JACET 60th Anniversary Commemoration Week Plenary Speakers and Special Symposia

We are pleased to announce the plenary speakers and the titles of their talks, and special symposia held during the Commemoration Week. We look forward to seeing many of you! 

JACET創立60周年記念ウィーク基調講演者と特別シンポジウム

第48回JACETサマーセミナー(オンライン、2021)とJACET第60回記念国際大会(オンライン、2021)の基調講演者と講演タイトル、特別シンポジウムについてお知らせいたします。多数の皆様のご参加をお待ちしております。  

Plenary Speakers

Dr. Le Van Canh
 (Vietnam National University, Hanoi)

Dr. Le Van Canh is Associate Professor in Applied Linguistics of Vietnam National University, Hanoi, where he lectures at the graduate level. He has been involved in English language teaching, English language teacher education and research for more than 40 years. Very recently, he co-edited two volumes, Situating Cultural and Moral Values in ELT Materials: The Southeast Asian Context (Springer), and Building Teacher Capacity in English Language Teaching in Vietnam: Research, Policy and Practice (Routledge). 

The 48th JACET Summer Seminar (Online, 2021)

Plenary Talk on August 26th

Integrating human values in English language teaching

The JACET 60th Commemorative International Convention (Online, 2021)

Plenary Talk on August 27th

Reimagining English language teaching in posthumanism

Dr. Jihyeon Jeon
 (Ewha Woman’s University) 

Dr. Jihyeon Jeon is a professor at Ewha Woman’s University, Seoul, Korea. She served as a president of Asia TEFL (2017-2020). Her recent publications appear in the TESOL Encyclopedia of ELT (2018); and in the Routledge International Handbook of Language Education Policy in Asia (2019). Her recent talks include teacher communication from interpersonal communication perspectives.

The 48th JACET Summer Seminar

Plenary Talk on August 26th

Teachers coping with challenges: A view from interpersonal communication theories

The JACET 60th Commemorative International Convention

(Online, 2021)

Plenary Talk on August 27th

Road to resilience: For teachers facing challenges

Dr. Judy Noguchi
(Professor Emerita of Kobe Gakuin University)

Dr. Judy Noguchi, professor emerita of Kobe Gakuin University, has been involved in English for specific purposes (ESP), a genre-based approach to language study, from the start of her teaching career. B.S. and B.A. (chemistry), University of Hawaii; M.Ed. (TESL), Temple University (US); Ph.D. (applied linguistics), University of Birmingham (UK).

The 48th JACET Summer Seminar (Online, 2021)

Plenary Talk on August 26th

Not ‘Language’ learning but ‘language’ learning for Society 5.0

The JACET 60th Commemorative International Convention (Online, 2021)

Special Symposia on August 29th

1. Affiliate Symposium: New Forms of International Academic Collaboration: Prospects and Possibilities for ELT in Asia

Coordinator: Prof. Tomokazu Ishikawa (Tamagawa University)

2. JAAL (Japan Association of Applied Linguistics) Symposium: Toward the Future of Applied Linguistics Research in Japan (TBD)

Coordinator: Prof. Toshiyuki Kanamaru (Kyoto University)

3. AILA East Asia Symposium: The Role of Languages in the Internationalization of Higher Education

Coordinator: Prof. Chitose Asaoka (Dokkyo University)

4. JACET Symposium (I) – Past: Lessons from JACET History

Coordinator: Prof. Hajime Terauchi (Takachiho Univeristy)

5. JACET Symposium (II) – Present: Points of Collaboration for Industry, Government and Schools

Coordinator: Prof. Hisashi Naito (Hokkai-Gakuen University)

6. JACET Symposium (III) – Future: Prospects of Technology for English Education

Coordinator: Prof. Yukinari Shimoyama (Toyo Gakuen University)

JACET第60回記念国際大会(オンライン、2021)
8月29日(日)開催 特別シンポジウム

1. 提携学会シンポジウム: New Forms of International Academic Collaboration: Prospects and Possibilities for ELT in Asia

コーディネーター:石川 友和(玉川大学)  

2. 日本応用言語学会シンポジウム:日本における応用言語学研究の将来に向けて(仮)

コーディネーター:金丸 敏幸(京都大学)

3. AILA East Asiaシンポジウム:The Role of Languages in the Internationalization of Higher Education

コーディネーター:浅岡 千利世(獨協大学)

4. JACETシンポジウム(Ⅰ)過去:JACET温故知新

コーディネーター:寺内 一(高千穂大学)

5. JACETシンポジウム(Ⅱ)現在:産官学連携の核心

コーディネーター:内藤 永(北海学園大学)

6. JACETシンポジウム(Ⅲ)未来:テクノロジーから見た英語教育の展望

コーディネーター:下山 幸成(東洋学園大学)