Date: Sunday, November 20th, 2005
Title (Morning Presentation): "What's In, What's Out in Current English?--Update and Refresh Your English!" (10:00 - 12:00)
Title (Afternoon Presentation): "Pronunciation and Listening Tecniques for Teachers of English" (14:00 - 15:30)
Speaker: James Banner, Director of External Courses, Hilderstone College, U.K.
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Place: Tsukuba Gakuin University, Tsukuba (formally Tokyo Kasei Gakuin Tsukuba Women's University)

For the direction, go to: [Getting to Tsukuba Gakuin University]
For the direction in Japanese, go to: [交通案内図] or [つくば中心地の地図]
To download a flyer: Click < [ Poster in .pdf file] or [ Poster in .doc file]

Cost: Members: Free, One-day members: 500 yen

The details are as follows:

--A.M. Program 
9:30-10:00  Registration
10:00-12:00    What's In, What's Out in Current English?--Update and Refresh 
Your English!
--P.M. Program
12:00-14:00 Lunch Break   Take a walk past the Expo Center and Library to 
Tsukuba Center where we can enjoy lunch at the Food Court in the QT Building.
2:00-3:30  Pronunciation and Listening Techniques for Teachers of English
3:30-4:00  Snack time
4:00-5:00  Chapter Business & Planning Meeting
After 5:00  Take Dr. Banner for a small meal at Tsukuba Ctr if he has time.

--James Banner is Director of External Courses at Hilderstone College, UK. He 
directed the RSA Diploma in Teaching Foreign Languages to Adults, which 
Hilderstone piloted with the University of Edinburgh, and a Certificate 
Programme in TFLA for Hilderstone College in conjunction with Kent Adult 
Education and the University of Kent.  He has wide experience of teaching and 
training at all levels both in Britain and abroad and has published articles 
on language teaching and cultural issues. Currently he is author of the 
Langenscheidt-Longman language corner on .

A.M. Presentation-- "WHAT'S IN, WHAT'S OUT IN CURRENT ENGLISH USAGE?: UPDATE 
and REFRESH YOUR ENGLISH!"

     This seminar will explore developments in idiomatic expression in 21 
Century Britain.  Areas covered will include the media, cult objects, fashion, 
icons and figures from popular culture.  This will be an opportunity for you 
to enjoy your English and broaden your range of idiomatic expression.

P.M. Presentation-- "PRONUNCIATION and LISTENING TECHNIQUES FOR TEACHERS OF 
ENGLISHOBJECTIVES"

     The objectives of the seminar are to:
- provide a friendly and enjoyable review of the main elements that 
distinguish native speakers- give teachers of English the opportunity to work 
and experiment with accents, voice and current usage, while picking up some
useful pronunciation tips for the classroom
- boost confidence and enthusiasm

CONTENTS
1) The native speaker in International English 
- Model or problem?
- Setting realistic objectives for our students

2) Reviewing the main elements of native speech that make English and American 
native speakers difficult to understand
- Using liaison, elision, glottal stops, intrusives and weak forms as friendly 
aids to fluency and pronunciation teaching.

3) Accents: reading between the lines: culture, gender and class in English 
and American accents.

4) Why are some people so good at pronunciation?: experimenting with various
accents through imitation and mimicry
- Working on improving pronunciation: the "rest syllable"? and the role of 
voice, resonance and articulatory setting
- Getting away from ship and sheep: exploiting natural rhythms in speech 
linked to meaning and function.

Throughout the seminar, these elements will be illustrated through video and 
audio recordings of British and American native speakers.  The stress will be 
on hearing and reproducing sounds: the pace will be lively.