April 2021 Event: Guest Speaker Curtis Kelly
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, […]
Category Archives: Monthly Chapter Events
The Akita Chapter of JALT holds events monthly, usually hosting a guest speaker or panel discussion.
March 2021 Chapter Meeting
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 […]
Bridging Akita and the American Deep South: Teaching Cultural Diversity in Local Universities and Communities
Abstract: How can we raise students’ awareness of cultural diversity in local universities and communities? To answer this question, this presentation focused on Maki Eguchi’s experience as a Fulbright foreign […]
“Anthropological Perspectives of Japan”
Abstract: Scholars from all over the world study Japan and individuals take different approaches to studying Japan from personal, to disciplinary to historical perspectives. If we are creatures of our culture, […]
December 12th Guest Speaker: Edo Forsythe
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 […]
Sept. 26th Guest Speaker: Adrian Leis
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 […]
Online Presentation for June 2020
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 […]
CANCELLED: Akita JALT April Monthly Meeting
Greetings Members of Akita JALT, I hope that each of you is healthy and safe. Akita does not seem to be getting hit by the virus too much, but I […]
Dialogism and Other Communication Concepts from Mikhail Bakhtin as they Relate to the “Big Lebowski” – Evan Cacali (Akita University)
This presentation will discuss the 1998 classic cult film, The Big Lebowski, by the Coen Brothers, while using Russian Linguist/Philosopher Mikhail Bakhtin’s theories of Dialogism and dialogic interaction. Bakhtin’s dialogic theory highlights context […]
Integrated Programming-English Education: tackling a new challenge
Abstract: The focus of the presentation was the ever increasing impact of top-down nation-wide educational reforms on teachers in Japan, exemplified in the upcoming 2020 reform. Its unique contribution is […]
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