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CEFR & LP SIG Newsletter No. 39 - October 2023 - Read here or download the pdf (Click here for NL39)

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CEFR & LP SIG Newsletter No. 39 – October 2023

Dear members of CEFR & LP SIG,

Hopefully this newsletter finds you all well. It has been quite a while since the last newsletter in April. I have to apologize for the delay due to a sudden and unforeseen workload with various duties and commitments.

The upcoming JALT International conference will be the main focus of this newsletter:

JALT International Conference 2023: Growth Mindset in Language Education

November 24^th – 27^th, 2023 in Tsukuba, https://jalt.org/conference/

If you plan to attend JALT 2023, please sign up and pay by October 31^st, 2023 (early bird).

The prices will rise significantly after that date.

CEFR & LP SIG will hold a SIG forum on Sat November 25^th, 2023, at 11:00 – 12:30.

There are various inspiring presentations. Find in this NL a selection of presentations:

** related to the CEFR and its topics (TBLT, reflective journal, etc.) and

** related to our dear SIG-members and their research

The Best of JALT of CEFR & LP SIG 2022, awarded in 2023 will be Takanori Omura.

The ceremony will be held on Sat Nov. 25^th, from 7:30-8.30 pm in the multipurpose hall.

Two more important information:

The SIG AGM will be held this year online apart from the JALT conference. You will soon receive an individual invitation with more details.

On the Japanese translation of the CEFR/CV: 言語の学習、教授、評価のための ヨーロッパ共通参照枠 随伴版 (zuihan-ban), which has been finalized in August and awaits to be published on the COE HP, please check regularly on www.coe.int/lang-cefr

On November 5^th, 2023 (Sun: 1-5 pm, Keio, Hiyoshi), will be a workshop organized by the Goethe-Institute Tokyo related to the CEFR/CV, held in Japanese and German.

If you are interested in attending the workshop, see:

(Japanese) https://www.goethe.de/ins/jp/de/ver.cfm?event_id=25084998

(German) https://www.goethe.de/ins/jp/de/ver.cfm?event_id=25084998

The CEFR LP SIG coordinator is one of the invited panel presenters.

A larger conference is planned in 2024.

The next NL will be published in December and will include reports on events of CEFR & LP SIG in 2023, for example the CEFR Journal SnapShot Talk, the PanSIG 2023, the joint event with Akita Chapter on May 20^th, 2023, the "Share your CEFR-Tool - Open discussion meeting" on Sunday, July 23rd, 2023, and other more. There will be further reports on the EALTA 2023 Conference, the JACET conference and other CEFR related events.

If you want to add a report on an event you attended, please let me know.

Gabriela Schmidt

Coordinator on behalf of all officers of CEFR & LP SIG

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(February 24th, 2024 MGS)