**************************************************************************** THE DISTANCE LEARNING CENTER - DAILY YOMIURI AUTUMN SEMINAR '98 **************************************************************************** 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] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ 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) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ 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) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ 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 **************************************************************************** 4-DAY INTENSIVE LANGUAGE TEACHING WORKSHOPS IN TOKYO **************************************************************************** (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]