JALT Talk Newsletter

Hello, and welcome to another monthly edition of JALT Talk, the announcements newsletter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching. Tonight, JALT's monthly networking event, Zoom for Professional Development (ZPD), will include breakout rooms to help JALT groups and members who have questions about our new website; preregister here for this event (https://go.jalt.org/zpdrsvp July 29, 8PM).

JALT International Conference News

JALT2025 Basic details:

Title: 51st Annual International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning & Educational Materials Exhibition
When: Friday, October 31 - Sunday, November 2, 2025
Where: National Youth Olympic Center, Yoyogi, Tokyo
Map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/wR973syaJ2PSivbEA
Theme:
LanguageS: Learning, Teaching, Assessing
— JALT 50 Years —
Challenges and Perspectives
Conference website: https://events.jalt.org/event/37/

Registration Information

Registration information will be coming out in a day or two -- details will be available on the Conference website: https://events.jalt.org/event/37/

JALT2025 Call for Student Volunteers

We are currently recruiting student interns for the upcoming JALT2025 International Conference in Yoyogi, Tokyo. This is a great opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students to practice English, meet professionals, and gain experience in an English setting. Interested students can use this form to apply. PDF posters will be available soon on the conference website.

Childcare

Childcare will be available during the conference. Details will be announced soon. We hope that this encourages parents and caregivers to apply to give a presentation or poster at JALT2025.

JALT2025 t-shirts, hoodies, bags and more!

JALT2025 conference goods have been added to our online shop! T-shirts, hoodies, keychains, hats, stickers, more! Show up in style.

See our collections of JALT2025 goods here: https://suzuri.jp/JALT/omoide
See everything (with newest on top), including JALT goods and past conference goods: https://suzuri.jp/JALT/products

Reminder about TNT (Technology in Teaching) and PD (Professional Development) workshops

Instead of holding TNT and PD workshops on the Friday of the conference, these workshops will move online, on a different date in the summer (details here). JALT2025 will still be a full 3-day conference; the difference is that we will start with a full day of presentations on Friday, October 31, and finish on Sunday, November 2.

Job listings

JALT's Technology in Teaching and Professional Development Online Summer Workshops (August 9)

August 9th, 2025 will see the first of our online Summer workshops for Technology in Teaching (TnT) and Professional Development (PD). Come join us as we start a new chapter in JALT programming.

There will be a full day of workshops from expert facilitators. The program will also be highlighted by talks from Clare Kaneko of Niigata University and Jennie Roloff Rothman of Kanda University of International Studeis. Clare will be talking about how she uses technology in her teaching, while Jennie will be discussing professional development in our community.

Call for Presentations due Aug. 31 for Teaching Young Learners SIG Conference on Best Practices in Teaching English in Japanese Junior and Senior High Schools

2025 ICLE & GALE SIG Collaborative Conference (in Yokohama, Sept. 13)

Join us for the 2025 ICLE & GALE SIG Collaborative Conference: "Encounters at the Crossroads: Intersections of Diverse Identities and Cultures". This conference will explore how language education serves as a meeting ground for diverse identities, experiences, and perspectives. We will contact you again about lunch options and the social/ networking dinner

Call for Presentations due July 31 for Living on the Edge V (in Kyoto, Oct. 4-5)

Living on the Edge (LOTE) V is here! This year's theme is "Shifting Identities" Join us October 4-5th, 2025 at Kyoto Sangyo University. This year, our theme acknowledges that we are more than a single story of a stand out nail--each of us lives astride multiple intersective roles and identities, navigating how these interact, collide, and transform within and between us. This year, we invite you to join us to share stories of the multiple hats you weave together. Educators, activists, students, parents, people of various races, languages, abilities, sexualities, genders, minds, professions, values, privileges, positions, powers, religions, and expressions – join us to educate, empower, collaborate, laugh, discuss, connect, and transform.

Presentation proposal deadline extended to Aug 10 for the 2025 CUE Conference with BizCom SIG and PGL (Tokyo, Sept. 13-14)

CUE SIG has extended the deadline for the 2025 CUE Conference with BizCom SIG and PGL! The new deadline is August 10th! If you would like to submit a proposal or get more information, please go to: https://events.jalt.org/event/41/.

Any proposal related to tertiary education, business communications, or peace studies (or even SDG ideas) related to language education are desired! The conference will be held at Hitotsubashi University, Kunitachi campus. We're looking forward to your proposal!

Moving? Bring JALT with you!

For some of us, September marks the season of new beginnings, including 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 ensures you receive JALT publications and news without any interruptions.

* If you are logging in to our newly-updated website for the first time please, use the Lost Password function to create a new password.

Recent JALT Publications

Upcoming JALT Events

July 29 @ 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM
ZPD – Zoom for Professional Development Event Committee
JALT ZPD in July Online

August 31 @ 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Extensive Reading SIG
PresentERs – Listening to the Voices of College Students: What promotes or hinders ER?

September 5 @ 12:00 AM – September 9 @ 11:55 PM
Extensive Reading SIG
Extensive Reading World Congress 7

Upcoming Conferences from JALT's International Partners

Reminder: 20% Discount for JALT members for EdYOUFest Tokyo 2025 (Aug 19-21)

EdYOUFest—founded in 2015 by Chuck Sandy and Giovanni Rottura with the mission of being an innovative, creative, and ground-breaking community for English language teachers—will bring its first conference to Asia with EdYOUFest Tokyo 2025 on August 19th-21st. As JALT has become an EdYouFest partner, a JALT Partner Discount for the conference is available:

Reminder: The 7th Extensive Reading World Congress

Only one month before the start of ERWC 7 in Sapporo! The JALT ER SIG and the ER Foundation are proudly hosting this Extensive Reading conference in Hokkaido this summer, September 5-9. Check out our plenary speakers, see the full schedule of sessions, and buy your tickets at https://erwc7.edzil.la/. We hope to see you there!

Reminder: Nominations for the 2025 JALT Awards due Sept. 8

Do you know a JALT member who has made important contributions to our field? Be sure to nominate them for one of these awards brought to you by JALT's Awards and Recognition Committee! JALT has awards for teachers and researchers at various stages of their careers:

Any member is welcome to nominate another JALT member for an award--simply complete this form in English or Japanese by 23:59 on Monday, September 8, 2025.

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