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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.


23

Jul
2023, 2:00pm to 6:00pm

Summer Social at the river in Minoh Park

Osaka

Come join us in Minoh Park by (and possibly in!) the river to cool down, connect with old and new friends, and wind down the semester while helping raise awareness and some funds for a good cause. We'll have some refreshments to share, but please bring a bento if you like, snacks, beverages, a...

23

Jul
2023, 2:00pm to 5:00pm

Versatile Drama Activities for the EFL Classroom

Sendai

Speaker bio: Eucharia Donnery is one of the coordinators at the World Language Center (WLC), Soka University. Her main research areas are drama in Second Language Acquisition (SLA), intercultural communicative competence (ICC), Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL), as well as colonial and...

23

Jul
2023, 10:00am to 12:00pm

CEFR LP SIG - Share your CEFR tool - Open Talk

CEFR and Language Portfolio

This is the second meeting in the serie "Share your CEFR tool". This is an open talk where officers and members of the SIG share news about the CEFR, CEFR CV or other COE related events, news and tools.

This time the event will focus on recent events and releases of the COE and...

22

Jul
2023, 6:00pm

TBLT (Task-Based Language Teaching) and ELF (English as a Lingua Franca): Implications for materials design

Fukuoka

This talk will focus on how ELT materials design can effectively reflect the core principles of Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) and English as a Lingua Franca (ELF). It will begin with a short discussion on the basics of TBLT and ELF, and then provide clear and practical examples from...

22

Jul
2023, 2:00pm to 4:00pm

JALT Oita Summer Language Festival 2023

Oita

Join us for a special South East Asian edition of our annual language festival!

This event will feature short classes in Thai, Vietnamese, Tagalog and Indonesian. They are aimed at complete beginners, so absolutely no experience is necessary. 

Join us to pick up a few useful...

16

Jul
2023, 2:00pm to 4:00pm

Critical Thinking Education and Assessment

Gunma

This presentation explores critical thinking (CT) and its assessment. Some CT research has identified problem-solving methods, including deductive reasoning, as essential in creating CT assessments. However, when discussing CT in classrooms, other researchers have emphasized the individual...

16

Jul
2023, 2:00pm to 4:00pm

[F2F] Cynthia Smith: Promoting gender-neutral language in the classroom 教室でのジェンダーニュートラルな言葉遣いの推進

Matsuyama

🧡 Please note the venue change:  For this month only, we meet at the room M22 of Ehime University

In this presentation, I will discuss how English has changed over recent decades to become more gender-neutral, and I will share my research on a common gender-neutral term: the singular use...

16

Jul
2023, 9:00am

Translation and Translingualism in Language Teaching - 16 July, 2023 @ 9:00 (Campus Plaza Kyoto)

Kyoto

Join us 16 July for a Sunday morning of essential talks on how we handle the multiple languages present in the language classroom. Three Kyoto-based speakers who incorporate translingualism into their teaching will discuss the advantage of building bridges between languages, demonstrating...

16

Jul
2023, 12:00am to 11:55pm

Meet the Members Interview Series featuring Azusa Matsumoto

Nara

Event Speaker(s): 

Azusa Matsumoto & Leigh McDowell

Wednesday, June 28, 2023

Meet the Members is an interview series aiming to get to know our chapter members better. These interviews are released as Youtube videos and podcasts. In the fifth episode of the series, we...

15

Jul
2023, 6:00pm

Entering the Japanese University English Teaching Industry

This presentation will provide tips and strategies for individuals who are interested in pursuing a career as an English teacher at a Japanese university. Attendees will learn about the qualifications and requirements for these positions, as well as how to effectively prepare their resumes and...