JALT Niigata NEAR Conference 2022 (August 27th, 2022) Teaching Environments and Environmental Teaching
NEAR Language Education Conference 2022 is co-sponsored by JALT Niigata and GILE (Global Issues in Language Education) SIG. It aims to bring together language teaching and topics related to environments. Both the environment outside the classroom and the one within. This conference will provide a space for discussion and collaboration for anyone who is interested in improving their teaching environment or the environment we live in.
Plenary Session
English Language Teaching and Climate Change.
What’s the connection, what’s happening across our global community and what can I do?
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Christopher Graham
The climate emergency is a global catastrophe that involves us all, and the international English language teaching community is no exception.This talk will commence by looking at the interface between the climate crisis and ELT in terms of both the negative impacts of some of our behaviours on the environment, and the opportunities we have to integrate climate change education into our lessons. It will continue by focusing on some examples around the world of how ELT practitioners are engaging with the crisis, and will end by suggesting some guidelines you can use to approach the topics in your classes and across your institution.
NEAR2022
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About JALT Niigata
- JALT Niigata is proud to provide teachers in the Niigata area with a forum for professional development through regular presentations, workshops and meetings. We typically host between 7 and 10 events per year that cover topics ranging from the practical to the theoretical, and are aimed at language teachers at any level of education.
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JALT Niigata Team
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Clare Kaneko - President
Philip Nguyen - Treasurer
Emily Choong - Membership Chair
Michael Ruddick - Secretary
Cynthia Smith - Program Chair
Li-hsin Tu - Publicity Chair
Melodie Cook - Member-at-Large
Eli Pappas - Outreach Chair
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GILE SIG Team
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Jennie Roloff Rothman - Coordinator
Anthony Torbert - Treasurer
Samar Kassim - Membership Chair
Margalit Faden - Program Chair
Kip Cates - Publications Chair
Riya Kartha - Publicity Chair
Samikshya Bidari - Assistant Membership Chair
Samikshya Bidari - Regional Officer-Tohoku
Thomas Fast - Regional Officer-Chugoku
Timothy Grose - Regional Officer-Hokkaido
Masataka Kasai - Japanese Liaison
May Kyaw - Regional Officer-Kyushu
Richard Miller - Assistant Program Chair
Richard Miller - Regional Officer-Kansai
Zane Ritchie - Website Chair
Mark Shrosbree - Regional Officer-Kanto
Brent Simmonds - Regional Officer-Chubu