Motoko Teraoka

With the 2019 JALT International Conference approaching, Nara Chapter continued its exploration of the conference theme, Teacher Efficacy, Learner Agency, at a local level from the perspective of both established […]

With the 2018 JALT International Conference approaching, this Nara Chapter event explored the conference theme, Diversity and Inclusion, at a local level. There were two talks presented by three speakers. […]

Mehran, who along with another Iranian speaker had mesmerized the Nara Chapter audience with their talk about the beauty of Iran a year before, shared with the audience this year her […]

Kashimoto talked about his four-year ongoing project, Templish, the combined term between “temple” and “English.” He voluntarily teaches local children at a temple about Japanese culture and customs in English. […]

Mayeda talked about the challenges of a course-integrated extensive reading program, such as building a graded readers library space, developing a book loan system, and introducing an M-reader option. She […]