Temple University Japan Archive

This is an archive of all of the past events of Temple University Japan on ELT Calendar.

March 4th (Saturday) 2023
Shadowing: What is it? How to Use and Research it in Class?
Speaker: Dr. Yo Hamada (Akita University, Japan)
Location: Online, Online Events

February 25th (Saturday) 2023
CANCELED: Storytelling in Interaction
Speaker: Dr. Gabriele Kasper (University of Hawaii at Manoa, U.S.A.)
Location: Online, Online Events

February 11th (Saturday) 2023
National Foundation Day (Kenkoku-kinen-no-hi)
Task-Based Language Teaching: Applying Research to Practice
Speaker: Dr. Nicole Ziegler (University of Hawaii at Manoa, U.S.A.)
Location: Online, Online Events

October 8th (Saturday) 2022
Cooperative Learning: Theory, Practice and Research
Speaker: George Jacobs (Univeristi Malaya, Malaysia)
Location: Online, Online Events

September 17th (Saturday) 2022
The Theory and Practice of ELT Today
Speaker: Willy A. Renandy (National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Location: Online, Online Events

July 2nd (Saturday) 2022
Enhancing the Authenticity of Oral Skills Instruction with Pragmatics
Speaker: David Olsher (San Francisco State University, U.S.A.)
Location: Online, Online Events

May 14th (Saturday) 2022
CANCELLED: Task-based Language Teaching: Applying Research to Practice
Speaker: Nicole Ziegler (University of Hawaii at Manoa, U.S.A.)
Location: Online, Online Events

February 12th (Saturday) 2022
Optimizing Task-based Language Teaching and Learning: Theory, Research, and Pedagogy
Speaker: Janire Zalbidea, Temple University, U.S.A.
Location: Online, Online Events

January 15th (Saturday) 2022
Teaching Listening
Speaker: Michael Rost, Author, Editor, Teacher Trainer, Researcher, U.S.A.
Location: Online, Online Events

October 30th (Saturday) 2021
L2 Spoken Vocabulary Acquisition, Instruction, and Assessment
Speaker: Takumi Uchihara (Waseda University, Japan)
Location: Online, Online Events

October 16th (Saturday) 2021
Vocabulary Research in ESP: Raising Issues and Connecting to Practice
Speaker: Averil Coxhead (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
Location: Online, Online Events

June 26th (Saturday) 2021
Applied Methods for Researching and Teaching L2 Pronunciation
Speaker: Alyssa Kermad (California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, U.S.A.)
Location: Online, Online Events

June 12th (Saturday) 2021
Measuring Productive Lexical Proficiency in Learner Corpora
Speaker: Kristopher Kyle (University of Oregon, U. S. A.)
Location: Online, Online Events

March 6th (Saturday) 2021
(TUJ Only) Seeking for the Interface between SLA Research and Language Teaching
Speaker: Shinichi Izumi (Sophia University)
Location: Online, Online Events

February 27th (Saturday) 2021
Seeking for the Interface between SLA Research and Language Teaching
Speaker: Shinichi Izumi (Sophia University)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

February 20th (Saturday) 2021
(TUJ Only) Conversation Analysis and Its Practical Application to Language Teaching
Speaker: Donald Carroll (Shikoku Gakuin University)
Location: Online, Online Events

February 13th (Saturday) 2021
Conversation Analysis and Its Practical Application to Language Teaching
Speaker: Donald Carroll (Shikoku Gakuin University)
Location: Online, Online Events

January 23rd (Saturday) 2021
The Place of Extensive Reading and Listening in an EFL Curriculum
Speaker: Rob Waring (Notre Dame Seishin University, Japan)
Location: Online, Online Events

November 7th (Saturday) 2020
TUJ Distinguished Lecturer Series (Seminar 3)-- L2 Vocabulary Acquisition, Learning and Processing: Adopting an Interdisciplinary Perspective
Speaker: Irina Elgort (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
Location: Online, Online Events

October 17th (Saturday) 2020
TUJ Distinguished Lecturer Series (Seminar 2): Using Large Online Corpora for Research, Teaching, and Learning
Speaker: Mark E. Davies (Brigham Young University, U.S.A.)
Location: Online, Online Events

October 10th (Saturday) 2020
TUJ Distinguished Lecturer Series (Osaka, Seminar 1): Developing Lexical Competence: From Theory to Classroom Practice to Online Application
Speaker: Charles Browne (Meiji Gakuin University, Japan)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

October 3rd (Saturday) 2020
TUJ Distinguished Lecturer Series (Tokyo, Seminar 1): Developing Lexical Competence: From Theory to Classroom Practice to Online Application
Speaker: Charles Browne (Meiji Gakuin University, Japan)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

July 18th (Saturday) 2020
Teaching English to Young Learners (Tokyo seminar, online)
Speaker: Mitsue Allen-Tamai (Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan)
Location: Online, Online Events

July 11th (Saturday) 2020
Teaching English to Young Learners (Osaka seminar, online)
Speaker: Mitsue Allen-Tamai (Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan)
Location: Online, Online Events

March 21st (Saturday) 2020
Vernal Equinox Day (Shunbun-no-hi)
CANCELLED: TUJ Distinguished Lecturer Series: Effective Techniques for Teaching and Learning L2 Writing
Speaker: Eli Hinkel (Seattle Pacific University, U. S. A.)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

March 14th (Saturday) 2020
CANCELLED: TUJ Distinguished Lecturer Series: Effective Techniques for Teaching and Learning L2 Writing
Speaker: Eli Hinkel (Seattle Pacific University, U. S. A.)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

February 22nd (Saturday) 2020
TUJ Distinguished Lecturer Series: Psycholinguistics (Osaka)
Speaker: Scott Crossley (Georgia State University, U. S. A.)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

February 15th (Saturday) 2020
TUJ Distinguished Lecturer Series: Psycholinguistics (Tokyo)
Speaker: Scott Crossley (Georgia State University, U. S. A.)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

February 1st (Saturday) 2020
TUJ Distinguished Lecturer Series: On the Role of Multi-Word Expressions in Language Learning and Use (Osaka)
Speaker: Anna Siyanova (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

January 25th (Saturday) 2020
TUJ Distinguished Lecturer Series: On the Role of Multi-Word Expressions in Language Learning and Use (Tokyo)
Speaker: Anna Siyanova (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

November 23rd (Saturday) 2019
Labor Thanksgiving Day (Kinrou-kansha-no-hi)
TUJ Distinguished Lecturer Series: Theory and Practice of Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)
Speaker: Mike Bostwick (Katoh Gakuen English Immersion, Japan)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

November 16th (Saturday) 2019
TUJ Distinguished Lecturer Series: Theory and Practice of Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)
Speaker: Mike Bostwick (Katoh Gakuen English Immersion, Japan)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

October 19th (Saturday) 2019
TUJ Distinguished Lecturer Series: Analyzing Rating Data Using a Many-Facet Rasch Measurement Approach
Speaker: Carol Myford (The University of Illinois at Chicago, U.S.A.)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

October 12th (Saturday) 2019
TUJ Distinguished Lecturer Series: Analyzing Rating Data Using a Many-Facet Rasch Measurement Approach
Speaker: Carol Myford (The University of Illinois at Chicago, U.S.A.)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

September 21st (Saturday) 2019
TUJ Distinguished Lecturer Series: Corpus Use in Education and Research
Speaker: Atsushi Mizumoto (Kansai University, Japan)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

September 14th (Saturday) 2019
TUJ Distinguished Lecturer Series: Corpus Use in Education and Research
Speaker: Atsushi Mizumoto (Kansai University, Japan)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

July 20th (Saturday) 2019
TUJ Distinguished Lecturer Series: Usage-Based Second Language Acquisition: Implicit and Explicit Learning and Their Interface
Speaker: Nick Ellis (University of Michigan, U.S.A.)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

July 13th (Saturday) 2019
TUJ Distinguished Lecturer Series: Usage-Based Second Language Acquisition: Implicit and Explicit Learning and Their Interface
Speaker: Nick Ellis (University of Michigan, U.S.A.)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

June 29th (Saturday) 2019
TUJ Distinguished Lecturer Series: Issues of (mis)communication in Science and Mathematics Classrooms--the Surprising Importance of Language
Speaker: Timothy Fukawa-Connelly (Temple University, U.S.A.)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

June 22nd (Saturday) 2019
TUJ Distinguished Lecturer Series: Issues of (mis)communication in Science and Mathematics Classrooms--the Surprising Importance of Language
Speaker: Timothy Fukawa-Connelly (Temple University, U.S.A.)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

May 18th (Saturday) 2019
TUJ Distinguished Lecturer Series: Second Language Pragmatics: Theory, Research, and Pedagogy
Speaker: Naoko Taguchi (Carnegie Mellon University, U.S.A.)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

May 11th (Saturday) 2019
TUJ Distinguished Lecturer Series: Second Language Pragmatics: Theory, Research, and Pedagogy
Speaker: Naoko Taguchi (Carnegie Mellon University, U.S.A.)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

March 16th (Saturday) 2019
TUJ Distinguished Lecturer Series: Optimizing Second Language Practice in the Classroom: Applying Insights from Cognitive/Educational Psychology to Second Language Learning
Speaker: Yuichi Suzuki (Kanagawa University, Japan)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

March 2nd (Saturday) 2019
TUJ Distinguished Lecturer Series: Optimizing Second Language Practice in the Classroom: Applying Insights from Cognitive/Educational Psychology to Second Language Learning
Speaker: Yuichi Suzuki (Kanagawa University, Japan)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

February 23rd (Saturday) 2019
TUJ Distinguished Lecturer Series: Culture in the Language Classroom: Towards an Intercultural Pedagogy for Teaching
Speaker: Jonathan Newton (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

February 16th (Saturday) 2019
TUJ Distinguished Lecturer Series: Culture in the Language Classroom: Towards an Intercultural Pedagogy for Teaching
Speaker: Jonathan Newton (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

January 26th (Saturday) 2019
TUJ Distinguished Lecturer Series: Instructed Second Language Acquisition
Speaker: Roy Lyster, Professor Emeritus (McGill University, Canada)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

January 12th (Saturday) 2019
TUJ Distinguished Lecturer Series: Instructed Second Language Acquisition
Speaker: Roy Lyster, Professor Emeritus (McGill University, Canada)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

November 17th (Saturday) 2018
Formulaic Language in Applied Linguistics and TESOL (in Osaka)
Speaker: David Wood (Carleton University, Canada)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

November 10th (Saturday) 2018
Formulaic Language in Applied Linguistics and TESOL (in Tokyo)
Speaker: David Wood (Carleton University, Canada)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

October 27th (Saturday) 2018
Understanding Language Course Design as a Problem-Solving Process (in Osaka)
Speaker: David Crabbe (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

October 20th (Saturday) 2018
Understanding Language Course Design as a Problem-Solving Process (in Tokyo)
Speaker: David Crabbe (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

September 29th (Saturday) 2018
Age-related Factors in Second Language Learning (in Osaka)
Speaker: David Singleton (University of Pannonia, Hungary)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

September 22nd (Saturday) 2018
Age-related Factors in Second Language Learning (in Tokyo)
Speaker: David Singleton (University of Pannonia, Hungary)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

July 21st (Saturday) 2018
Distinguished Lecturer Series: Lexical Input Processing, the TOPRA Model, and Effective Vocabulary Instruction
Speaker: Joe Barcroft (Washington University in St. Louis, U.S.A.)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

July 14th (Saturday) 2018
Distinguished Lecturer Series: Lexical Input Processing, the TOPRA Model, and Effective Vocabulary Instruction
Speaker: Joe Barcroft (Washington University in St. Louis, U.S.A.)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

July 7th (Saturday) 2018
Distinguished Lecturer Series: Teaching and Learning Vocabulary
Speaker: Paul Nation (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

June 30th (Saturday) 2018
Distinguished Lecturer Series: Teaching and Learning Vocabulary
Speaker: Paul Nation (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

June 23rd (Saturday) 2018
Distinguished Lecturer Series: Task-based Language Teaching and Learning
Speaker: Andrea Revesz (University College London, U.K.)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

June 16th (Saturday) 2018
Distinguished Lecturer Series: Task-based Language Teaching and Learning
Speaker: Andrea Revesz (University College London, U.K.)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

March 17th (Saturday) 2018
Teaching English to Young Learners
Speaker: Mitsue Allen-Tamai (Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

March 3rd (Saturday) 2018
Teaching English to Young Learners
Speaker: Mitsue Allen-Tamai (Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

February 17th (Saturday) 2018
Qualitative and Narrative Approaches to Researching Language Teaching and Learning
Speaker: Gary Barkhuizen (The University of Auckland, New Zealand)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

February 10th (Saturday) 2018
Qualitative and Narrative Approaches to Researching Language Teaching and Learning
Speaker: Dr. Gary Barkhuizen (The University of Auckland, New Zealand)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

February 4th (Sunday) 2018
The 20th Annual Temple University Japan Campus Applied Linguistics Colloquium (day 2 of 2)
Speaker: TBA; call for proposals due December 6th
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

February 3rd (Saturday) 2018
The 20th Annual Temple University Japan Campus Applied Linguistics Colloquium
Speaker: TBA; call for proposals due December 6th
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

January 27th (Saturday) 2018
Learning Grammar through Writing: Practice and Theory
Speaker: Natsuko Shintani (Kobe Gakuin University, Japan)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

January 20th (Saturday) 2018
Learning Grammar through Writing: Practice and Theory
Speaker: Natsuko Shintani (Kobe Gakuin University, Japan)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

October 28th (Saturday) 2017
CANCELLED: Understanding Language Course Design as a Problem-Solving Process
Speaker: David Crabbe (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

October 21st (Saturday) 2017
CANCELLED: Understanding Language Course Design as a Problem-Solving Process
Speaker: David Crabbe (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

September 30th (Saturday) 2017
Researching L2 Pronunciation
Speaker: Murray Munro (Simon Fraser University, Canada)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

July 8th (Saturday) 2017
TUJ Tokyo Distinguished Lecturer Series: Oral Corrective Feedback in Language Pedagogy and SLA
Speaker: Rod Ellis (Curtin University, Australia)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

July 1st (Saturday) 2017
TUJ Osaka Distinguished Lecturer Series: Oral Corrective Feedback in Language Pedagogy and SLA
Speaker: Rod Ellis (Curtin University, Australia)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

June 24th (Saturday) 2017
TUJ Osaka Distinguished Lecturer Series: Cognitive and Corpus Linguistics-Inspired Approaches to Lexico-Grammar Instruction
Speaker: Dilin Liu (University of Alabama, U.S.A.)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

June 17th (Saturday) 2017
TUJ Tokyo Distinguished Lecturer Series: Cognitive and Corpus Linguistics-Inspired Approaches to Lexico-Grammar Instruction
Speaker: Dilin Liu (University of Alabama, U.S.A.)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

May 20th (Saturday) 2017
TUJ Osaka Distinguished Lecturer Series: Invariant Measurement with Rasch Models for Rater-Mediated Assessments
Speaker: George Engelhard (The University of Georgia, U.S.A.)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

May 13th (Saturday) 2017
TUJ Tokyo Distinguished Lecturer Series: Invariant Measurement with Rasch Models for Rater-Mediated Assessments
Speaker: George Engelhard (The University of Georgia, U.S.A.)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

March 12th (Saturday) 2016
TUJ Osaka Distinguished Lecturer Series: Instructed Second Language Acquisition: How Effective is it?
Speaker: Shawn Loewen (Michigan State University, U.S.A.)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

March 5th (Saturday) 2016
TUJ Tokyo Distinguished Lecturer Series: Instructed Second Language Acquisition: How Effective is It?
Speaker: Shawn Loewen (Michigan State University, U.S.A.)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

February 27th (Saturday) 2016
TUJ Osaka Distinguished Lecturer Series: The Practice of Teaching Speaking
Speaker: Jonathan Newton (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

February 20th (Saturday) 2016
TUJ Tokyo Distinguished Lecturer Series: The Practice of Teaching Speaking
Speaker: Jonathan Newton (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

November 14th (Saturday) 2015
TUJ Osaka Distinguished Lecturer Series: Selection, Acquisition and Testing of L2 Vocabulary: the Old and the New
Speaker: Batia Laufer (University of Haifa, Israel)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

November 7th (Saturday) 2015
TUJ Tokyo Distinguished Lecturer Series: Selection, Acquisition and Testing of L2 Vocabulary: the Old and the New
Speaker: Batia Laufer (University of Haifa, Israel)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

October 31st (Saturday) 2015
TUJ Osaka Distinguished Lecturer Series: English for Specific Purposes
Speaker: Jean Parkinson (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

October 24th (Saturday) 2015
TUJ Tokyo Distinguished Lecturer Series: English for Specific Purposes
Speaker: Jean Parkinson (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

July 11th (Saturday) 2015
TUJ Osaka Distinguished Lecturer Series: Developing and Promoting Learners' Ability to Understand Real-world Spoken English
Speaker: Elvis Wagner (Temple University, U.S.A.)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

July 4th (Saturday) 2015
TUJ Tokyo Distinguished Lecturer Series: Developing and Promoting Learners' Ability to Understand Real-world Spoken English
Speaker: Elvis Wagner (Temple University, U.S.A.)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

June 20th (Saturday) 2015
TUJ Osaka Distinguished Lecturer Series: Reflective Practice for Language Teachers
Speaker: Thomas Farrell (Brock University, Canada)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

June 13th (Saturday) 2015
TUJ Tokyo Distinguished Lecturer Series: Reflective Practice for Language Teachers
Speaker: Thomas Farrell (Brock University, Canada)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

May 30th (Saturday) 2015
TUJ Osaka Distinguished Lecturer Series: Applications of Corpus Linguistics in Language Materials Design and In-Class Teaching and Learning
Speaker: Laurence Anthony (Waseda University, Japan)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

May 23rd (Saturday) 2015
TUJ Tokyo Distinguished Lecturer Series: Applications of Corpus Linguistics in Language Materials Design and In-Class Teaching and Learning
Speaker: Laurence Anthony (Waseda University, Japan)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

April 11th (Saturday) 2015
TUJ Osaka Distinguished Lecturer Series: Language Learning Motivation and Its Assessment
Speaker: Zoltan Dornyei (University of Nottingham, U.K.)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

April 4th (Saturday) 2015
TUJ Tokyo Distinguished Lecturer Series: Language Learning Motivation and Its Assessment
Speaker: Zoltan Dornyei (University of Nottingham, U.K.)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

November 8th (Saturday) 2014
TUJ Osaka Distinguished Lecturer Series: Computer-assisted Language Learning
Speaker: Irina Elgort (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

November 1st (Saturday) 2014
TUJ Tokyo Distinguished Lecturer Series: Computer-assisted Language Learning
Speaker: Irina Elgort (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

October 4th (Saturday) 2014
TUJ Osaka Distinguished Lecturer Series: Crosslinguistic Influence
Speaker: Scott Jarvis (Ohio University, U.S.A.)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

September 27th (Saturday) 2014
TUJ Tokyo Distinguished Lecturer Series: Crosslinguistic Influence
Speaker: Scott Jarvis (Ohio University, U.S.A.)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

September 13th (Saturday) 2014
TUJ Osaka Distinguished Lecturer Series: Research-based Curriculum and Pedagogy in Second Language Writing
Speaker: Eli Hinkel (Seattle Pacific University, U.S.A.)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

September 6th (Saturday) 2014
TUJ Tokyo Distinguished Lecturer Series: Research-based Curriculum and Pedagogy in Second Language Writing
Speaker: Eli Hinkel (Seattle Pacific University, U.S.A.)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

February 9th (Sunday) 2014
The 16th Annual Temple University Japan Campus Applied Linguistics Colloquium
Speaker: Various presenters
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

February 8th (Saturday) 2014
The 16th Annual Temple University Japan Campus Applied Linguistics Colloquium
Speaker: Various presenters
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

February 1st (Saturday) 2014
Distinguished Lecturer Series (Spring 2014, Seminar 1): Vocabulary and English for Specific Purposes
Speaker: Averil Coxhead (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

December 9th (Sunday) 2012
The 6th Joint JALT Tokyo Conference
Speaker: Keynote presentations by Andy Curtis (Anaheim University's Graduate School of Education), Shinichi Izumi (Sophia University)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

November 3rd (Saturday) 2012
Culture Day (Bunka-no-hi)
TUJ Tokyo Distinguished Lecturer Series: Researching Lexis and Reading On-Line
Speaker: Tom Cobb (University of Quebec)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

October 27th (Saturday) 2012
TUJ Osaka Distinguished Lecturer Series: Researching Lexis and Reading On-Line
Speaker: Tom Cobb (University of Quebec)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

October 20th (Saturday) 2012
TUJ Tokyo Distinguished Lecturer Series: Autonomy in Language Learning
Speaker: Phil Benson (Hong Kong Institute of Education)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

October 6th (Saturday) 2012
TUJ Osaka Distinguished Lecturer Series: Autonomy in Language Learning
Speaker: Phil Benson (Hong Kong Institute of Education)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

September 29th (Saturday) 2012
TUJ Tokyo Distinguished Lecturer Series: The Architecture of Assessment
Speaker: Glenn Fulcher (University of Leicester)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

September 22nd (Saturday) 2012
Autumnal Equinox (Shuubun-no-hi)
TUJ Osaka Distinguished Lecturer Series: The Architecture of Assessment
Speaker: Glenn Fulcher (University of Leicester)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

March 31st (Saturday) 2012
TUJ Osaka Distinguished Lecturer Series: Motivation and Autonomy in Language Learning: Theory, Practice and Research
Speaker: Ema Ushioda (University of Warwick, UK)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

March 24th (Saturday) 2012
TUJ Tokyo Distinguished Lecturer Series: Motivation and Autonomy in Language Learning: Theory, Practice and Research
Speaker: Ema Ushioda (University of Warwick, UK)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

February 25th (Saturday) 2012
TUJ Osaka Distinguished Lecturer Series: A Learning Orientation to Classroom-Based Language Assessment
Speaker: James E. Purpura (Teachers College, Columbia University)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

February 18th (Saturday) 2012
TUJ Tokyo Distinguished Lecturer Series: A Learning Orientation to Classroom-Based Language Assessment
Speaker: James E. Purpura (Teachers College, Columbia University)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

February 12th (Sunday) 2012
The 14th Annual Temple University, Japan Campus Applied Linguistics Colloquium
Speaker: call for papers due December 1st
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

November 12th (Saturday) 2011
TUJ Osaka Distinguished Lecturer Series: Developing Second Language Skills: A Complex Endeavor of Knowledge Integration
Speaker: Robert Dekeyser (University of Maryland)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

November 5th (Saturday) 2011
TUJ Tokyo Distinguished Lecturer Series: Developing Second Language Skills: A Complex Endeavor of Knowledge Integration
Speaker: Robert Dekeyser (University of Maryland)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

October 22nd (Saturday) 2011
TUJ Tokyo Distinguished Lecturer Series: ESP for EFL Environments: Concepts, Convenient Tools, and Challenges
Speaker: Judy Noguchi
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

October 8th (Saturday) 2011
TUJ Osaka Distinguished Lecturer Series: ESP for EFL Environments: Concepts, Convenient Tools, and Challenges
Speaker: Judy Noguchi
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

August 13th (Saturday) 2011
Obon (traditional, not official holidays)
TUJ Osaka Distinguished Lecturer Series: Classroom Interaction and Language Learner Participation
Speaker: David Olsher (San Francisco State University)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

February 14th (Sunday) 2010
The 12th Annual Temple University Japan Osaka Center Applied Linguistics Colloquium
Speaker: Call for papers deadline is December 15, 2009
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

July 18th (Saturday) 2009
TUJ Tokyo Distinguished Lecturer Series (Seminar 3): Class-centered Teaching: A Framework for Understanding the Nature of Effective Language Teaching
Speaker: Rose Senior (University of Western Australia)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

July 4th (Saturday) 2009
TUJ Osaka Distinguished Lecturer Series (Seminar 3): Class-centered Teaching: A Framework for Understanding the Nature of Effective Language Teaching
Speaker: Rose Senior (University of Western Australia)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

June 27th (Saturday) 2009
TUJ Tokyo Distinguished Lecturer Series (Seminar 2): Teaching, Learning, and Researching Vocabulary
Speaker: Stuart Webb (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

June 20th (Saturday) 2009
TUJ Osaka Distinguished Lecturer Series (Seminar 2): Teaching, Learning, and Researching Vocabulary
Speaker: Stuart Webb (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

May 30th (Saturday) 2009
TUJ Osaka Distinguished Lecturer Series (Seminar 1): Interlanguage Pragmatics
Speaker: Rod Ellis
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

May 23rd (Saturday) 2009
TUJ Tokyo Distinguished Lecturer Series (Seminar 1): Interlanguage Pragmatics
Speaker: Rod Ellis
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

March 15th (Saturday) 2008
Distinguished Lecturer Series (Seminar 2): Current Perspectives on Task-Based Language Teaching
Speaker: Rod Ellis (University of Auckland)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

February 23rd (Saturday) 2008
Distinguished Lecturer Series (Seminar 2): Current Perspectives on Task-Based Language Teaching
Speaker: Rod Ellis (University of Auckland)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

February 16th (Saturday) 2008
Distinguished Lecturer Series (Seminar 2): Current Perspectives on Task-Based Language Teaching
Speaker: Rod Ellis (University of Auckland)
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture

February 10th (Sunday) 2008
Temple University Japan Applied Linguistics Colloquium 2008
Speaker: Call for papers due December 10, 2007
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

November 25th (Saturday) 2006
Distinguished Lecturer Series (Seminar 3, Osaka): Introduction to the Use of Rasch Analysis in Educational Research
Speaker: Trevor Bond (Hong Kong Institute of Education)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

November 18th (Saturday) 2006
Distinguished Lecturer Series (Seminar 3): Introduction to the Use of Rasch Analysis in Educational Research
Speaker: Trevor Bond (Hong Kong Institute of Education)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

October 21st (Saturday) 2006
Distinguished Lecturer Series (Seminar 2): ESP (English for Specific Purposes) for EFL Environments: Concepts, Convenient Tools, and Challenges
Speaker: Judy Noguchi (Mukogawa University and Osaka Graduate School of Engineering)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

October 14th (Saturday) 2006
Distinguished Lecturer Series (Seminar 2, Osaka): Education for Bilingualism: Current Issues in Bilingual and Immersion Education in Japan
Speaker: Michael Bostwick (Katoh Gakuin, Shizuoka)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

September 30th (Saturday) 2006
Distinguished Lecturer Series (Seminar 1, Osaka): ESP (English for Specific Purposes) for EFL Environments: Concepts, Convenient Tools, and Challenges
Speaker: Judy Noguchi (Mukogawa University and Osaka Graduate School of Engineering)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

September 16th (Saturday) 2006
Distinguished Lecturer Series (Seminar 1): Education for Bilingualism: Current Issues in Bilingual and Immersion Education in Japan
Speaker: Michael Bostwick (Katoh Gakuin, Shizuoka)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

April 2nd (Saturday) 2005
Researching Second Language Classrooms
Speaker: Sandra McKay (San Francisco State University)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

March 26th (Saturday) 2005
Researching Second Language Classrooms
Speaker: Sandra McKay (San Francisco State University)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

March 19th (Saturday) 2005
Issues in Gender and Sexual Identity: What Educators Should Know
Speaker: Cynthia Nelson (University of Technology, Sydney, Australia)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

March 12th (Saturday) 2005
Issues in Gender and Sexual Identity: What Educators Should Know
Speaker: Cynthia Nelson (University of Technology, Sydney, Australia)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

February 19th (Saturday) 2005
Affective Processes in Second Language Learning
Speaker: Peter MacIntyre (Cape Breton University, Canada)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

February 13th (Sunday) 2005
7th TUJ Applied Linguistics Colloquium
Speaker: Various speakers
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

February 12th (Saturday) 2005
Affective Processes in Second Language Learning
Speaker: Peter MacIntyre (Cape Breton University, Canada)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

March 20th (Saturday) 2004
Vernal Equinox Day (Shunbun-no-hi)
Extensive Reading in the Foreign Language Classroom
Speaker: George Jacobs (Singapore)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

March 13th (Saturday) 2004
English for Specific Purposes: Exploring Concepts for EFL Environments
Speaker: Judy Noguchi (Mukogawa Women's University, School of Pharmaceutical Science and Osaka University Graduate School of Engineering)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

February 21st (Saturday) 2004
Introduction to Corpus Linguistics
Speaker: Douglas Biber (Northern Arizona University)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

February 15th (Sunday) 2004
Temple University Applied Linguistics Colloquium 2004
Speaker: Plenary Speaker: Dr. Marshall Childs
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

November 15th (Saturday) 2003
Controversies in Teaching Second Language Writing
Speaker: Christine Pearson Casanave (Teachers College, Columbia University)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

November 8th (Saturday) 2003
Controversies in Teaching Second Language Writing
Speaker: Christine Pearson Casanave (Teachers College, Columbia University)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

November 1st (Saturday) 2003
Current Trends in Teaching Vocabulary
Speaker: Paul Nation (Victoria University, New Zealand)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

October 25th (Saturday) 2003
Current Trends in Teaching Vocabulary
Speaker: Paul Nation (Victoria University, New Zealand)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

September 20th (Saturday) 2003
Cooperative Learning in the Foreign Language Classroom
Speaker: George Jacobs
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

September 13th (Saturday) 2003
Cooperative Learning in the Foreign Language Classroom
Speaker: George Jacobs
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

July 12th (Saturday) 2003
Practical Approaches to Teaching Academic English
Speaker: Robin Scarcella, University of California, Irvine
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

July 5th (Saturday) 2003
Practical Approaches to Teaching Academic English
Speaker: Robin Scarcella, University of California, Irvine
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

June 28th (Saturday) 2003
Listening in Language Learning
Speaker: Michael Rost, University of California, Berkeley
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

June 21st (Saturday) 2003
Listening in Language Learning
Speaker: Michael Rost, University of California, Berkeley
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

June 18th (Wednesday) 2003
The Methodology of Task-Based Teaching
Speaker: Rod Ellis, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture

May 24th (Saturday) 2003
Misunderstanding Talk: Discourse Approaches to Problematic Interaction
Speaker: Gabriele Kasper, University of Hawaii
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

May 18th (Sunday) 2003
Misunderstanding Talk: Discourse Approaches to Problematic Interaction
Speaker: Gabriele Kasper, University of Hawaii
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

March 8th (Saturday) 2003
Usage-based and Form-focused Second Language Acquisition
Speaker: Nick Ellis, University of Wales
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

February 16th (Sunday) 2003
Temple University 20th Anniversary Applied Linguistics Colloquium
Speaker: various
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

February 8th (Saturday) 2003
Teaching Listening and Speaking: Tasks for Oral Communication
Speaker: Patricia Porter, San Francisco State University
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

January 26th (Sunday) 2003
Words in Mind and Brain: Implications for Vocabulary Acquisition and Instruction
Speaker: Nick Ellis, University of Wales
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

November 16th (Saturday) 2002
Language Learning Strategies
Speaker: Peter Yongqi Gu, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

November 9th (Saturday) 2002
Language Learning Strategies
Speaker: Peter Yongqi Gu, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

October 20th (Sunday) 2002
The Role of Culture in English Teaching
Speaker: Sandra McKay, San Francisco State University
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

October 12th (Saturday) 2002
The Role of Culture in English Teaching
Speaker: Sandra McKay, San Francisco State University
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

September 21st (Saturday) 2002
Classroom Second Language Acquisition Processes
Speaker: Amy Ohta , University of Washington
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

September 15th (Sunday) 2002
Respect for the Aged Day (Keirou-no-hi)
Classroom Second Language Acquisition Processes
Speaker: Amy Ohta , University of Washington
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

July 6th (Saturday) 2002
Current Controversies and Some Conjectures
Speaker: Stephen Krashen, University of Southern California
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

July 4th (Thursday) 2002
Current Controversies and Some Conjectures
Speaker: Stephen Krashen, University of Southern California
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

June 29th (Saturday) 2002
Discourse Analysis and the Language Classroom
Speaker: Noel Houck, California State University, Long Beach
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

June 22nd (Saturday) 2002
Discourse Analysis and the Language Classroom
Speaker: Noel Houck, California State University, Long Beach
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

June 15th (Saturday) 2002
Teaching and Learning Vocabulary
Speaker: Paul Nation, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

June 8th (Saturday) 2002
Teaching and Learning Vocabulary
Speaker: Paul Nation, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

March 30th (Saturday) 2002
University Entrance Examinations in Japan: What Should They Be in the Future?
Speaker: James Dean Brown, University of Hawaii
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

March 23rd (Saturday) 2002
University Entrance Examinations in Japan: What Should They Be in the Future?
Speaker: James Dean Brown, University of Hawaii
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

March 2nd (Saturday) 2002
Current Perspectives on Pronunciation
Speaker: Joan Morley, University of Michigan
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

February 23rd (Saturday) 2002
Current Perspectives on Pronunciation
Speaker: Joan Morley, University of Michigan
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

February 17th (Sunday) 2002
Applied Linguistics Colloquium
Speaker: several second language acquisition researchers
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

January 26th (Saturday) 2002
Teaching English to Young Learners
Speaker: Mitsue Allen-Tamai, Bunkyo Women's University
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

January 12th (Saturday) 2002
Teaching English to Young Learners
Speaker: Mitsue Allen-Tamai, Bunkyo Women's University
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

December 8th (Saturday) 2001
The Many Uses of Journal Writing
Speaker: Dr. Christine Casanave, Keio University
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

December 1st (Saturday) 2001
The Many Uses of Journal Writing
Speaker: Dr. Christine Casanave, Keio University
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

November 10th (Saturday) 2001
Pragmatics and Language Teaching
Speaker: Dr. Jenny Thomas, University of Wales
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

November 3rd (Saturday) 2001
Culture Day (Bunka-no-hi)
Pragmatics and Language Teaching
Speaker: Dr. Jenny Thomas, University of Wales
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

September 22nd (Saturday) 2001
Introduction to the Sociology of Education
Speaker: Dr. Yuko Kawanishi, Temple University
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

September 15th (Saturday) 2001
Respect for the Aged Day (Keirou-no-hi)
Introduction to the Sociology of Education
Speaker: Dr. Yuko Kawanishi, Temple University
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis