PanSIG 2023: Listening SIG 2023 Showcase

The JALT PANSIG 2023 conference
PanSIG 2023, Kyoto Sangyo University, Kyoto

Friday 12th – Sunday 14th May 2023

The JALT PanSIG 2023 Conference will take place from May 12th to 14th 2023 at Kyoto Sangyo University (京都産業大学) in Kyoto. It will be a face-to-face event with live broadcast sessions and pre-recorded video presentations.

The theme for PanSIG 2023 is “Looking forward” to sustainable futures in language education. Based on what we have learned through the experiences of recent years, we feel it is time to look forward and focus on what lies ahead, both in terms of expectations and planning. The goal of the conference is to establish and foster connections between people.  We hope to build on the work of other contemporary conferences “(Re)Imagining Language Education” (PanSIG 2022) and “Designing Future Society for Our Lives” (2025 World Expo in Osaka).

Yo Hamada

Overview of shadowing: the theory and practice

In this presentation, a teaching and learning technique called shadowing will be reviewed and a practical demonstration on how to use it in the classroom will be given. In shadowing, learners repeat what they listen to as simultaneously as possible. Practicing shadowing helps learners to improve their listening comprehension and pronunciation skills. The presentation will consist of four parts. First, an overview will detail the basic theoretical background of shadowing, mainly in terms of the listening process and skill acquisition theory. Second, shadowing variations will be shown with examples. A number of shadowing-related activities introduced in different books and studies are occasionally referred to by different names, and some of these variations can become confusing. Therefore, in this presentation, the presenter will explains each shadowing type by demonstration. Third, a sample procedure of how to conduct a shadowing-based class will be introduced. The presenter will also include his own experience of using shadowing in the classroom to help the participants understand the technique better and use it in the classroom effectively.  The presenter will answer questions from the participants throughout and at the end of the presentation.

Yo Hamada is an associate professor at Akita University. He holds a Master’s degree in TESOL from Temple University and a doctoral degree in Education from Hiroshima University. His research areas include listening and pronunciation. He has published Teaching EFL Learners Shadowing for Listening (Routledge Research in Language Education) and more than 20 papers about shadowing.

Dates: May 12th-14th, 2023 (session time to be announced)

Venue: Kyoto Sangyo University, Kyoto

More information: https://jaltlistening.wordpress.com/new-jalt-pansig-2023-2/