J-SLA Autumn Conference 2025 

Conference Information

Date：11th (Sat) October 2025

Venue：Gakushuin University 

Call for Papers 

As was the case with the "Autumn Conference 2024," the primary objective of the Autumn Conference 2025 is to provide undergraduate students, graduate students, and early-career researchers with an opportunity to present their current research endeavours, thereby supporting the development of their academic pursuits. We encourage you to actively utilize this platform to present your research and foster its further development. (Of course, this call for participation is not limited to early-career researchers; it is open to all members of J-SLA.)

Applicants are invited to apply to give research presentations (student workshops and poster presentations) at the Autumn Conference 2025. If you wish to present your research, please follow the guidelines from 1-10 below.

1. Presentation format

There are three formats for research presentations at the Autumn Conference 2025.

(1) Student workshops: In-person format

(2) Student workshops: Online format

(3) Poster presentation: In-person format

(Note) 'Student workshops' are for undergraduate and postgraduate students conducting research in second language acquisition. Each session will be attended by researchers specialising in the field, who will be available to answer questions and offer advice. Presentations can also be on 'work in progress' research. On the other hand, the online format allows presenters to deliver their presentations live via Zoom from a remote location. Audience members attending the conference in person will have the opportunity to ask questions in real time. Eligibility for this format is limited to student members who meet one of the following conditions:

(A) Reside outside of Japan

(B) Incur a one-way public transportation fare of ¥10,000 or more from their home or institution to the nearest station to the venue (JR Mejiro Station)

2. Presentation time

The time allocated for research presentations is as follows

(1) Student workshop (both in-person and online formats): 20 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for Q & A.

(2) Poster presentations: 90 minutes (posters will be displayed in the poster presentation room and participants will be invited to present their research orally).

3. Eligibility requirements

(1) Applicants for student workshops must be 'student members' of J-SLA as of 1st October 2025.

(2) Applicants for poster presentations must be 'members' of J-SLA (general or student members) as of 1st October 2025.

(3) If a submission has multiple authors, the first author must be a J-SLA member. Co-authors are not required to be members; however, any co-author who plans to attend the conference in person or online must also be a member by that date.

4. How to apply

If you wish to present your paper, please log in to the following 'Application for Presentation' site and upload both the abstract for review and the abstract for the conference programme.

Japanese　 https://forms.gle/ECh1n8sa3VCsAUyr8

English　  https://forms.gle/CKjZ52cAwTB6KWNL7

5. Deadline

The deadline for applications for presentation is as follows: Monday 1st September 2025, 24:00.

Please note that abstracts submitted after the deadline will not be accepted.

6. Content of research presentations to be invited/ accepted

The Autumn Conference 2025 is calling for research presentations on "theoretical and empirical research on second language acquisition" in line with the "aims of the founding of the Japan Second Language Association".

Please refer to the following website for more information on the 'Inaugural aims of the society'.

https://www.j-sla.org/about

7. How to prepare abstracts for review and the conference programme

Abstracts should be prepared in accordance with the following instructions. Please note that abstracts that do not follow the abstract guidelines from (1) to (8) below may not be accepted.

<Abstract for review>

(1) Language: Please write in English or Japanese.

(2) File types: Please save your abstract as BOTH a Word and PDF document.

(3) Font type and size: Please write in Times New Roman 10.5 pt for English and MS Mincho (or Yumincho) 10.5 pt for Japanese.

(4) Length: The English abstract for review should be no more than 1,000 words, and the Japanese abstract should be no more than 1,600 characters. You may add figures and tables, but the final abstract should be a total of two A4 pages. Titles, figures, tables, and references do not count as word or character counts.

(5) Margins: 3 cm both top, bottom, left and right.

(6) Title: The title should be written in the 'top centre' of the text of the abstract.

(7) Do not write your name in the abstract. Also, please erase the 'Author information' in the 'PDF version' of the abstract of your presentation. This is in order to ensure that the review process is carried out in an anonymous manner.

(8) Please write the number of words or characters at the end of your abstract.

<Abstract for the conference programme>

The abstract for the conference programme must be prepared using the designated file format. Please download the required file from the link below:

Required file for programme abstract submission: https://x.gd/jNcZD

8. Reviewing method

The abstract for review will be assessed by the reviewers using the following five main points.

A. Importance of the research: Does the research contribute to the academic development of second language acquisition research?

B. Clarity: Is the research’s theory, data, discussion, and conclusions clearly presented? If not available, including all these elements for work-in-progress student workshops is not required.

C. Structure: Is the research appropriately structured?

D. Overall evaluation: Overall assessment of persuasiveness, clarity, and organization.

E. Aims of J-SLA: Is the research content in line with the aims of J-SLA?

(Note) Please note that research that does not conform to the aims of the J-SLA may not be accepted, even if it is outstanding research.

9. Announcement of review results

Presenters of successful submissions will be notified of acceptance by email by 24:00 on the 15th September 2025.

10. Other notes

(1) Double submissions are not permitted. Only unpublished (not presented or published elsewhere) research should be submitted.

(2) Substitute presentations are not permitted. The researcher himself/herself must present the submitted proposal.

(3) It is permissible to apply for both the ‘poster presentation’ and the ‘student workshop’, but the same presentation cannot be given in both the poster presentation and the student workshop.

<Other inquiries about J-SLA Autumn Conference 2025>

If you have any questions, please feel free to send an email to the secretariat.

Secretariat: Kazuyuki Shite (skazuyuki2017★gmail.com) Replace "★" with "@".