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In case you were wondering where I’ll be…

September 23, 2009 – 2:11 am

As usual, I’ll be schmoozing and spitting the occasional presentation or project pitch at JALT2009 in Shizuoka on November 21-23, 2009.In the meantime, can find me milling about and distracting people here in my stomping ground of Nara at the annual CUE conference, which will be hosted at Tezukayama Gakuen University, which was the site […]

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PAC7 at JALT2008: An (huge) international, inter-association collaborative conference

September 27, 2008 – 2:14 am

When I am not working one of my 4 jobs or taking care of my wife and son, I can usually be found hammering away at my computer, preparing for the above conference. We really, really (no, really) want people to join the fun and make all this hard work worth our blood, sweat and […]

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Japanese Gairaigo.

July 1, 2008 – 1:04 pm

First things first. Several months ago, I was asked (by one of RoaS’s regular readers and a long time friend) to give my thoughts on the issue of garaigo, or loanwords, in Japanese and whether their rapid influx into the language is indeed undermining communication and causing mass concern.
My answer is: yes and no, but […]

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David Graddol discusses English in the new world order

June 11, 2008 – 1:19 am

You REALLY should listen to this. I might not be in the wrong line of work after all!
Just click the photo and press the play icon [on the British Council podcast site].

I have to say I am pretty stoked that David Graddol will be one of the PAC7 at JALT2008 plenary speakers this November in […]

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Widgets: A great new EFL textbook

February 2, 2008 – 4:24 pm

Starting in April, I’ll be team-teaching a couple of classes at a local women’s college, and my colleagues and I have decided to go with a new textbook for EFL (English as a Foreign Language) that was co-authored by a friend of mine, Marcos Benevides. I was fortunate enough to have been a sounding board […]

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Practical Training for Elementary School English Education (in Japan)

January 20, 2008 – 1:04 pm

Here’s a program I’m currently coordinating at a nearby university. Apart from being surprised at the amazing level of support and cooperation by the university’s staff, it has been incredibly informative to participate in a major educational project hosted at the intersection of private and public institutions. This private university has received a 3-year grant […]

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The Asian Youth Forum 2008

January 12, 2008 – 5:17 pm

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaand we’re back!
Happy New Year to all!
Wanted to start the year off by introducing you all to some of the educational events/courses/programs I am contributing to this year. The first one is this little gem:
Asian Youth Forum 2008 Promo Slideshow

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I saw the Asian Youth Forum in action for the […]

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Did You Know 2.0? (by Karl Fisch and Scott McLeod)

October 21, 2007 – 2:39 pm

Here’s another thought-provoking video which touches on some of the same themes as my last post and the video contained therein.
Actually Did You Know 2.0 is an official update to the video entitled Shift Happens by Karl Fisch (author of The Fischbowl) and Scott McLeod (author of Dangerously Irrelevant). These guys are always hard at […]

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Bashing Miss Teen South Carolina…for the good of education.

September 3, 2007 – 9:05 pm

The uber-intelligent and ever-charming EFL teacher and host of The Daily English Show, Sarah Lilburn, delivers a thorough and devastating account of why Miss Teen South Carolina’s response was so funny to so many native speakers of English. Let’s not get into whether it’s fair or appropriate to be handing out further shalackings to this […]

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Pillar of the community.

August 24, 2007 – 2:21 am

Disclaimer: The following post is relatively scattered and self-indulgent, but I’ve been feeling completely off my game and I need this, so go easy on me. If you dare read on, you’ll find a hodgepodge of life issues and mid-life angst, and it goes on for a while. To be honest, I really don’t expect […]

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