September 12 (Fukuoka)
September 12 (Fukuoka)
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Sept. 12: Joint Symposium
Sept. 12: Joint Symposium
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.
Time: Doors open at 9:15; we finish at 18:00.
The after-event dinner starts at 19:00 (sign up by Sept. 4th!)
September 11 (Online)
September 11 (Online)
Sept. 11: JALT TnT/PD Workshops (Online)
Sept. 11: JALT TnT/PD Workshops (Online)
Following from the success of last year's online workshops, once again, JALT's National will hold TnT/PD Workshops online, on September 11th.
They will be run in two streams:
Technology in Teaching (TnT)
Professional Development (PD)
The Call for Abstracts runs from June 1 to August 15 (extended deadline), 2026; details: https://events.jalt.org/event/96/abstracts/
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Note: Up until the JALT2024 Conference, these workshops were held in person on the Friday of the conference. However, now they are run separately, online. And the Friday of the JALT conference is now a regular conference day.
November 20-22 (Nagoya)
November 20-22 (Nagoya)
Nov. 20-22: JALT2026
Nov. 20-22: JALT2026
JALT's 52nd Annual International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning will be held Nov. 20-22, 2026 in Nagoya (map).
Registration is open! https://events.jalt.org/event/73/registrations
Early Bird Preregistration ends Saturday, October 31. The 3-day regular early bird prices are:
23,000 yen for JALT members;
40,000 yen for non-JALT members;
discounts available for students and seniors (age 65 and older)
September 26: The 2026 JALT Vocabulary SIG Symposium in Fukuoka
September 26: The 2026 JALT Vocabulary SIG Symposium in Fukuoka
The 2026 Vocabulary Symposium will be held at Kyushu Sangyo University (九州産業大学, in Higashi-ku, Fukuoka; map) in Fukuoka on September 26th. Details: https://jaltvocab.weebly.com
They have an exciting line up of invited papers (John Maurice Gayed, Satoru Uchida, Chris Cooper, and Moon Takano) on technology/AI in L2 Vocabulary/Lexis, to be discussed by Atsushi Mizumoto.
October 17: The 2026 JALT Study Abroad SIG Conference in Fukuoka
October 17: The 2026 JALT Study Abroad SIG Conference in Fukuoka
The call for presentations is open for the SA SIG conference, to be held October 17, 2026 at Kyushu Sangyo University (九州産業大学, in Higashi-ku, Fukuoka; map). They invite presentation proposals on study abroad both outbound and inbound. Presentations may be delivered in English or Japanese. Deadline: Thursday, September 17th.
November 1: The 2026 3T Summit is coming to Kumamoto!
November 1: The 2026 3T Summit is coming to Kumamoto!
Teaching, Textbooks, and Technology
Teaching, Textbooks, and Technology
The JALT Material Writer's SIG welcomes authors, EdTech developers, teachers, researchers, and publishers to join us for a great event at the Prefectural University of Kumamoto (PUK). The call for presentation proposals is open. Deadline: Sunday, September 27, 2026.
May 15-16, 2027: PanSIG is coming to Kyushu!
May 15-16, 2027: PanSIG is coming to Kyushu!
The JALT PanSIG 2027 Conference will be held May 15-16, 2027, at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU) in Beppu City, Oita Prefecture.
If you've never attended JALT's second-largest conference, this is a great opportunity close to Fukuoka.
The call for presentations usually opens in November or December. See https://pansig.org for details.
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"
May 30: Alastair Graham-Marr
May 30: Alastair Graham-Marr
On Saturday, May 30th (15:30 - 17:30), Alastair Graham-Marr presented "One Umbrella, Many Acronyms: Understanding CLT, TBLT, and CLIL through CBI"
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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