ELT Calendar

Saturday, September 7th, 2013

CUE ESP (English for Specific Purposes) Symposium 2013
Time: 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Speaker: John Adamson (U. Niigata), Theron Muller (U. Toyama), Atsushi Iida (Gunma U.), Matthew Apple (Ritsumeikan U.). Call for papers due July 1st.
Organization: College and University Educators Special Interest Group, Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture
Short description: The CUE ESP Symposium--Hokuriku 2013 features: A plenary presentation from two of the foremost experts in English for Specific Purposes (ESP) and English for Academic Purposes (EAP) publishing in Japan; interactive workshops and research presentations addressing some of the barriers faced by non-native speakers (NNS) seeking to publish in English; a chance to share your own ESP work during the poster presentation session; and a round-table discussion of difficulties both native and non-native speakers of English face in when they seek to publish in English.

(1) Interactional Competence vs. Pragmatic Competence; (2) Seeing Learning in Interaction
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: (1) Christopher Jenks (City University of Hong Kong); (2) Adam Brandt (Newcastle University)
Organization: Pragmatics Special Interest Group, Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
Short description: Two presentations, co-hosted by JALT's Pragmatics SIG and Osaka Chapter: Interactional Competence versus Pragmatic Competence: Implications for Language Teaching Chris Jenks (City University of Hong Kong) Interactional competence (IC) is the ability to jointly communicate in setting-specific ways; it is about using communicative resources to co-construct understanding and co-accomplish context-specific goals.