Events of professional interest to language teachers in Maebashi City.

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• Past 5 Events in Maebashi City
• March 23rd (Sunday) 2025

• Gunma JALT

  How to avoid falling prey to predatory publishers and conferences

  2:00 PM-5:00 PM,

  James McCrostie (Daito Bunka University)

  Predatory publishers and conferences threaten academia around the world. This presentation defines predatory publishers and conference organizers as publications and events produced by a for-profit company that aim to maximize profits, employ deception, and have no genuine concern to contribute to academic knowledge.

   
• May 19th (Sunday) 2024

• Gunma JALT

  Online Text Reconstruction Exercises and Metadiscourse Markers Use

  2:00 PM-4:30 PM,

  David Gann (Tokyo University of Science)

  Discover how Online Text Reconstruction Exercises (OTREs), particularly WebSequiturs, can enhance teaching argumentative writing! This engaging presentation will delve into the impressive improvements in students' use of discourse markers, showcasing increased variety, appropriacy, and communicative functions in their writing.

   
• June 9th (Sunday) 2019

• Gunma JALT

  Tech it from us!

  2:00 PM-4:30 PM,

  Kayvon Havaei-Ahary and Jason Demsteader

  Description: You don't need tech in the classroom. You've been motivating students for years.

   
• May 19th (Sunday) 2019

• Gunma JALT

  Managing Special Needs Students in the EFL Classroom

  2:00 PM-4:30 PM,

  Jennifer Yphantides (Soka University)

  Although it appears as if there has been an increase in students with mental disorders such as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHS) and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), the higher numbers are in fact due to more recognition and better diagnostic tools (Rogers & Dawson, 2010; Silberman, 2015).

   
• January 27th (Sunday) 2019

• Gunma JALT

  Navigating the Discussion of "Challenging" Topics in High School and University English Classes

  2:00 PM-4:30 PM,

  Marian Hara

  The Education Ministry has announced that communication, thinking and discussion skills must be developed to help produce Japanese citizens who are able to hold their own in our globalized world.