ELT Calendar

Saturday, June 29th, 2002

Discourse Analysis and the Language Classroom
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Noel Houck, California State University, Long Beach
Organization: Temple University Japan
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
Short description: This course will first explore several current approaches to describing spoken language: especially functional analysis, conversation analysis, and interactional sociolinguistics.

English Education Policy in Asia
Time: 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Woo Lee, American Consulate
Organization: Kyushu-Okinawa Chapter of the Japan Association of College English Teachers
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: The Kyushu-Okinawa JACET Spring lecturer is Dr. Woo Lee, Principal Officer at the American Consulate.

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ELT means English Language Teaching. The ELT Calendar contains information about conferences, conventions, workshops, presentations and other events of professional interest to teachers of EFL (English as a Foreign Language) in Japan, and the research communities of SLA (Second Language Acquisition), TESOL (Teaching English as a Second or Other Language), TEFL (Teaching English as a Foriegn Language) and others relevant to language learning and teaching English in Japan.