Synchronous (Onsite) Graduate Student Showcase (15 mins)
Graduate Student Showcase
Please join our graduate student showcase to meet the next generation of educators and innovators in language education. More information is coming soon.
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Kirsten Razzaq is an English language lecturer currently working and residing in Seoul. She has taught EFL in Korea for more than six years and also trains pre-service English teachers for the National Institute for International Education (NIIED). Originally from London, she has years of experience in the creative industry managing design projects and client accounts. As a language educator, she is curious about learner autonomy and project-based language learning in the classroom. Her happy place is teacher training and supporting others to upskill, gain confidence and develop self-awareness.
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Chia-Ling Hsu is currently pursuing her graduate studies at National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) in Taipei, Taiwan. She has worked as an intern English teacher at a public senior high school in Taiwan, and has also taught at a language learning center and as a private English tutor. Being passionate about teaching and lesson design, she dedicates herself to creating interesting and effective lessons for her students. She also enjoys exploring new ideas with students, and find it fulfilling to see them grow and develop through her lessons.
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Mohd Farez Syinon bin Masnin is a PhD in Sociolinguistics student at Waseda University, Japan. His research interests include Global Englishes (particularly World Englishes and English as a Lingua Franca), Language Planning and Policy, and English Language Education. Apart from being a full-time PhD student, he works as a part-time instructor of English and Malay at several universities in Tokyo.
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Fang-Yu is a graduate student in National Taiwan Normal University. She used to major in Business, but she has strong passion on English and has taught English for 6 years. Because of this background, she is interested in bilingual issue in Taiwan. She participated in a inquiry-based bilingual community. She co-constructed lessons with different content teachers. She is always curious about how to create a student-centered environment for the learners and kept finding the answer through class observations as well as workshops. What makes her happy is to have students speak up in L2 class and enjoy each moment in her class.
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Siyan Dang is a PhD student at Waseda University, Japan, whose research field covers sociolinguistics, second language acquisition and English-medium instruction. Her PhD project is mainly about the Japanese language acquisition of international students in EMI settings. Originally from China, Siyan has been teaching Japanese as a second language to Chinese students for four years, and her insights towards teaching English are largely influenced by the experience.
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Curtis Life is a graduate student from Canada who is currently studying at the Graduate School of TESOL at Hankuk University of Foreign studies in Korea. He is a part-time English educator for various age ranges of students. His particular research interests currently include English language learning motivation for Korean adult learners and gamification of classroom activities for Korean adult learners.
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Yenny is an English language lecturer in Jakarta, Indonesia. She has taught English as a foreign language for more than 10 years. Her research interests are in the areas of EFL teacher education, curriculum, and teacher professionalism.
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Emmi is a teacher educator at Islamic University of Tulungagung, Indonesia. She has taught various English and pedagogy courses such as Reading, Listening, Syllabus and Curriculum design, and Authentic Assessment courses. She is currently a doctorate student at The University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom, sponsored by MORA-LPDP scholarship/the Indonesian government. Her research interest areas are English teacher preparation in the EFL/ESL context, including Teaching Practicum, Microteaching, Curriculum design, and teaching English in the EFL/ESL context. She is happy to welcome any ideas for research collaborations and publications in her research interest areas.