Forthcoming events
The MATSDA/TMAC Conference
Humanising Language Teaching Materials
Saturday June 7th - Sunday June 8th, 2025
Beijing Foreign Studies University, China
Plenary Speakers
Rod Ellis Alan Maley Hitomi Masuhara
Hae-ok Park SUN Youzhong Brian Tomlinson
Conference Focus
The Conference welcomes academic and practitioner research reports, position papers and materials demonstrations on the development, adaptation and use of humanistic materials for language learning (i.e. of materials which personalise, localise, make meaningful and make achievably challenging the learning experience, whilst respecting the learners as intelligent individuals and helping them to connect their learning to their lives).
VIDEO: COMING SOON
Parallel and poster presentations
To submit an abstract for a thirty minute presentation or a poster presentation please send a 100-150 word summary of the proposed presentation to Brian Tomlinson at brianjohntomlinson@gmail.com.
Conference fees
MATSDA members, TMAC members and students and students: 165 euros
Other participants: 200 euros
Includes coffees, teas, two lunches and one dinner.
Enrolment and payment for the conference
Please contact Please contact Dr. BI Zheng at bizheng@fltrp.com and Ms. GAO Ting gaoting@fltrp.com.
MATSDA Membership
To enrol for MATSDA institutional or individual membership please contact Jensen Zheung at membership@matsda.org. Membership entitles you to conference discounts, a free copy of Folio each year and access to previous copies of Folio.
The venue for this Conference has changed from Seoul to Beijing and the
co-hosts
from IGSE to TMAC (Teaching Materials Association of China).
See you in Beijing in June
