IE Program News- Successful IE Teachers’ Orientation
- IE Teachers’ Orientation and 28th Annual Faculty Development Symposium on University English TeachingFor the last 28 years, the Integrated English Program (under the auspices of Aoyama Gakuin University’s English Department) has held annual faculty development events for new and continuing teachers in early April. The program’s coordinators, senior teachers, and those newer … Continue reading →
Tag Archives: lecture
Lecture on Sociolinguistics
On Thursday, April 28th–from 6:30 PM at Ibuki Hall in Ichigaya–the Regents Professor of Linguistics, Dennis R. Preston, will speak about the development of linguistic competences (or “interlanguage states”) of learners and the systematic language variability that arises from input, … Continue reading
Talk by author Danzy Senna
On March 3rd—from 6:30 PM at the American Center in Tokyo—the distinguished author, Danzy Senna, will speak about her life and work. This is a free talk. I recently read Danzy Senna’s novel, Caucasia, and found it riveting and insightful. … Continue reading
Posted in Outside Events
Tagged author, identity, lecture, literature, race, writing
Leave a comment
Special Lecture & Concert by Bluesman Steve Gardner
Born in Mississippi in 1956, Steve Gardner is an accomplished blues musician and photographer, having studied photojournalism at the University of Southern Mississippi and blues from the “School of Hard Knocks.” After working as a photojournalist in the States, he … Continue reading
Saving lives
On September 7, the Tokyo English Life Line–an English version of Inochi no Denwa–will mark World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD). In a series of talks on that day you can learn how you can help confront the stigma associated with … Continue reading
Lecture on War & Peace
EVENT: Lecture on the topic “Does Economic Interdependence Lead to Peace or War?” SPEAKER: Dr. Dale Copeland WHEN: August 17, 2013; 13:00 ~ 15:00 RSVP: By email to the International Research Center <[email protected]> LANGUAGE: Lecture is in English but Japanese … Continue reading
Teaching English as an International Language
EVENT: Lecture on Teaching Materials in English as an international language SPEAKER: Aya Matsuda (Arizona State University) WHEN: June 28th (Friday), 18:00-19:30 FEE: Free for members of the Tokyo Chapter of JALT–1000 yen for non-members RSVP: Contact Jim McKinley–[email protected] WHERE: … Continue reading
Japan’s Revised Labor Contract Law
EVENT: Talk on Japan’s Revised Labor Contract Law SPEAKER: Yumiko Nakajima (General Secretary of the National Union of General Workers) WHEN: July 3rd (Wed), 18:00-19:30 WHERE: Sophia University, FEE: Free for members of the Tokyo Chapter of JALT–1000 yen for non-members … Continue reading
Lectures and screening of film for World Suicide Prevention Day
TELL (the Tokyo English Life Line–an English version of Inochi no Denwa) will mark World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD) with a special screening of “Saving 10,000 – Winning a War on Suicide in Japan,” a documentary film that looks honestly … Continue reading
Posted in Outside Events
Tagged film, lecture, social issues, suicide, TELL, volunteer
Leave a comment