9:00 am                              

Doors open & table set-up    ( NOTE: refreshments provided after 10:30)

9:15 - 9:50 am                    

Conference Opening: Etienne Lambert, Canadian Embassy
Quorum for all ACTJ members: David McMurray

10:00 - 10:45 am

Paul Rowan:   Reconstructing readings: making comics to demonstrate comprehension - Site A (VIP Entrance)
David McMurray:  Whole Language: Can’t We Call Them English - Site B (Oscar Peterson Theatre)
Myles Chilton:    Bridging Caps and Altering Assumptions: Teaching Canadian Literature in Japan - Site C       (Library)

30 minute refreshment  break

11:15 - 12:00 pm

Richard Miles:    The Benefits of Student Presentation: Fewer Grammatical Errors - Site A
Greg  Strong:    Canadian News and Film Scripts for Language Learning - Site B
Tom Anderson:       A Veteran's View - Site C

12:00 – 1:10 pm 

LUNCH

1:15 - 2:00 pm

Andy McInulty:      Reading Aloud in the University Setting: Background, Design and Implementation - Site A
Anthony Fenton:   Progressive internationalization and university reform in Japan: An evaluative taxonomy on offer - Site B
Kevin Demme:    Introducing word roots in English discussion classes - Site  C

2:15 - 3:00 pm

Sean Mehmet:     Who Goes to University in Japan: Gender-Based Distinction - Site A
Barnaby Ralph/Yoko Shimura:    Profanity and Cultural Relativity in Tertiary EFL - Site B
Mauro Lo Dico:    Balancing Accuracy and Fluency in Error Correction - Site C

3:15 - 4:00 pm 

Keynote Speech: Gerald Murray  (Oscar Peterson Theatre)
Learners’ Stories: Identity, Community, and EFL

4:00 - 4:15 pm

Closing Remarks  - Robert McLaughlin