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JALT2008 Unvetted Online Submission Form

This is the form to use for making UNVETTED presentation proposal submissions for the JALT2008 conference, for JALT AMs or chapter and SIG sponsored presentations only.

Use the vetted form for all other submissions

Before filling out this form please ensure you have read the Call for Presentations (PDF document, Adobe Acrobat Reader required). Submissions deviating from the guidelines will not be considered.

All contact and presenter details IN ENGLISH please. Fields marked with * are required.

Sponsoring Organization

• Required: All unvetted presentations must have a sponsor. If an associate member submission, enter the organization name. If a chapter or SIG-sponsored submission, enter the chapter or SIG name.

Contact Information

• As the contact person, you will receive all correspondence relating to the submission and conference.

• As we will be communicating with all presenters by email regarding the status of submissions and scheduling details, you must notify us of any changes to your email address. If we cannot contact you by email, your submission will be dropped.

• Indicate if you are a JALT member, your membership number and chapter. Your membership number can be found on the mailing label of the envelope The Language Teacher is posted in. Leave this blank if you do not know your number.

Presenter Details

• Presenter(s): List all presenters below. Order names as you wish them to appear in a publication. Moderator first if there is one.

Note to AMs: Please enter the presenter's JALT membership number, NOT your AM membership number. If you're unsure of the presenter's membership number, leave this section blank.

[If known - PRESENTER'S number, NOT AM number]

[If known - PRESENTER'S number, NOT AM number]

[If known - PRESENTER'S number, NOT AM number]

• If there are additional presenters to those listed above, enter them here in the format:
Family Name; First Name; Professional Affiliation; JALT Member? (Y/N); Membership Number (if known)
[e.g.: Suzuki; Taro; Tokyo University; Y; 1234].
Don't forget the semi-colons to separate each value.

[e.g.: Suzuki; Taro; Tokyo University; Y; 1234]

• To facilitate easier communication between presenters and attendees we will be listing contact email addresses for presenters in the conference handbook. If you would like an email address included with the other presentation details, please enter the address here. Note: One address only.

• If there are any days you cannot attend and present, please indicate below. While we will try and accommodate requests, we cannot guarantee presentations on specific days. Presenters who are unable to attend on specific days may need to be placed on the presenter waiting list and will be scheduled if and when a presentation slot becomes available.

Presentation Information

• Is this a Featured Speaker Workshop? (Featured Speaker Workshops are special workshops held separately from the main conference sessions. Attendees pay extra to attend. If you don't know if your submission is a Featured Speaker Workshop or not, chances are it isn't.)

• Is this a submission from a JALT associate member?

• Will this presentation promote currently or soon-to-be commercially produced materials?

• Select the size of the room you would prefer to present in: small (seats up to 20); medium (seats up to 40); large (seats 60 or more).
Leave blank if no preference.
While we will try our best to meet your request, we cannot make any guarantee that you will get the room size you request.

• The maximum length of the title is 50 characters including spaces.
All Titles must be in English.

• Presentations at the conference will be organized according to the interest areas below. Indicate BOTH (A) which learning or teaching context you are targeting AND (B) which content area you feel your presentation best fits.
Note that all Teaching Children context submsissions, if accepted, will be scheduled as part of the JALT Junior section of the conference.

• Enter the main languages in which you will present

• The short summary will be used in the conference program (maximum of 75 words or 150 Japanese characters).

Equipment

• For your presentation, each room has a whiteboard and markers, and a presenter table. If you wish to use other equipment, you may bring your own, or the following will be available for rental:

  • Digital Projector (for computer display)
  • OHC (for opaque materials)
  • OHP (for transparencies)
  • DVD player/monitor
  • VHS Player/monitor
  • CD audio player

Any other equipment, including cassette players and computers, speakers, related cables, and any special adapters, must be provided by you.

Please be aware that we cannot guarantee Internet access in any of the presentation rooms.

We will start accepting equipment requests following the notification of the acceptance of presentation proposals. Note that:

  • Rental of each of the above items is charged at 2,000 yen per item per presentation.
  • The equipment fees must be paid in addition to your conference registration.
  • All equipment fees must be paid in full prior to the conference.

Please check your submission carefully. If everything looks correct, click the "submit" button below. It may take a few seconds to send your submission; don't click multiple times.

Once your submission has been sent, you'll receive a confirmation email message. Please contact us if you do not receive this message.