Hokkaido JALT Archive

This is an archive of all of the past events of Hokkaido Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching on ELT Calendar.

February 4th (Sunday) 2024
2024 JALT Hokkaido Winter Language Teaching Conference
Speaker: Various speakers; call for presentations ends November 19th
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

February 3rd (Saturday) 2024
2024 JALT Hokkaido Winter Language Teaching Conference
Speaker: Various speakers; call for presentations ends November 19th
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

February 5th (Sunday) 2023
2023 JALT Hokkaido Winter Language Teaching Conference
Speaker: Various speakers
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

February 4th (Saturday) 2023
2023 JALT Hokkaido Winter Language Teaching Conference
Speaker: Various speakers
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

August 20th (Saturday) 2022
Teaching Fluency using the Verbal Classrooms method (Hybrid)
Speaker: Jose Domingo Cruz
Location: Online, Online Events

November 14th (Saturday) 2020
Performance-based Language Assessment: What Is It? Does It Work?
Speaker: Bordin Chinda
Location: Online, Online Events

September 1st (Tuesday) 2020
2020 Hokkaido Moodle Summer Workshops (HMSW)
Speaker: Moodle Association of Japan - Hokkaido Chapter Officers and more!
Location: Online, Online Events

February 2nd (Sunday) 2020
Second Annual Performance in Education SIG in Sapporo Conference (day 2 of 2)
Speaker: Call for paper ends on October 27, 2019
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

February 2nd (Sunday) 2020
2020 JALT Hokkaido Winter Language Teaching Conference (day 2 of 2)
Speaker: Speakers from JALT Hokkaido Chapter, JALT Brain SIG, Critical Thinking SIG, and PIE (Performance in Education) SIGs
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

February 1st (Saturday) 2020
Second Annual Performance in Education SIG in Sapporo Conference
Speaker: Call for paper ends on October 27, 2019
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

February 1st (Saturday) 2020
2020 JALT Hokkaido Winter Language Teaching Conference: Getting Creative: Avenues to Successful Practices in EFL
Speaker: Speakers from JALT Hokkaido Chapter, JALT Brain SIG, Critical Thinking SIG, and PIE (Performance in Education) SIGs
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

August 4th (Sunday) 2019
The Foundation on the First Floor: The Language Center, Radical Change, and Globalization
Speaker: Andrew Ross, Harvard University
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

January 27th (Sunday) 2019
JALT Hokkaido Winter Language Teaching Conference: Language as a Business Tool: Communicating in the Global Market
Speaker: Marcos Benevides (Oberlin University, Tokyo); call for papers due November 4, 2018
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

October 13th (Saturday) 2018
Strategic Instruction and Interaction to Foster Resilience in the Young Learner: Connecting I Have, I Am, I Can to the C.R.E.D.E. Standards of Effective Pedagogy
Speaker: Judith B. O'Loughlin
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

April 15th (Sunday) 2018
Self-Publishing from Japan Workshop
Speaker: Workshop speaker and facilitator: Kathy Morikawa (aka Wilhelmina Penn)
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

October 28th (Saturday) 2017
CALL-Plus Workshop
Speaker: Call for proposals due October 15th (extended deadline)
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

October 1st (Sunday) 2017
JALT Hokkaido Annual Conference - Words for Learning
Speaker: Plenary speaker: Professor Charles Browne
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

February 4th (Saturday) 2017
Extensive Reading with Rob Waring and Paul Goldberg
Speaker: Rob Waring, Paul Goldberg
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

October 2nd (Sunday) 2016
JALT Hokkaido Conference: Plan, Implement, and Evaluate -- Teaching and Assessing Learning
Speaker: Michihiro Hirai, President, Hirai Language Services Inc.
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

February 14th (Sunday) 2016
Teaching English in Japanese High Schools
Speaker: Hatsuko Itaya, Aiko Sano and Matthew Neapole
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

July 18th (Saturday) 2015
Asia-Pacific Virtual Exchange Association (APVEA) 2015
Speaker: Melinda Dooly (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona), Thom Rawson (Nagasaki International University)
Location: Muroran City, Hokkaido Prefecture

July 18th (Saturday) 2015
Summer Moodle Workshop
Speaker: Masumi Kameda (Tokyo University of Science, Yamaguchi)
Location: Muroran City, Hokkaido Prefecture

June 14th (Sunday) 2015
Using Communicative Strategies to Teach Writing, and EducationUSA and Study Abroad Opportunities
Speaker: Gregory Glasgow (Center for General Education Meikai University) and JoEllen Gorg (U.S. Consulate Sapporo)
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

January 25th (Sunday) 2015
Understanding Bilingualism
Speaker: Barry Ratzliff (Hokkaido International School), Shannon Koga (Hokkaido International School), Tim Greer (Kobe University)
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

September 21st (Sunday) 2014
2014 JALT Hokkaido Language Teaching Conference: Elements of good teaching
Speaker: Eric Kane and many more (Call for papers due August 10th)
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

July 26th (Saturday) 2014
Creating Creative Classes
Speaker: Robert Olson (Tomakomai Komazawa University)
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

March 1st (Saturday) 2014
Creating Authentic Materials for the Language Classroom
Speaker: Robert Chartrand (Kurume University) and Arthur Meerman (Kurume University)
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

December 22nd (Sunday) 2013
Year-end potluck dinner
Speaker: Social gathering
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

November 16th (Saturday) 2013
CALL-Plus Workshop 2013: Flip the Classroom
Speaker: Several speakers
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

September 29th (Sunday) 2013
2013 JALT Hokkaido Conference
Speaker: John Fanselow (Professor Emeritus, Columbia University, Teachers College), Chuck Sandy (Program Director at International Teacher Development Institute)
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

August 30th (Friday) 2013
Moodle Summer Workshop in Hokkaido (day 2 of 2)
Speaker: To be announced. Tentative schedule available online
Location: Obihiro City, Hokkaido Prefecture

August 29th (Thursday) 2013
Moodle Summer Workshop in Hokkaido
Speaker: To be announced. Tentative schedule available online
Location: Obihiro City, Hokkaido Prefecture

December 16th (Sunday) 2012
Year-end Potluck Dinner
Speaker: JALT members, families, and friends
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

November 17th (Saturday) 2012
CALL-Plus Workshop 2012
Speaker: Kaori Maeda, Ishikari Kounan Elementary School
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

November 3rd (Saturday) 2012
Culture Day (Bunka-no-hi)
JALT Hokkaido 27th Annual Conference
Speaker: Keynote Speaker: Donna Tatsuki. Many presentations
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

July 29th (Sunday) 2012
Enhancing Learners' Cross-Cultural Communication Skills: L2 Pragmatics for All Ages
Speaker: Noriko Ishihara (Hosei University)
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

June 24th (Sunday) 2012
Praising Effectively for Positive Affect
Speaker: Joseph Falout, Nihon University
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

January 29th (Sunday) 2012
Are We Really 'Teaching' Listening?
Speaker: David Barker
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

December 11th (Sunday) 2011
JALT Hokkaido Annual Year-end Meeting & Bonenkai
Speaker: Informal Event
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

September 25th (Sunday) 2011
JALT Hokkaido Language Teaching Conference
Speaker: Keynote Speaker Barbara Hoskins Sakamoto
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

September 26th (Sunday) 2010
Annual JALT Hokkaido Conference
Speaker: Scott Thornbury and Mike Bostwick
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

May 16th (Sunday) 2010
Giant Steps: The Project to Internationalize EIKEN
Speaker: M. Todd Fouts, Chief Editor, Test Development and Research, The Society for Testing English Proficiency (STEP), Inc.
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

May 15th (Saturday) 2010
Giant Steps: The Project to Internationalize EIKEN
Speaker: M. Todd Fouts, Chief Editor, Test Development and Research, The Society for Testing English Proficiency (STEP), Inc.
Location: Obihiro City, Hokkaido Prefecture

April 25th (Sunday) 2010
Becoming a Teacher-Researcher: The First Study
Speaker: Greg Sholdt
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

January 24th (Sunday) 2010
A Teacher Training Course for Teachers of Young Children
Speaker: Mary Virgil-Uchida
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

June 21st (Sunday) 2009
Good Practices that Help Students Learn and Teachers Grow
Speaker: Wilma Luth
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

May 24th (Sunday) 2009
Teaching Children Mini-Conference
Speaker: Mari Nakamura and Dr. Taka Ishii
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

February 22nd (Sunday) 2009
The Road to the Software-Armed Skillful Language Teacher
Speaker: Norihito Kawana
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

December 14th (Sunday) 2008
JALT Bonenkai (end of year party)
Speaker: It's a party!
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

October 19th (Sunday) 2008
2008 JALT Hokkaido Language Teaching Conference
Speaker: Main Speakers: Robert Courchene and Cynthia Keith
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

October 18th (Saturday) 2008
2008 CALL Workshop
Speaker: Several speakers
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

July 13th (Sunday) 2008
When should we use Japanese? And when should we use English?
Speaker: Michael Critchley, Josai International University
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

June 22nd (Sunday) 2008
JALT Hokkaido's SIG Special: JALT's Special Interest Groups
Speaker: Various speakers
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

May 25th (Sunday) 2008
Using a CALL Classroom to Teach English through Drama
Speaker: Hitoshi Eguchi, Hokusei Gakuen University
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

April 13th (Sunday) 2008
Perception, Interpretation, Confirmation: Tools for Learning, Communicating and Understanding
Speaker: Ken Fujioka, Keisen University
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

April 2nd (Wednesday) 2008
A Survey of Hokusei Gakuen University Students on Their Views Regarding English Firsthand Texts: Results, Analysis, and Application
Speaker: Jim Allison
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

March 29th (Saturday) 2008
Summer Camp: A Success or Just A Lot of Hard Work?
Speaker: Mary Virgil-Uchida
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

March 26th (Wednesday) 2008
Free and Open Source Tools for Teachers
Speaker: Peter Ruthven-Stuart
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

January 27th (Sunday) 2008
1. Actually Teaching Listening; 2. Teaching the Strategies of Speaking
Speaker: Hugh Graham-Marr
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

November 3rd (Saturday) 2007
Culture Day (Bunka-no-hi)
(1) Cultivating Active Readers; (2) From Egg Crate to Omelet: Energizing Teacher Development
Speaker: Neil Anderson
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

September 23rd (Sunday) 2007
Autumnal Equinox (Shuubun-no-hi)
2007 JALT Hokkaido Language Conference
Speaker: Featuring: Don Maybin
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

July 15th (Sunday) 2007
Learning Pragmatics in Foreign Language Classrooms
Speaker: Gabriele Kasper
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

June 24th (Sunday) 2007
'Ancient Cobblestone Stained with Lifeblood' and Other Speech Contest Titles to Avoid
Speaker: Joe Booth
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

June 23rd (Saturday) 2007
How to Motivate your Students and Get them Talking in English
Speaker: Mark De Boer
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

May 27th (Sunday) 2007
The 'Too Easy' Guide to Self-Publishing
Speaker: Paul Gemmell
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

May 27th (Sunday) 2007
Going 'Multimodal' in the Writing Classroom
Speaker: Bob Palmer
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

April 22nd (Sunday) 2007
Tips for Giving Effective Presentations
Speaker: C.A. Edington, Chris Perry and Wilma Luth
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

January 21st (Sunday) 2007
Teaching Speech Acts Can Enrich Our Students' Learning
Speaker: Jeremie Bouchard
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

December 17th (Sunday) 2006
End-of-year Party
Speaker: It's a Party!
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

November 26th (Sunday) 2006
Teaching English in Thailand: Stories from Chiang Mai
Speaker: Wichian Sunitham
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

September 23rd (Saturday) 2006
Autumnal Equinox (Shuubun-no-hi)
23rd Hokkaido Language Conference: Enrich your Teaching, Enrich your Students
Speaker: Keynote Speaker Peter Longcope (Kyoto University) plus many presentations
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

June 25th (Sunday) 2006
Elementary English for Elementary School
Speaker: Greer Pedoe and Nicholas DiNunzio
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

May 15th (Monday) 2006
Talking Text
Speaker: Clyde Fowle
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

March 26th (Sunday) 2006
Adapting the Han Group Organization for Use in College English Classes
Speaker: Cindy Edwards, Hokkaido Musashi Women's Junior College
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

February 26th (Sunday) 2006
Culture Content-based English Materials and the Necessity of an Integrated English Curriculum among Junior and Senior High Schools and Universities.
Speaker: Asako Kajiura of Asia Pacific University, Beppu
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

January 29th (Sunday) 2006
Two Workshops
Speaker: David Barker
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

December 11th (Sunday) 2005
Hokkaido JALT Bonenkai Party
Speaker: All Members
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

November 27th (Sunday) 2005
My Share Holiday Activities
Speaker: Mary Virgil
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

September 23rd (Friday) 2005
Autumnal Equinox (Shuubun-no-hi)
Teachers Helping Teachers - 22nd JALT Hokkaido Fall Conference
Speaker: Featured Speaker Curtis Kelly
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

July 24th (Sunday) 2005
Fun in the Sun! - Picnic Party
Speaker: Anyone with fun ideas!
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

June 26th (Sunday) 2005
Canadian Studies In Japan
Speaker: Dave McMurray
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

May 22nd (Sunday) 2005
Teaching Children - One Day Mini Conference
Speaker: Dr. Michael Bostwick; Kathleen Kampa Vilina; Dr. Ujiie; Mary Virgil; Barry Ratzliff
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

April 24th (Sunday) 2005
Teaching Children Workshop
Speaker: Peter Schinkel, Essential English School in Sapporo
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

April 24th (Sunday) 2005
Distance Study - Getting Qualifications from Home
Speaker: Amanda Harlow and Sanae Kawana
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

March 20th (Sunday) 2005
An introduction to the uses of conversation analysis in the field of second language acquisition
Speaker: Jack Barrow, Osaka International University
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

February 27th (Sunday) 2005
Classroom Management
Speaker: Chris Perry
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

February 27th (Sunday) 2005
Teaching Returnee Children
Speaker: Michael Mielke
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

December 12th (Sunday) 2004
Annual Bonenkai Potluck Party
Speaker: It's a party!
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

November 23rd (Tuesday) 2004
Labor Thanksgiving Day (Kinrou-kansha-no-hi)
Activating the Lexical Approach and Making Vocabulary Memorable
Speaker: Susan Barduhn
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

October 24th (Sunday) 2004
21st Hokkaido Language Conference
Speaker: Tom Merner (Featured Speaker)
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

September 26th (Sunday) 2004
Are Your Kids Salivating?
Speaker: Steve Wright
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

July 18th (Sunday) 2004
Good Teaching Practices that help Students Learn
Speaker: Wilma Luth
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

June 27th (Sunday) 2004
Current Affairs Using Newspapers
Speaker: Toshihiro Yamanishi, Tomakomai National College of Technology
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

May 30th (Sunday) 2004
Using Video in the Classroom to Teach Language and Culture: Methods and Technolgies
Speaker: Todd Jay Leonard, Hirosaki Gakuin University
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

March 13th (Saturday) 2004
Group Sensitive Teaching
Speaker: Tim Murphey
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

February 22nd (Sunday) 2004
Adapting Textbook Activities on the Spot
Speaker: Rebecca Arthur, Poole Gakuin University
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

January 25th (Sunday) 2004
Strategy-Based Instruction
Speaker: Jerrold Frank
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

December 7th (Sunday) 2003
Bonenkai Party
Speaker: It's a party!
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

November 9th (Sunday) 2003
JALT Hokkaido 20th Annual Language Conference
Speaker: various speakers; call for papers due June 30th, 2003
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

September 28th (Sunday) 2003
Writing a Research Paper for Publication
Speaker: Paul Stapleton, Hokkaido University
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

June 14th (Saturday) 2003
Bilingualism Forum
Speaker: Laurel Kamada, Tim Greer, Tomoko Ascough
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

April 27th (Sunday) 2003
My Share with Students and Teachers
Speaker: Panel Moderated by Tim Grose
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

March 23rd (Sunday) 2003
The Communicative Classroom: Practical Basics
Speaker: Harry E. Creagen
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

February 23rd (Sunday) 2003
Using Simulation Games to Teach Cross-cultural Communication
Speaker: Akemi Ito
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

January 26th (Sunday) 2003
Surviving in the Mixed Level Classroom
Speaker: Mark Hamilton and Alan M. Cogen
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

December 8th (Sunday) 2002
Bonenkai Year-End Party with Hokkaido JALT
Speaker: It's a party!
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

September 29th (Sunday) 2002
Innervoice, Time, Planning and Practice
Speaker: Marc Helgesen
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

June 16th (Sunday) 2002
JALT Hokkaido Annual Language Conference (day 2 of 2)
Speaker: 35 presentations over two days
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

June 15th (Saturday) 2002
JALT Hokkaido Annual Language Conference (day 1 of 2)
Speaker: 35 presentations over two days
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

March 24th (Sunday) 2002
Pronunciation
Speaker: Chris Perry
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

February 24th (Sunday) 2002
Non-verbal Communication for Language Teachers
Speaker: Stephen Ryan
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

January 27th (Sunday) 2002
Living and Working in Hokkaido Co-sponsored by HIBA
Speaker: Mary Virgil as featured speaker; also various speakers and panels
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

December 9th (Sunday) 2001
Year-End Party with Hokkaido JALT
Speaker: It's a party!
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

October 28th (Sunday) 2001
Teaching Writing and Dealing with Difficult Students
Speaker: Curtis Kelly, Heian Jogakuin College
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

May 20th (Sunday) 2001
JALT Hokkaido Conference: "Excellence in Language Education" (day 2 of 2)
Speaker: 36 presentations
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

May 19th (Saturday) 2001
JALT Hokkaido Conference: "Excellence in Language Education" (day 1 of 2)
Speaker: 36 presentations
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

April 22nd (Sunday) 2001
Using Drama in the ESL Classroom
Speaker: Ohno Akihiko
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

March 25th (Sunday) 2001
Haiku Workshop
Speaker: David McMurray
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

February 25th (Sunday) 2001
Theories of Creative Writing
Speaker: Tim Blankly, Kokugakuin Junior College, Takikawa
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

January 28th (Sunday) 2001
How Language Teachers Can Benefit From Second Language Acquisition Research
Speaker: Keiko Okada, Hokkaido Tokai University
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture