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Anaheim University Founding Dean and World-renowned linguist Dr . David Nunan speaks on "Motivating Young Learners" - 6/14/08

 

David Nunan Teaching English to Young Learners

World-renowned linguist and best-selling author David Nunan spoke on “Motivating Young Learners” at Anaheim University’s Tokyo Learning Center in Omotesando on Saturday, June 14th, 2008. The event, which was the first event held since the establishment of the Anaheim University David Nunan Institute for Language Education was attended by students and the general public teaching in both public and private language school settings.

About Dr. David Nunan
Anaheim University Dean of the Graduate School of Education Dr. David Nunan is the world’s leading textbook author with worldwide sales exceeding 300,000,000. He is the former President of TESOL, the world’s largest language teaching organization, and has written approximately 100 major publications for such publishing companies as Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Thomson Learning, Heinle & Heinle, etc.

About the Anaheim University Graduate School of Education
The Anaheim University Graduate School of Education is renowned for being one of the first graduate schools in the United States to offer an online Masters degree program taught almost entirely online through real-time synchronous study since the mid-1990s. David Nunan, who is Anaheim University’s Academic Vice-President and the founding Dean of the Graduate School of Education, along with 3 other globally acclaimed linguists teach weekly live online classes for the MA TESOL program. The Chair of the Graduate School of Education is British linguist Dr. Rod Ellis, known by many as “The Father of Second Language Acquisition” and renowned for his Oxford University Press Duke of Edinburgh Award-Winning Classic “The Study of Second Language Acquisition”, often referred to as “The Bible”. Other professors include renowned American linguist and former President of TESOL Dr. Kathleen Bailey, and Dr. Ruth Wajnryb, an Australian linguist and Cambridge University Press and Oxford University Press author.







ABOUT ANAHEIM UNIVERSITY
Anaheim University is a pioneering online institution of higher learning, founded in Orange County, California in 1996. The University operates under the approval of the State of California in accordance with the requirements set forth by the Bureau for Private Post-Secondary and Vocational Education, and is authorized to grant graduate degrees at the master level under the degree-granting authority of the Bureau for Private Post-Secondary and Vocational Education. The University currently offers an Online Masters degree in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (MA TESOL) as well as an Online Global Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree. With its administrative offices located in the city of Anaheim, the University hosts a state-of-the-art High Definition Digital Film and Editing Studio for live online broadcasting and online learning resource creation in Irvine, California. In addition, the Anaheim University Akio Morita Learning Center's classroom facilities, located in the Minami Aoyama area of Minato-ku, Tokyo offers local support services for students in Japan. The University, through its state-of-the-art computer-mediated learning environment, provides opportunities for students around the globe to interact with the most renowned experts in their fields allowing them to both further their knowledge and advance their professional skills in a user-friendly and interactive environment. 100% of the University's professors are experienced professionals holding doctoral degrees from accredited universities.
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