Conference Highlights

Conference Highlights
A guide to some of the key events happening throughout JALT2010
Friday, November 19
Technology in Teaching (TnT) Workshops — 1:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Onsite Registration — 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Welcome Reception (room 1003) — 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Saturday, November 20
Onsite Registration — 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Educational Materials Exhibition (EME) — 9:00 am – 6:00 pm
Opening Ceremony & Plenary 1: Tim Murphey (Main Hall) — 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Concurrent Sessions — 11:20 am – 7:25 pm
JALT Junior — 11:20 am – 5:00 pm
Graduate Student Showcase (room 1201) — 11:20 am – 6:00 pm
Featured Speaker Workshops — 11:20 am – 12:50 pm
A. Metaphor, gesture and second language acquisition – Jeanette Littlemore
B. The art of error analysis – David Barker
Poster Sessions (room 1001) — 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm
JJ Plenary: Marianne Nikolov (room 902) — 1:20 pm – 2:20 pm
International Forum (room 1208) — 1:20 pm – 2:50 pm
Featured Speaker Workshops — 1:50 pm – 3:20 pm
C. Designing a themed task-based syllabus – Marcos Benevides
D. Suggestopedia: Creativity in language teaching and beyond – Kaz Hagiwara
JALT2010 Sake Bar — 4:00 pm – 6:30 pm
SIG Forums — 5:15 pm – 6:45 pm
The National Theater of Young Artists (Main Hall) — 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
SIG AGMs — 7:00 pm – 7:25 pm
Sunday, November 21
Onsite Registration — 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Educational Materials Exhibition (EME) — 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Concurrent Sessions — 9:15 am – 7:35 pm
JALT Junior — 9:15 am – 7:30 pm
Graduate Student Showcase (room 1201) — 9:15 am – 7:20 pm
Domestic Forum (room 1204) — 9:15 am – 10:15 am
Featured Speaker Workshops — 9:15 am -10:45 am
E. Thinking outside the box: Education and action for social justice – Anna Baltzer
F. Speaking strategies: Dealing with the unpredictable – Leslie Anne Hendra
Welcome & Plenary 2: Nicky Hockly (Main Hall) — 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Featured Speaker Workshops — 12:20 pm – 1:50 pm
G. Discourse analysis/ethnic identity outside the box – Laurel Kamada
H. What exactly is grammar? – Michael Swan
I. How can we link our classroom with the outside world? – Nancy Douglas
Poster Sessions (room 1001) — 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm
NPO JALT Executive Board Meeting (room 1003) — 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Welcome & Plenary 3: Alan Maley (Main Hall) — 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Poster Sessions (room 1001) — 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm
NPO JALT Ordinary General Meeting (room 1003) — 3:50 pm – 4:50 pm
Best of JALT Social (room 1001) — 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Not Rocket Science: A Teacher Ed Networking Fair (room 1002) — 6:15 pm – 8:00 pm
English Rakugo Performance (room 1101) — 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Monday, November 22
Onsite Registration — 9:00 am – 11:00 am
Concurrent Sessions — 9:15 am – 11:00 am
Closing Ceremony — 11:15 am – 11:45 am