JALT Talk Newsletter

Hello, and welcome to another monthly edition of JALT Talk, the announcements newsletter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching. With summer holidays approaching, we hope you all find ways to relax, unwind, and stay cool. JALT will kick off the summer with our July 30th Zoom for Professional Development online networking event (pre-register to receive the Zoom link: http://bit.ly/ZPDRSVP), and there are some great events in August on our calendar, including a conference on a lake!

JALT2024 International Conference News

JALT2024 logo Basic details:

Title: 50th Annual International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning & Educational Materials Exhibition
When: November 15 - November 18, 2024
Where: Shizuoka Granship, Shizuoka, Japan
Map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/y1mPSU5HMebciAxXA
Theme: Moving JALT into the Future: Opportunity, Diversity, and Excellence

The JALT2024 Plenary Speaker Sessions:

JALT is pround to have the following distinguished plenary speakers for JALT2024! Here is a list of the plenary sessions; further details about these sessions are available on the JALT2024 Conference website.

50 Years of JALT – And a Journey of More Than a Century (Opening Plenary Session)
Dr. Andy Curtis & Dr. Liying Cheng (Joint Opening Plenary Session)
We Are All Diverse: Celebrating Diversity in English Language Teaching (Saturday afternoon plenary session)
Dr. Avril Haye-Matsui
Justice-Affirming Language Teaching: From Envisioning to Engagement of Praxis (Sunday morning plenary session)
Dr. Ryuko Kubota
Transform Education: Embrace Diversity and Excellence (Sunday afternoon plenary session)
Janina Tubby

JALT2024 Registration Fees (pre-registration period: August - October)

Registration fees are shown in the table below. The pre-registration period will open in August, and finish at the end of October.

	Preregistration		Regular Registration
Registering For:	JALT Member	Nonmember	JALT Member	Nonmember
3 Days (16-18 Nov)	20,000 yen	35,000 yen	28,000 yen	41,000 yen
1 Day (16, 17, or 18 Nov)	15,000 yen	22,000 yen	18,000 yen	25,000 yen
Senior / Student 3 Days (16-18 Nov)*	10,000 yen	12,000 yen	12,000 yen	14,000 yen
Senior / Student 1 Day (16, 17, or 18 Nov)*	6,000 yen	8,000 yen	8,000 yen	10,000 yen
JALT Junior 2 days (16-17 Nov)**	10,000 yen	12,000 yen	12,000 yen	15,000 yen
JALT Junior 1 day (16 or 17 Nov)**	5,000 yen	7,000 yen	7,000 yen	10,000 yen
TnT/PD Workshops (15 Nov)***	5,000 yen	7,000 yen	7,000 yen	9,000 yen
Note: The pre-registration period will open in August, and finish at the end of October * If you will be 65 on or before 15 November 2024, or are a full-time student, you are eligible for discounted conference fees. JALT Junior is a satellite conference that focuses on teaching children and training teachers to teach children. * Technology in Teaching (TnT) and Professional Development (PD) Workshops provide opportunities for participants to develop either the technology, humanities, and or social sciences sides of their teaching skills through a series of practical, hands-on workshops, led by experts in these fields from the language teaching community.

JALT2024 Tips and Historical information:

Shizuoka Granship is a popular venue for JALT conference-goers. We've been here seven times before: 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2015, and 2018.
When we've been here before, a popular area for many attendees to stay is on the north side of Shizuoka Station. It's never too early to book your hotel.
The venue is at JR Higashi Shizuoka Station, which is just one train stop away from Shizuoka Station. It takes about 3 minutes on the train and another 5 minutes on foot to the Granship.

JALT's Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI) Committee: DEI Presenter Guidelines and DEI Presenter Database Survey

In partnership with JALT's Board of Directors, JALT's Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI) Committee has two important and exciting initiatives to share.

Each year, JALT awards up to three grants for a maximum of 100,000 yen each for research on language teaching in Japan. The grants aim to support language teachers with no outside sources of funding and encourage JALT members to engage in classroom-based research. Winners of the 2024 grants receive funding to conduct their research in the 2025 academic year.

Please follow this link to learn about the grants in detail and download an application: 2024 JALT Research Grants

JALT's LD SIG: Call for the Theme and Team for Issue 10 of The Learner Development Journal

Each issue of the Learner Development Journal (https://ldjournal.ld-sig.org) is led and edited by a different team of editors who are enthusiastic about exploring a particular learner development theme with other practitioner-researchers. You then put together a short proposal to bring together a group of contributors with shared interests in exploring that theme together over 12-18 months - a Community of Practices approach with plenty of support and reflective space for sharing and developing inquiries and writing together.

JALT's Study Abroad SIG is excited to invite submissions for the Journal of Worldwide Education. Please submit your APA formatted manuscript, in MS Word format, by September 1st. We look forward to your contribution! For more information at https://www.sa-sig.org/jowe-submissions.html

海外留学研究部会ではJournal of Worldwide Educationへの論文投稿を募集しています。9月1日までにご提出ください。詳細はSIGWebページよりご確認いただけますhttps://www.sa-sig.org/jowe-submissions.html

JALT's Global Englishes SIG is pleased to announce the call for papers for the 2025 issue of Global Englishes SIG Journal. We welcome a wide variety of article types. 日本語での提出も受け付けます。Details of the journal can be found here: https://jaltgesig.wordpress.com/journal/ Please contact the editors with any questions.

Final Call for Articles and Artwork: Art, Research, and Teaching SIG (due August 31st)

ART Gallery (the annual publication of the Art, Research, and Teaching SIG) announces an open call for articles and artworks that explore the intersection of visual arts and language-learning.

Our previous issue of ART Gallery focused on Teachers (the 'T' in ART). For our upcoming issue, we're interested in Art and Research ('A' and 'R').

Submission Guidelines: We're looking for articles that are colorful and unusual. The ART Gallery selection process emphasizes readability and engagement. Suggested length is 1,000 words. Please submit Word.doc documents.

We're also looking for artworks (pictures, paintings, photos, etc) that are at the intersection of art and language. These artworks can be from teachers, students, artists, or non-artists. Please submit small JPEGs for initial review.

Call for Presentations: Study Abroad SIG due Sept. 8th (Nagoya, October 5th)

Study Abroad SIG is excited to invite submissions for the Journal of Worldwide Education. Please submit your APA formatted manuscript, in MS Word format, by September 1st. We look forward to your contribution! For more information at https://www.sa-sig.org/jowe-submissions.html

Call for Presentations: PIE-on-Lake-Nojiri Conference due August 16 (to be held August 23-25)

JALT's Performance in Education SIG, with cooperation and support from the Okinawa and the Niigata Chapters of JALT, and JALT CALL SIG, and with assistance from the Teaching Young Learners SIG and the Nagano Chapter of JALT, are proud to sponsor the 2nd Annual PIE-on-Lake-Nojiri Conference to be held 23-25 August 2024 on Lake Nojiri in Nagano.

The PanSIG 2024 conference in Fukui was a resounding success attracting over 550 participants. With more than 200 sessions and more than 70 students and JALT volunteers, it was a wonderful weekend filled with workshops, networking, and collaboration. During registration, we held a fundraiser for the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake Relief Fund. We are delighted to announce that over 100,000 yen was raised and donated to Ishikawa Prefecture. The PanSIG team extends heartfelt thanks to all contributors for their generosity and support.

Do you know a #JALT member who has made important contributions to our field? Make 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: 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 in English or Japanese by 23:59 on Monday, October 7, 2024.

30 July 2024, 8:00pm
[Online Event] JALT Zoom for Professional Development (ZPD) Networking Event
Preregister: http://bit.ly/ZPDRSVP

31 July 2024, 7:00pm
[Online event] Multilingual Café: Introduction to Slovak language
JALT Other Language Educators SIG

03 August 2024, 9:00am to 4:00pm
Critical Thinking in the Classroom 2024 (CTC 2024)
http://www.jaltcriticalthinking.org/events/
JALT Critical Thinking SIG, in association with the JALT Tokyo Chapter and Ludic Language Pedagogy

04 August 2024, 2:00pm to 4:30pm
Using Group-Based Ranking to Tackle the Problems of Performance Test Assessment
JALT Gunma Chapter

25 August 2024, 7:00pm to 8:00pm
[Online event] PresentERs - Chris Fry: A View of ER from Europe
JALT Extensive Reading SIG

27 August 2024, 8:00pm
[Online Event] JALT Zoom for Professional Development (ZPD) Networking Event
Preregister: http://bit.ly/ZPDRSVP

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