JALT2026 - Nagoya

Session

Room 1102

Nov 21, 2026, 10:55 AM

The WINC Aichi

762. Beyond the Answer: Building Thinking Classrooms by DJ West

11/21/26, 11:00 AM

JALT Sponsors

Practice-oriented Presentation (60-minutes)

This presentation is sponsored by McGraw Hill Education.

Language classrooms often reward correct answers over real thinking. This session adapts Peter Liljedahl's Building Thinking Classrooms strategies — open-ended tasks, vertical non-permanent surfaces, and student autonomy — for L2 learning contexts. Participants will explore how shifting from passive reception to active,...

803. Oral communication for low-level, low-motivation classes

STEPHEN RICHMOND (Bukkyo University)

11/21/26, 12:10 PM

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JALT Sponsors

Practice-oriented Presentation (60-minutes)

This presentation is sponsored by Nellie's English Books.

Teaching oral communication to low-level, low-motivation students is hard. Drawing on years of experience in Japanese university classrooms, we have developed practical approaches to engaging students with little experience of interactive English conversation. These approaches informed the development of the New Conversations in...

761. Combining AI and e-Learning Platforms: The Key to Maximizing Student Learning Potential

11/21/26, 1:20 PM

JALT Sponsors

Practice-oriented Presentation (60-minutes)

The evolution of education systems has given rise to the e-Learning platform. Coupled with the rise of AI in both education and daily life, e-Learning has the ability to change how both teachers and students approach education. In this presentation, we examine how to maximize the benefits of e-Learning and AI for a better educational experience.

778. Building Visual Literacy in the English Classroom

Ivan Sorrentino (Cambridge University Press & Assessment)

11/21/26, 2:30 PM

JALT Sponsors

Practice-oriented Presentation (60-minutes)

This presentation is sponsored by Cambridge University Press & Assessment

With every passing year, visual literacy becomes ever more important. Combining the need to interpret and evaluate visual media with the critical skill of formulating and conveying ideas in an effective way (more complex in a foreign language) can prove vital for both academic and professional success. The presenter...

808. Sparking Thinking Through Content and Storytelling by Sean Lee

11/21/26, 5:00 PM

JALT Sponsors

Practice-oriented Presentation (60-minutes)

This presentation is sponsored by McGraw Hill Education.

What if language classrooms borrowed science education's approach to inquiry and storytelling? This session applies principles from content-integrated and inquiry-based learning — reimagined for language teaching — showing how storytelling structures can transform abstract language input into meaningful, memorable narratives....

363. Co-constructing knowledge & community via post-talk Q&A

Ayumi Inako (Kobe City University of Foreign Studies)

11/22/26, 9:05 AM

CUE: College and University Educators

Practice-oriented Presentation (30-minutes)

Encouraging students to participate in Q&A after peer presentations can be challenging, possibly because they have not been taught how. This session proposes ways to scaffold active participation by introducing question types and strategies to address difficulties. Drawing on systemic functional linguistics (SFL), these are categorized according to how they extend meaning to support knowledge...

181. High School Feedback: Linked to Attitudes, Not Proficiency

Junko Takatori (Juntendo University)

11/22/26, 9:40 AM

CUE: College and University Educators

Research-oriented Presentation (30-minutes)

283. Jibun Nara Dekiru!: Self-Talk and Emotion in EFL Speeches

Dawn Kobayashi (Onomichi City University)

11/22/26, 10:15 AM

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PIE: Performance in Education

Research-oriented Presentation (30-minutes)

How do students feel when delivering speeches in EFL classes? This presentation reports on Japanese university students’ emotional reactions and self-talk during a speech task. The study employs qualitative analysis of written reflections from 132 first-year students to explore learners’ emotions and examples of self-talk following a speech task. The presenter will discuss the factors...