Over 20 conference delegates joined this year’s pre-conference SALC tour at APU’s SALC. We were first treated to a history of the SALC at APU by the Deputy Director of the Center for Language Education, Steven Pattison, and Lindsay Mack, who was involved in establishing the SALC in 2006.
Then students took the lead with some short workshop activities, where each table of participants were encouraged to share their opinions and experiences on a number of topics such as curriculum integration, support for learner autonomy and other topics.
Then we were given a tour of the SALC facilities and encouraged to speak to the different student staff on duty who explained the different spaces and services available in the SALC. The professionalism and enthusiasm of all the student staff was very inspiring to see, and it was great to connect with other SALC practitioners while exploring this very welcoming and innovative SALC.
The Japan Association for Self-Access Learning 