Critical Thinking SIG of JALT:

Critical Thinking in the Classroom 2025

Date: Saturday, August 2nd, 2025 Time: 9:45 AM - 4:10 PM

Speaker: Nicholas Bufton (plenary speaker) and many other speakers

Description:
Critical Thinking in the Classroom 2025, the annual conference of the JALT Critical Thinking SIG, will be help on August 2nd, 2025, at the Neyagawa Campus of Setsunan University (located between Kyoto and Osaka). This year we are holding it in association with the JALT Kyoto Chapter and Ludic Language Pedagogy. It will feature nearly 30 presentations on critical thinking in language learning courses. The aim of this conference is to provide an opportunity for researchers and educators to share their research, methods, approaches, materials, and activities for encouraging critical thinking and the use of higher order thinking skills in the language learning classroom.

Registration for this conference is now open. Use the link below to register: https://forms.gle/1VRmQcJmHbm5C6nm6

Conference fees will be paid in cash at the registration desk on the day of the conference. To ensure that you receive a printed name card, please register by July 30th. Late registrations and walk-up registrations are possible, but you will receive a handwritten name card rather than a printed one.

Please check the conference website below for details: https://ct-sig.jalt.org/events/

Organization: Critical Thinking Special Interest Group, Japan Association for Language Teaching (Critical Thinking SIG of JALT)

Cost: JALT Members: 1000 yen (member students: 500 yen)
Non-members: 2000 yen (non-member students: 1000 yen)

Venue: Setsunan University, Neyagawa Campus, Building 3, Neyagawa City, Osaka Prefecture (map)

Location: Neyagawa City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Contact Critical Thinking SIG of JALT

Website: ct-sig.jalt.org/