Anaheim University will appear in a documentary to be aired during the months of May and June on WOWOW, Japan's premier private satellite broadcasting and pay TV station. The documentary entitled "Quest Tankyushatachi Shikisha Nishimoto Tomomi Sekaini Kanaderu" follows world-renowned female conductor Tomomi Nishimoto to Beverly Hills, California where she peformed at Anaheim University's Cherry Blossom Gala and launch of the Anaheim University Akira Kurosawa School of Film/Akira Kurosawa Memorial Tribute. At the tribute, Tomomi Nishimoto and the Young Musicians Foundation Debut Orchestra performed a film concert of Akira Kurosawa Academy Award Winning Film "Ran".
Program Dates and Times:
5/10/09 (Sunday) 10:00 am
5/16/09 (Saturday) 7:00 am
6/17/09 (Wednesday) 5:00 pm
On April 11th, 2009 Anaheim University TESOL faculty spoke at the 7th Asian EFL Journal International Conference in Busan, Korea. Dr. David Nunan and Dr. Rod Ellis, who are Dean and Chair respectively of the Anaheim University Graduate School of Education, opened the day's events which featured over 40 speakers from such countries as the U.S., the UK., Australia, India, Pakistan, Japan, Jordan, the Philippines and Vietnam. The conference, whose theme was "The Multiple Roles of the EFL Teacher" was chaired by the 2008 KOTESOL Chair Robert Dickey. The Asian EFL Journal now has readership of over 1.7 million unique readers every year, consisting of University academics, university students, or teachers involved in English as a second language.
Anaheim University TESOL Professor, Dr. Kathleen M. Bailey, has been elected as Chair of the Board of Trustees of TIRF (The International Research Foundation for English Language Education), and President of the Foundation. Dr. David Nunan, Dean of the Anaheim University Graduate School of Education, has been elected as a member of the Foundation's Executive Committee.
TIRF is a charitable foundation that raises money for research, solicits and vets proposals, and disseminates the findings. The current focus of the foundation is on creating and disseminating research evidence on the international role of English, to support best practices in the development of English language skills in our 21st century global society. For further information, please visit www.tirfonline.org
Professor David Nunan who also serves as Vice-President for Academic Affairs at Anaheim University is a world-renowned linguist and best-selling author of English Language Teaching textbooks for Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, and Cengage Learning. His ELT textbook series "Go For It" is the largest selling textbook series in the world with total sales exceeding 1,000,000,000. In 2000, David Nunan served as President of TESOL, the world's largest language teaching association, and was the first person to serve as President from outside North America. David Nunan has been involved in the teaching of graduate programs for such prestigious institutions as Columbia University, the University of Hawaii, Monterey Institute for International Studies, University of Hong Kong, and many more. In 2002 Dr. Nunan received a congressional citation from the United States House of Representatives for his services to English language education through his pioneering work in online education at Anaheim University. In 2003 he was ranked the 7th most influential Australian in Asia by Business Review Weekly, and in 2005 he was named one of the top "50 Australians who Matter". David Nunan was invited by the Australian Prime Minister to attend a summit in Sydney Australia in December 1996 as one of the Leading 100 Global Australians.
Professor Kathleen Bailey was President of the international TESOL organization in 1998 and served as a member of the worldwide USIA English Teaching Advisory Panel from 1992-95. She was a member of the editorial board of TESOL Quarterly and Prospect, the Australian journal of applied linguistics. A renowned linguist and author for such publishers as Cambridge University Press, her articles have appeared in TESOL Quarterly, TESOL Newsletter, Language Learning, and various anthologies. Dr. Bailey was the recipient of the 1985 and 2007 Allen Griffin Award for Outstanding Higher Education Teacher of the Monterey Peninsula and the 2007 Alatis Award, the most prestigious Award offered by TESOL.
The nationally accredited online institution of higher learning is environmentally conscious inside and out.
Additionally, it announced Monday that it has seen a significant surge in student enrollments in its online Sustainable Management programs, which include six-week intensive courses such as, Triple Bottom Line Accountability, Green Marketing and Corporate Social Responsibility and Ethics.
"Our student numbers have nearly doubled over the last three months and our online classes are filling up with students interested in making a difference and becoming responsible for the environmental, social and financial bottom line,” says Darrell Nelson, AU representative. “With governments around the globe also starting to focus on the environment, it is exciting to see our sustainable management programs becoming the courses of choice for students the world over, who can then help to implement positive change at their places of work."
AU’s commitment to going paperless by 2010 stems from the school’s commitment to its Sustainability students.
According to another AU spokesperson, David Bracey, “Many of our processes are already digital, and we are now working with the publishers to convert all of our textbooks into e-books so that our entire curriculum can be downloaded and stored on the Sony Electronic Book Reader or the Amazon Kindle."
Anaheim Sustainability programs focus on the 3 Ps: people, planet and profit. A certificate, diploma or MBA in Sustainable Management (online green MBA) are different curriculum options for those wishing to expand their knowledge and education of environmental and environmentally sound business.
"AU is putting people and planet before profit and we hope that universities around the world will soon join us in becoming not only sustainable but socially responsible institutions,” says Nelson. “To help assist students during these challenging economic times, we have implemented the Tuition Relief Program until June 30. This covers 50 percent of the tuition for any degree-seeking student as well as any Sustainable Management Diploma or Certificate student.
“We have also pledged to do our part in protecting the environment by committing to becoming 100 percent paperless by 2010 and signing the American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment last February."
Anaheim University's renowned Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) faculty have been invited to speak at two international English Language Teaching conferences in 2010 in Sao Paulo, Brazil and Seoul, Korea.
Anaheim University's founding Dean of the Graduate School of Education Dr. David Nunan will serve as the Plenary Speaker at The 12th BRAZ-TESOL National Convention, whose theme is "The Art of Teaching" which will be held from July 19 to 22, 2010, in Sao Paulo. BRAZ-TESOL (Brazil TESOL) is Brazil's largest association of teachers of English to speakers of other languages. Every two years, BRAZ-TESOL holds a national convention attended by approximately 1,500 teachers of English, materials developers and researchers from the public and private sectors in Brazil and abroad, such as universities, schools, language institutes and binational centers.
In addition, Dr. David Nunan, TESOL Chair Dr. Rod Ellis and TESOL Professor Dr. Kathleen Bailey have been invited to take part in Korea TESOL's 2010 international conference. KOTESOL will be hosting the Pan-Asia Conference as part of KOTESOL 2010 from October 16-17. The Pan-Asia Conference [PAC] is part of the 7-member Pan-Asian Consortium of which KOTESOL is a founding member. Anaheim University's renowned TESOL faculty will serve as panelists during one of the main events which will be a Panel Discussion related to "Advancing ELT in the Global Context".
This Panel Discussion will be part of the required annual 4-day residential session for Anaheim University's Master of Arts in TESOL students which will be held from Thursday, October 14th to Sunday, October 17. Those who wish to take part who are not Anaheim University students can choose to attend the Panel Discussion by registering for PAC/KOTESOL 2010, or by enrolling in Anaheim University's 9-week "Curriculum Development" or "Research Methods in Language Learning" course which combines 9 weeks of online study with the 4-day residential session in Seoul.
Professor David Nunan who also serves as Vice-President for Academic Affairs at Anaheim University is a world-renowned linguist and best-selling author of English Language Teaching textbooks for Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, and Cengage Learning. His ELT textbook series "Go For It" is the largest selling textbook series in the world with total sales exceeding 1 billion. In 2000, David Nunan served as President of TESOL, the world's largest language teaching association, and was the first person to serve as President from outside North America. David Nunan has been involved in the teaching of graduate programs for such prestigious institutions as Columbia University, the University of Hawaii, Monterey Institute for International Studies, University of Hong Kong, and many more. In 2002 Dr. Nunan received a congressional citation from the United States House of Representatives for his services to English language education through his pioneering work in online education at Anaheim University. In 2003 he was ranked the 7th most influential Australian in Asia by Business Review Weekly, and in 2005 he was named one of the top "50 Australians who Matter". David Nunan was invited by the Australian Prime Minister to attend a summit in Sydney Australia in December 1996 as one of the Leading 100 Global Australians.
Professor Rod Ellis, who is the TESOL Chair of AU's Graduate School of Education, is a renowned linguist who received his Doctorate from the University of London and his Master of Education from the University of Bristol. A former professor at Temple University both in Japan and the US, Prof. Ellis has served as the Director of the Institute of Language Teaching and Learning at the University of Auckland and has taught in numerous positions in England, Japan, the US, Zambia and New Zealand. Dr. Ellis, who is known as an expert in Second Language Acquisition, is author of the Oxford University Press Duke of Edinburgh Award-Winning Classic "The Study of Second Language Acquisition", as well as numerous student and teacher-training textbooks for Prentice Hall and Oxford University Press. Prof. Ellis's textbooks on Second Language Acquisition and Grammar are core textbooks in TESOL and Linguistics programs around the world.
Professor Kathleen Bailey was President of the international TESOL organization in 1998 and served as a member of the worldwide USIA English Teaching Advisory Panel from 1992-95. She was a member of the editorial board of TESOL Quarterly and Prospect, the Australian journal of applied linguistics. A renowned linguist and author for such publishers as Cambridge University Press, her articles have appeared in TESOL Quarterly, TESOL Newsletter, Language Learning, and various anthologies. Dr. Bailey was the recipient of the 1985 Allen Griffin Award for Outstanding Higher Education Teacher of the Monterey Peninsula and the 2007 Alatis Award, the most prestigious Award offered by TESOL.