{"id":4328,"date":"2018-02-09T12:19:55","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T03:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/?p=4328"},"modified":"2018-02-09T12:29:57","modified_gmt":"2018-02-09T03:29:57","slug":"eikaiwa2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/2018\/02\/09\/eikaiwa2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Easy English Discussion Course on Human Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4329\" src=\"http:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/eikaiwa_en-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/eikaiwa_en-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/eikaiwa_en-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/eikaiwa_en-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/eikaiwa_en.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Human Rights Now, a Tokyo-based international human rights NGO, will hold a course of easy English discussion sessions called \u201cLet\u2019s learn about Human Rights Issues in English!\u201d like we have held in previous years. It\u2019s designed for people learning English and wanting to practice their English discussion on topics of human rights.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s course will cover contemporary topics such as the Rohingya Crisis so that both beginners and people who have participated in earlier sessions this year can fully enjoy this year\u2019s edition.<\/p>\n<p>We are looking forward to your participation!<\/p>\n<p>*As the number of participants is limited, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<h1>\u25a0Let\u2019s learn about human rights issues in English!<\/h1>\n<p>The purpose of this project is not only to improve your English skills, but also to learn about international human rights issues through English materials and try to learn and discuss about human rights violations happening right now in the world. This is why the course will for example let you learn about the current situation of human rights violations in the countries where they occur, as well as sometimes address those issues from the perspective of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).<\/p>\n<p>This course is aimed at people wanting to learn how to express their opinions in English, as well as people interested in human rights issues wanting to learn the fundamentals of English in order to deepen their knowledge of the field, but also to anyone wanting to improve their English skills generally.<\/p>\n<p>Every lesson is taught by a native-speaker.<\/p>\n<p>One of the teachers, Christopher Cade Mosley (going by Cade), is a staff member of HRN and a New York State Attorney. He previously worked in the field of environmental law and international human rights law, and he has taught international human rights to Myanmar law students.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone, from students to workers with a basic understanding of English is welcome. We are looking forward to your participation!<\/p>\n<p>Please find further information below:<\/p>\n<h2>Date\/time and location<\/h2>\n<p>Creative One Akihabara<br \/>\nBldg., 5-3- 4 Ueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo 110-0005<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/access\/\">http:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/access\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Lessons content and schedule<\/h2>\n<h3>March<\/h3>\n<p>\u2460March 1<sup>st<\/sup>\uff08Thursday\uff09\u00a0 19:30-20:50 \u3000 Child Poverty &amp; HR<br \/>\n\u2461March 8<sup>th<\/sup>\uff08Thursday\uff09\u00a0 19:30-20:50 \u3000 Armed Conflict &amp; HR<br \/>\n\u2462March 15<sup>th<\/sup>\uff08Thursday\uff0919:30-20:50\u3000Weapons &amp; HR<br \/>\n\u2463March 22<sup>nd<\/sup>\uff08Thursday\uff0919:30-20:50\u3000Trade &amp; HR<br \/>\n\u2464March 29<sup>th<\/sup>\uff08Thursday\uff0919:30-20:50\u3000Penal Rights<\/p>\n<h3>April<\/h3>\n<p>\u2465April 5<sup>th<\/sup>\uff08Thursday\uff09\u00a0 19:30-20:50\u3000Disability Rights<br \/>\n\u2466April 12<sup>th<\/sup>\uff08Thursday\uff0919:30-20:50\u3000The Rohingya Crisis<br \/>\n\u2467April 19<sup>th<\/sup>\uff08Thursday\uff0919:30-20:50\u3000Internet &amp; HR<\/p>\n<h2>Attendance fee<\/h2>\n<p>\u30fbFee for each lesson\uff1a3,500\u00a5\uff08Students 3,000\u00a5 Please bring your Student ID\uff09*To be paid before each lesson<\/p>\n<p>\u2605People willing to attend several lessons can buy a multi-lesson coupon.<\/p>\n<p>\u30fb4 lesson coupon\u300011,000\u00a5\uff08save 2,000\u00a5\uff09Student: 10,000\u00a5<br \/>\n\u30fb8 lesson coupon\u300023,000\u00a5\uff08save 5,000\u00a5\uff09Student: 20,000\u00a5<\/p>\n<p>* Please purchase your coupon before the beginning of your first lesson<br \/>\n* A 1,500\u00a5 cancellation fee will occur from one week before each lesson.<\/p>\n<h3>Language requirement<\/h3>\n<p>\u30fbEnglish level\u3000TOEIC score 600\uff5e800<\/p>\n<p>*This TOEIC score is only a rough estimate. Please feel free to contact us if you have any doubts regarding your English proficiency<br \/>\n* All the lessons will be conducted in English. We advise you to bring a dictionary with you for every lesson.<\/p>\n<h2>How to apply<\/h2>\n<p>An application form will be available soon.<br \/>\nYou can also send a mail to the teacher (<a href=\"mailto:cade.mosley@hrn.or.jp\">cade.mosley@hrn.or.jp<\/a>) with \u2460 your name, \u2461 contact information, \u2462 lessons you want to attend, \u2463 activity\uff08General or Student) to apply for the course.<\/p>\n<h2>Number of participants<\/h2>\n<p>30 persons for each lesson<\/p>\n<h2>Contact<\/h2>\n<p>Human Rights Now Office (Cade Mosley)<br \/>\nmail :<a href=\"mailto:cade.mosley@hrn.or.jp\">cade.mosley@hrn.or.jp<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Tel. 03-3835-2110<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Human Rights Now, a Tokyo-based international human rights NGO, will hold a course of easy English discussion sessions called \u201cLet\u2019s learn about Human Rights Issues in English!\u201d like we have held in previous years. It\u2019s designed for people learning English and wanting to practice their English discussion on topics of human rights. This year\u2019s course will cover contemporary topics such as the Rohingya Crisis so that both beginners and people who have participated in earlier sessions this year can fully enjoy this year\u2019s edition. We are looking forward to your participation! *As the number of participants is limited, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible. \u25a0Let\u2019s learn about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[108],"tags":[],"countries":[],"class_list":["post-4328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-event"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4328"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4332,"href":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4328\/revisions\/4332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4328"},{"taxonomy":"countries","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/countries?post=4328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}