Conveners
Large Hall: Panel Discussion 1: Perspectives on Internationalization in and for Japan
- Gabriela Schmidt (JALT CEFR LP SIG President)
Large Hall: Welcome
- Gabriela Schmidt (JALT CEFR LP SIG President)
Large Hall: Plenary A: Intercultural competence in language learning: Challenges and perspectives- Naoko Taguchi
- Gabriela Schmidt (JALT CEFR LP SIG President)
Large Hall: Forums and Meetings
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Large Hall: Plenary B: Designing tasks for meaningful L2 teaching and assessment - Shoko Sasayama
- Gabriela Schmidt (JALT CEFR LP SIG President)
Large Hall: Forums and Meetings
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Large Hall: Plenary C and Panel Discussion 2
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Kazumi Sakai (Dokkyo University), Kuniaki Sato (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT))10/31/25, 6:00 PMHighlighted Speaker
How can foreign languages, especially English, and multilingualism shape Japan’s future? This panel features two experts offering distinct perspectives on Japan’s internationalization. Drawing on their fields of expertise, they will present visions, needs analyses, challenges, and real-life examples. Plenary speakers and audience members are warmly invited to join the discussion and explore...
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11/1/25, 9:00 AM
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Naoko Taguchi (Northern Arizona University)11/1/25, 10:00 AMHighlighted Speaker
Plenary Session
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Naoko Taguchi
This plenary talk discusses challenges and perspectives of promoting intercultural learning in higher education. I will first present a review of the current literature on definitions and theoretical frameworks of intercultural competence. Then, I will present my on-going research tracing students’ development of intercultural communicative competence (ICC) in... -
Prof. Anthony Brian Gallagher (Meijo University), Bradley Irwin (Kyoritsu Women's University), Frederick Bacala (JALT), Geoff Carr (Asahikawa City University), James York (Meiji University), Robert Dykes (Conference Chair)11/1/25, 11:00 AMForum (90-minutes)
![JALTCALL Logo][1] Join the JALTCALL forum to discover more about [our SIG][2] and what we do. JALTCALL will host an open, moderated discussion on the relevance and application of AI in the classroom, as well as AI ethics and policy, and individual perspectives on the use of various technologies in the classroom. Panel member projects will be presented for discussion, and audience...
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Samuel Nfor (Seitoku University), Soyhan Egitim (Toyo University), Stephen Ryan (Sanyo Gakuen University)11/1/25, 12:45 PM
The ICLE SIG Forum focuses on complexity related to translation and cultural sensitivity. The first presentation explores the action-oriented approach (AoA) in EFL classrooms, finding that sustained AoA exposure positively influences students' global competence. A mixed-methods design confirmed this link across qualitative and quantitative data. The second presentation highlights the...
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Dr Frederick Bacala (Yokohama City University), Dr Julia Kimura (Mukogawa Women's University), Dr Mehrasa Alizadeh (Otemon Gakuin University), Dr Melodie Cook (University of Niigata Prefecture), Nadiia Zaitseva, Parvathy Ramachandran (Kanazawa Institute of Technology)11/1/25, 1:55 PM
This year, the College and University Educators (CUE) SIG Forum focuses on the researcher’s journey from initial ideas to publication. Julia Kimura, Mehrasa Alizadeh, and Melodie Cook invite the audience to discuss strategies for streamlining the research process, navigating challenges in publishing, and identifying the qualities of productive scholars. The session seeks to assist both...
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Shoko Sasayama (Waseda University)11/1/25, 4:00 PMHighlighted Speaker
Plenary Session
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Shoko Sasayama
The ability to communicate effectively in a new language is an essential goal for many second language (L2) learners. A key foundation for achieving this goal is the idea that learners acquire a language best experientially, by using it to engage in and accomplish relevant communication tasks (Dewey, 1938; Long, 2014). But, how should the tasks be selected,... -
Engel Villareal (Tsuchiura Nihon University Secondary School), Gabriela Schmidt (JALT CEFR LP SIG President), Dr Noriko Nagai (JALT)11/1/25, 5:00 PMForum (90-minutes)
This SIG Forum invites to a collaborative research group for JALT members and those interested in Action Research to engage in discussions about their current practices and explore potential interventions for improvement using the CEFR as a conceptual tool. It aims to establish a community of practice, to meet diverse needs of practitioners, who attempt to conduct (exploratory) action research...
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Eric Hawkinson (Kyoto University of Foreign Studies)11/2/25, 9:05 AM
As agentic AI and immersive XR technologies converge, professional learning communities face a critical choice: become platforms that direct technology, or platforms directed by it. This session examines how communities of practice can navigate the "automation abyss", which is the widening gap between human agency and technological dependency. I discuss ways to leverage AI and XR to enhance...
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Masato Kaneko (横浜市立南吉田小学校)11/2/25, 11:00 AMHighlighted Speaker
横浜市立南吉田小学校は、2025年4月現在、全校児童577人の半数以上（58.5%）が外国籍または外国につながる児童（以下外国籍等児童）で、つながる国や地域は20におよぶグローバル化のすすんだ学校である。学校では、増え続ける外国籍等児童の日本語教育と多文化共生教育に力を入れ、学校教育目標の一つに「多様性を尊重できる子ども」を掲げ「誰一人取り残さない」をモットーに様々な取組を行っている。(JALT Junior Plenary Session)
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Rod Ellis (Curtin University)11/2/25, 12:00 PM
‘Focus-on-form’ involves the treatment of linguistic form in the context of performing communicative tasks. I consider the rationale for this approach to teaching form and then describe some of the main methodological options for attending to form in communication under two main headings: ‘reactive focus-on-form’ and ‘pre-emptive focus-on-form’. The advantages and disadvantages of the...
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Greg Dalziel (The University of Tokyo)11/2/25, 1:45 PM
This is the JALT2025 TLT annual staff meeting. All current editors, copyeditors, proofreaders, and reviewers are encouraged to join, but anyone is welcome, especially those interested in volunteering to become a part of our team!
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Kathryn JOnes (IAITH: Welsh Centre for Language Planning), Matthew Cotter (Hokusei Gakuen University), Dr Sachiyo Fujita-Round (Daito Bunka University, Foreign Language Faculty)11/2/25, 3:00 PMHighlighted Speaker
Co-sponsored by the Hokkaido Chapter and Bilingualism SIG
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This panel emphasizes languages classified as heritage, minority or ethnic endangered languages. The panelists will outline the emergence and emerging efforts on revitalization, related to Welsh as a success story, then on Southern Ryukyuan's especially on Miyakoan, Yaeyaman and Dunan languages as a live multilingually challenge and as...