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Open forumSo: WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED? What to do. What not to do. What to use. How to use it. How not to use it. How to organize it. What to pre-empt. What you’re definitely going to do different next time. What you’re definitely NOT going to try again. New skills, new approaches, workarounds, hacks, […]
Kathleen Brown, Kristie Collins, Jo Mynard, Louise OhashiOnline: The Zoom link will be posted on the Fukuoka JALT website (https://fukuokajalt.org) the day before. This presentation will begin at 18:30. โPreceding this, we will hold our Fukuoka JALT Annual General Meeting, starting at 18:00. Details are below. The four panelists introduce their experiences of building careers […]
Justin Harris , Paul LeemingOnline: The Zoom link will be posted on the Fukuoka JALT website ( https://fukuokajalt.org) the day before. Task-based language teaching (TBLT) has become increasingly popular in Japan, and many teachers use the TBLT framework created by Jane Willis (1996). Although the framework is practical, easy to use, and effective for language […]
Mark Brierley, Paul Goldberg6:00 pm start, on Zoom. Finishing up around 8:00pm, with a social hangout after the presentation. First presentation: Using Booklog for Extensive Reading Mark Brierley Extensive Reading is an approach to language learning by reading a lot of easy, enjoyable books. It can only work when learners have access to a large […]
Cassidy MarraIn the spring of 2019, I was hired to be a Film Studies teacher in the International Baccalaureate (IB) Program at Fukuoka Daiichi High School. There was no textbook, no curriculum, and the students were all Japanese sixteen year-olds with Eiken Pre-2nd and zero knowledge of film. The only thing I had were three […]
Tamanna Patel6:00 pm start, on Zoom. Finishing up around 8:00pm, with a social hangout after the presentation. Links/details/passwords will be published on our website, and on our Facebook page, and in an email, on the afternoon of the presentation. โFREE for everyone – publisher-sponsored. How do you teach skills like essay writing remotely? How can […]
Come join us this Saturday (May 22nd) from 7 PM Japan time for an informal hangout. If there are a lot of people, we’ll use breakout rooms in Zoom to give everyone a chance to talk and be heard on various topics. The initial focus of the evening will be on how the current state […]
Dr. Jenifer Larson-HallMost Japanese college students have spent quite a bit of time studying English grammar and decoding reading but are sorely lacking in fluency in speaking and reading. In this talk I will focus on the issue of fluency as a way of increasing English proficiency and specifically discuss a study I conducted at […]
Dr. Nathaniel CarneyThis presentation will be about general use of vocabulary notebooks as well as the specific system I have set up for my students. I will begin by discussing vocabulary notebooks in general–options to think about–and I will mention some references that might be helpful. After that, I will tell you about how I […]
Jay PalarinoRole plays are often an activity used to practice functional language. They have been shown to help develop language skills, increase motivation and promote active learning (Sato, 2001; Shen & Suwanthep, 2011; Ip, Linser and Naidu, 2001). Table top role-playing games (TRPGs) have also been shown to have similar positive effects (Randi & Carvelho, […]
Seiko Oguri (Global Education Center, Chubu University), D. Patrick Allen (Global Education Center, Chubu University)Since its beginning in 2014, the English Communications course developed for incoming robotics engineering freshmen has focused on trying to increase the effectiveness of the limited face-to-face time instructors have with students by creating an environment where students can study English […]
David Kluge (Nanzan University), George MacLean (University of the Ryukyus)Before the presentation, we’ll have our Chapter AGM (Annual General Meeting) from 18:00 to 18:30. Each chapter officer will give a report on how the chapter is doing, and what we’ve accomplished in the past 12 months. We will also hold officer elections. For details on […]
Quenby Hoffman Aoki, Seikei University, Eucharia Donnery, Soka University, Sue Sullivan, Anna Walker, University of Nottingham, Brent Simmonds, Nandan University, Carey Finn-Maeda, Tamagawa Academy High SchoolAs the GALE SIG Website states: “GALE works toward building a supportive community of educators and researchers interested in raising awareness and researching the ways in which gender plays a […]
William Pellowe, Various speakersConference presentation proposals for JALT2022 are due February 13th. Here’s your chance to learn from seasoned veterans how you can improve your submission. We’ll start with analysis of actual submissions and the submission rules, and how to choose the best format for your topic. We’ll go over the main “gotchas” that will […]
Steve Quasha, Daniel MillsThe rate of women entrepreneurs in Japan is abysmally low compared to other nations. In fact, Japan ranks last among OECD countries, and data indicates that a mere 17% ofย Japanese women declared to have knowledge about starting or growing their own business. The current situation indicates the need for learning materials that […]
Takaaki HiratsukaFor over three decades, hundreds of thousands of foreign nationals have set foot on Japanese soil as foreign assistant language teachers (ALTs) through the government-sponsored Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) program. The job of the ALTs is to teach English in elementary and secondary schools, in tandem with Japanese teachers of English (JTEs). Although […]
Christopher Chase, Lisa M. Hunsberger, Soren LeaverIn a new initiative for Fukuoka JALT for 2022, throughout the year we plan to hold a two or three events focused purely on the day-to-day practicalities of teaching, with three local speakers each giving a short presentation on something that’s worked well for them in the classroom. Hopefully, […]
Fiona KanemuraThis presentation will be about motivational strategies EFL instructors can use in the classroom and how to increase EFL learners’ confidence in studying English through collaboration amongst English teachers. Research has demonstrated that teacher motivation, cooperative learning, and peer assessment in the EFL classroom can motivate students. Teachers need to give the EFL language […]
Lyndell Nagashima (Study Abroad SIG Coordinator) , Andras Molnar (Study Abroad SIG Treasurer)This presentation describes the Study Abroad SIGย by the Coordinator and the Treasurer, held by Lyndell Nagashima and Andras Molnar respectively. Lyndell will explain the various SIG functions, the individual officers, and how she offers oversight. Andras will discuss the Treasurerโs role, and how […]
Steve Paton, Fukuoka Chapter President, other officers of Fukuoka JALTFukuoka Chapter’s AGM (Annual General Meeting) will take place online. The AGM consists of: Reports by chapter officers on our past year, and Election of officers. Please see Fukuoka Chapter’s website for full details (https://www.fukuokajalt.org).
Ben Tanaka (Shearon)We’re back to in-person meetings. This will not be recorded and it will not be on Zoom. If you haven’t been to this location before, please note that the entrance is NOT through the department store, it is around the back from the department store entrances, here:ย https://goo.gl/maps/hj8VXmpfjAykeXBV9ย (You’ll find this by Googling ใจใซใฌใผใฉ ใชใใฃในๆฃ) […]
Trevor Holster Test item analysis can provide valuable information about classroom tests, as well as for researchers and standardized test developers. This workshop is intended to introduce the basic principles of item analysis to novices with no previous experience of test analysis. It will provide hands-on experience using the free jMetrik software package. Although basic […]
Fukunaga, Sunao (Kyushu Institute of Technology) This qualitative study examined how the Japanese university English entrance examination reform functions as policy planning and elucidates how the reform has ended up stratifying high school English teaching practices, exacerbating disparities between students who have access to quality instruction and those who do not. Central to the argument […]
Yaya Yao, Kyushu University, Brendan Van Deusen,ย Nagasaki International University, Steven Apotheker, Seinan Gakuin University, David John Wood, Chikushi Jogakuen University Title: Arts-based gender transformative education in high school EFL Presenter name: Yaya Yao, Kyushu University This early stage youth participatory action research (YPAR) study explores how arts-based pedagogies can facilitate gender transformative education in the […]
Watch the video on YouTube PsychoPy is a no code tool for building psychology and language experiments. In this workshop, Laurie will demonstrate how to design, build, run and collect data from a language experiment using PsychoPy. The first half of the talk will consist of a live demonstration of building a PsychoPy experiment. The […]