Associate Professor Ian Wilson Chosen to Be on an NHK English Conversation Program

Associate Professor Ian Wilson of the Center for Language Research was chosen to appear on an NHK TV program, the "Three-month English Lessons" from January to March, 2009, and held a press conference regarding the program on Friday, December 19, from 11:00 a.m. at the Prefectural Government Press Club.
The program was designed for English education focusing on visualization of pronunciation. Professor Wilson has been working on research to visualize the tongue movements during speech using ultrasound and that was consistent with the idea of the program. He introduced the research and also explained another of his research project on Aizu area dialects, "Aizu-ben" audio sample analysis during the conference.
Professor Wilson expressed his hopes, stating that "I would like to take this opportunity to raise people's interest in advanced research activities conducted at the University of Aizu. Also, it would be my pleasure to help people improve their English pronunciation through this TV program."

[Outline of the Program]: The "Three-month English Lessons"

[Lecturers and Cast]
Main Lecturer	Dr. Yoshifumi Saito, Associate Professor of the University of Tokyo Graduate School
Assistant Lecturer	Dr. Ian Wilson, Associate Professor of the University of Aizu
Cast	Ms. Harumi Nemoto and Ms. Rachel Smith

[Broadcast Schedule] Period: January 6 - March 31, 2009
Regular broadcast	Tuesday 11:10 - 11:30 p.m.
Rebroadcast	Tuesday 6:40 - 7:00 a.m., 12:10 - 12:30 p.m.

Scenes from the conference