Event

Yamagata JALT Professional Development Mini Conference

Saturday, September 20th, 2025, Time TBA

Speaker: Call for presentations due July 25

Call for Presentations due July 25 for Yamagata JALT's 2nd Annual Mini-Conference (being held Saturday, September 20)

The Yamagata JALT Chapter welcomes submissions of Posters, Presentations, or Workshops in English or Japanese on various aspects of language learning and teaching. This year's theme will focus on "Classroom Hints, Tips, and Learning from Mistakes." Priority will be given to submissions that offer practical methods to teach and learn a language more effectively, efficiently, and enjoyably. Presenters are encouraged to submit proposals related to teaching strategies, classroom management, evaluation, second language acquisition, or any other topics of interest to those in the language teaching community including elementary school through tertiary education.

Submissions are to include the following information:

• Contact information: Presenter's full name, affiliation, and email address
• Presentation title: Maximum 15 words
• Presentation summary: Maximum 75 words - for use on the website only
• Extended abstract: Maximum 175 words - for the conference handout
• Presenter biography: Maximum 50 words
• Presenters should submit their proposal as a PDF or Word file on or before July 25, 2025.
• Please submit to yamagatajalt@gmail.com

Successful candidates will be notified within 2 weeks of the close of call for proposals.

• Presentations will be 30 minutes each. (Including Q&A)
• Workshops will be for 1 hour. (Including Q&A)
• Poster sessions are scheduled to occur during the 1 hour lunch break.
• Photos and a summary of the event will be made available on the Yamagata JALT web page following the event.
• A dinner is planned for the evening of Saturday 9/20.
• All presenters are kindly requested to join an open discussion in the afternoon.

More information:

• Yamagata JALT Chapter page https://yamagatajalt.weebly.com/
• Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100054615391849

Organization: Yamagata Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (Yamagata JALT)

Cost: TBA

Venue: TBA

Location: Yamagata City, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan

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