Annual General Meeting, Sat. 12/14
11 AM – 12:15 PM
lunch following
All current Kyoto members are invited to attend our annual general meeting (AGM), which will be held on Saturday, December 14, from 11 AM – 12:15 PM at Campus Plaza Kyoto, 6F Ritsumeikan Satellite Room. Meet your new and continuing officers, hear about what we’ve achieved this year, and work with us to help plan what to do in the coming year and beyond. Also, we will have an important vote on a small yet essential change to our chapter constitution so that we can continue online ballots for our officer elections. After the meeting, the officers and anyone who Continue Reading …
TBLT in Japanese EFL Event – Sunday Jan. 12, 2020 1:00-5:00pm
Event Speaker: Rintaro Sato (Nara University of Education)Natsuko Shintani (Kansai University)Fee for JALT members: FreeFee for non-JALT members: 1,000 yen Thinking about the incompatibility of TBLT and reconsideration of PPP-based approach in the Japanese EFL environment Rintaro Sato (Nara University of Education) One of the most important objectives of English Education in Japan is to develop students’ communicative abilities. Thus, students have to be engaged in activities that will lead them to exchange their thoughts and feelings by actually using the English language. By “actually using English” (not learning to use English), students ideally learn English. Being compatible with this trend, the utilization Continue Reading …
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