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Why join Okinawa JALT?

Are you -
   -a language teacher (of any language) living in Okinawa?
   -a JET or ALT looking for a chance to communicate with colleagues?
   -a future language educator?
   -a native Japanese speaker concerned with issues in language education?
   -a native Japanese speaker looking for a chance to communicate with colleagues in
     English (or any other foreign language)?
   -a resident expat thinking of relocating, and needing new contacts?
Do you -
   -have ideas you would like to share with colleagues?
   -want to learn some practical and innovative ideas for use in your classroom?
   -want to publish your research findings in a respected journal?
   -need information about employment opportunities?

If you answered yes to any of the above, why not consider a membership in Okinawa JALT? Become an Okinawa JALT member and tap into our nationwide network of language teaching professionals.

JALT Membership Benefits
  • Keep up with the latest techniques and theories in language education
  • Receive JALT publications such as The Language Teacher and the JALT Journal
  • Regular local chapter meetings featuring both local and national speakers
  • Annual national conference with hundreds of presentations
  • Special Interest Groups (SIGs) focusing on specific areas of language teaching
  • Information about other national and international conferences concerned with language education
  • Opportunites to publish in a national journal (The Language Teacher)
  • Opportunities to give research presentations
  • Network with other teachers and researchers
  • Information on domestic and overseas employment opportunities
 Becoming a Member:

   Everyone is welcome to attend Okinawa JALT's local chapter meetings, (but members are exempted from entrance fees). Annual membership dues can be paid at any local chapter meeting. Individuals living in outlying islands and others who are unable to attend regular chapter meetings may pay by (snail) mail or bank transfer. Contact our membership chair for details.

Membership Types:
  1. Regular membership (¥10,000): includes membership in a local chapter, and a subscription to JALT publications
  2. Student membership (¥6,000): same privledges as above, but at a reduced rate (available only to undergraduate and graduate level students at colleges and universities in Japan)
  3. Joint membership (¥17,000): available to individuals sharing the same mailing address (only one copy of each publication will be sent to the specified address)
  4. Group membership (¥6,500/person): available to five or more people employed at the same institution (only one copy of each publication will be sent per 5 people)
   JALT members are also eligible to join any of JALTs SIGs at the very nominal rate of ¥1,500/SIG per year (A complete list of SIGs is available on the About Us page.)

Membership Renewal:

   All members should renew their membership through the local Okinawa JALT Chapter office. This can be done in person at any local chapter meeting, by mail, or by bank transfer.

   For more information contact JALT Okinawa's membership chair:

     Hideo Gray
     Phone/fax: 098-nnn-nnnn
     Email:

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