Greetings everyone at Akita JALT! A small reminder that next month is the annual international conference: Event: 52nd Annual International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning & Educational Materials Exhibition […]
Speaker Bio: Javier Salazar is currently an Adjunct Lecturer at the Foreign Language Education and Research (FLER) Center at Rikkyo University. His main interests include Intercultural Communicative Competence Development in […]
This online Ed Tech workshop will show practical ways to personalize lessons using NotebookLM. It introduces educators to simple and effective methods for using AI to create customized class materials. […]
Graduate Student Book Review Presentations Language education is an ever-evolving field that requires educators not only to be masters of pedagogical theory but also to be adaptive practitioners who can […]
Session Details: Teaching English Using the UNSDGs The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals are having quite the impact on not only the awareness of sustainability issues but also how we […]
Intercultural Studies has emerged as a field that explores how cultures interact and how we can better understand outcomes, especially when misunderstandings occur. In this session, Cameron Romney will address […]
Join Akita JALT for a morning coffee chat about content creation for educators. Michael Saad will break down how teachers can creatively approach content creation to enhance what takes place […]
Our next Akita JALT monthly meeting will be held on March 21st at 2:00 PM via Zoom. This month’s gathering will serve as a special meet-and-greet as we welcome our […]
We are once again privileged to have Dr. Hale and his students for our December meeting. December 13, 2025 (SAT) Time: 14:00–15:00 Venue: Akita International University (RM: D103) This poster […]
“From Comparison to Integration: Exploring Hybrid FeedbackModels in EFL Speaking Instruction” Presenter: HUANG MENGQI Bio: Huang Mengqi, born and raised in Shanghai, is currently a PhDstudent at Yamaguchi University, enrolled […]
The presenter talks about her teaching experience at the previous university, theInternational University of Health and Welfare (IUHW). In the presentation, the past twoclasses are mainly introduced: 1) Medical Interpreting […]
July 13, 2025 Time: 11:00– 12:15 (about) Venue: AIU D-Building Thanks to Dr. Hale and his students for sharing their work with Akita JALT. Bio: This presentation showcases ten classroom […]
Presented By Marc Jones AbstractListening has been termed a “Cinderella skill” (Vandergrift, 1997) that is frequently tested but rarely taught, and which is infrequently researched in comparison to reading, speaking […]
By: Sarina Sugawara An attempt to visualize and quantify the qualitative data. This will serve as a preliminary project for the authors’ forthcoming JALT research project scheduled for fall 2025. The […]
Speaker: Jason Tacker (This is a better, more refined version of the previous presentation from JALT 2024) Abstract For many but not all instructors, we do not often have the […]
Gestures play a vital yet often overlooked role in language teaching. This session will explore how teachers use hand and arm movements during their lessons and the impact these gestures […]
December 15, 2024 (SUN)Time: 14:00–15:00 Venue: Akita International University (RM: D103) Dr. Hale and his students from Akita International University. Bio: This poster session will feature ten original classroom-based discourse […]
Abstract I will present a study on potential inequalities in Content and Language IntegratedLearning (CLIL) programs in Madrid (Spain), where students from grades 7 to 12 aredivided into two strands […]
Presenter: Jason Tacker AbstractThis study meant to add to the literature on virtual reality use in EFL education,examined the feasibility of using virtual reality in an L2 as a tool to positively transferskills from virtual reality to a real-world […]
Presented by Martin Sedaghat Role-play activities are commonly used in communicative EFL/ESL classrooms to practice speaking skills in a variety of situations. However, most role-plays are heavily scripted and do […]
Dr. Hale of Akita International University and his students will be giving presentations on June 22nd. The plan is to have three concurrent presentations going in three separate rooms. Presentations […]
ABSTRACTAll teachers want their students to achieve higher levels of fluency, but how to teach it, andwhich classroom methods actually work? The presenter has been teaching fluency-basedspeaking classes for over […]
Eucharia Donnery (PhD) Abstract This online presentation-workshop aims to explore the potential of usingelements of structured Process Drama (PD) as a teaching approach in the Japaneseuniversity EFL classroom. The session […]
Speaker: Ben Grafstrom This presentation has two parts. In the first I share current trends that I have observed over the past year and a half in qualitative research, interdisciplinary […]
Bio: This poster session will feature ten original classroom-based discourse analyses conducted by graduate students in the English Language Teaching Practices (ELT) program at Akita International University (AIU). In their final […]
理系大学のTOEICの授業における 自立英語学習支援の取り組み －学習方法，学習支援システム，語彙学習アプリを用いて－ 山﨑亜矢（YAMASAKI Aya） 高知工科大学 Abstract Motivation is crucial for learning a language. However, most non-English majors at university generally lack confidence in learning English because of their English […]
Abstract: Sociolinguistics is a major area in second language research and is a topic commonly covered in graduate school education programs worldwide. For EFL teachers, it can often seem difficult […]
Bio: Ken’ichi Yamazaki is an associate professor at Akita Prefectural University, Japan. Hereceived his MA degree and PhD in English literature from Chiba University. Formerly, hewas working at Teikyo University. […]
Date Saturday May 20th, 2023 Starting at 2 pm Title: The CEFR – A tool for classroom management and teacher development Online event (Zoom -Akita JALT members with be sent […]
Bio: Amany Alkhayat is an adjunct faculty at New York Institute of Technology. She is currently pursuing her Doctoral degree in Instructional Technology and Media at Teachers College, Columbia University. […]
Akita JALT is pleased to welcome myself, Jason Tacker (Akita Prefectural University) as the guest speaker for the chapter’s March meeting. I gave this presentation three years back and wanted to revisit it thinking […]
December 17, 2022 Time: 12:30– [approximately] 1:35 Session I: 12:35–1:05 Session II: 1:05–1:35 Finish: 1:45 Venue: ZOOM (Emailed to all Akita JALT Members) – If you are not a member […]
Akita JALT is pleased to welcome Maria Carlotta Avanzi (Akita Prefectural University) as the guest speaker for the chapter’s October meeting. The details of her talk are below: Title: A Global Citizenship Course: […]
July’s Akita chapter event will be a special presentation session featuring graduate students of Akita International University‘s MA TESOL Program. This is our 2nd time having such an event, and […]
Akita JALT is pleased to welcome Dr. Irina Kuznetcova (Akita International University) as the guest speaker for the chapter’s June meeting. The details of her talk are below: Title: Reddit—the […]
