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I have released a second edition of my books, changing them from “independently published” to “published by RealELT.” For Our Japan, Our World, I also changed a few of the images and added new back matter. Little Things We Forgot We Learned is mostly unchanged in terms of content. They can be ordered using this updated information (the old information no longer works).

Our Japan, Our World: An Intercultural Journey
ISBN: 978-4991461712
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4991461715

Little Things We Forgot We Learned: Readings on culture and intercultural communication for English students in Japan
ISBN: 978-4991461705
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4991461707

A sample of Our Japan, Our World is available here.

Stephen Shrader acts as a contact point for RealELT. We can be contacted here:

700-8516 岡山県岡山市北区伊福町２－１６－９ ノートルダム清心大学 英語教育センター RealELT Tel (大学研究室/Office Phone): 086-252-7255 Fax: 086-252-3476

RealELT c/o English Education Center Notre Dame Seishin University 2-16-9 Ifukucho Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan 700-8516

The office telephone is 086-252-7255, and faxes can be received at 086-252-3476.

Peter A. Edwards, PhD
For KOTESOL International Conference, 2017

Because the so-called “developing world” often confronts us with our own ignorance, navigating those wide gaps in our knowledge can benefit our careers in English. While tackling this concept of development at worldwide and personal levels, consider your entire career in education as a story. Professional development progresses over time, and resembles a narrative that needs both context and motivational force to keep it moving. Settings, and more specifically changes in setting, impact stories from William Shakespeare, to Patty Jenkins, to your career. This presentation argues that if your career-story has at least one “cornerstone setting” in the developing world, that setting will give your story a particularly potent force: singularity.
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Hi everyone!

Peter is giving a presentation in Seoul, South Korea for KOTESOL 2017:

His topic is “Professional Development via the Developing World”. As part of the presentation he wrote an extended summary and made a survey/challenge. You can check them both out here:

https://goo.gl/forms/ReTZQYimv9ETSy7i2

Learn what Peter means by “Celebrating Ignorance “.