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.

07 Feb 2009, 6:00pm to 8:00pm Party with National JALT Directors, Officers, and Representatives from throughout Japan Osaka JALT's National Directors, Chapter and SIG representatives, and appointed national officers from throughout Japan are meeting in Osaka this weekend for business meetings required by NPO rules and will be coming to The Beer Company on Saturday evening to continue discussions and let off steam....
06 Feb 2009, 6:30pm to 8:30pm Good Practices that Help Students Learn and Teachers Grow Osaka Changes in classroom practice generally have a ripple effect. For example, a teacher’s primary reason for learning their students’ names might be to simply foster a caring environment in the classroom. But students also stay more motivated when the teacher knows their names, and teachers are...
01 Feb 2009, 1:30pm Phonics and the SPHERIC Teaching Method Hokuriku SPHERIC stands for Synthetic PHonics, Engaged Reading, and Integrated Communication. This presentation will explain how synthetic phonics can be used as the center of a fully-integrated communicative teaching method in line with the current theoretical and research consensus. Specifically...
31 Jan 2009, 6:30pm to 8:30pm Pragmatics in a Film Corpus: Challenging Assumptions about Authenticity Fukuoka It is generally believed that in EFL contexts like we have in Japan, film or video is a significant source of input for our learners. But how valid are our assumptions? Hasn’t there been a generally uncritical acceptance of these assumptions? What has been missing, however, are studies to see in...
31 Jan 2009, 2:00pm to 4:00pm Shadowing and other out-of-class listening assignments Happy New Year, and best wishes for the Year of the Cow! For our first meeting of 2009, Nicholas Bovee and Jeff Stewart from Kyushu Sangyo University will visit us. Their first theme/topic of "shadowing" has become a popular activity for improving listening skills at Japanese tertiary...
25 Jan 2009, 4:00pm to 6:00pm Opening a School JALT Central Ever thought about opening your own language school here in Japan? Here's your chance to find out what it takes. Ranging from pedagogical approaches to tax issues, this presentation will cover many of the essential points that prospective owners need to know before starting up their...
25 Jan 2009, 3:00pm to 5:00pm Critical Thinking, Controversial Topics, and Stimulating Conversation - 批判力のある考え方，議論を招く話題，そして人を刺激する会話とは？【概要/Description】　　　　 In this workshop, the presenter plans to facilitate a lively discussion of the pros and cons of controversial topics in our language classrooms. Are these topics useful for teaching language skills and critical thinking skills? How can teachers deal with...
25 Jan 2009, 2:00pm to 5:00pm "Best of JALT" Sendai Reports from the JALT National conference and brainstorming for upcoming JALT Sendai events/themes. Please see JALT Sendai home page for further details: http://jaltsendai.terapad.com/
25 Jan 2009, 2:00pm to 4:30pm Trust Matters Gunma Using ideas from trust theory, this workshop has three main aims: 1) to help teachers gain a deeper understanding of the nature of trust, 2) to help participants analyze specific teaching-learning situations in terms of trust amongst the participants, and 3) to explore ways in which teachers can...
25 Jan 2009, 2:00pm to 4:00pm An online system for an Extensive Reading programme Nagano An online system has been developed to facilitate a university Extensive Reading programme that has been running for four years and currently involves two thousand students. For administrators and teachers, the system shows a record of what books students have borrowed, what they have read,...