NCOLCTL 2005

• Announcement

• KeyNote Speech - Congressman Rush Holt

• Online Registration

• Registration Form

• Key Deadlines

• Pre-conference Workshop

• Conference Reception

• Program Schedule

• Advertisement & Exhibits

• Hotel Information

• Sponsors

PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP

The NCOLCTL invites you to attend a Pre-Conference Workshop in Madison, Wisconsin. This workshop is a great opportunity provided for all NCOLCTL members free of charge at the 8 th NCOLCTL conference. You are also invited to attend a reception, which will be held after the Pre-Conference Workshop, from 5:30 to 8:00 PM. The Pre-Conference Workshop and the Reception are sponsored by the National African Language Resource Center.

ESTABLISHING A REALISTIC AND EFFECTIVE
LCT LANGUAGE PROGRAM FOR HIGHER EDUCATION

Masakazu Watabe,
Brigham Young University

Thursday, April 14, 2004, 1:30 – 5:30 p.m.
NCOLCTL PreConference Workshop

  Often we are given the task to teach an LCT language in a college simply because of the demand. This workshop will focus on how to establish a language program in the U.S. higher educational institutes with results in mind. Language teaching methods, approach, and materials should be determined with the overall results of the students’ skills and interest in mind rather than some practices where the methods, approach, and materials dictate the program. Discussion will be centered on what kind of language program should we envision and establish before we begin teaching the first year of non-Indo-European language class. Much of the discussion will be based on the experiences and observations I have made in the profession especially dealing with the Japanese language programs in this country.
 

A Short Bio of Masakazu Watabe

Education:
Ph.D. University of Southern California, 1978.  Theoretical Linguistics

Work Experiences
Brigham Young University (Current) - Professor of Japanese
Brigham Young University (1997-2000) - Coordinator of College of Humanities Language Acquisition MA program
Middlebury College (1991-2000) - Director, The Japanese School
Brigham Young University (1985-1992) -Department Chair, Asian and Near Eastern Languages Department
Brigham Young University (1984-1985; 1993-1998) -Japanese Section Head, Asian and Near Eastern Languages Department     
Indiana University (1989-1990) - Director, East Asian Summer Language Institute, Japanese School
Consulted and evaluated schools and businesses to establish Japanese language programs .

Contact ncolctl@mailplus.wisc.edu for more details..