This is an archive of all of the past events of Osaka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching on ELT Calendar.
Back to School 2018 Mini-Conference
Call for participation due April 20
Transforming Our Professional Identities and Classroom Practices: Innovations that Have Changed ELT
Donna M. Brinton (private educational consultant based in Beverly Hills, CA, USA)
Achieving Coherence in Content-Based Language Teaching: Applying the 6 Ts to Course Design
Donna M. Brinton (private educational consultant based in Beverly Hills, CA, USA)
Osaka JALT Tech Day Plus 2018
Jerry Talandis, Jr., JALT Publications Board Chair, and many others
Double session: Two views of Reflective Practice
Joan Kuroda and Joan Gilbert (Kwansei Gakuin University)
Back to School 2017: 7th annual Osaka JALT spring mini-conference
Keynote speaker: Professor Gordon Bateson (Kochi University of Technology); call for participation due April 30
Kansai Four Corners Tour 2017
Gabriel Diaz Maggioli and John Wiltshier
A Mid-summer's Day Micro-conference
Samuel Sorenson, Michael Iwane-Salovaara, Cameron Romney, and Gerry Yokota
A Special Double Session on Translation and Interpretation, co-sponsored by SIETAR Kansai
(1) Shoko Toyokura (Osaka Jogakuin University); (2) Masako Mouri (Kansai University)
Osaka JALT Winter Potpourri Micro-conference
Various speakers
Osaka JALT Back-to-School 2014 mini-conference
Various; submit your ideas by March 30th
From Motivation to Emotivation
Liliana Landolfi (University of Naples, Italy)
Apple Store Shinsaibashi workshop: Using the new Keynote on Mac and iOS
Steve Patton and Malcolm Swanson
TechDay +Plus 2014 mini-conference (co-sponsored by Osaka and Kobe JALT)
Various. Plenary Charles Browne (Meiji Gakuin University)
Curiosity to Competency: Intercultural Activities for the Language Classroom
Jon Dujmovich (Aichi University)
JALT2014 Four Corners Tour in Kansai: The Teaching Power of Stories
Bill Harley, JALT2014 National Conference Plenary Speaker, Two-time Grammy-award winning musician, storyteller, and author
Osaka JALT Back to School 2013 Mini-Conference
Various. Plenary speaker: Yuko Nishiyama. Call for proposals due March 14
Engaging All - Instructional Strategies That Foster Student Success
Laura Markslag, Scott Badiuk, and Robert Sheridan
Tech Day +Plus 2013
Various speakers; Keynote speaker Thomas Robb (Kyoto Sangyo University)
An Evening with Elka Todeva of SIT Graduate Institute, the Osaka JALT Featured Speaker at JALT2013
Elka Todeva (SIT Graduate Institute)
2013 all-Kansai JALT Bonenkai-Pub Quiz
Quiz MC: Ray Franklin (Osaka JALT Publicity Chair)
Winter Potpourri: Practical tips, Pronunciation training, Collaborative Research, and Online Exchange with Dubai
Stuart Mclean, Gabor Pinter, Greg Sholdt, and Laura Markslag
Film showing: The Grandpa from Brazil
Nanako Kurihara (film director/producer)
Motivation and Negotiated Syllabuses
Andy Boon (Toyo Gakuen University)
International Hanami BBQ Party at Sakuranomiya Park
Everyone (It's a party!)
Osaka JALT Back to School 2012
Various speakers
Osaka JALT Back to School 2011
Various presenters
Dr. John Read: Beyond Knowing Words: Assessing the Quality of Vocabulary Knowledge
John Read, of Univ. of Auckland, NZ, author of Assessing Vocabulary
Osaka JALT's 7th Annual Tech Day Plus at Hannan University
Plenary by Steve McCarty, plus 24 other presenters
Osaka JALT Annual General Meeting and Dinner Party
All present
Dinner with Professor Emeritus Keith Johnson of Lancaster University, England
Professor Emeritus Keith Johnson
An Evening with Marlen Harrison: (1) Language and Sexuality; (2) Supporting Agency & Investment in Multilingual Writers
Marlen Harrison (University of Jyvskyl, Finland)
(1) Teaching the Strategies of Speaking; (2) Teaching Listening to Low-level Learners
Alastair Graham-Marr, ABAX
Overcoming Common Challenges for High School and University Language Teaching
Keynote Speaker: Kazuhiro Nomura. Plus many others
Back to School - practical ideas to help start the year off right
Oana Maria Cusen, Steven Herder, Rebecca King, Brian Wojtowicz, Joshua Cohen, Raymond Bolger, Harry Carley, and Jeff Crawford
Osaka JALT's 6th Annual Tech Day at Hannan University
32 presenters
Teaching in English: Challenges for High School (The 9th Seminar on English Education at Kansai University of International Studies, Amagasaki campus)
Keynote speaker: Tomoyasu Mizohata, Otori High School (Osaka)
A Moveable Feast - A collaborative teacher development event
Charles Adamson, Chuck Sandy, Deryn Verity, Steve Cornwell, and more
JALT All-Kansai Pecha Kucha Night and Bonenkai
Several
The Use Of Student Evaluation Of Teaching Surveys In Higher Education: Is English Language Teaching A Disadvantaged Profession?
Peter Burden, Okayama Shoka University
Good Practices that Help Students Learn and Teachers Grow
Wilma Luth, Hokkai Gakuen Univ., Hokkaido JALT Chapter President
Party with National JALT Directors, Officers, and Representatives from throughout Japan
Everyone (It's a party!)
Six principles for foreign language classes
David Beglar
5th Annual Tech Day at Hannan University: Tech Day Plus
TBA; call for presentations deadline May 22nd
2nd Annual Extensive Reading Seminar in Japan
Keynote Rob Waring. Call for papers due May 18th
Living and Teaching in Qatar (followed by Beer Garden Party)
Larry Metzger
An Evening with Scott Thornbury - My ten favourite grammar lessons
Scott Thornbury
JALT 2009 National Conference Review, Action Research Methodology, and annual Bonenkai
Greg Sholdt
Job Hunting for Teachers
Cameron Romney
Getting Published
Steve Cornwell and Deryn Verity
From Visitor to Resident - How you can set down roots in Japan
Arudou Debito
Ethnic Disunity and Conflict in Burma
Richard Humphries
Tech Day 2008
Mari Yamauchi, Marlen Harrison, Shawn White, Bill White, Craig Gamble, Troy Guze, Kevin Lucas, Sally Thelen, Trent Spriggs, and Matthew Rooks
Presentation Zen: How to design and deliver compelling presentations
Garr Reynolds
Peer Support Writing Workshop
Myles Grogan, Matt Apple, Deryn Verity
From a Silk Cocoon (viewing the award-winning film with its co-writer and director)
Satsuki Ina, California State Univ., Sacramento
Tech Day 2007
Tom Robb, Myles Grogan, Gordon Wilson, Leon Bell, and more
Osaka JALT Chapter Bonenkai at Namba Parks Saijiki restaurant
It's a party!
Shinnenkai at Osaka Hilton's Checkers Restaurant
It's a party!
Exploring Action Research Methods: Examples from an Extensive Reading Program
Greg Sholdt, Himeji Dokkyo University
Civil Rights in Japan
Arudou Debito
The Mary Matsuda Gruenwald Story and Hanami Social
Mary Matsuda Gruenewald, author of Looking Like the Enemy: My Story of Imprisonment in Japanese American Internment Camps
Tech Day 2006
Bill Pellowe, Robert Chartrand, Gordon Wilson, Cameron Romney and more
Storytelling Workshop
Charles Kowalski, Brian Caspino, Steve Thompson, David Simpson, and more
Authoring Autonomy: Experience, Resistance and Resolution
Tim Murphey, Keiko Sakui, Neil Cowie, Stacey Vye, Eric Skier, and Martha Robertson
Group-Building in the Classroom
Warren Decker
Wine, Cheese, and The New TOEIC (followed by Osaka Chapter elections and business meeting)
Lin Lougheed of Pearson Longman, and Grant Trew of Oxford University Press
What's Lev Got to Do With It? Vygotskyan Trends in Recent Pedagogy, Professional Development and Language Acquisition
Larry Metzger, Deryn Verity, and David Woodfield
Obstacles to Improving English Learning in Japan
Robert Aspinall, D. Phil.
Hanami Social (change of date)
Everyone is welcome to share ideas, mix and mingle at this social event.
Outdoor Language Learning: An Alternative Learning Environment
Terry Fellner, Himeji Dokkyo University
Storytelling and English Workshop
Beniko Mason, Rex Tanimoto, and The Multi-lingual Materials Development Group
Tech Day
Gordon Wilson (Hannan Univ.), Steve Silsbee (Hannan & Momoyama Univ.), Cameron Romney (Momoyama Univ.), & Marlen Harrison (Momoyama & Doshisha Univ.)
2nd Annual Work in Progress Mini-Conference: A Day Celebrating Learner Development
Stacy Vye, Yoko Wakui, Marlen Harrison, Matthew Apple, Amanda Bradley, Etsuko Shimo, Brian Caspino, Bob Sanderson, Denise Haugh, Terry Fellner and more
Teaching Grammar Communicatively
David Nunan
4th Annual Storytelling Festival and Symposium
Curtis Kelly, Beniko Mason, Brian Caspino, Rex Tanimoto, and many more (including many students)
Osaka JALT Chapter Bonenkai at Universal City's Chicago for Ribs Restaurant
It's a Party!
"I'm sorry, I can't remember" - Adapting Memorization Activities to Require Thinking
John Fanselow
Mini-Conference on English Language Teaching
Mary Jeannot, James Hunter, Gerald Williams, Jun Arimoto, Jonathan Aliponga, Rie Sugiura, Ken Tamai
DramaWorks Revisited
Theo Steckler of Dramaworks
Language Awareness
Deryn P. Verity, Ph.D., Professor, Osaka Jogakuin College
Teaching Children Conference
Tom Merner, Curtis Kelly, Yukie Kawaguchi, Chris Hunt, Linda Wittig, Yuko Uno, Anthony Torbert, Reiko Tada, Kanae Noda, and Don Block
A Day Celebrating Learner Development: Work in Progress
Andy Barfield, Mike Nix, Stacy Vye, Yoko Wakui, Eiko Iwata, Marlen Harrison, Kathi Kitao, Ellen Head, Denise Haugh, Amy Fenning, Matthew Apple, Larry Metzger, and more!
Support for Narrow Listening Libraries, followed by Annual Chapter Business Meeting and Officers' Election
Brian Caspino, Himeji Dokkyo University
Osaka Chapter Bonenkai
It's a party!
English Education in Viet Nam and Thailand
Professor Cao Loan of Viet Nam National University, Gerald Williams of Kansai University of International Studies, and Brent Poole
Spring Picnic Party [postponed to 4/27]
It's a picnic!
Osaka JALT Summer Meeting & Social
Tom Pendergast
Scrivener's Model and Task Based Learning
Jason Moser
Osaka JALT Chapter Business Meeting and Officer Elections Party
None
An Informal Discussion with Elka Todeva
Elka Todeva, School for International Training
Passport or Excess Baggage? Current Concerns in Socio-cultural Training in the Classroom
Simon Greenall
New Year Get-together (2002)
Johann Junge, Creative Services International
Teaching Writing EFL
Curtis Kelly, Heian Jogakuin University
Two presentations: 1) Effective Communicative Teaching Ideas for All Ability Levels, 2) Textbook Activities: Making Them Work for You
1) Gerald Williams and Alison Mackenzie, 2) Rebecca Arthur
Culture and the Language Classroom
Joshua Kurzweil and Brian Long
Two presentations: (1) Global Issues and Creative Mind-Mapping; (2) Testing Basics: The ABCs
Tim Newfields
Pot Luck Party and Workshop in Beautiful Mino Park
Wade Muncil
Language and Cognitive Science
Dean Williams
Self Assessment
Gregory Anderson, Kwansei Gakuin University
Developing a Conversational Syllabus
Josh Kurzweil, Kansai University
Stories for the Heart
Curtis Kelly and Mitsuo Nakamura, Heian Jogakuin University
English Teaching Development in Vietnam
Nguyen thi Hoai An, a featured speaker at JALT 2001
Personal and Public Writing
Michael Carroll, Momoyama University