Okinawa JALT
March 1, 2025 (Saturday) 18:00~19:30
Okinawa Prefecture Gender Equality Center (Tiruru)
Presenting Off-Script: Socio-Emotional and Embodied Cognitive Scaffolding
Joseph Falout (Nihon University)
Students entering undergraduate and graduate programs have difficulty presenting advanced ideas in English without following premade scripts. They can struggle speaking off-script during formal presentations at any length, brief question and answer follow-ups, or informal small-group discussions. This workshop introduces five pedagogical features that you can incorporate into your lessons—no matter what ages or levels you are teaching—to foster student abilities to speak smoothly off-script. These five features are: (1) Teamwork strategies, (2) Improvisation practice, (3) Paralinguistics focus, (4) Open templates, and (5) Coaching as a process. Experience something fresh and useful to bring back to your students.
Joseph Falout, an associate professor at Nihon University, received multiple awards from his school for teaching contributions and from JALT for his research. He authored or co-authored 60-plus academic works on psychology in language learning, notably on: (1) demotivation-to-remotivation processes, (2) classroom group dynamics with Ideal Classmates Priming, and (3) teaching and researching with Critical Participatory Looping.
