This is an archive of all of the past events of Temple University Japan on ELT Calendar.

• Archive

• 2023

  • February 11th

    Task-Based Language Teaching: Applying Research to Practice

    Dr. Nicole Ziegler (University of Hawaii at Manoa, U.S.A.)

  • February 25th

    CANCELED: Storytelling in Interaction

    Dr. Gabriele Kasper (University of Hawaii at Manoa, U.S.A.)

  • March 4th

    Shadowing: What is it? How to Use and Research it in Class?

    Dr. Yo Hamada (Akita University, Japan)

• 2022

  • January 15th

    Teaching Listening

    Michael Rost, Author, Editor, Teacher Trainer, Researcher, U.S.A.

  • February 12th

    Optimizing Task-based Language Teaching and Learning: Theory, Research, and Pedagogy

    Janire Zalbidea, Temple University, U.S.A.

  • May 14th

    CANCELLED: Task-based Language Teaching: Applying Research to Practice

    Nicole Ziegler (University of Hawaii at Manoa, U.S.A.)

  • July 2nd

    Enhancing the Authenticity of Oral Skills Instruction with Pragmatics

    David Olsher (San Francisco State University, U.S.A.)

  • September 17th

    The Theory and Practice of ELT Today

    Willy A. Renandy (National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

  • October 8th

    Cooperative Learning: Theory, Practice and Research

    George Jacobs (Univeristi Malaya, Malaysia)

• 2021

  • January 23rd

    The Place of Extensive Reading and Listening in an EFL Curriculum

    Rob Waring (Notre Dame Seishin University, Japan)

  • February 13th

    Conversation Analysis and Its Practical Application to Language Teaching

    Donald Carroll (Shikoku Gakuin University)

  • February 20th

    (TUJ Only) Conversation Analysis and Its Practical Application to Language Teaching

    Donald Carroll (Shikoku Gakuin University)

  • February 27th

    Seeking for the Interface between SLA Research and Language Teaching

    Shinichi Izumi (Sophia University)

  • March 6th

    (TUJ Only) Seeking for the Interface between SLA Research and Language Teaching

    Shinichi Izumi (Sophia University)

  • June 12th

    Measuring Productive Lexical Proficiency in Learner Corpora

    Kristopher Kyle (University of Oregon, U. S. A.)

  • June 26th

    Applied Methods for Researching and Teaching L2 Pronunciation

    Alyssa Kermad (California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, U.S.A.)

  • October 16th

    Vocabulary Research in ESP: Raising Issues and Connecting to Practice

    Averil Coxhead (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)

  • October 30th

    L2 Spoken Vocabulary Acquisition, Instruction, and Assessment

    Takumi Uchihara (Waseda University, Japan)

• 2020

  • January 25th

    TUJ Distinguished Lecturer Series: On the Role of Multi-Word Expressions in Language Learning and Use (Tokyo)

    Anna Siyanova (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)

  • February 1st

    TUJ Distinguished Lecturer Series: On the Role of Multi-Word Expressions in Language Learning and Use (Osaka)

    Anna Siyanova (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)

  • February 15th

    TUJ Distinguished Lecturer Series: Psycholinguistics (Tokyo)

    Scott Crossley (Georgia State University, U. S. A.)

  • February 22nd

    TUJ Distinguished Lecturer Series: Psycholinguistics (Osaka)

    Scott Crossley (Georgia State University, U. S. A.)

  • March 14th

    CANCELLED: TUJ Distinguished Lecturer Series: Effective Techniques for Teaching and Learning L2 Writing

    Eli Hinkel (Seattle Pacific University, U. S. A.)

  • March 21st

    CANCELLED: TUJ Distinguished Lecturer Series: Effective Techniques for Teaching and Learning L2 Writing

    Eli Hinkel (Seattle Pacific University, U. S. A.)

  • July 11th

    Teaching English to Young Learners (Osaka seminar, online)

    Mitsue Allen-Tamai (Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan)

  • July 18th

    Teaching English to Young Learners (Tokyo seminar, online)

    Mitsue Allen-Tamai (Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan)

  • October 3rd

    TUJ Distinguished Lecturer Series (Tokyo, Seminar 1): Developing Lexical Competence: From Theory to Classroom Practice to Online Application

    Charles Browne (Meiji Gakuin University, Japan)

  • October 10th

    TUJ Distinguished Lecturer Series (Osaka, Seminar 1): Developing Lexical Competence: From Theory to Classroom Practice to Online Application

    Charles Browne (Meiji Gakuin University, Japan)

  • October 17th

    TUJ Distinguished Lecturer Series (Seminar 2): Using Large Online Corpora for Research, Teaching, and Learning

    Mark E. Davies (Brigham Young University, U.S.A.)

  • November 7th

    TUJ Distinguished Lecturer Series (Seminar 3)-- L2 Vocabulary Acquisition, Learning and Processing: Adopting an Interdisciplinary Perspective

    Irina Elgort (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)

• 2019

  • January 12th

    TUJ Distinguished Lecturer Series: Instructed Second Language Acquisition

    Roy Lyster, Professor Emeritus (McGill University, Canada)

  • January 26th

    TUJ Distinguished Lecturer Series: Instructed Second Language Acquisition

    Roy Lyster, Professor Emeritus (McGill University, Canada)

  • February 16th

    TUJ Distinguished Lecturer Series: Culture in the Language Classroom: Towards an Intercultural Pedagogy for Teaching

    Jonathan Newton (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)

  • February 23rd

    TUJ Distinguished Lecturer Series: Culture in the Language Classroom: Towards an Intercultural Pedagogy for Teaching

    Jonathan Newton (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)

  • March 2nd

    TUJ Distinguished Lecturer Series: Optimizing Second Language Practice in the Classroom: Applying Insights from Cognitive/Educational Psychology to Second Language Learning

    Yuichi Suzuki (Kanagawa University, Japan)

  • March 16th

    TUJ Distinguished Lecturer Series: Optimizing Second Language Practice in the Classroom: Applying Insights from Cognitive/Educational Psychology to Second Language Learning

    Yuichi Suzuki (Kanagawa University, Japan)

  • May 11th

    TUJ Distinguished Lecturer Series: Second Language Pragmatics: Theory, Research, and Pedagogy

    Naoko Taguchi (Carnegie Mellon University, U.S.A.)

  • May 18th

    TUJ Distinguished Lecturer Series: Second Language Pragmatics: Theory, Research, and Pedagogy

    Naoko Taguchi (Carnegie Mellon University, U.S.A.)

  • June 22nd

    TUJ Distinguished Lecturer Series: Issues of (mis)communication in Science and Mathematics Classrooms--the Surprising Importance of Language

    Timothy Fukawa-Connelly (Temple University, U.S.A.)

  • June 29th

    TUJ Distinguished Lecturer Series: Issues of (mis)communication in Science and Mathematics Classrooms--the Surprising Importance of Language

    Timothy Fukawa-Connelly (Temple University, U.S.A.)

  • July 13th

    TUJ Distinguished Lecturer Series: Usage-Based Second Language Acquisition: Implicit and Explicit Learning and Their Interface

    Nick Ellis (University of Michigan, U.S.A.)

  • July 20th

    TUJ Distinguished Lecturer Series: Usage-Based Second Language Acquisition: Implicit and Explicit Learning and Their Interface

    Nick Ellis (University of Michigan, U.S.A.)

  • September 14th

    TUJ Distinguished Lecturer Series: Corpus Use in Education and Research

    Atsushi Mizumoto (Kansai University, Japan)

  • September 21st

    TUJ Distinguished Lecturer Series: Corpus Use in Education and Research

    Atsushi Mizumoto (Kansai University, Japan)

  • October 12th

    TUJ Distinguished Lecturer Series: Analyzing Rating Data Using a Many-Facet Rasch Measurement Approach

    Carol Myford (The University of Illinois at Chicago, U.S.A.)

  • October 19th

    TUJ Distinguished Lecturer Series: Analyzing Rating Data Using a Many-Facet Rasch Measurement Approach

    Carol Myford (The University of Illinois at Chicago, U.S.A.)

  • November 16th

    TUJ Distinguished Lecturer Series: Theory and Practice of Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)

    Mike Bostwick (Katoh Gakuen English Immersion, Japan)

  • November 23rd

    TUJ Distinguished Lecturer Series: Theory and Practice of Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)

    Mike Bostwick (Katoh Gakuen English Immersion, Japan)

• 2018

  • January 20th

    Learning Grammar through Writing: Practice and Theory

    Natsuko Shintani (Kobe Gakuin University, Japan)

  • January 27th

    Learning Grammar through Writing: Practice and Theory

    Natsuko Shintani (Kobe Gakuin University, Japan)

  • February 3rd

    The 20th Annual Temple University Japan Campus Applied Linguistics Colloquium

    TBA; call for proposals due December 6th

  • February 4th

    The 20th Annual Temple University Japan Campus Applied Linguistics Colloquium (day 2 of 2)

    TBA; call for proposals due December 6th

  • February 10th

    Qualitative and Narrative Approaches to Researching Language Teaching and Learning

    Dr. Gary Barkhuizen (The University of Auckland, New Zealand)

  • February 17th

    Qualitative and Narrative Approaches to Researching Language Teaching and Learning

    Gary Barkhuizen (The University of Auckland, New Zealand)

  • March 3rd

    Teaching English to Young Learners

    Mitsue Allen-Tamai (Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan)

  • March 17th

    Teaching English to Young Learners

    Mitsue Allen-Tamai (Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan)

  • June 16th

    Distinguished Lecturer Series: Task-based Language Teaching and Learning

    Andrea Revesz (University College London, U.K.)

  • June 23rd

    Distinguished Lecturer Series: Task-based Language Teaching and Learning

    Andrea Revesz (University College London, U.K.)

  • June 30th

    Distinguished Lecturer Series: Teaching and Learning Vocabulary

    Paul Nation (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)

  • July 7th

    Distinguished Lecturer Series: Teaching and Learning Vocabulary

    Paul Nation (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)

  • July 14th

    Distinguished Lecturer Series: Lexical Input Processing, the TOPRA Model, and Effective Vocabulary Instruction

    Joe Barcroft (Washington University in St. Louis, U.S.A.)

  • July 21st

    Distinguished Lecturer Series: Lexical Input Processing, the TOPRA Model, and Effective Vocabulary Instruction

    Joe Barcroft (Washington University in St. Louis, U.S.A.)

  • September 22nd

    Age-related Factors in Second Language Learning (in Tokyo)

    David Singleton (University of Pannonia, Hungary)

  • September 29th

    Age-related Factors in Second Language Learning (in Osaka)

    David Singleton (University of Pannonia, Hungary)

  • October 20th

    Understanding Language Course Design as a Problem-Solving Process (in Tokyo)

    David Crabbe (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)

  • October 27th

    Understanding Language Course Design as a Problem-Solving Process (in Osaka)

    David Crabbe (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)

  • November 10th

    Formulaic Language in Applied Linguistics and TESOL (in Tokyo)

    David Wood (Carleton University, Canada)

  • November 17th

    Formulaic Language in Applied Linguistics and TESOL (in Osaka)

    David Wood (Carleton University, Canada)

• 2017

  • May 13th

    TUJ Tokyo Distinguished Lecturer Series: Invariant Measurement with Rasch Models for Rater-Mediated Assessments

    George Engelhard (The University of Georgia, U.S.A.)

  • May 20th

    TUJ Osaka Distinguished Lecturer Series: Invariant Measurement with Rasch Models for Rater-Mediated Assessments

    George Engelhard (The University of Georgia, U.S.A.)

  • June 17th

    TUJ Tokyo Distinguished Lecturer Series: Cognitive and Corpus Linguistics-Inspired Approaches to Lexico-Grammar Instruction

    Dilin Liu (University of Alabama, U.S.A.)

  • June 24th

    TUJ Osaka Distinguished Lecturer Series: Cognitive and Corpus Linguistics-Inspired Approaches to Lexico-Grammar Instruction

    Dilin Liu (University of Alabama, U.S.A.)

  • July 1st

    TUJ Osaka Distinguished Lecturer Series: Oral Corrective Feedback in Language Pedagogy and SLA

    Rod Ellis (Curtin University, Australia)

  • July 8th

    TUJ Tokyo Distinguished Lecturer Series: Oral Corrective Feedback in Language Pedagogy and SLA

    Rod Ellis (Curtin University, Australia)

  • September 30th

    Researching L2 Pronunciation

    Murray Munro (Simon Fraser University, Canada)

  • October 21st

    CANCELLED: Understanding Language Course Design as a Problem-Solving Process

    David Crabbe (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)

  • October 28th

    CANCELLED: Understanding Language Course Design as a Problem-Solving Process

    David Crabbe (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)

• 2016

  • February 20th

    TUJ Tokyo Distinguished Lecturer Series: The Practice of Teaching Speaking

    Jonathan Newton (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)

  • February 27th

    TUJ Osaka Distinguished Lecturer Series: The Practice of Teaching Speaking

    Jonathan Newton (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)

  • March 5th

    TUJ Tokyo Distinguished Lecturer Series: Instructed Second Language Acquisition: How Effective is It?

    Shawn Loewen (Michigan State University, U.S.A.)

  • March 12th

    TUJ Osaka Distinguished Lecturer Series: Instructed Second Language Acquisition: How Effective is it?

    Shawn Loewen (Michigan State University, U.S.A.)

• 2015

  • April 4th

    TUJ Tokyo Distinguished Lecturer Series: Language Learning Motivation and Its Assessment

    Zoltan Dornyei (University of Nottingham, U.K.)

  • April 11th

    TUJ Osaka Distinguished Lecturer Series: Language Learning Motivation and Its Assessment

    Zoltan Dornyei (University of Nottingham, U.K.)

  • May 23rd

    TUJ Tokyo Distinguished Lecturer Series: Applications of Corpus Linguistics in Language Materials Design and In-Class Teaching and Learning

    Laurence Anthony (Waseda University, Japan)

  • May 30th

    TUJ Osaka Distinguished Lecturer Series: Applications of Corpus Linguistics in Language Materials Design and In-Class Teaching and Learning

    Laurence Anthony (Waseda University, Japan)

  • June 13th

    TUJ Tokyo Distinguished Lecturer Series: Reflective Practice for Language Teachers

    Thomas Farrell (Brock University, Canada)

  • June 20th

    TUJ Osaka Distinguished Lecturer Series: Reflective Practice for Language Teachers

    Thomas Farrell (Brock University, Canada)

  • July 4th

    TUJ Tokyo Distinguished Lecturer Series: Developing and Promoting Learners' Ability to Understand Real-world Spoken English

    Elvis Wagner (Temple University, U.S.A.)

  • July 11th

    TUJ Osaka Distinguished Lecturer Series: Developing and Promoting Learners' Ability to Understand Real-world Spoken English

    Elvis Wagner (Temple University, U.S.A.)

  • October 24th

    TUJ Tokyo Distinguished Lecturer Series: English for Specific Purposes

    Jean Parkinson (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)

  • October 31st

    TUJ Osaka Distinguished Lecturer Series: English for Specific Purposes

    Jean Parkinson (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)

  • November 7th

    TUJ Tokyo Distinguished Lecturer Series: Selection, Acquisition and Testing of L2 Vocabulary: the Old and the New

    Batia Laufer (University of Haifa, Israel)

  • November 14th

    TUJ Osaka Distinguished Lecturer Series: Selection, Acquisition and Testing of L2 Vocabulary: the Old and the New

    Batia Laufer (University of Haifa, Israel)

• 2014

  • February 1st

    Distinguished Lecturer Series (Spring 2014, Seminar 1): Vocabulary and English for Specific Purposes

    Averil Coxhead (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)

  • February 8th

    The 16th Annual Temple University Japan Campus Applied Linguistics Colloquium

    Various presenters

  • February 9th

    The 16th Annual Temple University Japan Campus Applied Linguistics Colloquium

    Various presenters

  • September 6th

    TUJ Tokyo Distinguished Lecturer Series: Research-based Curriculum and Pedagogy in Second Language Writing

    Eli Hinkel (Seattle Pacific University, U.S.A.)

  • September 13th

    TUJ Osaka Distinguished Lecturer Series: Research-based Curriculum and Pedagogy in Second Language Writing

    Eli Hinkel (Seattle Pacific University, U.S.A.)

  • September 27th

    TUJ Tokyo Distinguished Lecturer Series: Crosslinguistic Influence

    Scott Jarvis (Ohio University, U.S.A.)

  • October 4th

    TUJ Osaka Distinguished Lecturer Series: Crosslinguistic Influence

    Scott Jarvis (Ohio University, U.S.A.)

  • November 1st

    TUJ Tokyo Distinguished Lecturer Series: Computer-assisted Language Learning

    Irina Elgort (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)

  • November 8th

    TUJ Osaka Distinguished Lecturer Series: Computer-assisted Language Learning

    Irina Elgort (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)

• 2012

  • February 12th

    The 14th Annual Temple University, Japan Campus Applied Linguistics Colloquium

    call for papers due December 1st

  • February 18th

    TUJ Tokyo Distinguished Lecturer Series: A Learning Orientation to Classroom-Based Language Assessment

    James E. Purpura (Teachers College, Columbia University)

  • February 25th

    TUJ Osaka Distinguished Lecturer Series: A Learning Orientation to Classroom-Based Language Assessment

    James E. Purpura (Teachers College, Columbia University)

  • March 24th

    TUJ Tokyo Distinguished Lecturer Series: Motivation and Autonomy in Language Learning: Theory, Practice and Research

    Ema Ushioda (University of Warwick, UK)

  • March 31st

    TUJ Osaka Distinguished Lecturer Series: Motivation and Autonomy in Language Learning: Theory, Practice and Research

    Ema Ushioda (University of Warwick, UK)

  • September 22nd

    TUJ Osaka Distinguished Lecturer Series: The Architecture of Assessment

    Glenn Fulcher (University of Leicester)

  • September 29th

    TUJ Tokyo Distinguished Lecturer Series: The Architecture of Assessment

    Glenn Fulcher (University of Leicester)

  • October 6th

    TUJ Osaka Distinguished Lecturer Series: Autonomy in Language Learning

    Phil Benson (Hong Kong Institute of Education)

  • October 20th

    TUJ Tokyo Distinguished Lecturer Series: Autonomy in Language Learning

    Phil Benson (Hong Kong Institute of Education)

  • October 27th

    TUJ Osaka Distinguished Lecturer Series: Researching Lexis and Reading On-Line

    Tom Cobb (University of Quebec)

  • November 3rd

    TUJ Tokyo Distinguished Lecturer Series: Researching Lexis and Reading On-Line

    Tom Cobb (University of Quebec)

• 2011

  • August 13th

    TUJ Osaka Distinguished Lecturer Series: Classroom Interaction and Language Learner Participation

    David Olsher (San Francisco State University)

  • October 8th

    TUJ Osaka Distinguished Lecturer Series: ESP for EFL Environments: Concepts, Convenient Tools, and Challenges

    Judy Noguchi

  • October 22nd

    TUJ Tokyo Distinguished Lecturer Series: ESP for EFL Environments: Concepts, Convenient Tools, and Challenges

    Judy Noguchi

  • November 5th

    TUJ Tokyo Distinguished Lecturer Series: Developing Second Language Skills: A Complex Endeavor of Knowledge Integration

    Robert Dekeyser (University of Maryland)

  • November 12th

    TUJ Osaka Distinguished Lecturer Series: Developing Second Language Skills: A Complex Endeavor of Knowledge Integration

    Robert Dekeyser (University of Maryland)

• 2010

  • February 14th

    The 12th Annual Temple University Japan Osaka Center Applied Linguistics Colloquium

    Call for papers deadline is December 15, 2009

• 2009

  • May 23rd

    TUJ Tokyo Distinguished Lecturer Series (Seminar 1): Interlanguage Pragmatics

    Rod Ellis

  • May 30th

    TUJ Osaka Distinguished Lecturer Series (Seminar 1): Interlanguage Pragmatics

    Rod Ellis

  • June 20th

    TUJ Osaka Distinguished Lecturer Series (Seminar 2): Teaching, Learning, and Researching Vocabulary

    Stuart Webb (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)

  • June 27th

    TUJ Tokyo Distinguished Lecturer Series (Seminar 2): Teaching, Learning, and Researching Vocabulary

    Stuart Webb (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)

  • July 4th

    TUJ Osaka Distinguished Lecturer Series (Seminar 3): Class-centered Teaching: A Framework for Understanding the Nature of Effective Language Teaching

    Rose Senior (University of Western Australia)

  • July 18th

    TUJ Tokyo Distinguished Lecturer Series (Seminar 3): Class-centered Teaching: A Framework for Understanding the Nature of Effective Language Teaching

    Rose Senior (University of Western Australia)

• 2008

  • February 10th

    Temple University Japan Applied Linguistics Colloquium 2008

    Call for papers due December 10, 2007

  • February 16th

    Distinguished Lecturer Series (Seminar 2): Current Perspectives on Task-Based Language Teaching

    Rod Ellis (University of Auckland)

  • February 23rd

    Distinguished Lecturer Series (Seminar 2): Current Perspectives on Task-Based Language Teaching

    Rod Ellis (University of Auckland)

  • March 15th

    Distinguished Lecturer Series (Seminar 2): Current Perspectives on Task-Based Language Teaching

    Rod Ellis (University of Auckland)

• 2006

  • September 16th

    Distinguished Lecturer Series (Seminar 1): Education for Bilingualism: Current Issues in Bilingual and Immersion Education in Japan

    Michael Bostwick (Katoh Gakuin, Shizuoka)

  • September 30th

    Distinguished Lecturer Series (Seminar 1, Osaka): ESP (English for Specific Purposes) for EFL Environments: Concepts, Convenient Tools, and Challenges

    Judy Noguchi (Mukogawa University and Osaka Graduate School of Engineering)

  • October 14th

    Distinguished Lecturer Series (Seminar 2, Osaka): Education for Bilingualism: Current Issues in Bilingual and Immersion Education in Japan

    Michael Bostwick (Katoh Gakuin, Shizuoka)

  • October 21st

    Distinguished Lecturer Series (Seminar 2): ESP (English for Specific Purposes) for EFL Environments: Concepts, Convenient Tools, and Challenges

    Judy Noguchi (Mukogawa University and Osaka Graduate School of Engineering)

  • November 18th

    Distinguished Lecturer Series (Seminar 3): Introduction to the Use of Rasch Analysis in Educational Research

    Trevor Bond (Hong Kong Institute of Education)

  • November 25th

    Distinguished Lecturer Series (Seminar 3, Osaka): Introduction to the Use of Rasch Analysis in Educational Research

    Trevor Bond (Hong Kong Institute of Education)

• 2005

  • February 12th

    Affective Processes in Second Language Learning

    Peter MacIntyre (Cape Breton University, Canada)

  • February 13th

    7th TUJ Applied Linguistics Colloquium

    Various speakers

  • February 19th

    Affective Processes in Second Language Learning

    Peter MacIntyre (Cape Breton University, Canada)

  • March 12th

    Issues in Gender and Sexual Identity: What Educators Should Know

    Cynthia Nelson (University of Technology, Sydney, Australia)

  • March 19th

    Issues in Gender and Sexual Identity: What Educators Should Know

    Cynthia Nelson (University of Technology, Sydney, Australia)

  • March 26th

    Researching Second Language Classrooms

    Sandra McKay (San Francisco State University)

  • April 2nd

    Researching Second Language Classrooms

    Sandra McKay (San Francisco State University)

• 2004

  • February 15th

    Temple University Applied Linguistics Colloquium 2004

    Plenary Speaker: Dr. Marshall Childs

  • February 21st

    Introduction to Corpus Linguistics

    Douglas Biber (Northern Arizona University)

  • March 13th

    English for Specific Purposes: Exploring Concepts for EFL Environments

    Judy Noguchi (Mukogawa Women's University, School of Pharmaceutical Science and Osaka University Graduate School of Engineering)

  • March 20th

    Extensive Reading in the Foreign Language Classroom

    George Jacobs (Singapore)

• 2003

  • January 26th

    Words in Mind and Brain: Implications for Vocabulary Acquisition and Instruction

    Nick Ellis, University of Wales

  • February 8th

    Teaching Listening and Speaking: Tasks for Oral Communication

    Patricia Porter, San Francisco State University

  • February 16th

    Temple University 20th Anniversary Applied Linguistics Colloquium

    various

  • March 8th

    Usage-based and Form-focused Second Language Acquisition

    Nick Ellis, University of Wales

  • May 18th

    Misunderstanding Talk: Discourse Approaches to Problematic Interaction

    Gabriele Kasper, University of Hawaii

  • May 24th

    Misunderstanding Talk: Discourse Approaches to Problematic Interaction

    Gabriele Kasper, University of Hawaii

  • June 18th

    The Methodology of Task-Based Teaching

    Rod Ellis, University of Auckland, New Zealand

  • June 21st

    Listening in Language Learning

    Michael Rost, University of California, Berkeley

  • June 28th

    Listening in Language Learning

    Michael Rost, University of California, Berkeley

  • July 5th

    Practical Approaches to Teaching Academic English

    Robin Scarcella, University of California, Irvine

  • July 12th

    Practical Approaches to Teaching Academic English

    Robin Scarcella, University of California, Irvine

  • September 13th

    Cooperative Learning in the Foreign Language Classroom

    George Jacobs

  • September 20th

    Cooperative Learning in the Foreign Language Classroom

    George Jacobs

  • October 25th

    Current Trends in Teaching Vocabulary

    Paul Nation (Victoria University, New Zealand)

  • November 1st

    Current Trends in Teaching Vocabulary

    Paul Nation (Victoria University, New Zealand)

  • November 8th

    Controversies in Teaching Second Language Writing

    Christine Pearson Casanave (Teachers College, Columbia University)

  • November 15th

    Controversies in Teaching Second Language Writing

    Christine Pearson Casanave (Teachers College, Columbia University)

• 2002

  • January 12th

    Teaching English to Young Learners

    Mitsue Allen-Tamai, Bunkyo Women's University

  • January 26th

    Teaching English to Young Learners

    Mitsue Allen-Tamai, Bunkyo Women's University

  • February 17th

    Applied Linguistics Colloquium

    several second language acquisition researchers

  • February 23rd

    Current Perspectives on Pronunciation

    Joan Morley, University of Michigan

  • March 2nd

    Current Perspectives on Pronunciation

    Joan Morley, University of Michigan

  • March 23rd

    University Entrance Examinations in Japan: What Should They Be in the Future?

    James Dean Brown, University of Hawaii

  • March 30th

    University Entrance Examinations in Japan: What Should They Be in the Future?

    James Dean Brown, University of Hawaii

  • June 8th

    Teaching and Learning Vocabulary

    Paul Nation, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

  • June 15th

    Teaching and Learning Vocabulary

    Paul Nation, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

  • June 22nd

    Discourse Analysis and the Language Classroom

    Noel Houck, California State University, Long Beach

  • June 29th

    Discourse Analysis and the Language Classroom

    Noel Houck, California State University, Long Beach

  • July 4th

    Current Controversies and Some Conjectures

    Stephen Krashen, University of Southern California

  • July 6th

    Current Controversies and Some Conjectures

    Stephen Krashen, University of Southern California

  • September 15th

    Classroom Second Language Acquisition Processes

    Amy Ohta , University of Washington

  • September 21st

    Classroom Second Language Acquisition Processes

    Amy Ohta , University of Washington

  • October 12th

    The Role of Culture in English Teaching

    Sandra McKay, San Francisco State University

  • October 20th

    The Role of Culture in English Teaching

    Sandra McKay, San Francisco State University

  • November 9th

    Language Learning Strategies

    Peter Yongqi Gu, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

  • November 16th

    Language Learning Strategies

    Peter Yongqi Gu, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

• 2001

  • September 15th

    Introduction to the Sociology of Education

    Dr. Yuko Kawanishi, Temple University

  • September 22nd

    Introduction to the Sociology of Education

    Dr. Yuko Kawanishi, Temple University

  • November 3rd

    Pragmatics and Language Teaching

    Dr. Jenny Thomas, University of Wales

  • November 10th

    Pragmatics and Language Teaching

    Dr. Jenny Thomas, University of Wales

  • December 1st

    The Many Uses of Journal Writing

    Dr. Christine Casanave, Keio University

  • December 8th

    The Many Uses of Journal Writing

    Dr. Christine Casanave, Keio University