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That’s all for the live blog. It was an excellent day. See you all next year.
Live blog – Jason Hill
Update: May 31 – 3:50pm – Marc de Boer – We can be friends. Linguistics and English conversation. What can we come away with? There is something to be said about implicit learning. Something everyone can learn.
Update May 31 – 2:55pm – Chutatip Yumitani – Presenting on Scott Thornbury’s 7 ways of Looking at Grammar.
Update May 31 – 2:00pm – Marc Jones has started his presentation on the frustrations with secondary language learning theory and the assistant language teacher system. 
Update May 31 – 12:10pm – Neil Conway, Neil Addison. Scaffolding poetry reading in University EAP Classes.
Update May 31 – 11:15am – James Hobbs – What’s in a word. Mr. Hobbes looks at medical English words and deciphers them for us. 
Update May 31 – 10:15am – Plenary speaker. John Campbell-Larsen. Teaching the spoken language. 
Update May 31 – 9:50am – Booths are set up. We are ready to go. 
Update May 31 – 8:37am – Full schedule of speakers. 
Update May 31 – 8:15am – We just arrived at Hachinohe Gakuin University. Only 45 minutes until registration. It’s a beautiful day. 
Update: May 30 – 9:02 – After party at overtime sports bar in Hachinohe. A warm welcome for our guests and speakers. 
Update: May 30 – 7:12pm – We are having a welcome dinner for guests and speakers at La Plazatei(らぷらざ亭). The food is amazing. Nice to meet everyone. 
Update: May 29 – 12:00pm – This is my last update before the event. I will use this post to liveblog details as they happen. We hope to see you all there. Here is the schedule again: 09:00 – 10:00 Registration 10:00 – 10:10 Opening Comments 10:10 – 11:05 Plenary Session 11:15 – 11:55 Session 1 12:05 – 12:45 Session 2 12:45 – 14:00 Lunch Break 14:00 – 14:40 Session 3 14:50 – 15:30 Session 4 15:40 – 16:20 Session 5 16:20 – 16:30 Closing Comments