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    • 👇 Upcoming Events Below 👇   

      You can check out our past events in the EVENT ARCHIVE area

    • JALT Hokkaido Winter Language Conference 2027 -  The Engaged Classroom: Helping Learners Focus, Participate, and Thrive

      Wednesday, February 10 – Thursday February 11, 2027 

      Call for Papers - This form is for submitting your presentation proposal for the 

      We welcome submissions for 50-minute presentations, 20-minute presentations, and poster presentations. 

      PLEASE NOTE: Presentations will be face-to-face and on-site only. We will NOT be accepting abstracts for on-line or hybrid style formats. 

      The deadline for submissions is 11:00 pm on Friday, November 13, 2026. 

      *Acceptance notifications will be announced by midnight on Sunday, November 29th, 2026

      Networking Event

      There will be  a networking social get-together in the evening at 18:30 on Wednesday, February 10th and a full lineup of presentations and publisher displays on Thursday, February 11th at Hokkai-Gakuen University in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. Tentative times are 10:00 - 16:00.

      Registration Here!

      Conference Fees for Thursday, February 11th
      JALT members:
      Pre-registered  ¥1,000
      At the door 　   ¥2,000
      Non-JALT members:
      Pre-registered  ¥3,000
      At the door 　   ¥4,000

      Students: Free!

    • The 2026 JALT Hokkaido Winter Language Conference - Full Schedule File

    • MEMBERSHIP

    • JALT Membership and Sign-up URL

      The JALT Hokkaido Local Membership is no longer available. For information on becoming a member of JALT click here:  http://jalt.org/joining

      If you would like information on joining JALT as a GROUP Member please contact our Membership Chair, Shaun Hoggard, at membership-hokkaido@jalt.org
      The GROUP Membership is  8,500 yen -- 4,500 cheaper than a full memebrship (13,000 yen), but only one person in the group can receive the JALT publications the Language Teacher and the JALT Journal. A miniumum of 5 people are necessary for making a group. Group Membership offers full member benefits such as members discounts for JALT events across Japan including the JALT International Conference. Group Members can also serve as National, Chapter, and SIG officers.

    • You can read more JALTHokkaido and our constitution here.

      https://jalt.org/groups/chapters/hokkaido

    • NEWS & MEETINGS 

    • RECENT NEWS

    • With help of the JALT Hokkaido EDPAG Grant for research and promotional activities, a paper has been published in the LEARN journal which is indexed in Scopus and Eric.

      The authors would like to thank JALT Hokkaido Chapter and have made mention in the acknowledgements.  The grant was used to pay student participants and a student research assistant during the investigative stage of the study.

      If you are interested in reading the paper titled ‘Reactions of Teachers and Students Towards the Implementation of Performance-based Language Assessment: A Washback Study in Hokkaido, Japan’ click on the link below and go to the 20th paper down the list.

      https://so04.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/LEARN/issue/view/17077

      To find out more about the JALT Hokkaido EDPAG Grant for research and promotional activities please visit https://hokkaido.jalt.org for more information.

    • EDPAG Grant Recipients

    • JALT Hokkaido Educational Development and Promotional Activities Grant (EDPAG) URL
      JALT Hokkaido is offering grants for research, educational and promotional activities.
      There are also grants for supporting members and non-members, for example, to attend JALT Hokkaido events and support local teaching and learning communities.
      For more information, and to submit your proposal, follow this link:
      The JALT Hokkaido team is looking forward to seeing your proposal and learning about your ideas!

    • Winner of the JALT Hokkaido EDPAG 2021!

      Recipient: Professor Bordin Chinda

      Title: Reactions of Teachers and Students Towards the Implementation of Performance-based Language Assessment: A Washback Study in Hokkaido, Japan

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