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EVENT REPORT- AWSD 2nd Anniversary Event co-sponsored by CEGLOC and JALT Ibaraki Chapter (2024-01-31)   IBARAKI, January ―the Academic Writing Support Desk（AWSD） at Tsukuba University celebrated a second anniversary to inform their commitment to helping students enhance their academic writing skills at the Center for Education of Global Communication (CEGLOC). The presenters, organizing teams, and…

IBARAKI, March ―”Materials evaluation in actual classroom use: A case study”by Anja Gonzalez. She is a Cuban English teacher, focused on evaluating the effectiveness of the “Learning World 1” coursebook package in English conversation classes for young learners aged 6-8. While highlighting the positive aspects of the materials, Gonzalez discussed the need for some modifications…

IBARAKI: February— Talking about Death and Death Cafe by Masatoshi Shoji. In this presentation, Shoji introduced the activities at the Death Café he has launched in Sendai and proceeded with other foreign Death Cafes, becoming a global movement, with videos. Shoji was inspired by the idea of Death Café which Bernard Crettaz, a sociologist, began…