NPO The Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT)

Learning to Teach, Teaching to Learn

Our mission: JALT promotes excellence in language learning, teaching, and research by providing opportunities for those involved in language education to meet, share, and collaborate.
使命(ミッション・ステートメント)全国語学教育学会は言語教育関係者が交流・共有・協働する機会を提供し、言語学習、教育、及び調査研究の発展に寄与します。

JALT2025 International Conference

2025年10月31日(金)〜2025年11月02日(日) 東京都渋谷 国立オリンピック記念青少年総合センター Friday, October 31 - Sunday, November 02, 2025 • National Olympics Youth Memorial Center, Tokyo, Japan (THE CALL FOR ABSTRACTS IS NOW CLOSED.)


PanSIG Conference

PanSIG 2025

PanSIG 2025 will be held May 16-18 in Chiba. PanSIG is an annual conference organized by JALT's Special Interest Groups (SIGs). The call for presentations closes January 14, 2025.


JALT Publications

As a nonprofit organisation dedicated to the improvement of language teaching and learning in Japan, JALT has a rich tradition of publishing relevant material in its many publications.

The JALT Publications site is home to JALT's primary publications; The Language Teacher (TLT) and JALT Journal, as well as the annual JALT Postconference Publication: http://jalt-publications.org


Joining or Renewing Membership

You can easily join JALT or renew your JALT membership online.

JALT membership offers numerous benefits including: Member-rate admission to JALT conferences such as the annual JALT international conference; free or member-rate admission to JALT Chapter and SIG meetings and events; access to the latest JALT Publications, and more »


JALT YouTube

Check out the JALT YouTube Channel for past plenary sessions, conference presentations, promos and more!


JALT Social Media

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Events

22 Mar 2025
1:00 pm

SPIN Student Research Symposium 2025

Student Peer Interaction Network Committee (SPIN)
22 Mar 2025
3:00 pm

The Impact of Gestures on Enhancing Student Learning

Akita

March 22nd Akita Jalt Speaker- Kate Armstrong: The Impact of Gestures on Enhancing Student Learning

Gestures play a vital yet often overlooked role in language teaching. This session will explore how teachers use hand and arm movements during their lessons and the impact these gestures...

22 Mar 2025
3:00 pm to 5:00 pm

How to be better at navigating intercultural communication!, March Chapter Meeting

Okayama

How to be better at navigating intercultural communication!

by Lynne Murphy (Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, Assistant Professor)

Would you like to know more about the influence of cultural factors? Are you keen to be better at navigating intercultural communication? If so...

23 Mar 2025
2:00 pm to 4:30 pm

How to avoid falling prey to predatory publishers and conferences

Gunma

Predatory publishers and conferences threaten academia around the world. This presentation defines predatory publishers and conference organizers as publications and events produced by a for-profit company that aim to maximize profits, employ deception, and have no genuine concern to contribute...

25 Mar 2025
8:00 pm

ZPD in March

JALT Central

Next ZPD: Tuesday, March 25th, 2025, 8 PM - 9 PM

Our next ZPD session is taking place on Tuesday, March 25th at 8pm.The amazing PanSIG 2025 conference committee will host the meeting and tell us all about their May event in their dedicated breakout room. PanSIG is an annual conference...

29 Mar 2025
1:00 pm

Hanami Family Picnic

Kitakyushu

Join us for a family friendly picnic / fund raiser 

Games, food, drinks, and community. 

Kokura castle garden area 

30 Mar 2025
9:00 am

2025 My Share for Primary/Secondary educators – 30 March, 2025

Kyoto

On Sunday, 30 March at Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine’s Inamori Memorial Hall, join us for a morning of tips, tricks, and activities from primary and secondary educators in and around Kyoto.

Date: 30 March 2025 Time: 9:00 – 12:00 Online option: YouTube LIVE (register for this...
30 Mar 2025
1:30 pm

Discussing dilemmas in ELT: Based on reflections of 30+ years as a language teacher

Toyohashi

Core Toyohashi JALT member Laura Kusaka will share insights from 30+ years of teaching university students and adults, engage in dialogue about issues in the ELT field, and suggest drawing up New Year’s resolutions addressing concerns of the audience.

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Laura L. Kusaka, Ed. D is...

30 Mar 2025
2:00 pm

Roundtable

Sendai

On March 30, we’ll experiment with a new “Roundtable” format to supplement our traditional MyShare. You have four options to present: 

"MyShare" about lesson ideas you have used,  "Sounding Board" where you seek feedback about an idea you’re thinking of trying out (and want to see what your...
31 Mar 2025
3:30 pm to 5:15 pm

JALTCALL - EUROCALL AI SIG Online Spring Collaboration

Computer Assisted Language Learning

Join us on March 31 for a special online symposium co-hosted by JALTCALL and the EUROCALL AI SIG! Explore the latest in computer-assisted language learning through a featured presentation by Dr. Qiao (Judy) Wang and Dr. John Maurice Gayed, who will discuss their “Multi-Agent LLM System for...

News

Kyoto JALT receives koen meigi for March 30 MyShare event

March 11, 2025 Kyoto

Kyoto JALT's March 30th event, MyShare 2025: A showcase of primary and secondary tips, tricks, and activities, has received the support of the Kyoto City Board of Education through koen meigi. This support indicates that the Kyoto City BOE recognizes MyShare 2025 as an event that "support[s] and...

March 15 deadline for presentation proposals for Back to School 2025 conference on April 27

March 9, 2025 Osaka

The deadline for presentation proposals is Saturday, March 15, for this year's Back to School conference on April 27 at Osaka Jogakuin University. Teachers, students, and everyone of all experience levels are welcome and encouraged to submit proposals on any topic related to language teaching...

Call for Proposals: NEAR x Teacher Journeys Conference

March 5, 2025 Teacher Development

The Teacher Development SIG are thrilled to announce that we have teamed up with the JALT Niigata Chapter for an exciting collaboration: the joint NEAR Language Education Conference x Teacher Journeys Conference.

Date: June 28th 2025 (Saturday)

Location: Chuo (Furumachi) Campus of...

A new issue of JALT Talk is out! (Feb 27, 2025)

February 27, 2025 JALT Central

A new issue of the JALT Talk newsletter went out this morning to over 8,000 subscribers. This issue includes the call for presentation proposals for the JALT2025 Annual International Conference, announcements about childcare at the JALT2025 and the PanSIG2025 conferences, several calls for...

SPIN Student Research Symposium 2025 Call for Proposals

February 16, 2025 Student Peer Interaction Network Committee (SPIN)

Please apply from our Indico page below! (When submitting a proposal, please make an Indico account. This is a different account than your jalt.org account.)

Submit a proposal: https://events.jalt.org/event/38/abstracts/



The JALT Talk newsletter is out! (January 27, 2025)

January 27, 2025 JALT Central

A new issue of the JALT Talk newsletter went out this morning to over 8,000 subscribers. This issue includes the call for presentation proposals for the JALT2025 Annual International Conference, announcements about childcare at the JALT2025 and the PanSIG2025 conferences, several calls for...

YoJALT presents Melodie Cook (Jan 26) & Steve Jugovic (Feb 9)

December 28, 2024 Yokohama

Let’s kick off the new year with YoJALT events! We are excited to announce two upcoming events. Please join us for presentations by Melodie Cook on January 26 and Steve Jugovic on February 9.

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Melodie Cook - Ten Recommendations for Helping Make Classes Barrier-...

The JALT Talk newsletter is out! (Dec 27)

December 27, 2024 JALT Central

You can subscribe and see all the issues here. 

In this issue:

JALT International Conference News JALT2025 Basic details Reminder: Call for Papers for the Postconfernece Publication deadline is January 12, 2025 Announcing the JALT2024 Poster Presentations Winners Reminder: Photos...

Primary/Secondary Education My Share: Call for Proposals

December 17, 2024 Kyoto

Kyoto JALT is looking for educators working in or connected to either primary or secondary education to show off their best classroom practices at a My Share seminar to be scheduled 30 March, 2025 at Kyoto Prefectural University. You can find presentations from our last event held in 2023 at ...

Announcing the JALT2024 Poster Presentations Winners

December 4, 2024 JALT Central

We would like to thank all who attended the poster presentations and voted for their favorite poster at the JALT2024 conference at the Granship in Shizuoka. All total, 124 conference attendees voted for the most interesting and informative poster during the 4 sessions during the weekend. Thank...

The JALT Talk newsletter is out! (Nov 30)

November 30, 2024 JALT Central
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In this issue:

Job listings on the JALT Publications site JALT2024 International Conference News Message from the Director of Conference, including a JALT2025 announcement Photos from JALT2024 available Announcing the 2024 JALT Awards Winners Winners...

2024 JALT Research Grants Winners

November 28, 2024 Research Grants Committee

The JALT Research Grants Committee is happy to announce the recipients of this year’s grants.

Darcey Barge (Tokyo Chapter), Daniel Hooper (Gunma Chapter), and Tatsuya Nakata (Tokyo Chapter) Understanding Burnout in University Language Teachers in Japan Sarina Sugawara (Akita Chapter), ...