JALT2025 - Tokyo

:From Shy to Showstopper: How Musicals Empower Young EFL Learners

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) Teaching Younger Learners Room 407

Speaker

Yukako Kimura (St.Ursula)

Description

This session explores how young EFL learners develop confidence and language retention by transforming picture books into musical videos. Through performance, students engage with language in context—sometimes dramatically, sometimes hilariously. We’ll showcase some of our masterpieces and reveal how we create these musical videos from scratch. Then the participants get to unleash their inner superstar with short acting lessons and discover how a little drama can make learning English way more fun and engaging.

Summary

This session explores how young EFL learners develop confidence and language retention by transforming picture books into musical videos. Through performance, students engage with language in context—sometimes dramatically, sometimes hilariously. We’ll showcase some of our masterpieces and reveal how we create these musical videos from scratch. Then the participants get to unleash their inner superstar with short acting lessons and discover how a little drama can make learning English way more fun and engaging.