This is an archive of all of the past events of Kitakyushu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching on ELT Calendar.
The Blended Classroom - Taking Learning Online
Paul Collett (Shimonoseki City University), Malcolm Swanson (Seinan Jo Gakuin University)
Anxiety and Student Perceptions of Fairness During Collaborative Testing
Hudson Murrell Stephen Case
Designing EFL Materials that Work
Barbara Hoskins Sakamoto
Teaching Methods in a Blended English Learning Environment
Huy Tran
neuroELT: Focusing on the Importance of Choosing the Right Levels for Our Students
Ai Murphy
Grounded Theory in Applied Linguistics Research: Attractive Nuisance or Helpful Guide?
Gregory Hadley
Ways to Ensure Your Students Are Actively Engaged When Reading in Class
Amanda Gillis-Furutaka (Kyoto Sangyo University)
Turning Speaking Tasks Into Assessment Activities
Jerry Talandis Jr. (University of Toyama)
The Benefits, Challenges, and Results of a Research-based Vocabulary Program
Stuart McLean (Osaka Jogakuin University)
Directed Motivational Currents: What Are They and What Can They Teach Us About Long-term Motivation?
Zoltan Dornyei
Developing a Sustainable Extensive Reading Program
Paul Collett and Malcolm Swanson
Helpful Hints on How to Get Published in the EFL Market in Japan: Making your Proposal Count: Four Industry Perspectives: the Publisher, Editor, Salesperson, and Author
Todd Jay Leonard
The Brain is Built for Stories: Using them in ELT
Curtis Kelly
Summer Social
It's a social!
Money 101: Personal Finance, Investing, and Retirement for Residents of Japan
Ben Shearon
Why Student Demotivation Is Normal (And What To Do About It)
Joseph Shaules, Juntendo University Faculty of International Liberal Arts
Pecha Kucha Night
Various speakers
Gamification and Language Learning
Mark Yong (Kyushu Sangyou University)
(1) Creative Variations for Textbook Conversations; (2) Assessing Gains in Extensive Reading
Bill Pellowe, J. Lake
Card Games and Vocabulary Building
Adam Stone
The Innovation Adoption Lifecycle and Teaching Practice
Michael Phillips
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use: Two Case Studies from Japan
Zack Robertson and Rick Eller
Adapting Websites and Games for the Classroom
Stephen Case
Connecting Neuroscience and ELT - What we learned in 2013
Robert S. Murphy
So you want to publish an EFL textbook? Four Points of View to Consider when Writing a Proposal -- The Myths and Realities of EFL Publishing in Japan
Todd Jay Leonard
Task-Supported Language Teaching: Factors for communication and grammar use
Colin Thompson
Creating Multimedia Content with Apple Technology
Steve Paton and Malcolm Swanson
Principles of vocabulary acquisition - how well do textbooks do?
Rob Waring
English Circles and the ELF Class
Michael Phillips
What Can Younger Learners Teach Us?
Zack Robertson (Ashiya Town Board of Education, ALT)
Making money online
Todd Beuckens
Pechakucha Night
Various speakers
Year End Party!
TOEIC vocabulary teaching: applying CLIL
Takashi Uemura
Love That Dog: Making a Difference with Multimedia
Linda K. Kadota
Between a rock and a hard place: What are our students doing on Facebook and YouTube?
Neil Millington
Testing Interactional Speaking - A workshop
Alun Roger
Online Reading and Vocabulary Environments: Present and Future
Rob Waring
Language Codes: Helping teachers decode the 'L' in JALT
Michael Phillips
Doing data analysis: Some tools and techniques
Paul Collett and Trevor Holster
Practical neuroELT for kids and adults
Robert S. Murphy and Ai Murphy
Pechakucha Night
Various speakers
Adapting Board Games for Language Practice: A Workshop
Margaret Orleans (Seinan Jo Gakuin University)
Developing resources for self-directed learning
Paul Collett (Shimonoseki City University), Kristen Sullivan (Shimonoseki City University)
Equipping Teachers to Incorporate Drama
Covenant Players Drama Company
Task repetition and fluency development in the Japan classes: How much is enough?
Craig Lambert (University of Kitakuyshu)
Task complexity and second language development: tools to promote speaking
Colin Thompson
Issues Relating to Independently-Run English Language Schools
Gareth Steele, Mike Mackay and Mark Gibson
Connectivism: A learning theory for the digital age. Fad or Future?
Michael Phillips
Helping our students become multicompetent academic writers
Carol Rinnert (Hiroshima City University)
PechaKucha Night
Various
Improve memory and learning: Practical classroom applications
Robert S. Murphy (Murphy School of Education)
Active Participation through Student Response Systems
Bill Pellowe and Paul Shimizu
Behavior Management: Sleeping in class, playing with phones, teacher hair loss... arrgh!
Matthew Jenkins
Dogme in ELT: A demonstration
Barbara Hoskins Sakamoto
How to get your students to read without really trying
Thomas Robb
Testing times: Ensuring success
Michael Philips
The Significance of the Implicit vs. Explicit Distinction for Language Pedagogy
Rod Ellis
A Fluency First Approach through Extensive Writing in the EFL Context
Steven Herder
Pecha Kucha Night
Various Speakers
Using effective search strategies to access available English language resources for research in Japan
James Hicks
Strategies for Generating Student Motivation
Andy Boon (Toyo Gakuen University)
Developing Japanese learners' use of the English article system through task-based learning
Neil Millington and Colin Thompson
CALL in the classroom: Possibilities and outcomes
Paul Collett and Malcolm Swanson
Using Manga translation for deeper understanding in the language classroom
Robert S. Murphy
Implementing Differing SLA Theories into Teaching
Matthew J. Jenkins
Developing Personalized Portfolio Rubrics for the EFL Classroom
Steve Quasha
How and Why to Improve Reading Speed
Ken Gibson
Dictionary Use Panel
Mark Gibson, Eiki Hattori, Go Yoshizawa and David Latz
My Share: Internet Resources
Jose Cruz, Malcolm Swanson, Greg Holloway, and others
MASH ETJ JALT Kitakyushu Equinox 2010
Scott Thornbury, Matthew J. Jenkins, Yukiko Arima, HIroshi Otani
Portfolios, Assessment and Institutions: An Interim Report
Hugh Nicoll
Teaching and learning English humour: In principle and practice
Richard Hodson (University of Nagasaki, Siebold)
Podcasting and Digital Recording for Pedagogical Purposes
Kristen Sullivan, Shimonoseki City University
How SELHi has changed our students
Matsushita Norie and Chiba Atsuko
Japanese Culture Presentations
David Pite
Learn through ENIE (English Newspaper in Education)
Toshihiro Yamanishi
Teaching/Learning Principles for Oral Communication Courses
Kristen Sullivan
What is Red?
David Lisgo
Teaching for the TOEIC
Kimiko Murata and Kristen Sullivan
Functional Literacy and Contextual Learning Theories Applied to English Language Learning
Amihan April C. Mella-Alcazar
Themed Tasks for the Communicative Classroom
Marcos Benevides
Dichotomies and Issues in Japanese Elementary School English Education ? A Tale of Two Teachers
David Latz and James Burdis
New Ideas to Change Junior High English Lessons
Koichi Kawamura
Effective Teacher Training
Yosuke Yanase
Gender Equality: Teaching Beyond Grammar
Stefanie Tacata
TPR-S Storybook Fun
Melinda Kawahara
Putting Our Heads Together
Various speakers
Kitakyushu JALT 2008 SUMMER SOCIAL
It's a party!
Two Christmas Activities
Christopher Carman, Margaret Orleans
Development of an Online Speaking and Writing Test
Robert Courchene
Year End/Christmas Party
All are welcome!
Cultural codes and the Immediate Method
Bruno Vannieu
Kitakyushu JALT Hot Spring Social Event
All welcome!!
Dialogue and Vocabulary Journals
Hudson Murrell
My Share: First Day Icebreakers
All welcome!
Writing Class: A great fun part of senior high school
Takashi Inomori
Incorporating Thinking Skills and ESD in the FL Classroom
Judith Johnson
Focus on Content: Materials and Techniques for Teaching Beginning Academic Writing
Cindy Daugherty, Seinan Gakuin University
The New TOEIC Tests: Understanding the challenges, preparing for success
Grant Trew
KQ-JALT Summer Event
Something for Everyone -- Kitakyushu JALT Mini-Conference
Main speaker: Tetsuhito Shizuka. Various others.
Poems for Mother Earth
David McMurray
A Wine, Juice, and Cheese Evening
Kitakyushu National College of Technology students
Electronic Dictionary Workshop
Takashi Inomori
Can Internet Technology Solve Age-Old Teaching Problems?
Mark Cowan
Preliminary Report on Linguistic Readiness of Japanese Students Studying at an American University
L. Dennis Woolbright, Kazuko Nishioka, and Yuji Hayashi
Strategies to Help Students Communicate Now
Roger Palmer
Two presentations: (1) Using podcasts - even without an iPod! (2) Using your iPod in the classroom
Bill Pellowd, Kinki University (Iizuka)
Putting Reading and Listening Online
Ken Gibson and Gordon Luster
Kitakyushu JALT Summer Party!
It's a party
Immersion and Immediate Conversation Techniques
Lynda Batty
Kitakyushu International Week featuring Two Bi-Lingual Events
Various
Wine, Juice, and Cheese Evening
All Welcome
New Year Social Event
TBA
Multiple Intelligences Theory and the Second Language Classroom
Ronald Schmidt-Fajlik
My Share: The High-Tech Classroom
Hiroshi Otani and others
Ambiguity, Neutralization, and Telling the Truth: A phonetic approach to the teaching of EFL listening comprehension
Hiroshi Matsusaka
My Share: Listening Activities for the High School Classroom
Various
Engaging Learners in Their Own Learning with a Drama Approach
Steve Brown
Helping Exchange Students Respond to Intercultural Conflicts and Dilemmas
Bob Long
Laugh and Learn / All Together Now!
Linda Witting / Chris Hunt
Examining Friends: Using Genre Analysis to analyze TV Scripts
Raymond Stubbes
Simply Read: Developing a reading habit in your learners
Clyde Fowle
Vocabulary Acquisition through Storytelling
Beniko Mason
Extensive Reading Activities
Ronan Brown
Managing Students' On-line Learning with MOODLE
Nigel Stott and Malcolm Swanson
Kitakyushu JALT Hot Spring Social Event
Christopher Storey and Nigel Stott
Cartooning and Drawing Techniques for Teachers
Christopher Chase
Drama Techniques for Teachers
The Covenant Players
Students Speak Out: Class Presentations
Chris Carman and Paul Collett
When Are Rights Wrong?
Tim Allen
Using Graded Readers in the Classroom: An Integrated Skills Approach
Merinda Wilson, Oxford University Press
Elementary English Education: Questions and Answers
Curtis Kelly
Polishing Your Presentation (Redux)
Nigel Stott, Malcolm Swanson, Dennis Woolbright, and Paul Collett
Kitakyushu JALT's Summer Social Event
All Welcome
English in the Elementary School
Tom Merner
Teaching Presentation Skills
Kay Hammond
High School Reading Classes
Takashi Inomori, Meiji Gakuen High School
Attainable Goals and Self-Drected Learning
Peter Viney
The Psychology of Difficult Students
Curtis Kelly
The Lesson Clinic
Margaret Orleans (Moderator)
New Year Party
All welcome
The English Language Communication Program
The Covenant Players
Cognitive Teaching Techniques
Roger Fusselman
Testing Spoken English
Woody Hodgson
The Envelope Please (Nominations for best websites for language teachers)
Various speakers, with Nigel Stott as moderator
Putting Words in Their Mouths: Taking Dictogloss, Shadowing and Summarizing
John Small
Lateral Thinking
L. Dennis Woolbright and Margaret Orleans
I've got a Problem
John F. Fanselow
Summer Social Event
All Welcome
Kitakyushu JALT Southwest Regional Meet
seven speakers
The Learner-Centered Revolution
Christopher Chase
Building Better Dialogues
Christopher Storey and Nigel Stott
Creative and Productive Testing
Mike Guest
Charting the future: Kitakyushu JALT in 2002 and beyond
Roundtable discussion (Chairperson: Paul Collett)
Deconstructing TLT
(The Language Teacher publication of JALT)
Various speakers (Moderator - Kana Higashijima)
English in Elementary Schools: What Will It Mean for Secondary School Teachers?
Kensaku Yoshida, Sophia University and Tom Merner, Japan College of Foreign Languages
On the Edge: Integrating Technologies in the Curriculum
Paul Collett, Nigel Stott, Malcolm Swanson
Homework -- A Panel Discussion
Patricia Kasamatsu, Erika Matsui, Tony Ruiz, Andrew Zitzmann
Homework - My Share
Christopher Carman, Judith Johnson and Mike Vrbanac
Deconstructing TLT, Part II
Various members (Moderator - Kimiko Murata)
Kitakyushu JALT 1st Annual Summer Event
All Welcome
Shuffling Strategies
Joy Jarman-Walsh
Non-verbal Communication for Language Teachers
Stephen M. Ryan
Creating Learning states With Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP)
Francesco Bolstad
Story-telling Activities in the Young Learner Classroom
Jane Willis, Aston University (UK)
American Headway
Julian Warden
Star Taxi
DramaWorks (Theo Steckler, Ian Franklyn, and Marc Sheffner)
Sign Language Contact Between Japanese Sign Language and American Sign Language
Yoshizawa Go, Meiji Gakuen
Two Presentations: (1) Exploring Ideas in the Pre K Through 12 Range, (2) Involvement and Motivation in the Junior High School EFL Classroom
(1) Michelle Nagashima (co-author of SuperTots), (2) Katherine Mackay (ELT consultant)
Using American and British Movies and TV Programmes for Learning English and Its Culture
Lyudmila Fudzikata
Ten Reasons Why Not to Teach Culture in the Language Classroom
Michael Guest, Miyazaki Medical College
Collaborative, Student-Centered Activity: Does it work in language classrooms in Japan?
Miki Niiyama
Project Work for the University- Based Classroom
Joe Tomei, Kumamoto Gakuen Daigaku
Looking at Asian EFL Students' Silent Actions
Ian Nakamura
Reverse-engineering communication tasks
Craig P. Lambert, Kitakyushu University