You're not a JALT member?

Here are some reasons to join! JALT offers:  

· a support and teaching network of caring professionals in all areas of language education  

· job insights, advice, and help in finding a job  

· visits by leading language specialists from all over the world  

· Asia's largest annual language teaching conference  

· mini-conferences held all over the country throughout the year  

· 39 local chapters all over Japan that hold monthly meetings and frequent mini-conferences with presentations by well-known and up-and-coming speakers, attended by both Japanese and foreigners  

· 15 Special Interest Groups (SIGs), and 3 new forming SIGs that publish quarterly (or more) newsletters and topical journals, and sponsor workshops, mini-conferences, and presentations 

· The Language Teacher (monthly) and the JALT Journal (quarterly) read about the latest research and developments; find out about upcoming events; learn about conferences and events world-wide  

· a chance to review materials for publishers with your classes  

· ties with teaching associations KOTESOL and ThaiTESOL as well as with TESOL and IATEFL  

· JALTTALK: an open email discussion forum for teachers to discuss current issues in the teaching community and find information they need about Japan (to subscribe, send the following email message to <jalttalk-clt@hyper.chubu.ac.jp>  subscribe end  

· JALTEXBO: a non-refereed email discussion list for members of JALT, to discuss JALT issues. To subscribe, contact the list owner, Dan Gossman, at <daniel_gossman@kanto-gakuen.ac.jp> JALT also nurtures and supports speakers from within its teaching population who are interested in giving presentations and workshops. Do it today!!!