19th August, Tuesday

 

08.30 – Registration

 

09.30 – 10.10: Opening Ceremony

 

10.10 – 11.25: First Plenary Session 

               Room 1301: Suwako Uehara - Empowering language learners with AI: A humanistic and sustainable  approach

 

11.25 – 11.45: Coffee break

 

11.45 – 12.30: Workshop Session 1
               Room 1302: Bradley Irwin - Developing a technology-mediated peer feedback system for EFL speaking classes
               Room 1303: Joël Laurier - Using cooperative learning to role up your sleeves and flex those educational muscles
               Room 1304: Magda Kitano - Revisiting the student perspective with minimalist language toki pona
               Room 1305: Dax Thomas - Tabletop roleplaying games in the university EFL classroom

               Room 1306: Brent Culligan - (Kinseido)  Practical activities and ideas for developing critical thinking skills

               Room 1308: Basil Tonks and Mitsuru Sakurada - (EduLinX) Innovations in speaking assessment and training: AI tools and new virtual offerings

               Room 1309: Justin Hunt - (Poodll) What is Poodll?

 

12.30 – 13.30: Lunch 

 

13.35 – 14.50: Second Plenary Session 

               Room 1301: Chiyuki Yanase - Human-centered language education in the age of AI

 

14.55 – 15.40: Workshop Session 2
               Room 1301: Royanne Doi (TELL Japan) - Mental health support and resources for teachers, students, and others
               Room 1303: Josh Kidd & Rory Banwell - Empowering Students through project-based learning
               Room 1304: Valentina Holubeva - Evaluation in teaching english: Inside out
               Room 1305: David Chapman - Enhancing english lessons with multidisciplinary games

               Room 1306: Chelanna White (JALT) - Reflect & connect: Introducing autoethnography

               Room 1308: George Kokolas (Express Publishing) - Beyond language: integrating soft skills in english for specific purposes teaching

               Room 1309: Scott Crowe (Nuthouse Publishing) - Get very young learners speaking naturally

 

15.45 – 16.00: Coffee break

 

16.00 – 16.40: Poster Session (Annex)

             Charlie Browne - NGSL project vocabulary learning for success

             Ty Conner - Teaching reading to non-native speakers

             Nicholas DiNunzio & David Chapman - Assessment: Are we all on the same page?

             Douglas Gloag - Game-based learning in higher education: Unlocking communication through board games

             Wayne Malcolm (JALT) - Visualizing my personal journey as leader, follower, and colleague: Instructive elements

             Forrest Nelson - Using AI to promote noticing and reflection

             Roberto Soto Prado - Check it yourself! - Designing low-tech self-checking worksheets 

             Marge Joseph Sardo - Engaging students in English learning: Using quizizz and ClassPoint for interactive teaching

             Suwako Uehara - The International Week initiative at the University of Electro-Communications: Reflections and the role of AI

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16.45 – 17.30: Workshop Session 3

               Room 1301: Jerry Talandis Jr. & Theron Muller - Balancing AI and human agency: integrating generative AI into teaching English writing
               Room 1304: Kinsella Valies - Lights, camera, language - Integrating video contests to boost creativity and skills in the classroom

               Room 1305: Brent Culligan - The NGSL Project Toolkit

               Room 1306: Namiko Tsuruta - Career education through CLIL: Creating a portfolio for the dream job
               Room 1308: The EnglishCentral Team (EnglishCentral) - MiMi Chat: An AI Conversation Partner Integrated with Classroom Learning
               

 

19.30 – 21.30: Gala Dinner at Togo Kinenkan, located in the heart of Harajuku.

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20th August, Wednesday

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09.00 – Registration

9.30 – 10.45: Third Plenary Session

              Room 1301: Charlie Browne - Artificial intelligence, human wisdom: Navigating the brave new world of EFL

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10.45 – 11.15: Coffee break

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11.15 – 12.30: Fourth Plenary Session

              Room 1301:  George Kokolas - Positive education and human wisdom in an age of AI

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12.30 – 13.30: Lunch

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13.35 – 14.20: Workshop Session 4

               Room 1301: Akiko Mera & Joseph Dias (Doctors of the World) - Service Learning as part of lifelong learning: “Doctors of the World” as a case study
               Room 1302: Morten Hunke - Opportunities and caveats: Utilising AI in a business English course and reflecting on its usage
               Room 1304: Robert Stroud - Fluency without fear: Strategies for conquering anxiety in language learning
               Room 1305: Sachi Oshima - An approach to improve the oral presentation skills of lower-level Japanese college students
               Room 1306: James York - Making SPACE to play in language teaching

 

14.20 – 14.40: Coffee break

 

14.45 – 15.30: Workshop Session 5
               Room 1301: Jonathan Newton - Leveraging the power of tasks to humanize language teaching and learning in the digital age
               Room 1302: Joseph Dias - Objects of curiosity: Bringing a research mindset into the classroom
               Room 1303: Dinesh Ghimire‬‭ - Multilingual education‬‭ in the global south: Application in language classroom‬

               Room 1304: Ekaterina Matveeva - Unlocking the language alter ego: A transformative approach to multilingual fluency

               Room 1305: Tim Stoeckel - Repeated reading with retelling: An integrated-skills fluency activity

               Room 1309: Rieko Brooks (TELL Japan) - Mental health: What it is and why it matters?

 

15.35 – 16.00: Coffee break

 

16.00 – 17.00: Panel Discussion
              Room 1301: Moderator: Mary Nobuoka
                                     Panelists: Jonathan Newton, George Kokolas, & Royanne Doi

 

17.00 – 18.00: Certificate Ceremony

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21st August, Thursday​

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9.00 - 11.30: Cultural tour