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Japan Association for Language Teaching
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<p>The Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT), or 特定非営利活動法人全国語学教育学会 (“Specified Nonprofit Corporation – Zenkoku Gogaku Kyoiku Gakkai”) in Japanese, is a <a href="/facts/Non-profit_organization/AmXu2c85">non-profit</a> <a href="/facts/Professional_associations/CGgApQAM">professional organization</a> for <a href="/facts/TEFL/NqyYzqBa">foreign language teachers</a> in <a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT">Japan</a>. Japan's "largest convocation of language educators", JALT has 2,800 members, many of whom are <a href="/facts/Gaijin/5R7n3Drx">non-Japanese</a> who have settled in Japan. Each member may belong to a local chapter, and has the option of also belonging to Special Interest Groups (SIGs). JALT holds an annual <a href="/facts/Academic_conference/0YAVfxe3">conference</a>, and has done so since 1975. JALT produces a bimonthly magazine, a semiannual journal, and an annual conference proceedings. </p>