Niigata JALT Archive

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

June 21st (Sunday) 2020
(1) Using Google Forms as Quizzes; (2) Assessment with Google Classroom and Third-Party Apps
Speaker: (1) William Pellowe; (2) Nathan Gildart
Location: Online, Online Events

April 13th (Saturday) 2019
Warmers and Fillers Revisited
Speaker: Eli Pappas
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture

October 28th (Sunday) 2018
I am more than a stereotype: Stories of Change and Hope
Speaker: Parisa Mehran and Gerry Yokota
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture

July 14th (Saturday) 2018
Developing Young Learners' Literacy Skills Through CLIL
Speaker: Chiyuki Yanase
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture

June 9th (Saturday) 2018
10th Annual NEAR Conference: Celebrating Changes and Innovation in Language Education
Speaker: Makoto Ikeda (Sophia University); call for papers due Feb. 12
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture

October 29th (Sunday) 2017
Theory in Second Language Educational Research
Speaker: Julia Kimura
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture

July 9th (Sunday) 2017
Using Facebook To Enhance Motivation
Speaker: Chris Madden (Seikei University)
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture

June 10th (Saturday) 2017
9th Annual NEAR Conference Challenges and Opportunities in Education
Speaker: TBA
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture

May 28th (Sunday) 2017
Examining pupils' images of English, before and after short storytelling sessions, in a Japanese primary school
Speaker: Alison Nemoto (Native English Instructor at Board of Education Okuma Town)
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture

April 8th (Saturday) 2017
Current trends and future developments in language education: Implications for the classroom
Speaker: Howard Brown (Niigata university)
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture

January 28th (Saturday) 2017
Getting Students Researching
Speaker: Andy Boon (Toyo Gakuen University)
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture

October 15th (Saturday) 2016
Art in the Language Classroom
Speaker: Martin Sedaghat
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture

July 9th (Saturday) 2016
Three Questions
Speaker: Susan Sullivan
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture

June 11th (Saturday) 2016
8th Annual NEAR Language Education Conference
Speaker: Call for papers due February 15, 2016
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture

April 9th (Saturday) 2016
Experience the Power of CLIL Lessons for Young Learners
Speaker: Lesley Ito
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture

January 23rd (Saturday) 2016
Positive past selves and possible others in language learning
Speaker: Joseph Falout (Nihon University)
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture

November 7th (Saturday) 2015
JALT National Conference Preview
Speaker: Several
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture

October 18th (Sunday) 2015
Humanizing EFL classrooms: Poetry writing as meaningful literacy practice in the Japanese EFL context
Speaker: Atsushi Iida
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture

May 23rd (Saturday) 2015
7th Annual NEAR Language Education Conference
Speaker: Call for papers due Feb 15, 2015
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture

April 25th (Saturday) 2015
Numbers Game: How accreditation, Kakenhi and the Super Global program are changing Japan's universities
Speaker: Bern Mulvey
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture

February 15th (Sunday) 2015
Teaching Kids: Art or Skill?
Speaker: Eric Kane
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture

January 24th (Saturday) 2015
I can see clearly now: Finding research directions via non-judgmental discourse
Speaker: Andy Boon
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture

December 14th (Saturday) 2013
Developing Lower-level Processing Skills in English L2 Reading/Listening
Speaker: Shigeo Kato
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture

November 23rd (Saturday) 2013
Labor Thanksgiving Day (Kinrou-kansha-no-hi)
Professional Development through Collaboration on Quantitative Research
Speaker: Greg Sholdt
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture

July 21st (Sunday) 2013
My Share
Speaker: Various Speakers
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture

June 23rd (Sunday) 2013
Getting Your Work Published
Speaker: John Adamson, Melodie Cook
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture

May 25th (Saturday) 2013
5th Annual NEAR Language Education Conference: All is New Again: New Experiences, New Challenges, New Voices
Speaker: Call for papers due February 17, 2013
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture

April 21st (Sunday) 2013
(1) Language Cloud Online Learning Management System; (2) The Flipped Classroom
Speaker: (1) Theresa Sherry (Language Cloud); (2) Robert Habbick (Cambridge University Press)
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture

February 11th (Monday) 2013
National Foundation Day (Kenkoku-kinen-no-hi)
CANCELLED Student Research Showcase
Speaker: Various Student Speakers
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture

January 27th (Sunday) 2013
Talk it Through
Speaker: Various Speakers
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture

October 27th (Saturday) 2012
Best of JALT 2012
Speaker: Various Speakers
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture

July 14th (Saturday) 2012
Conversation Strategies: Teaching, Learning & Motivation
Speaker: Ivan Brown (Joetsu University of Education)
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture

May 26th (Saturday) 2012
The 4th Annual N.E.A.R. Language Education Conference
Speaker: Plenary by Theron Muller; more than 25 other presentations
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture

October 8th (Saturday) 2011
My Article
Speaker: Various speakers
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture

May 28th (Saturday) 2011
The 3rd Annual N.E.A.R. Language Education Conference
Speaker: Featured Chuck Sandy. Call for papers due by Feb. 14
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture

May 29th (Saturday) 2010
The 2nd Annual North East Asian Region (N.E.A.R.) Language Education Conference
Speaker: Various speakers (Keynote speaker Joseph Shaules)
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture

April 24th (Saturday) 2010
Basic Statistics for Applied Linguistics
Speaker: David Coulson
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture

May 30th (Saturday) 2009
N.E.A.R. Language Education Conference
Speaker: Call for papers deadline is Feb 14, 2009
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture

November 15th (Saturday) 2008
The Best of JALT National Conference
Speaker: Various speakers
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture

October 19th (Sunday) 2008
Haiku in EFL Classes
Speaker: Howard Brown
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture

June 29th (Sunday) 2003
Taking Students Abroad
Speaker: Susumu Mutsuhashi and students, Tomonobu Haga, and Carlo Capua
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture

April 20th (Sunday) 2003
Two parts: 1. Communicative Games and Warm-ups; 2: "The First Class of the Term"
Speaker: Part 1: Conrad Matsumoto; Part 2: Lori Haga, Kazushige Cho, Cyndi Peterson, and Azusa Kibushi
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture

February 9th (Sunday) 2003
Academic Research Writing
Speaker: Cyndi Peterson, Southern Illinois University
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture

November 10th (Sunday) 2002
Critical Thinking / Problem Solving
Speaker: Lori Haga
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture

October 6th (Sunday) 2002
Non-Teaching Made Easy
Speaker: Chris Hunt, Wise Hat
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture

September 8th (Sunday) 2002
Starting the New Term Off Right
Speaker: Angela Ota
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture

June 23rd (Sunday) 2002
Adapting Textbook Activities On the Spot
Speaker: Rebecca Arthur, Poole Gakuin University
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture

May 12th (Sunday) 2002
Read with Me and I Will Read: Activities that Work with Elementary School Children
Speaker: Setsuko Toyama and Julian Whitney
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture

April 14th (Sunday) 2002
Team Teaching and Japanese Learners' Motivation
Speaker: Miyazato Kyoko, Hakuoh University
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture

December 9th (Sunday) 2001
Niigata Book Fair
Speaker: Various Speakers
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture

November 18th (Sunday) 2001
Stimulus Based Teaching
Speaker: Tessa Woodward
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture

October 14th (Sunday) 2001
Holiday Fun for Everyone
Speaker: Meg Ishida
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture

September 9th (Sunday) 2001
My Share Brunch
Speaker: Various speakers
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture

June 10th (Sunday) 2001
Drama Works
Speaker: Carl Nommensen
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture

May 13th (Sunday) 2001
Introducing Public Elementary School English and the Monbusho Handbook
Speaker: Tom Merner, Japan College of Foreign Languages
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture

April 8th (Sunday) 2001
Creating Collaborative Learning Communities
Speaker: Tim Murphey, Nanzan University
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture

March 11th (Sunday) 2001
Looking in Classrooms
Speaker: Bill Brooks
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture

February 4th (Sunday) 2001
Mini Book Fair
Speaker: Several presenters
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture