Michael Stout

Current

President at Association of Canadian Teachers in Japan
Part-time Lecturer at Shibaura Institute of Technology
Full-time Lecturer at Toyo Gakuen University

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Past

Domestic Affairs Committee Chair at NPO JALT
Conference Chair at The Nakasendo English Conference
Part-time Lecturer at Takushoku University

English Teacher at The American School in Japan
English teacher at Kanto International Senior High School
Assistant Co-ordinator/English teacher at Universal Language Institute

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Education

Temple University
University of Windsor

Recommended

13 people have recommended Michael

Connections

150 connections

Industry

Higher Education

Websites

Michael Stout’s Summary

English Language teacher who is occasionally creative, frequently passionate, and always skeptical of professional profiles loaded with adverbs and adjectives.
Experience in collaborative curriculum, syllabus, and test development. Active in the EFL community at the national level with the Japan Association of Language Teaching.
Focused on outreach. Interacting and collaborating with students both inside and outside the classroom. Interacting and collaborating with colleagues through projects including conference organisation, conference presentations, publishing, and materials development.
Fascinated by the possibilities afforded by web 2.0 technology.
Always looking for opportunities to do collaborative research.

Michael Stout’s Specialties:

Curriculum design and development, content-based English language teaching, task-based language learning

Michael Stout’s Experience

President

Association of Canadian Teachers in Japan

(Higher Education industry)

November 2009 — Present (1 month)
Part-time Lecturer

Shibaura Institute of Technology

(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

April 2007 — Present (2 years 8 months)
Full-time Lecturer

Toyo Gakuen University

(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

April 2007 — Present (2 years 8 months)
Domestic Affairs Committee Chair

NPO JALT

(Education Management industry)

November 2006 — November 2008 (2 years 1 month)
Conference Chair

The Nakasendo English Conference

(Education Management industry)

November 2007 — June 2008 (8 months)
Part-time Lecturer

Takushoku University

(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

April 2006 — March 2008 (2 years )
English Teacher

The American School in Japan

(Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Education Management industry)

July 2007 — August 2007 (2 months)
English teacher

Kanto International Senior High School

(Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Education Management industry)

April 2003 — March 2007 (4 years )
Assistant Co-ordinator/English teacher

Universal Language Institute

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Education Management industry)

August 2001 — March 2003 (1 year 8 months)

Michael Stout’s Education

Temple University

M.Ed , TESOL , 2000 — 2003
University of Windsor

BA , English , 1989 — 1993

Held the following positions at CJAM-fm radio:
Assistant Station Manager
News Director
Special Programming Director
Host - Jelly Roll Jazz
Host - Gothic Rock
Secured $10,000 Canada Summer Works Grant for CJAM-fm. Grant provided summer employment for three students.

Activities and Societies:

CJAM-fm Radio

Additional Information

Michael Stout’s Websites:

Michael Stout’s Interests:

Language testing, Second language acquisition, Task-based language learning, Content-based language learning, Second language learning motivation, CALL, music