Take a look back at JALT2018 through the camera lens of JALT member James Dunn, our conference photographer. We’ve uploaded over 200 photos from last year’s conference to Flickr (see the album here: https://flic.kr/s/aHsmGX38yK). JALT2018 was our 44th Annual International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning & Educational Materials Exhibition, held at the Shizuoka…

We have uploaded the fourth of our JALT2018 Featured Speaker Videos onto YouTube: https://youtu.be/I7GFpMBQCig Joseph Shaules was one of the featured speakers at the 2018JALT International Conference. His title was, “Brain Guide to Interculture in Language Classrooms,” and the session took place on Saturday, November 24, 4:40 PM – 5:40 PM. His talk was…

We have uploaded the third of our JALT2018 Featured Speaker Videos onto YouTube: https://youtu.be/ueyFLeF9zGQ Dat Bao was one of the featured speakers at the 2018JALT International Conference. His title was, “Creative Use of Visual Images for the L2 Classroom,” and the session took place on Saturday, November 24, 12:45 PM – 1:45 PM. His…

We have uploaded the second of our JALT2018 Featured Speaker Videos onto YouTube: https://youtu.be/oIvdNReeV4k Sandra McKay was one of the featured speakers at the 2018JALT International Conference. Her title was, “The Need for Diversity and Inclusion in ELT Texts,” and the session took place on November 25, 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM. Her talk…

We have uploaded the first of our JALT2018 Featured Speaker Videos onto YouTube: https://youtu.be/BalB4nedGS4 John Hughes was one of the featured speakers at the 2018JALT International Conference. His title was, “Make Critical Thinking a Part of your Classroom,” and the session took place on Sunday, November 25, 2018, from 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.…

JALT’s fourth video in the JALT2018 Plenary Video Series has been uploaded. Watch Lindsay Clandfield’s plenary session, “Diversity, Inclusion and Authenticity in ELT Materials” at https://youtu.be/JhrPWoj_Mzc Lindsay Clandfield was one of the plenary speakers at the 2018JALT International Conference. His title was, “Diversity, Inclusion and Authenticity in ELT Materials,” and the session took place…

We have uploaded the video of Judith B. O’Loughlin’s plenary session from JALT2018. You can watch this plenary on YouTube. This is the third in our series of four plenary videos. Judith B. O’Loughlin was one of the plenary speakers at the 2018JALT International Conference. Her title was, “Three Strategies for Fostering Learner Resilience,”…

We have uploaded the video of Diane Larsen-Freeman’s plenary session from JALT2018. You can watch this plenary on YouTube. Her title was, “Including all Students: A Complex Systems Perspective,” and the session took place on Saturday Nov. 24, 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM. Plenary Session Abstract: The world seems to be an increasingly diverse…

We have uploaded a video of Momoko Nakamura’s plenary session from the JALT2018 International Conference, titled “Gender Construction in Japanese Translation” (click here to watch). In this plenary, she explores the inter-lingual process of gender construction by analyzing the employment of gendered styles in Japanese translation. Drawing on a set of linguistic features associated…

The JALT 2018 International Conference Highlights video has been uploaded to YouTube. Click here to see what the JALT International Conference is like, including plenary sessions, presentations and posters, the educational materials exhibition, our JALT office staff, our student volunteers, and the social events. The theme of JALT’s 44th Annual International Conference on Language…