"How to succeed at language learning when really trying: Secrets my applied linguist told me," "A new look at learner strategy instruction," and "Teaching and assessing L2 pragmatics: What can we expect from learners?"  Three lectures to faculty and students of EFL, linguistics, and other fields, at the International Studies Institute, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China, June 5-6, 2008.

“Teaching and assessing L2 pragmatics: What can we expect from learners?” Featured speaker at TESL/TEFL Advocacy Week event, English Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, April 15, 2008. 

“Teaching and assessing L2 pragmatics: What can we expect from learners?” Seminar on pragmatics for the Department of Slavic Languages & Literature, University of Michigan, April 13, 2008. 

 “Comprehensible pragmatics: Where input and output come together.” Invited paper at the Applied Linguistics Interest Section Academic Session, 42nd Annual TESOL Convention, NYC, April 3, 2008. 

Sykes, J. M. & Cohen, A. D. “Online learner strategies instruction and virtual assessment in Spanish pragmatics: Does it work?”  Paper presented at the American Association for Applied Linguistics Annual Conference, Washington, D. C., March 30, 2008. 

“The role of pragmatics in second-language performance.” Invited presentation at a study day and book launching in honor of Elite Olshtain, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, March 26, 2008.

“Teaching and assessing L2 pragmatics: What can we expect from learners?” Talk for the Research Forum, School of Education, Tel Aviv University, March 20, 2008. 

“Learning styles, learner strategies, and motivation in learning Hebrew.” Talk at Ulpan Akiva, an intensive Hebrew language learning center, Netanya, Israel, March 16, 2008.

Teaching and Learning Pragmatics: Where Language and Culture Meet.”  Annual Convention of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), November 16-18, 2007.

With Julie Sykes. “Maximizing Learner Strategies to Enhance Pragmatic Development: An Online Illustration.” Annual Convention of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), November 16-18, 2007.

"A New Look at Learner Strategy Instruction." Featured address at  the 16th International Symposium and Book Fair on English Teaching, English Teachers’ Association (ETA), Taipei, Taiwan, November 11, 2007.

“The Intersection of Styles, Strategies, and Motivation in Accomplishing EFL Tasks.” Invited workshop at the 16th International Symposium and Book Fair on English Teaching, English Teachers’ Association (ETA), Taipei, Taiwan, November 10, 2007.

 “Learning styles, learner strategies, and motivation in second language learning.” Presentation to Julie McDonald’s intermediate ESL class, Minnesota English Language Program, University of Minnesota, October 19, 2007. 

"Learner strategies, teacher techniques, computers, and pragmatics? Really!?" Fifth International Conference on Language Teacher Education, University of Minnesota, June 2, 2007. 

"Teaching and assessing L2 pragmatics: What can we expect from learners?" Opening plenary at the AAAL Annual Conference, Costa Mesa, CA, April 21, 2007.

"The new wave of learner strategy instruction." Paper presentation at the 41st Annual TESOL Convention, Seattle, WA, March 21, 2007.

"Knowing how to say you’re  sorry: The art of teaching second language students to use the target language in socially appropriate ways." Workshop for faculty, students, and staff at the Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Texas, Austin, March 20, 2007. 

"Coming to terms with pragmatics and identifying pragmatic failure." Foreign Language Acquisition, Research, and Education (FLARE) Forum Talk and workshop, University of Iowa, March 3, 2007.

"Strategy instruction for learners of Japanese: How do you do it and what's in it for them?" Invited plenary at the Central States Association of Teachers of Japanese (CATJ) Annual Meeting, University of Iowa, March 3, 2007.

"Success at Language Learning Tasks: Where Style Preferences, Strategy Repertoire, and Motivation Meet," Workshop at the Hawaii TESOL Conference, Feb. 17, 2007.

"The New Wave of Learner Strategy Instruction," Invited Plenary at the Hawaii TESOL Conference, February 17, 2007.0 in attendance]

"How to succeed at language learning when really trying: Secrets my applied linguist told me." Invited lecture to students and faculty at the Second Language and Teaching (SLAT) Program, University of Arizona, Tucson, January 12, 2007, and to students and faculty at the Graduate School of Language and Educational Linguistics, Monterey Institute of International Studies, January 9, 2007. 

With Julie Sykes. "Learning Spanish speech acts: The design and implementation of a self-access website." Annual Conference of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), Nashville, TN, November 17, 2006.

With Julie Sykes. "Effective technology: Learning pragmatics with CALL." Presentation and workshop at the Annual MinneTESOL Conference, Minneapolis Community and Technical College, Minneapolis, MN, November 4, 2006.

"Enhancing language and culture learning strategies for travel and living experiences abroad." Invited workshop at the Michigan World Language Association Conference, Lansing, MI, October 26, 2006.

"Towards a global citizenry of better informed language consumers." Plenary at the Michigan World Language Association Conference, Lansing, MI, October 26, 2006.

With Julie Sykes. "Encouraging a strategies-based approach to learning Spanish pragmatics: The design and learner use of a self-access website." Technology for Second Language Learning 4th Annual Conference, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, September 23, 2006.

"Being a strategic language learner in CALL." Invited plenary at the Technology for Second Language Learning 4th Annual Conference, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, September 22, 2006.

"Success at language learning tasks: Where style preference, strategy repertoire, and motivation meet." Talk to Students at the Japanese School, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT, July 11, 2006.

"How to succeed at language learning when really trying: Secrets my applied linguist told me." Keynote Address in Receipt of 2006 AAAL Distinguished Scholarship & Service Award at the AAAL-ACLA/CAAL Conference, Montreal, CN, June 18, 2006.

With Julie Sykes. "The development and evaluation of a self-access website for learning Spanish speech acts [pragmatics]." Joint Conference of AAAL and ACLA/CAAL, Montreal, Canada, June 17, 2006.

With Julie Sykes. "Learning pragmatics: The creation of a self-access website." Workshop at the Annual Meeting of the National Association of Professors of Hebrew (NAPH), Minneapolis, MN, June 11, 2006.

"What learners really want from reading materials." Materials Writers Interest Section – Academic Session: Theory, Research, and Practice in Writing L2 Reading Materials, Tampa TESOL, March 16, 2006.

"Translating in L2 reading? Exercising the inner voice." “Hot Topics” Panel Session: The Teaching and Learning of Strategic Reading, TESOL Tampa, FL, March 15. 2006.

"Maximizing study abroad: Language strategy use and speech act performance." Talk for the Department of Applied Linguistics & ESL, Georgia State University, February 14, 2006.

“Coming to terms with language learner strategies: What do strategy experts think about the terminology and where would they direct their research?”  Plenary at the Language Learning Roundtable Conference, a pre-conference event at EUROSLA, theme: “Individual Differences in Second Language Behavior,” in Dubrovnik, Croatia, on September 14, 2005. 

"Enhancing students’ study abroad experiences through language and culture strategies."  Workshop at the School for International Training Annual Conference – Theme: Connecting Communities: Language & Intercultural Learning in Study Abroad, Brattleboro, VT, August 20, 2005.

"Success at language learning tasks: Where style preference, strategy repertoire, and motivation meet." Plenary at the School for International Training Annual Conference – Theme: Connecting Communities: Language & Intercultural Learning in Study Abroad, Brattleboro, VT, August 19, 2005.

“Language strategy use and speech act performance in study abroad.”  Presentation at the symposium on “Enhancing Students’ Language and Culture Learning in Study Abroad,” 14th World Congress of Applied Linguistics, Madison, WI, July 24-29. 

“The coming of age of test-taking strategies.” Presentation at a symposium entitled “Rethinking language testing: Voices from Experience” at the 27th Annual Language Testing Research Colloquium, International Language Testing Association, University of Ottawa, CN, July 20-22, 2005. 

With Thom Upton. “Strategies in responding to the New TOEFL reading tasks.” Paper presentation at the 27th Annual Language Testing Research Colloquium, International Language Testing Association, University of Ottawa, CN, July 20-22, 2005. 

“Pragmatics and language proficiency.”  Presentation at the CALPER Symposium: “Perspectives on Advanced Language Proficiency,” Penn State University, July 13, 2005.

“Coming to terms with language learner strategies: What do strategy experts think about the terminology and where would they direct their research?” Invited plenary at the 2nd International Conference of the Centre for Research in International Education, Theme: “Reflective Practice – The key to innovation in international education,” AIS St. Helens, Auckland, NZ, June 23-26, 2005. 

“Enhancing learner awareness of style preferences, strategy repertoire, and motivation in language learning.” Presentation for the Auckland Chapter of TESOL (AKTESOL), Kohia Teachers’ Centre, Auckland, NZ, May 24, 2005. 

 “Enhancing learner awareness of style preferences, strategy repertoire, and motivation in language learning.” Talk and interactive task for the School of Languages, Unitec, Auckland, New Zealand, April 12, 2005. 

“Enhancing learner awareness of style preferences, strategy repertoire, and motivation in language learning.” Presentation for the Department of General & Applied Linguistics, The University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand, March 18, 2005. 

“Towards a global citizenry of more savvy language consumers.” Presentation for the School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, NZ, February 1, 2005, and for the language teachers and applied linguists at Massey University, Palmerston North, NZ, January 28, 2005. 

“Approaches to language assessment.” Language Assessment Workshop for ESL and subject-matter instructors at the International Pacific College, Palmerston North, NZ, January 26-27, 2005. 

“Enhancing students’ study abroad experiences through language and culture strategies.” Talk under the auspices of the Faculty of Foreign Studies, Nanzan University, Nagoya, Japan, December 21, 2004.

“Towards a global citizenry of more savvy language consumers.” Presentation for the Tokyo Chapter of the Japanese Association of College English Teachers (JACET) & Waseda University Students and Staff, Tokyo, Japan,  December 20, 2004.

“A Web-Based Approach to Strategic Learning of Speech Acts.” Talk for the M.A. TESOL Program, Department of English, San Francisco State University, November 29, 2004.

With Michael Paige and Rachel Shively. “Enhancing Students’ Language and Culture Learning in Study Abroad.” 38th Annual ACTFL Meeting, Chicago, IL November 21, 2004.

With Anna Chamot. “World Perspectives: International Project on Language Learner Strategies, Report of Oxford University Meeting, June 28-30, 2004.” 38th Annual ACTFL Meeting, Chicago, IL, November 21, 2004.

With Rachel Shively and Holly Emert. “Maximizing Study Abroad Through Language and Culture Strategies.” Public Talk at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, under the auspices of the Language Institute, November 17, 2004. 

With Rachel Shively and Holly Emert. “Enhancing Students’ Study Abroad Experiences Through Language and Culture Strategies,” Workshop for Study Abroad Professionals at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, under the auspices of the Language Institute, November 16, 2004. 

“Learning Styles, Learner Strategies, and Motivation in Second Language Learning.” Talk under the auspices of the Indiana Center for Intercultural Communication, IUPUI, Indianapolis, November 15, 2004.

With Michael Paige, Rachel Shively, and Holly Emert. “Enhancing Students’ Language and Culture Learning in Study Abroad.” Presentation at the Annual Conference on International Educational Exchange (CIEE), Santa Fe, NM, November 10-13, 2004.

“Enhancing Academic Language in a Fifth-Grade Spanish Immersion Classroom.” Presentation for the Department of Education and Psychology, University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji, November 8, 2004. 

Lecture tour of Australia (Oct. 5-28, 2004) with presentations at  the University of Melbourne, Macquarie University, the University of New South Wales, the University of New England, Armidale, the University of Queensland, the University of Southern Queensland, and the Queensland University of Technology.   Topics included:  “Styles, Strategies, and Motivation in Second Language Learning,” “Enhancing Academic Language Proficiency in a Fifth-Grade Spanish Immersion Classroom,” “Enhancing Students’ Language and Culture Learning in Study Abroad,” and “A Web-Based Approach to Strategic Learning of Speech Acts.”

“Enhancing students’ language and culture learning in study abroad.” Presentation to the Research Seminar for Linguistics & Applied Language Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, September 10, 2004. 

“Learning styles, learner strategies, and motivation in second language learning.” Workshop for Linguistics & Applied Language Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, September 6, 2004. 

“Enhancing students’ language and culture learning in study abroad.” Plenary talk at the Applied Linguistics Association of New Zealand Symposium on Internationalization and Language Issues, Massey University, Palmerston North, September 4, 2004. 

“Enhancing students’ language and culture learning in study abroad.” Plenary at the Internationalization of Education in New Zealand Conference, under the auspices of the Centre for Research in International Education, AIS St. Helens, Auckland, August 12-15, 2004. 

“Learning styles, learner strategies, and motivation in second language learning.” Dept of Applied Language Studies & Linguistics Public Lecture Programme, July 28, 2004. 

“Strategies in responding to the New TOEFL reading tasks.” Paper presented at the 20th Anniversary of the Academic Committee for Research on Language Testing (ACROLT), Ma’aleh Hahamisha Guest House, Israel, June 16, 2004.

“The interface between interlanguage pragmatics and assessment.” Plenary at the 20th Anniversary of the Academic Committee for Research on Language Testing (ACROLT), Ma’aleh Hahamisha Guest House, Israel, June 15, 2004.

“Learning styles, learner strategies, and motivation in second language learning,” Public lecture at Chubu University, Nagoya, Japan, May 26, 2004. 

“The interface between interlanguage pragmatics and assessment.” Invited plenary at the Japanese Association of Language Teachers Pan-SIG Conference, Tokyo Kezai University, May 22, 2004. 

“Constructing speech act tasks for classroom assessment.” Workshop at the Japanese Association of Language Teachers Pan-SIG Conference, Tokyo Kezai University, May 22, 2004. 

With Noriko Ishihara and Elite Olshtain. “A web-based approach to strategic learning of speech acts.” Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the American Association for Applied Linguistics, Portland, OR, May 1-May 4, 2004.

“Multiple approaches to language assessment.” Invited workshop at the annual conference of the African Language Teachers Association, University of Wisconsin, Madison, April 29, 2004.

“Towards a global citizenry of more savvy language consumers.” Plenary address at the 19th Annual Conference of the American Council on International Intercultural Education, Minneapolis, MN,  April 21-23, 2004. 

“Assessing the ability to perform speech acts.” Presentation at the Colloquium on Intercultural Communication: Assessing Intercultural Communication. 
Annual TESOL Convention, Long Beach, CA, March 31, 2004. 

“Researching the effect of styles, strategies, and motivation on language learning tasks.” TESOL Research Interest Section Discussion Group, Annual TESOL Convention, Long Beach, CA, March 31, 2004.  

 “Learner styles, learner strategies, and motivation in second language learning.” Invited talk and workshop for the California State University at Northridge Linguistics/TESL Program, February 20, 2004.

“Assessing the Performance of Foreign Language Students: The Case of Speech Acts." Invited talk primarily to students doing doctoral studies in language assessment within the Department of Applied Linguistics and TESL, University of California, Los Angeles, February 20, 2004.