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THE DISTANCE LEARNING CENTER - DAILY YOMIURI AUTUMN SEMINAR '98
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Theme: Language Education & Communication for a New Age
Speakers: Professor David Nunan
Professor Nobuko Mizutani
Broadcaster Peter Barakan
Dr. Anthony Al-Jamie
Date: Saturday, October 24th, 1998
Location: Yomiuri Newspaper Company Building 9F
1-7-1 Otemachi
Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo
Admission:
Free, but reservations are required. For reservations, please contact The
Distance Learning Center by phone, fax, mail or e-mail. You will need to
provide the name, address and telephone number of each guest. Please be
sure to also inform us of which session / sessions you plan on attending.
Upon receipt of the above information a ticket for entrance will be mailed
to you.
The Distance Learning Center
1-4-3-202 Maruyamadai Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0112 JAPAN
tel:048-463-3077
fax:048-464-4199
e-mail:[log in to unmask]
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Session A 12:00 p.m. Doors Open
12:30 p.m.- 1:20 p.m.
Newport Asia Pacific University's Master of Arts in Teaching Japanese as a
Foreign Language degree program Orientation Meeting: Ryuichi Okubo (Will be
presented in Japanese)
1:20 p.m.- 2:20 p.m.
Professor Nobuko Mizutani
Japanese Language Teaching (Will be presented in Japanese)
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Session B 2:45 p.m. Doors Open
2:45 p.m.-3:35 p.m.
Broadcaster Peter Barakan
Host of 60 Minutes (CBS Documentary) & InterFM's Barakan Beat
Open Q & A (Questions and answers will be presented in both Japanese and
English)
3:35 p.m.-3:45 p.m.
Dr. Anthony Al-Jamie
Director of The Distance Learning Center
From Tradition to Technology (Will be presented in English)
Professor David Nunan
World renowned linguist, President-elect of TESOL Inc.; Dean of Newport
Asia Pacific University's Graduate School of Education
Technology in the TESOL classroom (Will be presented in English)
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Presented by The Distance Learning Center and The Yomiuri Newspaper Company
Sponsors:
Newport Asia Pacific University, International Thomson Publishing and
Oxford University Press
Supporters:
Time International, The British Council, Micron Electronics, Tuttle
Publishing and Bonjinsha Publishing
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4-DAY INTENSIVE LANGUAGE TEACHING WORKSHOPS IN TOKYO
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(Sorry for the late notice: Only 3 spots available in each workshop)
ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING WORKSHOP
Title: Curriculum Development
Professor: Newport Asia Pacific University's TESOL Professor
David Nunan
This intensive workshop will provide
English Language Teachers with
tools and techniques for analyzing,
modifying, and developing courses
for language teaching. Participants
will look at issues to do with
selecting and grading content,
selecting, sequencing, and integrating
learning tasks and activities, and
selecting assessment tools and
techniques.
JAPANESE LANGUAGE TEACHING WORKSHOP
Title: Course Design and Evaluation
Professor Newport Asia Pacific University's TJFL Professors
Chikashi Furukawa & Yoshiko
Murata
This workshop examines the factors
which must be considered in
developing programs for Japanese
language learning, such as learner
styles, the learning environment,
study resources and educational
ethics. Participants will be
encouraged to examine how much learners
should be involved in course design,
how both teachers and learners
should improve existing courses in a
cooperative fashion and how
assessment relates to course design.
Date & Time:
October 22 (Thu) 9:00 ~ 17:00
October 23 (Fri) 9:00 ~ 17:00
October 24 (Sat) 9:00 ~ 12:00
October 25 (Sun) 9:00 ~ 12:00
Location: Hokutopia (Oji, Kita-ku, Tokyo 1 min. from Oji St.)
Certificate: Awarded to all participants upon completion.
Tuition Fee: 72,000 Yen
To Apply: Please contact the Distance Learning Center.
Contact Address:
The Distance Learning Center
1-4-3-202 Maruyamadai
Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0112
Japan
tel:048-463-3077
fax:048-464-4199
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
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