JALT2025—LanguageS: Learning, Teaching, Assessing – JALT 50 Years – Challenges and Perspectives

One of the strengths of the JALT Postconference Publication is the breadth of work represented in each volume. This year is no exception. The articles cover topics such as AI and technology, learner motivation, assessment, and intercultural education. They also reflect a wide range of approaches, from empirical research to classroom-based practice. Each one is a special contribution to this year’s PCP, if we do say so ourselves.

This year, we received 62 submissions, and 36 papers were accepted for publication, giving us an acceptance rate of roughly 58%. Getting those papers from submission to publication took a tremendous amount of work, not only from the authors, but also from the many volunteers who helped them throughout the publication process, from reviews to revisions to those final, careful APA-style checks.

We are especially grateful to the authors who also volunteered to review other submissions while working on their own papers. Revising your own manuscript is enough of a job, so agreeing to read and provide feedback on someone else’s at the same time deserves a special thank-you. We couldn’t have kept this year’s publication on schedule without your help, and we are so thankful to the authors who also served as reviewers and to the reviewers who took on multiple assignments.

A huge thank-you to all of the authors, reviewers, content editors, copyeditors, and members of the editorial team who contributed to this year’s publication. The PCP depends on the time and care of a large number of people, and we are very grateful for everything that went into bringing this volume together.

And finally, thank you to the readers and fellow researchers who turn to the PCP each year and continue to return to past volumes long after they have been published. We appreciate everyone who finds something useful in these pages, whether for their own classrooms, research, or future projects. Seeing papers continue to be read, shared, and cited years later makes all of the work that goes into each volume worthwhile. We certainly feel a strong sense of pride whenever we come across a citation to the PCP in the wild.

—The JALT Postconference Publication Editorial Team
Bethany Lacy
Heather Yoder
Malcolm Swanson

Selected Papers

This section highlights four papers of exceptional quality that were chosen through consultation with the JALT Publication Board. We express our congratulations to these authors and our appreciation of their well-written papers.

• Guiding Effortful Learning With ChatGPT in University EFL Writing by Miriam T. Black & Paul Underwood
• Guidelines and Considerations for Incorporating Humor Into a Task-Based Language Teaching Curriculum by Peter Neff & John Rucynski
• Training and Support for Elementary School English Teachers in Japan by Mark Graham Fennelly, Steve Toshihisa Fukuda, Meagan Renee Kaiser, & Robert Luxton
• Backwards Design for Content-Based Instruction: The Sustainability Vlog Project by Aeric Wong & Imogen Custance