Learner Development SIG-related Events 2012
Updated 3 May 2012In addition to different Learner Development SIG local area get-togethers running through 2012 (click here for contact information for the local get together coordinators), we are planning to take part in several conferences.
We warmly encourage new members of the SIG to take part in LD SIG forums and also to share their ideas for learner development events that they would like the SIG to organize.
Feel free to share your ideas with Bill Moutsiadis, the SIG programme chair. Bill has set up an interactive Google page for sharing events and programme information. Please have a look at this new resource!
. . . or contact directly the respective SIG liaison(s) for a particular conference or local area get-together. The people to contact for specific events are listed below, and their email addresses are here.
In Japan
- The Call for Participation for the LD-SIG Forum at JALT2012 is open. Time is, however, short. Bill needs to receive your proposals by Wednesday, 9 May. Please see the LD-SIG Forum at JALT2012 page.
- The 4th Annual N.E.A.R. Language Education Conference, Saturday May 26th. Deadline for proposals: February 17th. Niigata Prefecture University, Niigata City LD SIG event liaison: Bill Mboutsiadis
- JALTCALL2012 Beyond CALL: Integration, normalisation, or separation? Friday June 1st to Sunday June 3rd. Deadline for proposals: January 15th. Konan University CUBE, Nishinomiya, Kobe. The call for proposals for the Learner Development SIG Forum at JALTCALL2012 can be found here. LD SIG event liaison: Darren Elliot
- 2012 JALT PAN Sig Conference, Hiroshima. Literacy: SIGnals of emergence. Saturday June 16 – Sunday June 17. Deadline for proposals: February 29th. Hiroshima University LD SIG event liaison: Jim Ronald
- Nakasendo 2012, Tokyo. Details to follow in January 2012. LD SIG event liaison: Rob Moreau
- JALT Extensive Reading SIG 5th Extensive Reading in Japan Seminar, Sunday July 1st. Sugiyama Jogakuen University, Hoshigaoka campus, Nagoya
- JACET CONVENTION 2012 大学英語教育への言語理論の応用―コンテントとコンテクストを重視して」 The Application of Contemporary Language Theories to Higher English Education: Focusing on the Importance of Content-based and Context-based Approaches. Friday August 31st – Sunday September 2nd 2012. Proposal submission period: Tuesday January 10 ~ Friday February 10 2012 (23:59:59 JST). Aichi Prefectural University
- JALT2012 International Conference Making a Difference. Friday October 12- Monday October 15. Deadline for proposals: April 13th (submissions accepted from January 1st). ACT City, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka. Call for proposals for the Learner Development SIG Forum at JALT2012 will follow in January. LD SIG event liaison: Bill Mboutsiadis
- JII Japanese Intercultural Institute Early Oct TBA. Deadline for proposals: end of July TBA. Shirayuri College, Tokyo LD SIG event liaison: Bill Mboutsiadis
- Meisei University Forum, Meisei University, West Tokyo, Saturday November 3rd. Deadline for proposals: mid-September. Event coordinator: Bill Mboutsiadis
Overseas
Details of other Learner Development SIG-related overseas events in 2012 will be posted in early January.- IATEFL2012 conference Glasgow, Scotland 19 – 23 March 2012. IATEFL Learner Autonomy SIG Pre-conference event, Monday 19 March, and IATEFL Learner Autonomy SIG Day, Thursday 22 March.
- AILA Research Network on Learner Autonomy conference on Autonomy in language learning and teaching: Techniques, strategies and resources, Tuesday 8 May – Thursday 10 May, Department of English Studies, Faculty of Pedagogy and Fine Arts, Adam Mickiewicz University, Kalisz, and Institute of Modern Languages, State School of Higher Professional Education, Konin, Poland. Abstracts of proposed papers in the range of 200-300 words should be submitted by e-mail to konferencjaautonomia2012@gmail.com by March 20th, 2012. The proposals should include the title, name, affiliation, e-mail address and a short biographical note, about 60-80 words in length. Notifications of acceptance will be sent by April 10th, 2012.
- KOTESOL 2012 National Conference, Saturday May 26th. Deadline for proposals: January 15th, Busan, Korea
- IATEFL Learner Autonomy SIG Conference, Graz, Austria, Treffpunkt Sprachen- Zentrum für Sprache, Plurilingualismus und Fachdidaktik "The answer is learner autonomy - issues in language teaching and learning". June 1-2, 2012.
- Independent Learning Association Conference 2012 Autonomy in a Networked World: Te Tū Motuhake i te Ao Kōtuitui, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand. Thursday 30 August – Sunday 2 September 2012. Call for papers extended to 20 January 2012.