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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Things got off to a rough start on Friday the 20th of July as Typhoon number 10 approached Okinawa. All but two presenters were able to reach OIST seaside house […]

Speaker: Simon Humphries (Kansai University, Osaka) Factors influencing Japanese high school English students’ attitudes to speaking Knowing factors which influence Japanese high school students’ attitudes to speak would certainly help […]

Local members gathered at OIST for a kick off event for the year. After a brief introduction to JALT by George MacLean and Justin Foster-Sutherland, Nadine Richard outlined the activities […]

The 21st Century Language Teaching Conference at AMICUS International School was a resounding success. The event featured a mix of workshops, research presentations, best practice presentations, a panel discussion and […]