Newsletter
ニュースレター
Newsletter
ニュースレター
Volume 5 Issue 1
April, 2025
Inside this issue, you’ll find:
Message from the SIG President
Ryota Moriya reflects on the SIG’s milestones and shares plans for upcoming events, collaborations, and the second round of the ALL LIFT Scholarship.
LIFT Scholarship Reflections
Hear from the inaugural scholarship recipients—Tina Brown, David LaHeist, Hidayat Polim, and James Taylor—about their experiences with courses on accessibility and inclusion. Learn how these insights are being applied in classrooms and institutions.
Strategies for Supporting Students with Selective Mutism
Michael Y. Yap shares practical, classroom-tested strategies to support learners with selective mutism in EFL settings.
UDL and Accommodations in Japanese University English Classes
Heather Anne Suzuki explores Universal Design for Learning (UDL) strategies used by English teachers to support diverse learners in university classrooms across Japan.
Volume 1 Issue 1
September, 2021
Information in this issue includes:
Executive Board Introduction
Website Resources
Upcoming Projects
Volume 1 Issue 2
November, 2021
Information in this issue includes:
The Annual General Meeting Information
ALL Related Workshops
Upcoming Projects
Resourceful Articles
"Tips for Universal Design"
Volume 1 Issue 3
December, 2021
Information in this issue includes:
Coordinator’s Report on Year 1 of ALL SIG
PANSIG Proposal Theme
Resourceful Articles
"Universal Design Line Spacing: A small change by you, could change someone’s future."
"Immersive Reader - Using Technology to break down the print barrier"
Volume 2 Issue 1
July, 2022
This volume includes information on:
ALL SIG Website Launched
- A Year in Review: ALL SIG's Collaborations
- Headed for PanSIG 2022
"Immersive Reader - Using Technology to break down the print barrier"
Resourceful Articles
- UD Tips: Changing Settings for Readability
- Accessibility in Practice: Activate Filter Functions on your Apple and Android Devices
Volume 2 Issue 2
October, 2022
Information in this issue includes:
Officer Nominees
ALL SIG Election Information
PanSIG Presentation Summaries
Presentations in Fukuoka
Volume 2 Issue 3
December, 2022
Information in this issue includes:
Do Anything but Stay Silent by Davey Young
Using Variety to make an accessible classroom by Tina Brown
The Coordinator’s Report Self-assessment report to JALT on year 2 of ALL SIG
Volume 3 Issue 1
October, 2023
This volume includes information on:
A message from the SIG Coordinator
ALL SIG collaboration with TYL SIG and JALT Okinawa chapter
ALL SIGs Annual General Meeting (AGM), election, and forum in the JALT International Conference in Tsukuba
Volume 3 Issue 2
November, 2023
Information in this issue includes:
Upcoming End-of-Year Online Get Together
"Understanding, Action, and Freedom" by Joseph Kelley
"Audio Support for Autistic Students " by Matt Keighley
Volume 2 Issue 3
December, 2023
Information in this issue includes:
Self-assessment report to JALT by ALL by SIG Coordinator Ryota Moriya
JALT 2023- ALL SIG Forum- Accessibility in Practice by Member-at-Large Catherine Takasugi
Announcement of Executive Committee Officers for ALL SIG 2024-2025
Volume 4 Issue 1
April, 2024
This volume includes information on:
A message from the SIG Coordinator
ALL SIG collaboration with TYL SIG and JALT Okinawa chapter
ALL SIGs Annual General Meeting (AGM), election, and forum in the JALT International Conference in Tsukuba
Volume 4 Issue 2
November, 2024
Information in this issue includes:
Message from Our Publication Chair Jacob Schnickel.
Breaking news on LIFT Scholarship extension by Michael Y. Yap, ALL-SIG Member at Large & Catherine Takasugi, ALL-SIG Treasurer
The next segment in the Perspectives on Language Learning for Students with Specific Learning Difficulties: The Affective Dimension by Davey Young
Stories from the Field: Two Examples of Barrier-Free Education by Brooks Slaybaugh
JALT 2024: Understanding Accessibility Through Collective Efforts by Catherine Takasugi
A Call for Nominees for 2025 ALL-SIG Officers
Volume 4 Issue 3
December, 2024
Information in this issue includes:
ALL LIFT Scholarship Program 2025
Exciting announcements and plans for the upcoming year, presented by Michael Y. Yap, ALL SIG Member at Large, and Catherine Takasugi, ALL SIG Treasurer.
Teaching Students with Specific Learning Disabilities
The latest installment in this insightful series by Davey Young, ALL SIG Member.
Supporting Students with Social Anxiety Disorder
Practical strategies to help these students thrive in the classroom, shared by Joshua Antie, ALL SIG Member.
Our newsletters provide updates to projects and the ALL SIG's current status, it also provides a multitude of various resources that delve deeper into how teaching environments can become more accessible for learners. Resources include websites, articles written by members of our board and such useful information.