Hello, and welcome to another monthly edition of JALT Talk, the announcements newsletter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching. As we celebrate Golden Week (perhaps with a working Monday thrown into the middle of it), we look ahead hopefully to a return to some semblance of normalcy. At least five of the upcoming JALT events listed below are scheduled to be in person, and we have two calls for abstracts for conferences also scheduled to be face to face events.
In this issue:
Job listings
JALT receives a number of job advertisements each month. If you're looking for a new position, please check out our job posts on our JALT Publications site: https://jalt-publications.org/tlt/departments/career-development-corner/jobs
Call for The Listening Conference 2022 - A Listening SIG/Kyoto Chapter event (Deadlie 24th June 2022)
The Listening SIG is delighted to announce their first ever event in affiliation with the JALT Kyoto Chapter. The Listening Conference 2022 will be a one-day event taking place in Kyoto on Sunday 25th September. Our call for presenters is now open. We are looking for 20-minute presentations + 5-minute Q&A sessions on topics related to listening and teaching, pedagogy, assessment, and resources. We are also keen to hear from you if you have another research area in listening that you would like to share. Please submit a 200-word abstract using the google form link below.
https://forms.gle/cQz5N2VpvZiT7ddZA
The call closes on 24th June 2022. If you would like to find out more, then please contact us at listening@jalt.org
Conference Date: 25th September 2022
Location: Kyoto
Call for Abstracts: Michinoku English Education Conference (MEES) 2022 (Deadline April 28)
Iwate-Aomori JALT Chapter announces that abstracts for the Michinoku English Education Conference (MEES) 2022 are being accepted until April 28th, 2022.
Conference Date: July 3rd (Sunday)
Location: Hachinohe Gakuin University, Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture
Details: https://jalt.org/news/iwate-aomori
Call for Abstracts: NELTA's 4th International ELT and Applied Linguistics Conference (Deadline April 23)
Nepal English Language Teachers' Association (NELTA) is one of JALT's partners. The JALT International Affairs Committee (IAC) announces that abstracts for NELTA's 4th Annual Conference are being accepted until April 23.
Conference: 28-29 May, 2022
Details: https://jalt.org/news/international-affairs-committee-iac-3
Recent JALT Publications
For a full list of all of JALT's publications (including SIGs, chapters, and conferences), please see https://jalt.org/main/publications
JALT has released The Language Teacher - Issue 46.3; May 2022. https://jalt.org/main/tlt
JALT has released JALT Journal - Issue 44.1; May 2022. https://jalt.org/main/jj
JALT's Intercultural Communication in Language Education SIG has released ICLE SIG conference proceedings 2021: proceedings 1 (February 2022). JALT Intercultural Communication in Language Education (ICLE) SIG Peer Reviewed Proceedings of the 1st conference in 2021, Online Publication https://jalticle.org/course/view.php?id=3
JALT's Materials Writers SIG has released Between the Keys: 29.3. Between the Keys 29.3 is the latest publication from the Materials Writers SIG and features a cornerstone article from Brian Tomlinson. 「Between the Keys」 29巻3号は、マテリアルライター SIGからの最新の出版物であり、ブライアン・トムリンソンさんからの基礎となる記事を特集しています。 https://materialswriters.org/images/btk/29_3.pdf
JALT's Computer Assisted Language Learning SIG has released JALT CALL Journal: Volume 18 Issue 1. The JALT CALL Journal is an international refereed journal published by the Japan Association for Language Teaching Computer Assisted Language Learning Special Interest Group (JALT CALL SIG) since April, 2005. https://www.castledown.com/journals/jaltcall/current-issue/
JALT's Teaching Younger Learners SIG has released The School House: Volume 30 Issue 1. A variety of activities to start the new year, and papers 新学年度のスタートに多彩な活動、お及び論文 https://jalt-tyl.net/
JALT's Mind, Brain, and Education SIG has released MindBrainEd Think Tank: Outside Lives: April 2022. In this latest issue, we look into why teachers should get to know more about their students. Of course, we have some practical suggestions for teachers to use in their classrooms! この号では、なぜ教師が学生/生徒について理解を深めるべきかを論じています。もちろん、具体的な教室活動についての示唆もあります。 https://www.mindbrained.org
Upcoming JALT Events
Event details: https://jalt.org/events
* = in person event
* 08 May 2022, 2:00pm to 3:30pm
Researching nonnative pronunciation; the effect of 'seeing' in L2 speech production research
Toyohashi JALT Chapter
14 May 2022, 5:30pm to 7:00pm
Online learning from a student's perspective
Kitakyushu JALT Chapter
14 May 2022, 7:00pm to 8:00pm
Mind, Brain, and Education Series Part 3: Music in the brain and how it can aid language learning
Tokyo JALT Chapter and the JALT BRAIN SIG
15 May 2022, 9:30am to 9:30pm
Back to School 2022 - Osaka JALT's 12th annual spring conference
Osaka JALT Chapter
* 15 May 2022, 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Part 1: Text-World Activation: Teaching Japanese Literature in the ESL Classroom; Part 2: Connecting Contemporary Issues and Poetry
Matsuyama JALT Chapter
20 May 2022, 7:00pm to 8:00pm
EdTech 301: Mark Pegrum - What have Digital Literacies got to do with Digital Wellness?
Tokyo JALT Chapter
21 May 2022, 9:00am to 5:00pm
Living on the Edge Conference 2022 (Online): May 21-22, 2022
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Committee (DEI) of JALT
21 May 2022, 3:00pm to 5:30pm
Aligning current practice to the CEFR - First steps Workshop
CEFR and Language Portfolio SIG
22 May 2022, 1:30pm
Discovering your Educational Philosophy
Iwate-Aomori JALT Chapter
25 May 2022, 7:30pm
Multilingual Café
Other Language Educators SIG
* 28 May 2022, 1:30pm to 4:30pm
ShizuJALT May Meeting
Shizuoka JALT Chapter
28 May 2022, 6:00pm to 7:30pm
Serving Study Abroad in the Japanese Context
Fukuoka JALT Chapter
* 28 May 2022, 6:00pm
Mark Brierley "Extensive reading ABC: Agency, Books and Counting"
Gifu JALT Chapter
28 May 2022, 6:30pm to 8:30pm
New JALT Team-Teaching Working Group and Narrative Inquiry book launch
Osaka JALT Chapter
* 29 May 2022, 1:30pm to 4:00pm
Reading your way to better English
Toyohashi JALT Chapter
29 May 2022, 2:00pm
Focus on Young Learners (Co-sponsor: NGLC)
Sendai JALT Chapter
29 May 2022, 7:00pm
PresentERs: A short talk about Extensive Reading from one of our members
Extensive Reading SIG
31 May 2022, 8:00pm to 9:00pm
JALT Zoom for Professional Development (ZPD) Networking event
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Best regards,
Bill Pellowe
JALT Director of Public Relations
pr@jalt.org
http://jalt.org
I'm looking forward to seeing so many JALT people come to my home city of Fukuoka for the Annual JALT International Conference on November 11-14, 2022. https://jalt.org/conference