20 Dec 2009, 1:30pm to 4:00pm Task Sequencing and Student Motivation *followed by annual bonenkai Toyohashi The presenter will briefly introduce tasks related to motivational theory based on Pintrich & De Groot, before taking participants through a receptive listening lesson focusing on task sequences and their effect on student learning/motivation. An action research project will provide...
20 Dec 2009, 1:00pm to 5:00pm Christmas Party Nagano Join us with the whole family for a children-friendly Christmas party! Santa is coming, and there will be fun and games for the kids, led by the talented Karen Ricks, and Christmas music for all. This is a potluck event, so please bring some food, snacks and/or drinks to share.
13 Dec 2009, 6:00pm to 7:00pm Chapter Meeting Nara Nara Chapter Officers, members and guests will share their perspectives on future Chapter activities, including practical, actionable ideas to expand member services, diversify meeting formats, and increase Chapter and meeting participation.
13 Dec 2009, 2:15pm to 4:20pm The Communicative Value of English Discourse Intonation and Its Contribution to Teaching Spoken English ――with particular reference to conjunction that―― Matsuyama “My talk is largely based upon a study of acoustic analysis of how the subordinate conjunction 'that' is realized by 25 subjects (Kio University, Freshmen). To be more specific, the way in which it is produced, is investigated in terms of ‘PITCH’ (Hz) and ‘POWER’ (dβ) by means of the VISA-PITCH...