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 […]
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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 […]
Teaching EFL learners shadowing for listening
Shadowing involves language learners attempting to speak along to audio texts. Its focus is on sounds more than word recognition. Further, meaning is secondary in most shadowing tasks. In this […]
Cartoon Creations: Facilitating Creative Language in the English Classroom.
In this interactive workshop, participants engaged in activities where they used cartoons to create short scenarios. Participants were guided through the process, which developed in four stages and supported creative […]
Globalization and second language pragmatics research: A perspective from intercultural competence
Globalization has brought about a transformation in traditional practices of second language (L2) pragmatics research, most notably in the areas of lingua franca communication, bilingual/multilingual pragmatics, and intercultural competence (Taguchi […]
Modifying Textbooks to Maximise Vocabulary Acquisition
The presentation described the findings of a textbook analysis study undertaken by the presenter and a colleague at AIU, which was subsequently presented at the Vocab@Vic conference, and then published […]
Transmedia Teaching Framework: from group projects to curriculum development.
This presentation described the Transmedia Teaching Framework: a social-constructivist approach to education designed to empower learners to be active co-creators of knowledge. The framework is theoretically built on the concepts […]
Ecological dynamic assessment – Increasing levels of agency in an online environment
This presentation by Mr. Mark deBoer of Akita International University used his PhD reseach to define the term ecological dynamic assessment (eDA). The presenter first introduced two dynamic assessment theories […]
Developing Learner Autonomy through a Selection of Practical Reading and Writing Activities
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 […]
The Use of Biographical-Narrative in Language Teaching
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 […]
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