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2:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Session 1 3:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Break (15 mins) 3:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. Session 2 4:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Break (15 mins) 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Guest workshop: Garr Reynolds Workshop titles and abstracts Guest workshop presenter: Garr Reynolds Design, Zen, & the art of…

Please note that the Featured Speaker Workshops are limited to 40 participants. Registration for this event will be through the sponsors. Please drop by the sponsoring organization’s booth in the EME for further information. Extensive reading or intensive skills practice – Two sides of the same coin? Miles Craven The Møller Centre, Churchill College,…

Please note that the conference preview publication contains a typographical error. The Garr Reynolds TnT Special Guest Event will be held on Friday November 20 2009 from 17:00-18:00. Participants in the pre-conference Technology in Teaching (TnT) Workshops will be able to develop the technology side of their teaching skills through a series of practical,…

Friday, 20 November is a preparation day. There will be Technology and Teaching Workshops aimed at helping teachers develop their computer related skills in the afternoon, some workshops sponsored by JALT’s Associate Members and international affiliates in the early evening. Saturday, Sunday, and Monday (21-23 November) will have a wide range of presentations, workshops,…

Christine Pearson Casanave James P. Lantolf Aya Matsuda Merrill Swain Scott Thornbury Perspective Taking Christine Pearson Casanave Temple University, Japan In this talk I discuss perspective taking, the ability to see the world through someone else’s eyes. This can happen if people actually experience something that another person or group has experienced, or if…