We are pleased to announce that the call for papers is now open for the 10th Shikoku JALT Conference to be held at Ehime University in Matsuyama on Saturday, June 15th, 2019. Our Conference theme for this special 10th anniversary Conference will be Intercultural Understanding and Language Teaching. The Conference will be co-sponsored by East Shikoku JALT, Matsuyama JALT and Oxford University Press.

Date, time and location: 
Saturday, June 15th, 1:00-5:30 (time may change slightly for scheduling purposes)
Ehime University, Matsuyama (building/room details/location maps TBA)

Keynote speaker: 
Dr. Barbara Ito (Boston English Company)

TBA

Short papers/presentations:
The full slate of presentations will be announced in late April/early May.

Please note that this year’s Conference programme will include only a limited number of openings for 30-minute presentations/short papers (20 minutes + 10 min Q&A), which will follow the Keynote and OUP presentations. Papers will be selected based on several criteria including relevance to the conference theme, research/teaching contribution, balanced representation across both sponsoring chapters, and the Professional Development goals of the Shikoku JALT Conference. Preference may be given to younger teacher-researchers, and/or those without university funding for conference travel.

For the short paper section of the Conference, we invite presentation proposals from JALT members as well as non-JALT members.

The deadline for proposals is: Friday, March 23, 2019. Presentation proposals will be vetted by the Conference committee. Decisions on presentation proposals will be sent out in early April.

Please submit your presentation proposal for a short paper to: shikokujalt@gmail.com

Submission Guidelines (please follow carefully):
Presentation submissions should include the following information in the text of the email message:

Name: (please include any co-presenters along with the main speaker)
Affiliation(s):
Presentation title: (please keep it concise – (maximum: 60 characters/letters including spaces)
Abstract: (maximum: 150 words)
Teaching context: (eg. university, high school/jhs, primary school)
Research/Content area: (eg. Reading, Motivation, TBLT, Listening, Testing, CALL, Materials, etc.)
Equipment requests: (eg. projector, DVD, OHP)
JALT Member: Yes / No

Fees:
1. Any JALT member may attend the Conference free of charge.
2. There is no presentation fee for JALT members with accepted proposals.
3. One-day membership for non-members: 1000 yen
4. There will be a presentation fee of 5000 yen for accepted proposals from all non-members (this includes the one-day membership)
5. Co-presenter submissions are welcomed but the main speaker shall be responsible for any payment of presentation fees for non-member co-presenters prior to the Conference.

After the call for papers has been closed and presentations have been accepted, a detailed Conference programme will be announced in mid April. At that time we will also provide detailed venue access, accommodation, and reception party information.

This will be our 10th anniversary Shikoku JALT Conference celebrating a decade of collaboration and friendship between Matsuyama JALT and East Shikoku JALT. We are very proud of this annual local Conference. Many teachers have benefited from this outlet, and we have had some excellent speakers over the years. This year promises more of the same. Please consider sharing your language teaching research or practical classroom ideas at the 10th Shikoku JALT Conference at Ehime University.

Feel free to distribute this call for papers to teacher colleagues in your respective communities.