JALT2025 - Tokyo

Embodied pedagogy for more secondary school L2 output

Oct 31, 2025, 2:50 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

Research-oriented Presentation (30-minutes) Teacher and Professional Development Room 413

Speaker

Dr Thomas Amundrud (Nara University of Education)

Description

L2 output is essential for student foreign language development, so how can Japanese teachers of English (JTEs) help make more happen? Building upon prior research on the contribution of embodied modes with teacher talk to collaboratively create classroom knowledge in teacher-fronted contexts, in this presentation I will examine how teachers tried and failed to commence student discussions and discuss how training can help in-service JTEs kickoff and continue more student L2 output.

Summary

L2 output is essential for student foreign language development, so how can Japanese teachers of English (JTEs) help make more happen? Building upon prior research on the contribution of embodied modes with teacher talk to collaboratively create classroom knowledge in teacher-fronted contexts, in this presentation I will examine how teachers tried and failed to commence student discussions and discuss how training can help in-service JTEs kickoff and continue more student L2 output.