Sessions

GILE SIG Forum

For the 14th successive year, the Global Issues SIG forum is an idea-sharing session open to all interested people. This well-received session linked to global issues and international understanding will feature classroom teachers’ mini-reports, and innovative ideas on teaching activities, materials writing, and curriculum design. Handouts, lesson plans, and teaching resources will be available to peruse or take. Come join our unique session, learn new teaching approaches, and share your ideas. Open to all!

Creating Teaching Communities in Higher Education

In Japan, there are many higher education institutions with numerous language teachers working under diverse employment conditions. For effective language education, it is important that an inclusive community of motivated teachers is created. In this workshop, the presenter will explain how one university works towards this goal through such initiatives as peer mentoring, online training videos, peer workshops, and voluntary contact persons. Participants will be invited to share their own experiences of developing teaching communities.

Tech Tools and Techniques for Remote Teaching

This year has seen a complete change in the way we teach languages. This workshop will look at methodologies suitable for these times. First, the presenter will explain ways to successfully recreate familiar classroom activities, such as pairwork, mingling, group discussions, PowerPoint presentations, etc, in video applications like Zoom. Second, the presenter will explain how to create materials suitable for remote teaching, using familiar Microsoft applications, such as Word and PowerPoint. Third, various tech tips, including lesser known Microsoft tricks, will be shared. It is hoped that participants will leave the workshop with many new tech and teaching skills.