ELT Calendar

Sunday, February 26th, 2017

Ways of Knowing: Developing epistemic responsibility in the classroom
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Jim Smiley (Iwate National University)
Organization: Sendai Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture
Short description: Given that 2016 was the year of 'post-truth' and fake news, the need has never been greater to understand individuals' understanding of truth, methods of validating knowledge and their beliefs about the relationship between self, information and authority.

Meikai University Lecturer Showcase
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Will Speaker (Meikai University), Roy Morris (Meikai University), Patrizia Hayashi (Meikai University), Sarah Holland (Toyo University), and Tyson Rode (Meikai University)
Organization: Saitama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture
Short description: We are fortunate to have a number of lecturers from Meikai University joining us to present on a wide variety of topics. Below you will find the abstracts for each presentation, which will be about 25 minutes in length including time for questions.