Chapter Events
Each of JALT’s 36 active chapters sponsors from 5 to 12 events every year. All JALT members may attend events at any chapter at member rates—usually free. Chapters, don’t forget to add your event to the JALT calendar or send the details to the editor (see submission guidelines).
CHAPTER EVENTS ONLINE: You can access all of JALT’s events online at www.jalt.org/events.
JALT Events Calendar
Cross-cultural Pragmatics and Communicative Competence
Posted Tuesday, February 14, 2012 - 00:52
Date and Time: Sunday, 19 February 2012 - 1:00pm - 4:45pm Speaker: Megumi Kawate－Mierzejewska
This seminar aims to raise participants’ awareness of cross-cultural pragmatic norms. A variety of speech acts will be explored such as apologizing, requesting, and refusing, focusing on the mismatches and inconsistencies in these acts between English and Japanese.
Location: Kanagawa University, Yokohama Campus, Building 20, Room 105~ - ~
Kyoto -- Learner Development SIG Joint Event
Posted Thursday, February 2, 2012 - 12:17
Date and Time: Sunday, 8 April 2012 - 10:00am - 3:00pm Speaker: Ann Mayeda (Konan Women's University) Speaker: Phil Brown (Konan Women's University)
Kyoto JALT and the Learner Development SIG will be holding a joint event consisting of workshops and a roundtable discussion for language teachers of learners from elementary school age to adults.
Location: Kyoto Kyoiku Bunka Centre Contact or Queries: jaltkyoto@gmail.com~ - ~
Peer & Teacher Feedback on Student Conversation & Writing
Posted Friday, January 13, 2012 - 21:43
Date and Time: Saturday, 21 January 2012 - 2:00pm - 4:00pm Speaker: Dr. Richard Hodson Speaker: Joel Hensley
Two local speakers from Siebold University of Nagasaki will present their classroom-based research exploring feedback on student writing and conversation.Richard Hodson was the Nagasaki Chapter Best of JALT speaker 2010.
Location: Dejima Koryu Kaikan~ - ~
The Annual Tenri University-Nara JALT Joint Seminar 2012: Reconsidering the Standards of Teaching
Posted Thursday, January 5, 2012 - 10:05
Date and Time: Sunday, 29 January 2012 - 12:40pm - 5:50pm Speaker: Various
Hosted by: Tenri University, Nara JALT, Kansai English Language Education Society (Nara Chapter), and NET Forum
Schedule:
12:40–13:00
Opening Addresses
13:00–13:30 Presentation 1
Kazuya Nakakono (Unebi Junior High School)
Looking Back at My First Year as a Junior High Teacher
13:40–14:20 Presentation 2
Yasuhiro Sakata (Takada High School)
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ER in the Classroom and Beyond: Practical Applications from Research
Posted Monday, January 2, 2012 - 17:29
Date and Time: Saturday, 28 January 2012 - 4:00pm - 6:00pm Speaker: Greg Rouault (Konan University, Hirao School of Management) Speaker: John Eidswick (Konan University)
This presentation will look at extensive reading (ER) under two themes: a) ER-related classroom activities and b) ER and autonomy. The presenters will use highlights from their research findings into Reading Circles and peer evaluations as well as "interest" and "choice" to outline various practical implications.
Location: Kobe YMCA (2-7-15 Kano-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe. tel: 078-241-7204) Room 301~ - ~
Issues relating to independently run English language schools
Posted Friday, December 30, 2011 - 19:17
Date and Time: Saturday, 9 June 2012 - 6:30pm - 8:00pm Speaker: Gareth Steele Speaker: Mike Mackay Speaker: Mark Gibson
This presentation will deal with the establishment and management of independent language schools. Topics that will be dealt with include: 1. The process of establishing a school, renting of new premises, purchasing of teaching equipment, financing and brand development; 2. Sales and marketing, different methods of student recruitment, web pages, flyers and advertisements; 3.
Location: Kitakyushu International Conference Centre, 3F, Kokura Contact or Queries: kitakyushujaltpublicity@gmail.com~ - ~
Helping our students become multicompetent academic writers
Posted Friday, December 30, 2011 - 19:13
Date and Time: Saturday, 6 October 2012 - 6:30pm - 8:00pm Speaker: Carol Rinnert (Hiroshima City University)
This presentation examines the development of English and Japanese academic writing ability among Japanese EFL writers. The presenter will share results of a long-term, multi-stage research project involving participants at various levels of language and writing proficiency, ranging from high school to post-graduate writers in L1 and L2, most recently adding L3 (Chinese, French or Spanish).
Location: Wel-Tobata, Tobata, Kita Kyushu Contact or Queries: kitakyushujaltpublicity@gmail.com~ - ~
Winter Potpourri: Practical tips, Pronunciation training, Collaborative Research, and Exchange with Dubai
Posted Wednesday, December 28, 2011 - 14:02
Date and Time: Sunday, 29 January 2012 - 1:00pm - 5:00pm Speaker: Stuart Mclean, Gábor Pintér, Greg Sholdt, and Laura Markslag
Doors open at 1:00. Dinner at a nearby restaurant for those interested will follow the presentations after 5:00. All proceeds from the event will go to support Tohoku relief efforts.
1:20~2:05 Stuart Mclean - From the TESOL program to the classroom: Practical tips for teachers
Location: Osaka City Municipal Lifelong Learning Center, multi-media lab, 5F, Umeda's Eki-mae Dai-2 Building, across the street from the Hilton and the Maru building. Tel: 06-6345-5000. Contact or Queries: osakajalt@yahoo.com~ - ~
PechaKucha Night
Posted Monday, December 12, 2011 - 10:58
Date and Time: Saturday, 10 November 2012 - 6:30pm - 8:00pm Speaker: Various
Kitakyushu JALT will be hosting our second PechaKucha night involving a variety of presentations to do with classroom learning and teaching. There will be 6 - 8 presenters who will each take turns presenting their chosen topic using only 20 slides for 20 seconds each.
Location: Kitakyushu International Conference Centre, 3F Contact or Queries: kitakyushu@jalt.org~ - ~
Connectivism: A learning theory for the digital age. Fad or Future?
Posted Monday, December 12, 2011 - 10:51
Date and Time: Saturday, 15 September 2012 - 6:30pm - 8:00pm Speaker: Michael Phillips
In the digital age, rapid developments in information and communication technologies are having a dramatic impact on the way that information is processed, how knowledge is produced, and how learning occurs.
Location: Kitakyushu International Conference Centre, 3F Contact or Queries: kitakyushu@jalt.org~ - ~
