Keynote SpeakersProfessor Guy Cook
*Guy Cook *is Professor of Language in Education at King's College, London. He was formerly head of TESOL at the London University Institute of Education (1991-1998), and Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Reading (1998-2004), and Professor of English Language at the Open University (2004-2012). He has published extensively on applied linguistics, English-language teaching, and discourse analysis. He was co-editor of the journal *Applied Linguistics* from 2004-2009, and Chair of the British Association for Applied Linguistics (2009-2012). His books include *Translation in Language Teaching* (2010) (Winner of the International House Ben Warren Prize),*Genetically Modified Language* (2004), *Applied Linguistics *(2003), *The Discourse of Advertising* (2001), and *Language Play, Language Learning* (2000) (Winner of the MLA Kenneth Mildenberger Prize).
Professor Phil Benson
Phil Benson is Professor of Applied Linguistics at Macquarie University. His main research interests are in autonomy and language learning beyond the classroom. Pursuing these interests has recently led him into research projects on study abroad, language learning and new digital media, and the roles of popular culture in second language learning. His preferred research methods are qualitative and he is especially interested in narrative inquiry as an approach to language learning research. He is the author of Teaching and Researching Autonomy in Language Learning (Pearson, 2011), co-author of Second Language Identity in Narratives of Study Abroad (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012) and Narrative Inquiry in Language Learning and Teaching Research (Routledge. 2013), and co-editor of Language Learning beyond the Classroom (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011). With more than 30 years experience in language education in Asia, he is keen to explore opportunities for collaborative work on language learning beyond the classroom across Asia and Australasia. Dr. Tan Bee Tin
Tan Bee Tin started her career as an English language teacher in Myanmar (Burma). She holds a PhD from the University of Southampton. She taught on the MA programme at Assumption University Bangkok and currently teaches in the Department of Applied Language Studies and Linguistics at the University of Auckland. She has a strong interest in language education in Asia and has conducted research in various Asian contexts (e.g. Nepal, Indonesia, Myanmar). She has published in the areas of materials development for language teaching, studies of academic discourse, language teacher education, language creativity and language learning, the role of interest in (language) learning, and teaching English in peripheral contexts.
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