Pr. Tamotsu Fujita (藤田 保) – Sophia University (上智大学), Ryutaro Sugiyama (COO) / Christian Albert (Engineer)- LoiLo Inc., Nadine Richard, Mari Arjona Toledo – Okinawa AMICUS InternationalOkinawa 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! This event will be the […]

Pr. Tamotsu Fujita (藤田 保) – Sophia University (上智大学), Ryutaro Sugiyama (COO) / Christian Albert (Engineer)- LoiLo Inc., Nadine Richard, Mari Arjona Toledo – Okinawa AMICUS InternationalOkinawa 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! This event will be the […]

Professor Tomoko YashimaThis will be a professional event for language teachers featuring keynote speaker Tomoko Yashima, Rab Paterson as well as many practitioners presenting their research in poster format. Please join us for a weekend of learning, sharing, networking, and professional development. Participants will have the opportunity to publish their research in a post conference […]

Hinako TakahashiThe purpose of this Language teaching symposium is to provide a platform for language teachers to share the unique challenges they have in their contexts with members of the Okinawa chapter of JALT. A second aim is to touch base with local members and inform them of opportunities within the organisation as well as […]

Simon Humphries (Tentative)The purpose of this Language Teaching workshop is to provide the occasion for members or friends of the Okinawa chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT) to: Present research or best practices (mini-lecture for whole audience); Share effective teaching activities in a practical way (round-tables with participants playing the students). A […]

Curtis Kelly (curtis.kelly)The 2018 Okinawa JALT Summer Symposium will be a lively and heartwarming event at OIST. The conference will be featuring Pr. Curtis Kelly from Kansai University. Stay with us and relax at OIST Seaside House: beautiful, reasonably priced accomodation in the quaint village of Onna! The first day (Sat 21st) will focus on […]

Makiko Tanaka – 田中真紀子The purpose of this Language Teaching conference is to provide the occasion for members or friends of the Okinawa chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT) to: Attend a bilingual Keynote Presentation related to teaching English to young learners; Present research or best practices in parallel sessions (presentations or workshops); […]

Justin Foster-Sutherland (justin.foster-sutherland)Okinawa JALT invites all presenters going to the main JALT conference in Shizuoka this year to come to Ryukyu university to share their presentations with a small audience a week before their big day. Consider it a practice round. If you are interested in doing a presentation please get in touch with the […]

Professor Craig N. Shealy, James Madison University (USA), Professor Hajime Nishitane, Hiroshima UniversityJapanese students have been participating in short and long-term study abroad exchanges for many years, but it has long been a challenging prospect to quantify the gains attributable to these experiences. The Beliefs, Events, and Values Inventory (BEVI) is a psychometric instrument that […]

Dr. Gaby BenthienChanges to English education in Japanese elementary schools are set to be fully implemented from 2020. The number of compulsory classes for Year 3 and Year 4 classes will be increased to 35 hours per year, while English classes for Year 5 and Year 6 will double to 70 hours a year. In […]

Rod Ellis (University of Anaheim), Barbara Hoskins Sakamoto (International Teacher Development Institute), David Kluge (Nanzan University)All teachers and researchers involved in language teaching and learning are encouraged to submit an abstract to present a poster, make a short presentation, or facilitate a workshop. Submissions should present projects or studies that are either on-going or already […]

David BeglarThe Trends in Language Teaching Conference is an annual event featuring a leading academic keynote speaker and poster presentations about current developments and insights in the modern foreign language field. Submissions are carefully vetted through a double blind-peer review process. Prior events have welcomed scholars from all over Asia and the world to share […]

Participant WorkshopA call for proposals is now open. HOLT will be held on Saturday, March 21st, 13:00-16:00, at the University of the Ryukyus (Bldg. 3, Room 305)! Submissions will be collected until March 9, 2020 (23:59:59 JST). From them, 8 will be selected for inclusion in the program. We will try to cover a broad […]

Kathleen KampaWe welcome proposals for an online conference sponsored by the Okinawa Chapter of JALT and the Teaching Young Learners SIG. While research-oriented proposals will be considered for inclusion, we are most interested in practical teaching ideas and approaches that teachers can use in their classrooms, especially those for young learners.

In celebration of Okinawa JALT surpassing 40 years, the conference will host two of the most prominent figures in TESOL as keynote speakers: Andy Curtis and Scott Thornbury.  Andy Curtis served as the 50th president of TESOL International and is recognized as one of the “Fifty Most Influential Figures” in the field. Scott Thonbury is an […]

David Kluge, George MacLeanWhere: Zoom  When: Friday, October 8 19:30-21:30 Topics: David Kluge: Introducing Living Newspaper Readers Theatre George MacLean: Designing and Delivering Rubrics and Feedback for EFL Oral Presentations Cost: Free for JALT members

TLT 2022 Call for Papers Okinawa JALT is pleased to announce a call for papers for our online Trends in Language Teaching 2022 (TLT2022) conference, to be held on Sunday, 30 January. The theme for this year’s TLT conference is the “Challenge of Change”. The past couple of years have been challenging for educators around […]

The Okinawa chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching is pleased to announce our next event, the Hands-On Language Teaching (HOLT) 2022 online workshop! The purpose of HOLT 2022 is to demonstrate activities that can be used, in sequence or independently, to help students take advantage of the many opportunities presented by online learning […]

The Okinawa chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT) is pleased to announce open registration and a call for papers for Summer Symposium 2022. OkiJALT’s Summer Symposium is an annual event that has been held since 2017. We invite teachers and researchers from around the world to share their work related to second […]

Penny UrThis is an event you will not want to miss it. This is a free event for TYL and Okinawa Chapter Members!

Okinawa JALT Summer Symposium 2023 Call for Papers Registration: https://forms.gle/fEFBBbDo9HMUHmJP8  Conference Date: August 11-13, 2023 Conference Location: Okinawa Prefecture Gender Equality Center Tiruru, Naha, Okinawa, Japan Call Deadline: 19 June, 2023 The Okinawa chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (OkiJALT) and JALT’s Materials Writers Special Interest Group (MW SIG) invite proposals for Summer […]

Date: October 26-27, 2024 Location: Naha, Okinawa, Japan Call for Presentations Link: https://forms.gle/qRQEtn8N3Z5q5Dqd9  Registration Link: https://forms.gle/auqR2qsTLXjPgXVK9  OkiJALT Website: www.okijalt.org  Deadline for Presentation Submissions: June 30, 2024, 23:59 JST The Okinawa Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT) and JALT’s Teaching Young Learners Special Interest Group (TYL SIG) are pleased to announce the 21st Century Language Teaching Conference 2024, to be held October […]

Joseph Falout (Nihon University)Okinawa JALT March 1, 2025 (Saturday) 18:00~19:30 Okinawa Prefecture Gender Equality Center (Tiruru) Presenting Off-Script: Socio-Emotional and Embodied Cognitive Scaffolding Joseph Falout (Nihon University) Students entering undergraduate and graduate programs have difficulty presenting advanced ideas in English without following premade scripts. They can struggle speaking off-script during formal presentations at any length, […]