The Okanagan School of Education’s English as an Additional Language (EAL) Learning Lab invites you to an online professional development webinar highlighting connections between research, theory, and practice in the field of EAL teaching and learning.
Dr. Michael Landry will be drawing on his own research and the broader literature on teaching and learning English for academic purposes (EAP). His presentation will explore the challenges and affordances of incorporating linguistic, thematic content, and intercultural communication learning outcomes in EAP lessons. Participants have the opportunity to interactively workshop flexible lesson design frameworks for EAP. Overall, participants are encouraged to reflect on their practice and consider ways to experiment with the presented frameworks in their local teaching contexts.
Date: Saturday November 22, 2025
Time: 3:00 – 4:00 pm (PST)
Location: Online Webinar
This webinar is open to everyone, and there is no cost to attend; however, we ask that you please register for the event.
Host
Dr. Scott Roy Douglas is a professor and the director of EAL programs in the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan School of Education, where his focus is on EAL teaching and learning in adult and post-secondary contexts. He is also the editor of the BC TEAL Journal.
Speaker
Dr. Michael Landry is an assistant professor at Akita International University in Akita, Japan. His research explores the contributing factors to the process of additional language socialization in post-secondary English language programs in Canada and Japan, with a focus on the development of learners’ intercultural communicative competence in these settings.
UBC’s Okanagan School of Education is a BC TEAL Supporting Institution