June Event Announcement
Greetings Members of Akita JALT, Summer is now in full-swing. I certainly miss our meetings at Yugakusha—it was a nice place to meet on warm and sunny days. This message […]
Greetings Members of Akita JALT, Summer is now in full-swing. I certainly miss our meetings at Yugakusha—it was a nice place to meet on warm and sunny days. This message […]
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 […]
Good morning Akita JALT, What a gorgeous day! Walking onto campus today I could smell the wisteria in bloom. I may have mistakenly neglected to plan our May monthly meeting. […]
Why our Brains Love Stories: The Neuroscience of Narrative Abstract: Stories, the original Wikipedia, are the oldest tool of teaching, and still the most potent. For most of human existence, […]
Topic: “Akita Chapter’s Annual Health Check” Presenter: Ben Grafström Ben Grafström has been the President of JALT’s Akita Chapter since January 2020. Prior to that he was the Membership […]
Seven (7) lucky JALT members will win one-year complimentary memberships to the TESOL International Association! You can see what kind of benefits are offered for TESOL members HERE. Participants must […]
Speaker: Edo Forsythe (Hirosaki Gakuin University—Department of English Language and Literature) Topic: Survey of recent research in MALL in Japanese EFL Contexts Abstract: Today’s technology has brought a revolution in […]
Title: “Learner agency and how it fits in with active learning” Presenter: Adrian Leis Ph.D. (Educational Informatics) Associate Professor Title: Learner agency and how it fits in with active learning […]
Akita JALT’s monthly meetings have been cancelled this semester due to the COVID-19 pandemic. One presenter, Prof. Jason Tacker (Akita Prefecture University), however, offered to do his presentation online. You […]