The Okinawa Chapter of JALT has several awards in honor of those who have achieved excellence.
The Best of JALT & Conference Presentation
Okinawa Chapter Awards
In recognition of those who have delivered the best presentations at JALT chapter events, the Michele Steele “Best of JALT” award is highly sought and greatly respected. The Okinawa Chapter is honored to have had several notable speakers share their knowledge with us, and we wish to express our deep appreciation for their outstanding presentations.
Rab Paterson | Honami Kimoto | Aya Yamauchi | Mitsuki Saito |
2020, MBP: Multimedia
Book Review Presentations
Matthew Cotter 2019, The Maori Haka: Cultural Understanding Through Traditional Performance | Curtis Kelly 2018, Dealing with Difficult Students: 3L Psychology |
Tomoko Yashima 2017, L2 Motivation and Willingness to Communicate in a Globalizing World | Andy Boon 2016, Beyond Trends: Teachers as Researchers | Howard Higa 2015, Sprucing up Your “Assigned” Textbook |
David Kluge 2014, Sharing Responsibility: Self-Assessment and Self-Evaluation | Jon Dujmovich 2013, Curiosity to Competency: Intercultural Activities for the Language Classroom | Jerald Halvorsen 2009, Organizing Intensive English Camps |
Trends in Language Teaching International Conference
Presentation Awards
2017
Howard Higa
Best Poster Presentation
2016
Anthony Sellick and James Bury Outstanding Poster Presentation
Ashley Ford
Excellent Poster Presentation
Norman Fewell
Outstanding Poster
2015
Howard Higa
Outstanding Poster Presentation
Takaaki Hiratsuka
Excellent Poster Presentation
Charlotte Lin
Outstanding Poster
Shohei Anan
Best Student Poster Presentation
2014
Charlotte Lin
Outstanding Poster Presentation
Samantha May
Excellent Poster Presentation
Lorraine Kipling
Outstanding Poster
Honorary Awards
In recognition of those who have excelled in contributing to the development
of the Okinawa Chapter of JALT, we wish to offer our appreciation.
Outstanding Student Presentations
21st Century Language Teaching Conference 2020
Honami Kimoto
Aya Yamauchi
Mitsuki Saito