Hello everyone,
This is just a friendly reminder that we are still accepting presentation (or workshop, discussion, demonstration, etc) proposals for MEES 2025 up until NEXT FRIDAY, May 9th. Check out the previous post here on FB or the MEESJapan homepage for details.
For more info, please head over to our MEES areas to enquire further.
Date: Saturday, June 21, 2025
Venue: Hachinohe Gakuin University – Hachinohe Art Museum Satellite Space, Hachinohe, Aomori
Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1305505580681857/
MEES Page: https://meesjapan.wordpress.com/
The 10th Anniversary of MEES
“Foundations and Frontiers of EFL: Past Lessons and Future Solutions”
We welcome any proposals with relevance to language use, learning, and teaching for any age group within the ELF context. Submissions may include action research conducted inside or outside the classroom, works in progress, teaching strategies and pedagogy, pilot studies, as well as proposals for discussion sessions and workshops.
Sessions are set at 30 minutes (including questions). Please advise us on your session format: formal presentation, workshop, discussion, or demonstration. Also, if you would like more than 30 minutes, let us know.
Abstract Submissions: Abstract must be no longer than 300 words in English, in either MS Word, Mac Pages, or PDF file.
Send all abstract submissions to: MEESjapan@gmail.com
Proposal Abstract Deadline: Friday, May 9th, 2025.
Date: Sunday, January 26, 2025
Time: 1:30pm
Location: Online
Link:
Join our Cloud HD Video Meeting
Our Chapter’s first meeting of the year will be an online gathering. Come chat with the officers, and feel free to give us feedback on what you’d like to see for presentations this year and next year at our chapter.
Jim Smiley Presentation
How can reading instructors develop materials that support engagement beyond traditional comprehension? This presentation introduces ’pedagogising’: an innovative approach that creates a structured sequence of interactive activities, transforming a static reading passage into a dynamic learning experience that promotes critical engagement with the text.
Zoom link to be provided here on Friday before event. You can also indicate you are coming through our Facebook event page:
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