Online Learning from a Student’s Perspective (Miguel Mision)
Date: April 23, 2022 Time: 2:00–3:15ish Venue: ZOOM (Akita Chapter members will be sent a ZOOM link. Those wishing to join should email a request to akita (@) jalt.org. Please state […]
Category Archives: Monthly Chapter Events
The Akita Chapter of JALT holds events monthly, usually hosting a guest speaker or panel discussion.
State of the Chapter Address (Ben Grafström)
Date: March 26, 2022 Time: 2:00–3:15 Venue: ZOOM (Akita Chapter members have been sent a ZOOM link. Those wishing to join should email a request to akita (@) jalt.org. Please state […]
Grad Student Poster Session: Classroom-Based Discourse Analyses & Its Results
Date: Saturday, December 11th**NOT** the 4th Saturday of the month! Time: 12:30– [approximately] 1:45Session I: 12:35–1:05Session II: 1:05–1:35Finish: 1:45 Venue: ZOOM(Akita Chapter members have been sent a ZOOM link. Those […]
Narrative inquiry into ALTs in the JET Programme (Takaaki Hiratsuka)
Date: Saturday, October 23rd Time: 2:00—3:15 Venue: ZOOM (Akita Chapter members have been sent a ZOOM link. Those wishing to join should email a request to akita (@) jalt.org. Please […]
Autoethnographic Explorations of Language Teacher Identity: A Workshop (Eric Ku)
Chapter Meeting Saturday September 21st; 2:00–3:15 ABSTRACTAutoethnography has become an increasingly popular research methodology across a wide range of academic disciplines, including language teaching research. Autoethnography can be seen as […]
EFL Classroom Research: A Novice’s Experience (Martin Spivey)
Conducting classroom research can be a challenging and time-consuming process, however it often provides us with useful insights on pedagogy and language learning in general. This talk will take you […]
On teaching English at Japanese universities: Getting and keeping a full-time job (Dr. Jenifer Larson-Hall)
Although it was never my intention as a graduate student to work in Japan I have ended up employed at 4 different universities in 5 different jobs and I offer […]
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 […]
2021 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 […]
May 2021 Monthly Meeting
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. […]
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