As students acclimate to university life, they often are encouraged by teachers to take their education into their own hands by becoming responsible for their own learning, what teachers refer […]
This presentation described biographical-narrative research and proposed different methodological suggestions for its use in applied linguistics. This kind of qualitative research, also named narrative inquiry, is a methodology that is […]
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 […]
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