Four Corners Tour & JALT 2019 Practice – Sunday October 27, 2019 FREE EVENT!
JALT Kobe, Kyoto, Nara, and Osaka chapters proudly present this year’s Four Corners Tour with JALT National 2019 plenary speaker Donna Brinton. Click inside for presenter abstracts! Continue Reading …
Kyoto JALT is Looking for Officers!
Kyoto JALT will soon be holding elections for officers and we are looking for active, curious, and passionate language educators to join our officer team. We especially need someone to step up as Membership Chair, who is responsible for helping keep our members up to date and dealing with membership queries. We also need a Programming Co-chair to assist the Programming Chair in planning chapter events. Being a chapter officer is a great addition to your CV, and shows your active and continuing interest in professional development. It also is great for networking with teacher/researchers from around Japan and other Continue Reading …
Learning Management Systems Event – Sunday Sept. 29 (UPDATED)
Take your teaching to the next level with a learning management system (LMS)! Whether you already use one for your classes or are a novice, these presenters will show you how LMS can improve your instruction and save you time. Click here for the schedule. SCHEDULE 1:00 Registration 1:15 Opening 1:20 “Learning Management Systems: What They Can Do For Us” by Mehrasa Alizadeh 2:05 Break 2:20 “Using a Learning Management System to Teach ESP to Speakers of L1 Japanese: Student Affect and Effect” by Abram Jones 3:05 Break 3:15 Workshop: “LMS Usage in Japan” 4:00 Closing and clean up VENUE Continue Reading …
Career Development Event – Sunday, July 21st (FREE!)
Curious what people who have successfully navigated the university hiring process can reveal about it? Join us to get some answers and inspiration from your peers and our expert speakers, L’Shawn Howard and Michael Parrish. Following the presentations there will be a Breakout (Q&A) session. Continue Reading …
July 28, 2019 SIETAR Kansai Event – Music in Our Brains: A Universal Human Characteristic
e are the only species on the planet that makes music. Moreover, all human societies make music of some kind. This is because music is hardwired into the human brain, just as language is… Continue Reading …
2019 JALT Research Grant Proposal Application Period: June 1st to September 30th
Each year, JALT awards up to three grants for a maximum of 100,000 yen each for research on language teaching in Japan. Only JALT members who have no outside funding sources to conduct research are eligible to apply. The goal of the grants is to support language teachers in their professional development and to encourage teachers to engage in classroom-based research. Grant applications are collected each summer and vetted by the JALT Research Grants Committee. Winners of the grants receive funding before the start of the following school year during which they conduct their studies, provide quarterly reports, and receive Continue Reading …
Kyoto JALT x Brain SIG Event Report
Kyoto JALT and JALT Mind, Brain, and Education SIG held an event focused on the links between education and neuroscience findings. Here’s a short summary of the three interesting and practical presentations. Continue Reading …
PanSIG May 18-19, 2019
Konan University, Nishinomiya PanSIG is an annual conference held in May, and organized by many of the Special Interest Groups (SIGs) of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT). Please continue reading for information about the plenary speakers. For more information please visit www.pansig.org
Kyoto JALT X Mind, Brain, & Education SIG Event
Saturday, April 20th Kyoto JALT and JALT Mind, Brain, and Education SIG are proud to bring you an event focused on the links between education and neuroscience findings.
at Campus Plaza, Kyoto
Kyoto JALT Scholarship
Are you a Kyoto JALT member and interested in presenting at JALT National for the first time? If so, you are eligible to apply for the Kyoto JALT scholarship. One winner will get a chance to fill an unvetted 25-minute presentation slot, as well as receive 20,000 to offset costs. Please read the flyer for more information.