Hello, and welcome to another monthly edition of JALT Talk, the announcements newsletter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching. The conference team is especially busy this month preparing our 2022 Annual International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning (what we shorten to JALT2022), which we'll hold next month from November 11 to 14, in person in Fukuoka City, and with a smaller scale online component as well. We have a lot of conference-related announcements, from childcare to the deadline for discounted registration; details below.
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.
Early Bird registration rates for the JALT2022 Conference available until October 31st
Early Bird registration rates are available until October 31st. JALT members will save up to 10,000 yen over the regular registration rates, while non-JALT members will save up to 5,000 yen. Registrations after November 1st will be priced at the regular registration rate. (Note that registrants for the face-to-face conference in Fukuoka will also receive access to the online portions of the conference.) See our registration page for full details: https://jalt.org/conference/jalt2022/registration.
Childcare at JALT2022
The JALT 2022 International Conference is a place that welcomes families. Please enjoy the conference with your children; while you are learning and sharing, they will have quality childcare provided by the TENO Support Co., Ltd. and the supervision of professional educators for a reasonable fee. Registration for childcare service is now open to both JALT members and non-members. See our childcare page for full details: https://jalt.org/conference/jalt2022/childcare
Guardian / Caregiver Service at JALT2022
JALT2022 is a family friendly space and all attendees are welcome to bring their children to this event. If you prefer not to use the childcare services mentioned above, you still can bring your children, and you have the option of also bringing a guardian free of change to help you with your children.
Furthermore, a spouse/partner can accompany you without charge regardless of whether or not children attend (provided that this person is not a language educator, and is there solely to accompany the attendee/presenter).
In other words, a guardian or caregiver may accompany you at the JALT2022 conference without charge if you would like to have someone available to:
Please see our Guardian Service page for details: https://jalt.org/conference/jalt2022/guardian-service
Call for JALT2022 Interns
JALT is looking for interns (unpaid) for the 2022 International Conference in Fukuoka City, Fukuoka from Friday, November 11 to Monday, November 14, 2022. If you've attended one of our Annual International Conferences before, you may remember seeing these volunteers helping with registration, the cloak room, presentation timing, and more. If you know university or grad school age students who would like to put their English skills to use, please refer them to our "Call for interns" page, https://jalt.org/conference/jalt2022/call-for-interns.
JALT Junior
Teachers of younger learners should check out JALT Junior (JJ), a two-day conference (November 12-13) within the main JALT International Conference that offers a unique and specialized professional development experience for teachers who are primarily teaching young learners.
JJ includes presentations, innovative materials, ideas, storytelling, and professional support for teachers of younger learners from ages 2 to 18.
JALT hopes that JJ's reduced conference fee will be attractive to many of our colleagues who teach children in public and private schools. See the JALT2022 registration page for information.
JALT2022 Technology in Teaching and Professional Development Workshops Schedule Available
All Technology in Teaching (TnT) and Professional Development (PD) Workshops will be held on Friday Nov 11, between 1:30-8:15 PM. See the full lineup here, https://jalt.org/conference/jalt2022/tnt-pd-workshops.
The aim of the JALT Pre-Conference Technology in Teaching (TnT) Workshops is to help teachers navigate their way through the exciting array of educational technologies available, select those that are for their teaching context, and learn how to effectively make use of them in the classroom. The TnT presenters, all experts in technology, will offer guidance on using technology and share ways to best integrate technology with language teaching practices. Similarly, the JALT Pre-Conference Professional Development Workshops provide teachers with opportunities to enhance their careers and their practice in a hands-on, practical environment.
Koen meigi (後援) for JALT2022
JALT is proud to announce that we received koen meigi (後援) for the JALT2022 International Conference from a number of prestigious government boards and organizations:
A koen meigi is a letter of endorsement from a government body, media group or organization that sees merit in a program or event that is being held by another organization. This letter is offered as a way to increase visibility and raise the status of the event in the eye of the general public. The organization sending the koen-meigi generally has no financial interest in or legal responsibility for the event.
JALT Awards Nominations Deadline: October 31
Do you know a JALT member who has made important contributions to our field? Make sure to nominate them for one of the new awards brought to you by JALT’s Awards and Recognition Committee! JALT has awards for teachers and researchers at various stages of their careers: Early Career Excellence Award, Mid-Career Scholar Award, and Lifetime Achievement Award. Any member is welcome to nominate another JALT member for an award -- simply complete the Google Form by 23:59 on Monday, October 31. Recipients will be recognized at JALT’s International Conference in Fukuoka.
More information about the awards can be found at https://bit.ly/3DYJ7k1.
Nomination form https://forms.gle/icVfPrG3EU6vidc68
CUE SIG ESP Symposium rescheduled to October 22
The JALT CUE SIG has rescheduled its ESP Symposium to October 22, with an extended call for submissions due September 30. https://cue2022.edzil.la/ The keynote speaker lineup has been changed. We are proud to announce that Prof. Helen Basturkmen (University of Auckland, NZ) and Prof. An Cheng (Oklahoma State University, USA) will be the new speakers. This is an online-only event, and registration, submission link, and the tentative schedule are all available now.
Check out JALT's online video channels!
JALT's Social Media page gives you all links to all of our social media, but in this issue of JALT Talk, let's highlight our YouTube channel.
JALT's YouTube channel has promotional videos as well as content from past events. Subscribe today to be notified whenever we post new content!
We also post promo videos to our TikTok channel (https://www.tiktok.com/@npo_jalt). Follow us to receive the latest (and your support will also help us raise our profile).
Extended deadline: Call for Contributions due October 2nd: Autonomous and Interactive Practices in Language Learning (Online Conference)
CEGLOC FD Committee of Tsukuba University, JALT Learner Development SIG, and JALT Ibaraki Chapter are holding a conference on autonomous and interactive practices in language learning on December 3rd. We'd love you to come along and share your ideas on this topic.
The call for the Learner Development Collaborative Zone is still open. In this zone, there will be small group workshops for teachers and students to discuss the conference theme. If you want to know more, click the link below, or contact Tim (tim.cleminson@gmail.com).
Find out more about open submissions: https://b24-n3d8tg.bitrix24.site/2022events/5thCEGLOC-Conference_Workshops/
Submission deadline: November 20 (extended deadline)
Sign up to attend the conference: https://forms.gle/CtWhCnRaPv1bc5PL6
JALT TD SIG Teacher Journeys 2022 Conference October 30 (Online)
The JALT Teacher Development SIG is inviting everyone to attend our annual Teacher Journeys conference, a practitioner-focused event blending research with reflective self-examination and learning from peers, to be held online on Sunday October 30th. Please refer to the following page to learn more about its innovative format as well as what to expect, how to prepare and how to attend it: https://tj.td.jalt.org/conference-page/
Conference date: October 30th (Sunday)
Location: Online
About the JALT Code of Conduct (CoC)
The Code of Conduct (CoC) Committee and the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI) Committee collaborate to ensure that all JALT members staff, volunteers, and event attendees can participate in a hospitable, safe, and productive environment regardless of race, nationality, ethnicity, religion, disability, physical appearance, gender, or sexual orientation. In order for participation to be cordial, professional, and constructive, we would like to recommend that attendees review the JALT Code of Conduct (https://jalt.org/main/jalt-code-conduct), preferably before the beginning of any workshop or event. If you have any questions or concerns regarding such issues, please contact the DEI Committee at dei@jalt.org or the Code of Conduct Committee at conduct@jalt.org.
Yours sincerely
Code of Conduct Committee
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Committee
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 published the 2021 JALT Postconference Publication: JALT2021--Reflections and New Perspectives (Issue 2021.1; August 2022). The papers published in the PCP represent a range of topics and issues related to language education in Japan and the concerns of the language teaching professionals who presented at the 2021 JALT International Conference. https://doi.org/10.37546/JALTPCP2021
JALT has published The Language Teacher - Issue 46.5; September 2022 https://jalt.org/main/tlt
The JALT Teacher Education and Development SIG has released Explorations in Teacher Development: 28.1. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xxypb7r2LyoVbFWcsezs9s8gUTqVp0IX/view?usp=sharing
The JALT Mind, Brain, and Education SIG has released TT+ Listening and the Brain in the Language Classroom: August 2022. This issue looks at the mechanics of listening, especially from our students’ perspectives and provides many practical listening activities for teachers to implement in their classrooms. 今月のテーマは聞き取りの仕組みです。特に学習者の視点から論じています。教員が授業ですぐに使える活動も満載です。 https://www.mindbrained.org
The JALT Mind, Brain, and Education SIG has also released MindBrainEd Journal Volume 3: August, 2022. This journal includes research using evidence-based coaching psychology to enhance learner self-regulation, research using Self-Determination theory to nurture students' values together with development of their English language skills, and an examination of issues identified by research into Confirmation Bias and the implications for researchers and educators. ジャーナルの第３巻は、エビデンスに基づくコーチング心理学から検証した学習者の自己制御力向上の研究、自己決定理論を元にした学習者の価値形成及び英語技能の育成に関する研究、確証バイアスが提起した論点とそれが研究者及び実践者教師に意味するものについて論じています。 https://www.mindbrained.org/the-brain-sig/mindbrained-journal/
Upcoming JALT Events
Event details: https://jalt.org/events
02 October 2022 9:00am
Nara Chapter Annual General Meeting (AGM)
Nara JALT Chapter
02 October 2022 3:00pm
21st Century Language Teaching Conference
Teaching Younger Learners SIG
02 October 2022 3:00pm to 7:00pm
21st Century Language Teaching
Okinawa JALT Chapter
15 October 2022 1:00pm to 3:45pm
October Forum with IRHSA (Aichi University)
Toyohashi JALT Chapter
15 October 2022 5:30pm to 8:00pm
A 2-Part Workshop on Critical Thinking and Reflective Practices
Kitakyushu JALT Chapter
15 October 2022 7:00pm to 8:00pm
Spelling the foreign: A few observations on katakana and beyond
Tokyo JALT Chapter
16 October 2022 1:00pm
YoJALT: Psychological Aspects of Second-language Learning
Yokohama JALT Chapter
16 October 2022 1:10pm to 4:45pm
October Grand Forum - Rob Waring, Jane Joritz-Nakagawa, and local presenters (in-person)
JALT Chapters of Gifu, Toyohashi, and Nagoya
16 October 2022 2:00pm
Do Motivational Teaching Strategies Boost Learners’ Willingness to Communicate in EFL Classrooms?
Gunma JALT Chapter
16 October 2022 2:00pm to 4:00pm
On and offline again: Getting the best of all worlds
Matsuyama JALT Chapter
22 October 2022 2:00pm
A Global Citizenship Course: Teaching English Through Art (Maria Carlotta Avanzi)
Akita JALT Chapter
23 October 2022 2:00pm to 5:00pm
Teaching Younger Learners - Imagination and TYL: Within the Self and Across Cultures
Tokyo JALT Chapter
27 October 2022 7:00pm to 8:00pm
JALT2022 Conference Preview
NanKyu JALT Chapter
28 October 2022 8:00pm to 9:00pm
JALT ZPD (Zoom for Professional Development)
29 October 2022 3:30pm to 5:00pm
Portfolio Roundtable Talk
CEFR and Language Portfolio SIG
30 October 2022 7:00pm
PresentERs (October)
Extensive Reading SIG
11-14 November 2022
JALT’s 48th Annual Conference on Language Teaching and Learning & Educational Materials Exhibition https://jalt.org/conference
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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