Program

Friday, September 6, 2024 (Taiwan Time, UTC+08:00)

8:30-9:00: Registration

9:00-9:30: Welcome & opening remarks

Dr. Chin-hsiang YEN/ Vice President, National Academy for Educational Research (NAER), Taiwan

9:30-10:20: Session 1

Topic: The key to the successful implementation of the CEFR: Insights from the CEFR-J project 

Moderator: Dr. Hao-jan Howard CHEN / Distinguished Professor, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan

Speaker: Dr. Yukio TONO / Special Advisor to the President / Director of the World Langauge Center / Professor, Graduate School of Global Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Japan

10:20-10:30: Coffee break 

10:30-11:20: Session 2

Topic: The CEFR as a national language policy in Vietnam: Contexts and challenges

Moderator: Dr. Zhao-ming GAO / Professor, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

Speaker: Dr. Van Huy NGUYEN / Vice Rector, Hue University of Foreign Languages and International Studies, Vietnam

10:20-10:30: Coffee break 

11:30-12:20: Session 3

Topic: Localizing CEFR in Thailand: Challenges and opportunities in working with a global policy

Moderator: Dr. Wen-li TSOU / Director & Professor, Foreign Languages & Literature Department, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

Speaker: Dr. Kristof SAVSKI / Assistant Professor, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand

12:30-13:30: Lunch

13:30-14:20: Session 4 

Topic: National foreign language education policies and CEFR: English as L2 and the situation of other foreign languages in Korea 

Moderator: Dr. Chieh-fang HU / Professor, Department of English Instruction, University of Taipei, Taiwan

Speaker: Dr. Jaehak LEE / Professor & Chair, Department of Spanish / Director, Institute of Hispanic and Latin American Studies, Korean University, Korea

14:20-14:30: Coffee break 

14:30-16:00: Panel Discussion

Topic: Development of English language proficiency standards in Asian monsoon region countries: Experiences, challenges, and future directions

Moderator: Dr. Ching-lung LIN (Research Fellow, Research Center For Translation, Compilation and Language Education, NAER, Taiwan) 

Panelists: 

Dr. Jaehak LEE (Professor & Chair, Department of Spanish / Director, Institute of Hispanic and Latin American Studies, Korean University, Korea)

Dr. Van Huy NGUYEN (Vice Rector, Hue University of Foreign Languages and International Studies, Vietnam)

Dr. Kristof SAVSKI (Assistant Professor, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand)

Dr. Yukio TONO (Special Advisor to the President / Director of the World Langauge Center / Professor, Graduate School of Global Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Japan)

Dr. Jessica R. W. WU (Deputy CEO / Director General for Research and Development, The Language Training & Testing Center, Taiwan) 

*The above list of panelists is arranged alphabetically by last name.

16:00-16:30: Closing Remarks & Farewell