Scott was giving a plenary at the Japan Association of Language Teachers national conference in Shizuoka this weekend, as well as a couple of presentations, but was kind enough to spare me half an hour or so for a chat. We talked a grammar, Vygotsky and socio-linguistics (inspired by James Lantolf, who was also speaking at the conference), technology, textbooks, testing and, of course, dogme. Like his fellow Kiwi Paul Nation, he is a thoroughly nice chap. If you want to pick up some of Scott’s books (and I really recommend that you do – he has a great talent for bringing complex concepts to life) you can get them through my store and contribute a few pennies towards the running of this site at the same time….
65% of universities take steps 2 tackle students' academic decline http://bit.ly/bjJLee (interesting article, painful comments) #JALT #Japan 2 days ago
65% of universities take steps to tackle students' academic decline http://bit.ly/bjJLee (interesting article, painful comments) 2 days ago
