The Akita Chapter of JALT holds events monthly, usually hosting a guest speaker or panel discussion.
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 […]
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 […]
