Back to School 2018: Osaka JALT's 8th annual spring mini-conference
Saturday, May 12, 2018 - 9:00am to 5:30pm
Back to School 2018 is Osaka JALT’s 8th annual spring mini-conference which aims to share ideas on a wide range of topics to help everyone in the new school year. With long and short presentations, poster sessions, and plenty of time to socialize (including a dinner party afterwards at a nearby izakaya), there is sure to be something for everyone.
RSVP by Thursday, May 10, to reserve a seat at the dinner party.
See below for the full schedule.
This year's plenary speaker is Dr. Curtis Kelly of Kansai University, who will be presenting The Neuroscience and Psychology of Motivation.
3L students. You know them: Low Ability, Low Confidence, and Low Motivation. While there is no easy answer on how to get them engaged, a look at the key theories of motivation gives us insights on how we might work with them. In neuroscience, the role of emotion became a hot topic less than a year ago, but not emotion as we think of it. Emotional valence is attached to every memory and through predictive processing shapes our orientation towards future experiences. In short, no emotion, no learning. As for the psychology of motivation, the most valuable theories are some of the oldest – Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and Roger’s criteria for building a humanistic relationship: 1) authenticity, 2) empathic listening, and 3) absolute positive regard. After examining the science behind motivation, we will have a short workshop. The audience will be given motivation problems to design solutions for, such as making a textbook lesson more engaging, or dealing with a sleeping student.
Curtis Kelly (EdD), is a Professor of English at Kansai University and founder of the BRAIN SIG. His life mission is to “relieve the suffering of the classroom.” To do so, he has made over 400 presentations on neuroscience, motivation and teaching writing, and has written over 30 books with learner-centered activities, including Significant Scribbles (Longman), Active Skills for Communication (Cengage), and Writing from Within (Cambridge).
This event is co-sponsored by Oxford University Press and Osaka Jogakuin University's Research Institute of International Collaboration and Coexistence.
Location:
Osaka Jogakuin University
Address:
2 Chome-26-54 Tamatsukuri
Chuo, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture 540-0004 Japan
Event Speakers: Dr. Curtis Kelly, Kansai University
Fee for JALT members: Free
Fee for non-JALT members: 2,000 yen (1,000 yen for full-time students)
Poster Presentations:
Jeffrey Barnett - Where is the Reading Section? Critical Thinking, Task Focus, and Developing Motivation
Andrew Blaker - Vocabulary Notebook Use in High Schools
Gordon Carlson - Service Learning and English Leadership Camp
Gretchen Clark - All things Flipgrid: An essential tool for out-of-class speaking practice via video
Claire Murray - Can Japanese students become better language learners?
Philip Riccobono - KakaoTalk: Examining university students attitudes’ toward a mobile platform for learning English
Aaron Sponseller - Initial Validation of a Parental Reading Belief Scale for Japanese L1 Mothers
Short presentations:
Mehrasa Alizadeh - The Basics of Navigating a Learning Management System (LMS) in Japanese
Sachiko Aoki - English Songs for Comprehension of Connected Speech
John Campbell-Larsen - Why do you ask? Transactional, display and interactional questions in the classroom
Barry Condon - Creativity, Technology and Grammar
Imogen Custance - Anyone for (Sentence) Tennis?
G. Clint Denison - Examining the Lexical Profile and Speaking Skills of English L2 Learners
Max Diaz - Using Mobile Messenger Applications in In-Service Learning Environments
Paul Dickinson - Giving Language Classes a Motivational Reboot with Kahoot!
Ray Franklin - Analysis of Fluency and Pronunciation in Controlled vs. Spontaneous Speaking Tasks
Akemi Fu - College students’ growth through a short study abroad program
Mary Hillis - Activities for improving academic writing skills
Arthur Lauritsen - University Style Lectures in English?!?!?
Elizabeth Leigh - Research and Curriculum Design in an Advanced English Course in Education for Sustainable Development at Osaka City University
Kane Linton - Redefining English Assessment in Japanese Education: The Link Between Motivation and Opportunity
Paul Mathieson - Tickling funny bones to aid academic vocabulary acquisition
Sachiko Nakagome - Teaching effective use of translation software to university students
Richard Sparrow - TBLT and Flipped Learning: A Reading Focus in a Communcation Class
Yasue Shinomiya - My Way of Using Google Forms in Class
John Syquia - Learning Vocabulary Through Watching Television for Pleasure
Catriona Takeuchi - Teachers Helping Teachers: From then to now
Long presentations:
Anne Barkow - Simple Strategies To Teach Listening
John Carle - Motivation: Old School Tools and High Tech Tricks!
Paul Lyddon - Structuring Effective L2 Group Discussions
Justin Pool - Selecting and Integrating Authentic Materials into the Curriculum: A Restaurant Unit
Oliver Rose - Digital Tools for Independent Productive Sentence-Level Practice
Matthew Ross - A look at teaching in Rwanda
Leeja Russell - Code of Conduct: Specific Strategies for Improving Classroom Management Competence
Wednesday, February 28, 2018 at 5:59PM
