The Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT) Matsuyama Chapter founder returns for its 30th anniversary meeting. Scanned documents show the Chapter's early history. The academic part of the presentation then shows how the discipline of bilingualism informs language teaching.

2.  30th Anniversary of the JALT Chapter founding
 Activities in Matsuyama and later international family
 Reflections on scanned Chapter documents from 1984
 Founding philosophy: bilingual, community service
 Audience reflections / questions on Chapter history
 How Bilingualism Informs Language Teaching
 A developmental bilingual perspective
 Meanings of the word “Bilingualism”
 Levels of Bilingualism – in daily life and academically
 Types of Language Acquisition – informed by bilingualism
 Conclusion – how bilingualism informs language teaching
 Audience comments / questions

3. 1984 in Matsuyama

4. available at http://www.waoe.org/steve/haiku.html

5. Married
in 1988

7. Matsuyama Chapter founding in 1984:
Some scanned documents

8. First bilingual meeting notices in JALT history

9. Chapter officers and events

10. Chapter meetings

11.  A justifiable reprinting on the open Web of articles published
JALT 10th Anniversary collection of papers
in Japanese - 1985

12.  A justifiable reprinting on the open Web of articles published

13.  A justifiable reprinting on the open Web of articles published

14. Your reflections, comments or questions
on Matsuyama Chapter history?

15. Various meanings of the word “Bilingualism”

16. Four Levels of Bilingualism in daily life
plus an academic or Disciplinary Level

17. Taxonomy of Bilingualism

18. Disciplinary Level of Bilingualism

19. Types of Language Acquisition
from a bilingual perspective

20. Conclusions on
how bilingualism informs language teaching