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

JALT2021

JALT2021: 47th Annual International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning & Educational Materials Exhibition
Reflections and New Perspectives November 12 – 15, 2021
Granship Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan

Call for Presentation Proposals Now Open.
Deadline: March 14th 2021

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Upcoming Events

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One presenter will share her autoethnography which investigates the gap between pragmatics theory and its practice. The other presenter will introduce games and activities that will engage students online. Do you want to know how to play the game, Clue, online? To get the zoom link, write to fujimotodonna@gmail.com
The Multilingual Cafe of OLE SIG offers this time a special focus. In the first 45 minutes the meeting will provide an opportunity to encounter Hungarian Language and Culture. In the second half we are going to use breakout rooms for the different languages. Languages may differ each time depending on the participants.

(Co-hosted by Material Writers SIG) (Interview conducted by Fukui Chapter President, Robert Dykes)

(Co-hosted by the Fukui Chapter and Material Writers SIG) (Interview conducted by Fukui Chapter President, Robert Dykes)

6:00 pm start, on Zoom. Finishing up around 8:00pm, with a social hangout after the presentation.

Where has 2021 brought your classroom? Have you continued online, gone back to F2F? Mix of both? Have you been F2F all along? What has been your approach to speaking activities online or in the classroom with COVID protocols in place?

From 2:00pm to 4:30pm on Feb. 28th, join us on Zoom for four presentations on how to keep your students thinking in an online class. We have accepted five presentations showing a variety of ways critical thinking can be taught online. Event Passcode: 571543

Abstract: Typically, every class we teach is mixed ability. Some students have high skills and motivation for learning English. In contrast, others are not good at it and need lots of help from teachers. All teachers must acknowledge mixed-ability classes and consider ways to cope with them.

Please join us on Sunday, February 28th, 19:00-20:00 for the second monthly JALT Zoom for Professional Development (ZPD)! 

“A Model United Nations event is a simulation of a challenging authentic environment that can provide meaningful learning contexts that go beyond the logistic and metaphysical constraints of the classroom”(Adamson, 2013).

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(Temporary abstract) Ben Shearon has been in Japan since 2000 and running the Retire Japan website since 2013. A teacher and family man first, Ben understands the difficulties of and necessities of financial health for people living in Japan.

EdTech 201 is a practical workshop for language teachers who want to know more about EdTech and look for different ways to implement new ideas in their teaching. The theme of this workshop is ‘Bringing EdTech to Face-to-face Classroom.’ In 2021, we are transitioning out of online class and back to campus. Some of us might be teaching f2f or hybrid classes.

In Japan, more and more universities are offering courses taught in English. On nearly 50% of campuses in Japan, students are studying economics, political science, history, chemistry, literature, linguistics, and more in English. This is an exciting new role for English on Japanese campuses but it also brings with it new challenges.

Teaching can sometimes be a stressful and demanding profession, but it is also inspiring and energizing. How can teachers stay in the inspiring and energizing zone more often? In the past three decades, psychologists have started focusing on the thinking and behaviors that bring people fulfillment (Seligman, 2011).

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