This is an archive of all of the past events of Hiroshima Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching on ELT Calendar.
The Planning and Development of an Active English Curriculum for University First-Year English Majors
Keith Barrs, Amir Feroze, Daniel Hougham, Hosam Elmetaher, Jim Ronald and Philip Head
Gaining Insight Into Your Classroom Through Reflective Practice
Joan M. Kuroda
Applying Research When Making a University-Wide Vocabulary Program: Doing What Works, Not What Is Easy
Stuart McLean (Osaka Jogakuin)
The Benefits Of Shared Reading As Perceived By Japanese Parents, Pre-service, And In-service Educators
Aaron Sponseller, Yasuko Iwasaka, Brett Walter, Mitsuko Kashiba, and Seiji Fukazawa
Improving Student Motivation Through Using a Language Support Center: How the e-Clinic Benefits Students at Shimane University
John Telloyan, Lynne Murphy, and Jun Iwata, Shimane University
Graduate Student Showcase
Hao Jingxin, Stella Anggrainy, Rie Yamaji, Zeinab Shekarabi
Who Owns English? Exploring Linguistic Ideologies in High School Textbooks
Rob McGregor. Hiroshima Motomachi Municipal Senior High School
Motivation and Alienation: Resistance as a Natural Part of Language Learning
Joseph Shaules, Juntendo University
(1) English Use Outside of the Classroom: L2 Learners or ELF Users? (2) EIL Language in the Era of Globalization in Japan: How do we manage the imbalance of power of language?
(1) Miki Shibata; (2) Fuyuko Takita (Hiroshima University)
The 6th Annual OLE SIG Conference: The Past, Present and Future of Second Foreign Languages in Japan
Several speakers
The 6th Annual OLE SIG Conference (day 2 of 2)
Several speakers
Hiroshima JALT 2017 Conference
To be announced
Behavioural Economics for Your Classroom
Arthur Rutson-Griffiths (Hiroshima Bunko Women's University)
iPads and iBooks: Adding to the EFL Classroom
Tamara Swenson (Osaka Jogakuin Daigaku)
EFL Teacher Journeys Conference
To be announced; call for papers due May 8
More Talking, Less Drilling: Developing Tasks with Communicative Intent
Brett Walter (Hiroshima University)
Doing Action Research: My Project on Teacher Talk and Interactional Strategies and a Brainstorming Workshop for Practitioners
Daniel Hougham (Hiroshima University)
My Share & Book Review
To be announced
JALT International Conference Sneak Preview
To be announced
Academic Writing Special: Scaffolding the Writing Process
Dorothy Zemach (JALT2016 Four Corners Tour Speaker)
Pragmatics and Language Education Workshop
Noriko Ishihara (Hosei U.), Seiji Fukazawa (Hiroshima U.), Ryota Nagata (Hiroshima U.), Michiko Kasuya (University of Hyogo), Mayu Konakahara (Waseda U.), and Yoko Nogami (Matsuyama U.)
Pragmatics and Language Education Workshop (day 2 of 2)
Noriko Ishihara (Hosei U.), Seiji Fukazawa (Hiroshima U.), Ryota Nagata (Hiroshima U.), Michiko Kasuya (University of Hyogo), Mayu Konakahara (Waseda U.), and Yoko Nogami (Matsuyama U.)
Ideas and Inspiration for Raising Bilingual Kids
Adam Beck (Bilingual Monkeys)
Writing EFL Materials for the Japanese Market: A Focus on Materials for Japanese Teachers
Diane Hawley Nagatomo
TEAP: A Model For The Revision Of Japan's University Entrance Exam System
Michael Todd Fouts (Eiken Foundation of Japan)
HAFU: The Mixed-Race Experience in Japan (2013) Film Screen & Panel Discussion
Panelists: Rachael Burke, PhD, and others to be announced
Hiroshima JALT 2015 Mini-Conference and Book Fair
Call for proposals due Sept 30
Active Participation through Student Response Systems
Bill Pellowe (Kinki University, Fukuoka)
Book Reports
Dawn Kobayashi, Miki Shibata, Richard Gabbrielli, Susan Meiki, Tim Buthod, Fuyuko Ruetenik
Helping Students with Learning Weaknesses
Cynthia Akazawa (Owner, Interact English School, Kurashiki)
Teaching Humor in the EFL Classroom
Richard Hodson (Lecturer, University of Nagasaki Siebold)
CEFR-J Workshop
Fergus O'Dwyer (Osaka University), Annie Semmelroth (Hiroshima Bunkyo Women's University), Azusa Kodate (Hiroshima Bunkyo Women's University)
Hiroshima JALT 2013 Mini-conference: Creativity and Collaboration
Ken Wilson and many others! Call for papers due September 30th
The Secrets of Successful Language Learners
Four Successful Language Learners
Teaching English in Junior High School
Allan V. Antonio (Assistant Language Teacher), Jessica Moore (Assistant Language Teacher), Hisae Hosaki (English Instructor)
(1) The Secrets of Peer Tutoring; (2) iPads for Teacher Toolkits
(1) Craig Manning (University of Shimane); (2) Steve Henneberry (University of Shimane)
Textbooks, Tasks, and Fluency
Theron Muller
Professional Development through Collaboration on Quantitative Research
Gregory Sholdt (Kobe University)
National Conference Sneak Preview, and My Share
Hiroshima Area Speakers
Students' Voice and Critical Thinking About Environmental Issues through News Item Writing
Inggy Yuliani Pribady
The Best Ways to Learn Japanese
Ed McNamara (Koyo Higashi High School, JET Program), Monika Szirmai (Hiroshima International University), Warren Tang (Graduate School of Education, Hiroshima University), Joe Lauer (Hiroshima Univers
Hiroshima JALT Mini-Conference and Bookfair
Barbara Sakamoto (sponsored by Oxford University Press), Aleda Krause (sponsored by Pearson Kirihara Longman)
Essential elements of effective TOEIC Prep
Grant Trew (Oxford University Press)
Improving English Reading Abilities
To be announced
Bringing Pragmatics to the Classroom
Jim Ronald (Hiroshima Shudo University)
Quantitative Research 101: An extended seminar/workshop
Carol Rinnert and Ian Willey
National Conference Sneak Preview
To be decided
Hiroshima JALT Bonenkai
Members and friends
Extensive Reading, Public Speaking, TOEIC, and more
John Letcher (Cambridge University Press) and Marcos Benevides (ABAX)
(1) Teaching English Verbs; (2) The Silent Way
(1) Tomoaki Iguchi (Kwansei Gukuin University); (2) Don Cherry (Hiroshima Kokusai University)
Teaching Children English Mini-Conference
Aleda Krause, and many others
Being Constructive with Moodle
Peter Ruthven-Stuart (Future University Hakodate)
Talking About JALT Special Interest Groups (SIGs)
Carol Rinnert (Hiroshima City University), Jim Ronald (Hiroshima Shudo University), Keith Hoy (Suzugamine Women's College), and Eleanor Kane (University of Shimane)
How Native English Speakers See Gairaigo in Japan (followed by My Share)
Ashley Souther (Takeda Junior and Senior High School), Jerry O'Sullivan (Hiroshima Jogakuin Junior and Senior High School)
Corpling: A More Efficient Approach to the Teaching and Learning of Vocabulary
Warren Tang (various schools) and Simon Fraser (Hiroshima University)
New Perspectives on Pragmatic Instruction: Moving Beyond Monolingual Norms
Carol Rinnert (Hiroshima City University)
Reasons Why Experienced EFL Teachers Stay Positive and Motivated
Neil Cowie, Okayama University
(1) Helping Students Speak English Better; (2) My Share
(1) Eiko Nakamura (Okayama University and Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare ); (2) All welcome!
(1) Oral Presentations; (2) Podcasts; (3) My Share
(1 and 2) Joe Lauer (Hiroshima University); (3) Everyone
Prepare Your Students for Academic Studies
Eri Okuda (Oxford University Press)
Teaching Japanese, and WWII
Sue Atsuko Kawashima (City University of New York)
Making Our Teaching More Effective
Shirley Leane
(1) Cultural Factors in Teaching English; (2) Improving Your Public Speaking Skills
(1) Hideo Horibe, Hiroshima Instutute of Technology; (2) Jim Forsyth, Aki Toastmaster's Club
Extensive Reading Seminar 2008
Eleanor Kane, Fiona MacGregor, Daniel Stewart, Atsuko Takase
Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) in ELT (English Language Teaching) in Vietnamese Schools: Reality and Solutions
Tran Van Phuoc
Turning a Popular Authentic Text into a Language Course
Kenneth Fordyce (Hiroshima University)
End-of-the-Year Party
It's a party!
Media and Foreign Image Building
Yasuhiro Inoue (Hiroshima City University)
Poetics for Autonomous Learning and Teaching
Hugh Nicoll (Miyazaki Municipal University)
The New TOEIC Test: Understanding and Overcoming the Challenges
Grant Trew
Choice by Choice: A Workshop on Curriculum Design
Timothy Buthod, Hiroshima Bunkyo Women's University
Can we communicate without using strategies? Pedagogical implications of studies on communication strategies (CS)
Chiaki Iwai (Professor, Faculty of International Studies, Hiroshima City University)
There's a book inside all of us
Paul Moritoshi
Part A: Actually Teaching Listening: The importance of script and of supra-segmental phonology. Part B: Teaching the Strategies of Speaking
Alastair Graham-Marr (Abax ELT Publishers)
Cultural and International Activities Foster Student Motivation
Fumiko Itakura
Project-based Learning in ESL
Arifa Rahman, Dhaka University, Bangladesh
Specialized Vocabulary and My Share
Simon Fraser (Hiroshima University) and everyone present!
Two presentations: (1) Using your iPod in the classroom; (2) Using podcasts - even without an iPod!
Bill Pellowe (Kinki University)
Teaching English to Children
Yukiko Shima (Tokyo University of Science, Yamaguchi) and Katherine Mackay (Pearson Education- Longman)
Looking Like the Enemy
Mary Matsuda Gruenewald
A Crash Course in Public Speaking
Dennis Woolbright (Seinan Jogakuin University)
Psycholinguists and Second Language Ability
Jun Yamada (Professor, Hiroshima University)
Task-based Language Learning Through Debate
Eiko Nakamura (Okayama Prefecture's Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare)
Two Topics: Student Resistance, followed by Putting Reading and Listening Online
Keiko Sakui (Kobe's Shoin Women's University) and Gordon Luster (Language Education and Research Network, Inc.)
Sneak Preview of the JALT International Conference in Kitakyushu, Nov. 2-5
Dan McCourt (University of Shimane); Joe Lauer (Hiroshima University); and Maria Trovela and Carol Fujii (Fukuyama University)
New Year Get Together
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Online Group Discussions
Wesley Dennis (Hiroshima Shudo University)
Three Interesting Approaches for Improving the Quality of Your English Lessons
Robin Manning, Tim Buthod, and Eleanor Kane (all from Hiroshima Bunkyo Women's University)
Teaching English to Junior High School Students
Goro Tajiri (Higashi Izumo Junior High School)
Teaching English to Elementary School Children: The Steiner Way
Prof. Dr. Christoph Jaffke (Visiting Scholar: Hiroshima University)
Engaging Learners in Their Own Learning with a Drama Approach
Steve Brown, National President of JALT
A New Approach to Teaching Children for Skilled Teachers
Naoko Ogikubo
My Share and National Conference Sneak Preview
James Ronald (Hiroshima Shudo University) and anyone else who wants to present
Strategic and Spiral Ways of Developing Students' Speaking Abilities
Goro Tajiri (NHK's Wakuwaku Jugyo and Higashi Izumo Junior High School)
Creative Activities for Teachers: Finding Your Bounce, Fizz and Zoom Again
Richard Gabbrielli (Yasuda Women's University) and Ron Klein (Hiroshima Jogakuin University)
Hiroshima JALT Bonenkai
Everyone is welcome
Looking Back at 2003, Looking Ahead to 2004: Teacher Sharing
Everyone present
Teaching English to Children
Katherine MacKay, Longman
Intensive English Training on the Web (IETW)
Nobuyuki Aoki and Tomoe Watanabe, Hiroshima City University
Using Music in the Classroom
Christian Lister, Hiroshima Shudo University
Communicate the Magic in You
Tim Murphey and Brad Deacon
Material Writers Panel Discussion
Simon Capper, Richard Gabrielli, Joe Lauer, Carol Rinnert, and Keiso Tatsukawa
English Language Education in Elementary Schools
Paul Hackshaw (Ryukoku University, Kyoto)
Two Topics: (1) Teaching Writing via Computers, (2) Improving Your Spelling Skills
Joe Lauer (Hiroshima University)
Jazz Chants by Carolyn Graham
Carolyn Graham
Four Presentations
Mark Zeid, Gordon Luster, and Ian Nakamura
Theatre and Comedy in the Classroom
Interacting Theater Group
Three Ways of Looking at Words
Paul Meara, University of Wales, Swansea
Beyond "Political Correctness" in Language Assessment: A View from an Outsider
H. Douglas Brown, Professor of English at San Francisco State University
Hiroshima JALT Bookfair 2003
Several presenters
Language Awareness and International Understanding through English
Kip Cates
Two Presentations: 1) Teacher Development, 2) Vocabulary Acquisition
1) Stuart Ruttan, and 2) Tomoko Nakamura
Putting Words in Their Mouths: Dictogloss, Shadowing and Summarizing
John Small, Kumamoto Gakuen University
Quality of Life in the Language Classroom: Why it matters and what we can do about it
Dick Allwright, Lancaster University, England
Teaching English to Children
Genki English
Writing Effective Language Tests for Both Accuracy and Fluency
James Dean Brown, University of Hawai'i at Manoa
Going Beyond Memorization
John Fanselow, Former TESOL President
Teaching Children How to Read English
Joe Lauer (Hiroshima University), Adam Beck (Hiroshima Starship), Mari Tsuruda (Hiroshima YMCA), and Junko Noborizato (Noborizato's Juku)
Sneak Preview of the National JALT Conference
Linda Kadota and Ian Nakamura
Bonenkai and Thank You Party
Naomi Fujishima, Tim Gutierrez, Roidina Salisbury, Chiaki Iwai, and Masamichi Miaoku
Hiroshima Book Fair 2002
Various speakers
Swap Shop Featuring Everyone Present!
Everyone
The Current State of Teaching English in Japanese Schools
Miyaoku Masamichi
Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language
: Prof. Nagara, Hijiyama University, and Prof. Hosoki, University of Maryland
Teaching English in Other East Asian Countries
Ian Nakamura, Peter Wang, Lauran Merginio
Toastmasters
Mr. Kinley, Installation Business Management Officer at the Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, and Advanced Toastmaster
Covenant Players: A Drama Workshop
Kurt and Cathy Purucker
Pre-JALT National Conference Warm-Up Meeting
various speakers
Boinguage (What is it? Attend and discover.)
John Fanselow, International Pacific College, New Zealand
Cat's Feat: From Practice to Principle in Task Design and Task-based Learning
Dr. Jane Willis, Aston University
Hiroshima JALT Bookfair 2001
Several presenters
Empowering Students via Ethnographic Study Abroad
Linda Kadota
Two presentations
(1) Yayoi Akagi (2) Simon Capper, Joe Lauer, Joel Harris
Two presentations: (1) Starting Right with SuperTots and (2) Pingu Play! For Every Child's First English Experience
(1) Michelle Nagashima (co-author of SuperTots), (2) Katherine Mackay (ELT consultant)
Two presentations: (1) Global Issues, and (2) Raising Money For Charity
(1) Brian Teaman, Hiroshima University (2) Adam Beck, Hiroshima International School
Go to the JACET Conference
Several quality speakers
Star Taxi
Theo Steckler, Ian Frankly, and Marc Sheffner of Drama Works
Raising Japanese-English Bilingual Children in Japan.
Joe Lauer, Adam Beck, Susan Meiki, Kato Kumiko, David M. Mosher
Pre-JALT Presentations
various
Lesson Planning By Threads
Tessa Woodward
Measuring School Achievement as Part of the Development of the Educational System of the Philippines in the 21st Century
Raul C. Laborte, Emilio Ramos National High School, Davao City, the Philippines