Fukuoka JALT July Event (Hybrid): Developing Metapragmatic Awareness in English Courses

This event will be in person in Tenjin, Fukuoka, as well as online via Zoom. You'll find map links and Zoom details at the bottom of this event description.

Speaker: Dylan Lawson Brown

Most English teachers don't have the time or inclination to go into pragmatics, and given the fact that we live in a world where global Englishes and English as a lingua franca increasingly predominate over native-speaker norms, it may be of questionable worth anyway. But because of this very likelihood that students will encounter Englishes other than the textbook variety if they travel, it makes sense to raise their awareness about pragmatics. This presentation will explore ways of preparing our students to navigate ELF and foreign English immersion scenarios through the development of metapragmatic awareness.

Dylan Lawson Brown is from South Africa. His various stints on JET, eikaiwa and presently dispatch for Fukuoka BOE add up to a total of fifteen years of teaching in Japan. He has recently completed a MEd (TESOL) with the University of Dundee and this presentation is based on his dissertation

Location: https://goo.gl/maps/hj8VXmpfjAykeXBV9 6th floor
(Subway Nanakuma Line: Tenjin Minami Station, exit 4)

Zoom: Join online from 17:30 on July 19
https://testkindai.zoom.us/j/94701787868?pwd=Y7M1RtInsdaiRyusbWitntmfbZATpg.1
Meeting ID: 947 0178 7868
Passcode: 440612

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