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Volume 3, Issue 1 [May, 2007]
 

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Upcoming Conferences and Events

Pan-SIG Annual Conference
Second language Acquisition: Theory and Pedagogy

• Date: May 12 and 13, 2007
• Time: 10am-6pm
• Place: Tohoku Bunka Gakuen University, Sendai
• Details: http://www.eltcalendar.com/events/details/3413
• Eric Skier will present a paper on the effects of inserting elementary pragmatics into English conversation classes for older learners.

CALL (Computer-assisted Language Learning) SIG Annual Conference
CALL: Integration or Disintegration?

• Date: June 1-3, 2007
• Time: To be announced
• Place: Waseda University, Tokyo
• Details: http://www.eltcalendar.com/events/details/3359
• Kim Bradford-Watts and Eric Skier will present the results of a survey of older learners about their use of technology when studying English.

LLL SIG/Pragmatics SIG Mini-Conference
Authentic English and Elderly Learners: A day of Sharing Theory and Practice

• Date: Sunday. June 24, 2007
• Time: 9am-5pm
• Place: Temple University, Tokyo
• Details:　http://www.eltcalendar.com/events/details/3556
  http://www.eigosenmon.com/tosig/images/flyer.pdf
• Curtis Kelly, Julia Harper-Tanaka, and Eric Skier will represent the LLL SIG at the first LLL/Pragmatics SIG mini-conference. All three will be making paper presentations.

ILA (Independent Learning Association) Conference

• Date: October 5-8. 2007
• Place: Kanda University of International Studies, Tokyo
• Details: http://www.eltcalendar.com/events/details/3380
• Eric Skier will present a paper on the autonomous nature of the older learners he teaches and discuss issues of group dynamics and differences in learning styles.