Hawai‘i Association of Language Teachers
39th Annual Spring Conference:
Culture First
Saturday, April 12th Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies
Keynote Speaker:
2025 ACTFL National Language Teacher of the Year Kei Tsukamaki
45-minute regular sessions (30 minutes for presentation and 15 minutes for Q&A) - perfect for workshop and paper sessions
20-minute wiki wiki sessions (15 minutes for presentation and 5 minutes for Q&A) - perfect for sharing a short activity idea, game, brain break, demo, etc.
Do you have innovative ideas, resources, or strategies for the language classroom? Have a fun language game or activity to share? Consider submitting a proposal and sharing them with your fellow world language teachers.
Our online proposal submission form is now open! The deadline for submission is Saturday, February 15, 2025, with selection notification by February 28, 2025.
The Hawai‘i Association of Language Teachers (HALT) is a group of language teachers from K-12 and higher education institutions in Hawai‘i who work to maintain the highest standards in the profession of teaching languages. We also promote the academic welfare of our students by providing steadily improving professional procedures and objectives for all teachers. Our organization provides teachers of languages with the opportunity to meet with their colleagues to exchange ideas and experiences and to enrich their professional background.
Membership is open to all world language professionals. Please visit our Membership page for details.
HALT coordinates three events per year: a a Spring Conference, a Summer Summit, and a Fall Symposium, all of which have members and guest speakers presenting best practices, pedagogical research, and innovative methods and tools in language teaching and learning.