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.

08 Nov 2009, 1:30pm to 4:00pm Teachers’ Conference with Pearson Longman Hokkaido Wiltshier: 10 challenges, 10 Solutions, Firsthand Challenges can be problems but they don't need to - this presentation will offer solutions to 10 common challenges that we as teachers face day to day. These common challenges range from how to effectively engage students and move them...
07 Nov 2009, 10:15am to 5:00pm Micro-Conference #9: A Day with Sandra Savignon The West Tokyo Chapter of JALT (Japan Association for Language Teaching) is pleased to announce our ninth micro-conference, which is devoted to the work of Sandra Savignon, with presentations on Communicative Competence, Theory vs. Practice, Second Language Acquisition Research, Teaching...
31 Oct 2009, 2:00pm to 5:00pm Curriculum Development for Language Teachers Fukuoka The goal of this presentation is to provide language teachers with the theoretical knowledge and practical skills needed to plan, develop, and implement a systematic language curriculum. The presentation will provide an overview of the field of curriculum including topics such as: the...
25 Oct 2009, 2:00pm to 4:45pm Kyoto – ARE YOU READY? Kyoto Get a taste of the JALT conference when we invite three conference speakers to do a practice run as well as hold the elections for Kyoto Chapter Officers for 2010. Schedule 2:00 – 2:15 Set up and registration 2:15 – 2:35 Metaphorical patterns in textbook prefaces (Kim Bradford-...
25 Oct 2009, 1:30pm to 4:30pm Mindfulness Techniques for Listening and Pronunciation Iwate-Aomori Awareness of one’s own experiences as they occur, called mindfulness, can be an effective tool for treating physical and psychological symptoms of stress and trauma and has recently been rigorously tested in the medical and health fields. This presentation defines the meaning and role of...
25 Oct 2009, 1:30pm to 3:30pm Reflecting on Teaching Practices Hokuriku Teachers and students profit from reflection. By exploring our beliefs of language learning we can gain insight on how they affect our choices in the classroom. In this interactive workshop we will share a range of methodologies and discuss the principles behind them. For example, some teachers...
25 Oct 2009, 1:00pm to 5:00pm Autumn Potpourri: Job-Hunting, Corpus Linguistics, and Curriculum Design Osaka This event will have three presentations. Doors open at 12:45. 1:00-1:40 Douglas Meyer - Job-Hunting Workshop The present-day language teacher needs much more than a university degree and a winning smile. Drawing on his own experiences and those of participants in this interactive...
25 Oct 2009, 1:00pm to 4:00pm Autumn Triple Header: TOEIC, Cooperative Learning and officer elections Shizuoka This meeting will have two presentations: “Cooperative Learning in Young Learner Classrooms” – Izumi Tanaka (Tokoha Jr. College / Tachibana Elementary School) Action Research on cooperative group reading was conducted at a private primary school in Shizuoka city, Japan. Sixty-five...
24 Oct 2009, 7:00pm to 9:00pm Global Issues and Poetry Global issues headlines confront us every day. Our students, however, need a way to approach such themes that can honor their creativity and empathy, while raising their awareness of the contexts of global issues. The presenter will introduce activities using short poems as source texts...
24 Oct 2009, 2:00pm to 4:00pm presentation, voting & discussion Akita This meeting will be part presentation, part election, and part discussion on the future of the Akita chapter. First, The Presentation - Wayne Malcolm will be giving a short presentation on motivation regarding students, and teachers. He will share some of his ideas on how to keep...