| Date | Event |
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| 4-5 February 2023 (Sat-Sun) | Hokkaido Winter Language Teaching Conference 2023 |
| 3-5 March 2023 (Fri-Sun) | Conference on Language Teaching and Feedback (with PIE SIG) @ Mahaina + AGM |
| 11-13 August 2023 (Fri-Sun) | Summer Language Teaching Symposium 2023 |
| 8 October 2023 (Sun) | 21st Century Language Teaching Conference (Co-Sponsored with TYL SIG) |
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Conference Details!
Upcoming Event:2021 Summer Symposium Theme:Okinawa JALT @ 40: Examining the Past, Present, and Future of Language Education Keynote Speakers:Andy Curtis and Scott Thornbury Date:July 25, 2021 (Sunday) Time:12:00 – 6:00 pm (JST) Location:Online (Okinawa, Japan) Presentation Sessions:Research PresentationsTeaching PracticesWorkshops Cost:Attendance (free)Presenters, JALT members (2,500 yen)Presenters, non-members (5,000 yen) Submission Deadline:Call for Presentation Proposals (July 14,…
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Scott Thornbury, a keynote speaker for the Summer Symposium
Scott Thornbury is a teacher and teacher educator, with over 40 years’ experience in English language teaching, and an MA from the University of Reading. Until recently he taught on the MA TESOL program at The New School in New York. His previous experience includes teaching and teacher training in Egypt, UK, Spain (where he…
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Andy Curtis, a keynote speaker for the Summer Symposium
From 2007 to 2011, Dr. Andy Curtis was the Director of the English Language Teaching Unit at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and a professor in the Faculty of Education there. From 2015 to 2016, he served as the 50th President of the TESOL International Association. In 2016, he received one of the Association’s…
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Okinawa JALT @ 40: Examining the Past, Present, and Future of Language Education
The Okinawa JALT Summer Symposium 2021 was held online on July 25th. We are pleased to announce that our keynote speakers were Andy Curtis and Scott Thornbury. The Submission Deadline is over: Call for Presentation Proposals ended on July 14, 2021. CLICK to REGISTER https://www.okijalt.org/
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Okinawa JALT Polos
A small batch of polos shirts have been recently ordered, just in time for the warm weather. There were some minor adjustments on the design and such, the updated version will be available to soon. Once we can hold regular conferences and events, we’ll be able to offer the Okinawa JALT polo shirts to anyone…
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Performance in Education SIG and Okinawa JALT
We are happy to announce that we have signed an “Agreement for Cooperation and Exchange” with our long-time partner and friend, the Performance in Education Special Interest Group of JALT. As this was an agreement that has been in the making for several years (thanks to David Kluge and George MacLean), it is finally now…
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Trends in Language Teaching International Conference 2021
Time & Location 23 Jan 2021, 12:00 pm – 6:40 pm GMT+9Online Conference About the Event The Trends in Language Teaching Conference is an annual event featuring leading academic keynote speakers and presentations about current developments and insights in the field of modern foreign language education. Prior events have welcomed scholars from all over Asia…
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21st Century Language Teaching Conference 2020
Time & Location 03 Oct 2020, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm GMT+9Online Conference About the Event 21st Century Language Teaching Conference 2020October 3, 2020 (online) We welcome proposals for an online conference sponsored by the Okinawa Chapter of JALT and the Teaching Younger Learners SIG. While research-oriented proposals will be considered for inclusion, we are…
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HOLT 2020
Time & Location 21 Mar 2020, 1:00 pm – 4:40 pm GMT+9 University of the Ryukyus Faculty of Education1 Senbaru, Nishihara, Nakagami DistrictOkinawa 903-0129, Japan About the Event HOLT 2020HANDS-ON LANGUAGE TEACHING WORKSHOP (HOLT) The purpose of this Language Teaching workshop is to provide the occasion for members and friends of the Okinawa Chapter of…
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Trends in Language Teaching International Conference 2020
Time & Location 24 Jan 2020, 3:00 pm GMT+9 – 26 Jan 2020, 1:40 pm GMT+9 Okinawa Christian University777番地 Onaga, Nishihara, Nakagami DistrictOkinawa 903-0117, Japan About the Event David BeglarImproving students’ speaking performance through scaffolding Learning to speak a foreign language is a tremendously challenging task, but it can be made easier if teachers take…
