November 16 @ 1:30 PM – 4:00 PM
Date: November 16, 2025 (Sunday)
Time: 1:30pm to 4:30pm
Location: AIINA – Room 807
JALT Conference presentations for those who could not attend
Presenters will be:
Jim Smiley: Developing Argument Structure in Japanese L2 Writers
Jacob Petersen: Enhancing Intercultural Competence and English learning through COIL: Insights from a Japanese-Norwegian pilot study
Date: Saturday, June 21, 2025
Venue: Hachinohe Gakuin University – Hachinohe Art Museum Satellite Space, Hachinohe, Aomori
Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1305505580681857/
MEES Page: https://meesjapan.wordpress.com/
The 10th Anniversary of MEES
“Foundations and Frontiers of EFL: Past Lessons and Future Solutions”
We welcome any proposals with relevance to language use, learning, and teaching for any age group within the ELF context. Submissions may include action research conducted inside or outside the classroom, works in progress, teaching strategies and pedagogy, pilot studies, as well as proposals for discussion sessions and workshops.
Sessions are set at 30 minutes (including questions). Please advise us on your session format: formal presentation, workshop, discussion, or demonstration. Also, if you would like more than 30 minutes, let us know.
Abstract Submissions: Abstract must be no longer than 300 words in English, in either MS Word, Mac Pages, or PDF file.
Send all abstract submissions to: MEESjapan@gmail.com
Proposal Abstract Deadline: Friday, May 9th, 2025.
𝐉𝐀𝐋𝐓 𝐂𝐔𝐄 are pleased to announce our forthcoming 𝐄𝐒𝐏 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐮𝐦, which will be held 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 with the 𝐉𝐀𝐋𝐓 𝐈𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞-𝐀𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐢 Chapter, on 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟏 at 𝐈𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲.
Event Registration open. Register below.
https://events.jalt.org/event/21/registrations/
Plenary Speaker lineup:
https://events.jalt.org/event/21/program
𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬:
We invite posters in English or Japanese exploring various aspects of English for Specific Purposes (ESP), including requirements analysis, materials development, methodology, data-driven learning, corpus linguistics, summaries of ESP research, or other relevant themes.
Link here.
https://tinyurl.com/y5w8n93c
𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧: July 21, 2024
𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬:
𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬: Complete name, institutional affiliation, and email address.
𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞: Maximum 12 words.
𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐞𝐛𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫: Maximum 75 words.
𝐄𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭: Maximum 200 words.
𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐲: Maximum 50 words.
𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬:
Poster boards: 160cm (height) x 113cm (width), supporting A0 or A1 size.
𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐃𝐅 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟎, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒.
𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬:
Poster presenters are urged to submit a 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟎-𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 description 𝐛𝐲 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒. Early submissions encouraged.
Note: Presenters advised against using numerous A4 size sheets for posters.
𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐔𝐄 𝐄𝐒𝐏 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐰𝐞𝐛 𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭-𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭.
Address:
020-0066
Iwate
Morioka
3 Chome-18-8 Ueda
Japan