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Tricia Okada, a full-time faculty member of the CELF, giving her workshop entitled ‘Introduction to Gender in Japanese Society’ as part of the Tamagawa University campus-wide FD/SD training event on February 22, 2018.

The CELF Director, Dr. Masaki Oda (far right), and full-time faculty of the CELF pictured with a message (in the background) to language learners, “Real proficiency is when you are able to take possession of the language, turn it to your advantage, and make it real for you.” ? from Henry G. Widdowson (1994) The Ownership of English. TESOL Quarterly. 28/2. P. 384.

Teachers attending an informal discussion on matters related to ELF-informed pedagogy, assessment, and other teaching issues for CELF teachers. The discussions were led by Paul McBride and Brett Milliner on Wednesday 6th and Friday 8th, December, 2017.

Charlie Robertson giving a workshop on L2 writing in an ELF context for CELF teachers on September 25th, 2017.

As part of professional development at the CELF, Satomi Kuroshima conducted two workshops on November 20th and 21st. The workshops were titled 'Introduction to conversation analysis'.

Dr. Stefanie Pillai from the University of Malaya gave a talk, titled ‘Reconciling local features of English pronunciation in the classroom’, at the CELF on November 15, 2017.

Dr. Patrick NG from the University of Niigata Prefecture giving his plenary talk at the 2017 CELF-ELTama Forum for English Language Teaching.

Jesse Hsu and Paul McBride presenting their ‘CELF Research Report’ at the 2017 CELF-ELTama Forum for English Language Teaching.

One of the several presentations made during the ‘CELF Concurrent Sessions’ at the 2017 CELF-ELTama Forum for English Language Teaching.

The ‘CELF Colloquium on ELF Communication Strategies’ at the 2017 CELF-ELTama Forum for English Language Teaching.

The Director of the CELF, Dr. Oda, speaking at the 2017 CELF-ELTama Forum for English Language Teaching.

A report on activities conducted by the CELF was made during the 2017 CELF-ELTama Forum for English Language Teaching.

One of two ELF Assessment Workshops conducted by the Center for English as a Lingua Franca in May 2017.

New first-year students receiving CELF program guidance for the 2017 academic year.

Director of the CELF, Professor Oda, speaking at the 2017 Teacher Orientation Meeting.