JALT2025 - Tokyo

JALT Critical Thinking SIG Forum

Nov 2, 2025, 9:05 AM

1h 30m

National Olympics Memorial Youth Center / 国立オリンピック記念青少年総合センター

Room 411

Speakers

Andy Boon (Toyo Gakuen University / Kinseido) Daya Ram Gaudel (Hai'l University) Gregory Hadley (Niigata University) Sean Henry Toland (The International University of Kagoshima) Todd Hooper (Setsunan University)

Description

The JALT Critical Thinking SIG Forum will feature presentations that promote the use and development of critical thinking in language courses. Among the topics to be presented by the speakers are an approach to teaching critical thinking that utilizes both students’ L1 and L2 languages, an approach that utilizes viral marketing videos to develop students’ critical thinking skills, and a study that examines the experiences of educators teaching critical thinking skills to secondary school students. Additionally, future opportunities for participating, presenting, and publishing in the Critical Thinking SIG will be presented.

Summary

The JALT Critical Thinking SIG Forum will feature presentations that promote the use and development of critical thinking in language courses. Among the topics to be presented by the speakers are two different approaches to teaching critical thinking and a study that examines the experiences of educators teaching critical thinking skills to secondary school students. Additionally, future opportunities for participating, presenting, and publishing in the Critical Thinking SIG will be presented.