It’s such a thrill to write a direct, positive report like this one – we had a well-attended event (just shy of the 21 person max capacity), lovely conversation, and an engaging look at a lan.guage-learner’s journey over an incredible diversity of languages and contexts: I am of course speaking about Kip Cates. Takeaways…

On December 16th, we hosted an event from the Critical Thinking SIG about some of the interesting research findings coming from that group and how to incorporate the material into high school and university classrooms. Each presenter demonstrated their findings with 50-minute sessions which took up most of the event time allotted. Excerpts of…

Hello everyone, Last week, we had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Stefanie Pillai all the way from the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur. The details regarding her presentation are the following: One problem that many tertiary institutions face in relation to English language education is that students’ use of English may be limited to their…

Hello everyone, Firstly, we would like to take the time to thank the presenters Mr. Kayvon Havaei-Ahary and Mr. Lee Thomas of TEFLpies for a splendid presentation on Adapting Kagan Structures for Japanese Secondary School English Classes. The presentation discussed English education reform in Japan, and how educators can use Kagan Structures to help…