• Kitakyushu

    Reducing Foreign Language Anxiety Through the Use of Table-Top Roleplaying Activities

    ใƒ†ใƒฉใƒขใƒˆใƒ“ใƒซ (TM Building) 2 Chome-11-4 Muromachi, Kokurakita Ward, Kitakyushu, Japan

    Reduction of foreign language anxiety (FLA) through the use of table-top role-playing games (or TRPGs) are slowly gaining traction as an important educational tool. Research has consistently shown how TRPGs lead to positive psychological outcomes and other educational benefits.  This discussion will highlight results suggested by a limited research study conducted using TRPG in Japanese […]

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  • Kitakyushu

    How Kyoto Prefecture ALTs Won a Pay Raise by Striking / The โ€œ2026 Mondaiโ€ and the Coming University Shakeout

    ใƒ†ใƒฉใƒขใƒˆใƒ“ใƒซ (TM Building) 2 Chome-11-4 Muromachi, Kokurakita Ward, Kitakyushu, Japan

    In this two-part session Chris Flynn will cover the following: Part 1: How Kyoto Prefecture ALTs won a pay raise by striking In 2025, dispatch ALTs working for the Kyoto Prefecture Board of Education saw their salary and bonus reducedโ€”even as JET ALTs doing the same work at the same schools received a significant raise. […]

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