Computer-Assisted Language Learning
Japan Association for Language Teaching
JALTCALL is part of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT). We hold a major annual CALL conference in Japan (usually in June), plus workshops and forums at various other times through the year. We also publish referred research articles through our Scopus Q1 ranked publication JALT CALL Journal, as well as work-in-progress research and a wider variety of articles in our new publication, JALT CALL Trends. Membership in JALT or JALTCALL is not required for attending our events or submitting to our publications, however we encourage interested participants to consider membership. You may wish to join our Facebook Group.
Conference information and call for papers information are posted on the 2025 Edzilla page.
2025 JALTCALL annual General meeting (AGM)
This year, the AGM will be held from 1:00 PM on Sunday, July 20 at the conference venue. Attendance at the AGM is free for everyone, and does not require participation in the conference or even being a JALT member. However, only current members of JALTCALL will be permitted to cast votes. The meeting will also allow online participation via Zoom:
Sunday, July 20, 2025. 1:00 PM (exact room location to be announced soon)
2025 JALTCALL AGM Agenda
Item 1. Call to Order
Item 2. Determination of Voting Eligibility
Item 3. Reports of Officers
*Program Chair’s Report
*Membership Chair’s Report
*Publicity Chair’s Report
*Publication Chair’s Report
*Treasurer’s Report
*President’s Report
Item 4. New Business
* Amendments to the JALTCALL Constitution
* Member Q&A (Open Forum)
Item 5. Announcements
Item 6. Elections
* Call for Nominations
* Voting and Results Announcement
Item 7. Adjournment
The AGM will include nominations and elections for the six “core officers” of JALTCALL.
The current nominations are as follows as of June 28th:
- President: Robert Swier (Incumbent, seeking 3rd term) & Brian Gallagher (Seeking 1st term)
- Treasurer: Michael Phillips (Incumbent, seeking 4th term)
- Membership Chair: Kevin Wrobetz (Seeking 1st term)
- Sammy Woldeab (incumbent) will step down after two successful terms.
- Program Chair: Geoff Carr (Incumbent, seeking 2nd term)
- Publications Chair: Michael Hofmeyr (Incumbent, seeking 2nd term)
- Publicity Chair: Bradley Irwin (Incumbent, seeking 5th term)
All positions above are self-nominated. Additionally, any current JALTCALL member may nominate themselves or any other CALL member for any of the above positions. Nominations will be open until the start of the election at the AGM. If you would like to nominate yourself or another person, please get in touch with Robert Swier (president@jaltcall.org) or contact any of the other core officers. Please note that if you nominate someone other than yourself, you may need to provide contact information so that we can confirm that the named individual will accept the nomination.
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Welcome to the JALTCALL Podcast. The following episode is an interview recorded during the PANSIG conference in May of 2025. In this recording Robert Dykes of Sojo Univeristy interviews Alex Burke as she shares her journey from musician and civil servant to educator and researcher in Japan. Driven by her experience with dyslexia and neurodiversity, she highlights the power of assistive technology, inclusive teaching, and audio-based learning. Burke advocates reducing stigma around neurodiversity and designing classrooms that support all learners naturally.
If you are interested in interviewing someone interesting and want to share it with the community, or if you have something interesting to share and want to be interviewed, jump on board. This is the platform for you.
You can reach us at program@jaltcall.org
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