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Presentations: Morning 10:00 – 12:00 1. Teaching Writing: Why and how can we include grammar and culture (context)? By Nivedita Kumari,  Assistant Professor, University of Tsukuba (CEGLOC-centre) Kumari has taught EFL Japanese learners for four years and has been interested in research related to cross-cultural studies on pragmatics. With a background and PhD in linguistics, she intends to apply the theories of linguistics to classroom teaching. Afternoon 14:00 – 16:00 2. Educational development in Nepal By Pramila Neupane,  Assistant Professor, University of Tsukuba (CEGLOC-centre) With a Ph.D. in International Studies and a Master’s degree in English Language Education, her current research focuses on socioeconomic issues in education in developing countries. Also being interested in student motivation, she will talk about educational development issues in Nepal in the changing political situation and share her research on student’s motivation in le...

  1. Presentation (14:00~15:00) Note-taking methods for academic and professional purposes by Jeroen Bode , University of Tsukuba 2.   15:10 – 16:00 Impressions on:  JALT International (Tsukuba) 3.   Business Meeting (16:20~17:00) Date: Sunday, December 10 th , 2017, 14:00~17:00 Venue: Ibaraki University Address:  (Classroom # 25, 2F “ Kyotsu-Kyoiku-To ”, 2nd Bldg)                   Bunkyo 2-1-1, Mito-shi Access:    http://www.ibaraki.ac.jp/generalinfo/campus/index.html Access in Eng:  http://www.ibaraki.ac.jp/en/generalinfo/campus/index.html Doors open at 13:00. No Pre-registration necessary! JALT Members : Free; Non-members : 500 yen …and afterwards join us for the Chapter Year-end Party Starts at 17:30 at Coji Coji! (Don't forget to bring an inexpensive gift for the Xmas Exchange.) JALT Ibaraki chapter meetings are open to all interested in learnin...

The First CEGLOC (Center for Education of Global Communication)　Conference Theme:　Active Learning and Oral Communication Date: December 9th, 2017 Venue: University of Tsukuba 　　　　CEGLOC Center for Education of Global Communication 　　　　4th Floor, Tennodai 1-1-1, Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Pref. First CEGLOC Conference will be held at University of Tsukuba on December 9, 2017.  JALT Ibaraki Chapter is one of the co-sponsors and the admission is free. 　 For more information, please go to the conference website: http://www.en.almalang.com/workshop  .  You can click "Timetable with room number and map (PDF)" which is the poster of the conference. Also, go to:  http://www.tsukuba.ac.jp/en/access  to check how to reach the conference venue.

Ibaraki Chapter October Meeting Date and Time:  Saturday, October 21st, 2017, 14:00 - 16:00 Venue:  Tsukuba Gakuin University (Meeting Room 2), Azuma 3-1, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki-ken  1. Afternoon Program (14:00 - 16:00) Title:  Strategic competence: What is it, how to teach it, and how to assess it      Presenter:  Javier Salzar, University of Tsukuba    　　 Javier has over 10 years of experience teaching English in Japan throughout all education levels (kindergarten to graduate level), and his teaching approach is centered around learner’s development. His research interests include: self regulated learning, active learning, strategic competence development, gamification and the use of humor in the classroom. 2.      Business Meeting (not this time) Saturday, October 21 , 2017, 14:00~16:00 Tsukuba Gakuin University (Meeting Room 2) Azuma 3-1, Tsukuba-shi Doors open at 13:30. No Pre-registrati...

Ibaraki Chapter June Meeting Date and Time:    Saturday, 24 June 2017 -  2:00pm  -  5:00pm Speaker:   Roxana Sandu, University of Tsukuba Venue : Tsukuba Gakuin University (Meeting Room 2)            Azuma 3-1 Tsukuba-shi 1. Featured Presentation (14:00 - 16:00) Title: Educate for the future: Fostering 21st Century Skills in the English Language Classroom By: Roxana Sandu, University of Tsukuba 2. Business Meeting (16:20 - 17:00) Presentation Summary: Living in an increasingly globalized and digitized world, students nowadays should be educated in order to meet the expectations of tomorrow’s job market. Therefore, education, including foreign language education, should prepare students for the unpredictable future that lies ahead of them. The purpose of this talk is threefold. The first is to introduce some of the frameworks for 21st century skills, while focusing on the importance of teaching ...

The Japan Association for Language Teaching -JALT-  Ibaraki Chapter March Meeting  Presentations: Morning 1. “Keep your powder dry: A prepper’s guide to academic professional development” (10:00~12:00) by Michael　Parrish,  - JALT National Job Information Centre (JIC) co-coordinator,  - Assistant professor at Kwansei Gakuin University Afternoon 2. “Dark side of Language Teaching” (14:00~14:35)  by Martin Pauly, Professor Emeritus Tsukuba University of Technology 3. “Building a publishing pipeline for academic success” (14:45~16:15) by Richard Miller,  - JALT National Job Information Centre (JIC) co-coordinator - Associate professor in business administration at Kobe Gakuin University 4. Business Meeting (16:30~17:00) Saturday, March 25th, 2017, 9:30~17:00 Click on the link below for an access map. Tsukuba Gakuin University (Meeting Room 2) Azuma 3-1 Tsukuba-shi Doors open at 9:30. No Pre-registration ne...

1. Presentation (14:00~16:10) Butterfly Wing Flaps and Second Language Acquisition by James A. Elwood, Meiji University Abstract of Presentation: Butterfly Wing Flaps and Second Language Acquisition James A. Elwood Meiji University Lorenz (1963) may have correctly characterized the relationship between lepidopteral beings and weather events, but distance has long been a sadly underresearched aspect of second language acquisition (SLA). This talk will address a triad of affective variables in SLA to which little attention has been given: perceived distance, ego permeability, and extroversion. A brief discussion of the history of the three constructs will be followed by a detailed explanation of a study that investigated the addition of these to two models of willingness to communicate in SLA. We will conclude with a look at pedagogical implications from these results.  James Elwood holds a doctorate in TESOL from Temple University and is ...