Akita JALT is pleased to welcome Dr. Irina Kuznetcova (Akita International University) as the guest speaker for the chapter’s June meeting. The details of her talk are below: Title: Reddit—the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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