This is an archive of the old (pre-2025) JALT website.
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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.


08

Dec
2024, 4:00pm to 6:00pm

YoJALT Bonenkai - End of Year Gathering

Yokohama

Please join us for the end-of-year gathering! (after YoJALT MyShare event)

December 8, 2024 / 16:00~

Dandadan Gyoza Restaurant (Map) by Keio University Hiyoshi campus

Please RSVP to yojaltpresident@yojalt.org (optional)

Hope to see you there!

08

Dec
2024, 2:00pm to 5:00pm

An afternoon Zoom presentation with Steve McGuire: Experience Engaging Image-Based Critical Thinking Activities Using Google Apps, Including Alternatives to Google Jamboard

Matsuyama

Experience Engaging Image-Based Critical Thinking Activities Using Google Apps, Including Alternatives to Google Jamboard

The first part of this two-hour session will be a hands-on introduction to engaging image-based cooperatively-structured critical thinking and vocabulary-building...

08

Dec
2024, 2:00pm to 3:30pm

Classroom Activity Types and their Relationship to Cognitive Discourse Functions

Kobe

CLIL, the CDF construct, and the Speech of Intercultural Studies

English medium education (EME) and content and language integrated pedagogies (CLIL) continue to expand into the tertiary undergraduate education sector in Japan, with their delivery frequently the responsibility of the...

08

Dec
2024, 2:00pm

Integrating AI into language learning: Exploring the issues / AIを語学学習に統合する: 課題の探求 – 8 December via Google Meet

Kyoto

Discover how AI is reshaping language education in these thought-provoking presentations, each offering a unique perspective on integrating AI into the classroom. From exploring how tools like ChatGPT can support self-directed learning and empower both students and teachers, to investigating the...

08

Dec
2024, 1:00pm to 4:00pm

YoJALT MyShare

Yokohama

Presenters: John Shaw / Liyanage Miranga / Arora Kriti

Time: December 8th from 13:00~ followed by bonenkai

Location: Keio University Hiyoshi Campus / Raiosha Bldg 2F (direction)

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John Shaw "Word Diamond - A Diamond in the Rough"

Word...

08

Dec
2024, 1:00pm

The Importance of Names

Toyohashi

12/8 Meeting and Bonenkai

On Sunday, December 8, 2024, Tokai University lecturer and Shizuoka JALT member Susan Laura Sullivan will present on The Importance of Names (see abstract below). We will also confirm our 2025 officers. All chapter members are encouraged to attend. Following the...

08

Dec
2024, 10:00am to 1:00pm

Beyond Chalk and Talk

Tokyo

1. Dr. Erin Noxon

Presentation Title: Thirty Essential Google Tricks Every Educator Should Know

Abstract:
This session will cover essential Google tools, tricks, and automation specifically designed for educators. I will go over at least 30 different tricks and then answer...

08

Dec
2024, 9:30am to 5:30pm

The 2024 Tohoku ELT Expo

Sendai

Date: December 8 (Sunday), 9:30–17:30

Location: St. Ursula Eichi Elementary – Middle – High School; Ipponsugimachi, 1−1−2, Sendai; map

10 min. walk from Yakushido Station, Subway Tozai Line; Limited parking available

Presented by JALT Sendai, MY School, and St. Ursula Eichi...

07

Dec
2024, 6:30pm to 7:45pm

Successful Teaching and Learning in 2024

Nagoya & Gifu

Join Nagoya and Gifu JALT  for our December event on Saturday, December 7th, from 6:30 to 7:45 pm! The event will be held on the 4th floor of the Nagoya Kokusai (International) Center, next to the Kokusai Center subway station on the Sakuradori (red) line and a 10-minute walk from Nagoya Station...

01

Dec
2024, 8:00pm

Meet the Maker: David Barker, Read to Write

Materials Writers

Overview:
Meet the Maker is a program where materials writers showcase their textbooks, apps, or other creations, followed by an interview conducted by the MW SIG. The discussion highlights the materials, creative process, and business aspects of publishing.

We hope this event will...