Matsuyama JALT Archive

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

July 19th (Sunday) 2015
(1) L2 Possible Selves of Japanese University Students; (2) Applying the ARCS Model of Motivational Design
Speaker: (1) Sarah Faherty (Sojo University); (2) Roderick Lange (Ehime University)
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

May 17th (Sunday) 2015
English For Beyond The Classroom
Speaker: Jim Ronald (Hiroshima Shudo University)
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

April 19th (Sunday) 2015
Beyond the Red: Approaches to Student Writing Feedback
Speaker: Junko Otoshi (Okayama University), Luke Draper (Ehime University)
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

March 15th (Sunday) 2015
Useful Websites and Apps for Language Education
Speaker: Kevin Tang (Ehime University), Ian Brown (Matsuyama University)
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

February 10th (Sunday) 2013
Calibrating Oral Assessment of Small Group Interaction
Speaker: Darren Lingley, Kochi University
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

January 13th (Sunday) 2013
Captivate your students with CAPTUR
Speaker: Paul Shimizu, Intercom Press
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

December 9th (Sunday) 2012
A Brief Introduction of Discourse Intonation in English and Its Contribution to the TEF
Speaker: Yoshio Ido, Professor Emeritus of Ehime University
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

November 11th (Sunday) 2012
Learning communication strategies from films
Speaker: Kimiko Ochi (Matsuyama University), Danielle Kurihara (Matsuyama University)
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

July 8th (Sunday) 2012
SLA and Budo (Martial Arts): Extended, embodied cognition and practical implications for ELT
Speaker: Yosuke Yanase (Hiroshima University)
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

June 10th (Sunday) 2012
Balancing Language Teaching
Speaker: Rob Waring of Notre Dame Seishin University
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

May 12th (Saturday) 2012
The 3rd Annual Shikoku JALT Conference
Speaker: Mike Guest, Jim Ronald, Grant Tew, and others TBA
Location: Kochi City, Kochi Prefecture

April 8th (Sunday) 2012
Research 101: A refresher course for Teacher Researchers
Speaker: Ian Willey (Kagawa University)
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

February 12th (Sunday) 2012
Humor is Teachable
Speaker: Monika Szirmai, Hiroshima International University
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

January 8th (Sunday) 2012
Five strategies for effective vocabulary learning and teaching
Speaker: Samuel Barclay of Ehime University
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

December 11th (Sunday) 2011
Let's Teach Reading
Speaker: Barbara Hoskins Sakamoto, Co-author, Let’s Go, Oxford University Press and Program Director, International Teacher Development Institute
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

October 9th (Sunday) 2011
Short-term Study Abroad Programs: Enhancing the Cultural and Communication Experience
Speaker: Marcus Otlowski of Kochi University Dept. of International Studies
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

February 13th (Sunday) 2011
The Practical Applications of Multi-modal Teaching
Speaker: Charmain Winter and Toby Curtis, Ehime University
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

January 9th (Sunday) 2011
Using Recent Media in FL Courses and for Rating Oral Examinations
Speaker: Rudolf Reinelt, Ehime University
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

July 11th (Sunday) 2010
How to Make Your Students Joyful, Lifelong Readers -- Find Keys in Cover to Cover
Speaker: Junko Yamanaka, Trident College of Languages, Nagoya
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

June 13th (Sunday) 2010
(1) Reflections on Disagreements; (2) Creative Questioning: Puzzles for Pattern Practice
Speaker: (1) Carol Rinnert, Hiroshima City University; (2) Simon Capper, The Japanese Red Cross Hiroshima College of Nursing
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

May 29th (Saturday) 2010
1st Annual Shikoku JALT Regional Conference
Speaker: Featured speakers Ian Isemonger, Masahiro Nagasaki and Harry Carley
Location: Kochi City, Kochi Prefecture

April 11th (Sunday) 2010
Writing and Publishing Language Learning Materials
Speaker: Yusaku Mori, Author of test preparation guides, columnist for Asahi Weekly
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

March 14th (Sunday) 2010
Using a Social Networking System for Enhancing Writing in the EFL Classroom
Speaker: Akira Kawakami, Hyogo University of Health Science
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

February 14th (Sunday) 2010
Features of Spoken Language: Mining Authentic Interview Data
Speaker: Darren Lingley, Kochi University
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

January 10th (Sunday) 2010
Brain Science, Teaching, and Active Skills of Communication
Speaker: Curtis Hart Kelly, Kansai University, Shogakubu
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

December 13th (Sunday) 2009
The Communicative Value of English Discourse Intonation
Speaker: Yoshio Ido, Ehime University
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

December 14th (Sunday) 2008
Academic writing in English and Japanese: How do our students become multicompetent writers?
Speaker: Carol Rinnert, Hiroshima City University
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

October 12th (Sunday) 2008
Speaking of Speech and other Delights
Speaker: Charles LeBeau, Language Solutions
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

July 13th (Sunday) 2008
Creative Activities for Teaching about Countries and Cultures
Speaker: Kip Cates, Faculty of Regional Sciences, Tottori University
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

June 8th (Sunday) 2008
The Nikkei Experience in Japan
Speaker: Donna T. Fujimoto, Osaka Jogakuin College
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

May 11th (Sunday) 2008
A Health Topic for Healthy Students: Teaching about HIV/AIDS in the EFL classroom
Speaker: Louise Haynes, Director, Japan AIDS Prevention Awareness Network; English Lecturer, Nagoya City University
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

April 13th (Sunday) 2008
The Active Learner: A Classroom Teacher's Perspective
Speaker: Paul G. Batten, Faculty of Education, Kagawa University (MacMillan Languagehouse)
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

March 9th (Sunday) 2008
Varieties of English: Historical Forces and Sources
Speaker: David Kluge, Kinjo Gakuin University
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

February 10th (Sunday) 2008
Teaching English Conversation in an Aging Society
Speaker: Barbara D. Ito, President, E-World English, Ltd., Niihama
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

January 13th (Sunday) 2008
The Development of English Grammar
Speaker: Kiyoshi Shioiri, Matsuyama Shinonome College
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

December 9th (Sunday) 2007
Developing Intercultural Competence: An Important Role for Foreign Language Teachers
Speaker: Dr. Alvino E. Fantini, Graduate Faculty, MA Program in Language Communication, Matsuyama University
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

October 7th (Sunday) 2007
Encouraging Holistic Communication in the Classroom
Speaker: Simon Capper, The Japanese Red Cross Hiroshima College of Nursing
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

July 8th (Sunday) 2007
Motivation from Natural Resources: Genuine Communication Through Surveys
Speaker: Erin Peter Kourelis, American Language School, Matsuyama
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

May 13th (Sunday) 2007
Entry Level L2 Critical Thinking: Clear Communication
Speaker: Lawrie Hunter, Kochi University of Technology
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

April 8th (Sunday) 2007
Skills for Global Communication textbook
Speaker: Patrick and Aya Dougherty, Department of Global Communication, University of Hyogo
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

March 11th (Sunday) 2007
Maturity Level vs. EFL Level (Japanese 5th and 6th graders)
Speaker: Harry F. Carley III, Imabari City Board of Education
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

February 11th (Sunday) 2007
National Foundation Day (Kenkoku-kinen-no-hi)
Task-Based Language Learning Through Debate
Speaker: Eiko Nakamura, Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

January 14th (Sunday) 2007
Extensive Reading - the Whats, Whys, and Hows
Speaker: Ron Murphy, Ehime University
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

December 10th (Sunday) 2006
Understanding the 'New' TOEIC test
Speaker: Eri Okura, Oxford University Press
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

October 8th (Sunday) 2006
Studies on Communication Strategies: From Theories to Practice
Speaker: Chiaki Iwai, Hiroshima City University
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

September 10th (Sunday) 2006
How can we help students become 'intercultural communicators'?
Speaker: Mimako Saeki, Matsuyama Shinonome College
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

July 9th (Sunday) 2006
Developing a Peace Studies Course: From Theory to Practice
Speaker: Gregory D. Gray, Matsuyama University
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

June 11th (Sunday) 2006
Why listening?
Speaker: Paul Shimizu, Publishing Director, Intercom Press
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

May 14th (Sunday) 2006
Teaching Only Women: Are single-sex schools relevant?
Speaker: Brenda Hayashi, Miyagi Gakuin Women's University
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

April 9th (Sunday) 2006
Ways into Poems
Speaker: Linda K. Kadota, Matsuyama Shinonome College
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

March 12th (Sunday) 2006
Two presentations
Speaker: Euan McKirdy, Macmillan LanguageHouse
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

February 12th (Sunday) 2006
Using OUP teaching materials, and current book display
Speaker: Eri Okuda and Tanja McCandie, Oxford University Press
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

January 8th (Sunday) 2006
Cultivating the Ability for Students to Think Independently and to Function by Themselves Through English Lessons
Speaker: Kiwame Kono, Matsuyama Technical High School
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

December 11th (Sunday) 2005
Short and Simple: Discussion, Presentation, and Debate Activities for Low-Level Learners
Speaker: Charles LeBeau
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

November 13th (Sunday) 2005
How can we complain? Appropriate and effective strategies in English and Japanese
Speaker: Carol Rinnert, Hiroshima City University
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

September 11th (Sunday) 2005
An Evaluation of English Textbooks from the Viewpoint of Culture
Speaker: Nobuko Yamanaka, Ehime University
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

July 10th (Sunday) 2005
From an idea to a textbook: Getting published in Japan
Speaker: Simon Capper, The Japanese Red Cross Hiroshima College of Nursing
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

June 12th (Sunday) 2005
Creating Learning Communities Through Reading and Portfolio Assessment
Speaker: Barry Mateer, Tamagawa University
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

May 8th (Sunday) 2005
Some methods of teaching English that have developed in Japan after World War II
Speaker: Kiyoshi Shioiri, Shinonome College
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

April 10th (Sunday) 2005
OUP Graded Readers
Speaker: Tonja McCandie, Oxford University Press
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

March 13th (Sunday) 2005
Developing a textbook to improve the ability to use kanji
Speaker: Rumiko Mukai, Ehime University International Student Center
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

February 13th (Sunday) 2005
Communicative Tests
Speaker: Keisha Larkin, Ehime University
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

January 9th (Sunday) 2005
Cross-Cultural Communication: Difficulties and Strategies Utilized by Japanese Students at an American University
Speaker: Jennifer Feyen, AMIC English Center
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

December 12th (Sunday) 2004
'Virtual' Intercultural Experiences via Videoconferencing
Speaker: Linda Kadota, Shinonome College
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

October 10th (Sunday) 2004
Integrating Video into Classes
Speaker: Iain Macpherson, Ehime University
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

September 12th (Sunday) 2004
A Comparison of US and Japanese Group Discussion
Speaker: Suwako Watanabe, Portland State University
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

July 11th (Sunday) 2004
My Share: activities that work
Speaker: K. Tanaka, G. Gray, T. Friedrich, & K. Shioiri
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

June 13th (Sunday) 2004
Pair Discussions: Contextualizing Communication
Speaker: Barry Mateer, Tamagawa University, Department of Liberal Arts
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

May 9th (Sunday) 2004
The Care and Feeding of Sacred Cows: the Future needs of Foreign Language Teaching in Japan
Speaker: Will Jasprizza
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

April 11th (Sunday) 2004
Rating the Performance of Classroom Activities
Speaker: Richard Blight, Ehime University
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

March 14th (Sunday) 2004
Learning through Images & Actions
Speaker: Paul Shimizu, Intercom Press
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

February 8th (Sunday) 2004
Using Participation Points to Promote Participation
Speaker: Tamara Milbourn, Matsuyama University
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

January 11th (Sunday) 2004
Ways of Using Narrative in the Language Classroom
Speaker: Jennifer Danker, Matsuyama University
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

December 14th (Sunday) 2003
Teaching Communicative Strategies in the Classroom
Speaker: Ron Murphy, Ehime University
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

October 12th (Sunday) 2003
Teaching and Testing Vocabulary
Speaker: Adrian Paterson, Matsuyama University
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

September 14th (Sunday) 2003
Pyxisland, an integrated on-line course
Speaker: Masaki Seike
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

July 13th (Sunday) 2003
My Share
Speaker: Gary Baird, Makiko Kanno, Matthew Vatta, Masaki Nogami and Tamara Milbourn
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

May 11th (Sunday) 2003
To be announced
Speaker: To be announced
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

April 13th (Sunday) 2003
DramaWorks: Drama Techniques for Teaching EFL
Speaker: Tyler Warfield
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

March 9th (Sunday) 2003
Language Games in the Communicative Classroom
Speaker: Richard Blight, Ehime University
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

October 13th (Sunday) 2002
How to Use Mr. Bean for Your Students
Speaker: Hamada Mayumi and Akimoto Hiromi
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

September 15th (Sunday) 2002
Respect for the Aged Day (Keirou-no-hi)
Two presentations: Establishing and Managing a Language School, and
Facilitating Vocabulary Learning
Speaker: Tamai Satomi, Amic English Center
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

July 14th (Sunday) 2002
Language as Social Cooperation and Implied Meanings
Speaker: Richard Blight, Ehime University
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

June 9th (Sunday) 2002
Confidence Building Interactive Games and Activities for Language Classrooms
Speaker: Helene Jarmol Uchida, Little America Schools
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

May 12th (Sunday) 2002
Public Directives in Japanese and American English: Implications for L2 Learners
Speaker: Carol Rinnert
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

March 10th (Sunday) 2002
Classroom Activities
Speaker: Philip O'Neill, Oxford University Press
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

February 10th (Sunday) 2002
English and its World View
Speaker: Shioiri Kyoshi, Shinonome College
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

January 13th (Sunday) 2002
The Gothic Tradition, Past and Present
Speaker: Francoise Carter, Ehime University
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

October 14th (Sunday) 2001
Maximizing Learning and Confidence through Monolingual Dictionaries
Speaker: Brendan Delahunty, Longman Japan ELT
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

September 9th (Sunday) 2001
Essential Internet Activities for the Language Classroom: Four Lessons Learned from Experience
Speaker: Nathan Edwards, Kanazawa Institute of Technology
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

July 8th (Sunday) 2001
New Directions in ELT in the 21st Century
Speaker: Roger Davies, Ehime University
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

June 10th (Sunday) 2001
Worthwhile, Exciting Class Projects: Video Exchanges
Speaker: Joyce Cunningham, Ibaraki University
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

May 13th (Sunday) 2001
Two presentations by Joe Lauer
Speaker: Joe Lauer, Hiroshima University
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

April 15th (Sunday) 2001
Two presentations: (1) A Holistic Approach to Oral Communication (2) A Case for Freewriting
Speaker: Paul Shimizu, Intercom Press (www.intercompress.com)
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

March 11th (Sunday) 2001
Let's Make a Homepage!
Speaker: Thomas McCarthy
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

February 11th (Sunday) 2001
National Foundation Day (Kenkoku-kinen-no-hi)
Braving Controversial Topics for Conversation Classes
Speaker: Joy Jarman-Walsh, Yasuda Women's University, Hiroshima
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

January 21st (Sunday) 2001
Virginia Wolfe
Speaker: Francoise Carter
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture