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TESOL JALT Virtual Symposium on Mind, Brain, andLanguage Education #201 ♥Mind, Brain, and Education

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Saturday 09:00-10:30 JST

Speaker: Stephen M. Ryan
Stephen M. Ryan teaches and runs short-term Study
Abroad programmes at Sanyo Gakuen University, inOkayama.

The Conference lobby #208 ♥Chat and Help

Open Space

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Saturday 09:00-15:00 JST

Host: Dawn Lucovich
PanSIG Virtual Conference Committee Chair / The
University of Nagano, Assistant Professor / Nagano JALT,
President

Opening Ceremony #207 ♥PanSIG

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Saturday 09:15-09:35 JST

Speaker: Dawn Lucovich
PanSIG Virtual Conference Committee Chair / The

University of Nagano, Assistant Professor / Nagano JALT,
President

Speaker: Gary Ross
Gary is a web developer, designer, and programmer, andthe creator of Eventzil.la. He works as an Associate
Professor at Kanazawa University where he develops theonline learning program at ... more

Speaker: José Domingo Cruz

Speaker: Mehrasa Alizadeh
I am an assistant professor at Osaka University. I conductcollaborative research on learning analytics and inparticular sensor technology to monitor and improvelearner wakefulness, concentration, and engagement in... more

Speaker: Joseph Tomei
Joseph Tomei is a professor in the Faculty of British andAmerican Studies at Kumamoto Gakuen University. He
has taught EFL in France, Spain, and Japan at the
primary, secondary, ... more

Speaker: Linda K.

Speaker: Pat Conaway
I teach EFL classes to freshman students in the medical,
agriculture, engineering, humanities, and education
departments. It’s a lot of fun seeing the di!erent
personalities of the students with such ... more

Speaker: Bill Pellowe

Speaker: Bill Pellowe
Bill Pellowe is an Associate Professor at Kindai
University's Fukuoka Campus, where he has taught since
2000. He is currently JALT's Director of Public Relations.
He started ELT Calendar (eltcalendar.com) ... more

Moderator: Jennie Crittenden

Host: Mark Brierley
Extensive reader. Low energy builder. Active Passivist.
Passive activist.

Student-goal setting through letter writing #136 ♥Learner Development

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Saturday 09:45-10:20 JST

Speaker: Devon Arthurson
For the past 11 years, I have been teaching in Japan.
Currently, I work at Rikkyo University in Tokyo. My current
teaching and research interests include fostering learnerautonomy, shadowing ... more

Virtual reality in tourism education: A case study #151 ♥Mixed, Augmented, and Virtual Realities
Saturday 09:45-10:20 JST

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Speaker: Mehrasa Alizadeh
I am an assistant professor at Osaka University. I conductcollaborative research on learning analytics and inparticular sensor technology to monitor and improvelearner wakefulness, concentration, and engagement in... more

Speaker: Eric Hawkinson
Eric is a learning futurist, tinkering with and designingtechnologies that may better inform the future ofteaching and learning. Eric is president and researchcoordinator of MAVR, a research ... more

Inventing persuasive arguments for writing anddiscussion #206 ♥Critical Thinking

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Saturday 09:45-10:20 JST

Speaker: Michael Herke

Developing L2 speaking skills with digital games #111 ♥Computer-Assisted Language Learning

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Saturday 10:30-11:05 JST

Speaker: Michael HofmeyrMichael teaches English for academic purposes as wellas introductory courses in general linguistics at Osaka
University. He has published papers on methods forencouraging critical thinking in the Japanese ... more

Joining “The World’s Largest Lesson” with an oral
English class #128 ♥Global Issues in Language Education
Zoom F Sessions

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Saturday 10:30-11:05 JST

Speaker: Ellen Head
I have taught EFL at university in Japan since 2000 andin Miyazaki since 2017. Research interests include
Learner Development and SIGs I am involved with include
LD, FLP and ... more

A case for sca!olding self-reflection #137 ♥Learner Development

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Saturday 10:30-11:05 JST

Speaker: Amelia Yarwood

Speaker: Phillip A. Bennett
Phillip A. Bennett is a Learning Advisor at Kanda
University of International Studies as well as a long-term
resident in Japan. He holds an MA TESOL and has over a... more

Lights, Camera, Action: Showcasing Student Work #154♥
Performance in Education
Saturday 10:30-11:05 JST

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Speaker: Ashley Ford
Ashley Ford is a language lecturer at Nagoya City
University in Nagoya, Japan. Her areas of interest include
Creative Project-Based Learning and Performance in
Education, especially through film-making and music ...
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Speaker: David Kluge
David Kluge (Professor, Nanzan University) has beenteaching English in Japan for 35 years. He is a foundingo"cer of the CALL SIG and founding coordinator of the
Performance in ... moreSponsored: Cambridge Introduction to Unlock 2ndedition #204 ♥Sponsors

Saturday 10:30-11:05 JST

Host: David Moser
Senior ELT Representative for Cambridge University
Press Japan

Adapting Immersive Technology for Learning PostCOVID-19 #150 ♥Mixed, Augmented, and Virtual Realities
Saturday 10:30-11:50 JST

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Speaker: Kojiro Yano
I am an associate professor at Faculty of Information
Science and Technology, Osaka Institute of Technology. I
specialize in teaching and learning using virtual reality
technology, particularly for language learning ... more

Speaker: Dave Dolan
Dave has been teaching for 30 years and holds a Masters
in TESOL. After establishing an English school in Japan in
1993, his interests grew towards using technology tobest ... more

Speaker: Eric Hawkinson
Eric is a learning futurist, tinkering with and designingtechnologies that may better inform the future ofteaching and learning. Eric is president and researchcoordinator of MAVR, a research ... more

Speaker: Mehrasa Alizadeh
I am an assistant professor at Osaka University. I conductcollaborative research on learning analytics and inparticular sensor technology to monitor and improvelearner wakefulness, concentration, and engagement in... more

Speaker: Josh Brunotte
I am an associate professor in the Liberal Education
Center at Aichi Prefectural University, near Nagoya. I am
also the membership chair of the MAVR SIG.

E!ects of Using AI and PeerEval in Teaching EFL #112 ♥Computer-Assisted Language Learning

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Saturday 11:15-11:50 JST

Speaker: Hiroyuki Obari

A Vocabulary Learning Strategies Course #138 ♥Learner Development

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Saturday 11:15-11:50 JST

Speaker: Steven Asquith
I am a senior lecturer at Kanda University of International
Studies and co-editor of JALT The Language Teacher, My
Share column. I am interested in training learners to be
more ... more

Developing a Web Comic to Teach English #144 ♥Materials Writers

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Saturday 11:15-11:50 JST

Speaker: Nicholas Driscoll

Modals meet Medicine in a Roleplay #156 ♥Performance in Education

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Saturday 11:15-11:50 JST

Speaker: Chhayankdhar Singh Rathore (CD)Chhayankdhar Singh Rathore is an Assistant Lecturer at
Soka University. He currently serves as the Publicity
Chair of the Performance in Education (PIE) SIG. His
areas of interest include performance ... more

Sponsored: Lexxica R&D WordEngine Forum #200 ♥Sponsors

Saturday 11:15-11:50 JST

Host: Guy Cihi
EdTech Entrepreneur - Producer of WordEngine.
Attention ER advocates: Use the free VCheck lexical test
to ensure that your students are reading at the optimallevel based on their ... more

Social annotation in the writing classroom #113 ♥Computer-Assisted Language Learning

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Saturday 12:00-12:35 JST

Speaker: Crystal Rose-Wainstock@crosewainstock
Presentation Site -https://sites.google.com/kanda.kuis.ac.jp/pansig2020/home

Pre/post study abroad learning in the local
community #158 ♥Study Abroad

Interactive Poster Session

Saturday 12:00-12:35 JST

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Speaker: Toshiko Oda
Toshiko Oda is an associate professor of English and
Linguistics at Tokyo Keizai University. She is a JALT SA
SIG member. She has been involved in organizing SA
programs at ... more

Speaker: Kotaro Sato
Student of Tokyo Keizai University

Electronic Projects using Breadboards #161 ♥Task-Based Learning

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Saturday 12:00-12:35 JST

Speaker: Goh Kawai
This is a poster presentation. Goh's website is
http://goh.kawai.com/. Goh was until 2020-03-31 a
professor of education engineering at Hokkaido
University, Center for Language Learning. He now resides
in Tokyo.

Perceptions of peer assessments of oralpresentations #175 ♥Testing and Evaluation

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Saturday 12:00-12:35 JST

Speaker: David James Townsend

Stories that Motivate and Inspire #193 ♥Learner Development

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Saturday 12:00-12:35 JST

Speaker: Andrew Reimann
I am from Vancouver, Canada and currently teachCommunication at Aoyama Gakuin University. My
background and research interests are in social
linguistics, with emphasis on interculturalcommunication. Although English is ... more

Speaker: Natsuki Suzuki
Natsuki Suzuki is from Aichi and studies Early Childhood
Education (MA) at Aoyama Gakuin University. She alsoteaches Elementary Schoolchildren and researches
storytelling to teach, inspire and make children smile. ...
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CEFR–Talk – A CEFR & LP SIG Special PanSIG Online
Forum #188 ♥CEFR and Language Portfolio

SIG Forum

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Zoom C Sessions

Saturday 12:00-13:20 JST

Speaker: Gabriela Schmidt
Coordinator of JALT CEFR & LP SIG

Barriers to ICT integration at a Japanese college #114 ♥Computer-Assisted Language Learning
Saturday 12:45-13:20 JST

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Speaker: Dan Ferreira
Dan Ferreira, Ed.D., is a contract lecturer at Sophia
University in downtown Tokyo and is a Google Certified
Trainer and an Apple Teacher. He has been an educator
for close ... more

Facilitating students' self-directed research #140 ♥Learner Development

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Saturday 12:45-13:20 JST

Speaker: James Underwood
I have taught English in Japan in a variety of contexts
since 2005. I completed my Masters in Applied
Linguistics and TESOL in 2009. I now teach as a part ...
more

Pre-departure orientation for study in the U.K. #159 ♥Study Abroad

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Saturday 12:45-13:20 JST

Speaker: Nobue Inoue
Nobue Inoue is a senior lecturer at a private university inJapan. Her study abroad experiences encouraged her topursue an academic career and she has been developing
study abroad ... more

Transferable skills via progressive PBL #162 ♥Task-Based Learning

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Saturday 12:45-13:20 JST

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Speaker: Jason Pratt
Jason Pratt is an Associate Professor at Yamanashi
Prefectural University and a graduate of Hosei University
in Tokyo. He runs a wildly popular seminar on how we cancontribute locally ... more

Speaker: Manna Aoki
Manna Aoki belongs to English Education Development
Center at Toyo Gakuen University. Her research interests
includes motivation, willingness to communicate, crosscultural communication and material development.

Redefining accessibility in language learning #170 ♥Teachers Helping Teachers
Saturday 12:45-13:20 JST

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Speaker: Ryota Moriya
I currently teach English at Otaru University ofCommerce. My background is in Disability Studies andComparative Culture Studies. My research interests
include color-blindness, disability studies, accessibility inlanguage learning, ... more

Speaker: Andrew Reimann
I am from Vancouver, Canada and currently teachCommunication at Aoyama Gakuin University. My
background and research interests are in social
linguistics, with emphasis on interculturalcommunication. Although English is ... more

Speaker: Ryoko Sato
I am a lecturer of the Faculty of Foreign Studies at
Reitaku University. My research interests: Universal
Design for foreign language learning/teaching focusing
on specific learning di!erences, Working Memory and ...
moreEmergent forms of peer feedback for L2 writers bydesign #176 ♥Testing and Evaluation
Saturday 12:45-13:20 JST

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Speaker: Je!rey Martin
Je!rey Martin is a lecturer at two universities in the
Kanto area. His interests include English for business andother specific purposes, task-based language teaching,learning strategies, and assessment.
(je!mjp@gmail.com)

Multimedia principles for slide data graphics #119 ♥Computer-Assisted Language Learning

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Saturday 13:30-14:05 JST

Speaker: Daniel Beck
University instructor at Rikkyo University, Ed.D student at
Anaheim University. Presentations and CALL enthusiasts.
Husband, church elder, and sports fan (Dodgers, Lakers,
Cowboys).

Events to support interaction in a learning space #141 ♥Learner Development

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Saturday 13:30-14:05 JST

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Speaker: Isra Wongsarnpigoon
Isra Wongsarnpigoon is a Learning Advisor at the SelfAccess Learning Center at Kanda University ofInternational Studies. He holds an M.S.Ed from Temple
University, Japan Campus. His interests include learner ...
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Speaker: Yuri Imamura
Yuri Imamura is a learning advisor in the Self-Access
Learning Center at Kanda University of International
Studies in Japan. She completed her MA in TEFL at the
University of Birmingham, ... more

Short-term study abroad = tourist training? #160 ♥Study Abroad

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Saturday 13:30-14:05 JST

Speaker: Stephen M. Ryan
Stephen M. Ryan teaches and runs short-term Study
Abroad programmes at Sanyo Gakuen University, inOkayama.

Performance in Education #155 ♥Performance in Education

SIG Forum

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Saturday 13:30-14:50 JST

Speaker: Ashley Ford
Ashley Ford is a language lecturer at Nagoya City
University in Nagoya, Japan. Her areas of interest include
Creative Project-Based Learning and Performance in
Education, especially through film-making and music ...
moreSpeaker: Eucharia Donnery
After graduating with a PhD in Drama and TheatreStudies from the National University College of Ireland(NUI) in 2013, Eucharia Donnery currently works as a
drama practitioner and computer-assisted ... more

Speaker: E Von Wong
E Von Wong is an assistant lecturer at Soka University.
Her research areas of interest include public speaking,oral presentation, and drama in ELT. Coming from an ESL
background, public ... more
Speaker: 斉木ゆかり
I am teaching at Tokai University. I organize ”Minna no
Impro“ in Yamanashi lifelong learning. She loves Shigin,tea ceremony and making games.

Speaker: George MacLean
George MacLean is a professor at the University of the
Ryukyus. He has taught at primary-junior high anduniversity levels in Japan and in the International School
system. His research ... more

Speaker: Chelsea Schwartz
I have been teaching in Japan for the past 6 years.
Currently, I work for the FILA department at Juntendo
University. I have previously worked as an assistantlecturer at ... more

Speaker: Vivian Bussinguer-Khavari
Vivian Bussinguer-Khavari is an associate professor at
Kwansei Gakuin University in Hyogo. She has a Ph.D. inApplied Linguistics and her research interests include
Performance in Education (PIE), Heritage Language ...
more

Speaker: Gordon Rees
Gordon Rees is an associate professor at Yokkaichi
University in Mie Prefecture. He is also the Coordinator of
the Performance in Education (PIE) SIG. Currently, he isdoing research ... more

Speaker: David Kluge
David Kluge (Professor, Nanzan University) has beenteaching English in Japan for 35 years. He is a foundingo"cer of the CALL SIG and founding coordinator of the
Performance in ... more

Speaker: Chhayankdhar Singh Rathore (CD)Chhayankdhar Singh Rathore is an Assistant Lecturer at
Soka University. He currently serves as the Publicity
Chair of the Performance in Education (PIE) SIG. His
areas of interest include performance ... more

Learners’ Voices in English Classes with EdTech #110 ♥Computer-Assisted Language Learning

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Saturday 14:15-14:50 JST

Speaker: Yukie Saito
I obtained MA in TESOL from Teachers College ofColumbia University and is pursuing PhD. from Temple
University. I work at a private university in Tokyo. My
research areas are ... more

Teacher-student conferences about essay writing #135♥
Learner Development

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Saturday 14:15-14:50 JST

Speaker: Naoya Shibata
Naoya SHIBATA is currently teaching part-time at Nagoya
University of Foreign Studies, Nanzan University, Nagoya
Women's University, and Nagoya University while
studying at the doctoral course, Anaheim University. He
researches ... more

Cognitive influence of food and taste terminology #145♥
Mind, Brain, and Education

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Saturday 14:15-14:50 JST

Speaker: James BroxholmeJames Broxholme is a part-time university lecturer andEnglish language school owner based in Kagawa, Japan.
He has an MA in Applied Linguistics from the Universityof Birmingham and is ... more

Study abroad: Interest, preferences and awareness#199 ♥
Study Abroad

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Saturday 14:15-15:05 JST

Speaker: Andrew Thompson
Andrew THOMPSON is a university lecturer and English
language teaching (ELT) professional based in Kyushu,
Japan. He currently is a lecturer and researcher at
Fukuoka Women’s University in Fukuoka. He has an ...
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Homo Docens: Lessons From Brain Science About
E!ective Teaching #182 ♥Mind, Brain, and Education

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Saturday 15:00-16:00 JST

Speaker: Amanda Gillis Furutaka
Amanda Gillis-Furutaka is a professor in the Faculty ofForeign Studies at Kyoto Sangyo University, where she
has worked since 1992. Before coming to Japan, shetaught English in France, ... more

Listen and Repeat Sentences on YouTube #117 ♥Computer-Assisted Language Learning
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Saturday 16:00-16:35 JST

Speaker: Charles Kelly
http://youtube.com/InterestingThingsESL

Self-disclosure: A window on the mind of teachers #146♥
Mind, Brain, and Education

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Saturday 16:00-16:35 JST

Speaker: Merissa Braza Ocampo
I'm a"liated at Fukushima Gakuin University, Fukushima
City. I finished my PhD in Hokkaido University, Japan andfocused my research on promotion of Mother and Child
Health (MCH) care. As ... more

Pragmatics & Business Communication SIG Forum #157♥
Pragmatics & Business Communication

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Saturday 16:00-17:20 JST

Speaker: Josef Williamson
Josef Williamson is a lecturer in business English at Daito
Bunka University and the National Graduate Institute for
Policy Studies in Tokyo, Japan. In addition, he has been a
corporate ... more

LD SIG Forum: Interacting with active learning #197 ♥Learner Development

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Saturday 16:00-18:05 JST

Speaker: James Underwood
I have taught English in Japan in a variety of contexts
since 2005. I completed my Masters in Applied
Linguistics and TESOL in 2009. I now teach as a part ...
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Speaker: Greg Rouault
I have been teaching English as a foreign language inJapan since 1999. In higher education, I have taught 4
skills, study abroad test prep, EAP, and content-based
courses with ... more

Moderator: Robert Morel

The Conference lobby #209 ♥
Chat and Help

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Saturday 16:00-18:30 JST

Host: Dawn Lucovich
PanSIG Virtual Conference Committee Chair / The
University of Nagano, Assistant Professor / Nagano JALT,
President

Positive conversations in the EFL classroom #147 ♥Mind, Brain, and Education
Saturday 16:45-17:20 JST

Interactive Poster Session

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Speaker: Brent Wright
I primarily teach Business Communication. My researchinterests include positive psychology in EFL, vocabularyacquisition, and CALL. I also love all (most) things jazz.

Mending Inadequacies of 2FL Textbooks in Japan #189♥
Other Language Educators

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Saturday 16:45-17:20 JST

Speaker: Rudolf Reinelt
Teaching German on all levels and researching on how to
do this better

Bilingualism SIG Forum #98 ♥Bilingualism

SIG Forum

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Saturday 16:45-18:05 JST

Speaker: Diane Lamb-Obara
Currently an adjunct lecturer at Rikkyo University, withinterests in teaching young learners, bilingual education,and intercultural project-based learning. I'm also theProgram Chair for the Bilingual SIG and editor ... more

Speaker: Christie Provenzano
I'm originally from Canada, and am an associate
professor at Chikushi Jo Gakuen University, where I havea seminar class full of novice researchers in issues
connected to bilingualism and ... more

Speaker: Shaitan Alexandra
I have been involved in researching mixed-race identity
in the context of Japan for the past couple of years.
Whilst "race" itself is a controversial referent hotly
debated in the ... more

How regulatory fit can increase learner motivation #148♥
Mind, Brain, and Education

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Saturday 17:30-18:05 JST

Speaker: Curtis Edlin
Curtis is a senior learning advisor in the Self Access
Learning Center at Kanda University of International
Studies in Chiba, Japan. He holds an MATESOL degreefrom SIT Graduate Institute. ... more

Technology: Bringing us together in a chaotic world

#194 ♥PanSIG

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Saturday 18:30-19:30 JST

Speaker: Gary Ross
Gary is a web developer, designer, and programmer, andthe creator of Eventzil.la. He works as an Associate
Professor at Kanazawa University where he develops theonline learning program at ... more

The PanSIG Social #205 ♥PanSIG

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Saturday 19:30-21:30 JST

Host: Melodie Cook
I'm interested in teacher education, expatriate
experiences with high-stakes testing, and teaching
fostered and adopted children in Japan.

Better than Book Whispering - Young Learners & ER
#124 ♥
Extensive Reading

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Sunday 09:00-09:35 JST

Speaker: Lesley ItoLesley Ito is a well-known teacher, teacher trainer, school
owner, and award-winning materials writer based in
Nagoya. She has taught in Japan for over twenty years,
won “Best of JALT” ... more

Leading the L3-learners beyond the textbook #152 ♥Other Language Educators

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Sunday 09:00-10:20 JST

Speaker: Bertlinde Voegel
I am teaching conversation to beginner students ofGerman at Osaka University. My research interest isfluency in speaking. I am focusing on the verb, the word
order and the ... more

Speaker: Rudolf Reinelt
Teaching German on all levels and researching on how to
do this better

ESP and CLIL: Directions and Reflections #184 ♥College and University Educators
Sunday 09:00-10:20 JST

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Speaker: Glen Hill
I have a master's degree in science, but I've beenteaching English in Japan since 1998. For the past 15+
years, I've been a tenured professor at a science
university, ... more

Speaker: Owen Kozlowski
From kindergarten floor, to corporate boardroom, touniversity lecture hall, Owen Kozlowski’s 15+ years ofteaching in Japan have been in nearly every context
imaginable. Currently a full-time shokutaku lecturer ...
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Speaker: Alastair Graham-Marr
Alastair Graham-Marr is a professor at the Tokyo
University of Science and an editor at Abax Ltd.

Moderator: Dr. Wendy M. Gough

The Conference Lobby Day 2 #210 ♥Chat and Help

Open Space

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Main (Zoom) Sessions

Sunday 09:00-17:00 JST

Host: Dawn Lucovich
PanSIG Virtual Conference Committee Chair / The
University of Nagano, Assistant Professor / Nagano JALT,
President

Improving Presentation Protocols #120 ♥Computer-Assisted Language Learning

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Sunday 09:45-10:20 JST

Speaker: George MacLean
George MacLean is a professor at the University of the
Ryukyus. He has taught at primary-junior high anduniversity levels in Japan and in the International School
system. His research ... more

Experiences of reluctant and prolific readers #123 ♥Extensive Reading

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Sunday 09:45-10:20 JST

Speaker: Pat Conaway
I teach EFL classes to freshman students in the medical,
agriculture, engineering, humanities, and education
departments. It’s a lot of fun seeing the di!erent
personalities of the students with such ... moreIntercultural competence in domestic students #129 ♥Intercultural Communication in Language Education
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Sunday 09:45-10:20 JST

Speaker: Ana Sofia Hofmeyr
I am an English Lecturer at Kansai University, andcompleting my PhD at Osaka University on therelationship between internationalisation-at-homestrategies and the development of interculturalcompetence in domestic students.

An ALT’s case study: music for young ESL learners #171

♥Teaching Younger Learners

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Sunday 09:45-10:20 JST

Speaker: Emily Choong
Emily is an ALT from Malaysia. She teaches elementaryand junior high English in Niigata City. She enjoys adding
musical elements to her lessons by playing a musicalinstrument and/or ... more

Survey validation through vocabulary analysis #177 ♥VocabularyInteractive Poster Session

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Sunday 09:45-10:20 JST

Speaker: Reginald Gentry
I am a researcher and educator based at the University
Fukui. My research interests are speaking assessmentand evaluation, and curriculum design.

University teacher and student views of humor #104 ♥College and University Educators

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Sunday 10:30-11:05 JST

Speaker: John Rucynski
I am currently associate professor in the Center for
Liberal Arts & Language Education at Okayama
University. My research interests include language andculture integrated learning, CBI/CLIL, and the role ...
moreThe why and how of teacher created podcasts #116 ♥Computer-Assisted Language Learning

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Sunday 10:30-11:05 JST

Speaker: Jonathan Isaacson
I'm Jonathan and I've been teaching in Japan at various
levels for 16 years. I am interested in both podcasting forEnglish learning and promoting paperless classrooms.

A global approach to discussion class materials #130 ♥Intercultural Communication in Language Education
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Sunday 10:30-11:05 JST

Speaker: Tim Andrewartha
Since joining the British Council, I have taught at two
universities in Japan. Last year I taught a discussion
class at Chiba University. Currently, I am teaching an EAP
course ... more

Virtual Presentations at ELT Conferences #164 ♥Teacher Development

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Sunday 10:30-11:05 JST

Speaker: Michael Brown
Michael is a lecturer in the English Language Institute at
Kanda University of International Studies. His researchinterests include corpus-assisted discourse analysis,
ecolinguistics, and ‘global issues’ in education. He
currently ... more

Etymology and vocabulary in the classroom #178 ♥Vocabulary

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Sunday 10:30-11:05 JST

Speaker: Roger Ferrari

Students’ perspectives of peer support in readingclasses #191 ♥Extensive Reading

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Sunday 10:30-11:05 JST

Speaker: Yoko Takano
Yoko Takano has been teaching English in her small
school :OKIDOKI Eigo School for 24 years in Nagoya. Afterobtaining MA TESOL from NUFS, she started providing
communicative language teaching ... more

Teaching Younger Learners Forum #172 ♥Teaching Younger Learners
Sunday 10:30-11:50 JST

SIG Forum

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Speaker: Marybeth Kamibeppu

Speaker: Gaby Benthien
I am currently teaching at Shumei University and Chuo
University in Japan. I have taught Japanese and EFL atprimary and secondary schools in Australia and Japan,
and have also ... more

Speaker: Marian Hara

Speaker: Kate Sato
In 1988 started teaching EFL in France. In 2002 I started
my own English language school for children from ages
0-12 in Sapporo, Hokkaido. I moved into researchingteaching phonics ... more

Speaker: Mary Virgil-UchidaSpeaker: Paul Nanton

Speaker: Grant Osterman
Dr. Osterman has been teaching in Japan since 1993.
Originally from a small Midwestern town in the UnitedStates, he earned his bachelor’s degree in psychology
and a master’s ... moreSponsored: Lexxica R&D WordEngine Forum #203 ♥Sponsors

Sunday 11:15-10:50 JST

Speaker: Guy Cihi
EdTech Entrepreneur - Producer of WordEngine.
Attention ER advocates: Use the free VCheck lexical test
to ensure that your students are reading at the optimallevel based on their ... more

Engaging learners with team-based learning (TBL) #118♥
Computer-Assisted Language Learning

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Sunday 11:15-11:50 JST

Speaker: Brent A. Jones
Brent A. Jones has taught English for Specific Purposes
in Hawaii, Japan and other parts of Asia since 1987. He
was the coordinator of the Business English program in
the ... more

L2 readers’ attitude & its e!ect on word count #125 ♥Extensive Reading

Interactive Poster Session

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Sunday 11:15-11:50 JST

Speaker: Mamoru Takahashi

Global education through online international
collaboration #132 ♥Intercultural Communication in Language Education
Zoom A Sessions

Sunday 11:15-11:50 JST

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Room InfoSpeaker: Pramila Neupane

Creating vocabulary lists based on corpus linguistics#179 ♥
Vocabulary

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Sunday 11:15-11:50 JST

Speaker: Sarah Miyoshi Deutchman
I started teaching at the university level two years ago. I
am interested in finding ways to integrate corpora into
teaching English. Recently, I have started a project ...
moreLess is more - Academic poster design that works #195♥
College and University Educators

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Sunday 11:15-11:50 JST

Speaker: Samuel Bruce
Samuel Bruce has been teaching EFL and ESL for the
past 22 years. He has taught in Hong Kong, China, New
Zealand, the UK, and Japan. He began teaching at ...
more

Creating a language table at a university in Japan #106♥
College and University Educators
Sunday 12:00-12:35 JST

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Speaker: Dawn Lucovich
PanSIG Virtual Conference Committee Chair / The
University of Nagano, Assistant Professor / Nagano JALT,
PresidentIntercultural competence: An overview #133 ♥Intercultural Communication in Language Education
Zoom A Sessions

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Sunday 12:00-12:35 JST

Speaker: Neil Talbert
Membership Chair of Intercultural Communication in
Language Education (ICLE) SIG

Curriculum integration through interdisciplinary
collaboration #166 ♥Teacher Development

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Sunday 12:00-12:35 JST

Speaker: James Taylor
James Taylor grew up in the Medway Delta in the United
Kingdom and holds a BA French and Italian and MA
TESOL, both from the University of Leeds. He taught ...
more

Speaker: Ed Basquill

An overview of a school's curriculum for the studentcentered classroom #173 ♥Teaching Younger Learners

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Sunday 12:00-12:35 JST

Speaker: Grant Osterman
Dr. Osterman has been teaching in Japan since 1993.
Originally from a small Midwestern town in the UnitedStates, he earned his bachelor’s degree in psychology
and a master’s ... more

ER SIG forum #126 ♥Extensive Reading

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Sunday 12:00-13:20 JST

Speaker: Greg Sholdt
I am currently based at at Konan University and have over
20 years of language teaching experience. My interests
include classroom-based research methods, extensive
reading, and English for academic purposes. ... more

Speaker: Greg Rouault
I have been teaching English as a foreign language inJapan since 1999. In higher education, I have taught 4
skills, study abroad test prep, EAP, and content-based
courses with ... more

Speaker: Glen Hill
I have a master's degree in science, but I've beenteaching English in Japan since 1998. For the past 15+
years, I've been a tenured professor at a science
university, ... more

Speaker: Mark Brierley
Extensive reader. Low energy builder. Active Passivist.

Passive activist.

Speaker: Guy Cihi
EdTech Entrepreneur - Producer of WordEngine.
Attention ER advocates: Use the free VCheck lexical test
to ensure that your students are reading at the optimallevel based on their ... more

Speaker: Parisa Fardad
I majored in Linguistics and have more that 15 years ofEnglish teaching experience at universities and language
schools and currently teach at MY English school and
Miyagi Gakuin University. ... more

Speaker: Pat Conaway
I teach EFL classes to freshman students in the medical,
agriculture, engineering, humanities, and education
departments. It’s a lot of fun seeing the di!erent
personalities of the students with such ... more

Investigating the experience of non-Japanese longterm EFL teaching professionals at Japanese
Universities #107 ♥College and University Educators

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Sunday 12:45-13:20 JST

Speaker: Brian Cullen

Learning about teaching through foreign language

learning #167 ♥Teacher Development

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Sunday 12:45-13:20 JST

Speaker: Claire Murray
Claire Murray has taught English in New Zealand andJapan for more than 12 years. Her research interests
include learning strategies and vocabulary acquisition

Speaker: Francesco Bolstad
Professor Francesco Bolstad combines his background in
biology and economics with his love of education andlanguage as Head of the Department of Clinical English
at Nara Medical University. His ... more

Speaker: Paul Mathieson
I am an associate professor in the Department of ClinicalEnglish at Nara Medical University. I am the co-ordinatorof the nursing English programme at NMU, and I teachboth ... more

I am a Genius! #174 ♥Teaching Younger Learners

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Sunday 12:45-13:20 JST

Speaker: Esther Ratcli!
I have taught a wide age range of learners in Spain,
Portugal and Japan. I currently work at Asia University,
Tokyo. I hold BA in English and Spanish, DELTA and ...
moreHow to organize and plan your own online event orconference #198 ♥Computer-Assisted Language Learning

SIG Forum

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Sunday 12:45-14:05 JST

Speaker: Gary Ross
Gary is a web developer, designer, and programmer, andthe creator of Eventzil.la. He works as an Associate
Professor at Kanazawa University where he develops theonline learning program at ... more

Speaker: Louise Ohashi
Louise Ohashi is a CALL/MALL enthusiast who hastaught English in a wide range of contexts in Japan andabroad. She is currently an Associate Professor at Meiji
University and ... more

Speaker: Erin Noxon
I've got a Dr. on my name, I'm a Google Certified
Innovator, and I teach at Sagano High School in Kyoto.
Let's see... I've taught communicative English, life
science, integrated ... more

Using a learner corpus to design a placement test #108♥
College and University Educators
Sunday 13:30-14:05 JST

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Speaker: Parsons Daniel
Teacher of EAP to international students of economics,
business, politics and international relations. Researchinterest in corpus linguistics applications to EAP.

Teaching film and literature in the EFL classroom. #143♥
Literature in Language Teaching

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Sunday 13:30-14:05 JST

Speaker: Tom Paterson
I have been living and working in Tokyo for 6 years and I
am currently teaching at Asia University. My researchinterests include Literature, Film, Content-based
instruction, and Task-based learning.

Gender and Climate Change #187 ♥Gender Awareness in Language Education
Sunday 13:30-14:50 JST

SIG Forum

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Speaker: Mark Brierley
Extensive reader. Low energy builder. Active Passivist.
Passive activist.

Speaker: Brent Simmonds
English teacher , keen environmentalist

Speaker: Catriona Chalmers Takeuchi
Teacher of Young Learners, teacher- trainer, freelance
writer and editor.

Speaker: Jennie Rolo! Rothman
Principal Lecturer: Professional Development-Teacher
Development Member of the following SIGs: GILE, TD,
CUE, CT, THT

In-class surveys one question at a time #109 ♥College and University Educators

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Sunday 14:15-14:50 JST

Speaker: Glen Hill
I have a master's degree in science, but I've beenteaching English in Japan since 1998. For the past 15+
years, I've been a tenured professor at a science
university, ... more

Learning western literature through computational
thinking #142 ♥Literature in Language Teaching

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Sunday 14:15-14:50 JST

Speaker: Li-Wen Chang
Li-Wen Chang is an assistant professor in the
Department of English Language and Literature at
Chinese Culture University, Taipei, Taiwan. Her researchinterests include American literature, feminism, New
Woman writings, ... more

Mindfulness: Making the Most of Class Time #169 ♥Teacher Development

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Sunday 14:15-14:50 JST

Speaker: John SpiriJohn Spiri first came to Japan in 1997 and presently
works as an associate professor in the education
department at Gifu Shotoku Gakuen University. John was
motivated to conduct mindfulness ... more

Speaker: Karl Hedberg
Karl Hedberg works at Shiga University.

Self-reflection in intercultural communication #190 ♥Intercultural Communication in Language Education
Zoom A Sessions

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Sunday 14:15-15:50 JST

Speaker: Roxana Sandu

Using Google Forms as Quizzes #186 ♥Computer-Assisted Language Learning

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Sponsors Room Sessions

Sunday 14:15-16:15 JST

Speaker: Bill Pellowe
Bill Pellowe is an Associate Professor at Kindai
University's Fukuoka Campus, where he has taught since
2000. He is currently JALT's Director of Public Relations.
He started ELT Calendar (eltcalendar.com) ... more

Speaker: Nate Gildart
Nathan Gildart is a History and Individuals & Societies
Teacher at Nagoya International School and Educational
Technology Consultant. He is a Google for Education
Certified Trainer, Innovator, and Google Educator ... more

Templates for term paper research notes #101 ♥College and University Educators

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Sunday 15:00-15:35 JST

Speaker: David Kolf
Part-time Lecturer at Kyoto University ILAS, where I
teach Academic Writing, and at Ryukoku University,where I have writing and communication classes for firstyear students.

Intercultural Communication and Mobility #131 ♥Intercultural Communication in Language Education
Zoom A Sessions

Sunday 15:00-16:20 JST

SIG Forum

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Room InfoSpeaker: DANIEL VELASCO
Daniel Velasco is an Assistant Professor in the College ofIntercultural Communication at Rikkyo University inTokyo, Japan. He is also an adjunct Assistant Professor
for the Department of International ... more

Speaker: Kaori ONO

Speaker: Najma Janjua
Najma Janjua is a professor in the Department of
Languages at Kawasaki Medical School in Kurashiki,Japan. She holds a doctorate in human genetics from
McGill University in Montreal, Canada, ... more

Speaker: Roxana Sandu

Speaker: Bruce Lander
Bruce Lander teaches in the graduate school of
Language and Communication at Matsuyama University,
Ehime, Japan. He has been a teacher for almost 20 years,
most of which in ... more

Towards PanSIG2021 #185 ♥PanSIG

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Sunday 15:45-16:20 JST

Speaker: Jennie Crittenden

Speaker: Gabriela Schmidt
Coordinator of JALT CEFR & LP SIG

Speaker: Bill Pellowe
Bill Pellowe is an Associate Professor at Kindai
University's Fukuoka Campus, where he has taught since
2000. He is currently JALT's Director of Public Relations.
He started ELT Calendar (eltcalendar.com) ... more

Speaker: Jean-Pierre Richard
JALT2020 Program Chair PanSIG 2022 Chair

Moderator: Mark Brierley
Extensive reader. Low energy builder. Active Passivist.
Passive activist.

A peer support program for incoming students #196 ♥College and University Educators

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Sunday 15:45-16:20 JST

Speaker: Andrew Zitzmann

Speaker: Malcolm Swanson

A peer support program for incoming students #211 ♥College and University Educators

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Sunday 15:45-16:20 JST

Closing Panel #202 ♥PanSIG

Open Space

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Sunday 16:30-17:00 JST

Speaker: Amanda Gillis Furutaka
Amanda Gillis-Furutaka is a professor in the Faculty ofForeign Studies at Kyoto Sangyo University, where she
has worked since 1992. Before coming to Japan, shetaught English in France, ... more

Speaker: Gary Ross
Gary is a web developer, designer, and programmer, andthe creator of Eventzil.la. He works as an Associate
Professor at Kanazawa University where he develops theonline learning program at ... more

Speaker: Jennie Crittenden

Speaker: Dawn Lucovich
PanSIG Virtual Conference Committee Chair / The
University of Nagano, Assistant Professor / Nagano JALT,
President

Speaker: Louise Ohashi
Louise Ohashi is a CALL/MALL enthusiast who hastaught English in a wide range of contexts in Japan andabroad. She is currently an Associate Professor at Meiji
University and ... more

Speaker: Wayne Malcolm

Speaker: Gabriela Schmidt
Coordinator of JALT CEFR & LP SIG

Speaker: Joseph Tomei
Joseph Tomei is a professor in the Faculty of British andAmerican Studies at Kumamoto Gakuen University. He
has taught EFL in France, Spain, and Japan at the
primary, secondary, ... more

Speaker: Mizuka Tsukamoto

Host: Mark Brierley
Extensive reader. Low energy builder. Active Passivist.
Passive activist.