The JALT SIGs TED and CUE are proud to announce that they will be co-sponsoring Dr. Keith Johnson as a Featured Speaker at JALT 2011.

Dr. Keith Johnson, Professor Emeritus of Linguistics and Language Education at Lancaster University, UK, will offer a Featured Speaker Workshop at JALT 2011 and will participate in a variety of other professional and social events. The description of his workshop appears below.

BIO: Starting his career as a teacher of English and linguistics in Croatia, Malta and Italy, Keith moved to the Centre for Applied Language Studies at the University of Reading in 1974 and joined Lancaster University’s Linguistics Department in 1994. His years of teaching on MA programs produced An Introduction to Foreign Language Learning and Teaching (2008). At Lancaster he founded the research group LATEX (LAnguage Teaching EXpertise); see Expertise in Second Language Learning and Teaching (2005). Other influential publications include the 1979 title The Communicative Approach to Language Teaching (co-editor C.J. Brumfit), 1981’s Communication in the Classroom (co-editor K. Morrow), Communicative Syllabus Design and Methodology in 1982, and 2003’s Designing Language Teaching Tasks. Currently, he is pursuing an interest in the language of Shakespeare, as well as developing his research interests in expertise.

For more information on Keith Johnson's career and publications, please see his website at: http://keithjohnsonhome.co.uk/