We are excited to invite you to our March TYL Forum!

🎓 Theme:
From Student to Teacher: What You Actually Need in Your First Month

This event focuses on practical support for new and future language teachers, exploring the skills, strategies, and mindset needed to transition successfully from student to teacher.

🎤 Keynote Speaker
Dr. Rie Adachi
(Sugiyama Jogakuen University)

Dr. Adachi will share insights on empowering future teachers to inspire confident foreign-language learners, drawing on her experience in teacher education.

📍 Location
Kinjo Gakuin University
N-1 Building, Room 404

📅 Date & Time
Saturday, March 14
1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

⭐ Program Highlights

• 25-minute presentations
• 60-minute poster presentations
• EFL materials fair sponsored by Tryalogue

This forum is a great opportunity for teachers, graduate students, and teacher-training students to share ideas, connect with colleagues, and explore practical classroom resources.

🚆 Access
We recommend coming by train. The nearest station is Omori-Kinjogakuen Station on the Meitetsu Seto Line.

📌 After the forum, we will hold the Nagoya–Gifu JALT Annual General Meeting (AGM), where members will vote on:

• 2026 chapter officer positions
• The updated chapter constitution

If you are interested in running for a chapter position or serving as a co-chair, please contact us.

📩 Questions:
jaltnagoyaprogram@gmail.com

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📚 Presentation Session

Title:
The Importance of Needs Analysis in Curriculum Design

Presenter:
Damien Okado-Gough

Session Description:
This presentation introduces the importance of needs analysis in curriculum design for EFL teachers. The session explains what needs analysis is, why it matters, and how it can guide decisions about course goals, content, materials, and assessment.

Participants will explore how understanding learner needs and local teaching contexts can help teachers design more effective and relevant language courses.

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📚 Presentation Session

Title:
When Materials Don’t Fit: Using Formative Assessment to Bridge the Gap

Presenter:
Hazelynn Balway

Session Description:
In many English language classrooms, textbooks and ready-made materials do not always match students’ proficiency levels, learning pace, or specific needs. When this happens, students may lose interest or struggle to understand the lesson.

This presentation explores how formative assessment can help teachers notice and respond to these gaps in real time. Drawing on classroom examples from secondary-level EFL settings, the session introduces simple strategies that give teachers immediate insight into what students understand—and where they may need additional support.

Participants will also examine practical ways to collect and interpret formative information, and how to adapt tasks, instructions, pacing, and materials based on what they learn. By viewing formative assessment as an ongoing conversation rather than a final evaluation, teachers can create more flexible and responsive instruction that better supports diverse learners in the English classroom.

Poster Sessions

Chan Pui (Gifu Shotoku Gakuen University)

Utilizing Technology with Young Learners and Teens

Hitoha Obata (Sugiyama Jogakuen University)

Learning from CLIL Practices

Maia Miyakawa & Nadia Miyazaki (NUFS)

Students’ Voice in Academic Writing Class: How We Learned and Improved

Fee: Free for JALT members & Undergraduate Students/ 1000YEN for others

¥1000 —-Others