Cindy BrantmeierWashington University, St. Louis, U.S.A. |
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| Cindy Brantmeier (Ph.D. Indiana University) is Professor of Applied Linguistics and Education at Washington University in St. Louis. She is Director of Applied Linguistics, which includes the PhD strand in Applied Linguistics in Education and the undergraduate major/minor. She is also Co-Director of the Graduate Certificate of Language Instruction, an interdisciplinary PhD certificate for students in literature. Appointed in Fall 2015 to the present, Professor Brantmeier serves as Co-editor of Reading in a Foreign Language, a leading journal housed at the University of Hawaii. Professor Brantmeier is Distinguished Visiting Professor of Applied Linguistics at the School of Foreign Languages, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China (2016-2021), where she conducts experiments on language acquisition. |
Syying LeeNational Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei |
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| Sy-Ying Lee (Ph. D. University of Southern California) is currently professor of the Department of Applied Foreign Languages, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology. Her research interests include issues related to second language acquisition, extensive reading, storytelling in teaching EFL children, material analysis and comparison using corpus analysis, reading-writing connection in critical literacy practices, and blogging. In addition to her published papers in influential national and international scholarly journals, equally important contributions have been her frequent presentations in international conferences and workshops for researchers and practitioners. Prof. Lee received the Outstanding Achievement Award for Special Contributions in Research (Taiwan Ministry of Science & Technology) and the Teaching Excellence Award (National Taipei University) in 2010. In her service at NTUST since 2012, she has organized two international conferences (on Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching, ALLT), each involving more than 300 presenters, attendees, and world renowned invited scholars in the field. |
John MacalisterVictoria University of Wellington, New Zealand |
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| John Macalister is Professor in Applied Linguistics at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. He has worked in ELT as a teacher, teacher educator, and research-active academic in many parts of the world, including Thailand, Cambodia, Singapore, Malaysia, Kiribati, Namibia, and New Zealand. His chief interests are in language teaching methodology and language curriculum design, and he has published (with Professor Paul Nation) two books in this field: Language Curriculum Design, and Case Studies in Language Curriculum Design, both with Routledge. John is also Associate Dean (International) in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, and in this role works closely with universities and language education providers in South East Asia. |
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Wang QiFeatured Speaker |
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| Wang Qi is the Chief Editor of Basic Education Branch in Beijing Normal University Press. She is one of the main writers and the leading editor for 4 series of national English textbooks for public primary and secondary schools, which are used by more than 4 million students each year. Her research interest include textbook designing and publishing, EFL teaching and learning improvement, curriculum design, classroom teaching, and online learning material design. She has visited more than 200 schools, observed the classes and did teacher training in many parts of mainland China. Besides publishing papers based on the observation and research, she has also organized annual national ELT conference for more than 10 |