This is an archive of all of the past events of Iwate-Aomori Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching on ELT Calendar.
Teaching English in Japan: Understanding Identity Development Through Teachers' Stories.
Diane Nagatomo (Ochanomizu University)
Double Presentation: Discourse Marking: Function not Filler; Discourse marking in the L2 classroom
John Campbell-Larsen (Kyoto Women's University)
Imbuing Student Heritage into the English as a Foreign Language Classroom: Projects from Japan and the United Arab Emirates
Patrick Dougherty (Akita International University)
Money 101: Personal Finance, Investing, and Retirement for Residents of Japan
Ben Shearon
Sustainable Language-based Critical Thinking Instruction
David Gann (Tokyo University of Science)
Education as a Business: School Owner Simulator
Ryan Hagglund (MY English School)
(1) Motivation: The Importance of Social Influences; (2) A Motivated Teacher Can Motivate Students, but What Motivates the Teacher?
Margarita Foster (Hachinohe Gakuin University)
Using Popular Culture to Create Interesting English Classes
Jason Hill (Hachimantai City Board of Education)
Extensive Reading Seminar
Thomas Bieri
Activating Extensive Reading
Thomas Bieri
2015 M.E.E.S Conference in Hachinohe
Several speakers
Double Presentation: (1) Inspire or perspire? Getting students speaking; (2) Facebook Groups: Facilitating L2 Interaction Outside of the Classroom
Andrew Boon (Toyo Gakuen University)
Talk: Revisiting Mechanical Speaking Practices
Emiko Kaneko (University of Aizu)
Being Hired at National University Corporations
Martin E. Pauly
Content-Based Instruction Workshop
Brent Jones
Developing Automaticity in Reading: A Study of University Students in Japan
Bryan Hahn (AIU)
Current Status in English Classes at Elementary Schools
Satomi Miura
Text-to-Lesson: Online Resources for Vocabulary and Lesson-Making
Christine Winskowski, Morioka Junior College
Comparing Teacher Feedback on Writing Assignments in Japan
Bill Lewis
Workshop on Teaching Young Learners: Brain Rules, Tools and Jewels
Kim Horne
Using Student Mirroring Science in the Language Classroom
Tim Murphey, Harumi Ogawa
Teachers Finding Belonging Inside and Outside the Classroom
Joseph Falout
1) The M&M's of Teaching English to Young Learners; 2) Iwate JALT Annual General Meeting
1) Kathleen Kampa; 2) Iwate JALT members
Presentation1: Typography and document design for classroom materials; Presentation2: Japanese copyright law and authentic materials: What teachers need to know
Cameron Romney
University Accreditation in Japan: Problems and Possibilities for EFL Reform
Bern Mulvey
(1) Promoting Students' Foreign Language Communication Ability and General Studies;
(2) University Students' Perceptions on the Teacher's Use of L1 in English Class
(1) Yoshiko Miyake; (2) Harumi Ogawa
Extensive Reading and ICT contents: Improving University Students' Reading Proficiency
Natsumi Onaka, Iwate University
Intensively Extensive: How my experience as an ESL learner has contributed to my teaching and writing
Marcos Benevides
Understanding Students' Non-Verbal Behavior: What does that silence mean, anyway?
Peter Ross
What Language Should We Be Using in Our Classrooms?
Takaaki Hiratsuka
How Do Students Pick a Number? Seeking Course Evaluation Insights
Christine Winskowski
ELT and the Science of Happiness: Positive psychology in the classroom
Marc Helgesen, Miyagi Gakuin Women's University
Voice training for teachers: Positive psychology in the classroom
Claudine Marais
Assessing Young Learners' Language (YLL)
Gerry Lassche, Miyagi Gakuin Women's University
Lesson Planning: As Easy As Pie!
Lesley Ito
Debate and Structured Discussions in the EFL Classroom
Mark Neufeld
What Do Your Students Really Think of Your Classes? Achieving More Effective Course Evaluations
Christine Winskowski, Morioka Junior College and Susan Duggan, Iwate Prefectural University
English Story Cycle: What, Why and How
Anthony S. Rausch
The ABC of Student Speaking
Catlin Evans, Brian Evans and Adam McCahon
Sign Language in the Classroom
Martin Pauly, Tsukuba University of Technology
Who is STEP? What is EIKEN?
Todd Fouts,International Operations Manager and Chief Editor at the Society for Testing English Proficiency (STEP)
Teaching Pre-Teens: Problems and Possibilities
Aleda Krause
The New TOEIC Test : Understanding and Overcoming the Challenges
Grant Trew, sponsored by Oxford University Press
Recipes for Success in Teaching Medical English
James Hobbs, Iwate Medical University
Hands-on English - Task Based Learning
Mark DeBoer
The awarness of different communication styles and the roles of teachers in different cultures
Minako Kumagai, Kozukata High School, Morioka
Enhancing Language Learning Awareness: An Orientation Workshop for College Students
Steve Brown, National JALT President
How can we succeed in teaching English at Junior and Senior High Schools?
James Hall, Iwate University Faculty of Education
Language Learning Histories: A writing workshop for teachers with stories to tell
Martha Clark Cummings
Seven Steps to Success with Young Learners
Stan Pederson
Iwate JALT 20th Anniversary Barbecue
various
Celebration of Multiethnic Cultural Capital of Adolescent 'Half' Girls in Japan
Laurel Kamada
What did you think of the course? - Understanding Students' Course Evaluations.
Christine Winskowski and Susan Duggan
What is Kamishibai?
Hitomi Igumi, Stellar Education
Bikkurishita! - The Use of Surprise in the English Language Classroom
Brian Evans (Morioka College High School)
Dyslexia - I've heard of it. But what really is it?
Thomas Warren-Price, Sendai Ikuei Gakuen High School
Asia's Bilingual Movement
Jason Good, Houghton-Mifflin Publishers
1st Annual Iwate JALT Potluck Picnic/Barbecue
It's a BBQ!
It Was Fun! So what? A critical analysis of the role of fun in children's ELT
John Wiltshier
Using the Oxford Reading Tree
Mayuka Habbick
"Conceptual Metaphors" and Figurative Language in the EFL Classroom
Fraser Gould
English Teaching Methods for Junior High School Teachers
Kimiko Takahashi
ESP English for Special Purposes: Adapting an American High School Science Textbook for the ESL/EFL Classroom
Stephen Shucart
Online and Onsite - The American ESL Classroom (presentation 1 of 2)
Mary Brooks
Surmounting the Suprasegmentals (presentation 2 of 2)
Mark Landa
The 'Let Me Try' Kids
Takao Ogawa
Learning Styles in the Classroom: Yours and the Students'
Catlin Hanna, Christine Winskowski
Welcome to the World of English Immersion!
Mark de Boer, Iwate Association of Schools
Developing Cross-Cultural Awareness in the Monolingual Classroom
Susan Barduhn, School for International Training/JALT Four Corners Tour
Listening Tactics for Better Language Learning
Karl O'Callaghan, Oxford University Press
New Year's Party
All welcome
Putting Words in their Mouths: Dictogloss, Shadowing, and Summarizing
John Small, Kumamoto Gakuen University
Teachers Talking About Teaching
various speakers
Bringing About Language Learning Using Learning Strategies at Junior High Schools
Koki Dobashi
Integrating Culture into the Language Course
Christine Winskowski, Iwate Prefectural University
I've Got a Problem
John Fanselow
Testing - An Important Component in Language Teaching
Brenda Hayashi, Miyagi Gakuin Women's University
Using Video in the Classroom to Teach Language and Culture: Methods and Technolgies
Todd Jay Leonard, Hirosaki Gakuin University
Rules, Patterns and Words: A Pedagogic Description of Language
Dave Willis
Getting Children Totally Involved in the English Classroom
Setsuko Toyama
My Share
various
Using Videos in the Classroom
Michael Unher, Iwate University
Interactive Testing and Innovation in EFL
Yoshinori J. Watanabe, PhD, Akita University
Video Ideas for the EFL Classroom
Michael Unher, Iwate University
The Cancer of Competition: Games in the EFL Classroom
Chris Hunt
Learning Music and Learning English
Charles LeBeau
Effective Language Learning Strategies and Techniques
Jarrett "Dave" Ragan, Jr., Assistant Professor of ESL, MSU-Akita
On The Go: Addressing Relevance and Motivation
Jonah Glick, Pearson Education-Longman ELT
Annual Iwate JALT Book Fair
Details coming soon!
Language Strategies
Anthony Rausch (Faculty of Education at Hirosaki University)
Introducing Public Elementary School English and the Monbusho Handbook
Tom Merner, Japan College of Foreign Languages
Dramatizing in the Classroom: Using Drama Techniques to Enhance Your Classes
Shimizu Akiko and Mary Burkitt
Teaching Culture Through Children's Literature
Susan Unher, Morioka University
Start Them Out and Keep Them Going
Aleda Krause, author of SuperKids and SuperTots
Bringing Music into Your Classroom
Patsy Brown, Kunohe Board of Education
What is Extensive Reading with Graded Readers
Jeff Herman, Oxford University Press
Suggestopedia
Charles Adamson, School of Nursing, Miyagi University
Mini Conference & Book Fair
Ritsuko Nakata, Mary Lee Field, and many more