July 25, 2026

Fukuoka JALT My Share

Four experienced teachers demonstrate practical classroom activities that you can use or adapt for your own classes

Location:

Seinan Gakuin University Community Center, 2F
Map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/k6xAYNW8oEr7uoPh9
Subway: Nishijin Station on the Kuko (Airport) Line
(Click here for directions.)

Date: Saturday, July 25, 2026

Time: 16:30 to 18:30
Note that this is an hour later than we've recently started and end at this venue.

Cost:

JALT members: free
non-members: 1,000 yen

Dinner: TBA

Scaffolding Long Listening Texts for Low-Proficient Students

Tim Pritchard (Seinan Gakuin University)

This listening activity introduces an ingenious paper handout which helps scaffold long textbook listening activities. The audio script is pasted onto an A-4 sized paper in scrambled bite-sized sections on the front and in the correct order on the back. This allows for the audio to be played three times and for the paper to be folded, unfolded and folded again, providing three distinct steps of varying listening difficulty. This activity is especially useful for low-proficient classes where students have difficulty concentrating; the handout numbered sections allow the teacher to easily pause the audio and for students to compare notes with each other.

Biography:

Tim Pritchard is from the UK and has been teaching English in Fukuoka for 24 years. He is currently surviving teaching elementary after school classes in addition to community center adult classes and his main university classes.

Using Games in the Classroom

Keiko Willhite

Using games in the classroom is not a new idea, but I wanted a game that would excite students regardless of their (perceived) level of English. Even though this is a board game, students don’t stay seated. They get to stand up and talk with friends in other groups, and yes, they have to talk to teachers too!

Biography:

Keiko Willhite has been teaching English to high school students for over 10 years. She is currently pursuing a master's degree in the Department of Foreign Languages at Seinan University. Her research interests include public speaking and curriculum development.

Puzzle Tasks

William Pellowe (Kindai University)

A puzzle task is a logical puzzle that can be solved with the clues that are provided. These activities can be solved by individual students, or turned into a group task by having members of the group each have different clues. Puzzle tasks can be used as a fun way to apply new material or to review familiar language. In this practical demonstration, a puzzle task will be demonstrated to you, and you will get tips on creating your own.

Biography:

Bill Pellowe has been teaching in Japan since 1990, from eikaiwa classes to university. He's an Associate Professor at Kindai University's campus in Iizuka City, Fukuoka Prefecture.

The Benefits of Vocabulary Warm-Ups

William Zullo (Kyushu Sangyo University)

As vocabulary teaching is an essential part of language education, this presentation will discuss two vocabulary warm-up activities that I use to help students' remember target words. The activities center on pair work and involve either writing or speaking skills in a university classroom setting. The talk will also share some related findings on the effectiveness of these tasks based on data collected through my ongoing research project.

Biography:

After moving to Japan with his family from Montreal in 2019, William Zullo (MA in Applied Linguistics) has worked at several educational institutions from preschools, eikaiwa, vocational colleges and universities in Fukuoka City. His research interests encompass a wide range of topics within linguistics and educational psychology with a more recent focus on EFL vocabulary acquisition/instruction and collaborative learning. During his free time, he enjoys gardening, coffee brewing, karaoke and dreams of living by the beach.

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