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Akita JALT September: From IUHW to Akita: Advancing Medical Interpreting and English Education By Dr. Mieko Sakamoto

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The presenter talks about her teaching experience at the previous university, theInternational University of Health and Welfare (IUHW). In the presentation, the past twoclasses are mainly introduced: 1) Medical Interpreting […]

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Akita JALT July Meeting GRAD STUDENT PRESENTATIONS: INTEGRATING CONCEPTS FROM SOCIOLINGUISTICS INTO LESSON PLANS

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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 […]

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Akita JALT Meeting (In Person): Teaching listening from top-down to bottom-up

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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 […]

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March 22nd Akita Jalt Speaker- Kate Armstrong: The Impact of Gestures on Enhancing Student Learning

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Gestures play a vital yet often overlooked role in language teaching. This session will explore how teachers use hand and arm movements during their lessons and the impact these gestures […]

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(Akita JALT December Meeting) GRAD STUDENT POSTER SESSION: CLASSROOM-BASED DISCOURSE ANALYSIS

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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 […]

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Potential inequalities in Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) programs in Madrid, Spain. – Natalia Evnitskaya

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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 […]

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September Akita Jalt Meeting: Can Virtual Reality be Used in the L2 for Positive Transfer of Skills from an Intensive English Environment to Reality?

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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 […]

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Akita/AIU JALT Presentations June 2024 -Teaching English in Higher Education

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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 […]

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May 18th Presentation:Teaching Fluency Using the VerbalClassrooms Method

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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 […]

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April 20th – Elements of Drama in the EFL Classroom: Featuring ChatGPT as the Bogeyman.

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Eucharia Donnery (PhD) Abstract This online presentation-workshop aims to explore the potential of usingelements of structured Process Drama (PD) as a teaching approach in the Japaneseuniversity EFL classroom. The session […]

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