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  • College & University Educators

    CUE hosted a number of activities at the JALT International Conference in Tsukuba, including the SIG Forum, โ€œConversations with the self: Reflective practice and teacher development,โ€ the CUE SIG AGM and Claire Kramschโ€™s talk for the joint CUE-TED SIG forum: โ€œWhy conversation needs borders.โ€ CUE is preparing to launch a monthly newsletter to complement…

  • Business Communication SIG

    The JALT Business Communication SIG seeks to develop the discipline of teaching English, conducive to participation in the world business community. We aim to provide instructors in this field with a means of collaborating and sharing best teaching practices. JALT Business Communication SIG ใฏใ€ไธ–็•Œใฎใƒ“ใ‚ธใƒใ‚น็•Œใซ้€š็”จใ™ใ‚‹่‹ฑ่ชžๆ•™่‚ฒใฎ็™บๅฑ•ใ‚’็›ฎ็š„ใซๆŒใกใ€็ตๆˆใ•ใ‚Œใพใ—ใŸใ€‚้€ฃๆบไฝ“ๅˆถใ‚’็ต„ใฟใ€ๆœ€ๅ–„ใฎๆ•™่‚ฒๆ–นๆณ•ใ‚’ๅ…ฑๆœ‰ใ™ใ‚‹ใ“ใจใซใ‚ˆใ‚Šใ€่‹ฑ่ชžๆ•™่‚ฒใซๆบใ‚ใ‚‹ใ‚คใƒณใ‚นใƒˆใƒฉใ‚ฏใ‚ฟใƒผใฎ็š†ๆง˜ใฎใŠๆ‰‹ไผใ„ใ‚’่‡ดใ—ใพใ™ใ€‚

  • Bilingualism SIG

    Bilingualism SIG provides support to families raising children in two or more languages in Japan. Our newsletter Bilingual Japan provides practical information about bilingual parenting as well as academic and theoretical issues. We also publish an annual journal and monograph. The SIG sometimes holds events with JALT chapters. For more information, visit our website:…

  • SIG News

    JALT currently has 23 Special Interest Groups (SIGs) available for members to join. Here you can find announcements of SIG events, mini-conferences, publications, calls for papers and presenters, and general information about SIGs.

  • Announcing JALT Junior

    JALT Junior for Teachers of Younger Learners JALT Junior is a conference within the main JALT International Conference that offers a unique and specialized professional development experience for teachers who are primarily engaged in the English education of younger learners from preschool through high school. At JALT Junior, you will find all the pertinent…

  • Request for Proposals for JALT2015 Mobile App

    JALT2015 Conference App Request for Proposals The Japan Association for Language Teaching is now accepting proposals for developing a mobile app for our upcoming JALT2015 Conference. Please see JALT Opportunities for details. This is a great chance for a skilled programmer.

  • JALT2015 Notifications

    Notifications regarding JALT2015 presentation proposals have been sent out to all those who made submissions. If you have been expecting a message but have yet to hear anything, please check your spam mailbox as messages sometimes inadvertently get flagged as spam.

  • Free One-day Audience Admission to International Academic Forum ACLL/ACTC For JALT Members

    Free One-day Audience Admission to ACLL/ACTC For JALT Members The International Academic Forum (IAFOR) is moving to The Art Center of Kobe for its Asian Conference series this year, and is offering all members of JALT a free one-day pass to attend our Asian Conferences on Language Learning and Technology in the Classroom. IAFOR…

  • Koen meigi for JALT2015

    We have received Koen-meigi for JALT2015 from the following organizations. Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology – Japan (ๆ–‡้ƒจ็ง‘ๅญฆ็œ๏ผ‰ The Japan Foundation๏ผˆๅ›ฝ้š›ไบคๆตๅŸบ้‡‘๏ผ‰ Science Council of Japan๏ผˆๆ—ฅๆœฌๅญฆ่ก“ไผš่ญฐ๏ผ‰ City of Shizuoka (้™ๅฒกๅธ‚๏ผ‰ Shizuoka Prefectural Board of Education๏ผˆ้™ๅฒก็œŒๆ•™่‚ฒๅง”ๅ“กไผš๏ผ‰ Shizuoka City Board of Education (้™ๅฒกๅธ‚ๆ•™่‚ฒๅง”ๅ“กไผš๏ผ‰

  • New Plenary Speaker Information: Joan Kang Shin

    JALT2015 is pleased to announce Joan Kang Shin’s Pleanary Address, “The 21st century meets professional development”. Her presentation is sponsored by National Geographic Learning | Cengage Learning. Visit JALT2015 Plenary Speakers for more.