Ev2o11 - Activities FLP SIG

◆◆Principal FLP SIG activities in 2011◆◆

April 24^th:Back to School event: hosted by JALT’s Osaka Chapter, in collaboration with the FLP SIG and Task Based Learning SIG, Call for papers deadline by March 20^th (see below)

May 21-22, at Shinshu University, Nagano: JALT Pan-SIG Conference

Submission Deadline: Feb 15^th

June 10-12, at the Ramada Osaka: Asian Conference on Language Learning (ACLL)

Submission for FLP SIG colloquium: March 15^th (see below)

June 19^th Nakasendo Conference at Dokkyo University High School, Tokyo

Submission for FLP SIG session: April 8^th(see below)

The FLP SIG are looking into hosting Mike Byram for an evening talk on either June 27^th or 28^th in Osaka; more details to follow.

November 18th-21st :37th Annual International JALT Conference

National Olympics Memorial Center, Yoyogi, Tokyo

Deadline for submission to FLP SIG workshop/forum: April 1^st

Deadline for general submissions: April 22^nd (see below)

JALT 2011

We are suggesting the following activities for the JALT 2011 national conference:

◆A FLP SIG workshop with the proposed theme of “Bringing the CEFR into the classroom”. This workshop will involve poster presentations followed by focused discussion and reflection by audience.

●If all goes to plan this will be followed by the FLP SIG forum with the theme: “Strategies for bringing the CEFR into the classroom”. This will involve 4 presenters presenting 20 minute presentations (on topics such as those that have been outlined in the previous paragraph) plus discussion.

Please send us your ideas (for the “Bringing the CEFR into the classroom” workshop, the “Strategies for bringing the CEFR into the classroom” FLP SIG forum, and any other short or long presentations and/or workshops) by April 1st! Please email MS word documents to Programme chair (Alexander Imig) imigalexander@hotmail.com. Please follow these guidelines: titles of no more than 50 characters including spaces. Prepare a summary (maximum of 75 words or 150 Japanese characters) and an abstract (150-250 words or 300-500 Japanese characters).

JALT 2011 Website/details for regular submissions here

Back to School 2011 – Call for presentations

JALT’s Osaka Chapter, in collaboration with the Framework and Language Portfolio SIG and Task Based Learning SIG, invite submissions for this year’s Back to School event, to be held April 24 at Osaka Gakuin University.

Our goal is to exchange a wide range of ideas of practical application on a wide range of topics. Submissions for poster presentations and 25-minute presentations are invited on any topic related to the theory and/or practice related to Task-Based Learning, The Common European Framework, or any topic of interest or practical application to classroom language teachers. Some double time-slots will likely be possible, space permitting.

Submissions should be emailed to back2school2011@gmail.com by March 20, and should include a title of 12 words or less, a summary of 60 words or less, a brief bio blurb including background and place of employment of presenter of 30 words or less, and the type and time of presentation preferred (ie poster presentation, or 25- or 50-minute presentation time-slot).

Acll 2011

CONFERENCE THEME: "Connecting Theory and Practice"

June 10-12 2011, at the Ramada Osaka

Learning a language something all of us have done with many having learned a second, third, or even fourth language; however, achieving proficiency in a foreign language is not something that can be taken for granted. Instead it is a challenge, and one that language educators are constantly grappling with, as we work to improve our craft and to help our students learn more effectively.The aim of this International Conference is to encourage academics, scholars and practitioners representing a exciting diversity of countries, cultures, and religion to meet and exchange ideas and views in a forum encouraging respectful dialogue. (from conference website: http://acll.iafor.org/index.html)

This conference fits very well with the FLP, because the CEFR (and the ELP) give a good model for managing diversity in Asia. Therefore the FLP is capable to present possible solutions at this conference. It would be good for the FLP SIG to organize a colloquium about Multilingualism, with 4 presentations. This conference will give us a good possible of networking. But also the colloquium itself could be an opportunity to expand contacts. It would be good to organize this colloquium with JALP (= Japanese Association of Language Policy, 日本言語政策学会, see: http://homepage2.nifty.com/JALP/). The multilingualism topic is an important topic for both JALP and the FLP SIG. If anyone wants to participate in the colloquium please contact the programme chair (Alexander Imig) at: imigalexander@hotmail.com by March 8^th. Please send an abstract of 150-250 words.

The Nakasendo Conference, June 19th,2011 at Dokkyo University Junior and Senior High School, Gokokuji, near Ikebukuro (Tokyo)

Nakasendo is an ever-expanding, multi-organizational English conference based on mutual support and collaboration. Initiated Initiated in 2008, it is both an annual event as well as a year-round cooperative online exchange. The theme for the 2011 conference is The Road Less Traveled. It examines previously little-explored and less conventional directions in ELT instruction and research across the board, and the changing scene of ELT, similarly across the board. The Internet, both in its so-called “original” and “Web 2.0” forms, the introduction of mandatory L2 English instruction into elementary school curricula from April 2011, and the introduction of English as a corporate language within companies engaged in business over a number of Japanese industries and markets, are all exerting a profound impact on the shape and direction of ELT instruction and learning throughout the country. The Road Less Traveled shall spotlight new trends, approaches, explorations and reflections on the changing dynamic of our field.

The FLP SIG would like to hold a session at this conference, if interest. The proposed theme is “Involving learners with the CEFR”. This workshop will involve poster presentations followed by focused discussion and reflection by audience. This will be very similar to the proposed FLP SIG workshop for JALT 2011 (see page 7), and indeed could used as a fun and invigorating ‘trial run’. For those interested prepare email a summary (maximum of 75 words or 150 Japanese characters) and an abstract (150-250 words or 300-500 Japanese characters) to flpsig@gmail.com by April 8^th.