The Akita Chapter of JALT holds events monthly, usually hosting a guest speaker or panel discussion.
Many teachers in Japan would like to get their finances in order, but aren’t quite sure where to start. This exposes them to three big potential dangers: not doing anything, […]
In 1980, George Lakoff and Mark Johnson published their seminal work, “Metaphors We Live By.” In 1999, they published a follow-up volume, “Philosophy in The Flesh.” In the intervening decades, […]
AKITA – April 2016 – The Effectiveness of Recasts in the Language Classroom: A Meta-Analysis – Paul Chamness Miller, Ph.D., Akita International University. Many language teachers employ ‘recasts’ as a means to correct […]
Our meeting on March 26th was well attended. There were three non-JALT member guests who visited to see what JALT is all about and are now intending to join the chapter. […]
AKITA – December 2015 – Teaching Haiku and Haiku Composition to English Language Learners – Ben Grafström, Akita University. The presenter teaches an English immersion-style course titled “Journey to the Interior” at Akita University. This presentation […]
AKITA – October 2015 – English as a Co-Language: Perspectives by the Foreign Language Learner – Bryan Hahn, Akita International University. The presentation was divided into two parts. The first part explained […]
Rachael Ruegg, Taku Sudo, Hinako Takeuchi, and Yuko Sato, Akita International University. This presentation introduced Akita International University’s (AIU) Academic Achievement Center (AAC), a place that employs peer tutoring to […]
AKITA – July 2015 – Why, What and How of Teaching and Learning English Vocabulary. Rachael Ruegg, Akita International University. Words are the basic building blocks of the language […]
AKITA – June 2015 – Medical English and Medical Anthropology for Large Classes – Donald C. Wood, Akita University. Large class size is one of the most common problems […]
AKITA – May 2015 – Teaching the spoken language; Reported speech – John Campbell-Larsen, Kyoto Women’s University. This presentation was divided into two parts. The first part introduced the […]
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