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Tunghai University-News--Tunghai Hosts International Conference on English Teaching and Learning
Tunghai Hosts International Conference on English Teaching and Learning
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- Date : 2019-05-19
The 36th International Conference on English Language Teaching and Learning was held from May 17 to 18, 2019 at Tunghai University. The conference brought together 250 researchers, educators, and English teachers from 7 countries to reposition themselves on the ever-changing global stage of English teaching and learning. With the theme “English Learning and Teaching on the World Stage”, the conference elevated the visibility of English education in Taiwan on a global scale.
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The 36th International Conference on English Language Teaching and Learning was held in Tunghai University.
Three keynote speakers -- Professor Ching Sing Chai from Chinese University of Hong Kong, Professor Jozef Colpaert from University of Antwerp, Belgium, and Professor Robert Kleinsasser from Arizona State University, USA, outlined the vibrant status and future trends of international pedagogy. Besides three keynote speeches, highlights of the conference include an invited colloquium on “Border-Crossing Between Technology and ELT” led by Prof. Hsien-Chin Liou (Feng Chia University), Prof. Meei-Ling Liaw (National Taichung University of Education), Prof. Wen-chi Vivian Wu (Asia University), and Prof. Yu-Chuan Joni Chao (Providence University), and an invited speech given by English teachers of Taichung Municipal Chungming Senior High School sharing first-hand experiences teaching English in classrooms.

Keynote speech
The 36th International Conference on English Language Teaching and Learning received 119 contributed papers, from which 68 were selected to be presented in the conference. There were 57 oral presentations and 11 poster presentations made by students from different countries.
Tunghai Hosts International Conference on English Teaching and Learning.
During the closing ceremony, Conference Chair Prof. Stano Kong, Dean of Tunghai College of Arts, handed over the conference token to next host Prof. Chris Liu, Chair of Applied English Department of Ming Chuan University.