Past Events

Details of past JALT events from late 2008 onwards. For a listing of earlier events (2001-2008) please visit the events calendar archive.


15

Mar
2025, 2:00pm to 4:00pm

Ten Tips for Teaching Neurodiverse Students 神経障害の生徒を教えるための10のヒント

Matsuyama

Matsuyama JALT
would like to invite you to
an Afternoon with
 
Melodie Cook
Alex Burke & Davey Young
Ten Tips for Teaching Neurodiverse Students
神経障害の生徒を教えるための10のヒント
This presentation will be hybrid with Dr. Cook attending in person at Ehime...

09

Mar
2025, 12:30pm to 5:00pm

Empowering Young Minds: An Afternoon of Insights on Teaching Ages 0-18 (Young Learners Forum 2025)

Nagoya & Gifu

Get Ready for an Unforgettable Day of Learning and Inspiration! 

Nagoya-Gifu JALT proudly presents the annual Young Learners Forum entitled Empowering Young Minds: An Afternoon of Insights on Teaching Ages 0-18, sponsored by Tryalogue Education and Englishbooks.jp—an event packed with...

01

Mar
2025, 6:00pm to 7:30pm

Presenting Off-Script: Socio-Emotional and Embodied Cognitive Scaffolding Joseph Falout (Nihon University)

Okinawa

Okinawa JALT
March 1, 2025 (Saturday) 18:00~19:30
Okinawa Prefecture Gender Equality Center (Tiruru)
Presenting Off-Script: Socio-Emotional and Embodied Cognitive Scaffolding
Joseph Falout (Nihon University)
Students entering undergraduate and graduate programs have...

01

Mar
2025, 6:00pm

Comparative Analysis of English Education in Asia: Personal Experiences and Teaching Observations

Fukuoka

[Download the poster]

The discussion explores English education across multiple Asian countries, including Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, China, and Japan, through personal learning and teaching experiences. The conversation highlights the similarities between Chinese and Japanese...

01

Mar
2025, 1:00pm to 5:00pm

Pragmatics My Share

Osaka

JALT's Pragmatics SIG is partnering with Osaka JALT to present: “The-First-Ever Pragmatics My Share”

Please pre-register here so we can inform the security guard who to expect at the South Gate.

Registration opens at 12:30

13:00  Welcome

13:10 Opening talk, Reiko...

01

Mar
2025, 1:00pm to 5:00pm

First-ever Pragmatics My Share

Pragmatics

The Pragmatics SIG is partnering with Osaka JALT to present: “The-First-Ever Pragmatics My Share”

If you have a pragmatics-related experience, you can present this for 10-12 minutes to a larger audience. This will be an informal setting and thoughts and discussion will follow. All are...

25

Feb
2025, 8:00pm

ZPD in February

JALT Central

Next ZPD: Tuesday, February 25th, 2025, 8 PM - 9 PM

Our next ZPD session is taking place on Tuesday, February 25th at 8pm. February's ZPD includes a breakout room to help with JALT2025 conference proposal writing, among other topics. 

JALT's ZPD (Zoom for Professional Development)...

23

Feb
2025, 7:00pm to 8:00pm

PresentERs - Patrick Conaway: Weekly Read Aloud Sessions

Extensive Reading

We will have a short talk about Extensive Reading from Patrick Conaway on Sunday 23 February 19:00-20:00. The event will involve a short 20-30 minute casual talk from our PresentER, followed by around 20-30 minutes of questions and discussion. PresentERs takes place on the last Sunday of each...

23

Feb
2025, 1:30pm

The Role of the L1 in the Classroom

Toyohashi

Abstract

This presentation will give an overview of my master’s dissertation titled: The Role of the L1 at an Eikaiwa: Preferences of Adult Learners and Instructors.

Students who seek instruction at eikaiwa (English conversation) schools in Japan seem to be looking for an authentic...

22

Feb
2025, 3:00pm to 5:00pm

Research and Teaching Showcase (Poster Presentations)

Okayama

We will be hosting presentations about teaching and research into language learning.

This Saturday! Still time to sign up, as presenter or attender!

Poster Presenter Sign-Up: https://buff.ly/3WFP51G

Attendee Sign-Up: https://buff.ly/3PZwtGi

(Please note that we need...