Critical Thinking SIG of JALT Archive

This is an archive of all of the past events of Critical Thinking Special Interest Group, Japan Association for Language Teaching on ELT Calendar.

December 20th (Saturday) 2025
IMPACT 2025 Integrating Multimodal Projects with Art and Critical Thinking
Speaker: Hosted by Craig Mertens (Kwansei Gakuin University) and Todd Hooper (Setsunan University); call for presentations due November 11th, 2025
Location: Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture

August 2nd (Saturday) 2025
Critical Thinking in the Classroom 2025
Speaker: Nicholas Bufton (plenary speaker) and many other speakers
Location: Neyagawa City, Osaka Prefecture

August 3rd (Saturday) 2024
Critical Thinking in the Classroom 2024
Speaker: Call for presentations due June 7 (extended deadline)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

June 21st (Sunday) 2020
JALT PanSIG 2020 Conference Online (day 2 of 2)
Speaker: See the PanSIG website for details
Location: Online, Online Events

June 20th (Saturday) 2020
JALT PanSIG 2020 Conference (ONLINE)
Speaker: See the PanSIG website for details
Location: Online, Online Events

February 2nd (Sunday) 2020
2020 JALT Hokkaido Winter Language Teaching Conference (day 2 of 2)
Speaker: Speakers from JALT Hokkaido Chapter, JALT Brain SIG, Critical Thinking SIG, and PIE (Performance in Education) SIGs
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

February 1st (Saturday) 2020
2020 JALT Hokkaido Winter Language Teaching Conference: Getting Creative: Avenues to Successful Practices in EFL
Speaker: Speakers from JALT Hokkaido Chapter, JALT Brain SIG, Critical Thinking SIG, and PIE (Performance in Education) SIGs
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

May 19th (Sunday) 2019
PanSIG 2019 Conference (day 2 of 2)
Speaker: Call for papers due December 22, 2018
Location: Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture

May 18th (Saturday) 2019
PanSIG 2019 Conference (day 1 of 2)
Speaker: Call for papers due December 22, 2018
Location: Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture

May 20th (Sunday) 2018
PanSIG 2018 Conference (day 2 of 2)
Speaker: Call for papers due January 15, 2018
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

May 19th (Saturday) 2018
JALT PanSIG 2018 Conference (day 1 of 2)
Speaker: Call for papers due January 15, 2018
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

September 24th (Sunday) 2017
Tokyo JALT Presents: Critical Thinking SIG and Brain SIG Conference
Speaker: TBA
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

May 21st (Sunday) 2017
PanSIG 2017 Conference (day 2 of 2)
Speaker: Many great speakers!
Location: Akita City, Akita Prefecture

May 20th (Saturday) 2017
PanSIG 2017 Conference (day 1 of 2)
Speaker: Many great speakers!
Location: Akita City, Akita Prefecture

May 22nd (Sunday) 2016
PanSIG 2016 Conference (day 3 of 4)
Speaker: Many presenters
Location: Nago City, Okinawa Prefecture

May 21st (Saturday) 2016
PanSIG 2016 Conference (day 2 of 4)
Speaker: Many speakers
Location: Nago City, Okinawa Prefecture

May 19th (Sunday) 2013
JALT PanSIG2013: From Many, One: Collaboration, Cooperation, and Community (day 2 of 2)
Speaker: Plenary speaker Judith Hanks; Call for papers due February 15th, 2013
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

May 18th (Saturday) 2013
JALT PanSIG2013: From Many, One: Collaboration, Cooperation, and Community
Speaker: Plenary speaker Judith Hanks; Call for papers due February 15th, 2013
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

July 8th (Sunday) 2012
Mini-conference: Thinking Critically
Speaker: James Crocker, David Kluge, James Matchett, Steve Quasha, and Ken Slater
Location: Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture

June 17th (Sunday) 2012
The 11th Annual JALT Pan-SIG Conference 2012
Speaker: Plenary speakers Thomas Cobb (University of Quebec in Montreal), Hiromi Nagao (Hiroshima Jogakuin University), Toshihiko Shiotsu (Kurume University)
Location: Higashihiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture

June 16th (Saturday) 2012
The 11th Annual JALT Pan-SIG Conference 2012
Speaker: Plenary speakers Thomas Cobb (University of Quebec in Montreal), Hiromi Nagao (Hiroshima Jogakuin University), Toshihiko Shiotsu (Kurume University)
Location: Higashihiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture