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TILES2017: Tsugaru Ideas in Language Education-Sponsored by Iwate JALT. An open forum to exchange ideas with other teachers. Teachers helping teachers!
他の英語講師と自由に意見交換や話し合いをするための公開フォーラム

JALT's TEVAL (Testing and Evaluation) SIG is a cosponsor of the 21st Japan Language Testing Association Annual Conference. The call for papers deadline is June 11, 2017.

Conference dates:

Many teachers in Japan would like to get their finances in order, but aren’t quite sure where to start. This exposes them to three big potential dangers: not doing anything, doing the wrong thing, and being taken advantage of by ‘advisors’ or financial institutions.

Okinawa AMICUS International will host an all-day event organized with OkiJALT, the Okinawan JALT chapter. We want to gather participants who usually don’t meet!

The Past, Present and Future of Second Foreign Languages in Japan
September 15-16, 2017
Hiroshima International University, Hiroshima Campus
Organizers: JALT OLE SIG, JALT Hiroshima Chapter
Co-sponsor: Hiroshima International University
Call for papers

The members of the Study Abroad SIG would like to invite you to come and share your knowledge related to the study abroad experience. This year's focus is on preparing students to participate in events abroad. We's also like to announce that there will be a student poster session as well so encourage your students to come and share their experience.

This is the fourth ESP Symposium offered by the JALT CUE SIG, this year in collaboration with the JALT BizCom SIG. The ESP Symposium features three plenary speakers, two from overseas, and one from within Japan, with a broad range of expertise in the field of teaching and researching English for Specific Purposes (ESP).

Learners need huge amounts of comprehensible input to learn a foreign language. And listening is an easy way to get this. It is commonly observed that students who spend time listening to English outside of class (for example, movies, YouTube, music and so on) do better than those that don't.

“Constructive Communication Across Gender and Cultures”  「ジェンダーとカルチャーを超えた創造的コミュニケーション」(2017) Two-day conference

Call for papers

Teachers are always looking for better ways to teach the most useful words to their students. If you are a teacher and would like to share a class-room activity that you have found to be successful, please submit a proposal. If you are a researcher, who would like to share your research about word learning or language learning, please submit a proposal.