(2) Linguistic, economic: English as Lingua Franca in Asia (L. Ibele); ELT in Asia as a (multi-billion) business (J. Lafia); Native speakers in ELT in Asia/The “automatised school” (C. Birk) June 3, 2019 @ 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM
(3) Linguistic, cultural: Culture shock and counter-culture shock (M. Hofstetter); Stereotypes, prejudices, preconceptions (S. Vogel); US perspectives on foreign-language learning (G. Dennis) June 10, 2019 @ 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM
(4) Didactic, methodological, contextual: Comparing teaching systems & approaches (S. Stegmeyer); Comparing primary English course books (L. Kemmer); “Decolonise your mind” (F. Siwik) June 24, 2019 @ 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM
(5) Phonological, eth(nolog)ical: Francesca Diligu: Pronunciation issues in English of speakers with different L1s; Galen Dennis: “US perspectives on (foreign) language education”; Klara Kaufmann: Moral relativism vs “universal values” July 1, 2019 @ 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM
(6) International: Education and English teaching in Taiwan (H.C. Lin), in Laos (T. Keokaisone, N. Photphouthone), in Hong Kong (W.M. Fong) July 8, 2019 @ 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM
English Education in Hongkong (Wei Man Fong); Pronunciation difficulties for Spanish learners (Ana Henriques); Final discussion July 15, 2019 @ 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM