JALT2025 - Tokyo

Community Tasks for Personal Growth and Student Engagement

Nov 1, 2025, 6:10 PM

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

Practice-oriented Workshop (30-minutes) Learner Development Room 410

Speaker

Prof. Kip Cates (Tottori University)

Description

The classroom can be an exciting place to work with students on developing foreign language skills. Sending students out into the real world to do communication tasks in the local community can reinforce classroom learning, build social awareness, foster student engagement and promote personal growth. This workshop will demonstrate creative ways to design out-of-class homework assignments that engage students with the local community, promote interpersonal interactions, increase motivation and improve language proficiency.

Summary

The classroom can be an exciting place to work with students on developing foreign language skills. Sending students out into the real world to do communication tasks in the local community can reinforce classroom learning, build social awareness, foster student engagement and promote personal growth. This workshop will demonstrate creative ways to design out-of-class homework assignments that engage students with the local community, promote interpersonal interactions, increase motivation and improve language proficiency.