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PanSIG is an annual conference organized by many of JALT’s Special Interest Groups (SIGs). JALT Publications As a nonprofit organisation dedicated to the improvement of language teaching and learning in Japan, JALT has a rich tradition of publishing relevant material in its many publications. The JALT Publications site is home to JALT’s primary publications; The Language Teacher (TLT) and JALT Journal, as well as the annual JALT Postconference Publication: http://jalt-publications.org Joining or Renewing Membership You can easily join JALT or renew your JALT membership online. JALT membership offers numerous benefits including: Member-rate admission to JALT conferences such as the annual JALT international conference; free or member-rate admission to JALT Chapter and SIG meetings and events; access to the latest JALT Publications, and more » JALT YouTube Check out the JALT YouTube Channel for past plenary sessions, conference presentations, promos and more! JALT Social Media Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and more for the latest news and information. Featured News Moving? Bring JALT with you by updating your address March 31, 2024 JALT Central April marks the season of new beginnings! The new academic year means that some of us are moving on to new jobs, perhaps even in new cities. To ensure you stay connected, we’d like to remind you to update your mailing or email address if it is changing. Keeping your information current... A new edition of JALT Talk is out March 30, 2024 JALT Central A new issue of JALT Talk, the monthly email newsletter, went out on March 29th. This issue contains updated JALT2024 Conference news, including registration fee information, four calls for presentations, five recent publications, and more. Click here to read JALT Talk online. JALT Apple Discount has ended February 15, 2024 JALT Central We are very sorry to announce the end to the Apple On Campus program. The original agreement stated that Apple could cancel the program at any time. Unfortunately, Apple ended the On Campus program in December, 2023. This affects not only JALT, but all organizations who were part of the On... Events 17 May 2024 12:00 am to 11:55 pm JALTCALL 2024 Computer Assisted Language Learning JALTCALL 2024 will be held at Meijo University in Nagoya, May 17–19, 2024 with the theme of artificial intelligence. More information is available at https://jaltcall.org/jaltcall-2024/ 17 May 2024 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm EdTech: VocAPPulary Land: A 1-Hour Tour Tokyo These EdTech events are for language teachers who want to know more about EdTech and look for different ways to implement new ideas in their teaching. Abstract: This is a boots-on-the-ground session to introduce accessible tools for 1) assessing and aligning student vocabulary... 18 May 2024 2:00 pm May 18th Presentation: Teaching Fluency Using the Verbalclassrooms Method Akita ABSTRACT All teachers want their students to achieve higher levels of fluency, but how to teach it, and which classroom methods actually work? The presenter has been teaching fluency-based speaking classes for over 20 years and will share his methods and theories to get... 18 May 2024 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm Island Insights: Unveiling Challenges and Dreams of Future Language Teachers in Curaçao Shizuoka Island Insights: Unveiling Challenges and Dreams of Future Language Teachers in Curaçao Larger island nations like Japan have numerous universities. Smaller islands like Nauru (21 km²) in the south-pacific offer university courses while Curacao (444 km²) in the Caribbean features a... 18 May 2024 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm JALT Oita 7’s 2024 Oita JALT Oita 7’s is back for 2024, bringing you a series of quick-fire presentations on a range of language education topics. This year, we have talks on gamification, audio journaling, lesson flow models and developing student engagement, to name just a few. THis promises to be a fun and engaging... 19 May 2024 1:00 pm ART in Kyoto – Creative Ideas for the Language Classroom: 19 May, 2024 online 13:00 – 16:30 Kyoto The JALT Kyoto Chapter and ART SIG explore visual art and creativity in language teaching, with online presentations by: Thomas Entwistle Using A.I. generated images to challenge students’ views of what constitutes ‘real’ art Alec McAulay Creative writing:... 19 May 2024 1:30 pm Processing Instruction Workshop Toyohashi At our next meeting, chapter member Gabriel Misaka will present and facilitate a workshop on processing instruction. Processing instruction is a research-backed way of helping students focus on grammar to improve their ability to retain that language and use it correctly in the future.... 19 May 2024 2:00 pm Event rescheduled for Dec. 8th: An afternoon Zoom presentation with Steve McGuire II: Experience Using Google Apps Matsuyama Steve McGuire, our speaker for the Matsuyama JALT event on May 19th has to postpone this meeting due to a sudden conflict. He would like to reschedule his presentation on December 8th (2-4 PM), just early enough for getting out of Jamboard. You may also be interested in the JALTCALL2024... 19 May 2024 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm Online Text Reconstruction Exercises and Metadiscourse Markers Use Gunma This presentation will examine pedagogical merits of online text reconstruction exercises (OTREs) and examines their efficacy in teaching argumentative writing (AW) and students’ experience of learning through them. It looks at a specific type of OTRE called WebSequiturs and that application’s... 24 May 2024 12:00 am to 11:55 pm JALT PanSIG 2024 PanSIG Executive Committee PanSIG 2024 will be held May 24th to May 26th, 2024 at the Fukui University of Technology in Fukui City. Details: https://pansig.org News A new edition of the JALT Talk newsletter is out April 29, 2024 JALT Central A new issue of JALT Talk, JALT’s monthly email newsletter, went out on April 29. This issue contains updated JALT2024 Conference news, including plenary and invited speaker announcements; important conference updates from PanSIG and JALTCALL; recent JALT publications; and more. Click here to... ESP Symposium - Call for Submissions - April 25, 2024 Iwate-Aomori ???? ??? are pleased to announce our forthcoming ??? ?????????, which will be held ?? ????????????? with the ???? ?????-?????? Chapter, on ????????? ?? at ????? ??????????. ???? ??? ???????????: We invite posters in English...