Distinguished Lecturer Series

Seminars in Summer 2020

Assessment in the EFL Classroom

Dr. Sara Cushing (Georgia State University, U.S.A.)

Canceled

Teaching Spoken Interaction

Dr. Nöel Houck (California State Polytechnic University, U.S.A.)

Canceled

Teaching English to Young Learners

Dr. Mitsue Allen-Tamai (Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan)

*This seminar will be conducted remotely
(see more details about the online seminar)

Announcement

The Distinguished Lecturer Series seminar on July 11-12 in Tokyo and July 18-19 in Osaka by Dr. Mitsue Allen-Tamai on Teaching English to Young Learners will be conducted remotely by a public video session (Saturday, 14:00-17:00) followed by online Zoom sessions (Saturday, 18:00-21:00, Sunday, 10:00-13:00 and 14:00-17:00) pursuant to the Japanese government's advice to curb the spread of COVID-19.

Please sign up by 12 noon, July 10, 2020 for Tokyo and 12 noon, July 17, 2020 for Osaka to receive the link to watch the public session video. The video link will be sent to those pre-signed up people between 13:30-13:50 on the day of the public session and the access will be limited only during the arranged hours. Here are the details:

The first three-hour video of each seminar is free. The video link will only be available on July 11 for the Tokyo attendees and July 18 for the Osaka attendees from 14:00 to 17:00.

The rest of the weekend seminar will be offered remotely via Zoom (the Zoom link will be provided to those who are staying after the public session) with the following fees but everybody must pre-sign up:

Alumni of TUJ's Graduate College of Education are welcome to attend the entire weekend remotely without charge.
The entire online weekend auditing fee for guest auditors is ¥13,000 per person and the payment instruction will be sent to the registered email addresses on the seminar day after the public session.
Credit students will be charged the amount of a credit-course (Tokyo: ¥89,000 Osaka: ¥85,600) and the tuition statement will be sent to the students.

Pre-sign up is required for this seminar. Please use the sign-up form to pre-sign up for the seminar 3 by 12 noon, July 10 for Tokyo seminar and 12 noon, July 17 for Osaka seminar.

Seminars in Fall 2020

Developing Lexical Competence: From Theory to Classroom Practice to Online Application

Dr. Charles Browne (Meiji Gakuin University, Japan)

Using Large Online Corpora for Research, Teaching, and Learning

Dr. Mark E. Davies (Brigham Young University, U.S.A.)

Online: October 17, 18, 24, 25

L2 Vocabulary Acquisition, Learning and Processing: Adopting an Interdisciplinary Perspective

Dr. Irina Elgort (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)

Online: November 7, 8, 14, 15

About the Distinguished Lecturer Series

Nine times a year, the Distinguished Lecturer Series brings internationally recognized TESOL and Applied Linguistics scholars to TUJ for intensive weekend seminars. Each seminar can be taken for elective credit for the master's and doctoral degrees.

The first three hours of each seminar (Saturday session from 14:00 to 17:00) are free and open to the general public. Alumni of TUJ's Graduate College of Education are welcome to attend the entire weekend without charge; the weekend auditing fee for others is ¥13,000. Registrants will be charged the amount of a credit-course (Tokyo: ¥89,000 Osaka: ¥85,600).

In light of the global impact of COVID-19, the weekend seminars will take different formats in fall 2020. Details about each seminar can be checked from the seminar description.

How to Attend
For Current TUJ Students: Wishing to take a seminar for credit?

Past Distinguished Lecturer Series Seminars

Venues

Seminars in Tokyo are held at TUJ's New Campus
Seminars in Osaka are held at TUJ's Osaka Center

How to Attend

Please sign up with the Seminar Sign-up Form below. Select the seminar you wish to attend from the drop-down list in the form.

For current TUJ students & guests:
If you wish to audit the whole weekend, please indicate that on the form, and pay your auditing fee (¥13,000) within one hour after the public session. Payment method will be notified separately. We cannot take payment by credit card.
For TUJ Alumni:
If you are alumni of TUJ's Graduate College of Education, you may attend the entire seminar for free of charge.

Seminar Sign-Up Form

Current TUJ Students: Wishing to take a seminar for credit?

If you are a current student at TUJ and would like to register for a seminar for credit, do not use the Seminar Sign-Up Form. You must register for seminars during the official registration period of each semester.

You may add/drop seminars during the regular add/drop period. If you miss the regular add/drop period,you may still add/drop seminars on the first day of each seminar until one hour after the first session ends. Add/Drops for seminars are available only to those who registered either for the seminars or other regular courses during the official registration period.

If you registered for a seminar during the official registration period but that registration was cancelled because you missed the tuition payment deadline, you may re-register for the seminar during the regular add/drop period or on the first day of each seminar until one hour after the first session ends, but you must pay a late registration fee of ¥5,500.

Academic Calendar [Tokyo, Osaka]
Course Registration [Tokyo, Osaka]