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Forms and Functions of Community in Education #259

I have been teaching English to nursing students for 6 years and am the co-founder of the Japan Association for Nursing English Teaching (JANET).

Peter is an English for Liberal Arts instructor at International Christian University in Tokyo. Alongside this main role, Peter is also a freelance teacher trainer for Cambridge University Press and a co-organiser of the ExcitELT conference. Peter has a CELTA, Delta, and MA in TESOL and is currently a doctoral student at the University of Warwick. Peter's professional interests include reflective practice for both teachers and students, teacher responsiveness, and all aspects of feedback. In his free time, Peter enjoys reading, playing futsal, and writing bios in the third-person.

I am an Assistant Professor at the University of Nagano. I am also JALT President-elect (2021-2022), and currently serve as President of Nagano Chapter and External Coordinator for the Writers’ Peer Support Group (PSG). Are you interested in improving your writing? Please join us as a Peer Reader! https://bit.ly/35Ev0xn https://jalt-publications.org/psg

Daniel Hooper is a lecturer in the English Language Institute at Kanda University of International Studies. He has taught in Japan for 14 years, predominantly in secondary education and the English conversation school industry. He completed his MA in TESOL at Kanda University of International Studies. He has published books on the eikaiwa industry and social learning spaces as well as a number of articles in journals such as Language Teaching Research, Asian Journal of English Language Teaching, and Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research. His research interests include learner and teacher identity, reflective practice, communities of practice, and the eikaiwa industry.