Dear JALTCALL Community,
We are proud to announce our keynote speakers for JALTCALL 2025, Dr. Mathias Schulze of San Diego State University and Dr. Glenn Stockwell from Waseda University! Details below:
Dr. Mathias Schulze - Language Learning with GenAI: Bridging the Gap or Burning the Bridge
Mat is a professor of German (Applied Linguistics) and Comparative International Studies at San Diego State University. By training, he is a teacher of German and Russian. Later, he earned his PhD with the dissertation “Textana – Grammar and grammar checking in parser- based CALL” at the Centre for Computational Linguistics at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology. Mat has conducted research on the intersection of artificial intelligence and language education for thirty years. His research on AI and CALL, grammar learning, online language courses, and societal bilingualism has been published widely in books and articles. More information is available at https://PantaRhei.press/mat.
Dr. Glenn Stockwell - Learning to Tame the Tiger: Self-Directed Professional Development in Language Teaching with Artificial Intelligence [Tentative]
Glenn Stockwell (PhD, University of Queensland) is Professor of Applied Linguistics at the Graduate School of International Culture and Communication Studies, Waseda University. He is author of Mobile Assisted Language Learning: Concepts, Contexts and Challenges (Cambridge University Press, 2022) and editor of The Cambridge Handbook of Technology in Language Teaching and Learning (Cambridge University Press, 2025) and Computer Assisted Language Learning: Diversity in Research and Practice (Cambridge University Press, 2012). He is Editor-in-Chief of Computer Assisted Language Learning and the Australian Journal of Applied Linguistics. His current research interests include the impact of technology on teaching and learning, professional development in using technology for language teaching, artificial intelligence in language education, teacher and learner training with technology, and the development of learner autonomy.
We'll be sure to share the keynote abstracts at a later date.
Don't forget!
The call for proposals for the JALTCALL 2025 conference is still open!
The conference is scheduled to take place in Tokyo on 18-20 July at Tokyo University of Science, Katsushika Campus. The deadline for submissions is 14 March.
Important Dates
1 January 2025: Call for proposals opens
14 March 2025: Deadline for submissions
1 April 2025: Notification of results (registration opens)
15 May 2025: Early bird (including presenters) registration deadline
30 June 2025: Non-presenter registration deadline
18-20 July 2025: Conference
Please visit the dedicated JALTCALL 2025 conference website to access further details and to submit your proposal.
We are very much looking forward to seeing you in July!
