JALTCALL Spring Symposium (2026 Edition)
Date: March 7, 2026 (Saturday)
Time: 12:30 - 17:00 (tentatively - see note below)
Participation: ¥1,000 (¥500 for JALT members)
After the resounding success of our 2025 Spring Symposium (in collaboration with the EUROCALL AI SIG), JALTCALL is pleased to announce the 2026 iteration of this event. This year’s spring symposium, focusing on Teacher Development, will be held face-to-face on March 7, 2026, at Kyoritsu Women’s University in central Tokyo.
For this symposium, we want to do something a little different. While the JALTCALL Conference continues to showcase high-quality research, this event places skills development at the forefront. The focus will be on hands-on, interactive workshops, guided discussions, and collaborative sessions designed to help teachers build skills they can immediately use in their classrooms.
Participants should be ready to roll up their sleeves, dust off their teaching and technology skills, and actively take part. Be sure to bring your own devices! Sessions will emphasize practice, experimentation, and shared problem-solving in areas related to CALL, technology-enhanced language learning, and classroom innovation.
The symposium is being planned in collaboration with multiple JALT SIGs and chapters (more details soon), and is open to teachers at any career stage and with any level of technical experience. Whether you are confident with educational technology or just starting out, this event is designed to be welcoming, supportive, and practical.
To encourage conversation and connection, the event will also have a networking-focused atmosphere, with refreshments and snacks provided. We are currently planning an afternoon programme (tentatively 12:30–16:30), with the possibility to expand depending on interest. Participants are welcome to bring food and gather informally beforehand.
