Support Your Chapter @ JALT 2007

The following is a list of the presentations that were given by Omiya JALT members at the 2007 international conference:

Ohata, Kota – International Christian University Christianson, Mark – International Christian University
Learner self-confidence in a Japanese EAP program 

Takagi, Akiko – Osaka Kyoiku University 
Students’ critical perceptions of entrance exams 

Maass, Miyoko – Seigakuin University
Extensive reading and students’ affect 

Murray, Adam – Tokyo Denki University 
Stout, Michael – Toyo Gakuen University, Takushoku University, Shibaura Institute of Technology 
The Internet: A free and easy teaching tool 

Penny-Toba, Natalie – Tokai University
Shimada, Miori – Keisen University
Looking at a challenging writing activity 

Rabbini, Roberto – Seigakuin University 
Diem, Robert – Shonan University
The BNRS podcast: Beyond the intermediate plateau 

Miyazato, Kyoko – Hakuoh University
Team teaching: A case of native speaker fallacy 

Stout, Michael – Toyo Gakuen University, Takushoku University, Shibaura Institute of Technology 
Networking in Japan for PD 

Matsuzki Carreira, Junko – Tokyo Future University
Effects of teaching reduced forms 

Hughes, Leander – Saitama City Board of Education
Motivating debates for low level learners 

Reimann, Andrew – Utsunomiya University
Strong, Greg – Aoyama Gakuin University 
O’Dowd, Greg – Hamamatsu Medical University 
McMurray, David – The International University of Kagoshima 
McLaughlin, Robert – Tokoha Gakuin University
Multicultural perspectives in language teaching 

Komisarof, Adam – Reitaku University
ALT coworker relations and acculturation attitudes 

Reimann, Andrew – Utsunomiya University
An ethnographic approach to ICC