{"id":14215,"date":"2026-03-14T11:48:53","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T21:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/?p=14215"},"modified":"2026-03-14T11:49:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T21:49:12","slug":"dr-betsy-gilliland-an-invited-speaker-at-the-2026-relc-international-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/dr-betsy-gilliland-an-invited-speaker-at-the-2026-relc-international-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Betsy Gilliland an Invited Speaker at the 2026 RELC International Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Betsy Gilliland was one of the invited speakers at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.relc.org.sg\/conferences-events\/conference-2026-main\/\">60th RELC International Conference (RELC)<\/a> held at Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization&#8217;s Regional Language Centre from March 9th through March 11th, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Gilliland\u2019s talks were titled, \u201cPractice Informing Theory Through Language Teacher Action Research&#8221; and &#8220;Being Reflective in an Ever-evolving Field of ELT.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While at the conference, Dr. Gilliland was able to connect with some former SLS MA and PhD students (pictured below).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Noboyuki Hino (SLS MA grad, now faculty at Otemon Gakuin University, Japan)<\/li>\n<li>Patharaorn (Orn) Patharakorn\u00a0 (SLS PhD grad, now faculty at Chulalongkorn University Language Institute, Thailand)<\/li>\n<li>Gordon West (SLS MA grad, now faculty at National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)<\/li>\n<li>Dennis Koyama (SLS MA grad, now faculty at Sophia University, Japan)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Congratulations to all on a great conference!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14216\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14216\" style=\"width: 1536px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-14216 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-2.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-2-872x1163.png 872w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-2-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-2-1152x1536.png 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14216\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pictured (left to right): Dr. Betsy Gilliland, Noboyuki Hino, Dr. Patharaorn Patharakorn, and Gordon West.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14217\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14217\" style=\"width: 1536px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-14217 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-2.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-2-872x1163.png 872w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-2-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-2-1152x1536.png 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14217\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pictured (left to right): Dr. Betsy Gilliland and Dennis Koyama.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nDr. Betsy Gilliland was one of the invited speakers at the 60th RELC International Conference (RELC) held at Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization&#8217;s Regional Language Centre from March 9th through March 11th, 2026. 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