May 30: Alastair Graham-Marr
May 30: Alastair Graham-Marr
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Save the date! May 30, Fukuoka JALT welcomes back one of our most popular and engaging speakers, Alastair Graham-Marr. Alastair has taught English for over 30 years. In addition to his work with Abax, he very recently retired as a Professor at the Tokyo University of Science. Amongst other things, Alastair wrote Abax's Communication Spotlight. More recent books by him are Academic Listening & Speaking and TOEFL Skills.
Read an interview with Alastair in The Language Teacher.
Sept. 12: Joint Symposium
Sept. 12: Joint Symposium
Save the date! September 12th, 2026, Fukuoka JALT is excited about teaming up with the Busan-Gyeongsang-Daegu KOTESOL chapter to bring you the joint symposium Collaboration Across Borders. It will be held in Fukuoka City.
The call for presentations will be announced soon.
Kitakyushu Chapter
Kitakyushu Chapter
The Kitakyushu Chapter of JALT has some great events coming up, too! See what our neighboring chapter in Fukuoka Prefecture is up to.
Feb. 21: TEVAL SIG Co-hosted Event
Feb. 21: TEVAL SIG Co-hosted Event
Four speakers joined us for this hybrid event that we co-hosted with the TEVAL SIG on Saturday, February 21, 2026. Afterwards, we held a social dinner.
Feb. 22: ELT Convention
Feb. 22: ELT Convention
We managed a presentation room with seven presenters on Sunday, February 22, 2026 as part of the ELT Convention. The ELT Convention had nearly 50 presenters in total, as well as educational materials displays.
March 14: Independent Learning
March 14: Independent Learning
On Saturday, March 14th (15:30 - 17:30), Sachi Oshima presented "Classroom Strategies for Fostering Independent Learning Among Lower Proficiency EFL Students"
JALT2026
JALT2026
JALT's 52nd Annual International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning will be held Nov. 20-22, 2026 in Nagoya. The call for presentations closed March 8th. Good luck to everyone who submitted a proposal!
About us:
About us:
Fukuoka JALT is a chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT), an NPO that is dedicated to promoting excellence in language learning, teaching, and research by providing opportunities for those involved in language education to meet, share, and collaborate.
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