AsiaTEFL Research Networks (ReNs) ReNs Committee Chair - WEN Qiufang (Vice-president of AsiaTEFL, Beijing Foreign Studies University, China)
ReNs committee members - Prof. Guangwei Hu (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China)
- Prof. Joo-Kyung Park (Honam University, South Korea)
- Prof. Isabel Pefianco Martin (Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines)
- Three more members needed from different countries
The committee is responsible for reviewing the ReN proposals. What is a ReN for? - Increasing the visibility of AsiaTEFL in the international academic world
- Increasing the collaboration of research among Asian researchers
- Improving the quality of research in AsiaTEFL
- Publishing research papers focused on English language education in Asia
- Organizing symposia at future AsiaTEFL conferences
What does a ReN consist of? - One active and dynamic researcher as a leader
- More than five members who are from at least three regions or countries
- At least one young researcher who is under 40.
What does a ReN do? - To make a research plan with
- a clear research focus
- a research schedule for each year
- Responsibility
- To submit a one-page annual report to the committee
- To have a high-quality symposium at an AsiaTEFL conference once in two years.
How do you apply for a ReN? - Submit an application form to Wen Qiufang’s email: wenqiufang@bfsu.edu.cn
- with a title: AsiaTEFL ReN’s application
- by 12:00 p.m., September 30, 2018
- The notification of acceptance will be announced no later than October 31.
- The application form will be available on our website: www.asiatefl.org.
- The term of a ReN is four years and can be renewed.
What benefits can a ReN have? - A symposium slot for your ReN is guaranteed at the AsiaTEFL conference
- You will have a platform for collaborating with scholars from other countries.
- The leader of ReN may be able to obtain some funding for your research.
For example, WEN Qiufang has already received some funding for a ReN of Production-oriented Approach (POA) and Dialectical Research Paradigm (DRP) |