• Welcome to the New Iwate-Aomori JALT Page

    This will become to new home for our chapter. I will be doing some tweaking here and there during the next few weeks, so I ask for your patience as we settle into our new site and server. All the data from the previous site is still here, so feel free to search for it if you like.

  • 7th Annual CUE ESP Symposium – Submission deadline extended until July 21

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    ๐‰๐€๐‹๐“ ๐‚๐”๐„ are pleased to announce our forthcoming ๐„๐’๐ ๐’๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ, which will be held ๐ข๐ง ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐›๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง with the ๐‰๐€๐‹๐“ ๐ˆ๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐ž-๐€๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ข Chapter, on ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ at ๐ˆ๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ.

    Event Registration open. Register below.

    https://events.jalt.org/event/21/registrations/

    Plenary Speaker lineup:

    https://events.jalt.org/event/21/program

    ๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐’๐ฎ๐›๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ:

    We invite posters in English or Japanese exploring various aspects of English for Specific Purposes (ESP), including requirements analysis, materials development, methodology, data-driven learning, corpus linguistics, summaries of ESP research, or other relevant themes.

    Link here.

    https://tinyurl.com/y5w8n93c

    ๐ƒ๐ž๐š๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐›๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง:  July 21, 2024

    ๐’๐ฎ๐›๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐†๐ฎ๐ข๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ:

    ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ: Complete name, institutional affiliation, and email address.

    ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž: Maximum 12 words.

    ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ž๐›๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ: Maximum 75 words.

    ๐„๐ฑ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ ๐š๐›๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ: Maximum 200 words.

    ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐›๐ข๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ก๐ฒ: Maximum 50 words.

    ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ:

    Poster boards: 160cm (height) x 113cm (width), supporting A0 or A1 size.

    ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐ƒ๐… ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐›๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ž๐š๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž: ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’.

    ๐’๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐œ๐ž๐ž๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ:

    Poster presenters are urged to submit a ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ-๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ description ๐›๐ฒ ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’. Early submissions encouraged.

    Note: Presenters advised against using numerous A4 size sheets for posters.

    ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐›๐ž ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐”๐„ ๐„๐’๐ ๐’๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ž๐› ๐ฉ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ-๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ.

    Address: 

    020-0066

    Iwate

    Morioka

    3 Chome-18-8 Ueda

    Japan

  • AI Tools for Language Teaching – Louse Ohashi April 21

    Event Speaker(s): Dr. Louise Ohashi
    Sunday, April 21, 2024 – 1:30pm
    AIINA – Rm 602

    Cost for JALT members – Free Cost for non-members – 1000 yen

    We are also planning a casual/unofficial dinner on the Saturday night before the meeting around 6pm. If you would be interested in attending this dinner, please email this account by 12pm on Thursday, April 18. We apologize for the late notice. 

    AI technology has taken a huge leap, with developments offering many benefits for language education, but also posing challenges. This session introduces a range of useful AI tools and demonstrates productive ways they can be used to assist teachers and foster learning. It also explores how to reduce unethical use by students and increase their AI literacy. There will be opportunities to try some of the tasks that are introduced, so attendees are encouraged to bring a laptop, tablet and/or smartphone.

    Dr. Louise Ohashi (Gakushuin University) specializes in second language acquisition and language education. Her research areas include learner autonomy, motivation, and the use of technology for language teaching and learning. She also loves learning languages (Japanese, Italian, French, Spanish and German). Twitter @OhashiLou

    Address: 

    020-0045

    Iwate

    Morioka

    Morioka Station Nishidori 1-7-1

    Rm 602

    Japan