Saitama JALT:
The Illusion of Synonyms
Date: Sunday, April 17th, 2005 Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Andy Boon, Takushoku University
Description:
This presentation questions the synonymic relationship between bias and prejudice. Firstly, the two terms are compared using their entries in the New Oxford English Dictionary. Secondly, the investigation examines bias and prejudice as they occur in a corpus to discover points of overlap and departure. Finally, the presentation discusses a number of implications for vocabulary teaching.
Organization: Saitama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (Saitama JALT)
Cost: JALT Members: free
Non-members: 1000 yen
Venue: Sakuragi Kominkan 5F (near Omiya Station, west exit,see map).
Location: Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
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