In the last week of January CULI staff will be engaged in a 4-day seminar on the application of a learning outcomes approach to instruction. The key speaker will be Professor Denise Murray. She is Professor Emeritus at Macquarie University and at San Jose State University, California. Her research interests centre around computer-assisted language learning; cross-cultural literacy; use of L1 in the second language classroom; intersection of language, society and technology; settlement of adult immigrants; language education policy; and leadership in language education.

Staff will also be addressed by Assistant Professor Kalaya Tingsabadh and by Associate Professor Dr. Sripen Supapidhayakul, Director of General Education. The seminar will examine the reasons for an outcomes approach, look at creating an outcomes-based curriculum and investigate the assessment of learning outcomes. The seminar will run from Monday January 25 to Thursday January 28. The opening day will be at the Novotel Hotel in Siam Square.