JALT 2022 Report and Upcoming Events

Hello critical thinkers!

We have quite a few updates from the recent CT SIG Forum, as well as several upcoming events.

 

JALT CT SIG Forum 2022

The JALT CT SIG Forum was a big success!  We had an average of fifteen attendees per session with four presenters.  A big thank you to everyone who was involved.

Our officer election also took place at the JALT CT SIG AGM.  All the officers were reelected.  These are:

  • Coordinator: James Dunn
  • Treasurer: Hiroshi Nakagawa
  • Program: Todd Hooper
  • Membership: Wayne Devitte
  • Publication: Curtis Chu
  • PR: Wayne Malcolm
  • In addition, Adam Pritchard became our Webmaster.

 

CTLL Journal Volume Nine

We are also very happy to announce that the latest volume of our peer-reviewed journal will be out this month.  Please head to our CTLL page and download it for free!

 

Upcoming Events

DECEMBER:

Join us at the JALT CT SIG 2022 Tohoku ELT Expo event in Sendai.  We will have presenters covering various Critical Thinking subjects.

Time: Sunday, December 11th, from 9:30 – 17:30. 

Location: St. Ursula Eichi Elementary School.

For the schedule and further information, please visit: https://jalt.org/event/sendai/22-12-11

 

FEBRUARY:

Join us at the 2023 JALT Hokkaido Winter Language Teaching Conference.  We have three presenters, again discussing a variety of Critical Thinking related topics.

Time: February 4th and 5th (CT SIG speakers on 5th)

Time: Sunday February 5th

Location: Hokkai-Gakuen University

 

CALL FOR PRESENTERS CT SIG Forum:

Finally, we are now accepting proposals for presenters at the JALT PanSIG, being held May 12th – 14th at Kyoto Sango University.  The deadline for CT SIG proposals will be January 10th, 2023.  More information on the call for presenters will be coming to your email soon!