• Hokuriku

    Hokuriku-JALT Annual General Meeting

    We are approaching the end of the year and that means we will be having our AGM (Annual General Meeting). It is an opportunity to hear first-hand from the officers their reports on the past year, to handle officer elections and ratifications and to discuss plans for the coming year. We encourage all of you […]

    Free
  • Materials Writers

    Materials Writers SIG 3T Summit: Teaching, Textbooks, and Technology

    The 3T Summit: Teaching, Textbooks, and Technology is a one-day, face-to-face event exploring the role of these three areas in English language teaching (ELT). Participants will explore how to effectively utilize both digital tools and traditional methods to support language learning. Sessions will highlight classroom applications, AI integration, pedagogical theory, and reflective practice. The event […]

  • Materials Writers

    Material Writers SIG 3T Summit: Teaching, Textbooks, and Technology

    The 3T Summit: Teaching, Textbooks, and Technology is a one-day, face-to-face event exploring the role of these three areas in English language teaching (ELT). Participants will explore how to effectively utilize both digital tools and traditional methods to support language learning. Sessions will highlight classroom applications, AI integration, pedagogical theory, and reflective practice. The event […]

  • Learner Development

    Creating Community: Learning Together 9 (CCLT9)

    Learner Development for an Inclusive and Connected World: Practices, Stories, & Challenges 11ๆœˆ2ๆ—ฅ๏ผˆๆ—ฅ๏ผ‰็ท ๅˆ‡ใฎใ€ๅŠๆ—ฅใฎๅญฆ็”Ÿใƒปๆ•™ๅ“กๅ‘ใ‘ๅญฆไผš**ใ€Œใ‚คใƒณใ‚ฏใƒซใƒผใ‚ทใƒ–ใงใคใชใŒใฃใŸไธ–็•ŒใฎใŸใ‚ใฎๅญฆ็ฟ’่€…ใƒ‡ใ‚ฃใƒ™ใƒญใƒ—ใƒกใƒณใƒˆใ€**ใธใฎใ”ๅ‚ๅŠ ใ‚’ใŠๅพ…ใกใ—ใฆใŠใ‚Šใพใ™ใ€‚ Join us for a half-day student-teacher conference on “Learner Development for an Inclusive and Connected World.” Deadline for proposals: Sunday 2nd November 2025 We warmly invite both students and teachers to take part in this yearโ€™s Creating Community: Learning Together 9 (CCLT9) in […]

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  • Extensive Reading

    PresentERs – Graded Readers are Out: YouTube is In

    We will have a short talk about Extensive Reading from Kunihide Sakai on Sunday 30 November 19:00-20:00. The event will involve a short 20-30 minute casual talk from our PresentER, followed by around 20-30 minutes of questions and discussion. PresentERs takes place on the last Sunday of each month online on Zoom. It is free for […]

  • East Shikoku

    The Dynamic Self: Negotiating Beliefs, Biography, and Professional Identity in Languageย Teaching

    Date, time & location: December 3, 2025 at 6 PM. Kochi University of Technology Language Lab, Kami City, Kochi Prefecture. Speaker: Kaunapawa L. Nangula Abstract: This presentation explores Language Teacher Identity (LTI) as a dynamic system shaped by personal biography and socio-educational contexts. Teacher beliefsโ€”often more influential than formal trainingโ€”stem from deeply held values and […]

    Free for JALT members
  • Extensive Reading

    ER SIG Annual General Meeting

    At the AGM, we share highlights of the past year’s activities, welcome new officers (Please click here to cast your online vote), and discuss ways that members (like you!) can get involved in the SIG going forward (there is room for Members-at-large, etc., and co-chairs).

  • Global Englishes

    JALT Global Englishes SIG Conferenceย 2025

    We are pleased to announce that Dr. Gregory Paul Glasgow will be the plenary speaker at the JALT Global Englishes SIG Conference 2025, taking place online on Saturday 6th December. For more information, please check our website.

    Free
  • Tochigi

    JALT Tochigi End-of-Year Event & Casual Gathering

    Hybrid Event

    We warmly welcome all members and non-members to join us for our upcoming end-of-year event. Whether you are new to the chapter, a long-time member, or simply interested in professional exchange, this will be a great opportunity to connect, learn, and share ideas. Event Schedule 3:00โ€“4:00 PM โ€“ Guest Speaker Session, Dr Louise Ohashi: GenAI […]

  • Oita

    JALT Oita Symposium

    Join us for the JALT Oita Symposium 2025 on Saturday, December 6.  This yearโ€™s symposium exploresย current topics in language teaching, featuring presentations on the following key themes:ย  Join us as we explore how curriculum, culture, technology, and social context are reshaping language education and what this means for teachers and learners today. 

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  • Nagoya & Gifu

    Reflecting on My Professional Development

    Join the Nagoya-Gifu Chapter on Saturday, December 6, for our final presentation of 2025. The presenter is Dr. Kazuyoshi Sato (Professor, Nagoya University of Foreign Studies). His presentation is titled “Reflecting on My Professional Development”. The venue is Nagoya Kokusai Center, 4th Floor, Doors open at 6:00 p.m. The presentation will run from 6:15 to […]

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  • Sendai

    Tohoku ELT Expo

    Co-hosted by JALT Sendai, MY English School, and St. Ursula Eichi Elementary โ€“ Middle โ€“ High School, the Tohoku ELT Expo is a one day mini-conference that offers quality presentations and materials displays for language teachers in any context: college, jr. & sr. high, elementary, kindergarten and private language school. Presentations will be given by […]

  • Kyoto

    From Theory to Practice: Integrating CLIL in the Classroom/็†่ซ–ใ‹ใ‚‰ๅฎŸ่ทตใธ๏ผšๆŽˆๆฅญใซใŠใ‘ใ‚‹CLILใฎ็ตฑๅˆ

    This event will explore the theory and practice of Content and Language Integrated Learning across diverse educational settings. Presenters should highlight their own experiences with CLIL, and demonstrate how it supports students in such concerns as language development, learner engagement, critical thinking, and disciplinary understanding. ใ“ใฎใ‚คใƒ™ใƒณใƒˆใงใฏใ€ๅคšๆง˜ใชๆ•™่‚ฒ็พๅ ดใซใŠใ‘ใ‚‹ๅ†…ๅฎน่จ€่ชž็ตฑๅˆๅž‹ๅญฆ็ฟ’๏ผˆCLIL๏ผ‰ใฎ็†่ซ–ใจๅฎŸ่ทตใ‚’ๆŽขๆฑ‚ใ—ใพใ™ใ€‚็™บ่กจ่€…ใฏใ€CLILใซ้–ขใ™ใ‚‹่‡ช่บซใฎ็ตŒ้จ“ใ‚’็ดนไป‹ใ—ใ€่จ€่ชž็™บ้”ใ€ๅญฆ็ฟ’่€…ใฎ้–ขไธŽใ€ๆ‰นๅˆค็š„ๆ€่€ƒใ€ๅฐ‚้–€ๅˆ†้‡Žใฎ็†่งฃใจใ„ใฃใŸ่ชฒ้กŒใซใŠใ„ใฆใ€CLILใŒใฉใฎใ‚ˆใ†ใซ็”Ÿๅพ’ใ‚’ๆ”ฏใˆใฆใ„ใ‚‹ใ‹ใ‚’ๅฎŸ่จผใ—ใฆใใ ใ•ใ„ใ€‚ Featuring Jean Solano (Kyoto International School) – Implementing Content […]

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  • Nara

    2025 NaraJALT 4th Annual Conference

    Bookmark Sunday, the 7th of December, in your calendar for the fourth NaraJALT Conference. We have another great lineup of speakers this year. The program has four presentations throughout the day, with plenty of time during and after for networking. Nara JALT 2025 Program: Thank you to this year’s sponsors JALT Materials Writers SIGย are sponsoring […]

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  • Niigata

    Designing for Inclusion: Overcoming Classroom Barriers to Active, Inclusive Language Learning

    Join JALT Niigata on December 7, 2025, from 14:00-16:00 for this FREE online event! Heather Suzuki will lead a workshop on “Designing for Inclusion: Overcoming Classroom Barriers to Active and Inclusive Language Learning.” Learn how classroom design and physical support can support or limit engagement and collaboration, and discuss creative solutions to overcome layout barriers […]

  • Lifelong Language Learning

    Year End Holiday My Share: Lifelong Learning and Living + Lifelong Language Learning SIGโ€™s AGM

    In a year-end My Share event, youโ€™ll have the chance to exchange fun and practical activities for celebrating special occasions throughout the school year. If teachers have any ideas about tasks and activities related to Christmas, Kwanzaa, Day of the Dead (Dรญa De Los Muertos), Eid al-Fitr, Halloween, Hanukkah, the Lunar New Year, etc., they would be […]

  • Pragmatics

    Inter-University Scrabble Contest & AGM

    An event where university students (mostly) and teachers gather to play Scrabble and socialize. Hiroshima JALT’s Annual General Meeting follows, from 5:00pm. Held at Eikei University of Japan Top Floor1-5 Noboricho, Naka Ward, Hiroshima, 730-0016

    Free
  • Vocabulary

    Vocabulary SIG Share-Out

    An informal space where participants will have the chance to interact with each other and share trends and ideas related to vocabulary research.

    Free
  • Iwate-Aomori

    Emily MacFarlane: Proven Techniques for Building EFL Speaking Fluency

    AIINA 1:30pm to 4pm.ย  Room 817. Abstract: This workshop equips EFL teachers with five research-backed techniques to dramatically improve students’ speaking fluency through structured practice and strategic communication training. The session will also introduce recent fluency research findings from Tohoku University examining an online fluency tool for first-year university EFL students. This research explores the […]

  • Matsuyama

    YouTube… You, too? YouTubeโ€ฆใ‚„ใฃใฆใฟใชใ„๏ผŸ

    Matsuyama JALT would like to invite you to an afternoon with Eric Kane  (ใ‚จใƒชใƒƒใ‚ฏใ‚ฑใ‚คใƒณ) ELF Learning and ELF Kids English School. YouTube… You, too? YouTubeโ€ฆใ‚„ใฃใฆใฟใชใ„๏ผŸ PLEASE NOTICE: THE DAY IS SUNDAY! Date: Sunday, December 14, 2025  Time: 14:00-16:00  Location: Online. Please see the Zoom link below. Abstract:Curious about making videos but not sure where to […]

  • Gunma

    Gunma JALT Literature Share

    Date:ย 2025ย December 14 (Sunday) Time:ย 2:00ย pmย ~ย 4:30ย pm Location:ย ย Kyoai Gakuen University Link to Location:ย https://maps.app.goo.gl/hfomn8z5b68beNAZ8 Admission:ย FREE For December, Gunma JALT will try out something new: An event in which participants share about a work of literature (book, chapter, article, etc.) that has benefited and/or inspired them either professionally or personally or both. This literature can be academic (sciences, humanities, etc.), […]

    Free
  • Toyohashi

    Toyohashi JALT End-of-Year Meeting (AGM) and Dinner

    Our annual end-of-year meeting will be held from 2:30-4:30pm on Sunday, 12/14. It will be held in our usual kenkyukan room at Aichi Universityโ€™s Toyohashi Campus. In the first hour of the meeting, JALT 2025 attendees from the chapter will review conference highlights and provide some topics for discussion. The second hour will be our […]

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  • CEFR and Language Portfolio

    CEFR LP SIG AGM 2025

    The Annual General Meeting (AGM 2025) of CEFR LP SIG will be held on Friday, December 19th, 2025 online. The president of CEFR LP SIG will welcome the the attending SIG members and give a short review of the events and activities of CEFR LP SIG in 2025. Then all officers will report on their […]

  • Critical Thinking

    IMPACT 2025 (In collaboration with the JALT CT SIG)

    JALT ART and Critical Thinking SIG will hold a full-day workshop to produce sample projects and lesson plans for EFL courses. Presentations (15-minutes) should help teachers create, support, or assess multimodal student projects that are creatively engaging and promote critical thinking in English. 1,000yen JALT Members / 2,000yen Non-JALT Members The event will be held […]

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  • ART

    IMPACT 2025

    Integrating Multimodal Projects with Art and Critical Thinking 2025. 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 […]