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RECENT NEWS
With help of the JALT Hokkaido EDPAG Grant for research and promotional activities, a paper has been published in the LEARN journal which is indexed in Scopus and Eric.
The authors would like to thank JALT Hokkaido Chapter and have made mention in the acknowledgements. The grant was used to pay student participants and a student research assistant during the investigative stage of the study.
If you are interested in reading the paper titled ‘Reactions of Teachers and Students Towards the Implementation of Performance-based Language Assessment: A Washback Study in Hokkaido, Japan’ click on the link below and go to the 20th paper down the list.
https://so04.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/LEARN/issue/view/17077
To find out more about the JALT Hokkaido EDPAG Grant for research and promotional activities please visit https://jalthokkaido.net for more information.
UPCOMING EVENTS
2022 Event 1 JALT Hokkaido
January 29, 2021 (17:00 - 17:30 JST) Event 2 will be straight after at 17:30!
43rd AGM and Election of Officers
JALT Hokkaido 43rd AGM and Election of Officers will take place on 29 January, 2022 at 5pm, right before our first workshop event (below) of the year.
We will quickly cover officer reports from 2021, what we have planned for 2022 and announcement of JALT Hokkaido officers for 2022.
The election period for officers is from Friday, January 5 to Friday January 28.
Please cast an *anonymous vote for our hard working slate of officers.
*In order to be able to verify the voters, we cannot make the voting system 100% anonymous. Please see the procedure below.Voting Procedure
1) Click on the link which will take you to the JALT Hokkaido Voting Form.
https://forms.gle/eL8c5p3YWBhvDRcD82) You will need to enter your email address that you used to join JALT. This will be the only identifier on the form. JALT Hokkaido's appointed Election's Officer, Michael Mielke, will be the only person with access to the votes. He will send the email addresses to our Membership chair to verify that the emails belong to valid members.
3) All of the candidates are running unopposed so you have the option of voting for the whole slate of candidates with one click. You can also choose to vote or not vote for each individual candidate.
4) There will also be a chance to join as a Member-at-Large and give your opinion, suggestions or feedback.
4) Be sure to press the SUBMIT button when you have completed the ballot.
5) You will receive a confirmation email showing your vote. Please keep this for your records.
On the day: (simultaneous registration for Event 2 Presentation and Workshop)
Format: Hybrid
❶ Face-to-Face 30 people max.
Little Tree (Miyoshi) Meeting Space
〒060-0042 Hokkaido, Sapporo, Chuo Ward, Odori Nishi 18 Chome−1 三好商会 ２Ｆ
https://goo.gl/maps/SoisFHcD6bAKVHah7
Pre-registration (below) required.
Mask wearing and temperature on entry will be mandatory.
COVID protocols will be strictly maintained.
# If COVID restrictions become stricter, the number of people will have to be decreased or moved predominantly online.❷ Online: Zoom for both AGM and Workshop-Presentation
Zoom link to be sent day before event
Pre-registration (below) required.
For online attendees to fully participate in the workshop, Dr. Ueda requested that we send materials in advance.Pre-registration for all attendees, face-to-face and online, required.
Pre-registration form: https://forms.gle/EJDDZnYt1T21iuVw7See you there!
2022 Event 2 JALT Hokkaido (Japanese below)
January 29, 2021 (17:30 - 19:30 JST)
Diagnostic EFL Listening Teaching Methods Based on Theories and Evidence
Presenter: Dr. Marisa Ueda
Abstract
This workshop aims to demonstrate diagnostic EFL listening teaching methods especially for Japanese learners of English based on evidence and two theories on human information processing and the metacognitive process of language learning. Despite a high number of new materials available for EFL listening and the invention of audio technology in the past 50 years, actual classroom teaching methods in EFL listening have changed little: Play an audio file, make learners answer questions, tell them the answers, give handouts (translations, audio scripts and vocabulary) and tell them to keep listening to the audio files until they fully understand them. These ways are NOT instructional because learners are left alone to work out for themselves: where/why their comprehension broke down and how to overcome their problems. Testing and teaching are NOT the same, yet this is not always realised even by us teachers. How can theories and evidence be applied to classroom practice? The audience is expected to be actively involved. First, the audience will be introduced to two fundamental theories about human information processing and the metacognitive process of language learning. Then they will learn how to find where/why learners’ comprehension broke down, mostly based on evidence. After that, the audience will be shown how to fix these problems diagnostically, depending on the causes. By the end of this workshop, the audience will have gained a degree of confidence in diagnostic EFL listening instruction. If you are not confident in teaching EFL listening, this workshop is for you. For further information, please visit http://listening-marisa.com. For any enquiries, please contact at marisa@ec.rutsumei.ac.jpCost: Free for everyone
Format: Hybrid
• Face-to-Face 30 people max.
Little Tree (Miyoshi) Meeting Space
〒060-0042 Hokkaido, Sapporo, Chuo Ward, Odori Nishi 18 Chome−1 三好商会 ２Ｆ
https://goo.gl/maps/SoisFHcD6bAKVHah7
Pre-registration (below) required.
Mask wearing and temperature on entry will be mandatory.
COVID protocols will be strictly maintained.
# If COVID restrictions become stricter, the number of people will have to be decreased or moved predominantly online.• Online: Zoom for both AGM and Workshop
Zoom link to be sent day before event
Pre-registration (below) required.
For online attendees to fully participate in the workshop, Dr. Ueda requested that we send materials in advance.Pre-registration for all attendees, face-to-face and online, required.
Pre-registration form: https://forms.gle/EJDDZnYt1T21iuVw7Schedule:
5:00~5:30 43rd JALT Hokkaido AGM
5:30~7:00 Workshop
7:00~7:30 Q&A
7:35~8:00 Set up for dinner - Max 15 people. Only JALT Hokkaido officers, members and members at large. Please pre-register early if desiring a dinner reservation early as numbers are limited. 8:00~9:30 Dinner (approximately 1,500~2,000 yen per person not including drinks.
Presenter Profile
Marisa Ueda (marisa@ec.ritsumei.ac.jp) is a professor at Ritsumeikan University (Japan). She has got a Diploma in T.E.F.L. at the University of East Anglia (England) and an M.A. in Applied Linguistics at the University of Reading (England). She studied Cognitive and Computing Sciences for her D.Phil. at the University of Sussex (England) and completed her Ph.D. at Osaka University (Japan). Her doctoral research was about EFL Listening focusing on intermediate learners. Her research interests include EFL listening instruction methods with strategies and metacognition through scientific approaches based on theories and evidence. She was a visiting researcher at the University of Lancaster (England) in 2006-2007 and the University of Reading (England) in 2019-2020. Her five-year research project has been supported and funded by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science KAKENHI, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Grant Number P17K03037 since 2017. Her PhD thesis was published with research funding in 2015. For more information about EFL listening instruction methods based on theories and evidence, please visit http://listening-marisa.com Her book about EFL listening is published in Japan and translated and published in Taiwan as well; 聽見英國—英式英語實境聽力練習.
オープン・セミナー題目 理論とエビデンスに基づいた診断的リスニング指導法
概要
このセミナーでは、特に日本人英語学習者を対象として「人間の情報処理に関する理論」と「言語 理解に関する理論」の２つの理論とエビデンス（統計学的に有意差があったデータ）を元に診断的 リスニング指導法を紹介します。過去、半世紀において、膨大な数のリスニングに関する教材が出 版されてきました。また、この半世紀で音声の録音や再生技術には大変な進化がありました。しか し、リスニング指導においてはほとんど進化がないというのが現実です。教員は音声を再生し、学 習者がそれを聞いて解答する。教員が解答を伝えて、オーディオ・スクリプトや日本語訳、単語の プリントを配る。文法や意味の説明がされることもあるかもしれません。そして必ず教員は最後に こういうのです。「わからないところや間違ったところがある人は、わかるまで何回も聞いておきま しょう」と。これは指導ではありません。「指導」というのは、「どこで」「何故間違ったのか・ わからなくなったのか」「どうすれば良いのか」を教えることなのです。 ２つの理論の内容はどんなものでしょうか？エビデンスの具体的な詳細は、どういったものでしょ うか？２つの理論とエビデンスはリスニング指導にどのように関係しているのでしょうか？「どこ で」「何故間違ったのか・わからなくなったのか」「どうすれば良いのか」を指導できるようになる には、どうしたらいいのでしょうか？これら全部の質問の答えはセミナーで明らかになります。セ ミナーでは加者の皆さんに実際にセミナー内で意見交換してもらったり、実際に体験してもらった りと参加型のセミナーです。リスニングを自己流で指導してきた方やリスニング指導に自信がない 方へお勧めのセミナーです。 より詳しい内容はコチラのサイトを御覧下さい。
http://listening-marisa.com お問い合わせはコチラまで marisa@ec.rutsumei.ac.jp上田氏の立命館大学プロフィールのページでは、上田氏の日本語の経歴を https://research-db.ritsumei.ac.jp/rithp/k03/resid/S002149?lang=ja#952-100 でご覧いただけます。
MEMBERSHIP
- JALT Hokkaido is offering grants for research, educational and promotional activities.There are also grants for supporting members and non-members, for example, to attend JALT Hokkaido events and support local teaching and learning communities.For more information, and to submit your proposal, follow this link:The JALT Hokkaido team is looking forward to seeing your proposal and learning about your ideas!
EDPAG Grant Recipients
- JALT Hokkaido is offering grants for research, educational and promotional activities.There are also grants for supporting members and non-members, for example, to attend JALT Hokkaido events and support local teaching and learning communities.For more information, and to submit your proposal, follow this link: <https://forms.gle/VnMVuJeNs47WNxhh8>.The JALT Hokkaido team is looking forward to seeing your proposal and learning about your ideas!
Winner of the JALT Hokkaido EDPAG 2021!
Recipient: Professor Bordin Chinda
Title: Reactions of Teachers and Students Towards the Implementation of Performance-based Language Assessment: A Washback Study in Hokkaido, Japan
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