What is JALT?

The Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT) is a nonprofit organisation dedicated to the improvement of language teaching and learning with nearly 3,000 members in chapters and affiliates across Japan as well as members abroad. Over 800 JALT members belong to one or more of the following Special Interest Groups (SIGs):

• Bilingualism
• CALL
• CUE
• GALE
• GILE
• JSHS
• JSL
• Learner Development
• Lifelong Learning
• Materials Writers
• OLE
• PALE
• Pragmatics
• Teacher Education
• Teaching Children
• Testing and Evaluation

JALT is affiliated with the following organizations (note—links open in a new browser window):

• IATEFL (Int. Assoc. of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language)
• TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages)
• TESOL Korea
• Thai TESOL
• CATESOL (California TESOL)
• TESL Canada
• The Japan Science Council
• Nihon Eigo Kyoiku Kaizen Kodankai (The Japan Assoc. for Improving English Education)
• AJET (Association for Japan Exchange and Teaching Program)
• JACET (Japan Association of College English Teachers)