Contact Information

One person must be designated as the contact person. Have his or her email address ready along with the presenter(s)' affiliations and JALT membership numbers if available. Also indicate which days, if any, the presenter(s) are not available.

Promotional Presentations

Indicate whether or not this session will be promoting commercial teaching materials or systems, or other commercial services.

Interest Areas

Presentation rooms at JALT2012 will be organized according to the interest areas below, which closely parallel JALT Special Interest Groups (SIGs). These are divided into two main sub-groups:

A. Learning/Teaching Contexts

1. College & University Education (CUE)
2. Conversation /Language School (EIKAIWA)
3. Junior/Senior High School (JSHS)
4. Teaching Children (TC) (Presentations will be included in JALT Junior)
5. Teaching Mature Learners (Lifelong Language Learning)
6. General (applicable to any, or at least a range of, teacher/learner populations)
7. Non-teaching content (for meetings and JALT business sessions)

B. Content Areas

1. Administration, Management, & Employment Issues (PALE)
2. Bilingualism (BIL)
3. Business English (BE)
4. Corpus (COR)
5. Critical Thinking (CT)
6. Culture (CUL)
7. Elementary and Preschool (ELEM)
8. English for Specific Purposes (ESP)
9. Extensive Reading (ER)
10. Framework (CEFR etc.) & Language Portfolio (FLP)
11. Gender Awareness in Language Education (GALE)
12. Global Issues in Language Education (GILE)
13. Japanese as a Second Language (JSL)
14. Languages Other than English or Japanese (OLE)
15. Language and Technology (CALL)
16. Learner Development (LD)
17. Listening (LIS)
18. Literature in Teaching EFL (LIT)
19. Materials Writing and Design (MW)
20. Motivation (MOT)
21. Pragmatics (PRAG)
22. Professional Development (PD)
23. Pronunciation (PRON)
24. Reading (READ)
25. Sociolinguistics (SL)
26. Speech, Drama & Debate (SDD)
27. Speaking/Communication (SC)
28. Study Abroad (SA)
29. Tasked-Based Learning (TBL)
30. Teacher Education (TED)
31. Testing and Evaluation (TEVAL)
32. Teachers Helping Teachers (THT)
33. Vocabulary (VOC)
34. Writing (WRIT)
35. Non-teaching area (for meetings and JALT business sessions)

Presenters should indicate BOTH which learning/teaching context they are targeting AND which content area they feel the presentation best fits.

Format

Choose the format that best suits the presentation that you want to make. If your submission is deemed inappropriate for the requested format, we may suggest an alternative. For example, you may be asked to form a panel with other presenters speaking on a similar topic, or you may be asked to change your planned presentation into a poster session.

1. Short Paper: (25 minutes) A formal, presenter-centered lecture where ideas or research results concerning either theory or practice are presented and audience questions answered. Opportunities for audience participation are limited. Most presentations at JALT fall in this category.
2. Workshop: (60 minutes) Presenter(s) model activities, display materials, outline tasks, or introduce issues for discussion. Participants take an active part.
3. Long Paper: (60 minutes) A limited number of long paper submissions will be accepted, depending on space available. Only those long papers rated highest in the selection process will be considered; in other words, only exemplar proposals will be accepted. Presenters may be asked to do a short paper instead.
4. Forum: (90 minutes) Multiple presenters give presentations on a similar topic. A Forum can also be convened as a roundtable discussion or a panel discussion. The number of vetted forums is also limited.
5. Poster Session: (120 minutes) Poster presentations with charts, graphs, illustrations, and summaries convey information quickly and effectively, without the formality of other types of presentations. Please note that audio-visual equipment cannot be used. Posters may be displayed for longer than the specified time, but presenters should be with their posters during the specified 2-hour period on the conference schedule in order to answer questions. Poster sessions allow the presenter to enjoy more one-to-one communication with conference participants.
6. Meeting: (60 minutes) This format is unvetted and is restricted to JALT business and alumni meetings. No other requests for this format will be accepted.

Language

Presentations may be delivered in any language although English and/or Japanese are used in the main.

Short Summary

The short summary appears in the conference handbook. Short summaries help conference participants decide which presentations are the most appropriate to their interests. The short summary may be written in the language of the presentation. In the short summary, include enough information to convey the main ideas of your presentation. Short summaries are limited to a maximum of 75 words and to 150 characters in Japanese. Short summaries will be edited for length and clarity. All information should be in complete sentences, and written in the third person future form: "The presenter will show..." rather than "I will show..." and "Participants will..." rather than "You will..."

Abstracts

Abstracts are evaluated by the Reading Committee to determine which vetted presentations are accepted. Each proposal is reviewed by three Reading Committee members. The Reading Committee sees only the titles and the abstracts. Please make sure that:

• Your abstract is between 150 and 250 words in English, 300 to 500 characters in Japanese, and that your title has a maximum of 50 characters and spaces total.
• The presentation's purpose and point of view are clearly stated.
• Supporting details and examples are included.
• The best format (i.e., short paper, workshop, long paper, forum) has been selected.
• The material outlined can be covered in the allotted time.
• The contents have been carefully edited and proofread.
• No name or information is included in the abstract that could be used to identify the speaker.

Equipment

Each room will be equipped with tables and chairs. Larger rooms will be provided with a microphone. If required, you can rent a digital projector (for computer display) at ¥2000 per presentation. THIS CHARGE MUST BE PAID FOR BY THE CONTACT PERSON LISTED IN THE DATABASE AT THE SAME TIME AS THE CONFERENCE PRE-REGISTRATION FEE. If you plan on playing a CD or DVD, you should bring a computer that is capable of doing so. Any other equipment, including cassette players, and computers and cables, must be provided by the presenter. The final deadline for changes in equipment requests will be Saturday 1 September 2012. Changes to equipment requests after that date will not be possible.

Photography and Other Recording

There may be photography, audio, or video recording at the conference. By entering the event premises you give consent to the use of your photograph, likeness, video or audio recording in whole or in part without restriction or limitation for any educational, promotional, or any purpose for distribution. If you do not want to be photographed or videotaped, please notify the individuals capturing the information.

Handouts

All presenters are encouraged to provide bilingual handouts for their presentations at JALT2012. No onsite copying for presenters can be promised. JALT does not prepare copies for distribution at presentations. If you plan to distribute handouts, be sure to bring a sufficient number of copies with you (50 is usual).