The symposium integrates three themes: 1) Immersion & Content-based EFL Instruction; 2) Early English Language Education; 3) English Educational Reform in Japan (K-College). This is a two-day event but participants may chose to attend either or both days. Although the symposium has a very strong emphasis on early English education, practicing teachers and researchers from pre-school through college are welcome.

The second day (Saturday, Dec. 4) consists of several plenary talks on early English education, immersion & content-based foreign language teaching, and factors necessary for successful language classes in a Japanese context during the morning session. The afternoon will include follow-up workshops on these topics and a number of "break-out" sessions that focus on one of the three themes of the symposium. The day will finish with a panel discussion with some of the key presenters at the symposium addressing each of the symposium themes.

Simultaneous translation (Japanese & English) will be provided for most of the plenary speeches, and the final panel discussion on Saturday. Some of the workshops will be conducted in English and some in Japanese. Contact one of the numbers below to receive a free brochure or go to our home page for more information and register on-line.

Speakers

Please download one of the pdf documents (in English or Japanese) to get more detailed information or go to the symposium website to register on-line:

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