ELT Calendar

Monday, November 25th, 2002

Final Week: "The Way We Are" Photo Exhibition
Time: 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: Exhibition of photographs by young British people
Organization: The British Council Tokyo Centre
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: The Way We Are (UK) is the result of a competition challenging young people in Britain to find a way to present their everyday lives through photographs.

Conversation Analysis as an Approach to Second Language Acquisition: Old Wine in New Bottles?
Time: 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Speaker: Gabriele Kasper, University of Hawai'i at Manoa
Organization: Kobe City University of Foreign Studies
Location: Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture
Short description: Since its inception, second language acquisition (SLA) has been informed by sociolinguistics. Various forms of discourse analysis have been influential in SLA for the past 20 years.

Text and Pretext in Language Use and Learning
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Speaker: Henry Widdowson, University of Vienna
Organization: The British Council Tokyo Centre
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: Henry Widdowson is Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Vienna. Professor Widdowson sits on the Board of Management of the ELT Journal and, among other projects, he is the general editor of the Oxford Introductions to Language Study, designed to provide brief, clear introductions to the main disciplinary areas of language study, such as Second Language Acquisition, Linguistics, Psycholinguistics, Language Testing, and Language and Culture.

Speaking (Seminar for Japanese Teachers of English at Jr & Sr. High Schools)
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: British Council
Organization: The British Council Teacher Training Seminars
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
Short description: 'Teaching' the speaking skill is often the area which causes teachers most anxiety and stress. In this seminar we will look at different ways of approaching speaking in terms of motivation, relevance and usage.