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12:45 JST

Colloquium on teachers’ professional knowledge and instructional practices across diverse writing contexts: Mapping the terrain, charting the future

Saturday October 24, 2026 12:45 - 14:25 JST

Centennial Hall

This colloquium discusses key issues in teachers’ professional knowledge and instructional practices in writing across diverse contexts, drawing on quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods research from multiple countries.

Speakers

Vera Busse

Prof. Dr., University of Münster

Peter Crosthwaite

Icy Lee

Qing Ma

Mark Feng Teng

Saturday October 24, 2026 12:45 - 14:25 JST
Centennial Hall

Colloquium

14:55 JST

Sixty years of contrastive rhetoric: Ecological, historical, and humane perspectives

Saturday October 24, 2026 14:55 - 17:10 JST

Centennial Hall

On the sixtieth anniversary of Robert B. Kaplan’s "Cultural Thought Patterns in Inter-Cultural Education," this colloquium will reconsider and discuss—and invite discussion of—the personal, ecological, and intellectual contexts of Contrastive Rhetoric’s initial development and its long, complex circulation in second language writing and other fields.

Speakers

Jay Jordan

Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, University of Utah

Dwight Atkinson

University of Arizona

Ulla Connor

Paul Kei Matsuda

Professor of English and Director of Second Language Writing, Arizona State University

Paul Kei Matsuda is Professor of English and Director of Second Language Writing at Arizona State University. Paul is Founding Chair of the Symposium on Second Language Writing and Series Editor of the Parlor Press Series on Second Language Writing. Former President of the American... Read More →

Saturday October 24, 2026 14:55 - 17:10 JST
Centennial Hall

Colloquium