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PAC2 Schedule
The Second Pan Asian Conference
Teaching English: Asian Contexts and Cultures

Friday October 1, 1999

9:00-12:00  PAC2 Marathon ( A 3K, 5K, and 10K Fun Run for Asian Youth)   Olympic Park, Seoul

1:00-6:00  PAC2 Pre-Conference Workshops for Elementary and Secondary Teachers
  Presentations from Korea TESOL Teacher Trainers (KTT), Educational  Testing Service (ETS), KOSETA (Korea Secondary School Teachers Association), and TTI (Teacher Training International)  TTI International, Seoul

1:00-2:50  Plenary Speakers' Workshops
  Penny Ur (Israel), Claire Kramsch, (USA), Mike McCarthy (England)  Magnolia A, Azalea, and Lily, Olympic ParkTel, Seoul

3:00-4:50  A Taste of Asia   (Presentations ands workshops concerned with the teaching of English in the Asian context)
Presentation rooms, Olympic ParkTel, Seoul

5:00-5:50  Plenary Session 
English Education and Teacher Training: From Past to Present
Suntana Sudatarat, Thailand   Azalea, Olympic ParkTel

6:00-8:30  PAC2 Reception   (forum to meet PAC2 Guests)
  Lakeside, Olympic Park, Seoul
 

Saturday, October 2, 1999

8:30 - 10:20  Concurrent presentation session, TTI and Olympic ParkTel

10:30-11:00 Opening Ceremony  (Korea TESOL President, Special Guests)  Lakeside, Olympic Park

11:00-11:50 Plenary Session 
  There is Nothing So Practical As a Good Theory
  Penny Ur, Israel
  Lakeside, Olympic Park

ALL DAY  Asian Youth Forum  (a forum for invited students from throughout Asia)
  Represented will be Japan, Thailand, the Philippines, Korea, USA, Denmark, Luxembourg and Australia.
  Seoul National University and the Olympic ParkTel, Seoul

12:30-3:20  Concurrent presentation sessions, TTI and Olympic ParkTel

3:30-4:20  Concurrent plenary sessions,
  The Predicament of Culture in Language Teaching
  Claire Kramsch, USA
  Plaza A of Plenary Hall , Olympic ParkTel
Taming the Spoken Language: Genre Theory and Pedagogy
  Michael McCarthy, England
  TTI, Basement Hall

4:45-6:35  Concurrent presentation sessions, TTI and Olympic ParkTel

7:00-9:00  PAC2 Banquet 
  Lakeside, Olympic Park

Sunday, October 3, 1999

ALL DAY  Asian Youth Forum  (a forum for invited students from throughout Asia)  Academic and Cross-cultural exchanges and presentations (All Countries) Seoul National University and the Olympic ParkTel, Seoul

ALL DAY  Presentations for conference participants
  Olympic ParkTel, TTI International, Seoul

8:50-9:40  Concurrent presentation sessions, TTI and Olympic ParkTel

10:00-10:50 Plenary session
What My ESL Students Taught Me
Kathleen Bailey, USA
Plaza B of Plenary Hall, Olympic ParkTel

11:15-3:05  Concurrent sessions, TTI and Olympic ParkTel

3:30-4:20  Closing plenary session
Japanense Bilinguals -- the Problems of Identity and Education
Kensaku Yoshida, Japan
Plaza B of Plenary Hall, Olympic ParkTel

4:20-5:00  Closing ceremonies and presentation to pass the TORCH for the Third Pan Asian Conference to be held in Kitakyushu, Japan in 2001  Plaza B of Plenary Hall, Olympic ParkTel