May 30: Alastair Graham-Marr

One Umbrella, Many Acronyms: Understanding CLT, TBLT, and CLIL through CBI (Alastair Graham-Marr). CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) is one expression of a broader family of approaches that fall under Content-Based Instruction (CBI). (read more)

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.

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 will be open by early August, according to the JALT Talk newsletter.

Oct. 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.

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

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

On Saturday, March 14th (15:30 - 17:30), Sachi Oshima presented "Classroom Strategies for Fostering Independent Learning Among Lower Proficiency EFL Students"

May 23-24: PanSIG 2026

PanSIG is an annual conference organized by most of JALT's Special Interest Groups (SIGs). PanSIG 2026 will be held May 23-24 in Nagoya.

So yes, many of us will be heading to Nagoya twice this year. Next year, PanSIG will be closer to home in Oita.

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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