Hello. You may recall my colleague, Dave Povinsky, sending announcements to you last year regarding scholarship opportunities and online TESOL certificate & degree programs through Newport Asia Pacific University. This is a just a short announcement regarding online courses and residential sessions being offered next term. FYI, there are now approximately three or four scholarships available per course offered from May 17th, 1999 to July 11th. The following is a schedule for online certificate courses in "Classroom Management and Observation", "Curriculum Devlopment" and "Research Methods in Language Learning". Please note that the certificate course in "Classroom Management and Observation" is conducted online during the eight week course. The certificate courses in "Curriculum Development" and "Research Methods in Language Learning" are conducted online with an additional intensive four-day residency requirement in Tokyo, Japan from Thursday, July 1st to Sunday, July 4th, 1999. Professors David Nunan, Rod Ellis and Ruth Wajnryb will be teaching the online classes, as well as the "face-to-face" classes in Tokyo. COURSE TITLE DAY & TIME FOR ONLINE CLASS (JAPAN TIME) Curriculum Development Wed 9:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Classroom Management Sat 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and Observation Research Methods Sat 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Language Learning For more details, please see the website and online catalog at http://www.asiapacificu.edu, or send inquiries to [log in to unmask] Cordially, T. Sugimoto Student Services THE DISTANCE LEARNING CENTER ---------------------------------------------------------------- Tel: +81 (0)48-463-3077 The Distance Learning Center Fax: +81 (0)48-464-4199 1-4-3-202 Maruyamadai e-mail: [log in to unmask] Wako-Shi, Saitama 351-0112 JAPAN ---------------------------------------------------------------- REPRESENTING INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING Visit our web site at: http://www.distance-learning.org ----------------------------------------------------------------- __________________________________________________________________________ This message is intended for the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not read, copy, use or disclose this communication to others; also please notify the sender by replying to this message, and then delete it from your system. Thank you. __________________________________________________________________________