This is an archive of the old (pre-2025) JALT website.
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Details of past JALT events from late 2008 onwards. For a listing of earlier events (2001-2008) please visit the events calendar archive.
28Jun2023, 7:00pm to 8:30pm Multilingual Café on Yoruba: a Borderless LanguageOther Language Educators The next Multilingual Cafe (OLE SIG) is scheduled for Wednesday, June 28th, 2023 from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm (30 min earlier than before) and will be held online. The topic will be "Yoruba: a Borderless Language", presented by Tito Akindele (Tokyo University) The Yoruba language... |
27Jun2023, 8:00pm ZPD in JuneZPD - Zoom for Professional Development Event Committee Our next ZPD will be on Tuesday, June 27th, 2023 from 8 PM - 9 PM Japan Time. We'll break up into small groups to discuss a variety of topics. As usual, we will also have an orientation for new officers and new members, tips and best practices in teaching, getting published,... |
25Jun2023, 7:00pm June PresentERsExtensive Reading A short talk about Extensive Reading from one of our members or from the wider ER community on Sunday 25 June 19:00-19:30. The event will involve a short 20-30 minute casual talk from our PresentER, followed by around 15-20 minutes of questions and discussion. |
25Jun2023, 2:00pm to 5:00pm Thinking about Critical ThinkingSendai Speaker bio: Andy Boon is a Professor in the Global Communications Department of Toyo Gakuen University, Japan. He holds a PhD in Applied Linguistics from Aston University, UK, and has published numerous articles on methodology, motivation, and teacher development. He is also author and co-... |
25Jun2023, 1:00pm YOJALT My Share: HybridYokohama JALT will hold a hybrid event: In person: at Yokohama Youth Center at Kannai Hall (the venue information is below) Online: on Zoom
1) Jeffrey Martin - Students transcribing and studying their conversations for guided practice Abstract... |
24Jun2023, 6:00pm Personal Finance Instruction in the Japanese EFL ClassroomContent-based language instruction has become increasingly popular in EFL classrooms in recent years. One exciting avenue for this kind of instruction in Japan is the topic of personal finance, which is in dire need due to low levels of financial literacy among the general Japanese population... |
18Jun2023, 2:00pm to 4:00pm [F2F] Brenda Hayashi: A before M: English language histories show motivation follows arousal A before M：英語歴によると動機付けよりもまずは喚起Matsuyama The talk is an introduction to an on-going study that examines the English-language histories of Japanese women who are currently using English in their jobs. The participants graduated from a medium-sized private university in northeastern Japan, with no participant a graduate of the English... |
18Jun2023, 2:00pm Learning Foreign Languages from a German PerspectiveTottori ～ Tottori JALT Presents ～ みなさま、いかがお過ごしでしょうか？鳥取JALTの次回のイベント開催が決定致しました。2023年6月18日（日）の14時から16時までの開催予定となりました。鳥取JALT一同、皆様のご参加を心よりお待ちしております。語学教育に関係する仲間同士、親交を深めるいい機会ですので、是非ご参加くださいませ。詳細につきましては、以下をご覧くださいませ。なお、お近くに興味をお持ちの方がおられましたら、ぜひ添付ファイルの転送をお願い致します。 Hello again from Tottori JALT. We are... |
18Jun2023, 10:00am to 12:30pm TYL event: EFL Needs and SpacesTokyo This event, sponsored by Tokyo JALT and the TYL SIG, is for teachers of kids to young adults, so teachers of preschool, kindergarten, elementary school, junior high school, and senior high school, are all encouraged to come! As always, there will be great presentations and lots of time for... |
17Jun2023, 6:00pm to 8:00pm Bringing ChatGPT into the Language Classroom: Getting a Piece of the AI Pie in the SkyKitakyushu The presentation is an extension of two previous presentations. The focus of this presentation is to explore the practical application of artificial intelligence (AI) technology in language instruction, specifically using ChatGPT and other applications. During the presentation, we will... |