This is an archive of all of the past events of Niigata Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching on ELT Calendar.

• Archive

• 2020

  • June 21st

    (1) Using Google Forms as Quizzes; (2) Assessment with Google Classroom and Third-Party Apps

    (1) William Pellowe; (2) Nathan Gildart

• 2019

  • April 13th

    Warmers and Fillers Revisited

    Eli Pappas

• 2018

  • June 9th

    10th Annual NEAR Conference: Celebrating Changes and Innovation in Language Education

    Makoto Ikeda (Sophia University); call for papers due Feb. 12

  • July 14th

    Developing Young Learners' Literacy Skills Through CLIL

    Chiyuki Yanase

  • October 28th

    I am more than a stereotype: Stories of Change and Hope

    Parisa Mehran and Gerry Yokota

• 2017

  • January 28th

    Getting Students Researching

    Andy Boon (Toyo Gakuen University)

  • April 8th

    Current trends and future developments in language education: Implications for the classroom

    Howard Brown (Niigata university)

  • May 28th

    Examining pupils' images of English, before and after short storytelling sessions, in a Japanese primary school

    Alison Nemoto (Native English Instructor at Board of Education Okuma Town)

  • June 10th

    9th Annual NEAR Conference Challenges and Opportunities in Education

    TBA

  • July 9th

    Using Facebook To Enhance Motivation

    Chris Madden (Seikei University)

  • October 29th

    Theory in Second Language Educational Research

    Julia Kimura

• 2016

  • January 23rd

    Positive past selves and possible others in language learning

    Joseph Falout (Nihon University)

  • April 9th

    Experience the Power of CLIL Lessons for Young Learners

    Lesley Ito

  • June 11th

    8th Annual NEAR Language Education Conference

    Call for papers due February 15, 2016

  • July 9th

    Three Questions

    Susan Sullivan

  • October 15th

    Art in the Language Classroom

    Martin Sedaghat

• 2015

  • January 24th

    I can see clearly now: Finding research directions via non-judgmental discourse

    Andy Boon

  • February 15th

    Teaching Kids: Art or Skill?

    Eric Kane

  • April 25th

    Numbers Game: How accreditation, Kakenhi and the Super Global program are changing Japan's universities

    Bern Mulvey

  • May 23rd

    7th Annual NEAR Language Education Conference

    Call for papers due Feb 15, 2015

  • October 18th

    Humanizing EFL classrooms: Poetry writing as meaningful literacy practice in the Japanese EFL context

    Atsushi Iida

  • November 7th

    JALT National Conference Preview

    Several

• 2013

  • January 27th

    Talk it Through

    Various Speakers

  • February 11th

    CANCELLED Student Research Showcase

    Various Student Speakers

  • April 21st

    (1) Language Cloud Online Learning Management System; (2) The Flipped Classroom

    (1) Theresa Sherry (Language Cloud); (2) Robert Habbick (Cambridge University Press)

  • May 25th

    5th Annual NEAR Language Education Conference: All is New Again: New Experiences, New Challenges, New Voices

    Call for papers due February 17, 2013

  • June 23rd

    Getting Your Work Published

    John Adamson, Melodie Cook

  • July 21st

    My Share

    Various Speakers

  • November 23rd

    Professional Development through Collaboration on Quantitative Research

    Greg Sholdt

  • December 14th

    Developing Lower-level Processing Skills in English L2 Reading/Listening

    Shigeo Kato

• 2012

  • May 26th

    The 4th Annual N.E.A.R. Language Education Conference

    Plenary by Theron Muller; more than 25 other presentations

  • July 14th

    Conversation Strategies: Teaching, Learning & Motivation

    Ivan Brown (Joetsu University of Education)

  • October 27th

    Best of JALT 2012

    Various Speakers

• 2011

  • May 28th

    The 3rd Annual N.E.A.R. Language Education Conference

    Featured Chuck Sandy. Call for papers due by Feb. 14

  • October 8th

    My Article

    Various speakers

• 2010

  • April 24th

    Basic Statistics for Applied Linguistics

    David Coulson

  • May 29th

    The 2nd Annual North East Asian Region (N.E.A.R.) Language Education Conference

    Various speakers (Keynote speaker Joseph Shaules)

• 2009

  • May 30th

    N.E.A.R. Language Education Conference

    Call for papers deadline is Feb 14, 2009

• 2008

  • October 19th

    Haiku in EFL Classes

    Howard Brown

  • November 15th

    The Best of JALT National Conference

    Various speakers

• 2003

  • February 9th

    Academic Research Writing

    Cyndi Peterson, Southern Illinois University

  • April 20th

    Two parts: 1. Communicative Games and Warm-ups; 2: "The First Class of the Term"

    Part 1: Conrad Matsumoto; Part 2: Lori Haga, Kazushige Cho, Cyndi Peterson, and Azusa Kibushi

  • June 29th

    Taking Students Abroad

    Susumu Mutsuhashi and students, Tomonobu Haga, and Carlo Capua

• 2002

  • April 14th

    Team Teaching and Japanese Learners' Motivation

    Miyazato Kyoko, Hakuoh University

  • May 12th

    Read with Me and I Will Read: Activities that Work with Elementary School Children

    Setsuko Toyama and Julian Whitney

  • June 23rd

    Adapting Textbook Activities On the Spot

    Rebecca Arthur, Poole Gakuin University

  • September 8th

    Starting the New Term Off Right

    Angela Ota

  • October 6th

    Non-Teaching Made Easy

    Chris Hunt, Wise Hat

  • November 10th

    Critical Thinking / Problem Solving

    Lori Haga

• 2001

  • February 4th

    Mini Book Fair

    Several presenters

  • March 11th

    Looking in Classrooms

    Bill Brooks

  • April 8th

    Creating Collaborative Learning Communities

    Tim Murphey, Nanzan University

  • May 13th

    Introducing Public Elementary School English and the Monbusho Handbook

    Tom Merner, Japan College of Foreign Languages

  • June 10th

    Drama Works

    Carl Nommensen

  • September 9th

    My Share Brunch

    Various speakers

  • October 14th

    Holiday Fun for Everyone

    Meg Ishida

  • November 18th

    Stimulus Based Teaching

    Tessa Woodward

  • December 9th

    Niigata Book Fair

    Various Speakers