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Collaboration Across Borders 2026: A Fukuoka JALT – Busan-Gyeongsang-Daegu KOTESOL Joint Symposium

September 12, 2026
Asia/Tokyo timezone

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  1. 1. Plenary Session 1
    Sunao Fukunaga (Kyushu Institute of Technology)
    9/12/26, 10:00 AM

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  2. 3. Concurrent 1: BGD KOTESOL
    Bryan Meadows (Yongsan International School of Seoul)
    9/12/26, 11:10 AM
  3. 10. Concurrent 1: JALT Fukuoka
    9/12/26, 11:10 AM
  4. 11. Concurrent 2: JALT Fukuoka
    9/12/26, 11:50 AM
  5. 17. Student Showcase 1
    9/12/26, 11:50 AM
  6. 4. Thibault: Shades of Cultural Adjustment: From Pink to 3-D
    Natalie Thibault (Wonkwang University)
    9/12/26, 11:50 AM

    As expats in a foreign country, how can we adapt to a new environment? How can we make sense of unfamiliar social codes, connect with others, and thrive? As educators, how can we connect better with students from different cultural backgrounds and bridge our cultural differences?

    EFL teachers in Korea and Japan have all faced these questions. This presentation is designed to offer some...

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  7. 12. Concurrent 3: JALT Fukuoka
    9/12/26, 12:30 PM
  8. 18. Student Showcase 2
    9/12/26, 12:30 PM
  9. 5. Svoboda: The Existential ELT Classroom: Yalom’s Givens and the Pedagogy of Care
    Daniel Svoboda (KOTESOL - Hankuk University of Foreign Studies)
    9/12/26, 12:30 PM

    This workshop explores how Irvin Yalom’s four existential givens—mortality, freedom, isolation, and meaning—can serve as powerful lenses for expanding empathy within ELT. We examine how these profound human themes can recalibrate our pedagogical stance and collegial relations, foregrounding an active ethic of care and mutual regard. By re-contextualising these givens for the EFL classroom, we...

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  10. 13. Concurrent 4: JALT Fukuoka
    9/12/26, 2:00 PM
  11. 6. Hollander, Slagle & Washington: Cultural Context in the Classroom
    KC Washington (BusanGD KOTESOL), Maiah Hollander (KOTESOL), Sarah Slagle
    9/12/26, 2:00 PM

    Accessing a culture that you don’t have the context for is fraught with challenges that range from minor slip-ups to major
    faux pas. But it can also give opportunities to grow understanding, inspiration, and consideration for others. As educators,
    building the context around culture is crucial to allow students to explore subjects safely and gain perspectives that
    challenge them.

    In...

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  12. 19. Student Showcase 3
    9/12/26, 2:00 PM
  13. 14. Concurrent 5: JALT Fukuoka
    9/12/26, 2:40 PM
  14. 7. Kester: Peace Education in Challenging Times (Hybrid)
    Kevin Kester (Seoul National University)
    9/12/26, 2:40 PM

    Peace education faces profound challenges amid accelerating geopolitical instability, economic inequality, environmental crises, and growing critiques of its intellectual foundations. These developments raise urgent questions about the aims, justifications, epistemologies, and methodologies of the field. This presentation examines these challenges through emerging scholarship on affective,...

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  15. 20. Student Showcase 4
    9/12/26, 2:40 PM
  16. 15. Concurrent 6: JALT Fukuoka
    9/12/26, 3:20 PM
  17. 8. Ford: Creative Collaboration Across Borders Through Video Haiku
    Ashley Ford (Nagoya City University)
    9/12/26, 3:20 PM

    The Reel Voices Language Learning Film Festival is an annual online event in which language learners from Japan, Korea, and all over the world are invited to create short films, and come together virtually to watch, discuss, and celebrate one another’s work. As part of this event, The Reel Challenge, a short-video contest for first-time filmmakers, is held with a special theme. This year's...

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  18. 21. Student Showcase 5
    9/12/26, 3:20 PM
  19. 16. Concurrent 7: JALT Fukuoka
    9/12/26, 4:00 PM
  20. 9. Kudaibergenov: Who Gets to Teach? Identity, Power, and Legitimacy in Korean ELT
    Dr Meerbek Kudaibergenov (Seoul National University of Science and Technology)
    9/12/26, 4:00 PM

    Who gets to teach English in South Korea, and what determines who is viewed as a legitimate English teacher? This presentation synthesizes findings from a program of research on transnational English teachers in Korean ELT. It examines how teachers negotiate professional identity and legitimacy within a system shaped by native-speaker ideologies, racialized hiring practices, and institutional...

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  21. 22. Student Showcase 6
    9/12/26, 4:00 PM
  22. 2. Plenary Session
    Nathanael Rudolph (Kindai University (近畿大学))
    9/12/26, 4:40 PM