Nagano

Officers:

  • President: Miguel Mision
  • Treasurer: Anthony Diaz
  • Membership Chair: Fred Carruth
  • Program Chair: Jean-Pierre J. Richard

  • Community/Prefectural Liaison: Vikki Nguyen
  • Web Administrator: Zach Nicholson

Upcoming Events

  • Event report: English Language Teaching for Japanese Engineers

    In what felt like the first in person presentation in far far too long, Nagano JALT hosted Sean Collin Mehmet for his presentation on his (largely completed) PhD research. Seanโ€™s research asksed the question: โ€œTo what extent does the TOEIC measure intercultural competence?โ€. Sean introduced the measurement he used for intercultural competence โ€“ the Developmental…

  • Implementing the New English Curricula for Elementary and Junior High School

    On May 28th, Nagano JALT was fortunate to host Professor Sakai as he gave his presentaiton on โ€œImplementing the New English Curricula for Elementary and Junior High Schoolโ€. For those of you who missed it, you can find a video recording of the presentation here:

  • Selecting, grading, and teaching TED Talks-based listening lessons

    On Saturday March 26th, Nagano JALT was fortunate to host Dr. Naheen Madarbakus-Ring and she gave a presentation on how to teach listening with TED Talks. Naheenโ€™s presentation was split into three parts. She first explained some of the theory behind listening and what students go through on a neurological, pragmatic, linguistic and semantic level.…

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