This year the CT SIG will be participating in the JALTCALL conference, taking place from May 17th to May 19th, 2024, at Meijo University, Nagoya (Dome Mae Campus).  We would like to invite everyone to join us, as it promises to be an engaging event, featuring over one hundred and fifty presentations, with contributors both …

We’d like to invite everyone to join us for the Critical Thinking SIG Forum being held at PanSIG 2024, which is taking place at the Fukui University of Technology in Fukui, Japan from May 24th to May 26th, 2024. Six speakers will present on diverse approaches to critical thinking in language education. The featured speakers …

On March 26th, the JALT College and University Educators SIG (CUE SIG) hosted an online event called Materials Making March with the Material Writers SIG (MW SIG) and the Critical Thinking SIG (CT SIG). The presentation from the MW SIG was delivered by Rachel Patterson from Kindai University. The title of her presentation was Corporate …

With the new school year starting shortly, it is time to think about making new materials for our courses. With this in mind, the College and University Educators SIG (CUE SIG) is hosting, along with the collaboration of the Critical Thinking SIG and the Material Writers SIG, an online event called Materials-Making March. This free …

Dear all, We are now accepting proposals for presenters at the CT SIG Forum being held face-to-face at JALT 2024 in Shizuoka. This year, we are seeking proposals on either research or classroom practice related topics covering any aspect of critical thinking. Some possible topics are higher-order thinking skills, thinking dispositions, evidence-based thinking, problem solving, …

From PanSIG: Dear SIG Members, We hope you are all well. This is a friendly reminder. The PanSIG 2024 submission deadline is January 14th. If you want to present, please check the information below. We are looking forward to reading your proposals. Good luck with the writing. We have an abstract writing workshop on Jan …

Greetings and a Happy New Year to all you critical thinkers! We would just like to share that our 2023 issue of Critical Thinking and Language Learning (CTLL) has been uploaded for your reading pleasure. We hope you will give it a read as we have some very interesting takes on CT in EFL and …

The JALT Critical Thinking SIG (CT SIG) is accepting proposals for a presentation at JALTCALL 2024 to be held at Meijo University Nagoya Dome-Mae Campus from May 17, 2024 to May 19, 2024. Your submission should touch on both critical thinking in some form and the interests of the CALL SIG. If you are unfamiliar …

Metacognitive Tasks as Critical Thinking with L2 Writing Assignments When presenting L2 learners with writing assignments and tests, it is important to assist them in more than just learning syntax and lexical items. Learners might not necessarily internalize teacher feedback and correction when they review completed assignments. As an opportunity to enhance learning in L2 …

PanSIG 2024 will be held at Fukui University of Technology from May 24th to May 26th. The Critical Thinking SIG is planning to hold a forum at PanSIG 2024, so we are accepting submissions from those who are interested in presenting their research or classroom practice related to any aspect of critical thinking in education. …