The 22nd Conference of the Japanese Language Teachers Association
of New England and The
Thirteenth Conference of the Northeast Council of Teachers of Japanese
are jointly sponsoring

"Looking Past the Textbook:
Teaching in the Visual Age"

at Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut
Saturday, June 14, 2008, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Nowadays, many of us are teaching students who grew up in the visual age. How can we teach these students through the textbook and lead them beyond?

Who should participate?

Teachers and scholars who work in any field related with Japanese language teaching are encouraged to participate.

Call for papers

Interested in presenting? Please submit your proposal (500 words in English, or 800 letters in Japanese) along with the title. The deadline for proposals is April 30th.

Submit by e-mail to: hkob@conncoll.edu

or submit by mail to:
The Japanese Program
EALC, Connecticut College
270 Mohegan Avenue,
New London, CT, 06320

Hisae Kobayashi, Conference Chair

Register for the conference and lodging

Conference Registration Fee : $30

Lodging: An entire dorm (60 rooms, modern and air-conditioned, above the campus dining hall) has been reserved for the conference. $30.00 per night includes linens.

Please e-mail hkob@conncoll.edu with (1) your arrival date (2) how many nights you will stay (June 13 and/or June 14).

$30 registration and $30 per night for lodging, per night

Checks should be made payable to "Connecticut College" and should be sent to:

The Japanese Program
Connecticut College
Box 5486
270 Mohegan Avenue,
New London, CT, 06320

Conference chair: Hisae Kobayashi, Senior Lecturer in Japanese, Connecticut College