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  • You can read more JALTHokkaido and our constitution here.

    https://jalt.org/groups/chapters/hokkaido

  • UPCOMING EVENTS

  • Information about new events will be posted here as it come to hand.

    Make sure to check out what past events in the Event Archive.

  • 2022 Event 3 (Hybrid)  JALT Hokkaido  (Japanese below)

    Saturday, August 20, 2022 (16:00 – 18:30 JST)　

    Teaching Fluency using the Verbal Classrooms method

    Presenter:  José Domingo Cruz

    Abstract

    All teachers want their students to achieve higher levels of fluency, but how to teach it, and which classroom methods actually work? The presenter has been teaching fluency-based speaking classes for over 20 years, and will share his methods and theories to get students to speak faster and to say more. In addition to a basic description of the essentials of his teaching techniques, he will demonstrate some classroom activities, from the basic Answer-Question pattern (AQp) to, One Idea, One Breath (OIOB) which is aimed at fluency improvement, and others such as Timed Speeches and, Disagreements. Time permitting, there will also be an introduction to his Authentic Listening / fluency practice website, GOLDFish365 - https://goldfish365.com/

    Format: Hybrid Presentation - this presentation took place at Hokkai-Gakuen University and also online via Zoom.

    Presenter Profile

    José Domingo Cruz has given numerous presentations and keynote presentation for various conferences and educational events and works on several English study projects, including his main venture, “GOLDFish365”. Cruz is the author of, “Teaching with ZOOM 2” Published by Wayzgoose Press. He helped create the protocols for and led the team of volunteer Room Hosts that guided the presentations for the pioneering online conferences for PANSig and the JALT National conferences of the pandemic year of 2020 (The Fire Station). Cruz is a leading member of Online Teaching Japan, an online discussion group on Facebook centering on topics related to professional development for pedagogy, and where he hosts the broadcasts of “OTJtv”. Cruz is from Canada, and is a veteran university instructor and Japan resident, specializing in fluency instruction, authentic materials creation, and online education.

    題名：バーバルクラスルーム方式による流暢性の指導法

    発表者：ホセ・ドミンゴ・クルス氏

    日時：8月20日（土）午後16:00-18:30（対面の方午後16:00から会場に入れます）

    会場：北海学園大学 国際会議場（図書館棟6階）

    開催方法：ハイブリット

    講演概要

    どの教師も生徒により高いレベルの流暢さを身につけてほしいと願っていますが、どのように教えればよいのでしょうか、またどの授業方法が実際に効果的なのでしょうか。本セミナーでは、20年以上にわたり流暢性を重視したスピーキングクラスを指導してきた発表者が、生徒をより速く、より多く発話させるための方法と理論について紹介します。基本的なAQp（Answer-Questionパターン）から、流暢性の向上を目的としたOIOB（One Idea, One Breath）、さらに時間を計測するスピーチやDisagreementなどのクラスアクティビティを実演しながら、指導法の要点を説明します。また、Authentic Listening / Fluency Practiceのウェブサイト、GOLDFish365 - https://goldfish365.com/ の紹介も行う予定です。

    発表者略歴

    ホセ・ドミンゴ・クルス　様々な会議や教育イベントで数多くのプレゼンテーションや基調講演を行い、自身の主たるベンチャーである「GOLDFish365」を含むいくつかの英語学習プロジェクトに取り組んでいる。著書に「Teaching with ZOOM 2」（Wayzgoose Press刊）がある。PANSigや2020年のパンデミックイヤーのJALT全国会議の先駆的なオンライン会議（The Fire Station）で、プレゼンテーションを指導するボランティアのルームホストのプロトコルの作成と指導に携わる。また、教育学の専門家育成に関するトピックを取り上げるFacebook上のオンライングループ「Online Teaching Japan」の主要メンバーでもあり、「OTJtv」の放送を担当。カナダ出身。日本在住の大学講師として、流暢さの指導、オーセンティックな教材の開発、オンライン教育を専門とする。

    You can see the whole video recording of this presentation below.

  • 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.

  • 2022 Event 1  JALT Hokkaido  

    January 29, 2021 (17:00 - 17:30 JST)

    43rd AGM and Election of Officers

    JALT Hokkaido 43rd AGM and Election of Officers covered officer reports from 2021, what we have planned for 2022 and announcement of JALT Hokkaido officers for 2022. (The election for 2022 officers was carried out online.)

    The short video of the full AGM is below. (click)