Summer issue of Learning Learning published!
New members’ voices columns, short articles, and more — Learning Learning Vol 25 No 1 — is now available for your reading and downloading pleasure.
learner and teacher development
New members’ voices columns, short articles, and more — Learning Learning Vol 25 No 1 — is now available for your reading and downloading pleasure.
Tokyo Get-together, 24 June 2018 Otsuma Women’s University, Chiyoda Campus, Building A, Room A357 from 2.30 to 5.00 pm. On the 24th we hope to continue discussions around the question of What meanings might...
Video Voices at ILA2018: The conference chairs of ILA2018 are inviting anyone – whether you can attend the conference or not – to add their voice to the experience of ILA 2018 through a...
2018 LD SIG Grants 1. Introduction Every year, the Learner Development (LD) SIG provides grants to support members’ professional development, research and educational- and volunteer-related activities and projects in the broad area of learner...
January 2017 Greetings all, & apologies for the long-dormant state of this, the Talking Points blog of the Learner Development SIG. I am working on getting a reboot in motion, and to do so,...
The call for proposals for PanSIG 2017 is out! Check out this link here.
Getting started with the Talking Points Column for 2016 Arts education, learner autonomy, and learner advising (指導, 指導者) Greetings all, Hope everyone has gotten off to a good start in the New Year. This...
An Interview with Masuko Miyahara For the December Talking Points, we interviewed Masuko Miyahara, who recently published a book called Emerging Self-Identities and Emotion in Foreign Language Learning: A Narrative Approach (2015). Masuko, herself,...
Andy Barfield, Chuo University, & Jenny Morgan, Wayo Women’s University In March 2015 we spent a week in Yangon leading 30 hours of teacher education workshops with trainers of trainers working in non-state education...
One Shot Learner Development Here Jim Ronald and Naomi Fujishima, with some input from students and from the Hiroshima LD Get-together participants, discuss whether a single lecture or meeting with students on the topic...
Metaphors and learner autonomy – A conversation with Darren Elliott In this month’s Talking Points, Jim Ronald and Naomi Fujishima interview Darren Elliott, following his presentation at the BAAL conference on metaphors and learner...