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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.


15

Jul
2023, 9:00am to 4:00pm

Listening Conference 2023

Listening

The Listening Conference 2023 
A JALT Listening SIG/JALT Tokyo and JALT Yokohama event
Saturday 15th July 2023

Register for The Listening Conference 2023 –

Our next Listening SIG event will be the JALT Listening SIG Conference on Saturday 15th July. The JALT Listening...

09

Jul
2023, 1:00pm

July 9th, 2023 Meeting

Yamagata

Teaching Critical Thinking with Film

This workshop is on how we teach critical thinking at International Business (IB), and adding my recent experiences of teaching it this semester to Japanese students at Yamagata University. As an IB team we have been developing these courses over the...

08

Jul
2023, 6:30pm to 8:00pm

Creatively Adapting Teaching Materials For Our Students - Greg Goodmacher

Venue: Nagoya Kokusai Center 4thFloor No.3 ROOM 第3研修室

6:30-8pm

Abstract 

This presentation aims to assist teachers in improving their skills and increasing their confidence in adapting and creating teaching materials that suit a variety of learners. EFL/ESL classes include a...

08

Jul
2023, 6:00pm to 7:00pm

Lightning Sessions: Focus on Classroom Practices

Kitakyushu
This event has been cancelled due to the unpredictable weather situation in the region.

 

For our July meeting we will be holding a number of short (15-minute) presentations with a focus on classroom practices. The lineup is as follows:

Using Total Physical Response in the College...

02

Jul
2023, 6:30pm to 8:00pm

Fukui JALT Presents: Walter Tsushima, Spyglass Kids English School and Keith Ikoma, International College of Technology, Kanazawa – “Teaching Young Learners for the 21st Century”

Hokuriku

From generation to generation we are tasked with preparing each other for the future. This session is about how we prepare our young learners for the future. Many times, the people around us can best help us.

Local business owner and community leader, Walter Tsushima, will join us to talk...

02

Jul
2023, 2:00pm

Task Based Learning & Project Based Learning in the Classroom

East Shikoku

Task Based Learning (TBL) and Project-Based Learning (PBL) have potential to increase student interest and engagement in the classroom by asking students to complete meaningful tasks and projects in the target language, rather than focussing on language learning activities. However, TBL and PBL...

02

Jul
2023, 1:30pm to 4:00pm

JALT Toyohashi brings you Global Educational Contrasts

Toyohashi

Our second opportunity this year to meet teachers from contrasting countries who are currently studying at Aichi University of Education in Kariya. They will share their experiences of education including language learning and teaching. The session will include time to ask questions about...

02

Jul
2023, 12:00pm to 5:00pm

MEES (Michinoku English Education Conference) 2023

Iwate-Aomori

 

Conference date: July 2nd.  12pm ~

Venue: Hachinohe Gakuin University. Hachinohe, Aomori 

Conference Theme: “Running the TEFL Gauntlet”

 

The conference theme this year is meant to address the different theories, methods, and techniques in EFL teaching. There...

01

Jul
2023, 6:00pm to 7:30pm

Hiroshima JALT July Monthly Meeting - FACE-TO-FACE - Is the Rise of Generative AI the Demise of Humanity?

Hiroshima

This month our JALT event will be held at Eikei University of Hiroshima, and you won't want to miss it.

Is it too late to put the genie back in the bottle?

On July 1st, Keith Barrs will talk about generative AI, and its growing impact on the world. It's title: Feeding the Dragon:...

01

Jul
2023, 4:30pm

INTERCULTURAL AWARENESS SERIES: A Voice for Justice: Dr. Neal Hall's Poetry

Hokkaido

Hailed as “the Malcolm X of International Poetry," Hall’s poetry speaks beyond the surface pain of injustice and inhumanity. He is a poet of intellectual passion and artistic significance whose poetry has consistently championed socio-economic and socio-political issues pertinent to social...