Japan Association for Language Teaching

The Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT), or 特定非営利活動法人全国語学教育学会 (“Specified Nonprofit Corporation – Zenkoku Gogaku Kyoiku Gakkai”) in Japanese, is a non-profit professional organization for foreign language teachers in Japan. Japan's "largest convocation of language educators",^[1] JALT has 2,800 members,^[2] many of whom are non-Japanese who have settled in Japan.^[3] Each member may belong to a local chapter, and has the option of also belonging to Special Interest Groups (SIGs). JALT holds an annual conference, and has done so since 1975.^[4] JALT produces a bimonthly magazine, a semiannual journal, and an annual conference proceedings.^[5]