The Japan Association of College English Teachers (JACET)

The 58th JACET International Convention (Nagoya, 2019)

CALL FOR PAPERS

Theme: Beyond ‘Borderless’: English Education
in a Changing Society
Date:

August 28th (Wed.) – August 30th (Fri.), 2019

Venue:

Nagoya Institute of Technology

Gokiso-Cho, Showa-Ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 466-8555, JAPAN1. Research areas
Convention Theme, CLIL, Corpus, Curriculum (Pedagogy), ESP/EAP, Grammar (Syntax), ICT/CALL, Language
Policy (ELF, WE), Learner Development (Motivation, Strategies, Autonomy, Learner Beliefs), Linguistics,Listening, Psycholinguistics, Reading, SLA (Child Language Acquisition, Bilingualism, Immersion, Interlanguage),
Sociolinguistics (Pragmatics), Speaking (Phonetics, Phonology, Pronunciation, Conversation Analysis), Teacher
Education, Testing and Assessment, Vocabulary (Lexicography), Writing, other areas related to language teaching
and learning

2. Submission requirements
2.1 Presentation types
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Research paper on the convention theme, ELT or related disciplines: 25 min. including 5 min. for Q&A.
Case study / action research on classroom activities or ELT curriculum innovation: 25 min. including 5 min. forQ&A.
Symposium: Presentation by each presenter that is followed by discussion: 90 min.
Workshop: Presenters engage participants in various tasks: 90 min.
Poster session: Posters should be A0 (vertical) in size.
Presenters must be available during the designated poster session period.
Associate member’s presentation: 25 min. including 5 min. for Q&A. This type of presentation should focus onteaching materials for college English education, and should be presented primarily by the author, editor, orsupervising editor.

2.2 Student member special presentations
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This is a special category of presentation for members who are registered as student members as of the day
when the proposal is submitted. All presenters in this category will be candidates for “JACET Award: The
excellent presentation as a young scholar.” The winner will be presented with the award during the convention.
Presentations should be a research paper or a case study, and must be presented in English. Please prepare 30

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copies of your handouts.
Group presentations are not accepted.
Successful applicants will be granted free entry to the convention and free admission to the convention party.
Student members can apply for other types of presentations listed in 2.1 above, but cannot apply for bothcategories.

2.3 Honorary President’s Award (Poster session: Regular member presentation)
The Honorary President’s Award is given for a presentation in the regular member poster session. All posters areconsidered for the award. If you do not wish your poster to be considered for the award, you can indicate thiswhen submitting for the convention.

2.4 Eligibility(1)

To be eligible to present, the presenter (or in a group presentation, the first presenter) must be either a. or b. below:a. A JACET member who has paid the fiscal year 2018 (April 1st, 2018 - March 31st, 2019) membership fee. If theJACET office has not received the membership payment, the abstract will not be vetted. If the first author
is not a JACET member, he or she must become a member prior to submitting the proposal. To apply formembership, go to http://www.jacet.org/about_jacet/how_to_join_jacet/.
Note: For group presentations, other presenters do not need to be JACET members.
b. A member of an overseas JACET affiliate (ALAK, CELEA, ETA-ROC, KATE, MELTA, PKETA,
SEAMEO RELC, and Thai TESOL), or a member of AILA affiliates (https://aila.info/about/organization/aila_affiliates/). Colleagues overseas who are not members of the affiliated organizations need to become
JACET members in order to be eligible for screening. To join JACET, please go to http://www.jacet.org/about_jacet/how_to_join_jacet/.
Note: For group presentations, all other presenters must be either members of an overseas JACET
affiliate, AILA affiliates, or JACET members. Those who are not must have completed themembership payment prior to abstract submission.
(2) Only one abstract submission per person (including associate members) is permitted.
(3) Papers should not have been previously published or presented.
(4) Papers should be presented at the convention by their authors. All authors must be present at the time of theirpresentation. In case of emergency, notify the JACET office.
(5) Presenting in English is highly encouraged.
(6) All types of presentations should, as a basic rule, have no more than 5 presenters.

2.5 Application Procedure –All applications must be completed online.
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Presentation Abstract: 300 words maximum for presentations in English, 800 characters maximum forpresentations in Japanese.
・ Research paper, Poster session: Include aim, hypothesis, method, results, and conclusion. The results areessential.
・ Case study: Describe the research context by including student profiles, number of students, class objectives,lesson procedures, etc.
・ Symposium, Workshop: Include aim, content, etc.
・ Associate member’s presentation: Include aim, hypothesis, method, conclusion, etc. For case study, student
profiles, number of students, class objectives, lesson procedures, etc. should be outlined.
Note: Your abstract will appear in The 58th JACET International Convention (Nagoya, 2019) Book. Do notinclude charts, graphs, special characters or references in your abstract. Please see the guidelines andsample on our website.

Biographical Data: 50 words maximum in English for all presenters.
Note: Biographical data will appear in The 58th JACET International Convention (Nagoya, 2019) Book and will
not be used for any other purposes. Please see the sample on our website.
Important: Once your proposal has been accepted for presentation, your submitted abstract and biographical data
will be printed in the convention book in its submitted form. Changes will not be permitted, so please carefully
check your proposal before submission.
(3) Requesting Equipment:
1. When you apply online, check the boxes for the equipment you need.
2. Changes of request for equipment cannot be accepted, so please choose carefully.
3. Computer Users
・ Bring your own computer.
・ If you need audio output, bring your own audio cable.
・ A projector and cables for connecting the computer to the projector will be available on site.
・ As a general rule, Internet connections will not be available.
(4) Online Application Steps:
1. On the JACET website (http://www.jacet.org/), proceed to the Call for Papers of Convention 2019 website
and click on Proposal Submission.
2. Fill in all required items on the application form. For a group presentation, the first presenter should complete
the application.
3. Click Submit only one time.
4. Print the [Confirmation of Submission Email] that will be sent to the first presenter. Keep the copy as
evidence that your application has been received.

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2.6 Submission period

January 16th (Wed.) - February 7th (Thu.), 2019 (11:59:59 p.m. JST).

3. Selection of Presentations
After the final selection, the first presenter will be notified by email of the status of the proposal at the end ofMarch 2019. In order to give the presentation, membership fees for the fiscal year 2019 (April 1st, 2019 March 31st, 2020) must be paid by the end of June.

4. JACET International Convention Selected Papers
Presenters are encouraged to submit a paper for the Selected Papers (JACET International Convention Selected Papers
Vol. 7) after the convention. Guidelines for submissions will be announced at a later date.

5. For inquiries
Please email by February 1st (Fri.) at the latest: convention@jacet.org.
Any email inquiries sent after that time may not be answered in time for the deadline.
Telephone inquiries to the JACET Office can only be received between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. on weekdays.