Temple University Japan:

Pragmatics and Language Teaching

Date: Saturday, November 10th, 2001 Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Speaker: Dr. Jenny Thomas, University of Wales

Description:
Part of TUJ's Distinguished Lecturer Series. Note that each seminar is actually 2 days long, apx. 7 hours per day. The first three hours of each seminar are free and open to the public. To attend both days of the weekend seminar costs 10,500 yen for the general public (free for M.Ed. and Ed.D. alumni of Temple University Japan). Please see the TUJ Osaka web site for full details.
This seminar will begin with an overview of an important new topic in TESOL and language education: pragmatics in language teaching. Areas to be covered in the opening session are: pragmatics and language teaching, politeness and indirectness in interaction, and research methods in cross-cultural pragmatics.

Organization: Temple University Japan

Cost: TUJ Members: free for M.Ed. and Ed.D. alumni of Temple University Japan
Non-members: free (first three hours)

Venue: Temple University Japan, Osaka Center, Osaka YMCA, 1-5-6 Tosabori, Nishi-ku, Osaka

Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Contact Temple University Japan

Website: www.tuj.ac.jp/tesol/seminars/