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HomeDeveloping Metapragmatic Awareness in English Courses at TGUP Global Traction Universities in Japan
Saturday, July 19th, 2025, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: Dylan Brown
Most English teachers don't have the time or inclination to go into pragmatics, and given the fact that we live in a world where global Englishes and English as a lingua franca increasingly predominate over native-speaker norms, it may be of questionable worth anyway. But because of this very likelihood that students will encounter Englishes other than the textbook variety if they travel, it makes sense to raise their awareness about pragmatics. This presentation will explore ways of preparing our students to navigate ELF and foreign English immersion scenarios through the development of metapragmatic awareness.
Dylan Lawson Brown is from South Africa. His various stints on JET, eikaiwa and presently dispatch for Fukuoka BOE add up to a total of fifteen years of teaching in Japan. He has recently completed a MEd (TESOL) with the University of Dundee and this presentation is based on his dissertation.
Location: Elgala (Daimaru East) Building, Tenjin (6 F, Kurume University Satellite Campus room; go in the back entrance shown on the map). From Hakata, take the Nanakuma Subway Line to Tenjin-Minami Station, exit 4. If you haven't been to this location before, please note that the entrance is NOT through the department store, it is around the back from the department store entrances, here: https://goo.gl/maps/hj8VXmpfjAykeXBV9.
Click here to watch a video showing the venue location.
Organization: Fukuoka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (Fukuoka JALT)
Cost: JALT Members: free
Non-members: free (the first half of this event is sponsored by Cengage Learning)
Venue: Online: Click here. In person: Elgala (Daimaru East), Tenjin (6F, Kurume University Satellite Campus), back door, map Near Tenjin-Minami Station (Nanakuma)
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
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