12.1388, Confs: Durham Workshop in Teaching Japanese as an L2

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Subject: 12.1388, Confs: Durham Workshop in Teaching Japanese as an L2

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Date:  Fri, 18 May 2001 07:11:41 +0100
From:  Heather Marsden <h.l.marsden at durham.ac.uk>
Subject:  First Durham Workshop in Teaching Japanese as a Second  Language

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Date:  Fri, 18 May 2001 07:11:41 +0100
From:  Heather Marsden <h.l.marsden at durham.ac.uk>
Subject:  First Durham Workshop in Teaching Japanese as a Second  Language

Workshop: Implications from Second Language Acquisition Research for
Teachers of Japanese

We are pleased to announce the programme of the First Durham Workshop
in Teaching Japanese as a Second Language. The Workshop will be held in the
Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Durham, England, on
Saturday and Sunday, 23 & 24 June, 2001.


Saturday 23 June
12.45pm   Registration (Ground Floor, Department of East Asian Studies)

1.30pm    Tadashi Sakamoto (Nanzan University)
Teaching Japanese as a Second Language, and Second Language Acquisition
Research (in Japanese)

2.30pm    Natsuko Tsujimura & Caitlin Dillon (Indiana University)
L1 transfer in the acquisition of argument structure

3.10pm    break for tea

3.30pm    Heather Marsden (University of Durham)
Who can "kare" be? - Successful L2 acquisition of Japanese despite a lack
of evidence

4.10pm    Makiko Hirakawa (Tokyo International University)
Two types of intransitive verbs in second language Japanese

5.10pm    end

6.00pm    dinner

Sunday 24 June
9.30am    Martha Young-Scholten (University of Durham)
Implications and applications of SLA research for teaching pronunciation

10.30am   Hitomi Nakata (University of Durham)
A phonological approach to teaching Japanese pronunciation

11.10am   break for tea

11.30am   Naomi Cross (University of Durham)
L2 acquisition of Japanese phonology in early childhood

12.10pm   Mitsuhiko Ota (University of Edinburgh)
Learning durational contrasts in Japanese as a second language

1.10pm    lunch (provided inside the Department of East Asian Studies)

2.30pm    Etusko Yamada (The Japan Foundation London Nihongo Centre)
Course design in focus: a preliminary report on a short course for
non-native teachers of Japanese

4.10pm    end


All the talks will include 15 or 20 minutes for discussion or questions.

Pre-registration for the Workshop is welcomed until 31 May. Details of how
to register can be found on our web page:
http://www.dur.ac.uk/EastAsianStudies/workshop.htm. We will be pleased to
arrange convenient accommodation for anyone requiring it. Please contact
Mika Kizu (mika.kizu at durham.ac.uk, or tel. 0191 374 3246) to book
accommodation. We will also be arranging a dinner on Saturday 23 June. We
hope you will join us for that too. See details on our website soon.

We look forward to seeing you in Durham soon!

Mika Kizu and Heather Marsden
Department of East Asian Studies




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