LET-FMT-SIG & ELIPro Network (Formerly ELINET) Japan Branch

 Shoko Otake (Kobe Gakuin University), a secretariat of our SIG, and Yu Kanazawa (The University of Osaka), the lead coordinator and the project leader of our SIG, are making an invited workshop at the LET Kansai Conference in Kyoto on Saturday, May 30, 2026. For more information, see the following links (in Japanese): https://let-kansai.org/w/notice-from-secretar/notice-from-secretar-7721/ https://let-kansai-2026-spring.peatix.com/ Conference Dinner Registration 外国語教育メディア学会（LET）2026年度 春季研究大会 フライヤー The day after the LET Kansai Conference is  our public Zoom meeting (Emotion Day №6) . Social Links

We would like to thank all the speakers for the wonderful presentations, and all the participants originally from different parts of Japan and around the world who contributed to a successful meeting!  In the photo: Tomomi Seki (Presenter #1&2 - top left); Seina Kikuchi (Presenter #2 - top center); Shuhei Kadota (SIG Advisor - top right); Mitsue Hoshihara (Participant - upper mid left); Hisa Shibata (Participant - upper mid center); Hitomi Izumi (Participant - upper mid left); Chie Takeda (Participant - lower mid left); Micaela Calvezere (Participant - lower mid center); Shoko Otake (SIG Secretariat - lower mid right); Louis Lafleur (SIG Secretariat - bottom left); Yu Kanazawa (Inviter; SIG Coordinator, Event Host - bottom right) . . . and many more camera-off participants! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-event announcement below --------------------------------------------------------...

Program:  https://sites.google.com/view/jeles-m/第56回大会案内jeles-56 We’re making a LET-FMT-SIG project-related presentation at the upcoming #JELES-56 Hybrid Conference hosted by Waseda University (Tokyo) on March 8, 2026!  Kanazawa, Y., McLean, S., Raine, P., Lafleur, L., Otake, S., Matsuo, T., Isobe, Y., Kadota, S., Morishita, M., Satoi, H., & Sugiura, K. (2026, March 8). Assessing Japanese EFL learners’ knowledge of formulaic sequences on an open-access web platform: Familiarity vs. frequency across three test modes [Conference presentation]. The 56th Annual Joint Meeting of JELES: English Language Education Society of Japan and Japanese Association for Educational Linguistics (JELES-56), Waseda University & Online, Tokyo, Japan. https://sites.google.com/view/jeles-m/%E7%AC%AC56%E5%9B%9E%E5%A4%A7%E4%BC%9A%E6%A1%88%E5%86%85jeles-56 JELES-56 (2026): The 56th Annual Joint Meeting of JELES: English Language Education Society of Japan and Japanese Association for Educational...

We would like to thank all the speakers for the wonderful lectures, and all the participants from around Japan and even abroad - who contributed to a successful meeting! The following dinner at Sushihan Iki was a great convivial opportunity, too! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-event announcement below ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 日本語の情報はこちら：  https://let-kansai.org/w/notice-from-secretar/notice-from-secretar-7696/ Date: Saturday, February 14th, 2026 Time: 2:00 PM ~ 4:50 PM (Japan Standard Time (JST): UTC+9) Venue:  Room 201, Osaka Jogakuin University 大阪女学院大学 201教室  (Room capacity: 200)  Campus Information:  https://www.wilmina.ac.jp/about/access.html Google Maps:  https://maps.app.goo.gl/DiL8tzPagunLZ4v96   ... & Hybrid (synchronously on Zoom) Participation fee fo...

Dr. Yu Kanazawa (The University of Osaka), the coordinator and the project leader of our SIG, was invited for an Ikigai Podcast episode by The Ikigai Tribe. Kanazawa, Y. (Guest), & Kemp, N. (Host). (2025, November 28).  Understanding Academic Yarigai with Yu Kanazawa  (No. 117) [Audio podcast episode]. In The Ikigai Podcast. Ikigai Tribe.  https://ikigaitribe.com/podcasts/117-understanding-academic-yarigai-with-yu-kanazawa/ Also available at:  Apple Podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/pg/podcast/understanding-academic-yarigai-with-yu-kanazawa/id1488566034?i=1000738296388 YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ujpcw1c9LY4 Amazon Music:  https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/69b73bfe-bbfe-4c1e-950d-ac038c6f18bd/episodes/bca4dc70-1394-4ccc-873d-e098c8d3bef6/the-ikigai-podcast-understanding-academic-yarigai-with-yu-kanazawa Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/episode/3foGx9N46HArhVKON3isco Listen Notes:  https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/t...

Dr. Yu Kanazawa (The University of Osaka), the coordinator and the project leader of our SIG, is one of the coordinators of the 64th Annual Conference of the Japan Association for Language Education & Technology on November 22-23, 2025. For more information, see the following links (in Japanese): 🌐 https://www.j-let.org/let2025/    𝕏  https://x.com/LET64_LET2025 🦋 https://bsky.app/profile/let2025.bsky.social    ⓕ    https://fb.me/e/5SN71JomZ ℹ️   https://www.linkedin.com/events/外国語教育-学会-let-第64回-2025-年次研究大会7349793099142873088/ 開催地・大阪の伝統と活気のあるイメージをどう表現しようかと考えた挙句、校門画像上のフォントのみ、さりげなく勘亭流になっていますw https://t.co/IHdCwiSNyK — Yu Kanazawa (@knzw783) July 12, 2025 View this post on Instagram A post shared by Yu Kanazawa (@yu.kanazawa.goldstream) おかげさまで、外国語教育メディア学会 #LET2025 #LET64 第64回年次研究大会 於大阪 は盛会のうちに無事閉会いたしました。 バトンは 天下の台所 #Osaka から 北の大地 #Hokkaido へ🪄 次回は 2026年8月、北海道でお会いしましょう！ #LET2026 #LET65 🏯 浪華にて 🎊 学宴をさむ 🗾...