About ALL SIG
ALL SIGについて
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In 2016, the Act for Eliminating Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities became Japanese law. This change mandates that teachers and teaching organizations are aware of and use accessibility pedagogies, materials, and strategies to optimize educational outcomes for learners with special needs including psychological, physical, cognitive, and communicative disabilities and learning differences. As learner needs are diverse and vary by context, there isn’t an “one-size-fits-all” pedagogy. Therefore, there is growing needs of a forum for accessible language teaching and learning.
In 2016, the Act for Eliminating Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities became Japanese law. This change mandates that teachers and teaching organizations are aware of and use accessibility pedagogies, materials, and strategies to optimize educational outcomes for learners with special needs including psychological, physical, cognitive, and communicative disabilities and learning differences. As learner needs are diverse and vary by context, there isn’t an “one-size-fits-all” pedagogy. Therefore, there is growing needs of a forum for accessible language teaching and learning.
The purpose of the ALL SIG is to improve educational equity by providing a focus for current and future members for collaboration, sharing of experiences, practices, theoretical perspectives, and research to target compliance with the EDPD Act.
Here you'll find some of our favorite snapshots over the past few years. As a group, we have endeavored to collaborate with different JALT SIGs and Chapters to help promote accessible teaching in English language classrooms in Japan.
The purpose of the ALL SIG is to improve educational equity by providing a focus for current and future members for collaboration, sharing of experiences, practices, theoretical perspectives, and research to target compliance with the EDPD Act.
Here you'll find some of our favorite snapshots over the past few years. As a group, we have endeavored to collaborate with different JALT SIGs and Chapters to help promote accessible teaching in English language classrooms in Japan.
2025
2025
In March, the ALL SIG was invited to collaborate in the efforts of JALT SPIN to support graduate student presentations. Tina Brown, one of the four recipients of the ALL LIFT scholarship, was the key speaker at the PanSIG conference in Chiba.
In early November, ALL SIG members shared their research at the JALT International Conference. During the SIGs Annual General Meeting (AGM), attending members discussed plans for 2026.
Photos taken of the AGM at the conference on November 2, 2025 are courtesy of Tim Cleminson and Robert Moreau.
2024
2024
On February 18, 2024, the constitution and by-laws of the ALL SIG was officially accepted by the JALT Executive Board.
The following month, the SIG was invited to take part in the ETJ annual conference in Tokyo.
Adhering to its commitment to support the upskilling of teachers on inclusive or accessible teaching practices, promotional efforts for the ALL LIFT Scholarship began. In August of that year, ALL SIG members were invited to apply. Four ALL SIG members were awarded the scholarship opportunity. Click the link to know more about the ALL LIFT scholarship.
2023
2023
In 2023, the ALL SIG continued its active presence at JALT through forums at PanSIG and the JALT National Conference.
In October of this year, ALL SIG was invited to collaborate with JALT Okinawa Chapter and TYL SIG and participate in the 21st Century Language Teaching Conference.
2022
2022
In 2022, ALL SIG collaborated with the LLL SIG for mini-conference in February. Then in march, the SIG co-sponsored an event with TYL SIG and JALT Niigata Chapter.
At PanSIG in Nagano, ALL SIG started its sticker campaign to generate familiarity and interest in the group across the JALT educators' community,
2021
2021
The ALL SIG Constitution and By-laws were approved and ratified on February 20, 2021.
The very first issue of the ALL Review, the SIG's official newsletter was published in September. Click this link to read the most current and past issues of the the ALL Review.
2019
2019
Initial discussions in formalizing ALL as a new JALT special interest group (SIG) progressed.
2018
2018
The ALL SIG Facebook Group Page was launched on May 20, 2018.
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