JALT2020—Communities of Teachers & Learners
It is our pleasure to present the 2020 JALT Postconference Publication: Communities of Teachers & Learners. The papers published in the PCP reflect the concerns of the language teaching professionals who presented at last year’s JALT International Conference. This year’s edition encompasses a variety of topics, including a number of papers documenting educators’ efforts to grapple with the effects of the recent pandemic. This year also sees a number of changes to the editorial staff. Joining the PCP are Rick Derrah, our new Production Editor, and Peter Ferguson, who will take over as Editor-in-Chief next year. Our thanks to outgoing Production Editor Aleda Krause and Reading Committee Coordinator Reginald Gentry for their work.
We would not be able to publish the PCP without the help of many volunteers: the reviewers who evaluated the submissions, content editors who worked with authors on revisions, and copy editors who proofread and checked manuscripts for final publication. Many of these individuals did considerably more than was asked of them and contributed in more than one area, and we appreciate their dedication and professionalism. We also appreciate the authors who have contributed by presenting at the conference, writing up their work, and submitting to a rigorous process of review and editing in preparation for publication. Without them, there would be no PCP.
Finally, we would like to thank readers for checking out the PCP, as the excellent work represented here would have little meaning without an interested audience to continue the conversation. We hope that all of you, contributors and readers alike, will return for future conferences and issues of the PCP.
—Peter Clements, Rick Derrah, and Peter Ferguson
Editors – JALT2020: Communities of Teachers & Learners
Selected Papers
This section highlights three papers of exceptional quality that were chosen through consultation with the JALT editorial board. We express our congratulations to these authors and our appreciation of their well-written papers.
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Qualitative Study of EMI Teachers’ Required Competencies and Support Needs — Sayaka Sugimoto, Waseda University
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Teacher Development through Podcast Engagement — Matthew W. Turner, Toyo University; Matthew Y. Schaefer, Sophia University; Robert J. Lowe, Tokyo Kasei University
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Enhancing Phrasal Verb Learning: A Quasi-experimental Study of Different Approaches — Brian J. Birdsell, Hirosaki University
Copyright & Cataloguing Data
- JALT President: Dawn Lucovich
- Publications Board Chair: Caroline Handley
Copyright:
- Copyright © by the Japan Association for Language Teaching. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be used or reproduced in any form without written permission from JALT, except in cases of brief quotations embodied in scholarly articles and reviews.
For information:
- JALT2020 Postconference Publication, JALT Central Office, Urban Edge Bldg., 5th Floor, 1-37-9 Taito, Taito-ku, Tokyo 110-0016, JAPAN
Cataloging Data:
- P. Clements, R. Derrah, & P. Ferguson (Eds.) JALT2020: Communities of Teachers & Learners
Bibliography:
- 1. Second Language Teaching—Second Language Learning—Teacher Education
- 1. Title August 2021 ISBN: 978-4-901352-65-9 - JALT2020 Postconference Publication
