ELT Calendar

Saturday, June 6th, 2009

JALTCALL 2009 Conference: Expanding learner potential
Time: 10:30 AM - 6:30 PM
Speaker: Keynote Speaker: Mark Warschauer, University of California - Irvine
Organization: Computer-Assisted Language Learning Special Interest Group, Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: JALTCALL 2009 runs from June 5-7, 2009. The Keynote Speaker is Mark Warschauer, Ph.

Using the appraisal framework: An introduction for language researchers
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Speaker: Alexanne Don, University of Birmingham, UK
Organization: Fukuoka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: The appraisal framework provides a means of classifying instances of evaluative lexis and evaluative moves in discourse. The types of evaluative language used in any set of texts depend crucially on the social purposes these texts are meant to serve, and thus appraisal analysis can reveal something about the social context in which any set of texts takes part, as well as the interpersonal orientation of the speaker/writer toward his or her interlocutors.