Materials Writers SIG of JALT Archive

This is an archive of all of the past events of Materials Writers Special Interest Group, Japan Association for Language Teaching on ELT Calendar.

November 30th (Sunday) 2025
3T Summit: Teaching, Textbooks, and Technology
Speaker: Local presenters and participants, encouraging grassroots engagement and practical relevance (call for proposals due November 2, 2025)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

May 24th (Saturday) 2025
GRAPE Jr. 2025: Graded Readers Authorship and Publication Experience
Speaker: Catriona Chalmers, Paul Goldberg, John Carle, and Joshua Solomon
Location: Online, Online Events

October 6th (Sunday) 2024
Meet the Maker: Marcos Benvides, Widgets Inc.
Speaker: Marcos Benevides John Carle (Interviewer)
Location: Online, Online Events

March 25th (Saturday) 2023
GRAPE: Graded Readers Authorship and Publication Experience
Speaker: Rob Waring, Paul Goldberg, Ann Mayeda, Trina Chalmers, Others TBA
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

June 21st (Sunday) 2020
JALT PanSIG 2020 Conference Online (day 2 of 2)
Speaker: See the PanSIG website for details
Location: Online, Online Events

June 20th (Saturday) 2020
JALT PanSIG 2020 Conference (ONLINE)
Speaker: See the PanSIG website for details
Location: Online, Online Events

May 19th (Sunday) 2019
PanSIG 2019 Conference (day 2 of 2)
Speaker: Call for papers due December 22, 2018
Location: Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture

May 18th (Saturday) 2019
PanSIG 2019 Conference (day 1 of 2)
Speaker: Call for papers due December 22, 2018
Location: Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture

May 20th (Sunday) 2018
PanSIG 2018 Conference (day 2 of 2)
Speaker: Call for papers due January 15, 2018
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

May 19th (Saturday) 2018
JALT PanSIG 2018 Conference (day 1 of 2)
Speaker: Call for papers due January 15, 2018
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

May 21st (Sunday) 2017
PanSIG 2017 Conference (day 2 of 2)
Speaker: Many great speakers!
Location: Akita City, Akita Prefecture

May 20th (Saturday) 2017
PanSIG 2017 Conference (day 1 of 2)
Speaker: Many great speakers!
Location: Akita City, Akita Prefecture

May 22nd (Sunday) 2016
PanSIG 2016 Conference (day 3 of 4)
Speaker: Many presenters
Location: Nago City, Okinawa Prefecture

May 21st (Saturday) 2016
PanSIG 2016 Conference (day 2 of 4)
Speaker: Many speakers
Location: Nago City, Okinawa Prefecture

April 23rd (Saturday) 2016
Back to School 2016
Speaker: Various TBA; deadline for proposals is March 31
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

October 10th (Saturday) 2015
Materials and Methods for Teaching Spoken Language
Speaker: Cameron Romney (Doshisha University), John Campbell-Larsen (Kyoto Women's University)
Location: Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture

April 26th (Sunday) 2015
Materials and Methods for Teaching Spoken Language
Speaker: (1) Cameron Romney (Sangyo University); (2) John Campbell-Larsen (Kyoto Women's University)
Location: Nara City, Nara Prefecture

May 19th (Sunday) 2013
JALT PanSIG2013: From Many, One: Collaboration, Cooperation, and Community (day 2 of 2)
Speaker: Plenary speaker Judith Hanks; Call for papers due February 15th, 2013
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

May 18th (Saturday) 2013
JALT PanSIG2013: From Many, One: Collaboration, Cooperation, and Community
Speaker: Plenary speaker Judith Hanks; Call for papers due February 15th, 2013
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

June 17th (Sunday) 2012
The 11th Annual JALT Pan-SIG Conference 2012
Speaker: Plenary speakers Thomas Cobb (University of Quebec in Montreal), Hiromi Nagao (Hiroshima Jogakuin University), Toshihiko Shiotsu (Kurume University)
Location: Higashihiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture

June 16th (Saturday) 2012
The 11th Annual JALT Pan-SIG Conference 2012
Speaker: Plenary speakers Thomas Cobb (University of Quebec in Montreal), Hiromi Nagao (Hiroshima Jogakuin University), Toshihiko Shiotsu (Kurume University)
Location: Higashihiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture

October 26th (Sunday) 2003
Materials Writers Weekend Workshop (Day 2 of 2)
Speaker: Workshop Participants
Location: Yufuin City, Oita Prefecture

October 25th (Saturday) 2003
Materials Writers Weekend Workshop (Day 1 of 2)
Speaker: Workshop Participants
Location: Yufuin City, Oita Prefecture