NPO The Japan Association for Language Teaching

Iwate-Aomori

JALT Chapter covers two prefectures in the northern Tohoku region.

We have two main locations for events in Aomori, Hachinohe-shi and Hirosaki-shi. The annual Michinoku English Education Summit (MEES) is held in Hachinohe-shi at Hachinohe Gakuin University in July. The annual Tsugaru Ideas for Language Education Seminar (TILES) is held in Hirosaki-shi in September or October at Hirosaki Gakuin University. Events in Iwate are usually held in Morioka-shi at Aiina.

We have had both face-to-face, online, and hybrid events. Future events, styles, and locations will vary. There are usually no events in March and August.

We can be found on Facebook.

Officers:

  • President: Mary Burkitt
  • Treasurer: Nadiia Zaitseva
  • Membership Chair: Jim Smiley
  • Program Chair: Jacob Petersen and Mary Burkitt
  • Publicity Chair: Jason Hill
  • Web Administrator: Jason Hill
  • Member-at-large: Hachinohe Area Co-Coordinators โ€“ Greg Anthony and Barry Grossman and Tsugaru Area Co-Coordinators โ€“ Steven MacWhinnie and Edo Forsythe

Upcoming Events

JALT Conference 2025 Tokyo

JALT2025 International Conference

2025ๅนด10ๆœˆ31ๆ—ฅ(้‡‘)ใ€œ2025ๅนด11ๆœˆ02ๆ—ฅ(ๆ—ฅ) ๆฑไบฌ้ƒฝๆธ‹่ฐท ๅ›ฝ็ซ‹ใ‚ชใƒชใƒณใƒ”ใƒƒใ‚ฏ่จ˜ๅฟต้’ๅฐ‘ๅนด็ทๅˆใ‚ปใƒณใ‚ฟใƒผ Friday, October 31 – Sunday, November 02, 2025 โ€ข National Olympics Youth Memorial Center, Tokyo, Japan

PanSIG 2025

PanSIG Conference

PanSIG 2025ย was held May 16-18 in Chiba.ย PanSIG is an annual conference organized by JALT’s Special Interest Groups (SIGs).