Events

22

Mar
2025, 1:00pm

SPIN Student Research Symposium 2025

Student Peer Interaction Network Committee (SPIN)

22

Mar
2025, 3:00pm

The Impact of Gestures on Enhancing Student Learning

Akita

March 22nd Akita Jalt Speaker- Kate Armstrong: The Impact of Gestures on Enhancing Student Learning

Gestures play a vital yet often overlooked role in language teaching. This session will explore how teachers use hand and arm movements during their lessons and the impact these gestures...

22

Mar
2025, 3:00pm to 5:00pm

How to be better at navigating intercultural communication!, March Chapter Meeting

Okayama

How to be better at navigating intercultural communication!

by Lynne Murphy (Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, Assistant Professor)

Would you like to know more about the influence of cultural factors? Are you keen to be better at navigating intercultural communication? If so...

23

Mar
2025, 2:00pm to 4:30pm

How to avoid falling prey to predatory publishers and conferences

Gunma

Predatory publishers and conferences threaten academia around the world. This presentation defines predatory publishers and conference organizers as publications and events produced by a for-profit company that aim to maximize profits, employ deception, and have no genuine concern to contribute...

25

Mar
2025, 8:00pm

ZPD in March

JALT Central

Next ZPD: Tuesday, March 25th, 2025, 8 PM - 9 PM

Our next ZPD session is taking place on Tuesday, March 25th at 8pm.The amazing PanSIG 2025 conference committee will host the meeting and tell us all about their May event in their dedicated breakout room. PanSIG is an annual conference...

29

Mar
2025, 1:00pm

Hanami Family Picnic

Kitakyushu

Join us for a family friendly picnic / fund raiser 

Games, food, drinks, and community. 

Kokura castle garden area 

30

Mar
2025, 9:00am

2025 My Share for Primary/Secondary educators – 30 March, 2025

Kyoto

On Sunday, 30 March at Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine’s Inamori Memorial Hall, join us for a morning of tips, tricks, and activities from primary and secondary educators in and around Kyoto.

Date: 30 March 2025 Time: 9:00 – 12:00 Online option: YouTube LIVE (register for this...

30

Mar
2025, 1:30pm

Discussing dilemmas in ELT: Based on reflections of 30+ years as a language teacher

Toyohashi

Core Toyohashi JALT member Laura Kusaka will share insights from 30+ years of teaching university students and adults, engage in dialogue about issues in the ELT field, and suggest drawing up New Year’s resolutions addressing concerns of the audience.

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Laura L. Kusaka, Ed. D is...

30

Mar
2025, 2:00pm

Roundtable

Sendai

On March 30, we’ll experiment with a new “Roundtable” format to supplement our traditional MyShare. You have four options to present: 

"MyShare" about lesson ideas you have used,  "Sounding Board" where you seek feedback about an idea you’re thinking of trying out (and want to see what your...

31

Mar
2025, 3:30pm to 5:15pm

JALTCALL - EUROCALL AI SIG Online Spring Collaboration

Computer Assisted Language Learning

Join us on March 31 for a special online symposium co-hosted by JALTCALL and the EUROCALL AI SIG! Explore the latest in computer-assisted language learning through a featured presentation by Dr. Qiao (Judy) Wang and Dr. John Maurice Gayed, who will discuss their “Multi-Agent LLM System for...