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Okayama JALT: โSomeone Forgot to Muteโ: Humor in the Online Medium and Its Contribution to Language Learning
by Scott Gardner and Teresa Stockwell This presentation reviews several recorded Zoom classes (with students’ permission) to see how students and teachers occasionally dealt with humor in direct reference to the online medium. Often the humor was accidental, sometimes intentional. We then speculate how these humorous episodes may have workedโor not, in some casesโto…
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About JALT Hokkaido
JALT Hokkaido is the Hokkaido chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching(JALT). At JALT Hokkaido we try to provide the members who live in Hokkaido with events and activities to promote an exchange of ideas and information related to language teaching. Living in Hokkaido can feel far away from what is happening in…
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About JALT Hokkaido
JALT Hokkaido is the Hokkaido chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching(JALT). At JALT Hokkaido we try to provide the members who live in Hokkaido with events and activities to promote an exchange of ideas and information related to language teaching. Living in Hokkaido can feel far away from what is happening in…
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Welcome!
The Materials Writers SIG (MW SIG) was established for the purpose of helping members to turn fresh teaching ideas into useful classroom materials. We try to be a mutual assistance network, offering information regarding copyright law, sharing practical advice on publishing practices, including self-publication, and suggesting ways to create better language learning materials for…
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Ann Jenkins
To me, JALT is the annual conference. Since 1989, my first conference in Okayama, I’ve only missed two. For me, the conference is always inspirational. But the best part of it is being reunited with friends from all over Japan. And I remember Hamamatsu in 95. It was in the top three in my…
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Tom Goetz
I’m the PALE SIG co-ordinator, have been for four years. Before taking up that role, JALT was a place to make friends and a place to learn about trends in educational research in language education. But since becoming PALE SIG co-ordinator, I have seen JALT work from the inside, and I’ve grown to appreciate…
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Fumiko Murase
This is my fourth JALT conference. For me JALT is a great place to meet new people and to catch up with old friends. I really enjoy learning from other researchers and teachers. I really enjoy coming to JALT every year.
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Diane Nagatomo
I’ve been coming to JALT for about 15 years now, but I’ve been a member of JALT for 30. I really enjoy coming to the JALT conference because it’s a great chance to learn new ideas about teaching and other people’s research projects. I get some ideas for my own projects. JALT is a…
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Wayne Malcolm
I’m the president of the Akita JALT Chapter. JALT to me is one of the best professional development opportunities I’ve ever gotten into. For me, JALT always gives me motivation to continue teaching. When I first got into teaching English in Japan, it was very difficult, but when I came to JALT, I found…
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Peter Ross
I came to Japan after I finished my masters programme in TEFL. While I was in the programme I learnt a lot about theory, but I didn’t learn much about how to teach. That’s what I got from JALT.