Event

The 8th JALT Annual Pan-SIG Conference

Dates

May 23 — 24, 2009

Venue

Toyo Gakuen University, Nagareyama Campus, Chiba, Japan

Organizers

JALT (The Japan Association for Language Teaching) Special Interest Groups (SIGs), including:

* College and University Educators

* Extensive Reading

* Gender Awareness in Language Education

* Lifelong Language Learning

* Materials Writers

* Other Language Educators

* Pragmatics

* Study Abroad

* Testing and Evaluation

Theme

Infinite possibilities: expanding limited opportunities in language education

Plenary speakers

* James Dean Brown, professor of second language studies on the graduate faculty of the Department of Second Language Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa, US (The Perils of Language Testing and Curriculum Development: Mistakes Were Made, Lessons Learned)

* Deryn Verity, professor, Department of International and English Interdisciplinary Studies, Osaka Jogakuin College, Osaka, Japan

Registration fees

Pre-registration (before March 30, 2009)

* Regular JALT Member:

1 day — 4,500 yen (about $47)

2 days — 7,000 yen (about $74)

* Regular Nonmember:

1 day — 5,600 yen (about $59)

2 days — 8,000 yen (about $84)

* Student JALT Member:

1 day — 1,500 yen (about $16)

2 days — 2,000 yen (about $21)

* Student Nonmember:

1 day — 2,500 yen (about $26)

2 days — 3,500 yen (about $37)

On-site registration

* Regular JALT Member

1 day — 5,500 yen (about $58)

2 days — 8,500 yen (about $89)

* Regular Nonmember

1 day — 6,500 yen (about $68)

2 days — 10,000 yen (about $105)

* Student JALT Member

1 day — 2,600 yen (about $27)

2 days — 4,600 yen (about $48)

* Student Nonmember

1 day — 3,400 yen (about $36)

2 days — 5,000 yen (about $53)

Contact

E-mail: rory@amber.plala.or.jp

Web: http://pansig.org/2009