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Okinawa JALT is a chapter ofย The Japan Association for Language Teaching, a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to the improvement of language teaching and learning.
The Okinawa Chapter of JALT has been active since 1980. ย We are a diverse group of language educators and scholars who share a common goal of improving foreign language education. We welcome members and presenters in Japan and internationally as well.
Constitution: Download
Website: okijalt.org
Officers:
- Ombudsperson: David Kluge
- Translator/Japanese Language Coordinator: Kaori Hakone
- Web Administrator: Max Diaz
- Member-at-large: George MacLean and Grant Osterman
News and Announcements
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Event Report, Okinawa Chapter May 2019
Focus: Skills and qualities El teachers need to teach L2 confidently on their own or with another teacher Talk about projected issues and concerns for 2020 MEXT Team-teaching (Foreign and Japanese homeroom teachers) English Education in Japan: Why they have just started implementing English as a subject recently — Teaching L2 will impair L1 learning…
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Event Report, Okinawa Chapter November 2018
A small crowd gathered on November 17th at the university of the Ryukyus to see three presentations. First, Dr. Adam Lebowitz, intrigued us with his interesting study on analytical approaches to disaster research. Next, Barry Keith shared the pros and cons of a newly released set of graded readers before discussing what he does in…
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Event Report, Okinawa Chapter September 2018
The 2nd 21st Century Language Learning conference on the 21st of September 2018 was a well organised mini conference. The event featured a mixture of research based presentations as well as teachers sharing techniques they used in their classes. The masterfully presented bilingual keynote by Pr. Makiko Tanaka from Kanda University of International Studies was…
