Chapters
There are numerous chapters and affiliates in cities throughout Japan. Chapters offer meetings, workshops, book fairs, and training sessions.
The links below provide information on officers and upcoming events for each group, along with links to group homepages.
- Akita
- Chiba
- East Shikoku
- Fukui
- Fukuoka
- Gifu
- Gunma
- Hamamatsu
- Himeji
- Hiroshima
- Hokkaido
- Ibaraki
- Iwate
- Kagoshima
- Kitakyushu
- Kobe
- Kyoto
- Matsuyama
- Miyazaki
- Nagasaki
- Nagoya
- Nara
- Niigata
- Okayama
- Okinawa
- Omiya
- Osaka
- Sendai
- Shinshu
- Shizuoka
- Tokyo
- Toyohashi
- Wakayama Forming Chapter of JALT
- West Tokyo
- Yamagata
- Yokohama
SIGS
The following SIGs (Special Interest Groups) and SIG affiliates are in JALT. To learn more about JALT's SIGs read this mission statement or visit the information column of The Language Teacher.
SIGs offer distinct activities and publications devoted to these themes:
- Bilingualism
- Computer Assisted Language Learning
- College and University Educators
- Extensive Reading
- Gender Awareness in Language Education
- Global Issues in Language Education
- Junior & Senior High School
- Japanese as a Second Language
- Learner Development
- Lifelong Learning
- Materials Writers
- Other Language Educators
- Professionalism, Administration and Leadership in Education
- Pragmatics
- Study Abroad
- Teacher Education
- Teachers Helping Teachers
- Teaching Children
- Testing and Evaluation
To add or change a chapter or SIG URL, please go to the Events Calendar and follow the Add/Edit Events & Info link. You'll need to know your chapter/SIG username and password for the calendar.
