ELT Calendar

Friday, March 12th, 2004

Tokyo Conference on Psycholinguistics (TCP) 2004 (day 1 of 2)
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:35 PM
Speaker: Plenary Speakers: Prof. Kenneth J. Safir (Rutgers University), Prof. Lydia White (McGill University)
Organization: Tokyo Conference on Psycholinguistics
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: 10:00-10:10 Opening Yukio Otsu (Keio University) 10:10-10:55 Miwa Isobe (Senshu University, Part-Time), Natsuko Katsura, Masatoshi Koizumi, Yumi Sakai (Tohoku University), Kuniya Nasukawa (Tohoku Gakuin University), Koji Sugisaki (Mie University) and Noriaki Yusa (Miyagi Gakuin Women's University) "The Syntax of Ditransitives in Japanese: A View from Acquisition" Chair: Yukio Otsu (Keio University) 11:00-11:45 Luisa Meroni, Stephen Crain (University of Maryland at College Park) and Andrea Gualmini (MIT) "Definiteness in Child Language" Chair: Yukio Otsu (Keio University) 13:00-13:45 Utako Minai and Luisa Meroni (University of Maryland at College Park) "Children's Knowledge of Entailments at a Distance" Chair: Yukio Otsu (Keio University) 13:50-14:35 Hirohisa Kiguchi (Kanazawa Institute of Technology) and Edson Miyamoto (University of Tsukuba / Nara Institute of Science and Technology) "MEG Responses in the Comprehension of Japanese Sentences" Chair: Yukio Otsu (Keio University) 14:50-15:35 Tomohiro Fujii (University of Maryland at College Park) "Multiple Zibun: Evidence for Reflexive Movement" Chair: Akira Watnabe (University of Tokyo) 15:40-16:25 Tomokazu Takehisa (McGill University) "Reflexives and Split Intransitivity" Chair: Akira Watnabe (University of Tokyo) 16:35-17:35 Invited Lecture Kenneth J.

Using Drama with Junior & Senior High School Classes (Day 5 of 5 Fridays)
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: British Council Teacher Trainers
Organization: The British Council Tokyo Centre
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: Do you use drama in your English classes? If yes, would you like to know more? If no, would you like to find out how fun and effective drama can be in teaching and learning? In this course, we will explore how drama can be used to practise speaking, reading, writing, listening and grammar.