2024 (awarded at the JALT2025 conference)
Chapter Awards
- Gunma Chapter: Kenji Kawai
Using Illustrations for Reading Activities: When is Better? Before, During, or After? (presentation) - Fukuoka Chapter: Sachi Oshima
Two Practical Examples of Students Learning by Assessing (presentation) - Tokyo Chapter: Jesse Reed
AI-Assisted Learning: Crafting Ethical and Effective EFL Writing Assignments (presentation) - Tokyo Chapter: Yoichi Kiyota (presentation)
Imagination and Creativity in Language Learning - Matsuyama Chapter: Adam Beck (presentation)
Maximize the Success and Joy of Your Family’s Bilingual Journey (presentation) - Nara Chapter: Eric Martin
High-frequency Vocabulary: Understanding the Words that Our Learners are Likely to Know (and Those They Don’t) - Nagoya Chapter: D. S. Bowyer, Naoya Shibata
An Introduction to Basic Statistical Methods for Language Education Research Using JASP (presentation) - Okayama Chapter: Gavin Thomas, Teresa Stockwell
All About ALS and The Rights and Realities of Teaching with a Disability (presentation) - Sendai Chapter: Karen Hill Anton
Crossing Cultures: A Personal Journey (presentation) - Ibaraki Chapter: James Harry Morris
Using Digital Tools in the Classroom: The Case of Classical Japanese and Japanese Palaeography (presentation) - Hokuriku Chapter: Kelly King
Reflections on Creating a Service-Learning Curriculum to Connect University Students and Local Immigrant/Migrant Youth (presentation) - Kobe Chapter: Montserrat Sanz Yagüe
Challenges of multilingual families (presentation)
SIG Awards
- Global Issues in Language Education SIG: Jennie Roloff Rothman
Using Baseball, the World’s Pasttime, to Teach about Globalization, Culture and Society (publication) - CEFR and Language Portfolio SIG: Engel Villareal
Empowering Pre-A1 and A1 ESL Learners to Write: From Foundational Skills to Flowing Text – JALT CEFR Forum: Initiating Action Research: Transforming Current Practices with CEFR Key Concepts (presentation) - Other Language Educators SIG: Martina Gunske von Kölln; Adiene Roque de Hishiyama; Pornsri Wright; Yoshiko Ichimura; Markus Rude; Qi Wu
Teaching and learning on a multilingual stage (presentation) - Mind, Brain, and Education SIG: Lynsey Mori, Trevor Raichura, and Philip Gurney
Cultivating Well-Being: Navigating a Void of Vulnerability (presentation) - Extensive Reading SIG: Adam Ezard
Introducing, Adapting and Evaluating an ER-based course at a Japnese High School (presentation) - Teaching Younger Learners SIG: Masako Moriwaki, Ran Niboshi, and Frances Shiobara
Positive Discipline Activities in the EFL Classroom (presentation)
2023 (awarded at the JALT2024 conference)
Chapter Awards
- Fukuoka Chapter: Sunao FUKUNAGA
University Entrance Examinations Stratify High School English Education (presentation given 03/25/2023) - Gunma Chapter: Sayo Nakamura
Performance Tests as Final Exams: Keys to Creating Fair and User-Friendly Rubrics (presentation given 04/09/2023) - Hiroshima Chapter: Keith Barrs
Is the Rise of Generative AI the Demise of Humanity? (presentation given 7/01/2023) - Ibaraki Chapter: Cecilia Ikeguchi, Timothy Cook, Deborah Grow, Naomi Takagi, Naoko Ochiai, Rika Otsu
Towards an Effective Implementation of EFL Education in Japan (presentation given 11/26/2023) - Kyoto Chapter: Alex Burke, Gretchen Clark, Sachiko Nakagome, Karmen Siew
Problem-> Potential: Redefining ADHD in Language Education (presentation given 04/09/2023) - Matsuyama Chapter: Carol Rinnert
Writers Interacting Effectively with Readers in Academic Writing (presentation given 02/19/2023) - Nagano Chapter: Trane DeVore
Creative Writing and Japanese University English (presentation given 03/30/2023) - Nagoya Chapter: Charles Browne
NGSL Project: A Modular Approach for the Systematic Development of Second Language Vocabulary (presentation given 09/16/2023) - Nara Chapter: Michael Lin
Can Prompt Engineering Enhance EFL Education with Japanese University Students? (presentation given 10/03/2023) - Sendai Chapter: Erin Bruni Suzuki
Empowering Students Through Debate and Speech (presentation given 04/23/2023)
SIG Awards
- CEFR and Language Portfolio SIG: Rebecca Schmidt
CEFR Mediation Activities, CLIL Classes and a Notebook (presentation given 11/26/2023) - Computer Assisted Language Learning SIG: Robert Dykes
Keynote Interview of Giles Goddard (on 6/3/2023 at the JALTCALL 2023 Conference) - Mind, Brain, and Education SIG: Brian Birdsell
Embodied Learning: A GEM Approach to Couple the Body with Language (publication: 05/15/2023) - Mixed, Augmented, and Virtual Realities SIG: Adam Stone
MAVR SIG Forum: Introduction to Unity (presentation given 05/13/2023 at the JALT PanSIG 2023 Conference) - Other Language Educators SIG: Eric Fortin
Quebec French (Québecois): The Language of Quebec, Canada (presentation given 02/01/2023)
2022 (awarded at the JALT2023 conference)
At the JALT2023 Conference, the Michele Steele Best of JALT Awards Reception returned after a 3-year hiatus for the COVID-19 pandemic. See photos from the awards ceremony at JALT2023.
Chapter Awards
- Fukui Chapter: Takaaki Hiratsuka
Narrative Inquiry of ALT Identity - Fukuoka Chapter: Fiona Kanemura
Motivating the English Language Learner - Gifu Chapter: Eucharia Donnery
Breaking through Negativity: Drama-in-Education for the Post-COVID Era - Gunma Chapter: Minako Antoku
Do Motivational Teaching Strategies Boost Learners’ Willingness to Communicate in EFL Classrooms - Hokkaido Chapter: José Domingo Cruz
Teaching Fluency Using the Verbal Classrooms Method - Ibaraki Chapter: Martin Pauly
Sign Language – Why I Like It - Kobe Chapter: Marife Carpio
Kobe JALT Meets FETJ Global for Fun Intercultural Communication Activities Ready to Use in Your Classroom! - Kyoto Chapter: Gregory Paul Glasgow
Global Englishes, Unequal Englishes, and Language Teaching in a ‘Multicultural’ Japan: Paradoxes and Possibilities - Matsuyama Chapter: Charles Kelada
Improving Minority Language Competence in a Toddler Using the “One Parent, One Language” Method - Nagano Chapter: Colleen Dalton
Teaching Multiliteracies Through a Poster Presentation Activity - Okayama Chapter: Keiko Sakui and Neil Cowie
Machine Translation and the Future of Language Learning - Okinawa Chapter: M. Delano Cannegieter
Happiness VS Meaningful Content: Changing ‘I Wish’ To ‘I Can!’ - Sendai Chapter: Louise Ohashi
Writing with the Help of Machine Translation: Exploring Ways to Enhance Learning and Hinder Misuse - Shizuoka Chapter: Winifred Lewis
Shiraishi Making Time for Research: An Educator’s Experience - Yamagata Chapter: Daniel Roy Pearce
Plurilingualism in Japan: Practices and Potentialities
SIG Awards
- CEFR and Language Portfolio SIG: Takanori Omura
The Relationship Between University Students’ Learner Autonomy and Their Attitude Towards the Electronic Portfolio - Global Issues in Language Education SIG: Mahboubeh Rakhshandehroo, Olaf Fors, and Paul Horness
PanSIG2022 GILE SIG Forum - Mind, Brain, and Education SIG: Harumi Kimura
The Hidden World of Our Students - Other Language Educators SIG: Naoko Ochiai
Mediation to Help Hearing Impaired Students Learn German: Explanatory Videos, Games and Movies - Teaching Younger Learners SIG: Jennifer Yphantides
Towards Accessible Education for All: Focus on Young Learners
2021 (awarded at the JALT2022 Conference)
As JALT2022 was our first in-person conference after the COVID-19 Pandemic, JALT opted to hold no large social events. The Awards Ceremony was held with no accompanying Reception. See photos from the awards ceremony at JALT2022.
Chapter Awards
- Akita Chapter: Eric K. Ku
Autoethnographic Explorations of Language Teacher Identity
September 21, 2021 (Presentation) - East Shikoku Chapter: Dr. Naomi Wilks-Smith
Translanguaging with Multilingual Learners
May 22, 2021 (Presentation) - Fukui Chapter: Andy Boon and Robert Dykes
Live Interview with Andy Boon: His Work with Graded Readers
February 27, 2021 (Presentation) - Gifu Chapter: Glenn Magee
Classroom Activities to Promote Student Well-Being
June 26, 2021 (Presentation) - Gunma Chapter: Yoshi Grote
Supporting Diversity in the Language Classroom
January 31, 2021 (Presentation) - Hokkaido Chapter: Nate Olson
Creating a Space for CLIL: Strategies for Adoption and Implementation
October 2, 2021 (Presentation) - Ibaraki Chapter: Naoko Ochiai
Digital Educational Tools for Online Lessons
March 27, 2021 (Presentation) - Kobe Chapter: Marife Carpio
Tech Tools for English Teaching & Learning
May 22, 2021 (Presentation) - Matsuyama Chapter: Eucharia Donnery
Coping and Teaching During a Pandemic: Process Drama Workshop
April 21, 2021 (Presentation) - Nagano Chapter: Namiko Tsuruta*
Classroom Engagement
September 25, 2021 (Presentation) - Nagoya Chapter: Sarah Deutchman
Using Corpora to Aid in Writing
April 25, 2021 (Presentation) - Niigata Chapter: Namiko Tsuruta*
Promoting Diversity and Inclusion Through the Lens of Our Learners
December 18, 2021 (Presentation) - Okayama Chapter: Jennifer Green
What the f@!#:Taboo language for EFL?
June 19, 2021 (Presentation) - Okinawa Chapter: Andy Curtis
‘Leader-Less-Ness’ in Language Education
July 25, 2021 (Presentation) - Sendai Chapter: Sandie Mourão and David Valente
JALT Younger Learner Teachers’ Olympic Webinar
July 25, 2021 (Presentation) - Shizuoka Chapter: Akierah Binns and Dr. Samantha-Kaye Johnston
The Impact of Assistant Language Teachers on English Education in Shizuoka Prefecture
April 3, 2021 (Presentation) - Toyohashi Chapter: James Venema and Yuxi Bao
Maximizing English in the EFL classroom: Encouraging the Negotiation of Meaning
October 3, 2021 (Presentation)
SIG Awards
- Accessibility in Language Learning SIG: Natsuki Suzuki
Fostering Young Learners’ Confidence and Love Toward Learning English
November 14, 2021 (Presentation) - CEFR and Language Portfolio SIG: Gregory C. Birch
Using an Online European Language Portfolio (e-ELP) to Promote Learner Autonomy
August 20, 2021 (Presentation) - Extensive Reading SIG: Meredith Stephens and Yudai Aoki
Student Difficulties When Reading-While-Listening
January 10, 2021 (Publication) - Global Issues in Language Education SIG: Jackson Koon Yat Lee, Ken Ikeda, May Kyaw Oo
PanSIG2021 GILE SIG Forum: Voices of Global Educators
May 16, 2021 (Presentation) - Mind, Brain, and Education SIG: Skye Playsted
For the Love of Teaching (and Love of Your Students)
October 1, 2021 (Publication) - Mixed, Augmented, and Virtual Realities SIG: Roberto B. Figueroa Jr.
Virtualizing a University Campus Tour: A Pilot Study on Its Usability and User Experience, and Perception
November 20, 2021 (Publication) - Other Language Educators SIG: Margit Krause-Ono, Martina Gunske von Kölln, Adiene Roque de Hishiyama, Pornsri Wright
Story Telling in A1-A2 Across Languages and Cultures
May 15, 2021 (Presentation) - Teaching Younger Learners SIG: Martin Sedaghat
Board Games and Language Tasks in the EFL Classroom
August 28, 2021 (Presentation) - Vocabulary SIG: Christopher Nicklin
Developing a Measure of Proper Name Familiarity for Japanese University Students
December 1, 2021 (Publication)
2020 (awarded at the JALT2021 Conference)
Chapter Awards
- Akita Chapter: Edo Forsythe
Survey of recent research in MALL in Japanese EFL Contexts - Fukuoka Chapter: Naomi Miki
Basics of Kakenhi Application - Gifu Chapter: Emily Choong
Positivity in the Classroom: An ALT’s perspective - Kobe Chapter: Arnold Arao
Moral Foreign Language Effect (MFLE) - Matsuyama Chapter: Ian Willey
Making Room for Improv - Nagano Chapter: Yukiko Ishikawa
Development of self-regulated learning skills: From a case study of first-year college students - Niigata Chapter: Alex Burke, Deborah Grow, Lesley Ito, Doris Wong, Naoko Amano
Suddenly Teaching Kids Online - Saitama Chapter: Rab Paterson and his Junior High School students: Honami Kimoto, Aya Yamauchi, and Mitsuki Saito
Multimedia Book Review Projects - Sendai Chapter: Jennifer Green
What the f@!#: Taboo Language for EFL? - Shizuoka Chapter: Jean Taylor
The Effect of Overseas School Trips on English Learning Motivation for Japanese High School Students - Toyohashi Chapter: Ben Gibbon
Large Class Spoken Assessment: Retell, Recite, Review - West Tokyo Chapter: Mary Nobuoka
Online Games and Other Activities for Emergency Remote Teaching
SIG Awards
- CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning) SIG: Charles Browne
TOEIC L&R and CEFR-J Can-Do Self-Assessment Scores - CEFR & LP (Language Portfolio) SIG: Jean-Pierre Joseph Richard
TOEIC L&R and CEFR-J Can-Do Self-Assessment Scores - GALE (Gender Awareness in Language Education) SIG: Olya Yazawa
Gender differences in self-determined English learning motivation in a Japanese high school - MAVR (Mixed, Augmented, and Virtual Realities) SIG: Mehrasa Alizadeh
Virtual reality in tourism education: A case study - PIE (Performance in Education) SIG: Ashley Ford
Music Performance, Language Learning, and the Brain - TD (Teacher Development) SIG: Stephanie Lim
An English Classroom in 2020
2019
A video of the JALT2020 online ceremony is available on YouTube.
Chapter Awards
- Akita Chapter: Chris Carl Hale
Active Learning: Increasing Student Motivation and Communicative Outcomes - Fukuoka Chapter: Stephen Case and Jay Palarino
Engaging, Communicative And Fun Classroom Games - Gifu Chapter: David Barker, Richard Gregg, Nami Imagawa, Jackson Lee, Michael Sherborne, Clair Taylor
How ALTs and Eikaiwa Teachers can get into University Teaching - Gunma Chapter: Jennifer Yphantides
Managing Special Needs Students in the EFL Classroom - Hokkaido Chapter: Stuart Warrington
Learning English for Employment: Benefit or Neo-liberal Lie? - Ibaraki Chapter: Abdollah Dodangeh
A Glance at English Education in Iran and Turkey - Kobe Chapter: Erin Noxon
Using Google Voice Recorder in Docs for pronunciation practice in your classroom - Matsuyama Chapter: Aya Nogami
Transforming Test Taking Through Drama in Education: New Active Learning Approaches to Testing Strategies - Nagano Chapter: Kimberly Klassen
Developing the L2 Reader: Texts and Tasks - Nagoya Chapter: Alexandra Burke
Supporting dyslexic students: Inclusive new teaching methods - Nara Chapter: Jack Bower
Suggestions and Resources for Using the CEFR in Language Education - Niigata Chapter: Alexandra Burke
Inclusive teaching: make a difference for the 1 in 10 neurodiverse learners in your mainstream class. - Okayama Chapter: Lynne Murphy
How a Language Support Center impacts Student Motivation - Okinawa Chapter: Matthew Cotter
The Maori Haka: Cultural Understanding Through Traditional Performance - Sendai Chapter: Paul Raine
Digital English Activities, Tools, and Assignments: Apps 4 EFL and EFL.Digital - Tokyo Chapter: Oliver Smith
Curiosity (& Interest) in Relationship to Language Learning - Tottori Chapter: Naoya Ishida
Pronunciation learning for novices- in terms of discreet sounds and typical rhythm - West Tokyo Chapter: Ruth Iida
Songs for Teachers and Learners - Yamagata Chapter: Ben Grafström
Ups and Downs of Self-access Learning Centers: A Seven Year Retrospective
SIG Awards:
- Business Communication SIG: Tomoko Sugihashi
Deregulation of University Students’ Job-Hunting Rules and Expectations - CALL SIG: Tom and Jon Gorham
Trends in AI and Machine Learning that All Language Teachers Should Know: A Beginner-friendly Introduction - CEFR& LP SIG: Colin Thompson and Tim Woolstencroft
Designing a CEFR-informed Curriculum - GALE SIG: Tenesha Kanai and Lauren Landsberry
Foreign Working Women and Child-Rearing - LiLT SIG: Mary Hillis
Read, Research, and Write: Ethnographic Poetry in the Classroom - PIE SIG: Chhayankdhar Singh Rathore
Two-day Process Drama Workshop - TD SIG: Steve Paton
Teacher identity, unconscious habits, and awareness
2018
Chapters
- Fukui: Mari Nakamura
“An Integrated Skills Approach in Literacy Education That Promotes Children’s 21st Century Skills“ - Gifu: Tanja McCandie and Brent Simmonds
“Increasing diversity from within; and The Purpose and Development of the JALT Code of Conduct“ - Gunma: Tomoko Yoshida
“Integrating Intercultural Communication in the University Language Classroom“ - Ibaraki: Kevin McManus
“Overcoming challenges in providing support for participants in student exchanges and other study abroad programs“ - Iwate: Barry Grossman
“Learn to use a corpus! A very hands-on workshop“ - Kitakyushu: Jerry Talandis Jr.
Turning Speaking Tasks Into Assessment Activities“ - Kobe: Amy Brown
“Invite the world into your classroom: exploring World Englishes with digital technologies“ - Matsuyama: Kaori Ono
“The Reintegration of Kikokushijo: Reflections on Culture and Identity“ - Nankyu: Tomomi Kumai
“SUTLF (Sojo University Teaching and Learning Forum) X JASAL (Japan Association for Self-Access Learning)“ - Nara: Kazuhiro Iguchi and Ritsuko Rita
“Discussion and Debate for Secondary School Education“ - Niigata: Nathaniel Reed
“ALT Training Online“ - Okayama: David Paul
“David Paul talks about teaching kids“ - Sendai: Eric Kane
“Building Balance – Mixing Fundamentals with FUN!“ - Shinshu: Louise Ohashi
Supporting Language Learning with Digital Technologies“ - Shizuoka: Mary Nobuoka
“Raising Bilingual Children in Japan“ - Tokyo: Liz Shek-Noble
“2018 Tokyo JALT Member Presentation Showcase“ - Tottori: Christopher J. Hollis
“Teaching English in English: Strategies for Success - Toyohashi: Jason Pratt
“Social Media and Students: English made accessible and fun“ - West Tokyo: Robert Croker
“Presentation Proposal Writing Workshop“ - Yamagata: Jon Pinsan and Masanori Oyama
“English Instruction from Elementary School through High School“
SIG Awards:
- Business Communication (BIZCOM): Andy O’Brien
Just Build It September 9, 2018 - Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL): Kasumi Yamazaki
The effective use of digital storytelling in JFL classrooms: Sample projects and pedagogical reflections June 10, 2018 - CEFR and Language Portfolio (CEFR&LP): Timothy Wilson
CEFR-Based Curriculum at a Japanese University November, 2018 - Gender Awareness in Language Education (GALE ): Aaron Hahn
Increasing diversity from within: 4501 (TD) Hidden Implications of JALT My Share PanSIG 2018 - Literature in Language Teaching (LiLT): Vicky Ann Richings
Enhancing students’ awareness of Japanese speech styles with literature November 24, 2018 - Mind, Brain, and Education (BRAIN): Jason Lowes
Effective Learning Strategies: Did you learn them? November, 2018 - Performance in Education (PIE): Yoko Morimoto
5 Drama-inspired Mini Activities Backed by Neuroscience November, 2018 - Pragmatics (PRAG): Akihiko Kawamura, Kimiko Koseki, and Scott Gardner
Should L2 pragmatic usage of jokes be taught? November, 2018 - Teacher Development (TD): Jennie Roloff Rothman and Adrianne Verla Uchida
“Critical Friendships: Facilitating Teacher Reflection for Professional Development” (article)
2017
Chapters
- Fukui: Gregory Hadley Grounded theory in applied linguistics: Attractive nuisance or helpful guide?
- Fukuoka: Paul Raine Online English learning: Resources, activities and evidence
- Gifu: Josh Brunotte and Chris Hastings Applications and task development for smartphone VR in the EL classroom: An overview
- Gunma: Hideto Harashima What lies behind the differences of phonetic behaviors of the Japanese and the English languages?
- Hokkaido: Bob Ashcroft NAWL and TED vocabulary learning using critical thinking and CALL
- Ibaraki: Javier Salazar Strategic competence: What is it, how to teach it, and how to assess it
- Kobe: Frances Shiobara Pechakucha presentations in the classroom—Supporting language learners with public speaking
- Matsuyama: Darren Lingley Publishing a student newspaper: Supporting L2 writing through F2F conferencing
- Nankyu: Todd Thorpe LEGO® Serious Play®
- Nara: Masayuki Takano Introduction to English for high school education
- Niigata: Alison Nemoto Examining pupils’ images of English, before and after short storytelling sessions in a Japanese primary school
- Okinawa: Tomoko Yashima L2 motivation and willingness to communicate in a globalizing world
- Osaka: Greg Rouault Cross-cultural communication clashes: A simulation task game
- Sendai: Sean Reid Focus on younger learners: CLT-based approach
- Tokyo: Michael Ellis Designing project-based learning (PBL): International exchange through Google sites
- Tottori: Amanda Gillis-Furutaka Encouraging active reading in class
- Toyohashi: Takayuki Nagamine Current trends in pronunciation and implications for English language teaching in Japan
- Yamagata: Adrian Leis A better mindset for the Japanese EFL learner
SIGs
- Business Communication:Greg Rouault Cross-cultural communication clashes: A simulation task game
- Computer Assisted Language Learning: Linda Kadota Active reading with CALL
- CEFR & Language Portfolio: Yukie Saito Developing a portfolio for English as a tool for global communication
- Gender Awareness in Language Education: Avril Haye-Matsui How race and gender shape English teachers’ careers in Japan
- Global Issues in Language Education: Emiliano Bosio Implementing principles of global citizenship education into university curricula
- Literature in Language Teaching: Jane Joritz-Nakagawa Gender, disability and literature
- Lifelong Language Learning: Kathleen Yamane Milestones of a life in teaching
- Speech, Drama, and Debate: Vivien Bussinguer-Khavari Games can be serious & debates can be fun
2016
Chapters
- Fukui: Heather Doiron Making most of graded readers
- Fukuoka: Trevor A. Holster Creating supplementary materials for reading classes
- Gifu: Alan Thompson Engaging with challenging texts and content
- Gunma: Chiyuki Yanase Storytelling for young learners
- Hiroshima: Tamara Swenson iPads & iBooks: Adding to the EFL classroom
- Ibaraki: Jeroen Bode Education never ends: Language acquisition post-academia and the Dutch “permanent education” policies for official (certified) translators/interpreters
- Iwate: Ryan Hagglund Education as a business
- Kobe: Randall Bollig, Ann Mayeda, and Catriona Chalmers Takeuchi Nepal family and friends project
- Nankyu: Barbara Hoskins-Sakamoto Designing materials that work
- Nara: Angela Wren and Rachel Stuart A step-by-step introduction to debate
- Niigata: Martin Sedaghat Art in the language classroom
- Okayama: Arnold Arao Social emotional learning (Skills for the 21st century)
- Okinawa: Andy Boon Beyond trends: Teachers as researchers
- Sendai: Karen Masatsugu Hands on: Experiential training for teachers of young learners
- Shinshu: Ikegami Hiroshi Teaching debate
- Tottori: Mutsumi Kawasaki and David Barker How I learned English / Japanese どうやって英語・日本語を勉強したか
- Yamagata: Todd Enslen Changing to a discussion-based approach at Tohoku Univeristy
SIGs
- Business Communication:Josef Williamson Teaching business-context small talk using sociopragmatic principles
- Computer Assisted Language Learning: Paul Raine Generate vocabulary, pronunciation, listening, and listening comprehension activities for any YouTube video
- Extensive Reading: Ana Maria Flores Matching the task and the learner’s experience/present knowledge
- Framework & Language Portfolio: Jack Bower Using the ADDIE model to plan and construct a CEFR-based curriculum: Focus on the analysis phase
- Gender Awareness in Language Education: Diane Hawley Nagamoto Teaching English in Japan: Understanding identity development through teachers’ stories
- Literature in Language Teaching: John F. Maune Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet via Literary Darwinism
- Other Language Educators: Bruno Jactat Audiograms: Can they alert us to difficulties students might face learning a foreign language?
- Pragmatics: Josef Williamson Teaching business-context small talk using sociopragmatic principles
2015
Chapters
- Akita: Ben Grafström Teaching haiku and haiku composition to English language learners
- Fukuoka: Chris Haswell Internationalized tertiary education
- Gunma: Kayvon Havaei-Ahary The feasibility of using cooperative task-based learning to teach pronunciation
- Hiroshima: Gregory Poole Administrative practices as institutional identity: Local impediments to the globalization of HEIs in Japan
- Ibaraki: Yuko Koike English pronunciation instruction: Considering phonological differences between English and Japanese
- Iwate Andy Boon The reflective teacher and negotiated syllabuses
- Niigata: Bern Mulvey Numbers game: How accreditation, kaken-hi, and the “Super Global” program are changing Japan’s universities
- Saitama: Paul Raine Apps 4 EFL: Apps, games, tools, and tech for English language learners and teachers
- Sendai: Bern Mulvey Numbers game: How accreditation, kaken-hi, and the “Super Global” program are changing Japan’s universities
- Shinshu: John Campbell-Larsen Materials and methods for teaching spoken language
- Tottori: Simon Capper, John Herbert, Monika Szirmai, Donald Cherry, Marybeth Kamibeppu, and Jim Ronald An afternoon of education methods exchange with Hiroshima JALT
SIGs
- Business Communication: Alan Simpson Business English as a lingua franca: Raising awareness of pronunciation varieties
- Computer Assisted Language Learning: Bob Ashcroft Vocabulary flashcards: Digital versus paper
- Gender Awareness in Language Education: Sara Hendricks Increasing gender equality in the second language classroom: A study at a Japanese university
- Pragmatics: Sanae Oda-Sheehan Making pragmatics and grammar work hand in hand
- Speech, Drama, and Debate: Matthew Barbee Defending drama in the L2 classroom: Building bonds between teachers and administrators
2014
Chapters
- Akita: Bryan Hahn Reading for automaticity: A study of university students in Japan
- Gunma: Miyuki Akamatsu and Sachiko Maruoka Vocabulary improvement techniques: Implementing self-regulated learning in junior high school
- Hamamatsu: Kensaku Yoshida and Dan Frost A discussion and debate on English education in Japan
- Hiroshima: Melodie Cook University entrance exams
- Ibaraki: Robert Betts Popular songs in the language learning classroom
- Iwate: Brent Jones Content-focused language instruction
- Kitakyushu: Colin Thompson Task-supported language teaching: Factors for communication and grammar use
- Nagasaki: Patricia Daly Oe Using picture books and storytelling to teach all age groups
- Nagoya: Suzanne Bonn Teacher personal narratives in language classrooms
- Nara: Kevin Stein Students’ stories of the extensive reading experience
- Okinawa: David Kluge Sharing responsibility: Self-assessment and self-evaluation
- Sendai: Gregory Sholdt Professional development through collaboration on quantitative research
- Shinshu: Haruhiko Shiokawa From interpretation to implementation: The new course of study
- Toyohashi: Takashi Miura The challenges of innovation in high school English classes
- Yamagata: Cory Koby Ready or not, here it comes! Course of study curriculum changes to high school English education 2013
SIGs
- Computer Assisted Language Learning: Richard Hawking Recording and submitting audio recordings using mobile phones
- Framework & Language Portfolio: Sergio Mazzarelli Video recording and Moodle to aid the ELP in presentation-based courses
- Gender Awareness in Language Education: Blake Hayes Conversation on gender borders: Japanese academia
- Literature in Language Teaching: Anna Husson Isozaki Bridges to literature: New research and approaches
- Materials Writers: Cameron Romney A systematic approach to making textbook supplements
- Other Language Educators: Bertlinde Voegel Aussprachefehler von Studierenden. Auswertung von Audiodaten (Students’ pronunciation problems as analyzed from recorded audio data)
2013
Chapters
- Akita: Rachel Ruegg Facilitating written feedback on students’ writing
- Fukuoka: Craig Lambert Learning to perform narrative tasks in the L2 classroom: A longitudinal intact-group semester long study of task sequencing effects
- Gifu: Umida Ashurova The wh’s of our profession
- Gunma: Joel Laurier Cooperative learning and the changing role of the teacher in the new MEXT revisions
- Hamamatsu: Jun Harada Let’s delve into the minds of ”bad” students
- Hokkaido: Rob Olson The “WOW” factor: Ideas and activities for young English learners
- Ibaraki: Maria Gabriela Schmidt Bilingual in Japan: German and Japanese reflecting theory and experience in language acquisition
- Iwate: Carmen Hannah How to improve your situation in the elementary school English / foreign language classroom
- Kitakyushu: Ai Murphy and Robert Murohy Practical neuro-ELT for kids and adults
- Ibaraki: Maria Gabriela Schmidt Bilingual in Japan: German and Japanese reflecting theory and experience in language acquisition
- Kobe: Adam Beck Raising bilingual children
- Nagasaki: Terry Fellner Foreign language motivation in Japan
- Nara: Jim Swan and Bonnie Yoneda 40 acres and a mule. 20 tatamis and a Calpis
- Okinawa:Jon Dujmovich Curiosity to competency: Intercultural activities for the language classroom
- Saitama: Anna Husson Isozaki Critical media literacy—Empowering university-level English learners to access and understand news and to sort truth from spin
- Sendai:Kim Horne Brain rules, jewels, and tools
- Shinshu: Trevor Joseph Developing output skills through interactive art boards (Kinesthetic-tactile learning)
- Shizuoka: Robert Croker Researching ethically
- Toyohashi: Adam Jenkins The mental lexicon: How did it get there?
SIGs
- Computer Assisted Language Learning: James York Language learning in Minecraft
- Critical Thinking: Peter Quinn
- Gender Awareness in Language Education: Blake Hayes
- Learner Development: Sayuri Hasegawa, Mathew Porter, and Caroline Ross
- Literature in Language Teaching: David Kevin Stein
- Other Language Educators: Morten Hunke What was the question? To tanka or to haiku – That is the question
- Pragmatics: Alan Simpson Business English as a lingua franca: New horizons
- Speech, Drama, and Debate: Aya Kawakami and Dawn Kobayashi
2012
Chapters
- Akita: Cory Koby English debate in Japanese high school
- Fukuoka: Paul Collett and Kristen Sullivan Developing resources for self-directed learning
- Gifu: Mari Nakamura Empowering young readers with the brain in mind
- Gunma: Miguel Gervais Teaching English: It’s YOUR business
- Hamamatsu: Albert McCann The Dejima-zation of English
- Hiroshima: Gregory Sholdt Professional development through collaboration on quantitative research
- Ibaraki: Joyce Cunningham Using TV commercials in English class
- Iwate: Joseph Falout Finding belonging inside and outside the classroom
- Kitakyushu: James Jensen What infant phoneme acquisition studies imply for foreign language teachers
- Kobe: Kensaku Yoshida English education based on the report of the Committee to Discuss the Improvement of Foreign Language Ability in Japan
- Matsuyama: Rob Waring Balancing language teaching
- Nagasaki: Justin Hunt Preparing students for speech contests
- Nara: Hidetami Nakai Controversies over the current policy of English education by the MEXT and the possible contributions of native and nonnative English teachers
- Oita: Nathan Ducker Successful language learners: Willingness to communicate and class participation
- Okayama: Jason Lowes Turning them on: Ideas on creating a classroom in which everyone is fully engaged
- Omiya: Martin Pauly Sign language & disability education – An overview
- Sendai: Robert S. Murphy Connecting mind, brain and EFL
- Shinshu: Akiko Seino How are my students getting it right for themselves?
- Shizuoka: Robert Croker Using questionnaires and student reflections to better understand your classroom
- Tokyo: Eucharia Donnery Language and technology: Rationale for inclusion in the Japanese university EFL classroom
- Toyohashi: Sian Edwards and Anthony Young Benefits of computer‐mediated communication (CMC) through negotiated learning tasks using text‐chat and voice
SIGs
- Bilingualism: Mary O’Sullivan My two children’s study abroad and homestay experience: Dealing with their Japanese schools, evaluating their stays
- Computer-Assisted Language Learning:Rick Broadaway Teaching with TEDTalks through Moodle
- Extensive Reading: Stuart McLean ER research design improvement: Measuring time on task
- Gender Awareness in Language Education: Sarah Mulvey A reexamination of gender stereotypes in the Japanese classroom (Leggy Keiko)
- Global Issues in Language Education: Tom Fast Global issues films in English language teaching
- Pragmatics: Seth Cervantes and Rob C. Olson Using CA for professional development
- Speech, Drama, & Debate: Harry Harris Debate for the needs of the second language classroom
- Teaching Children: Kim Horne Our favorite class activities for young learners
2011
Chapters
- Akita: Ken Schmidt Building a course in extensive reading for non-English majors
- East Shikoku: Davey Leslie The Life in Kochi Project: Real writing and the process genre approach to EFL composition
- Gifu:Lesley Burda Ito Experience the power of cross-curricular lessons for young learners
- Gunma: Chris Stillwell Using conflict resolution techniques for language learning
- Hamamatsu: David Stephens One language card set, several game variations;Gregg McNabb How to publish materials; Chris Tebbe Teaching vocabulary; Dan Frost A new approach to teaching junior high school students; Sue Sullivan What’s in a name?; Jon Dujmovich What is PechaKucha?; Sleeping in public; Chris Knapp PechaKucha: Walking the talk; Zane Ritchie An example of project-based teaching within a classroom; Colin Verstrepen Health care options for ALTs; Adam Jenkins Forgot the title: Neuroscience and EFL
- Ibaraki: Takayuki Nakanishi Research method statistical issues, Part 1: What if you have two groups to compare?
- Iwate: Cameron Romney Japanese copyright law and authentic materials: What teachers need to know
- Kitakyushu: Barbara Hoskins Sakamoto Dogme in ELT: A demonstration
- Kobe: Beniko Mason Extensive reading: Documenting its efficacy and understanding how to do it
- Matsuyama: Linda K. Kadota A multimedia approach to poetry
- Nagasaki: Andy Boon The illusion of synonyms: Investigating the similarities and differences between bias and prejudice / Setting up an extensive reading course: The beginning, the middle, and the end
- Nara: Janina Tubby, Kim Horne, and Catherine Oki English for children
- Oita: Christopher Stillwell Teacher awareness through peer observation
- Okayama: David Barker What do English teachers need to know about English?
- Sendai: Marc Helgelsen, Rikako Otomo, Mai Kato, Natsuki Kumada, Matt Wilson, Tatsuro Hikosaka, Cory Koby, Komaki Ninomiya, Ken Schmidt, Kotoha Suzuki, Tomonao Egawa, Joanne Sato, and Mayu Shioya Success stories: Local teachers interview their own successful students
- Shizuoka: Tim Murphey Autonomy mastery and purpose
- Toyohashi: Theron Muller Entering the conversation, joining the community: Legitimate participation in academic publishing
SIGs
- Bilingualism: Tim Greer Editor of The Japan Journal of Multilingualism and Multiculturalism Vol. 17 for 2011
- Extensive Reading: Hitoshi Nishizawa Three critical factors of a successful ER program
- Global Issues in Language Education: Tim Grose Useful sites for teaching global issues / BANILAD: Portrait of Teachers Helping Teachers volunteer initiative in actions and words: Pedagogical challenges in a study abroad program in Laos
- Lifelong Language Learning: Don Maybin A language training website that addresses the digital divide
- Materials Writers: Greg Goodmacher Creating educational materials for content-based ESL
2010
Chapters
- Gifu:Matt Smith Types, tokens, and patterns: Beginning corpus linguistics
- Gunma: Akiko Takagi How to promote reflection in professional development
- Hiroshima: Carol Rinnert New perspectives on pragmatic instruction: Moving beyond monolingual norms
- Ibaraki: Anna Motohashi JALT2010: The best of “Creativity: Think Outside the Box”
- Iwate: Marcos Benevides Intensively extensive: How my experience as an ESL learner has contributed to my teaching and writing
- Kagoshima: Charles LeBeau Tips for presentations
- Kitakyushu: Robert Murphy Using manga translation for deeper understanding in the language classroom
- Kobe: Marian Wang and Scott Bean “English only” in the Japanese university EFL classroom: Attitudes, approaches, and the role of the L1
- Kyoto: Folake Abass Teaching gender-related issues in the classroom
- Matsuyama: Curtis Hart Kelly Brain science, teaching, and active skills of communication
- Nagasaki: Richard Hodson Jokes and cartoons in the EFL classroom
- Nagoya: Charles LeBeau Tips for teaching presentation
- Nara: Leigh McDowell and Yoko Yaku Harold Palmer in Japan: A lesson from history
- Oita: Neil Millington My Share: Energize and inspire your students
- Omiya: Manfred Delano Cannegieter Do you wish you had more time and energy?
- Sendai: Curtis Hart Kelly Brain-friendly learning: What neuroplasticity means for language teaching
- Shinshu: Young-mi Lim, Sayaka Boa-Ampong, and Kazumi Seki Halloween activities: Workshop in Matsumoto
- Shizuoka: Joseph Falout Surviving and succeeding in learning English
- Tokyo: Scott Thornbury MASH Equinox presentations
- Toyohashi: Andrew Kean Extensive reading and reading circles
SIGs
- Extensive Reading: Emilia Fujigaki Effective ways of presenting ER to students
- Gender Awareness in Language Education: Gwyn Helverson Performing the gendered body in visual art: My grandmothers, Yanagi Miwa challenges Japanese society’s concept of aging
- Global Issues in Language Education: Matthew Walsh Task-based learning in education for sustainable development
- Materials Writers: John Wiltshire and Steve King ELT publishing and you
- Pragmatics: Yoshiko Aiba, Makiko Asaba, Yukie Saito, and Arthur Nguyen Exploring pragmatic development in business contexts
2009
Chapters
- Fukuoka: Chris Flynn Tender teachers: How BOEs now “procure” teachers by tender bid
- Gifu: Marc Hegelsen ELT & the science of happiness
- Gunma: Steve Paydon and Yukari Saiki Developing group cohesion in the language classroom
- Ibaraki: Deborah Grow Moving music center stage for young ESL learners
- Iwate: Philip McCasland Using TV commercials as language teaching tools
- Kagoshima: Chiaki Inoue How to produce engaging lessons plans
- Kitakyushu: David Lisgo What is red?
- Kobe: Brent Jones PechaKucha night
- Kyoto: Warren Decker Group building in the classroom
- Nagasaki: Nicholas Bovee and Jeff Stewart Shadowing and other out-of-class listening assignments
- Nagoya: Chuck Sandy Critical thinking for active communication
- Okayama: Chad Godfrey Enhancing EFL instruction through the use of manga
- Okinawa: Jerald Halvorsen Organizing intensive English camps
- Omiya: Joe Seigel On defining “good” language learners {and} university listening classes: Less product, more process
- Shinshu: Mary Aruga, Tami Kaneko, and Shigeru Kobayashi The 20th Annual Suwako Charity Walk
- Shizuoka: Gregory Strong Developing discussion tasks for EFL classrooms
- Toyohashi: Mike Boswick Sharing 18 years of experience with language immersion in a Japanese K-12 school: Insights and implications
2008
Chapters
- Gunma: Steve Quasha Exploring portfolio assessment in the EFL classroom
- Iwate: Mark Neufeld Debate and structured discussions in the EFL classroom
- Kitakyushu: Yosuke Yanase A three-dimensional understanding of communicative language ability
- Matsuyama: Donna T. Fujimoto The nikkei experience in Japan
- Nagasaki: Richard Hodson Can we teach humour in EFL classes?
- Sendai: Jim Smiley and Brian Cullen Integrating music into EFL materials
- Shinshu: Karen Ricks Teaching young learners with the Montessori Method
- Toyohashi: David Barker Getting “back to basics” in English language teaching
- West Tokyo: Mike McDonald Combining general and genre-specific approaches to L2 writing instruction
2007
Chapters
- Fukuoka: Trevor Holster Identity and proficiency: Meaningful approaches to learning and assessment
- Gunma: Stephen Jennings Students as editors: Using online concordancers
- Iwate: John Hobbs Recipes for success for teaching medical English
- Kagoshima: Jan O’Loughlin English feast
- Kitakyushu: Hudson Murrell Dialogue and vocabulary journals
- Nagasaki: Fumiko Ishinuki Experiences with action research: Seeking effective ways to do Japanese writing and English grammar lessons
- Okayama: Ian Willey Report writing in Japanese universities in Japanese
- Shinshu: Michihiro Hirai STEP BULATS: A practical test suite that makes real business sense; Grant Trew The new TOEIC Test: Understanding and overcoming the challenges
2006
Chapters
- Gunma: David Schneer Using cooperative learning in your classroom
- Iwate: Christine Winskowski and Susan Duggan —“What did you think of the course?” Understanding students’ course evaluations
- Kagoshima: Jan O’Loughlin The power of poetry
- Kitakyushu: Takashi Inomori Electronic dictionary workshop
- Nagasaki: Richard Hodson “Defamiliarization” in the language classroom; Tomoko Maekawa Introducing English Communication in the Classroom text
- Osaka: Greg Sholdt Exploring action research methods: Examples from an extensive reading program
- Shinshu: Sue Fraser-Osada Communication through drama
- Toyohashi: Charles Kowalski Storytelling in language teaching
- West Tokyo: Daniel Stewart If I knew then what I know now: Advice on setting up an extensive reading program
2005
Chapters
- Fukuoka:Ian Brown Two sessions on communicative CALL
- Gunma: Natsue Nakayama Electronic dictionary vs. paper dictionary: How differences in dictionary interfaces affect English language learning
- Kagoshima: Mayuka Habbick Irregular verb conjugations made easy!!
- Kitakyushu: Beniko Mason Vocabulary acquisition through storytelling
- Kobe: Marian Wang and Scott Bean “English only” in the Japanese university EFL classroom: Attitudes, approaches, and the role of the L1
- Nagoya: Kathleen Kampa Vilina Songs and chants for young learners
- Shinshu: Hideki Sakai Activities for young learners of English: Listening, thinking and learning
- Toyohashi: Kathi Emori and the Nagoya Players Theater in the English language classroom, learning through play
SIGs
- Learner Development: Stacey Vye Dealing with personal & professional change as EFL teachers in Japan; Marlen Harrison Emphasizing student autonomy through collaborative test creation
- Pragmatics: John Rylander A video-based pragmatics class
2004
Chapters
- Iwate: Takao Ogawa The “let me try” kids
- Kagoshima: Kyoko Sonomoto Teaching phonics in a large class
- Kitakyushu: Kay Hammond Presentation skills for public speaking
- Nagoya: Kensaku Yoshida New directions in teaching English in Japan’s EFL context—From the results of Monkasho’s action plans
- Okayama: Kumiko Miyamoto A database of classroom English
- Osaka: Deryn P. Verity Language awareness for language teaching: How etymology can help
- Sendai: Chris Cuadra and John Wiltshier TPR? It’s not that simple. L1 only? It’s not that simple
- Toyohashi: Mary Hughes English games and short activities
- West Tokyo: Andy Boon Cooperative development for language teachers
- Yokohama: Jon Poel and Robert M. Homan Effective groupwork guidelines
2003
Chapters
- Chiba: Ronald Schmidt-Fajlik Addressing individual differences through Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences
- Kagoshima: Hitomi Iguma Kamishibai storyboards
- Kitakyushu: John Small (now John Spiri) Putting words in their mouths
- Kyoto: Jimmy Yagi Coaching success in the classroom
- Nagasaki: Richard Graham Elementary school English: Teaching through songs and games
- Shizuoka: Mary Hughes My Share: Fun, low-prep activities
- Tokushima: Maho Yamada Jazz chants part 2
- Toyohashi: Anthony Robins Making homepages worthwhile
- Yokohama: Kurt Purucker, Cathy Purucker, and Rachel Hoskins International drama to spark ELT
2002
Chapters
- Chiba: Mike Critchley The role of Japanese in communicative ELT
- Gunma: Todd Jay Leonard Effective use of audio-visual materials
- Ibaraki: Takeshige Nakano Grammar and reading: Base for improving overall English abilities
- Kagoshima: Lynda Yoshida Phonics seminar
- Kitakyushu: Malcolm Swanson, Nigel Stott, and Paul Collett On the edge: Integrating technologies in the classroom
- Kobe: Charles Kowalski Storytelling in language teaching
- Matsuyama: Richard Blight Language as social cooperation and implied meanings
- Nagasaki: Kathleen Yamane Exploring varieties of English in the FL classroom
- Nara: Jason Moser Task-based learning
- Niigata: Rebecca Arthur Adapting textbook activities on the spot
- Okinawa: Timothy Kelly Improving student speaking
- Osaka: Wade Muncil Reflective teaching practice, peer mentoring, and using counsel in the classroom
- Shinshu: Tami Kaneko and the entire Shinshu Chapter Charity Walk
- Tokushima: David Moreton Getting to know you
- Tokyo: Charles LeBeau Copy right, or wrong
- West Tokyo: Hywel Evans Making your lessons more communicative
2001
Chapters
- Hiroshima: Susumu Nagara Junctures between Japanese language teaching and English language teaching
- Ibaraki: Mary Lee Field Effective during-reading strategies and graded readers for extensive reading programs
- Kitakyushu: Go Yoshizawa Sign language contact between Japanese Sign Language and American Sign Language
- Nagasaki: Malcolm Swanson First-day activities
- Okinawa: Kip Cates Peace education in the language classroom
- Omiya: Theo Steckler and Marc Sheffner Star Taxi
- Shizuoka: Michelle Nagashima K to 12: Exploring new ideas
- Yokohama: Charles LeBeau Integrating the four skills through debate
2000
Chapters
- Toyohashi: Prisca Molots Rhythm and rap music
1999
Chapters
- Toyohashi: David Kluge Partner taping for fluency
1998
Chapters
- Kitakyushu: Aleda Krause Grammar games
