Kagoshima JALT:

Introducing Public Elementary School English and the Monbusho Handbook

Date: Sunday, October 21st, 2001 Time: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Speaker: Tom Merner, Japan College of Foreign Languages

Description:
English instruction is about to become an option for the new Period for Integrated Studies in the Japanese public schools. Monbusho has publishsed the Handbook for Elementary School English Teaching Activities to provide support to teachers. Tom Merner, a member of the authoring committee, will introduce the handbook, share views about the directions public elementary school English seems to be heading, and introduce results of a survey about the current situationin schools which have already implemented English.

Organization: Kagoshima Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (Kagoshima JALT)

Cost: JALT Members: free
Non-members: 800 yen

Venue: Kagoshima-shi Chuo Kominkan

Location: Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan

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