The Learner development SIG

Exploring learners’ practices and learner-centred pedagogies through dialogue and practitioner research

対話と実践者研究による学習者の実践と学習者中心の教育法の探求

Welcome to the Learner Development Special Interest Group of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT). We are a lively, dynamic community of learners and teachers from all teaching contexts, both formal and informal, who share an interest in exploring learner’s practices and learner-centred pedagogies through dialogue and practitioner research.


We have been active for 30 years, discussing, presenting, writing, and publishing about our practices and research relating to learner development.

About Us

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Learning Learning

Newsletter of the Learner Development SIG

Volume 31, Issue 3

Lead editor: Tim Ashwell

Editorial team: Lorna Asami, Ken Ikeda, Mike Kuziw, Ivan Lombardi, Hugh Nicoll, James (Jamie) Thomas, & Megumi Uemi

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Learning Learning

Newsletter of the Learner Development SIG

Volume 31, Issue 2

Lead editor: Ken Ikeda

Editorial team: Lorna Asami, Tim Ashwell, Mike Kuziw, Ivan Lombardi, Hugh Nicoll, James (Jamie) Thomas, & Megumi Uemi

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Learning Learning

30th Anniversary Conference Post-Conference Publication

Learning for Change and Action, Making a Difference for the Future

The JALT Learner Development SIG 30th Anniversary Conference Post-Conference Publication

Edited by Tim Ashwell

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The Learner Development Journal

Issue 7, December, 2023

Challenging the Conventions of Learner Development Research

Edited by (Gareth Barnes), Aya Hayasaki, Ellen Head, (Ryo Moriya)

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UPCOMING EVENTS

JALTCALL CONference

June, 2025
Tokyo
CALL FOR ALL

JALT LEARNER DEVELOPMENT SIG CCLT8

December 22nd
Otsuma Women’s University, Tokyo
Stories of Collaborative, Sustainable, & Transformative Learner Development

LD SIG Events
PanSIG 2025

May 16-18th
Kanda University of International Studies, Chiba
Agency & Autonomy in Language Learning

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