The Akita Chapter of JALT holds events monthly, usually hosting a guest speaker or panel discussion.
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 […]
The December meeting was a big success and a big thank you once again to Dr. Hale and his students for a great meeting. We at Akita JALT thank you […]
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. […]
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