SIG MATTERS

Patrick Kiernan
LD SIG Treasurer
jalt[dot]ldsig[dot]treasurer[at]gmail[dot]com

Learner Development SIG Financial Report
September 2023 to March 2024
The previous LL report came out just before the LD30 conference. At that time, I reported on thegenerous support and funding that we had received for the event and was cautiously optimisticthat we would be able to celebrate the SIG’s anniversary conference without any financial worries.
This was also helped by an unexpected windfall in the form of profit-sharing from PanSIG (¥160,000)
and the largest grant from JALT Central Office (JCO) (¥65,250) since the pandemic. We had also
already received the bulk of early bird payments, without yet paying any of the conference
expenses so the SIG account was looking particularly buoyant. Thanks to all the hard work of theorganizers, the wonderful energy of the presenters, and the active participation in the event bymembers like yourself, LD30 was a great success as a conference and things also came together
financially due to help from Gakushuin University, GILE-SIG, TD-SIG, KUIS (who paid the plenary
speaker Prof. Phil Benson’s airfare) and Phil himself (who waived his honorarium). Overall, after all
expenses were paid, there was a modest profit which allowed us to repay the contributions fromthe GILE-SIG and TD-SIG plus a little extra, leaving ¥28,000 profit overall for the LD-SIG. Muchlater, in January 2024, after we had introduced the proposed budget for 2024-2025 at the AGM,
we received a message from the Development Fund requesting that we repay the ¥100,000 that
we had received from them to support the conference. The request was apparently made onthe basis that the SIG’s funds had improved on the previous year, though the slight increase infunds was mainly due to the income from PanSIG and JCO mentioned above. A carefully preparedresponse from LD-SIG President James Underwood resulted in the withdrawal of the request, but it
was agreed that the LD-SIG would consider sponsorship of future JALT events.
Revenues: September 2023 – March 2024 /収入：2023 年 9月〜2024年3月

Events income (LD30) / イベント収入 (LD30)

136,500

Total revenue / 収入合計

136,500

Events (LD30 and JALT expenses) / イベント
（LD30及びJALT費用）

504,546

Total Expenses / 支出合計

518,006

Balance in bank account / 銀行口座残高

323,881

Expenses: September 2023 – March 2024 /支出：2023 年9月〜2024年3月
Admin. (website expenses/bank fees) / 管理費（ウエブサイト費用・銀行手数料）
SIG fund balance: March 31, 2024 /SIG資金残高：2024年3月31日
Reserve liabilities / JALT本部預け金

PayPal + PO account / ペイパル及びゆうちょ銀行アカウント
Cash in hand / 現金
Balance / 合計

13,460174,32200498,203

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Writing for Learning Learning『学習の学習』応募規定

Learning Learning is the Learner Development SIG newsletter and is published online bi-annually,in the Spring and Autumn. It has a specific ISSN number (ISSN 1882-1103), and features cuttingedge articles in various formats that relate to people’s ideas, reflections, experiences, and interests
to do with learner development, learner autonomy, and teacher autonomy. Many different SIG
members contribute to each issue of Learning Learning, and, by doing so, create a sense of sharedcommunity and learning together. Please feel free to contribute too and make connections within
the SIG and beyond. Contact the editorial team at lleditorialteam[at]gmail[dot]com.

『学習の学習』はLD SIGのニュースレターで、年に２回（春と秋）オンライン出版されています（ISSN 1882-1103）。
学
習者の成長、学習者と教員の自律に関するアイディア、省察、経験や興味に関連したさまざま形式の原稿を収録しています。
SIGの多くのメンバーが『学習の学習』に寄稿し、共同体の意識を築き共に学習しています。
どうぞ奮ってご投稿され、SIG内でのまたそれを超えた繋がりを築いてください。

CONTRIBUTIONS
寄稿

We encourage new writing and new writers and are happy to work with you in developing your writing.
We would be delighted to hear from you about your ideas, reflections, experiences, and interests to
do with learner development, learner autonomy, and teacher autonomy.

これまでにない形式のもの、また新しい方々からのご投稿をお待ちしております。
内容についてもぜひご相談ください。
みなさまのご意見やお考え、ご経験、そして学習者の成長、学習者と教師の自律性に関することなど、ぜひお聞かせください。

For more details about formats and lengths (形式と長さ) of writing suitable for Learning Learning,please see below. To upload your writing to the editorial team of Learning Learning, please use thislink. Many thanks.
We welcome contributions for the Autumn issue of 2024, with the pre-publication deadline of August
31, 2024 for Learning Learning 31(3). Ideally, we would like to hear from you well before the deadline,
but in reality, the door is always open, so feel free to contact one of the editors when you are ready.

FORMATS AND LENGTHS
形式と長さLearning Learning is your space for continuing to make the connections that interest you. You
are warmly invited and encouraged to contribute to the next issue of Learning Learning in either
English and/or Japanese. In order to provide access and opportunities for Learner Development
SIG members to take part in the SIG’s activities, we welcome writing in different formats andlengths about issues connected with learner and teacher development, such as:『学習の学習』は会員の皆様に興味ある繋がりを築きつづけるスペースです。
次号の『学習の学習』への日本語（もしくは英語、及びニ言語で）の投稿を募集しています。
メンバーの皆様にSIGの活動にご参加いただきたく、形式や長さを問わず、学習者および教師の成長に関する以下のような原稿をお待ちしております。

MINI-PROFILES: SHARING YOUR LEARNER DEVELOPMENT INTERESTS

ミニプロフィール：学習者ディベロップメントについての関心の共有

Here SIG members introduce themselves briefly (just 50 to 100 words or more), and write about
what interests, puzzles, intrigues them about learner development, and/or about a particular
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approach or project, or research that they are doing or plan to do, or simply share a shortreflection, to do with learner development (about 100 words or more)

ここでは、SIGメンバーの学習者ディベロップメント研究に取り組む原動力となる関心や課題とともに短い（200から400字程度）自己紹介をお届けします。
特別なアプローチやプロジェクト、現在進行中の研究やその計画、さらには学習者ディベロップメントの取り組みに関する内省など、それぞれの思いや考えが寄せられています (約200-400字程度以上)

SHORT ARTICLES ON ISSUES TO DO WITH LEARNER/TEACHER DEVELOPMENT
AND AUTONOMY
学習者と教師の成長・自律に関する小論#1: short individual articles (1,200 – 2,500 words)
小論（単著）(約3,600-7,500字)#2: short group-written articles (1,200 – 4,000 words)
小論（共著）(約3,600-12,000字)

REFLECTIVE WRITING ABOUT LEARNING FOR LEARNER/TEACHERDEVELOPMENT AND AUTONOMY学習に関する省察 ー 学習者と教師の成長・自律を目指して#1: particular puzzles that you and/or your learners have about their learning, practices,development, autonomy, and so on, and inviting other Learning Learning readers to respond (1,000words or more)

ご自身や学習者の悩み（学習、実践、成長、自律など）に関して、LL読者と一緒に考えましょう。
(約4,000字)#2: dialogue with (an)other SIG member(s) (1,000 to 2,000 words)
SIGメンバー同士の対話 (約4,000字-8,000字）

stories of learners becoming autonomous (about 500 to 1,000 words)
自律・成長する学習者に関する話 (約2,000字-4,000字)#3: stories of your learning and teaching practices: success and failure (about 500 to 1,000 words)
学習・教育実践の成功談・失敗談 (約2,000字-4,000字)

MEMBERS’ VOICES

メンバーの声#1: a short personal profile of yourself as a learner and teacher and your interest in learnerdevelopment (about 500 to 1,000 words)
学習者・教員としての自身のプロフィールと学習者の成長に関する興味 (約2,000字-4,000字)#2: a story of your ongoing interest in, and engagement with, particular learner development (and/or learner autonomy) issues (about 500 to 1,000 words)
学習者の成長や学習者の自律に関する興味や取り組み (約2,000字-4,000字）#3: a short profile of your learner development research interests and how you hope to develop
your research (about 500 to 1,000 words)
学習者の成長に関する研究内容と今後の研究の展望 (約2,000字-4,000字）#4: a short profile of your working context and the focus on learner development/learner autonomy
that a particular institution takes and/or is trying to develop in a particular curriculum (about 500 to1,000 words)
教育環境の紹介、所属機関やカリキュラムにおける学習者の成長や自律に関する取り組み (約2,000字-4,000字）

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学習者の声

Learners share stories of their learning, reflections on their practices of learning, or report on aproject or research that they are doing or plan to do related to learner development (about 300 to500 words)

学習者が自分の学習経験、学習の実践についての考察、または学習者の成長に関連して行っている、もしくは計画しているプロジェクトや研究について報告します。(約1200-2000字程度以上)

RESEARCH & REVIEWS
研究 & レビュー#1: summaries and accounts of new graduate research (1,200 – 2,500 words)
大学院での研究内容の要約やその振り返り (約2,400字-5,000字）#2: proposals for a joint project/joint research (about 500 to 1,000 words)
協働プロジェクト・リサーチの提案 (約2,000字-4,000字)#3: reports (of a conference presentation, research project, particular pedagogic practice, and soon, to do with learner development) (about 500 to 1,000 words)

レポート（学習者の成長に関する学会発表、研究プロジェクト、教育実践など）(約2,000-4,000字)#4: reports of research in progress (about 500 to 1,000 words)
研究中間報告(約2,000字-4,000字)#5: book, website, article reviews (about 750 to 1,500 words)：書籍、ウェブサイト、論文の批評(約3,000字-6,000字)

FREE SPACE

フリー・スペース#1: photographs, drawings, and/or other visual materials about learner development, and/or related
to learner autonomy
学習者の成長や自律に関する写真、絵、視覚資料#2: activities and tips for learner development/autonomy (about 500 to 1,000 words)
学習者の成長・自律を促す活動やヒントの紹介 (約1,000字-2,000字)#3: some other piece of writing that you would like to contribute and that is related to learnerdevelopment

その他の学習者の成長に関する執筆#4: poems… and much more
詩、その他。

Our publications door is always open, so feel free to contact one of the editorial team when you areready at lleditorialteam[at]gmail[dot]com. Many thanks!

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