We are a group of volunteers based in Niigata who are passionate about language teaching and providing educators a place for professional development through presentations, workshops, and social events.
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Contact: niigata@jalt.org
Website: sites.google.com/jalt.org/niigata/
Officers:
- President: Martin Sedaghat
- Treasurer: Ruddick Michael
- Membership Chair: Hannah Derbyshire
- Program Chair: Cynthia Smith
- Publicity Chair: Martin Sedaghat
News and Announcements
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The ICNALE Corpus and what it tells us about how Japanese university students speak and write in English
Presenter Martin Spivey gave a talk about the ICNALE Corpus, and what we can learn about Japanese university students’ speaking and writing tendencies based on the data it has collected.ย By looking at the statistics of keyword usage and comparisons between Japanese students and native speakers, we were able to see some clear trends and…
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Reflective Language Teaching in Action: Unlocking Insights throught the Community of Inquiry Framework
Presenter Lily Thukralย introduced participants to the Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework, showing us how it can be an effective tool for pedagogical reflective journaling. The focus wasย on the CoI’s three core elementsโcognitive presence, social presence, and teaching presenceโand how they can be used to enhance reflective practice and improve language teaching. We had an active…
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Call for Proposals (3/29): 16th NEAR Conference
โญ๏ธ Conference Theme: Creating and sharing in the language teaching context ย โญ๏ธ NEAR Conference Date: June 29th 2024 (Saturday) ย โญ๏ธ Conference Venue: NUIS Furumachi Campus ( Niigata City) ย โญ๏ธ Submission:ย Online Form ย โญ๏ธ Submissionย Guidelines:ย ย We are accepting proposals for presentations and poster sessions in the following areas applied research, curriculum…
