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Shzh-chen Nancy Lee (Osaka University)10/31/25, 2:15โฏPMLanguage SkillsResearch-oriented Presentation (30-minutes)
This study explores EFL communicative adequacy from learner perspectives. Evaluating speaking is complex and time-consuming, making it crucial to understand how learners perceive proficiency. Communicative adequacy, proposed in task-based language teaching, measures task success. Fifty Japanese university students assessed recorded dialogues, rating successful speakers on a five-point Likert...
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Prof. Jaime Demperio (Universitรฉ du Quรฉbec ร Montrรฉal), Dr Martyna Kozlowska (Universitรฉ du Quรฉbec ร Montrรฉal), Prof. Suzanne Springer (Universitรฉ du Quรฉbec ร Montrรฉal)10/31/25, 3:25โฏPMLearner DevelopmentResearch-oriented Presentation (30-minutes)
We explore study abroad (SA) through the lens of guroubaru-jinzai, a concept central to Japanโs internationalization policies. Focusing on studentsโ developmental gainsโespecially socio-emotional skillsโwe consider how these outcomes align with SA objectives. Current evaluation models emphasize language proficiency but overlook other key competencies. We critique these models and propose...
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Ana Sofia Hofmeyr (Kansai University)10/31/25, 4:00โฏPMLearner DevelopmentResearch-oriented Presentation (30-minutes)
This presentation will explore how globally competent graduates can be fostered through FL classrooms in Japan. It will discuss results from interviews with 11 high-profile Japanese professionals with vast intercultural experience in a broad range of fields, including STEM, sports, business, hospitality, journalism, diplomacy, and art regarding the challenges they have faced in intercultural...
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Dr Hiroyo Nakagawa (Osaka Jogakuin University and College), Dr Tamara Swenson (Osaka Jogakuin University)10/31/25, 4:35โฏPMLearner DevelopmentResearch-oriented Presentation (30-minutes)
This presentation discusses studentsโ development of autonomy through a content-based English class studying Japanese culture. Seven participants at a private womenโs university completed pre- post-reflections about cultural concepts and autonomy. Two were interviewed. Data were examined for factors related to language learning, awareness of the concepts, and learner autonomy. The results...
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Mina Westby (Chukyo University), Terry Wacholtz10/31/25, 5:10โฏPMLearner DevelopmentPractice-oriented Workshop (30-minutes)
As language teachers, we are responsible for elevating the linguistic, cultural, and social awareness of our students. This workshop will review the discussion, presentation activities, and survey results of a classroom event involving first-year Japanese English language learners and international students. We will highlight the benefits and challenges resulting from the event for both groups.
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Kunert Hannah (Komazawa University)11/1/25, 11:00โฏAMOther Learners and ContextsPractice-oriented Workshop (30-minutes)
Come along and learn about English and Japanese braille! For language teachers, a basic knowledge of braille will not only allow you to assist current or future students with visual impairments, but provides an opportunity to introduce braille in lessons on diversity and inclusion.
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Corrine Spencer (SUNY Korea/ SUNY University at Albany)11/1/25, 11:35โฏAMOther Learners and ContextsResearch-Oriented Presentation (60-minutes)
An English-language mentoring program for first-year international students (TOEFL 70-80) has significantly improved persistence, retention, and academic success. Initially opt-in, it became mandatory in 2024-2025 due to its sustained impact. Research data from both COVID-19 and post-pandemic cohorts highlight its effectiveness. Educators will explore the programโs development, implementation,...
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Caleb Prichard (Okayama University), John Rucynski (Okayama University)11/1/25, 12:45โฏPMSociocultural Linguistics and PragmaticsResearch-oriented Presentation (30-minutes)
Although L2 learners report having great difficulty responding to humor, research on this area is lacking. Therefore, a recent pretest-posttest control group study examined the effect of instruction on online humor responses for English learners. Preliminary results suggested that the intervention led to experimental group gains in response effectiveness for some types of humor. The research...
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Todd Allen (Kansai University)11/1/25, 1:20โฏPMSociocultural Linguistics and PragmaticsResearch-oriented Presentation (30-minutes)
This presentation explores Small Hospitality Establishments in Japan as sites of natural language use and their impact on Japanese as a Foreign Language (JFL) instruction. Limited pragmatic instruction and authentic materials in JFL classrooms hinder real-world communication skills. Using a sociopragmatic framework, the study analyses interactions from Shinya Shokudล and recorded...
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Mr Kane Linton (Wayo Women's University)11/1/25, 1:55โฏPMSociocultural Linguistics and PragmaticsResearch-oriented Presentation (30-minutes)
This presentation examines Japanese EFL classrooms as heterotopic spaces through Foucaultโs six principles of heterotopias (Foucault & Miskowiec, 1986). Using Q methodology, it explores how these classrooms negotiate global linguistic standards and Japanese language education policy (LEP), shaping learner identity and agency. The analysis highlights how historical, present, and future layers...
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Luke Lawrence (Nihon University), Yuzuko Nagashima (Yokohama City University)11/1/25, 2:30โฏPMSociocultural Linguistics and PragmaticsPractice-oriented Workshop (60-minutes)
In this interactive practice workshop, we invite teachers of all languages and backgrounds to help us build a new framework for intersectionality in the field of language teacher identity. Participants will have the opportunity to think deeply about different aspects of teacher identity and discuss their ideas, opinions and personal experiences. By instilling an intersectional critical...
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Jim Ronald (Hiroshima Shudo University), Yosuke Ogawa (Kobe University)11/1/25, 5:00โฏPM
The Pragmatics SIG holds its business meeting to elect its committee members, review the past year, and make plans for the next. All are welcome to join us, Pragmatics SIG members or not (yet!). Committee members will report on what we've been doing, in terms of events and publications, together with our plans and hopes for the coming year.
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Mr Serikbolsyn Tastanbek (University of British Columbia), Charu Gupta (University of British Columbia)11/1/25, 6:10โฏPMPedagogyResearch-oriented Presentation (30-minutes)
This Design-Based Research examines how two racialized multilingual researcher-practitioners co-enacted a translanguaging praxis of discomfort to teach sociolinguistics to Japanese exchange students in Canada. Findings highlight the transformative power of critically leveraging a translanguaging lens, genAI and translation tools, and dialogically collaborating to address linguistic and...
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Ian Baecht (Wenzhou Kean University), Ms Jiaxin He (University College London)11/1/25, 6:45โฏPMSociocultural Linguistics and PragmaticsResearch-oriented Presentation (30-minutes)
Linguistic Landscapes (LL) is an emerging interdisciplinary field at the intersections of sociolinguistics, ethnography,
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and semiotics. This qualitative study applies an ethnographic, inclusive, and reflective interview technique,
the โwalking tourโ, as a way to invite the perceptions and analysis of those studying, living and working
at an Asian EMI. A geosemiotic LL model was applied to... -
Mr Dana Lingley (Kochi University)11/2/25, 9:40โฏAMOther Learners and ContextsResearch-oriented Presentation (30-minutes)
The presenters will outline a project that sought to better understand the homestay component of a year-long study abroad (SA) program for second-year university students. While data from interviews with eight participants revealed a divergence of experiences, three common narratives emerged: how expectations differed from reality, how they used coping strategies to negotiate difficulties, and...
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Dr Fern Sakamoto (Nanzan University), Dr Thomas Fast (Notre Dame Seishin University)11/2/25, 10:15โฏAMLearner DevelopmentResearch-oriented Presentation (30-minutes)
Study abroad can be an effective way for students in Japan to cultivate skills, knowledge and attitudes associated with global jinzai, but few studies have explored studentsโ experiences post study abroad. This presentation reports on the results of seven mini focus groups (N=14) convened at various universities in Japan, to explore the challenges experienced by students after returning to...
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Sajjad Pouromid (Setsunan University), Yui Yamada (University of Oregon)11/2/25, 12:00โฏPMLearner DevelopmentResearch-oriented Presentation (30-minutes)
This presentation examines the longitudinal development of Interactional Competence (IC) in a Japanese learner of English during her year-long study abroad in the US. Using Conversation Analysis, naturally occurring conversations were analyzed for changes in her turn-taking, participation, and recipiency patterns. Findings reveal an expanded interactional repertoire, with greater initiative...
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Megan Beggs (Salesian International School)11/2/25, 12:35โฏPMPedagogyPractice-oriented Workshop (30-minutes)
This workshop explores how the Harkness Method can enhance study abroad preparation and English language acquisition. By fostering critical thinking, student-led discussions, and active engagement, this approach equips learners with essential communicative and analytical skills. Participants will gain practical strategies for implementing Harkness style learning in diverse classroom settings,...
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Abram Leon (Osaka International University), Mr Owen Crowe (Osaka International University), Prof. Shin-ya Iwasaki (Osaka International University)11/2/25, 1:10โฏPMPsychology and Language LearningResearch-oriented Presentation (30-minutes)
In this presentation we evaluate our universityโs study abroad programs, focusing on participantsโ language proficiency gains and changes in intercultural awareness, sociocultural openness, and career awareness using a mixed-methods approach including pre-/post-tests of the TOEIC and the BEVI (Beliefs, Events, and Values Inventory). We draw on interview data to better understand studentsโ...
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Oana Cusen (Kwansei Gakuin University), Shannon Miyamoto (Kwansei Gakuin University)11/2/25, 1:45โฏPMPedagogyResearch-oriented Presentation (30-minutes)
Stories can be valuable tools for second language development and cultural exploration, especially when shared with language learners from different cultural backgrounds. This presentation introduces a Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) exchange between Japanese and Romanian EFL learners, wherein students examined traditional folktales from the two cultures. At the end of the...
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Yoshifumi Fukada (Toyo University)11/2/25, 2:20โฏPMOther Learners and ContextsResearch-oriented Presentation (30-minutes)
This longitudinal qualitative study explores how Japanese international students secure English-mediated socializing opportunities and grow as TL users and individuals during study abroad (SA). Thematic coding was conducted within the frameworks of situated learning (Lave & Wenger, 1994) and affinity space (Gee, 2004). Findings will be presented as enriched narratives, revealing dynamic social...
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