July 21 conf.: Effective Language Teaching: The Never-Ending Challenge

Effective Language Teaching:

The Never-Ending Challenge

http://lilt.jalt.org/events/july-21-effective-language-teaching

Date: Saturday, July 21, 10:00 – 17:00

Location: Kansai University of International Studies, Amagasaki campus.

Registration fee: Thanks to the sponsors, this event is FREE for everyone.

Osaka JALT is pleased to co-sponsor this one-day mini-conference on Saturday, July 21, 2012, at Kansai University of International Studies (KUIS) in Amagasaki (Hyogo).

Other co-sponsors are the Literature in Language Teaching (LiLT SIG), Kobe JALT, the JALT Jr/Sr. High School SIG, Cengage Learning, Pearson Kirihara, and Oxford Unversity Press, the Research Institute for Communication and the Department of English Education of Kansai University of International Studies.

The theme is “Effective Language Teaching: The Never-Ending Challenge.”

The objectives are:
*to identify the challenges language teachers face in the classroom,
*to come up with ways to confront these challenges, and
*to develop a network among high schools and universities to share information about language teaching.

Plenary Speakers:
This year’s plenary speakers are Paul Hullah (Meiji Gakuen University, Tokyo), and Kazuhiro Nomura (Kobe City University of Foreign Studies).