Upcoming courses (scroll down for dates)
Confirmed schedule for upcoming courses
(Maximum 20 participants)
Upcoming Courses in English
2024
- Course 4 Advising in Language Learning 4: Transformation, the Advisor Educator’s Course. November 24, December 1 and 8 [Registration closed]
2025
- Course 5 Becoming an Autonomous Teacher Leader – January 19, 26, and February 2, 2025
- Course 6 Guided Research Course and Community – March / April TBC
- Course 1 Advising in Language Learning 1: Getting Started* – April 20 and 27, and May 11, 2025
- Course 2 Advising in Language Learning 2: Going Deeper – June 15, 22, and 19, 2025
- Course 3 Advising in Language Learning 3: Advanced Course. September 21 and 28, and October 5, 2025
- Course 4 Advising in Language Learning 4: Transformation, the Advisor Educator’s Course. November 16, 23 and 30, 2025
Upcoming Courses in Japanese
2024
- Course 3 Advising in Language Learning 3: Advanced Course. November 24, December 1, 8 and 15 [Registration closed]
2025
- Course 1 Advising in Language Learning 1: Getting Started (Japanese) – February 9, 16 and 23, 2025
- Course 2 Advising in Language Learning 2: Going Deeper (Japanese) – July 6, 13, and 20, 2025
- Course 3 Advising in Language Learning 3: Advanced Course (Japanese) November TBC
*Course 1 is also open to Kanda University MA TESOL students for credit.
Overview: What will I gain from the Learning Advisor Education (LAE) program?
√ The Learning Advisor Education (LAE) program enables you to become a professional advisor and a skilled practitioner in conducting reflective dialogue with learners to promote autonomy.
√ The LAE program includes five courses (Getting Started, Going Deeper, Becoming Aware, Transformation, and Becoming an Autonomous Teacher Leader) by providing initial and continuing education for those who wish to become professional advisors.
√ On completion of each course in the LAE program, you will receive a Certificate from the Research Institute of Learner Autonomy Education (RILAE), Kanda University of International Studies.
Read more about the structure of the courses
I am not an advisor. Can I still attend the program?
Yes, anyone with enthusiasm and an open mind to new forms of education is welcome to attend. You do not have to be a professional educator or a researcher to attend this program. You may decide whether to take the more advanced courses or not after completing each course. If you decide to proceed to the more advanced levels in the LAE program, you may further develop your expertise in advising/learner autonomy.
What you will learn in the LAE program is highly adaptable to your own context. In fact, although our advisor education programs were originally designed for professional educators, they have been expanded to include many other fields in recent years, both domestically and internationally. Our participants range from university lecturers, school teachers, staff in human resources, marketing, administrators and many more.
What future possibilities do I have by joining the program?
By completing the entire program, you will be entitled to become registered as an official RILAE advisor.
The ultimate goal of this program is to help you become an advisor educator who is an expert on promoting learner autonomy through conducting reflective dialogue and who is capable of providing education to other advisors. In addition, as the program is part of RILAE, by undergoing the four courses in the LAE program, you are encouraged to develop strong reflective practice and research skills which may potentially enable you to start the process of preparing to write a research proposal for a PhD.