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.