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Dear chapter members,


It’s June, the semester is about half over, and everyone is already ready for summer. As the Emergency Declaration continues on we know some of you are teaching online, some face to face, or a combination of both. We hope you are all staying safe and healthy during this time. 
            Before we get to the events, if you could take a few minutes of your time and give us some feedback by filling out this survey by clicking on the icon below or on the link:


https://forms.gle/ksT8q54WyeqYR81e7 we would very much appreciate it.
Kyoto chapter is organizing a “Post”-Pandemic Practice Colloquium with the Teacher Development (TD) SIG featuring: Takaaki Hiratsuka, Chie Ogawa, Nancy Shzh-chen Lee, and Adrianne Verla Uchida. Come listen to their research and insight into the pandemic we’re all going through.
The Social Justice + Language Teaching Working Group will hold their regular meeting on the 23rd of this month at 8PM. If you are interested in joining, please fill out the registration form. Working Group Coordinator, Betsy Lavolette, will send out Zoom links closer to the day.
Finally, July 10th we will have an event presenting advising in language learning. Advising in Language Learning (ALL) is a growing field in language education that focuses on supporting language learners to become autonomous learners (Benson, 2011; Mozzon-McPherson & Vismans, 2001; Mynard & Carson, 2012). In this joint event by JALT Kyoto and the Japan Association for Self-Access Learning (JASAL), participants will get a taster of what advising in language learning is and how it can be used in everyday interactions with learners in and outside of the classroom.
Register here: http://tinyurl.com/kyotoandjasaljuly
Also make sure that you fill out your absentee ballot for this year’s  JALT OGM. JALT will hold its Annual Ordinary General Meeting (OGM) of 2021 on June 27, 2021. The meeting will be held from 14:30 -15:30. For more information on the OGM, please see
 
https://jalt.org/main/ogm-ballot-2021
 
I just voted using the email that was sent out by JALT National and it took me literally less than a minute but if you can't find that email please use the link above.
 
 
Also, in this issue, you can find more details about JALT News, events throughout Kansai, calls for papers/proposals, and a job advertisement.
 
Kind regards,
Richard Sparrow
 
Publicity Chair
On behalf of the Kyoto JALT Team
 
Kyoto JALT’s 2021 Event Schedule (Upcoming)
 

  • Social Justice + Language Teaching Working Group meeting June 23rd
  • Post”-Pandemic Practices Colloquium June 19th
  • Advising in Language Learning and Its Application to Classroom Teaching July 10th

 
Kyoto JALT Social Justice Working Group
 
Date: June 23, 8:00 - 9:30 PM
Speaker: Gregory Paul Glasgow
Title: A Global Englishes Approach to ELT: Implications for Social Justice
 
The Global Englishes (GE) paradigm (Rose & Galloway, 2019) calls on applied linguists, policymakers, educators and learners alike to appreciate the lingua-cultural diversity of English, or the creative and fluid ways in which the language is used worldwide. However, the international ELT industry, especially in Japan, has been notoriously slow to adopt this new orientation to teaching English due to the stubborn prevalence of stereotypical notions of what English speakers look and sound like. I would like to briefly describe the principles of a “Global Englishes Language Teaching” approach, and point out what I have done throughout my career to adopt these principles into my teaching philosophy and practice. I would also like to elicit ways in which you could consider incorporating GE-informed approaches to language teaching that have implications for social justice.
 
 
Kyoto JALT’s “Post” Pandemic Practices Colloquium
(with JALT’s Teacher Development SIG)
Date: June 19th 1PM~
on Zoom:
https://ritsumei-ac-jp.zoom.us/j/98485577910?pwd=Nmw1cG9udnhNZUVNczJRbE42U2pjUT09
 
1:00-1:05 Opening
 
1:05-1:30  Moving forward: Reflections from a year of ERT by Adrianne Verla Uchida (Nihon University College of International Relations)
 
With the start of 2021 continuing online, it offered the opportunity to look back on the past year of ERT. The good, the bad, and everything in between. This presentation will look at my growth as a tertiary educator and first-time mother as I learned to juggle those roles to survive and occasionally even thrive during the pandemic. I will share about the computer and smartphone applications that I integrated in my lessons, the role that various communities of practice played in supporting me mentally, and the joys and challenges of being a new mom during that time. Through reflecting and sharing my experiences, I hope to draw attention to the challenges that primary caregivers, especially mothers, have faced during this time and encourage others to engage with both established and new communities of practice as a way to engage in professional development during these changing times.
 
1:40-2:05 Dreams cut short but heads held high: Study abroad in the times of coronavirus by Takaaki Hiratsuka (Ryukoku University)
 
The emergence of a novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has brought about a historically unprecedented and rapidly evolving situation where the entire world has been put under threat with widespread panic and anxiety concerning the unknown illness. Language teachers are among many whose quality of life has been affected in a dramatic manner. In particular, pre-service teacher candidates who participated in study-abroad programs had to respond to the global pandemic in a foreign land by abruptly ending their study or suddenly shifting to online classes. This study explored the experiences of two of such pre-service teachers from Japan who undertook year-long study-abroad programs, one in Sweden and the other in Taiwan. Using narrative, this chapter documents the ways in which the participants reacted to the life-changing event, via the intricate process of feeling initial distress, finding subsequent acceptance, and expressing dispositional optimism. This chapter also examines how their idiosyncratic experiences might influence their attitudes towards teaching English in Japan and their plans for becoming English language teachers in the future. Implications are also raised for study-abroad programs, teacher education, and future research. 
 
2:05-2:25 Break/ Networking
 
2:25-2:50 How can teachers better self-manage themselves when teaching online? by Chie Ogawa (Kyoto Sangyo University)  & Nancy Shzh-chen Lee (Osaka University)
 
The Covid-19 pandemic changed the delivery of many classes from face-to-face to online. We investigated teachers’ self-efficacy to teach online by surveying 138 university English teachers in Japan during the pandemic in June, 2020. A survey with 30 Likert-scale items was developed to examine four latent constructs of online teaching self-efficacy: pedagogy, technology, CLT, and self-management. Results showed that teachers were highly self-efficacious about teaching online but were not self-efficacious to manage themselves especially with time usage. In this workshop, we would like to share ideas of how teachers manage their time efficiently while shifting to online teaching. In the first half, the presenters will share the results of their survey and in the second half, they will conduct group discussions in breakout rooms. This session will not be recorded so that the audience and the presenters can actively share ideas/concerns/strategies of their time-and self-management for teaching online.
 
2:50~ Announcements/ Open Discussion
 

 
 
Kyoto JALT’s JASAL Event July 10th
 

 
News
 
JALT OGM Absentee Ballot
JALT will hold its Annual Ordinary General Meeting (OGM) of 2021 on June 27, 2021. The meeting will be held from 14:30 -15:30. For more information on the OGM, please see
 
https://jalt.org/main/ogm-ballot-2021
 
I just voted using the email that was sent out by JALT National and it took me literally less than a minute but if you can't find that email please use the link above
 
JALT2020 Content on YouTube
https://youtube.com/c/JALTJapanAssociationforLanguageTeaching
 
Issues of Race and Native Speakerism in ELT Content on YouTube
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMFeioihDfkPnl1qNxpDn9GSly7EvQ77F
 
JALT Website Update Reminder: Reset your password
We have rebuilt our website from the ground up, and launched the new site in March. If you are a returning JALT Member and logging in to the new website for the first time, please reset your password. If you are a new JALT member, please create a new account. If you'd like a video overview of resetting your password, we made one for you: https://youtu.be/Ymu6OrwIFrM
 
CUE Conference plenary speaker announcement
The Plenary Speaker of CUE Conference 2021 will be Alexandra Burke. Her session topic will be on Neurodiversity and mainstream university classrooms. Alexandra Burke is a graduate of the University of Canberra and Monash University, with a former civil service public policy career focusing on equity of access. At JALT 2020 she won two Michele Steele Best of JALT Awards for inclusive teaching presentations. She also won Best Poster awards at the 2019 and 2020 JALT International Conferences, sharing the 2019 award with co-presenter Kirika Kushiyama. Alexandra Burke is one of the founding officers of the new JALT Accessibility in Language Learning SIG. 
CUE Conference 2021 will be held online Saturday, September 11th, 2021.
Please see: http://conference.jaltcue.org/2021-cue-sig-conference/ for details.
 
Call for paper: CUE Conference 2021 (due July 4)
The JALT CUE 2021 Conference will be held online on Saturday, September 11, 2021. We welcome submissions for short presentations or professional development workshops on topics of interest to the college and university education community. Proposals are due by Sunday, July 4 at 11:59 p.m. More information can be found at the CUE Conference website, http://conference.jaltcue.org/2021-call-for-papers/.
 
JALT Research Ethics Committee seeks member applications
Looking for three JALT members to be part of the newly-formed JALT Research Ethics Committee. If you have experience in research publications as an editor or researcher and are interested in joining a JALT committee that will discuss issues related to research ethics in JALT publications and JALT-related research issues, please send a message to Robert Chartrand vp@jalt.org
 
 
Online Events
 
Tech My Share : Yokohama JALT Annual Event 2021
Yokohama
 
Date: Saturday, June 12, 2021 - 1:00pm
Online Meeting: Yes
Event Speakers: Call for Presentations is now open
Cost for Jalt Members: Free
Cost for non-Jalt Members: Free
 
YoJALT will have its annual Tech My Share from 1pm online. We’ll be sharing practical ideas for language teaching and learning. Join us to hear five short talks on various ideas using technology to take back to your classroom, followed by Q&A and discussion. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/157571535705
 
Schedule of presentations:
 
1. The Role of Paper-Based Materials in Online EFL Teaching Environment
Yaoko Matsuoka: International Christian University
Hiroyuki Ida : Josai University
 
Abstract: With the pandemic forcing the implementation of online classes, while various online language materials are being developed, there was not much discussion about the need for paper-based materials. We surveyed about 100 undergraduates to find out the significance and usage of paper-based materials in online classes in 2020. Our findings suggested the potential importance of paper-based textbooks for students participating in classes remotely. This presentation's aim is twofold: to reconsider the definition of "class material" based on the insights gained from the study and to further explore the issue with the current attendees.
 
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2. Different Modes of Multimodalities in EFL Class Activity
Tomotaka Shiroyama: Nagoya Women’s University / MPhil student at University of Exeter
 
Abstract: Today, EFL education in Japan is to improve students’ communicative ability. However, Ozeki (2010) criticized EFL classes as being the only places where students could interact with foreign languages. To change the context of EFL in Japan, TBLT using multimodalities has the potential to improve not only students’ autonomy but also classroom quality. This study explored Asian college students’ language performance using multimodalities. The findings show that the multimodalities in TBLT framework have the potential to not only enhance students’ language skills, but also to promote authentic language use beyond EFL classes.
 
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3. Designing and Establishing Simple Educational Websites
Margalit Faden: Department of International Studies, Tokai University
 
Abstract: In response to Covid-19, academic institutions have adopted and promoted the use of a wide array of online learning management systems. Although these systems offer many benefits, one drawback is that part-time instructors employed by more than one institution are forced to dedicate substantial amounts of time to learning how to use and adapt class materials and resources to a variety of systems. This presentation will briefly explain how instructors can overcome this obstacle by designing and establishing simple educational websites on WordPress to share materials, resources, and information with students across courses and universities.
 
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4. Using Data-driven Learning to Aid in Academic Writing
Sarah Deutchman : Waseda University
 
Abstract: Data-driven learning (DDL) can be used to teach writing skills. DDL can be used to advise students on how to use academic phrases and academic vocabulary that can be used to improve academic writing. This allows students to sound more natural. This presentation will involve an activity to let participants experience DDL for themselves and offer some suggestions for activities.
 
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5. A Drawing App for Teaching from a Textbook over Zoom
Steve Paton : Fukuoka University
 
Abstract: Without an elaborate multi-camera setup, it’s difficult to use and share a textbook with students during a Zoom lesson. Occasionally holding the textbook up to the computer’s camera is far from ideal. With an iPad, however, it is simple and effective. By importing scans or photos of textbook pages into a drawing app, and sharing the iPad screen directly through Zoom, teachers can write directly onto the virtual page, zoom in and out, and effectively guide students through the material. This presentation will introduce the powerful but inexpensive iPad app “SketchClub”, and demonstrate a year’s worth of almost daily experience.
 
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* Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/157571535705
 
Does Performance-Based Language Assessment Really Work? A Case Study in Hokkaido, Japan
Hokkaido
 
Date: Saturday, June 12, 2021. Presentation 6:00pm - 7:00pm, 19:00 - 19:20 Q & A
Event Speakers: Bordin Chinda, Matt Cotter, Matthew Ebery, Don Hinkelman, Peter Lambert, and Annie Miller
Cost for Jalt Members: JALT Members and students - Free admission
Cost for non-Jalt Members: We would appreciate a donation of 500 yen payable through PayPal or bank transfer. (If a JALT member sponsors a non-member by writing their name on the registration form, that person can attend for free.)
 
Location: Zoom Webinar (After we have confirmed your membership or fee payment via the registration form at the link below, we will send you the Zoom link and password by email on the day of the event.)
 
https://forms.gle/vik2izkqsCJhDCEUA
 
JALT Members and students - Free admission
 
Non-JALT members : We would appreciate a donation of 500 yen payable through PayPal or bank transfer. (If a JALT member sponsors a non-member by writing their name on the registration form, that person can attend for free.)
 
Summary
 
Performance-based assessment has gained increased attention from ELT practitioners as this type of assessment evaluates actual performances produced by students. It is believed performance-based assessment could create intended and unintended consequences on the learning experience. This impact that affects teaching practices and learning behavior variously is termed “washback effect”. This presentation reports a case study investigation of the washback of performance-based assessment used by three English language teachers in Hokkaido, Japan, each of whom implemented their own course-specific assessments. Employing qualitative research of in-depth interview and self-reflection methods, it was found that performance-based language assessment created both positive and negative effects on teachers, teaching, and students. This presentation will illustrate how the teachers prepared students for assessment tasks, how teachers’ reacted towards performance-based assessment, and how these impacted on their assessments and perceptions of the assessment. The students’ reactions towards the assessment and teachers’ preparation methods will also be discussed.
 
Profiles
 
Bordin Chinda is an Assistant Professor at Chiang Mai University, Thailand and is currently a visiting professor at Sapporo Gakuin University. His research interests include performance-based language assessment, washback and impact studies, and teacher education.
 
Matt Cotter, formerly a primary school teacher in New Zealand, lectures at Hokusei Gakuen University Junior College. His research interests include indigenous cultures, intercultural communication, and assessment for learning.
 
Matthew Ebrey, presently completing his Master of Education, has lived in Sapporo for the last ten years, teaching at all levels of pre-tertiary education. He is looking forward to finding new avenues of research through his post-graduate education, and he has sights set on teaching at university in the future.
 
Don Hinkelman teaches intercultural communication skills at Sapporo Gakuin University. He has researched performance assessment and co-developed the video assessment module for Moodle (a rubric-based self and peer evaluation tool).
 
Peter Lambert, a certified elementary and middle school teacher in Canada, teaches at high schools in Sapporo. His research interests include cross-curricular studies (mixing English with math), optimizing student goal setting and teaching empathic negotiation strategies.
 
Annie Miller started out as a classical musician, but has been teaching English in universities in Hokkaido for the past twenty years. She currently teaches primarily at Hokusei Gakuen University. She got interested in washback research this past year after meeting Prof. Bordin Chinda.
 
題名:パフォーマンスに基づいた言語アセスメントは本当に有効か?北海道でのケーススタディ
 
発表者:ボルディン・チンダ博士、マット・コッター氏、ダン・ヒンケルマン博士、ピーター・ランバート氏、アニー・ミラー氏、マシュー・エブリー 氏 日時:6月12日(土曜日) 午後18:00 - 19:00発表, 19:00 - 19:20 Q&A
 
会場:zoom webinar (下記の登録フォームからの申し込み後、申込者のメンバーシップまたは料金の支払いを確認し、イベント当日にズームリンクとパスワードをメールでお送りします)
 
https://forms.gle/vik2izkqsCJhDCEUA
 
費用: PayPalまたは銀行振込で500円の寄付をお願いします。 (JALT会員が登録フォームに後援する非会員の名前を記入した場合、その方は無料参加が可能)
 
JALT会員無料、学生無料
 
パフォーマンスに基づいた言語評価:内容と効果 本発表では、北海道の英語教師が使用しているパフォーマンスベースの評価について、学習者が実際に行ったパフォーマンスを評価した上で、ウォッシュバックを調査した事例を報告します。焦点を当てたのは、評価が教師、指導、そして学習者に与える影響です。その結果、パフォーマンスベースの言語評価は、教師、指導、学習者にプラスとマイナスの両方の効果をもたらすことがわかりました。さらに、本プレゼンテーションでは、パフォーマンスベースの評価に対する教師の反応、評価に対する認識への影響、教師がどのようにして学習者に評価タスクの準備をさせたかを説明します。また、評価に対する学習者の反応や、教師の準備方法についても議論します。
 
プロフィール
 
ボルディン・チンダ博士 タイ、チェンマイ大学准教授。現在は札幌学院大学客員教授。研究テーマは、パフォーマンスに基づいた言語評価、ウォッシュバックおよびその影響、教師教育。
 
マット・コッター氏 北星学園大学短期大学部専任講師。ニュージーランドでは小学校の教員として勤務経験がある。 研究テーマは、先住民の文化、異文化コミュニケーション、学習評価など。
 
マシュー・エブリー氏 教育学修士課程を修了したところ。10年前から札幌に在住し、あらゆるレベルの中等教育機関で指導。大学院では新しい研究の道を模索し、今後は大学で教鞭をとることも視野に入れている。
 
ダン・ヒンクルマン博士 札幌学院大学で異文化コミュニケーションスキルを指導。パフォーマンス評価の研究を行い、Moodle用のビデオ評価モジュール(ルーブリックベースの自己・他者評価ツール)を共同開発。
 
ピーター・ランバート氏 カナダで小中学校の教員免許を取得し、札幌市内の高校で教鞭をとる。 研究テーマは、クロスカリキュラム学習(英語と数学の混合)、生徒の目標設定の最適化、共感的交渉方略の指導など。
 
アニー・ミラー氏 クラシック音楽家としてキャリアをスタートするが、過去20年間、道内の大学で英語を教授。現在は主に北星学園大学で教鞭をとる。今年、チンダ博士と出会い、ウォッシュバック研究に興味を持つようになる。
 
 
“Everything is Connected: The NeuroBioPsychoSocial Eco-Educational Well-Becoming Partnership Initiative”
Nagoya
 
Date: Saturday, June 12, 2021 - 7:00pm to 8:00pm
Event in Planning: Scheduled
Event Type: JALT Event
Online Meeting: Yes
Event Speakers: Tim Murphey - Kanda University of International Studies
Cost for Jalt Members: Free -Email jaltnagoyaprogram@gmail.com to receive the ZOOM Link/password.
Cost for non-Jalt Members: Free -Email jaltnagoyaprogram@gmail.com to receive the ZOOM Link/password.
 
Short Summary
The medical profession had for a long time a biological emphasis for looking at illness (for 200 years) and basically ignored people’s contributing ps ychologies and social behaviors. Engel’s BioPsychoSocial model (1977) argued that illness could also be caused by psycho-social reasons and that doctors needed more social “bedside manner”. Education can also benefit from understanding the biopsychosocial of students. The cognitive bias in SLA needs expanding for more ecological humanistic-partnership education.
 
BIO:
Tim Murphey (PhD Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland, Applied Linguistics) TESOL’s Professional Development in Language Education series editor, co-author with Zoltan Dörnyei of Group Dynamics in the Language Classroom (CUP/2003), author of Music and Song (OUP/1991), Teaching One to One (Longman/1992), Language Hungry! (Macmillan LanguageHouse/1998; Helbling/2006), a novel about Japan’s entrance exam system The Tale that Wags (Perceptia/2010), Teaching in Pursuit of Wow! (Abax/2012), co-editor with Jane Arnold of Meaningful Action: Earl Stevick’s Influence on Language Teaching (CUP/2013), and author of Voicing Learning (2021 Candlin& Mynard), presently researches Vygotskian Socio Cultural Theory with emphasis on student voice, agency, peace, identity, and community and a plenary speaker 21 times in 15 countries since 2010. He is presently a semi-retired visiting professor at the Research Institute for Learner Autonomy Education (RILAE), Kanda University of International Studies.
 
Free on Zoom - Email jaltnagoyaprogram@gmail.com to receive the ZOOM Link/password.
 
Share your CEFR-tool - meeting
CEFR and Language Portfolio
 
Date: Sunday, June 13, 2021 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
Event in Planning: Scheduled
Online Meeting: Yes
Event Speakers: Shaun Allen Gabriela Schmidt
Cost for Jalt Members: Free
Cost for non-Jalt Members: Free
 
The CEFR and CEFR/CV is used world wide in many ways and contexts. There are two main challenges we may face trying to use it, one is to find and sort out the relevant information for your purpose, and second get aquainted with the contents and the tools to use it effciently for your context. Many teachers ask for a tool box. In order to do so we will start this new type of event called "Share your CEFR-tool - meeting" where we exchange CEFR-related tools which helped us to implement the CEFR and CEFR/CV successfully, so it is intended as a round table peer-support-whispering event from practitioners to practitioners. At this first event CEFR & LP SIG member Shaun Allen will show his descriptors quizlet, and Gabriela Schmidt will report on the EALTA CEFR SIG meeting with some news. You are kindly invited to this event, it is open to SIG members, JALT members and those who are interested in the CEFR and want to learn more. Please sign up before the event.
 
King of Hearts: Using playing cards for classroom activities
Toyohashi
 
Date: Sunday, June 13, 2021 - 1:30pm to 4:00pm
Event in Planning: Scheduled
Event Type: JALT Event
Event Theme: JALT Toyohashi's June Meeting
Event Speakers: Bill Jones
Cost for Jalt Members: Free
Cost for non-Jalt Members: Free
 
Presentation summary: Playing cards are an inexpensive, durable and extremely practical tool which can be effectively used in a variety of classroom situations, from speaking and listening classes to reading and writing classes. They provide not only excitement, but also contribute to active participation regardless of the motivational level of the students. These time-tested techniques have been developed and refined while teaching many thousands of university and junior college students. Most importantly, cards encourage interpersonal communication and require teamwork that helps reduce a dependency on distractions such as cell phones. Participants will be shown examples of how to use cards for some of the following: Days, Dates, Time, Numbers, Fractions, Vocabulary, Pronunciation, History and Content. These techniques can be adjusted to match the level and interest of students. Participants are requested to bring their own cards to maximize the learning experience.
 
Introducing the presenter: Bill JONES has taught tens of thousands of students in Japan since 1991, ranging in ages from pre-school to young-at-heart octogenarians. Since 1998 he has focused on junior college, university and graduate school students, at public, national and private institutions in Aichi and Gifu. An adjunct lecturer by choice, he makes classes enjoyable through unique skills such as juggling, cartooning, magic, auctioneering and playing cards. With a small brain, but a big heart, Bill is known as the "King of Hearts.” Location: https://www.toyohashi-at.jp
 
Meanwhile, here is the short introductory message from Bill Jones for the presentation: https://youtu.be/cUoPrGDX_80
 
12th Shikoku JALT Conference
Matsuyama
 
Date: Saturday, June 19, 2021 - 12:00pm to 5:30pm
Event in Planning: Scheduled
Event Type: Annual Conference
Event Theme: 12th Annual All-Shikoku JALT Conference
Online Meeting: Yes
Event Speakers: David Barker (Keynote Speaker); Scott Douglas (OUP Featured Speaker); Concurrent session speakers: Aya Yamasaki, Gregory Chindemi, Sean Burgoine, Eleanor Carson, Julia Kawamoto, Ian Willey, Adam Brod and Michelangelo Magasic
Cost for Jalt Members: Free
Cost for non-Jalt Members: 1,000 yen
 
We will hold our 12th All-Shikoku JALT Conference online this year using Zoom. The Conference will be co-sponsored by East Shikoku JALT, Matsuyama JALT and Oxford University Press. David Barker, Director of the Gifu University English Center. will to be our keynote speaker, and our OUP featured speaker will be Scott Douglas from UBC's Okanagan School of Education in Canada. Concurrent sessions of 30-minute presentations/short papers (20 minutes + 10 min Q&A) will follow the Keynote and OUP presentations. The full slate of presentations can be found in our Conference Program. Pre-register at the link below. Prior to the Conference, a Zoom link will be sent to everyone who registered. Saturday, June 19, 2021 12:00-15:30 (time may change slightly for scheduling purposes) Online (Zoom, registration details to be found on the program)
 
Free for JALT Members; 1,000 yen for non-members
 
Registration link: 12th Shikoku JALT Conference https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeTv9M6JQQgKkwO_kCW8nZhb2mxv0JI...
 
For more details, check out the program:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lH9taApdqupw96CSIlliNdvXK8kbm4vI/view
 
Game Based Learning
Kitakyushu
 
Date: Saturday, June 19, 2021 - 5:30pm to 7:00pm
Event in Planning: Scheduled
Event Type: JALT Event
Online Meeting: Yes
Event Speakers: Stephen Case, Andrew Gallacher
Email: Send Email
Cost for Jalt Members: Free
Cost for non-Jalt Members: Free
Link: Kitakyushu JALT website
 
This presentation highlights the development and implementation of a content and language integrated learning (CLIL) curriculum designed to instruct would-be teachers on the principles of game based learning (GBL) within their English language classes. Reasons for teaching GBL to these students stemmed from a desire to provide them with something more than just a place to practice their English and to better prepare them for their future jobs as teachers.
The presentation will go through our thought process towards curriculum design, individual lessons plans, and English and game mechanics chosen to teach. We will present survey results on students opinions on the curriculum and course. Finally, we will showcase the games the students designed as part of course.
 
Stephen Case's interests include Task Based Learning and incorporating game design principles into good task design. He has published in books on creative writing and on lessons using short films in the classroom, as well as designing his own board and card games for language learning. He currently teaches at universities around Fukuoka.
Andrew Gallacher is a full-time lecturer at Kyushu Sangyo University. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and Computer Science and a Master’s Degree of Applied Linguistics and English Language Teaching. His research interests include: learner and teacher autonomy, computer assisted language learning (CALL), sociolinguistics, game based learning (GBL) and humor.
 
The presentation will be held online using Zoom. Please contact us for the link.
https://jalt.org/email/node/15/field_group_email
 
Entrepreneurial Ideas for Teachers
Business Communication
 
Date: Saturday, June 19, 2021 - 7:30pm to 9:00pm
Event in Planning: Scheduled
Event Type: JALT Event
Event Theme: Workshop
Online Meeting: Yes
Event Speakers: Todd Beuckens (founder of elllo.org)
Cost for Jalt Members: Free
Cost for non-Jalt Members: Free
 
Workshop Zoom Room
Creating and monetizing a product has never been easier due to advances in technology. As a result, many educators are interested in self-funding their own products. This presentation will look at three main ways educators can create and monetize a product online using the APS model, which stands for Ads, Products and Services, and learn the pros and cons of each approach. Also, attendees will learn about various tools and platforms for creating a array of different content or products. The presentation will look at all phases of creating a products: design, production, delivery, marketing, and payments. This presentation will also offer an open mic, or elevator pitch sessions, where attendees can present their ideas for a product and gain feedback from the attendees. These ideas do not need to be detailed plans, but just ideas potential creators have had floating around in their head.
 
Zoom Room Link: https://zoom.us/j/91535088954?pwd=OG1lbHRQdXZCam01QncxcWM5ZTFPdz09
 
If you would like to pitch your idea, please submit it in advance, so we can manage the submissions, and we will contact you. https://forms.gle/c5i5sKUA4RAHpGgE9
 
Todd Beuckens is the creator of elllo.org (English listening lesson library online), meels.org (Ed Tech teacher training website), soundgrammar.com (animated English Language Conversations), spanishlistening.org (free Spanish Language listening lessons). He also has an M.A. in Learning, Design and Technology from San Diego State University, and has co-written two books, Impact Conversations 1 & 2 (2007), and Impact Listening (2005). Todd has interests in material and curriculum design, testing, listening skill development (in various languages), podcasting, teacher training and entrepreneurialism. He has taught for 25 years in the U.S., Thailand, Hong Kong and Japan, and is currently based at Ritsumeikan, Asia Pacific University, Beppu.
 
The JALT Business Communication Special Interest Group website
 
Teaching Younger Learners
Tokyo
 
Date: Sunday, June 20, 2021 - 2:00pm to 5:00pm
Event in Planning: Scheduled
Event Type: JALT Event
Online Meeting: Yes
Event Speakers: Barbara Hoskins Sakamoto Mari Nakamura
Cost for Jalt Members: Free
Cost for non-Jalt Members: Free
 
This event, sponsored by Tokyo JALT and the TYL SIG, is for teachers of kids to young adults, so teachers of preschool, kindergarten, elementary school, junior high school, and senior high school, are all encouraged to come! As always, there will be great, short presentations and lots of time for discussion and networking.
 
Here is the line-up of presenters who will address the overarching theme of Collaboration:
 
Session 1
 
Presenter: Barbara Hoskins Sakamoto
Title: Adventures in Global Collaboration
Abstract: Once upon a time in the late 1980s, a publisher thought there might be enough demand to maybe justify the risk in creating a different kind of textbook for children learning English – a book specifically designed to teach English as a foreign language. With authors in different countries and editors in yet another country, and no Internet, collaboration was an adventure! In this session, Barbara will share how collaborative methods have changed since those early days of fax machines, conference calls, and hotel meetings. In addition to some (hopefully) entertaining stories, she will share some of the factors that she believes are essential in creating and sustaining a long-term collaborative team. 
Bio: Barbara Hoskins Sakamoto came to Japan in 1985 with an MATESOL and a plan to teach for two years. While she has left the country since then, she always seems to return. Barbara is a co-author of one of the world’s best-selling textbook series for children learning English, Let’s Go (Oxford University Press), co-author of the online course, English for Teachers (International Teacher Development Institute), and author of the chapter, The role of technology in early years language education, in Early Years Second Language Education (Routledge, 2015). She is an English Language Specialist with the United States State Department and is Course Director for International Teacher Development Institute (iTDi.pro). 
Session 2
 
Presenter: Mari Nakamura
Title: Promoting Young Learners’ Core Skills Through Intercultural Collaboration
Abstract: In this increasingly complex society, promoting young learners’ core skills such as critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, digital literacy, and collaboration must be considered indispensable. The importance of these skills was emphasized in the MEXT 2017 Course of Study, and as of the 2019 academic year, efforts to integrate these elements into English language instruction in elementary schools have begun. In this practical session, Mari will share her two most recent projects for students of different age groups, showing how developmentally appropriate intercultural exchange projects can help young learners attain these essential skills. By joining this session, participants will be able to explore the applicability of such projects to their own teaching contexts. 
Bio: Mari Nakamura teaches young learners at her language school in Kanazawa while managing MELEP, a professional development community for teachers of young learners, and teaching part time at Kanazawa University. Her main interests are literacy education and intercultural exchange projects. Besides teaching young learners and collaborating with professionals, she loves listening to music and is always on the lookout for new up-and-coming artists.
 
Location: Zoom link will be sent to all who RSVP at http://bit.ly/TJALTrsvp
 
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/215874200323634
 
Professional Development in a University Language Centre
Hiroshima
 
Date: Saturday, June 26, 2021 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Event in Planning: Scheduled
Online Meeting: Yes
Event Speakers: Arthur Rutson-Griffiths (Hiroshima Bunkyo University)
Cost for Jalt Members: Free
Cost for non-Jalt Members: Free
 
This talk will describe the origins and development of the Faculty Development Programme at Hiroshima Bunkyo University. The presenter will explain the different elements of the programme, the reasons for their inclusion, and how well they line up against evidence-based best practices. Possible future improvements will also be introduced and ideas from the audience welcomed. For details and the Zoom link, see the Hiroshima JALT Newsletter, or the Hiroshima JALT homepage at Google. Note that this meeting is on a SATURDAY.
 
2021 School Owners' Mini-Conference
Submitted by Kenny Fritts on Fri, 05/28/2021 - 5:56am
 
 
School Owners
2021 JALT School Owners’ Conference—June 27th, 10:00-17:00
 
Date: Sunday, June 27, 2021 - 10:00am
Event in Planning: Scheduled
Event Type: Annual Conference
Online Meeting: Yes
Event Speakers: Ben Shearon Sean Gallagher Yoko Takano Alexandra Burkev Kenny Fritts
Cost for Jalt Members: ¥2500
Cost for non-Jalt Members: ¥3500
 
The JALT School Owners’ Special Interest Group would like to invite everyone to attend our 2021 Conference, online. If you are a school owner or thinking of opening a school, then you don’t want to miss this online conference.
 
We will have six insightful sessions starting from 10:00 on June27th.
Session 1: Lessons from the Pandemic
Session 2: What is Lean Management?
Lunch: Community chatroom
Session 3: How to make better classrooms for the community
Session 4: How to spot and help Neurodiverse students
Session 5: Why and how to transition an eikaiwa to an
international preschool
Session 6: Panel discussion
JALT School Owners’ Annual General Meeting. –Everyone is welcome!
 
The sessions will be recorded and made available to everyone that registers for the event.
 
Cost:
SO SIG member: *FREE
JALT member: *¥2,500
Other: ¥3,500
*Sign-up after 6/24 will be ¥3,500
 
To learn more and sign-up, go to: https://2021somc.eventzil.la/
If you have any questions, contact us at: SO@jalt.org
 
We have a small number of scholarships available for anyone struggling to pay the admission price. To receive a scholarship, contact us at so@jalt.org and we will make sure you are able to attend.
 
We look forward to seeing everyone live on June 27th!
 
Online International Collaboration: “It’s Just a Click Away"
Osaka
 
Date: Sunday, June 27, 2021 - 2:00pm to 5:00pm
Event in Planning: Scheduled
Event Type:
JALT EventEvent Theme: International Collaboration
Online Meeting: Yes
Event Speakers: Wade Muncil & Scott Johnston
Email: Send Email
Cost for Jalt Members: Free
Cost for non-Jalt Members: Free
 
The Corona virus pandemic has had a huge impact on education, and it has been particularly disastrous for study abroad programs. This presentation will be of particular interest to those who are responsible for organizing international exchange as well as for instructors of intercultural communication courses. The presenters, Wade Muncil and Scott Johnston, will share their work that began in 2007 when they first collaborated, where one was teaching in Japan and the other had a class in the United Arab Emirates. They continued this collaboration for eight years, and despite difficulties, such as time differences, technological glitches, and cultural gaps, it was worthwhile for not only the students but for the instructors themselves. Other positive developments took place as well: A university course in the U.S. was added to the UAE-Japan connection, students from the UAE visited Japan for a week, and Muncil and Johnston made international presentations in the U.S. and in Abu Dhabi. More recently they have organized a guest speaker program: in 2020 and 2021 where speakers from the UAE, Jordan, Brazil, and the U.S. addressed an audience in Japan through Zoom. Teachers are invited to join their Facebook group called Building Bridges in Education where educators can network and learn from each other (www.facebook.com/groups/buildingbridgesineducation)
 
Wade Muncil holds a Master of Arts in Teaching from the School for International Training and presently teaches at Osaka Jogakuin University/College after spending nine years teaching in the Western Region of The United Arab Emirates. His interests are documenting and preserving the cultures of our planet and promoting community service in education, business, and government.
 
Scott Johnston has a Ph.D. in Education from Michigan State University and has been a professor at Osaka Jogakuin University since 2004. He is also Dean of the Osaka Jogakuin Graduate School. He is interested in involving students with their learning and has held a LINE/ZOOM “journal class” with the semester/year abroad students to facilitate their learning while overseas. In addition, he taught the Educational Internship class at OJU in which students interned at local elementary and junior high schools while taking an OJU class to reflect on their learning.
 
This presentation is an extended version of the talk that Wade Muncil gave at our Back to School 2021 mini-conference on May 9, and is co-sponsored with SIETAR Kansai.
 
Registration is required to get the Zoom link by emailing Donna Fujimoto at fujimotodonna@gmail.com
 
Kip Cates: Teaching for World Citizenship through Multicultural Themework
Sendai
 
Date: Sunday, June 27, 2021 - 3:00pm to 5:00pm
Event in Planning: Scheduled
Event Type: JALT Event
Online Meeting: Yes
Event Speakers: Kip Cate
Cost for Jalt Members: Free
Cost for non-Jalt Members: Free
 
Jointly sponsored by JALT Sendai and Miyagi Gakuin Women's University. Registration
 
Abstract: Part of becoming a "world citizen" means developing knowledge, curiosity and excitement about the countries and cultures of the world. The language classroom can be an exciting place to acquire this "global literacy". This workshop will demonstrate innovative content-based lessons for promoting world awareness and international understanding through themes such as "world names", "world flags", "world money" and "world religions." Participants will experience the activities, analyze their objectives and design, and discuss how thematic language teaching can promote world citizenship.
 
Speaker Bio: Kip A. Cates has a B.A. in Modern Languages (French, German, Japanese) from the University of British Columbia, Canada, and an M.A. in Applied Linguistics from the University of Reading, England. He is a founder and former chair of the "Global Issues" Special Interest Group of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT) and publishes a quarterly "Global Issues in Language Education Newsletter”. He teaches courses in language, culture, globalization and international exchange at Tottori University. He is a founder of the annual Asian Youth Forum (AYF) and writes bi-monthly essays for English language learners for the Japan Times. He has worked, lived or travelled in 50 countries and speaks 9 languages.
 
Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUtf-uvqz4iGtYVGp7z6qJTYV2sVroXXHyc
 
Multilingual Café (OLE-SIG)
Other Language Educators
Date: Wednesday, June 30, 2021 - 7:00pm to 8:00pm
Event in Planning: Scheduled
Event Type: JALT Event
Event Theme: Multilingual Café
Online Meeting: Yes
Event Speakers: Bertlinde Vögel, Maria Gabriela Schmidt
Cost for Jalt Members: free
Cost for non-Jalt Members: free
 
The next Multilingual Cafe (OLE SIG) is scheduled for Wednesday June, 30th, 2021 from 7:30 pm to 9 pm and will take place online.
 
The OLE SIG wants to provide a space to meet and share using languages other than English, creating a community of practice. This is the Multilingual Café: meet and chat in your favorite language. The languages available depend on those attending on the day (for example French, German, Spanish, Thai, Hungarian, Chinese, Tagalog and many more). Interested? Why don't you join?
 
This time we will talk about Personality and Emotions with question cards from the "School of Life". The questions can be used as ice-breakers to start meaningful conversations. We will discuss if they can be used in the teaching contexts of the participants and reflect on emotions and language learning in general.
 
(Lingua Franca: English and Japanese)
 
For more information see the website of the OLE-SIG: https://sites.google.com/view/jalt-olesig/
 
To sign up please use: https://tinyurl.com/MultilingualCafeOLE
 
June Zoom for Professional Development
JALT ZPD
JALT Central
 
Date: Wednesday, June 30, 2021 - 8:00pm to 9:00pm
Event in Planning: Scheduled
Event Type: JALT Event
Online Meeting: Yes
Event Speakers: Director Meet & Greet, followed by breakout rooms
Cost for Jalt Members: free
Cost for non-Jalt Members: free
 
Join us on Wednesday, June 30, 20:00-21:00 Japan Time for the fifth monthly JALT Zoom for Professional Development (ZPD)!
 
If you haven't heard of this before, the JALT ZPD is basically an online discussion. We use Zoom, so we can create smaller online rooms for many topics, and the participants can choose which topic they want to participate in. Our regular topics include new membership orientation, getting published, discussing research, online teaching, and more. JALT officers can ask questions related to the new JALT website as well as position-specific questions. Come see for yourself!
 
Join us for networking, informal chat, and in building a community of practice with JALT members and prospective members.
 
This event is free and open to all. Pre-register to get the Zoom information.
 
Link:
Register for the Zoom link at http://bit.ly/ZPDRSVP
 
Job Advertisement
Opportunities to teach EMI courses at Doshisha University during the academic year 2022 (Cover for sabbatical leave)
In 2022 I plan to take a sabbatical leave for the whole Japanese academic year, and I need to find qualified teachers who will cover my classes in the CGE while I am gone. If you are interested, please contact Robert Aspinall at:  raspinal@mail.doshisha.ac.jp
If you are interested, please contact me before June 25
A masters’ degree is required, and university teaching experience is preferable.
The 4 classes are as follows
1)         'Issues in Intercultural Communication'
2)         'Education in the Age of Globalization'
3)         ‘Social Sciences and Global Issues’
4)         ‘Introduction to Japanese Society in the Global Context’
 
There are more details below for each class
1)         'Issues in Intercultural Communication'
Fall semester 2022
Small class size (about 20 students) with an emphasis on discussion and aimed at very high level or native-speaker students.
This is an EMI (English as the Medium of Instruction) class in the Center for Global Education. Any undergraduate student is able to choose this class, but they should have a TOEFL score of 500 or equivalent.
The teacher is free to choose textbook and syllabus.
The class is conducted in both the Imadegawa Campus and the Kyotanabe campus. Preference will be given to a teacher who can teach the class on both campuses (on different days). The same syllabus should be used on both campuses. If no one is available to teach on both campuses then the center will consider employing a different teacher on each campus.
If you are interested please contact Robert Aspinall at:  raspinal@mail.doshisha.ac.jp
2)         'Education in the Age of Globalization'
Spring semester 2022
Small class size (about 20 students) with an emphasis on discussion and aimed at very high level or native-speaker students.
This is an EMI (English as the Medium of Instruction) class in the Center for Global Education. Any undergraduate student is able to choose this class, but they should have a TOEFL score of 500 or equivalent.
The teacher is free to choose textbook and syllabus.
The class is conducted in both the Imadegawa Campus and the Kyotanabe campus. Preference will be given to a teacher who can teach the class on both campuses (on different days). The same syllabus should be used on both campuses. If no one is available to teach on both campuses then the center will consider employing a different teacher on each campus.
If you are interested please contact Robert Aspinall at:  raspinal@mail.doshisha.ac.jp
3)         ‘Social Sciences and Global Issues’
Fall semester 2022 at Imadegawa campus
Small class size (about 20 students) with an emphasis on discussion and aimed at very high level or native-speaker students.
This is an EMI (English as the Medium of Instruction) class in the Center for Global Education. Any undergraduate student is able to choose this class, but they should have a TOEFL score of 500 or equivalent.
The teacher is free to choose textbook and syllabus.
If you are interested please contact Robert Aspinall at:  raspinal@mail.doshisha.ac.jp
 
 
4)         ‘Introduction to Japanese Society in the Global Context’
Spring and Fall semester 2022 at Imadegawa campus
Spring semester 2022 also at Kyotanabe campus
Class size about 50 students or less
This is an EMI (English as the Medium of Instruction) class in the Center for Global Education. Any undergraduate student is able to choose this class. The class is aimed at students with a TOEFL score of 500 or equivalent, but students with less than this can attend if they are enthusiastic.
The teacher is free to choose textbook and syllabus.
In the Spring Semester the class is conducted in both the Imadegawa Campus and the Kyotanabe campus. Preference will be given to a teacher who can teach the class on both campuses (on different days). The same syllabus should be used on both campuses. If no one is available to teach on both campuses then the center will consider employing a different teacher on each campus. Ideally the same teacher should teach this class in the Fall Semester too (Imadegawa only), but if this is not possible another teacher will fulfill this role.
If you are interested please contact Robert Aspinall at:  raspinal@mail.doshisha.ac.jp
Finally
 
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Hope you have a safe and productive June
 
Richard Sparrow,
Publicity Chair
On behalf of the Kyoto JALT Team







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