In an effort to provide opportunities to listen to real English outside the classroom, this year the English Language Program, a part of the university’s Department of Foreign Language Education, will continue to offer lectures in the ELP Lecture Series. In this ongoing series, each lecturer chooses an accessible topic and explains it in English which is neither too difficult nor too easy.

The sixth lecture in the series, “Waiting in the Wings: Japanese Suburban Birdlife,” will be held on Wednesday, June 18. Can you distinguish between a skylark and a sparrow? Can you tell the difference between migratory birds, which live in different places at different times of the year, and resident birds, which stay in Japan all year? Birds surround us every day, but we often don’t notice them. Through this lecture, ELP teacher Dan Barnett will give you a new appreciation of our winged neighbors.