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  • 2025 JALT Awards Winners

    2025 JALT Awards Winners

    The JALT Awards and Recognition Committee is proud to announce the winners of the JALT Awards for 2025! The JALT Awards Ceremony took place during the JALT2025 Annual International Conference. Nomination Letters: About the awards: JALT Award for Early Career Excellence*JALT ใ‚ขใƒผใƒชใƒผใƒปใ‚ญใƒฃใƒชใ‚ขๅ„ช็ง€่ณž The Early Career Excellence Award recognizes outstanding contributions to the field of language teaching…

  • The ALL SIG Has a New Website!

    Weโ€™re happy to announce that the Accessibility in Language Learning SIG (ALL SIG) has launched its brand-new website:https://allsig.jalt.org/ Our new site includes: Take a look, bookmark the page, and share it with colleagues who are passionate about inclusive and accessible language education! Visit us today: https://allsig.jalt.org/ ใ“ใฎใŸใณใ€JALT ใ‚ขใ‚ฏใ‚ปใ‚ทใƒ“ใƒชใƒ†ใ‚ฃ่จ€่ชžๆ•™่‚ฒ็ ”็ฉถ้ƒจไผš๏ผˆAccessibility in Language Learning SIG / ALL…

  • Call for Presentations: JALT at the Kyushu ELT Convention 2026

    Deadline for submissions: 30 November, 2025 The Kyushu English Language Teaching Convention will be held on Sunday, 22 February, 2026, at Seinan Gakuin University in Fukuoka. The Fukuoka Chapter of JALT will manage one of the presentation rooms. This is an opportunity for JALT members to share their classroom ideas and research, and gain…

  • Kyoto JALT receives koen meigi for October 26 AGM Keynote Address

    Kyoto JALTโ€™s October 26th AGM keynote address, 9 Practical Tips for Teaching Oral Communication Classes in Japan, has received the support of the Kyoto City Board of Education through koen meigi. This support indicates that the Kyoto City BOE recognizes the address as an event that โ€œsupport[s] and promote[s] educational and lifelong learning activities…

  • Grand Forum 2025

    Join JALT Nagoya-Gifu, JALT Toyohashi, and TBLT SIG for the Grand Forum. The event will be held on Sunday, October 26, 2025, with doors opening at 12:30 pm. This event is held at Meijo University Nagoya Dome Mae campus near Ozone Station (JR, Subway, and Meitetsu) and Nagoya Dome Mae Yada Station (Subway). It…

  • IMPACT 2025

    Integrating Multimodal Projects with Art and Critical Thinking JALT ART and Critical Thinking SIGs will hold a full-day, hands-on workshop that empowers educators to design creative, multimodal projects and lesson plans. By the end of the day, groups will use their new knowledge from the presentations to produce and share sample EFL projects along…

  • PIE SIG Podcast is about to enter its second season!

    Weโ€™re excited to announce that the PIE SIG has launched Episode 11: By the wayโ€ฆYouโ€™re Teaching Drama Now, feat. Educator Gordon Rees. This July, Season Two will begin. It is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and other major platforms. We invite you to: โ€“ Listen and follow the podcast on your preferred platform โ€“…

  • What is PIE?

    Performance in Education (PIE) SIG Where performance meets collaboration in education The Performance in Education (PIE) SIG brings classrooms to life through drama, debate, and performance-based learning. Our mission is to make education more creative, engaging, and collaborative. We also participate in many collaborative activities with JALT chapters and SIGs, tapping into regional bases…

  • Call for Proposals 2025 CUE SIG Conference

    Call for ProposalsThe CUE Conference with BizCom SIG and PGL welcomes submissions of presentation and poster proposals in English or Japanese on:– topics related to Tertiary Education– topics related to Business Communication– topics related to Global Peace and social awareness, and socially aware teaching practices (through Peace as a Global Language Group)– or other…

  • Living on the Edge V: Call for Presentations

    LOTE V is here! This yearโ€™s theme is โ€œShifting Identitiesโ€ Join us October 4 โ€“ 5th 2025 at Kyoto Sangyo University. This year, our theme acknowledges that we are more than a single story of a stand out nail โ€“ each of us lives astride multiple intersective roles and identities, navigating how these interact,…