ELT Calendar

Saturday, February 5th, 2005

My Share
Time: 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Speaker: Hiromi Maruyama, Michael Narron, and Garth Irons
Organization: Miyazaki Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture
Short description: Ms. Maruyama will be speaking on the relationship between motivation and the passion to learn English.

Obstacles to Improving English Learning in Japan
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:45 PM
Speaker: Robert Aspinall, D. Phil.
Organization: Osaka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
Short description: What are the obstacles facing efforts to improve English language learning in Japanese schools and universities? This presentation considers various explanations for the failure of the Japanese education system to provide the country with a number of citizens sufficiently skilled in the use of English, the global lingua franca, to enable Japan to "punch its weight" in international forums.