ELT Calendar

Sunday, March 3rd, 2002

Introductory Certificate in Teaching English to Children, one day course
Time: 10:15 AM - 5:15 PM
Speaker: David Paul, author of Finding Out, Communicate, and more.
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
Short description: This is a one-day certificate course in teaching English to elementary school children. Trainer David Paul is the author of Finding Out, Communicate, Songs and Games for Children, Discover English, Discover the World, and Discover the Universe.

Cross-Cultural Misunderstanding Between Japanese and Americans
Time: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Speaker: Stephen Ryan, Yamagata University
Organization: Yamagata Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Yamagata City, Yamagata Prefecture
Short description: This presentation will discuss ongoing research concerning cross-cultural misunderstandings between Japanese and Americans. The focus of this discussion is that Japanese and Americans often misunderstand each other due to the disparity of their own everyday unique cultural experiences that have become highly over learned and exist as unrecognized information or cultural scripts.