Speaker: Mike Byram
Title: Purposes and approaches to foreign language education: universalism or particularism?
Details: The main focus of this talk will be whether language teaching can be ‘universal’ or has to be ‘particularistic’ i.e. with the purposes and aims /objectives specific to each country. This will lead onto dealing with the model of intercultural communicative competence (Byram, 1997). The talk will include a question and answers section.
Date & time: June 28 (Tuesday) – 6:45pm – 9:00pm
Location: Lifelong Learning Center in Umeda (OSAKA)
Main sponsors:

• Framework & Language Portfolio Special Interest Group (FLP SIG), see http://tinyurl.com/CDSLEJB%5D
• East Shikoku Chapter, see https://esjalt.org/eastshikoku/
• Osaka Chapter, see http://osakajalt.squarespace.com/)