JALT is a chance for me to meet, share and learn.

In a word; JALT for me is fellowship. It’s all about connecting with people. I come to the conference and meet many people who I normally don’t get to see. That face-to-face connection helps me enthuse and recharge myself with new energy and ideas.

JALT means everything to me. JALT is a place where I come where I’m embraced by it, and I embrace all my friends. We support each other in our own continuing learning how to be language teachers and how to be people in the societies in which we move about. I’ve learned so much…

It’s an opportunity to get together with the best minds in Japan in English teaching, and really challenge myself to make sure that I’m constantly improving and going back to every class as a better teacher and a better instructor to my students, and a better person individually.

For me JALT is a great way to meet other teachers from around Japan because I’m based in Tokyo where it’s not so difficult to meet other people, but it’s great when I can meet people from other parts of Japan, like Hiroshima, Okayama, Gunma and Sendai. Absolutely, Sendai. It’s great to be able…

I am the programme chair for the Speech, Drama and Debate Special Interest Group. JALT to me is a wonderful opportunity to meet other teachers and gain insights into the fields that I’m interested in. JALT is a chance to motivate myself to teach with new fresh and wonderful ideas for the next year.

JALT means opportunities for me to connect with other people who are interested in language teaching and even more those who are interested in bringing culture into the language classroom. JALT is a chance to make connections and also to say hello to people I see once a year. Through JALT, I get to…

For me JALT is a wonderful opportunity to meet people who are interested in professional development, spend time with like-minded individuals who want to improve and share their teaching. I’ve had the opportunity to spend time with a number of very talented and very skilled people who have a plethora of experience to share.…

JALT is important to me because I’m able to connect with other teachers in Japan and find the people who have the same interests as I do so that we can work together to find new ways of teaching English here in Japan.

JALT is a way of meeting other teachers, and it’s a way of making English teaching better.