What is the CUE Scholar Award?

Ideal applicants will be new or recently renewed JALT CUE SIG members who do not receive financial renumeration from their institutions in order to attend academic conferences.

Announcing the CUE 2009 Scholar Award

Applicants to the CUE 2009 Scholar Award are asked to send the most recent copy of their English curricula vitae (2 pages max.) and an approx. 1,000 word essay on their plans for contributing to college and university language education in Japan.

During the JALT 2009 International Conference at Granship, Shizuoka, awardees will be asked to help out at the CUE SIG desk and to attend the CUE AGM meeting (to receive their awards!).

After the conference, awardees will be asked to write a joint conference review for the upcoming Summer 2010 OnCUE Journal, 4(2) issue. Awardees will receive guidelines and assistance from OnCUE Journal editors when writing the review.

What are the requirements to become a CUE Scholar?

• A recent copy of your CV.
• A 1,000-word essay about your plans for contributing to tertiary level English language education in Japan
• Help out at the CUE SIG desk for at least one hour during JALT 2009.
• Co-write a joint conference review for the OnCUE Journal.

What are the benefits of receiving the CUE Scholar Award?

• The 1,000-word essay is a great practice for applying to university positions, as these nearly always require such an essay.
• Awardees will have a conference review (refereed) publication to write on their CVs.
• Awardees have the chance to get more involved in CUE SIG and JALT activities.
• Awardees receive 30,000 yen to help offset the cost of attending JALT 2009.

Interested CUE members should send the required materials to the CUE 2009 Scholar Award Committee at

Please write "re: CUE 2009 Scholar Award" in the subject line.

Note: Please send your CV and 1,000-word essay as two separate attached files in MS Word 2003/4 .doc or .rtf format.

The CUE 2009 Conference Call for Presentation Proposals is now closed. Thanks to all who submitted!

Submissions will undergo a double-blind review process. Submitters will be contacted on or around August 1, 2009, with results.

If you have any questions about the vetting process, or have not yet received a confirmation email please contact the CUE 2009 Conference Committee (jalt.cue.conference2009 AT gmail.com) or John Gunning, Conference Chair (kinkajapanmtb AT yahoo.com).

Required conference pre-registration information

Please note that presenters whose abstracts have been accepted must pre-register online or inform the Conference Committee of intention to attend the conference by September 1, 2009. Failure to do so may result in the presentation being removed from the program.

Conference pre-registration will open after August 1, 2009. Please check back on the main CUE SIG web page for updates.

Key Conference Dates

This is the annual JALT CUE SIG conference. It is also co-sponsored by JALT Nara Chapter, and in support of Forming SIGs Framework & Portfolio SIG and Study Abroad SIG.

For more information, please click on "CUE 2009 Conference Main Page" in the upper left hand menu.