JALT2025 - Tokyo

In My Life: New and Improved Conversation and Presentation B

Nov 2, 2025, 9:40 AM

1h

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 405

Speakers

David Kluge (Chukyo University (Adjunct Professor)) Matthew Taylor (Kinjo Gakuin University)

Description

Sponsored by Nellie’s English Books
This practical presentation introduces the newly-revised scrapbook-based book In My Life where the students are the knowers who create scrapbook pages (either paper or digital) based on their lives used to promote conversations and presentations. This presentation will describe the book and activities in each unit, the special features of the book such as the teaching and practice of conversation strategies and body language, and a presentation rubric for creating interesting presentations.

Summary

This practical presentation introduces the newly-revised scrapbook-based book In My Life where the students are the knowers who create scrapbook pages (either paper or digital) based on their lives used to promote conversations and presentations. This presentation will describe the book and activities in each unit, the special features of the book such as the teaching and practice of conversation strategies and body language, and a presentation rubric for creating interesting presentations.