NPO The Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT)

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。
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JALT Annual International Conference

JALT2020

JALT2020: 46th Annual International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning & Educational Materials Exhibition

Monday, November 16 to Monday, November 23, 2020 - Online at Eventzil.la

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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

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Joining or Renewing Membership

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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 »


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Upcoming Events

Our upcoming events nationwide. Click on a title to view more details.
The OLE SIG is inviting all OLE members and officers, JALT members and people interested in teaching foreign languages other than English, in plurilingualism, L2 - L3 research to participate in a Zoom Meeting on December 19th, 2020 from 10:00 am ~12:00 noon to discuss issues related to Emergency Online Teaching - The second semester. Topics for discussion: 1.
This meeting will be a follow-up event to the CEFR & LP SIG Forum held online at the JALT 2020 International Conference. The purpose is to give an introduction to our current KAKEN research project, which was granted in April 2020 (no.

Help us bid farewell to a tumultuous year by joining with some old and current friends of Okayama JALT

Louis Lafleur, Robert Swier, & Tom Fast

Louis: Vocabulary Learning Considerations: Word Knowledge, Word Counting Units, and Emotional Valence

In any speaking class for any language, assessing abilities and progress is of vital importance. In classes where grades are assigned, the challenge is to administer effective assessments. Preceding the coronavirus pandemic, designing and implementing such tests was already challenging enough.
CCLT is an annual platform for teachers and students to present their experiences of autonomous teaching and learning. For the first time in 2020, we are going online. Please join us for an energetic day of panel discussions and presentations.

Has this ever happened to you? “Any questions, class?” [...crickets...] If you’ve spent any time in the classroom, you’ve surely grown to appreciate the rare student who asks the right question, the one that cuts to the heart of what you’re trying to convey. Worth their weight in gold, they are!

Sponsored by JALT Global Issues in Language Education (GILE) SIG and the Gifu and Kobe chapter.

Race has implications on all aspects for our profession, including why we teach English, what we teach, how we teach, and who should teach. Join Kyoto JALT for one-day event concerting these issues.

FREE for first-time attendees and JALT members 1000 yen for all others Room 3, Floor 4 ____________________________________________________________________

This online conference looks at practice of and research into Performance in Education (PIE). The purpose of the conference is to widen the research base for supporting the use of performance in all aspects of education (teaching, consolidating teaching, and testing/evaluation) across the curriculum (medicine, law, history, etc.) and is not limited to English language education.

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