State of the Chapter Address (Ben Grafström)
Date: March 26, 2022 Time: 2:00–3:15 Venue: ZOOM (Akita Chapter members have been sent a ZOOM link. Those wishing to join should email a request to akita (@) jalt.org. Please state […]
Tag Archives: ESL
Grad Student Poster Session: Classroom-Based Discourse Analyses & Its Results
Date: Saturday, December 11th**NOT** the 4th Saturday of the month! Time: 12:30– [approximately] 1:45Session I: 12:35–1:05Session II: 1:05–1:35Finish: 1:45 Venue: ZOOM(Akita Chapter members have been sent a ZOOM link. Those […]
Narrative inquiry into ALTs in the JET Programme (Takaaki Hiratsuka)
Date: Saturday, October 23rd Time: 2:00—3:15 Venue: ZOOM (Akita Chapter members have been sent a ZOOM link. Those wishing to join should email a request to akita (@) jalt.org. Please […]
Autoethnographic Explorations of Language Teacher Identity: A Workshop (Eric Ku)
Chapter Meeting Saturday September 21st; 2:00–3:15 ABSTRACTAutoethnography has become an increasingly popular research methodology across a wide range of academic disciplines, including language teaching research. Autoethnography can be seen as […]
EFL Classroom Research: A Novice’s Experience (Martin Spivey)
Conducting classroom research can be a challenging and time-consuming process, however it often provides us with useful insights on pedagogy and language learning in general. This talk will take you […]
On teaching English at Japanese universities: Getting and keeping a full-time job (Dr. Jenifer Larson-Hall)
Although it was never my intention as a graduate student to work in Japan I have ended up employed at 4 different universities in 5 different jobs and I offer […]
June Event Announcement
Greetings Members of Akita JALT, Summer is now in full-swing. I certainly miss our meetings at Yugakusha—it was a nice place to meet on warm and sunny days. This message […]
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 […]
Investigating Learner Agency: An Example from AIU
This presentation described a pilot research project that involved the controlled introduction of volunteer international students into an EAP speaking and listening class in an overall attempt to (a) gauge […]
Student-generated Methodologies to End Academic Dishonesty in Extensive Reading Programs
In this presentation, the presenters demonstrated how Extensive Reading (ER) has gained popularity in English language classrooms and they shared methods to discourage potential problems which may arise when implementing […]
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