Join us at JALTCALL 2024

This year the CT SIG will be participating in the JALTCALL conference, taking place from May 17th to May 19th, 2024, at Meijo University, Nagoya (Dome Mae Campus).  We would like to invite everyone to join us, as it promises to be an engaging event, featuring over one hundred and fifty presentations, with contributors both from Japan and overseas.

The theme of the conference is The Impact of AI in Language.  Takako Aikawa and Joel Tetreault will be the keynote speakers, with the CT SIG’s own James Dunn presenting on critical thinking through LMS-based classes.

For more information, see https://jaltcall.org/jaltcall-2024.  To register, please use the following link: https://events.jalt.org/event/1/registrations/19/.  Please note, registration by May 1st guarantees entrance to the Networking Reception.

We hope to see you there.

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