This site introduces the international conference on the SMILE Project and Intercultural Communication Education (SPICE) and the International Workshop Initiative for Teachers (I-WIT). The SPICE conference and the I-WIT are hosted by workshop initiatives on language learning (WILL) and co-sponsors.
SPICE 2025
SPICE 2025 is the fifth international conference focusing on intercultural communication and foreign language education, the utilization of ICT, and the development of new educational programs. The main objective of SPICE is to bring together researchers and teachers from language and communication education to encourage the exchange of ideas and experiences. The SPICE conference seeks original contributions in all relevant areas, including but not limited to the following topics.
- Collaborative and Cooperative Language Learning
- International and Intercultural Communication Education
- International and Intercultural Cooperative Studies
- Online Communication Activities and Classes
- Ideas and Practices of Global Education
- Practical Language Education Among Learners with Diverse Language and Cultural Backgrounds
- Project-Based Learning and Language Education
- Application Programs for Intercultural Understanding
- Pedagogical Methods for Global Communication Education
- Observation and Formative Feedback in Online Courses
- ICT-based Data Collection Through Online Courses
The main event is the practical reports from the international collaborative pairs of “the SMILE1 project” implemented from April 2024 to February 2025. Previous meetings were held as follows:
- SPICE 2024 was held at National Kaohsiung Normal University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, and online
- SPICE 2023 was held at Chuo University, Tokyo, Japan, and online.
- SPICE 2022 was held online.
- SPICE 2021 was held online.
I-WIT 2025
I-WIT 2025 is the second International Workshop Initiative for Teachers, where participants from Japan and other countries will share experiences with local high school teachers. Teachers from Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia, Korea, and other countries are warmly invited and encouraged to attend. The workshop will be conducted primarily in English, but support will be available in Japanese when necessary.
Previous meetings were held as follows:
- I-WIT 2024 was held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
- SMILE: Students Meet Internationally through Language Education (Cf. https://kotoba-kobo.jp/en/smile-2/） ↩︎
Japanese translations of the introduction to SPICE 2025 & I-WIT 2025 for those who can not understand English.
SPICE 2025
SPICE2025は、異文化間コミュニケーションと外国語教育、ICTの活用、新しい教育プログラムの開発に焦点を当てた第5回国際会議です。SPICEの主な目的は、言語・コミュニケーション教育の研究者や教師が一堂に会し、アイデアや経験の交換を促進することです。SPICE会議では、以下のトピックを含みますが、これに限定されない、あらゆる関連分野における独創的な貢献を求めています。
- 共同・協調的言語学習
- 国際・異文化コミュニケーション教育
- 国際・異文化協力研究
- オンライン・コミュニケーション活動と授業
- グローバル教育の理念と実践
- 多様な言語・文化的背景を持つ学習者における実践的言語教育
- プロジェクト学習と言語教育
- 異文化理解のための応用プログラム
- グローバルコミュニケーション教育の教育方法
- オンライン授業における参与観察と形成的フィードバック
- オンライン授業を通じたICTを活用したデータ収集
I-WIT 2025
I-WIT 2025は、日本を含む各国からの参加者が地元の高校教師と経験を共有する、第2回教師のための国際ワークショップ・イニシアチブです。日本、台湾、タイ、インドネシア、韓国、その他の国々からの先生方のご参加をお待ちしております。ワークショップは主に英語で行われますが、必要に応じて日本語でのサポートも可能です。