JALT2009

JALT2009
The 35th JALT International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning
The Teaching-Learning Dialogue: An Active Mirror
General Conference Information
Welcome Messages.................................................................................................................................2
JALT2009 Conference Highlights...........................................................................................................5
Plenary Speakers.....................................................................................................................................6
Featured and Guest Speakers..................................................................................................................8
Special Events....................................................................................................................................... 12
JALT Junior........................................................................................................................................... 15
Green Tea and a Green Tea Tasting Event............................................................................................. 16
JALT2009 Shizuoka Sake Events........................................................................................................... 16
The International Food Fair.................................................................................................................. 17
Annual JALT Meetings and Forums...................................................................................................... 18
Conference Information...................................................................................................................... 19
JALT2009 Conference Team, Officers and Staff.................................................................................... 21
JALT2009 Reading Committee.............................................................................................................22
Call for Presentations: JALT2010..........................................................................................................22
Job Information Center (JIC)................................................................................................................23
JALT2009 Conference Proceedings......................................................................................................23
Site and General Information............................................................................................................... 24
Associate and Commercial Members...................................................................................................25
Educational Materials Exhibition (EME)..............................................................................................26
Presentation Summaries and Indexes
Featured Speaker Workshops................................................................................................................ 27
Saturday Presentations.........................................................................................................................28
Sunday Presentations...........................................................................................................................49
Monday Presentations.......................................................................................................................... 74
Graduate Student Showcase.................................................................................................................85
Presentations by Content Area.............................................................................................................88
Presenter Index.....................................................................................................................................99
Block Schedule................................................................................................................................... 103
Koen Meigi　後援名義 — Letters of Endorsement
A koen meigi is a letter of endorsement from a government body, media group or organization that sees merit in
a program or event that is being held by another organization. This letter is offered as a way to increase visibility
and raise the status of the event in the eye of the general public. The organization sending the koen meigi
generally has no financial interest in or legal responsibility for the event.
For JALT2009 we have received koen meigi from:
JALT2009は下記の機関より後援を頂いています:
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and
Technology
Japan Science Council
Japan Foundation
Shizuoka-ken Board of Education
Shizuoka-shi Board of Education
Shizuoka Mayor
文部科学省
JALT2009
日本学術会議
国際交流基金
静岡県教育委員会
静岡市教育委員会
静岡市長
Welcome Messages
Welcome to JALT2009!
W
elcome to JALT2009, Asia’s biggest
language teaching and materials
conference! Whether you have come
from down the street or from the other
side of the world, we are extremely
happy that you are here.
We’ve been meeting annually like
this in Japan for 35 years now. This could be your
first JALT or your fifteenth; whatever the case, please
make yourself at home! Granship is a great venue for
a conference: It’s big enough to host a variety of talks
and presentations, but small enough to feel cozy from
the minute you arrive until the time you head home.
The venue offers small meeting areas, spacious rooms,
friendly exhibition halls and an international food fair
where you can stop and refuel. Look around, enjoy the
sessions, relax in the breaks, talk to new people, and
sign up for the social events.
We are very proud of our rich and diverse lineup of presentations this year. Our invited speakers
include five, count ‘em, five plenary speakers, all
renowned figures in the world of applied linguistics
and language pedagogy. There are also five sponsored
featured speakers, a guest speaker in the Technology
in Teaching series, the Balsamo Asian Scholar from
the Philippines and—last but certainly not least—
hundreds of colleagues, friends, and peers giving the
concurrent sessions.
Because of its size, a conference like JALT requires
a little pre-planning and some careful pacing. We
encourage you to tailor the weekend in a way that
suits your own interests and rhythms. Take a look
through the conference handbook and sketch out a
rough schedule for the weekend. You will be reminded
of those must-see and don’t miss sessions that you’ve
already flagged, but take some chances, you may
surprise yourself! Show up for a talk that you didn’t
intend to see; it may turn out to be the one you
wouldn’t have missed for the world. Even if you’re not
familiar with an invited speaker’s work, stop by and
give a listen; it could open new doors for you! Plan
ahead, but leave room for a little serendipity. Schedule
changes and reminders will be prominently posted
around the venue. You can also get the latest news by
checking the Twitter updates that will be available on
the big screen in the EME.
This conference is about dialogue; always has
been, always will be. When it comes to helping people
learn—including learning how to teach well—there
are no one-way streets. Researchers, scholars, teachers
and administrators all talk to each other. Our invited
speakers will spark conversations in their areas of
specialization across a wide range including: language
teaching, textbook authorship, teacher education and
research.
Teaching is a funny mix of intellectual heft,
managerial skill, content knowledge and practical
routine. This multiplicity is what gave rise to
our conference theme: “The Teaching-Learning
Dialogue: An Active Mirror.” At first
glance, a mirror may seem to be a
passive reflection of reality. Mirrors,
however, are active tools that help
us extend, expand, and experience
our connection with the world from
different angles which give rise to new
dimensions and forms of activity. As you attend the
plenary sessions you will hear how the speakers attend
to concerns of dialogue and dialectic differently.
We hope that those who manage to get to all the
plenary talks will receive the fully refracted, reflected
experience that comes with hearing a theme explored
from five very different perspectives. (And yes, if you
detect a hint of “Vygotskyan theory” reflected in our
theme this year, you are right! But don’t worry, even
if you’ve never heard of the guy, we think that you’ll
come away from JALT2009 knowing a lot about his key
ideas.)
We, your conference co-chairs and MCs this
weekend, are colleagues, frequent writing and
teaching partners in life and online and find ourselves
contemplating issues that turn out to be more complex
and multi-faceted than they appear to be at first. We
have found that dialogue makes everything so much
more interesting. We encourage you to get out there
and talk to people, listen to what they have to say, and
don’t be too quick to form your opinions or make your
decisions. Let some ideas live and breathe new life into
your experience. This year’s theme grew out of our
mutual belief in the power of reflection, collaboration,
and instruction. In turn we invited some of the best
speakers and most generous educators we know of
to come and share their thoughts on “The TeachingLearning Dialogue.”
What most of us do for a living is amazingly
complicated! Striking the balance between theory and
practice in the classroom is a complex and challenging
task, but one that offers great rewards when it all
comes together. This weekend will allow you to take
a fresh look at your bread and butter job and to gain
a new appreciation for how impressive the daily task
of teaching really is. In addition to new theories and
ideas, we hope that this weekend will also provide you
with some practical tips and techniques that you can
take home and use in the classroom.
There is a daily bustle in the Education Material
Exhibition (EME) where you will find a non-stop
food fair and entertainment stage and a chance to
meet, mix and chat with many of the key players in
our community. You will encounter authors you’ve
read recently, the writers who wrote the books you
have been using, trainers you’ve taken classes with
and professors you would like to study with. The EME
is where you can flip through books to your heart’s
content, buy software and testing materials, win prizes
in daily draws and just shoot the breeze with friendly
reps. Buy a new book, make a new friend or taste a new
dish. Granship is the place to make it all new again.
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Welcome Messages
Special attractions and events? We’ve got ‘em! Early
registration begins on Friday and you can catch the
“Technology in Teaching” workshops, a special guest
talk by Garr Reynolds and the Welcome Reception.
On Saturday, a moving film by award-winning
Canadian, Linda Ohama, is featured. After a full day
of sessions, stop by the Rendezvous Space and look for
announcements about all the social events, dinners
and parties that are happening offsite. Attend a sake
tasting or stop by the book signing party sponsored
by Oxford University Press on Sunday. On Monday,
Aya Matsuda’s bilingual event, of special interest to
families raising bilingual and bicultural children
is happening and finally, there will be a brief but
entertaining closing ceremony.
The annual JALT National conference is organized
by a fantastically hard-working group of people who
put in countless volunteer hours for months leading up
to the conference. As co-chairs this year, we have been
constantly impressed and buoyed up by the quality of
the thinking, the discussion, the decision-making, and
the sheer creativity of the organizing committee. On
top of this welcome to all here at Granship, we’d like
Welcome from Zenkichi
Kojima, Mayor of Shizuoka
I
held in our city.
would like to offer a warm welcome
to everyone participating in the
35th Annual JALT International
Conference, JALT 2009, in Shizuoka
City—the fifth JALT conference to be
Under the theme, “The Teaching-Learning
Dialogue: An Active Mirror,” I believe the great many
research presentations and workshops given during
this conference will provide wonderful opportunities
to think deeply about language education and to
increase understanding of the field.
Shizuoka is making progress in realizing its
ideal of building a better city for all its citizens—of
various backgrounds—to live and work together
under the banner of “Shizuoka: Cooperative Society
Open to the World.” I am certain that our city will
receive the benefit of many new ideas through this
conference and that the results of this conference will
further language education in Japan and promote
international, cultural interaction.
From the bottom of my heart, I offer my sincere
wishes for a successful conference and the continued
prosperity of the Japan Association for Language
Teaching.
to add a heart-felt note of thanks and to express our
profound gratitude to the members of the committee,
whose work is reflected in every aspect of this
conference!
In addition, we would like to acknowledge the hard
work and gracious contribution of our student interns.
These friendly folk are visible all over Granship, and
they are eager to answer questions and help you
find your way. Other conference staff members can
be identified by our “mirror badges”; we’re ready to
help as well. Finally, at the end of the day, Monday,
or whenever you leave, please fill in a Conference
Evaluation Form and give it to an intern or put it in
the box at the JALT Information Desk. Conference 35
should be a zinger, and with your feedback, 36 and
beyond could be even better!
Welcome to Shizuoka, to Granship, and to
JALT2009!
Cordially,
Steve Cornwell and Deryn Verity
Co-chairs
祝辞
第３５回全国語学教育学会年次国際大会が、国内外からの
多くの皆様のご参加のもと、平成１７年に引き続き５回目の開
催となります静岡市において、
盛大に開催されますことを、
心よ
りお祝い申し上げます。
この全国語学教育学会年次国際大会には、例年、数多くの
語学教育者の皆様が参加され、研鑽を積まれているとうかが
っております。本年のテーマである
「教育と学習の対話：多様
な鏡像」
に沿った様々な学会発表、
ワークショップ等は、語学
教育に携わる皆様にとって、教育について考察し、知識を深
め、教育分野の流れをとらえる、実り多い、素晴らしい機会と
なることと存じます。
本市でも、
「世界に開かれた共生社会・静岡」
の実現に向け、
日頃より各種国際化施策の推進に努力しているところで、本
年のテーマは多様な市民が交流する本市の施策と通ずるとこ
ろがあると感じております。
こうしたなか、本市において、語学
教育と学習環境の新たな可能性を探り更なる発展を目指す
この国際大会が開催されますことは、大変意義深いことであ
り、今後の語学教育及び国際的な文化交流に、大きく貢献さ
れるものと期待いたしております。
結びに、今大会のご成功と、全国語学教育学会の益々のご発
展を心よりお祈りいたします。
静岡市長　小嶋善吉
Zenkichi Kojima
Mayor of Shizuoka
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Conference Events
JALT2009 Conference Highlights
Friday, November 20
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TnT (Technology and Teaching Workshops)........................................................................... 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Onsite registration...................................................................................................................3:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Garr Reynolds Special Event – AV Hall.....................................................................................5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Welcome Reception supported by Oxford University Press.................................................... 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Saturday, November 21
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Onsite registration................................................................................................................... 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Opening Ceremony followed by Plenary I – Scott Thornbury.............................10:00 am – 11:00 am
Concurrent sessions................................................................................................................11:10 am – 6:30 pm
JALT Junior – Rooms 901-905...................................................................................................11:10 am – 6:30 pm
Graduate Student Showcase – Room 908.................................................................................11:10 am – 6:30 pm
Education Materials Exhibition (EME)....................................................................................9:00 am – 6:00 pm
International Food Fair (IFF)....................................................................................................9:00 am – 9:00 pm
Featured Speaker Workshops
A: Extensive reading or intensive skills practice—Two sides of the same coin? – Miles Craven......11:10 am – 12:40 pm
B: A global view from your classroom window – Kristin Johannsen..........................................11:10 am – 12:40 pm
C: Introducing corpora into the language classroom – Nicholas Groom.....................................11:10 am – 12:40 pm
Garr Reynolds Book Signing – Nellie’s English Bookstore booth, EME area................................ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Poster Sessions – Tenji Gallery...................................................................................................1:05 pm – 3:05 pm
Plenary II – Aya Matsuda........................................................................................2:15 pm – 3:00 pm
Movie Showing – Obaachan’s Garden – AV Hall........................................................................ 4:30 pm – 6:45 pm
SIG Forums...............................................................................................................................4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
SIG AGMs................................................................................................................................. 5:45 pm – 6:45 pm
JALT Sake Bar – Dai Hall..................................................................................................................From 5:00 pm
Sunday, November 22
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International Food Fair (IFF)....................................................................................................9:00 am – 9:00 pm
Concurrent sessions ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 9:20 am – 6:45 pm
JALT Junior – Rooms 901-905 �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 9:20 am – 6:45 pm
Graduate Student Showcase – Room 908 ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 9:20 am – 6:45 pm
Plenary III – James P. Lantolf....................................................................................... 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Teaching World Englishes in Japan – Wind Hall.................................................................... 11:10 am – 12:10 pm
Featured Speaker Workshops
D: Business English and TOEIC: Similar goals, similar methodologies – Grant Trew...................11:10 am – 12:40 pm
E: Building students confidence through simple step-by-step activites – Angela Buckingham ���� 11:10 am – 12:40 pm
Poster Sessions ........................................................................................................................ 11.10 am – 1:10 pm
Plenary IV – Merrill Swain.....................................................................................2:15 pm – 3:00 pm
NPO JALT Executive Board Meeting......................................................................................................... 3:10 pm – 4:10 pm
NPO JALT Ordinary General Meeting............................................................................................................... 4:35 pm – 5:35 pm
James P. Lantolf Book Signing Event sponsored by Oxford University Press........................... 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Movie Showing Ginjo Oukoku-Shizuoka �����������������������������������������������������������������������������������5:45 pm – 6:30 pm
JALT Sake Tasting Event - Dai Hall................................................................................................... From 4:30 pm
Monday, November 23
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Education Materials Exhibition (EME)..................................................................................9:00 am – 12:00 pm
International Food Fair (IFF).................................................................................................... 9:00 am – 2:00 pm
Plenary V – Christine Pearson Casanave.......................................................... 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Poster Sessions – Tenji Gallery...................................................................................................10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Graduate Student Showcase – Room 908���������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 9:20 am – 1:15 pm
Bilingual Family Event – Koryu Hall......................................................................................11:40 am – 12:40 pm
Closing Ceremony.......................................................................................................................... From 1:45 pm
JALT2009
Plenary Speaker Sessions
Plenary Speakers
Scott Thornbury
Seven ways of looking at
grammar
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ponsored by Cambridge
University Press
Saturday 10:15 am – 11:00 am, Chu Hall
W
hat is grammar and how is it internalised in
the mind? Is it symbolic code or is it neural
connection strengths? Is it the sedimented trace
of previous conversations or is it an innate human
capacity? However we answer these questions
obviously has an impact on the way we go about
teaching second languages. In this talk I will review
some of the key models of grammar—often couched
as metaphors—and look at their implications in
terms of classroom practice. In so doing, I will suggest
that models grounded in both sociolinguistics and
psycholinguistics offer a more valid basis for teaching
than do purely linguistic descriptions.
Aya Matsuda
Globalization and English
language teaching:
opportunities and
challenges in Japan
Saturday 2:15 pm – 3:00 pm, Chu Hall
T
he global spread of English and its extensive use
as an international language has made English a
popular foreign language option across the world. The
national curriculum in Japan, for instance, specifies
that English be taught as the required foreign language
in middle schools because it is an international
language. English is also the de facto foreign language
offering in senior high schools and continues to play
important roles in college and beyond. However, the
linguistic, cultural, and functional diversity of English
today complicates ELT practice by challenging some of
its most basic assumptions. In my talk, I first present
the current sociolinguistic landscape of the English
language and illustrate how traditional ELT— that
focuses exclusively on US/UK English and culture—is
not adequate in preparing effective users of English as
an International Language. Specific changes that can
be incorporated into a traditional English curriculum
are also suggested.
文法とは何か？そして文法はどのように精神において内面化
されるのか？文法とは象徴的なコードなのか？それとも神経
連絡の強さなのか？文法とは以前の会話の堆積した跡なの
か？それとも先天的な人間の能力なのか？我々がこれらの問
いにどのように答えるにせよ、
それは第2言語の教え方に影響
を及ぼすのは明らかである。本発表では、文法の重要なモデ
ルのいくつかを時に比喩で包みながら取り上げ、
その影響を
教室での実践について見ていく。
こうする中で、純粋に言語学
的な記述よりも、社会言語学および心理言語学の両方に根ざ
したモデルの方が有効な教授基盤を提供することを示す。
Scott Thornbury has an MA (TEFL) from the
University of Reading and is currently Associate
Professor of English Language Studies at the New
School in New York City, where he teaches on an
online MATESOL program. His previous experience
includes teaching and training in Egypt, UK, Spain,
and in his native New Zealand. His writing credits
include several books for teachers on language and
methodology, including About Language, Conversation:
From Description to Pedagogy (with Diana Slade),
and The CELTA Book (with Peter Watkins), all for
Cambridge University Press. He is series editor for the
Cambridge Handbooks for Teachers.
英語は地球規模で広まっており、国際語として広範に使用さ
れているため、英語は世界中で一般的な外国語の選択肢とな
っている。
たとえば日本における国の教育課程では、英語は国
際語であることから、
これを中学校における必須外国語として
教えなければならないと定められている。
また英語は、高等学
校における事実上の外国語科目であり、大学以上でも重要な
位置を占めている。
しかしながら、今日の英語の言語学的、文
化的および機能的多様性から、ELTの実践は、
その最も基本
的な前提のいくつかが揺らいでいるため困難になっている。
私の発表では、
まず英語の現在の社会言語学的状況を呈示
し、
それから米英の英語と文化にのみ焦点を当てた
「伝統的」
ELTが国際語としての英語の有能な話者の育成に不適切で
あることを明らかにする。
また、伝統的な英語課程に組み込む
ことのできる具体的な改革案も提案する。
Aya Matsuda is Assistant Professor of Language
& Literacy and Applied Linguistics at Arizona State
University, where she teaches undergraduate and
graduate courses in applied linguistics. Her research
interests include the pedagogical implications of the
global spread of English, integration of the World
Englishes perspective into US education, and the role
of Japanese heritage school for Japanese families in the
US. Her work focusing on these issues has appeared
in various books and journals including JALT Journal,
TESOL Quarterly, and World Englishes. Dr. Matsuda is
originally from Japan, speaks English and Japanese
fluently, and is raising her child bilingually.
Interpretation provided courtesy of the Bilingualism SIG
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Plenary Speaker Sessions
James P. Lantolf
The dialectics of instructed
second language
development
Sunday, 10:00 am – 11:00 am, Chu Hall
T
his presentation emerges from an ongoing project
on the implications of dialectics in Vygotsky’s
theory of consciousness for instructed second language
development. Although most L2 research informed by
sociocultural theory asserts that mediation through
social interaction and cultural artifacts forms the
foundational concept of the theory, I will argue that
the real key to the theory is found in the notion of
praxis—a notion that Vygotsky appropriated from
Marx. The crucial feature of praxis in its contemporary
version is the dialectic unity of consciousness
(knowledge/theory) and action that gives rise to new
forms of understanding and behaving. In making the
case for praxis and language education I will explain
dialectics, i.e., the unity or fusion of opposites, with
specific examples and will then discuss evidence from
several studies that sustain the effectiveness of a praxisbased pedagogy for promoting language development.
本発表は、教授される第２言語の発達のためのヴィゴツキー
の意識の理論における弁証法の関わり合いに関して現在行
われているプロジェクトに由来するものである。社会文化理論
に立脚した第２言語の研究のほとんどにおいては、社会的相
互作用および文化的産物による仲介が同理論の基本概念を
Merrill Swain
Languaging and second /
foreign language learning
Sunday, 2:15 pm – 3:00 pm, Chu Hall
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he goal of this talk is that the audience leaves with an
understanding of the concept of languaging and why
it is important for second/foreign language teachers,
and learners, to know about. Languaging is a concept
that has emerged from Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory
of mind. For Vygotsky, language is not just a means of
social communication, but a tool of the mind: language
mediates our thinking and cognition. Languaging is
the use of language to mediate cognitively complex acts
of thinking. It is “the process of making meaning and
shaping knowledge and experience through language”
(Swain, 2006). In it, we can see learning in progress.
Students who engage in more languaging learn more
than those who engage in less languaging. This has been
demonstrated over many knowledge domains, including
biology, mathematics, and language. In this talk, I will
illustrate the power of languaging with excerpts from
students who are learning a second or foreign language.
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形成するとの主張がなされているのに対し、私は、
同理論への
本当の鍵はプラクシスの概念―ヴィゴツキーがマルクスから借
用した概念―にあると主張する。現代版プラクシスにおける重
要な特徴は、意識（知識・理論）
と行動の弁証法的統一性であ
り、
これにより理解と振る舞いの新たな形態が生じる。
プラクシ
スおよび言語教育を推進するにあたり、私は具体的な例を用
いて弁証法（対立するものの統一または融合）
を説明し、次に、
言語発達の促進におけるプラクシスに基づいた教授法の効果
を立証するいくつかの研究からの証拠について論じる。
James P. Lantolf is the Greer Professor in
Language Acquisition and Applied Linguistics in the
Department of Applied Linguistics at Pennsylvania
State University. He is director of the Center for
Language Acquisition and co-director of CALPER
(Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education
and Research). He has served as president of the
American Association for Applied Linguistics,
and his publications include numerous papers on
sociocultural theory and L2 learning, a coauthored
book with S. Thorne and three edited or co-edited
books on sociocultural theory:
Lantolf, J. P. (Ed.) (2000). Sociocultural theory and second
language learning. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Lantolf, J. P. & Appel, G. (Eds.). (1994). Vygotskian
approaches to second language research. Norwood, NJ:
Ablex.
Lantolf, J. P. & Thorne, S. (2006). Sociocultural theory
and the genesis of second language development.
Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Lantolf, J. P. & Poehner, M. (2008). Sociocultural
theory and the teaching of second languages. London:
Equinox Press.
本発表の目的は、
「ランゲージング」
の概念と、第2言語・外国
語の教師（および生徒）
がこの概念について知っておくことが
なぜ重要なのかを聴衆に理解してもらうことである。
ランゲー
ジングとは、精神に関するヴィゴツキーの社会文化理論に由来
する概念である。
ヴィゴツキーによれば、言語とは単なる社会的
意思疎通手段ではなく、精神のツールである。
すなわち、言語は
我々の思考・認識を媒介するのである。
ランゲージングとは、言
語を用いて思考という認識的に複雑な行為を媒介することで
ある。
ランゲージングは、
「言語を通じて意味を形成し、知識と
経験を形作るプロセス」
（Swain、2006年）
である。
ランゲージン
グにおいて、我々は学習の進行過程を観察することができる。
ランゲージングを行っている生徒ほど学習効率は高い。
これは
たとえば生物学、数学および語学といった多くの知的領域で
示されている。本発表では、第2言語・外国語を学んでいる生
徒からの引用によってランゲージングの力を明らかにする。
Merrill Swain is Professor Emeritus in the
Department of Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning at
OISE/University of Toronto. Author of over 150 articles
and many book chapters on bilingual/immersion
education in Canada and communicative L2 learning,
teaching and testing, Dr. Swain is an award-winning
educator, writer and scholar. She frequently gives
workshops and lectures internationally, recently in the
Asia Pacific region, Europe, and North America. Recent
books of interest to JALT readers are the co-edited
collections Researching Pedagogic Tasks: Second Language
Learning, Teaching and Testing (with Bygate and Skehan,
2001, Pearson) and Immersion Education: International
Perspectives (with Johnson, 1997, CUP).
Plenary and Featured Speaker Sessions
Christine Pearson Casanave
Perspective taking
•S
ponsored by JALT Teacher
Education SIG
Monday, 10:30 am -11:30 am, Chu Hall
I
n this talk I discuss perspective taking: the ability
to see the world through someone else’s eyes. This
can happen if people actually experience something
that another person or group has experienced, or if
they imagine themselves in the shoes of another. In
my talk, I refer to both types of perspective taking.
In particular, I discuss the following: 1) what it might
be like to be a student in our own classrooms; 2)
what insights we can glean from our own language
learning experiences; 3) what it might be like to be
a reader of our own writing; and 4) what it is like to
do scholarly reading and writing in an L2. Reflecting
on our teaching, learning, and professional writing
from diverse perspectives can help us expand how
we understand our students and our work as second
language educators.
本発表では、
パースペクティブ・テイキング、
すなわち他人の眼
で世界を見る能力について論じる。
これが行われるのは、別の
人や集団が経験したことを実際に経験した場合や、他人の身
になって想像する場合である。私の発表では両方の種類のパ
ースペクティブ・テイキングについて言及する。
特に以下の点に
ついて論じる。
（１）私たち自身のクラスの生徒になってみると
いうのはどのようなものなのか。
（２）私たち自身の言語学習経
験からどのような洞察を得ることができるのか。
（３）私たち自
身が書いたものの読者になってみるというのはどのようなもの
なのか。
（４）第２言語で学術的な読み書きをするというのはど
のようなものなのか。私たちの教授、学習および職業的執筆に
ついて様々な視点から反省することによって、私たちが生徒を
理解したり、第２言語教育者としての自分の仕事を理解したり
する幅を広げることが可能となる。
Christine Pearson Casanave lived and worked
in Japan for over 15 years, most of them at Keio
University’s Shonan Fujisawa Campus, and also as
adjunct at Teachers College Columbia University and
visiting professor and adjunct at Temple University
Japan. She has a special fondness for writing (reflective
and essay writing, academic writing, writing for
publication), for professional development of language
teachers, and for narrative, case study, and qualitative
inquiry. One of her long-term goals is to help expand
the accepted styles of writing in the TESOL field,
and another is to argue for more humanistic, less
technology-driven second language education.
Featured and Guest Speakers
Please note that the Featured Speaker Workshops on Saturday and Sunday from 11:10 am are limited to
40 participants each. Registration for these workshops is through the sponsors. Please drop by the sponsoring
organization’s booth in the EME for further information and to get a ticket to attend one of these workshops.
Miles Craven
Extensive reading or
intensive skills practice—Two
sides of the same coin?
•S
ponsored by Macmillan
LanguageHouse
Saturday, 11:10 am -12:40 pm
T
his workshop will serve as a forum to compare
and contrast the merits of extensive reading and
intensive reading as a basis for helping our students
develop reading competence. Participants will work
together to examine the two approaches and review
their respective merits. Participants will then focus
not on the tensions between extensive and intensive
reading, but on their mutual strengths and then
explore ways in which one approach can act as a
complementary mirror for the other. There will be
plenty of time to share common experiences and swap
ideas on how to overcome the challenges that teaching
reading presents. Finally, participants will draw up a
list of key principles which can act as guidelines for
teachers of reading classes.
本ワークショップは、多読と精読それぞれの利点を比較対照
し、
それに基づいて生徒の読解力を伸ばすことを助ける場とな
るものである。参加者は両方のアプローチを共同で検討し、
そ
れぞれの利点を確認する。次に参加者は、多読と精読の対立
関係ではなく、
これらの極めて現実的な相互補完性に焦点を
当て、
それぞれのアプローチが互いに相補的な鏡として働くこ
とのできる方策を探る。共通の経験を共有したり、
「読解の教
授」
の際に生じる諸問題をどう克服するかについてのアイデア
を交換する時間を十分に設ける。最後に参加者は、読解のク
ラスの教師のための指針となるような重要な諸原理の一覧を
作成する。
Miles Craven, sponsored by MacMillan
LanguageHouse, has over 20 years of experience in
English language teaching. Miles is author or coauthor of many ELT publications, especially those
for Asian learners including: Get Real!, Reading
Keys, English Grammar in Use CDROM, Cambridge
English Skills, and Breakthrough. He has written
many articles and online materials and presents
regularly at conferences and workshops. Miles also
helps coordinate the Business English Programme
at the Møller Centre, Churchill College, University
of Cambridge. His recent research has focused on
developing skills and strategies to help learners
improve their reading ability, for Macmillan’s new
edition of Reading Keys.
JALT2009
Featured Speakers
Kristin Johannsen
A global view from your
classroom window
• Sponsored by Cengage Learning
Saturday, 11:10 am -12:40 pm
W
ithin the language classroom, cross-cultural
communication is too often framed in terms
of differences, a catalog of troublesome national
quirks. Instead, true culture teaching explores both
differences and similarities—the fascinating diversity
of cultures and the common humanity that unites us.
Such a perspective gives learners a window through
which to understand the world and a mirror by
which to perceive themselves. This practical, handson workshop will present ways that teachers can
bring cross-cultural learning and communication
into their own classrooms. Participants will look at
different views on cross-cultural communication
and build their own definitions. They will then
take part in a number of classroom activities using
language to investigate different cultures and to build
understanding. Such activities give students a sense
that culture is a fascinating field to explore and build
students’ confidence in their own ability to have
successful and enjoyable cross-cultural encounters.
Nicholas Groom
Introducing corpora into the
language classroom
• Sponsored by David English House
Saturday, 11:10 am – 12:40 pm
A
lthough electronic text corpora and the new
discipline of corpus linguistics have had a
profound impact on the design and content of second
language dictionaries, grammars, and course books,
very few teachers or learners are directly accessing
corpora for themselves, either within or beyond the
confines of the language classroom. This workshop
begins by briefly considering why this is so and why
it matters, before tackling the central question of
what can be done about it. Participants will try out a
range of classroom activities whose aim is to convince
learners of the value and viability of studying corpus
data inductively and of the value and viability of
learning how to use corpus software in order to access
and manipulate such data. The aim of the workshop is
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語学クラスの中では、異文化コミュニケーションは往々にして
相違点、
すなわち問題を引き起こしがちな奇妙な国民性の一
覧という枠組みで語られがちである。
これに代えて、真の文化
教授法は、相違点および共通点－各文化の魅力的な多様性
および我々を結びつける共通の人間性－の両方を探るもので
ある。
このような視点から学習者は、世界を理解するための窓
と、
自分自身を認識する鏡とを得ることになる。今回の実践的
なワークショップにおいては、教師が異文化学習およびコミュ
ニケーションを自分のクラスに導入する方法が呈示される。
参加者は、異文化コミュニケーションに関する様々な意見に
接し、
自分自身の定義を構築する。次に、言語を用いたクラス
活動にいくつか参加して、異なる文化について調べ相互理解
を築く。
このような活動によって、生徒は文化というものが探究
すべき魅力的な分野だとの感覚を持つようになり、
円滑で楽
しい異文化交流を行なう自分自身の能力への自信が生徒に
植え付けられる。
Kristin Johannsen is a language teacher, materials
writer, and a life-long cross-cultural traveler. She has
taught English at universities in the United States,
France, South Korea, the United Arab Emirates,
and Japan. She has served as author, coauthor, and
contributing writer for a number of EFL textbook
series, most recently, World English (Heinle). Her
travels have taken her to more than 70 countries, and
her travel writing has appeared in newspapers and
magazines from Tokyo to Bahrain to Trinidad. Her
presentation is sponsored by Cengage Learning.
thus to provide participants with both the inspiration
and the practical means with which to introduce
corpora successfully into their language classrooms.
電子テキストコーパスおよびコーパス言語学という新たな分
野は、第２言語の辞書や文法書、教科書の構成や内容に多
大な影響を及ぼしてきたが、教師や学習者の中で、語学クラス
の枠内または枠外で自らコーパスに直接アクセスしている人
は極めて少ない。本ワークショップはまず、
この現状の原因と
その重要性について簡単に考察した後、
その対策という中心
課題に取り組む。参加者は多種多様なクラス活動を試みるこ
とになる。
その目的は、帰納的にコーパスデータを研究する価
値および実現性、
ならびにコーパスソフトウエアを用いてその
ようなデータにアクセスしこれを操作する方法を学習する価
値および実現性について、
学習者に納得してもらうことである。
したがって、本ワークショップの目的は、参加者に、
自分自身
の語学クラスにコーパスをうまく導入するための動機と実際
上の手段とを提供することである。
Nicholas Groom is a lecturer at the Centre for
English Language Studies, University of Birmingham,
UK. He is the Academic Coordinator for the Centre’s
distance MA programs in TEFL/TESL, Applied
Linguistics, and Translation Studies. His research
interests focus on the application of corpus linguistics
to issues in ELT, second language acquisition research,
and discourse analysis. He is sponsored by David
English House.
Featured and Guest Speakers
Grant Trew
techniques can and should be applied in both types of
classes.
Business English and TOEIC:
Similar goals, similar
methodologies
TOEICがビジネス英語能力の判定を目的としている一方で、
TOEICとビジネス英語は違ったスキルおよび指導法が必要
であると考えられてきました。
このワークショップでは、実践的
なビジネス英語と効果的なTOEIC対策クラスの共通点に着
目し、
どちらの指導にも効果的なコミュニケーション重視の指
導テクニックを紹介します。
• Sponsored by Oxford University Press
Sunday, 11:10 am – 12:40 pm
A
lthough the TOEIC was specifically designed to
assess workplace English ability, business English
and TOEIC preparation have generally been seen
as requiring different skills and often dramatically
different teaching methodologies. In this workshop,
the presenter will show how the goals of practical
business English and effective TOEIC® preparation
classes are largely similar, and will demonstrate that
the same interactive and communication-focused
Angela Buckingham
Building students’ confidence
through simple, step-by-step
activities
• Sponsored by Oxford University Press
Sunday, 11:10 am – 12:40 pm
I
n this day and age of frequent travel, an increasing
number of people find it necessary to be able to
communicate—at least on a basic survival level—in
English. Japanese students are no exception, but they
can often be reticent when it comes to speaking out
in class. Together with the participants and through
her own experiences of teaching beginner and
false beginner level students, Angela Buckingham
will examine why this might be so. Then, under
the conference theme of “The Teaching-Learning
Dialogue: An Active Mirror,” she and the participants
will explore ways in which proven classroom activities
and techniques provide students with the tools they
need in order to participate in everyday situations
using English—be it at home, with a foreign homestay
student, or overseas on a business trip or holiday.
April Alcazar
Functional literacy and
contextual learning theories
英語学習に応用された場合の機
能的識字理論及び文脈学習理論
• Balsamo Asian Scholar
Saturday, 1:05 pm – 2:05 pm
10
Grant Trew has 20 years of EFL experience in the
UK, Asia, and the Middle East. He has particular
interest in language assessment and has designed
oral and written test instruments for a number of
institutions. He has designed training courses and
written preparation materials for the TOEIC® test,
TOEFL® test and EIKEN tests and has been an oral
examiner for the Cambridge exams. He is the author
of the Tactics for TOEIC® Speaking and Writing Tests and
Tactics for TOEIC® Listening and Reading Tests for Oxford
University Press. Grant is the series advisor for the
forthcoming Business Venture 3rd edition.
国際化が進み海外との交流が活発な昨今、最低限必要とさ
れる基本的な英語によるコミュニケーション力が重要視され
ています。
日本人学習者もその例外ではないにもかかわらず、
会話中心のレッスンとなると無口になってしまう人々が多いの
も現状です。
この問題について、入門レベルや初級レベルの
学習者を教えた豊富な経験をもとに、
アンジェラ・バッキンガ
ム氏が参加者の方々に解説します。
そして‘The TeachingLearning Dialogue: An Active Mirror’という本会議のテ
ーマに基づき、外国人留学生との交流や海外旅行および出
張などの実生活において、学習者が必要とする英語力を指導
するための効果的なクラスルーム・アクティビティとテクニック
を紹介します。
Angela Buckingham is a very experienced teacher,
teacher trainer and materials developer in the field
of EFL. Her areas of expertise lie particularly in
English for Specific Purposes. Based largely on her
experience as a teacher in Japan at a travel senmon
gakko, Buckingham co-wrote At Your Service (Oxford
University Press) for students of travel and tourism,
followed by the Japan-specific Passport series. She
also co-wrote Get Real (Macmillan Language House).
More recently, in 2009, she has just published the new
second edition of Passport and the new third edition of
Business Venture with Oxford University Press.
T
he paper explores the application of two learning
theories, functional literacy theory and contextual
learning theory, as applied to English language
learning. The author hypothesizes that using these
two approaches can increase the English language
proficiency of students in Japan. The author cites
her own case in comparing the learning of English
with Japanese and the techniques with which
greater proficiency can be achieved. She will discuss
more methods and techniques using these two
methodologies during the conference as she presents
her paper and asks the participants about how their
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Featured and Guest Speakers
own teaching methods are related to these theories.
She cites empirical research that has been conducted
and how it will assist in professional teacher
development using these two theories. She concludes
that these theories can help English language teachers
achieve their objectives in teaching English courses
that are relevant, current, and interesting to students.
本講演は、機能的識字理論および文脈学習理論という2つの
学習理論の英語学習への応用を探るものである。講演者はこ
の2つのアプローチを用いることで日本の生徒の英語熟達度
を向上させることができると仮定する。
自らの事例を引用して
日本語と英語の学習を比較し、熟達度を向上させる諸手法に
ついて論じる。
また、
自らの論文を提示し、参加者自身の教授
方法がこれらの理論にどのように関係しているかを問いかけ
ながら、
さらにこの2つの方法論を用いたメソッドや手法を論
じる。
また、
これまで行われてきた経験的な研究を引用し、
それ
がこの2つの理論を用いてどのように専門性の高い教師の育
成に寄与するかを論じる。結論としてこれらの理論は、生徒に
とって意味があり、最新かつ興味深い英語の授業を教師が行
う上での諸目標を達成する助けとなると論じる。
Garr Reynolds
Design, Zen, & the art of
presenting naked
デザイン、
禅と裸でのプレゼンテーシ
ョン美学
Friday, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
O
ver the years, presentation software programs
such as PowerPoint and Keynote have gotten
better, but presentations have not. Why? Part of the
problem has been a focus on only the tools themselves,
not on how to clarify our ideas and messages through
fundamental design and storytelling principles. In
this workshop, Garr explores techniques from some
of the world’s top business leaders. His Presentation
Zen approach challenges the conventional wisdom
of making “slide presentations” and encourages
thinking differently and creatively about the
preparation, design, and delivery of presentations.
Incorporating cognitive science, principles of graphic
design, visual communications, and Zen aesthetics,
Garr dispels popular myths about presenting, and
offers alternatives for designing and delivering better
presentations. The lessons are not about dressing
up the presentation or decorating slides; they are
about understanding and embracing concrete design
and delivery principles to make presentations clear,
powerful, and memorable.
Amihan April Mella-Alcazar, or April, has a very
strong affinity to Japan, and spoke at Sendai JALT in
2004. From 2000 to 2006, she was a scholar of the
Japanese Government at Tohoku University, where
she graduated with a PhD in Business Administration,
majoring in Business Management, and a Masters
in Business Administration. She graduated with a
Bachelor of Laws degree and a Bachelor of Science
in Business Administration (cum laude), from
the University of the Philippines. She is currently
the Teachers Helping Teachers coordinator in the
Philippines and is Adjunct Professor at the Asian
Institute of Management.
Amihan April Mella-Alcazar（April）
は日本に極めて縁
が深く、2004年には仙台JALTでも講演を行う。2000年から
2006年まで、東北大学で日本政府奨学生となる。経営学（ビ
ジネス管理専攻）
で博士号を取得、
ビジネスアドミニストレー
ションで修士号を取得。University of the Philippines に
おいて法学学士号及びビジネスアドミニストレーションの理
学士号（優等）
を取得。現在、
フィリピンのTeachers Helping
Teachersのコーディネーターで、且つAsian Institute of
Managementの非常勤教授である。
Reynolds 氏のPresentation Zenアプローチは、広く受け入
れられている
「スライド式プレゼンテーション」
に疑問を投げ
かけ、
プレゼンテーションにおける違った、
また独創的な考え
方や、
デザインとプレゼンテーション方法を奨励します。認知
科学、
グラフィックデザインの原理、視覚的情報伝達、禅の美
学など、Reynolds氏がプレゼンテーションについての一般的
な通説を払拭し、違ったプレゼンテーションのデザインと、
より
良いプレゼンテーション方法を提案します。
このレッスンはプ
レゼンテーションをどのように飾り立てるか又はスライドをど
のようにきれいに見せるかについてではなく、
プレゼンテーシ
ョンを明確で迫力があり、印象的なものにする為に、具体的な
デザインと話術を理解し受け入れるものです。
A writer, designer, musician, and life-long student
of the Zen arts, Garr Reynolds is author of the
internationally best-selling Presentation Zen (3rd out
of Amazon’s top 10 business titles for 2008). Honored
for “outstanding book design” at the 38th Annual
Bookbuilders West Book Show and Awards Ceremony
in 2009, Garr is the Director of Design Matters Japan.
His popular website, presentationzen.com, features
regular insights on presentations, communication,
and creativity. Currently Associate Professor of
Management at Kansai Gaidai University, Garr is
frequently invited to speak internationally (recently to
Microsoft, Google, Hewlett Packard, P&G, and RitzCarlton). Garr lives in Osaka, Japan.
著者、
デザイナー、音楽家、
また生涯、禅を学び続ける
学生でもあるGarr Reynoldsは国際的なベストセラー
本：Presentation Zen（2008年のAmazonトップ10ビ
ジネスタイトルで3位）
の著者でもある。2009年、第38回
Annual Bookbuilders West Book Show and Awards
Ceremonyにおいて
「きわめて優れた本のデザイン賞」
を受
長年にわたり、
パワーポイントやキーノートなどのプレゼンテ
賞。
またDesign
Matters
Japanのデ
ィ
レクターでもある。
Garr
ーションソフトは向上しているが、
プレゼンテーション自体は
Reynoldsの有名なウェ
ブサイ
トであるpresentationzen.
良くなっていない。
なぜか？問題の一部はツール自体にのみ
comでは、
プレゼンテーション、
コミュニケーション、創造性に
重点が置かれ、基本的なデザインと話術の法則を通じてどの
関し
て、
様々な洞察力溢れる話題を取り上げている。
現在、関
ように我々のアイデアやメッセージを明確にさせるかに重点が
西外大経営学部准教授を職務と
し、
国際的な会議で講演者
置かれていない点である。本ワークショップではReynolds 氏
（最近ではMicrosoft, Google, Hewlett
が数人の世界のトップビジネスリーダーの技術を研究します。 として招かれている
Packard, P&G, Ritz-Carlton）。 大阪に在住
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Conference Events
Special Events
Welcome Reception
} Friday, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Refreshments provided by Oxford University Press
Coming to Granship early to catch a TnT workshop or hear the special lecture by Garr Reynolds, or just to settle
in before things get busy? You are invited to join the VIPs (our invited plenary and featured speakers), conference
organizers, the President and other officers of JALT, and your fellow early-birds at our Welcome Reception on Friday!
Thanks to OUP there’ll be some tasty snacks and drinks. Stop by and say “Hello,” and start your conference
weekend with a friendly chat over a free drink.
Special Panel: Teaching World Englishes in Japan
Panelists: Aya Matsuda, Arizona State University; Nobuyuki Hino, Osaka University
Moderator: Deryn P. Verity, Osaka Jogakuin College
} Sunday, 11:10 am – 12:10 pm, Wind Hall
The panel will collaborate to explore the question of what should be taught in English as an International
Language (EIL) classrooms, and how. World Englishes (WE) has attracted much attention in Japan, but the
discussion has remained on a theoretical, abstract level. We seek possible pedagogical practices informed by our
current understanding of WE studies that will meet the needs of our students. Aya Matsuda will explore issues
related to instructional model(s). By considering local educational contexts, she will discuss why “an appropriate
model” is a better goal than “the correct model.” She will also argue for teaching not only linguistic aspects of
language but also communicative strategies. Nobuyuki Hino, responsible for standardizing the word yakudoku
with his classic 1988 JALT Journal article, will also discuss locally appropriate approaches for teaching EIL/WE.
He will present examples of actual teaching practices in EIL/WE and offer suggestions for how EIL can be
implemented and taught in EFL classrooms in Japan. 本パネルのテーマは、
「『国際英語』(EIL)のクラスにおいては何をどう教えるべきか」
である。今日、World Englishes (WE)の概念
は日本においても多くの関心を集めるに至っているが、
これまでのところ、
その議論は抽象的な理論のレベルにとどまる傾向があ
った。
このセッションでは、現在のWE研究の知見を生かしながら学習者のニーズに適合した教育を実践するための方法を探る。
まず、松田文は教育モデルの問題について分析する。
当該地域の教育環境の考察の上に立ち、単一の
「正しいモデル」
を想
定するのではなく、
その地域に応じた
「適切なモデル」
を求めることが望ましいと論じる。松田はさらに、言語的側面だけでなくコ
ミュニケーション方略を教えることの重要性を指摘する。次に、1988年のJALT Journal の論文によって日本の
「訳読」
の文化
を世界に知らせるきっかけを作った日野信行が、
「国際英語」教育の観点から、
やはり当該地域の社会的・文化的環境に適合
したアプローチの意義について論じる。
さらに、EILの理念を反映した授業例について分析し、
「国際英語」教育の具体的な教
授法について考察する。
パネリストの上記の発題をもとに、
さらに参加者と一緒に議論を深めていくことを願う。
Bilingual Family Event
Raising children in two languages and two cultures: A bilingual family discussion
} Monday, 11:40 am – 12:40 pm, Koryu Hall (Open to the public)
Aya Matsuda, renowned scholar of bilingualism and second-language identity, is a Japanese national who
works and lives in a second culture (USA), and raises a bilingual/bicultural child. This special event is a forum
for interested teachers, parents, and scholars on the issues and challenges of bilingual and bicultural families.
Research information and personal experience will be used to inform attending participants about how these
challenges are being met in various settings and contexts. This event will be held in Japanese and English, with
translations provided as necessary.
Interpretation support provided courtesy of the Bilingualism SIG as required.
2009 Four Corners Tour
Amihan April Mella-Alcazar, this year’s Balsamo Asian Scholar, arrived in Japan prior to the conference to
take part in the Four Corners Tour. The tour consisted of doing presentations at four JALT chapters in western
Japan before arriving at the conference venue in Shizuoka. This year the four chapters/corners of the Four
Corners Tour were: Okayama, Hiroshima, Nagasaki and Kitakyushu. Following the conference, April has been
invited to speak at her alma mater, the Tohoku University International Cultural Studies graduate school.
The tour will be rounded out by visits to Wakayama, Kobe and Himeji JALT chapters before her return to the
Philippines on November 30th.
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Try to attend April’s presentation at the conference or if you are unable to make it you can hear her speak at
one of her chapter presentations. Please contact the chapters directly for details of place and time.
The Balsamo Asian Scholar and the Four Corners Tour speakers are fully funded by donations from JALT
chapters. This year the Tokyo and Nagasaki chapters have made the 2009 Balsamo Asian Scholar and Four
Corners Tour programmes possible through their generous donations—thank you very much!
Balsamo Asian Scholar
The Balsamo Asian Scholar program invites a worthy scholar to attend and present at JALT’s international
conference on language teaching and learning. This year, JALT welcomes Amihan April Mella-Alcazar of the
Philippines as the 2009 Balsamo Asian Scholar. April has a very strong affinity for Japan, and spoke at JALT in
Sendai in 2004. From 2000 to 2006, she was a student at Tohoku University where she graduated with a PhD
in Business Administration majoring in Business Management. She is currently the Teachers Helping Teachers
coordinator in the Philippines and an adjunct Professor at the Asian Institute of Management.
The Asian Scholar program was renamed last year in memory of the late Bill Balsamo. Bill was the former
president of Himeji JALT and was instrumental in forming the Teachers Helping Teachers (THT) group which is
now a JALT SIG. Bill had been working with Dr. Mella-Alcazar to plan the THT events in the Philippines for this
year.
As a lawyer, teacher, and NGO worker, April has been active in government, research, teaching, and
development work in the Philippines, and has been an advocate for better English language teaching in the
Philippines through organizing joint seminars with the Department of Education and Teachers Helping
Teachers.
Prior to the conference she participated in the Four Corners Tour. Following the conference April will address
her alma mater in Tohoku University in Sendai and do three more chapter visits prior to her departure for the
Philippines on November 30th. For details of the chapter visits, please see the Four Corners Tour.
April’s JALT2009 presentation is scheduled for Saturday at 1:05 pm in Room 907.
Graduate Student Showcase
The JALT Graduate Student Showcase (GSS) is in its 3rd year and is bigger and better than ever! This year nearly
30 masters and doctoral level students from 10 graduate school programs will have the opportunity to present
their cutting edge research in this unique forum. The presenters represent graduate programmes from Aston
University, Birmingham University, Kansai University, Kobe University of Foreign Studies, Kwansei Gakuin
University, Macquarie University, Meikai University, Meisei University, Teacher’s College Columbia, and Temple
University Japan. The GSS has become a vital part of JALT outreach to the teaching community by encouraging
the participation of highly talented and motivated educator/researchers who in many cases have never had the
opportunity to attend a JALT conference before.
If you want to catch a glimpse of some of the best and brightest researchers in today’s teacher training
programs be sure to visit the Graduate Student Showcase.
} All Graduate Student Showcase events are being held in Room 908
Special Film Event: Obaachan’s Garden, Saturday, 4:30 PM – 6:45 PM
Linda Ohama, acclaimed Canadian filmmaker, will screen her poignant documentary, Obaachan’s Garden.
The film recreates and interprets the long life of her grandmother who emigrated from Hiroshima prefecture
to Canada in the early 1900s, and died just a few years ago at the age of 105. As Linda says on her homepage,
(http://www.lindaohama.com), the film “gently peel[s] back the layers of her grandmother’s life,” revealing
a “painful, buried past.” There will be time before and after the screening for audience members to talk with
Linda.
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James P. Lantolf Book Signing
Hosted by Oxford University Press
} Time: Sunday, 5.30 pm -6.30 pm Room: Above the EME
Join JALT Plenary Speaker James P. Lantolf for an informal reception and book signing hosted by Oxford
University Press.
オックスフォード大学出版局は、JALT総会の講演者James P. Lantolfを招いての懇親会とサイン会を行います。
Mingle with fellow JALT delegates, enjoy some light refreshments and bring along your copy of one of Dr.
Lantolf’s books to be signed by the author. You can also purchase his books below, from the award-winning
Oxford Applied Linguistics Series on the day.
当日は軽食とお飲み物をご用意してお待ちしております。
この機会に、
ぜひJALT参 加者の方々同士で親睦を深めていただけ
れば幸いです。Lantolf氏の著書をお持ちいただければサイン会にもご参加いただけます。各賞を受賞した Oxford Applied
LinguisticsシリーズからのLantolf氏の著書（下記参照）
を当日ご購入いただくことも可能です。
Sociocultural Theory and Second Language Learning
Sociocultural Theory and the Genesis of Second Language Development (with Steve Thorne)
Here’s Your Chance—SIG CHAT2009!!
Meet and talk to the JALT2009 plenary speakers. We are very pleased to be able to offer conference participants
this opportunity to speak informally with the plenary speakers. We welcome your participation and wish
to thank the plenary speakers for their time and interest in providing this special opportunity for JALT2009
delegates.
The following times have been confirmed for SIG CHAT2009:
Scott Thornbury
Christine Casanave
} Sunday, 11:10 am – 12:10 pm (SIG Area)
} Monday, 9:20 am – 10:20 am (SIG Area)
James P. Lantolf
Aya Matsuda
} Saturday, 11:10 am – 12:10 pm (SIG Area)
} Saturday, 11:10 am – 12:10 pm (in the JALT Junior area – 9th floor)
Merrill Swain
} Saturday, 1:05 pm-2:05 pm (SIG Area)
JALT Junior
“A complete parallel conference for teachers of children”
Traditionally, the JALT Junior Conference has focused on topics and issues associated with teaching children
and was sponsored by the JALT Teaching Children Special Interest Group. However our young learners are
getting older, so this year the Junior Senior High Special Interest Group will join us and be a part of JALT
Junior. Everyone registered for JALT2009 is welcome to attend any JALT Junior presentation on November 21
& 22 and to network and exchange ideas. This 2-day event is filled with demonstrations, discussions, forums,
and workshops given by professionals skilled in teaching young or very young learners or junior/senior high
school students. The presentations also include publisher-sponsored sessions featuring well-known authors
and presenters. Other not-to-be-missed sessions include the Teaching Children Swap Meet, the JHS SIG forum,
and a panel discussion about successful English programs in public elementary schools (in Japanese). Japanese
teachers of children are especially welcome at JALT Junior as many presentations are bilingual. JALT Junior
presentations take place on the 9th floor of the conference building.
} JALT Junior listings in the daily presentation summary section are indicated by this mark:
JJ
New for JALT Junior 2009! Coffee with the plenary speakers . . .
We are excited to offer conference delegates the following opportunities to share a moment and a cup of coffee
with many of our plenary speakers. Thank you to our plenary speakers for your time and willingness to make
JALT Junior “extra special” this year for our conference participants!!
Aya Matsuda: Saturday, 11:10 am – 12:10 pm
Christine Casanave: Sunday, 12:30 pm – 1:00 pm
Merrill Swain: Saturday, 3:35 pm – 4:00 pm
James P. Lantolf: Sunday, 4:10 pm – 4:30 pm
Scott Thornbury: Saturday, 3:35 pm – 4:00 pm
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Conference Events
Green Tea and a Green Tea Tasting Event
And now for a little local colour—
green to be precise! Shizuoka is
famous for green tea, and we are
pleased to welcome the folks from
the Tamura-no-en tea farm
to JALT2009. The Tamura-noen tea farm is a family farm that
has been in operation for many
generations. They are very proud
of the fine tea that they grow and
wanted to share their knowledge
and love of green tea with everyone
here at the conference as a special
“Welcome to Shizuoka.”
the opportunity to watch and/or
participate in a traditional teatasting 闘茶 tou-cha game.
The origin of this game can be
traced back to China. It came to
Japan around 1200 and became
popular in the late Kamakura
period, around 1300. The tasting
game, 闘茶 tou-cha, literally
means “tea fight.” Of course it’s
not actually a fight; it is a way that
tea growers have traditionally
entertained themselves while they
evaluated green tea. During the
tou-cha game, volunteer “tasters”
will taste three kinds of green tea
and try to choose the best grade or
quality. The grower will explain
how to tell the difference between
fine quality green tea and the
lesser grades.
The tea grower himself and
other representatives from the
Tamura-no-en tea farm can be
found in the main lobby Saturday,
Sunday and Monday. Along with
a shop where you can buy green
tea to take home, you will have
Tou-cha Tea Tasting Times
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
12:30 pm – 1:00 pm
12:30 pm – 1:00 pm
11:30 am – 12:00 pm
3:35 pm – 4:00 pm
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm
12:45 pm – 1:15 pm
5:30 pm – 6:00 pm
5:30 pm – 6:00 pm
JALT2009 Shizuoka
Sake Events
Don’t miss this great chance to fully explore and experience
the flavors of Shizuoka sake with knowledgeable representatives
from local sake breweries who will personally introduce their lines. Plus, why not take the opportunity to watch
GinjoOukoku – Shizuoka, a documentary that will take you deep into the heart of several breweries and features all
aspects of sake brewing—from the rice field all the way through to the bottling line!
JALT2009 Shizuoka Sake Events…not to be missed!
GinjoOukoku – Shizuoka
•Special early viewing of the documentary
under production
• Sunday 5:45 pm – 6:30 pm
• Location: 2F AV Hall
Saturday
Shizuoka Sake Bar from 5:00 pm Dai Hall
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1,000 yen for 3 servings (approximately 5060 ml per serving)
10 kinds of carefully selected nihonshu
Hard to find bottles in other regions &
globally popular brands
Sunday
Shizuoka Sake Tasting Night from 4:30 pm Dai Hall
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Ticket in advance: 1,000 yen.
Admission at the event: 1,200 yen
With one ticket you will be able to taste over
20 different kinds of local sake.
Plus bottle sales to let you take your memories
from the conference back and enjoy them
with family and friends at home!
} Sake Tickets are available from the Registration
Desk in the lobby.
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The International Food Fair is back!!
Great Food, Drink and Entertainment at Your Doorstep
Just outside the main hall, on the west side of the Granship is one of the most popular features of past Shizuoka
JALT conferences—a little tented village known as the “I.F.F.”
There you’ll find a great selection of international cuisine, coffee, beer and wine served daily from 9:00 am
to 9:00 pm on Saturday and Sunday, and 9:00 am to 2:00 pm on Monday.
Along with approximately 200 seats indoors there will also be seats outdoors where you can get some fresh
air, enjoy a meal, a glass of beer or wine, a quick snack, or a cup of coffee. By design there are no promotional
booths or exhibits in the International Food Fair area so you can truly relax. There will be plenty of seating space
for you and your friends or new contacts to sit and chat or take in the entertainment.
A select group of international vendors has been chosen to provide authentic dishes and flavours from many
parts of the world. There will be daily specials, exotic juices to quench your thirst and every vendor will be
offering at least one vegetarian menu item.
The Ginga Kogen microbrewery—direct from the snow-covered mountains of Iwate prefecture—will
be serving premium draft komugi no beer (wheat) & pale ale, along with a selection of wines throughout the
weekend.
The JALT Coffee Corner located in the main hall I.F.F. seating area is the place to go for a cup of java and a
morning muffin break …and when your day is through (but you’re not) let us entertain you.
 ON THE MAIN STAGE 
} Saturday, November 21st Evening
Samba Dancing Sponsored by Cengage
} Sunday, November 22nd Evening
Shamisen Performance
There is a great variety of entertainment scheduled
for the main stage throughout the conference.
Please check at the I.F.F. for the updated
daily schedule of performances.
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Annual Meetings and Forums
Annual JALT Meetings and Forums
• JALT Executive Board Meeting (EBM)
Sunday, Koryu Hall, 3:10 pm – 4:10 pm
This meeting is for Executive Board members only. The
Executive Board is comprised of the National Directors,
one designated representative from each chapter and
SIG, plus appointed officers. The Executive Board meets
three times a year—including once at the National
Conference—to set national policy.
• JALT Ordinary General Meeting (OGM)
Sunday, Koryu Hall, 4:35 pm – 5:35 pm
Calling all members! This Ordinary General Meeting
is for you!! This National Conference OGM is the best
opportunity for all JALT members to get together and
get involved. The General Meeting serves to celebrate
the achievements of JALT Members, recognize the
winners of the Best of JALT awards and to take care of
any JALT business requiring approval of the General
Meeting. Please come, we’re expecting you.
JALT officers and coordinators
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Chapter presidents meeting
Saturday, 1:05 pm – 2:05 pm, Rehearsal Room
Financial Steering Committee meeting
Sunday, 1:05 pm – 2:05 pm, Room B4
Treasurers meeting
Monday, 9:20 am – 10:20 am, Rehearsal Room
Membership officers meeting
Monday, 9:20 am – 10:20 am, Room B4
Publicity chairs meeting
Monday, 9:20 am – 10:20 am, Room 1101
Program chairs meeting
Monday, 9:20 am – 10:20 am, Room 1202
SIG coordinators meeting
Monday, 11:40 am – 12:40 pm, Room 909
JALT Special Interest Group Annual
General Meetings
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Bilingualism (BSIG) SIG AGM
Saturday, 5:45 pm – 6:45 pm, Room Tenji C-1
College and University Educators (CUE) SIG AGM
Saturday, 5:45 pm – 6:45 pm, Room 910
Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) SIG AGM
Saturday, 5:45 pm – 6:45 pm, Room 1001-2
Extensive Reading (ER) SIG AGM
Saturday, 5:45 pm – 6:45 pm, Rom 1001-1
Framework and Language Portfolio (FLP) SIG AGM
Saturday, 5:45 pm – 6:45 pm, Room 1002
Gender Awareness in Language Education (GALE) SIG
AGM
Saturday, 5:45 pm – 6:45 pm, Room 904
Global Issues in Language Education (GILE) SIG AGM
Sunday, 1:05 pm – 2:05 pm, Room 909
Japanese as a Second Language (JSL) SIG AGM
Saturday, 5:45 pm – 6:45 pm, Tenji B-2
Junior Senior High School (JSHS) SIG AGM
Saturday, 5:45 pm – 6:45 pm, Room 903
Learner Development (LD) SIG AGM
Saturday, 5:45 pm – 6:45 pm, Room 1003
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Lifelong Language Learning (LLL) SIG AGM
Saturday, 5:45 pm – 6:45 pm, Hikae 1
Material Writers (MW) SIG AGM
Saturday, 5:45 pm – 6:45 pm, Wind Hall
Other Language Educators (OLE) SIG AGM
Saturday, 5:45 pm – 6:45 pm, Room B2
Pragmatics (PRAG) SIG AGM
Saturday, 5:45 pm – 6:45 pm, Room 909
Professionalism, Administration and Leadership in
Education (PALE) SIG AGM
Saturday, 5:45 pm – 6:45 pm, Room 906
Study Abroad (SA) SIG AGM
Saturday, 5:45pm – 6:45 pm, Room B1
Teacher Education (TED) SIG AGM
Saturday, 5:45 pm – 6:45 pm, Room 907
Teachers Helping Teachers (THT) SIG AGM
Saturday, 5:45 pm – 6:45 pm, Tenji B-1
Teaching Children (TC) SIG AGM
Saturday, 5:45 pm – 6:45 pm, Koryu Hall
Testing and Evaluation (TEVAL) SIG AGM
Saturday, 5:45 pm – 6:45 pm, Room 1101
JALT publications
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The Language Teacher annual meeting
Saturday, 11:10 am – 12:10 am, Rehearsal Room
TLT EAB and additional readers meeting
Saturday, 1:05 pm – 2:05 pm, Chu Hall
JALT2009 Proceedings: meeting for editors, readers
Sunday, 1:05 pm – 2:05 pm, 1202
JALT Publications Board meeting
Monday, 9:20 am – 10:20 am, 1001-1
JALT2010 conference publications meeting
Monday, 11:40 am – 12:40 pm, Dai 2-2
Other meetings
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Pan-SIG Conference 2010 meeting
Saturday, 1:05 pm – 2:05 pm, Hikae 1
Domestic Affairs Committee meeting
Sunday, 11:10 am – 12:10 am, Room B4
PAC meeting
Sunday, 11:10 am – 12:10 am, Koryu Hall
JALT2010 conference planning meeting
Monday, 11:40 am – 12:40 pm, Room 1101
JALT Special Interest Group Forums 2009
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Approaches, methods and techniques
Saturday, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm, Room B2
Other Language Educators SIG
Teacher -learner dialogues throughout Asia
Saturday 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm, Chu Hall
JALT International Affairs Committee
LLL SIG Forum: A picture book of haiku in English
Saturday, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm, Hikae 1
Lifelong Language Learning SIG
The front lines of English in elementary schools
Saturday, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm, Koryu Hall
Teaching Children SIG
Biliteracy: Early childhood thru elementary school
Saturday, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm, Tenji C – 1
Bilingualism SIG
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Annual Meetings and Forums
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Two views of the path from proposal to publication
Saturday, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm, Wind Hall
Material Writers SIG
Insights into the lives of JTEs
Saturday, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm, Room 903
Junior Senior High School SIG
Teaching against gender
Saturday, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm, Room 904
Gender Awareness in Language Education SIG
ALT tendering process—the race to the bottom
Saturday, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm, Room 906
Professionalism, Administration and Leadership in
Education SIG
Reflective practice—the teacher as learner
Saturday, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm, Room 907
Teacher Education SIG
Planning and teaching pragmatics to EFL students
Saturday 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm, Room 909
Pragmatics SIG
CUE SIG Forum
Saturday, 4:00pm – 5:30pm, Room 910
College and University Educators SIG
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The Extensive Reading Colloquium: Reflections on ER
Saturday 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm, Room 1001-1
Extensive Reading SIG
Framework & Language Portfolio (FLP) SIG Forum
Saturday, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm, Room 1002
Framework & Language Portfolio SIG
Elementary schools three–member team teaching
Saturday, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm, Room 1101
Domestic Affairs Committee
Polishing the mirror
Sunday, 11:10 am – 12:40 pm, Room B1
Testing and Evaluation SIG
Business English “Speed Date”
Sunday, 11:10 am – 12:40 pm, Rehearsal Room
Business English SIG (forming)
GILE SIG Forum: Sharing ideas, lessons, resources
Sunday, 11:10 am – 12:40 pm, Room 909
Global Issues in Language Education SIG
Snapshots: Active mirror of identity
Sunday 11:10 am – 12:40 pm, Room 1003
Learner Development SIG
Conference Information
The Rendezvous Space is the perfect place…
…to meet and get connected. If you’re curious about what dinners and parties are being held after hours or want
to know where you can find bars and restaurants within walking distance that are offering special discounts
to conference participants, come to the Rendezvous Space and check out the listings. This area is a convenient
meeting place and area for posting information about social events that are not being held at Granship, but
offsite. If your SIG is having a dinner and you would like to invite prospective new members, if your group dinner
has a couple of empty seats or if you are just looking for some people to go out with, the Rendezvous Space is the
place. You’re welcome to post sign-up sheets or just drop by to pick up participants. Make the Rendezvous Space
your home base, a place to meet friends old and new and to keep you informed and in touch throughout the
conference.
} The Rendezvous Space is located on the 1st floor, off the EME.
Books In–Books Out
Charity Book Sale
New for JALT2009 is a charity book recycling event called “Books In-Books Out,” sponsored by Abax ELT and
Language Solutions.
Before the conference JALT members were asked to donate their unwanted and used books to be offered
for sale during the “Books In-Books Out” charity book sale event here at the JALT2009 Conference. Abax ELT
and Language Solutions, two JALT Associate Members, paid to have the donated books shipped to their offices.
They have now gathered them all up and brought them here to the conference to be sold in the Books In-Books
Out display area. There are all kinds of books for sale—stop by and peruse the selection of novels, paperbacks,
nonfiction, self-help, business and children’s books. You can pick up one of these new-to-you books for a
donation of 100 yen and the proceeds will be given to charity. One can never have enough books!
Thank you to Abax ELT and Language Solutions for sponsoring this event and to all the JALT members
who kindly donated books. The Books In-Books Out Charity Book Sale can be found at booth 22 in the EME.
Conference Evaluation Forms
JALT2009 organizers and the JALT National Directors are very interested in hearing about your JALT2009
experience and receiving your feedback. Please send your comments by using the online Conference Evaluation
Form which can be found on the JALT website. For those of you who would rather give your feedback on paper
before you leave the conference, you will find Conference Evaluation Forms at the JALT Information Desk.
You can place completed forms in the box at the JALT Information Desk or you can give completed forms to an
intern. Thank you in advance for your time.
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Conference Information
A Space for Parents/Adults and Children
As a service to parents and/or conference participants who are bringing children, provision has been made for a
playroom/family space to use and enjoy. You will find videos, board games, books, toys and things that children
like to do all set up, and an opportunity to get away from the hustle and bustle of the convention. This can be
found near the registration area in the main lobby. As in past years, this is an unsupervised room, meaning
that conference participants remain fully responsible for the children that they bring on site, at all times. It
is neither intended nor acceptable for children of any age to be left unattended in this space. The safety and
security of your children cannot be stressed enough. If you need to give or attend a presentation, please make
arrangements with a trusted adult to mind your children. The playroom/family space is offered for the use of
our JALT members, guests and their children in the spirit of hospitality and in an effort to make JALT2009 more
comfortable for all—please use it responsibly. The Conference Committee, NPO JALT, and Granship cannot and
do not assume or accept any responsibility whatsoever for children at JALT2009.
} Located near the registration area in the main lobby.
JALT2009 Intern Program
As always, the JALT National Conference is supported by a fantastic team of student interns from universities
throughout Japan. This year there are students participating from Fukushima University, Meiji University,
Miyagi Gakuin Women’s University, Osaka Jogakuin College, Shizuoka Eiwa Gakuin University, Shizuoka
Sangyo University, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka University of Welfare, Tokai University, Tokai University
Junior College, Tokoha Gakuen University, Tokoha Gakuen Junior College, Toyo Gakuen University, and
University of Shizuoka. These talented students—many of whom are returning for their second JALT National—
are invaluable through the contribution they make in the smooth running and ultimate success of the
conference.
The conference interns work extremely hard onsite throughout all 3 days. In fact, the interns are the first
ones onsite every morning and the last ones to leave in the evening. The interns perform tasks and duties
which include helping set up for the conference, providing assistance to presenters and guidance to conference
attendees, giving technical support, assisting with registration and monitoring the rooms.
This year the intern program includes special training sessions provided by Marc Helgersen and P.J. Collins.
These sessions aim to foster group cohesiveness and team spirit, maximize the learning potential and ultimately
help students gain the most from this real-life experience. It is hoped that these experiences will inspire
subsequent academic work while providing an opportunity for students to interact with near-peer role models
and make new friends.
We are pleased to announce the start of the JALT Office Intern Program. Through this program students
have gained valuable work experience at the JALT Central Office in Tokyo during the 10 weeks leading up to
the conference. Interns supported JCO staff in preparation for the conference by assisting in the running of the
office and by inputting conference data into the JALT database.
The program aims to provide:
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meaningful work experience to supplement and enrich academic experience
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opportunities to assess and develop skills and abilities
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a broader perspective of JALT as an organization along with an overview of language teaching and
learning in Japan
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an opportunity for students to use their English ability in an office setting
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exposure to the structure, operations and processes of an NPO
Special thanks to:
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Adam Murray – Co-Intern Coordinator
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Shizuno Seki – Co-Intern Coordinator
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Marc Helgesen and PJ Collins – 2009 Intern Trainers
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Junko Fujio – JALT Central Office Supervisor and Junko Shirakawa – JALT Office Intern Supervisor
for their support and commitment to both the JALT Conference and the JALT Office Intern Program.
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The Best of JALT Awards
Every year, for the past dozen years or so, each JALT chapter and SIG has had the opportunity to nominate an
outstanding local presenter from the previous calendar year for a “Best of JALT” award. The winners don’t have
to be JALT members or first-time presenters and may even have given commercial presentations, as long as the
program is deemed “the best” in that chapter or at a local or regional SIG-sponsored event for that year. “Best of
JALT” winners are frequently invited to other chapters to repeat their award-winning presentations.
e Congratulations to the “Best of JALT” winners for 2009! f
Steve Quasha (nominated by Gunma), Exploring Portfolio Assessment in the EFL Classroom; Mark Neufeld
(Iwate), Debate and Structured Discussions in the EFL Classroom; Yusuke Yanase (Kitakyushu), A ThreeDimensional Understanding of Communicative Language Ability; Donna T. Fujimoto (Matsuyama), The Nikkei
Experience in Japan; Richard Hodson (Nagasaki), Can We Teach Humour in EFL classes?; Jim Smiley and
Brian Cullen (Sendai), Integrating Music into EFL Materials; Karen Ricks (Shinshu), Teaching Young Learners
with the Montessori Method; David Barker (Toyohashi) Getting Back to Basics in English Language Teaching; Mike
McDonald (West Tokyo), Combining General and Genre-Specific Approaches to L2 Writing Instruction
The awards will be presented by JALT President Caroline Lloyd at the National Conference JALT Ordinary
General Meeting, in the Koryu Hall at 4:35 pm, Sunday. Please come out and show your support for the
outstanding efforts of these excellent presenters.
Meet the JALT2009 Conference Team, Officers and Staff
…the people responsible for planning and executing Asia’s largest language teaching and learning conference
and educational materials exhibition. This year we celebrate the 35th Anniversary of JALT National, a tradition
built through the volunteer efforts of a membership of committed language educators—thank you.
Conference Co-Chairs – Steve Cornwell & Deryn Verity
Domestic Forum—Rick Bales
Conference Manager – Philip McCasland
Social Events—Forrest Nelson
Conference Program Chair—Sarah Louisa Birchley
International Food Fair—Jon Dujmovich
Conference Site Co-Chairs—Kazumi Kato & Masahiko
Goshi
Education Materials Exhibition—Naomi Fujishima
JALT Junior Program Chair—Lesley Ito
Job Information Center—Douglas Meyer
JALT Junior Site Chair—Jane Takizawa
Equipment—Frank Berberich & Noushad Shakoor
JALT Business Manager—Andrew Zitzmann
Student Interns—Adam Murray & Shizuno Seki
Conference Treasurer—Anthony Torbert
Conference Bags—Angela Shinkawa
Conference Preview Editor—Sarah Louisa Birchley
Photography—Jonathan Brown & David Chapman
Conference Handbook Editor—Laurie Thain
Signs—Alex Lipson
Conference Handbook Advisor—Aleda Krause
Sake—Etsuko Nakamura
Conference Handbook Proofreaders—Aleda Krause &
Mari Nakamura
Digital Display—Daniel Beck
Preview & Handbook Layout—Paul Collett
Registration Area & Materials—Emi Sugita
Information Desk—Yoshihisa Sakakibara
Best of JALT—Margaret Orleans
Liasons
4 Corners Tour Program—Mary Burkitt
VIP Liaison—Christopher Madden
Database and Website—Paul Collett
International VIP Liaison—Richmond Stroupe
JALT Central Office—Junko Fujio, Junko Shirakawa, Chie
Kobayashi & Yukiko Yaegashi
Balsamo Asian Scholar Liaison—Mary Burkitt
Assistant Liaisons—Felipe Franchini, Peter Hourdequin
& Robert Moreau
Coordinators
Publicity—Marcos Benevides & Steven Herder
Proposal Reading Committee—Paul Stapleton
JALT Directors and Auditor
President—Caroline Lloyd
Vice President—Cynthia Keith
Director of Treasury—Kevin Cleary
Poster Sessions—Andrew Boon
Director of Membership—Nathan Furuya
Technology in Teaching Workshops—Mark Shrosbree
& Paul Daniels
Director of Program—Philip McCasland
Director of Public Relations—Emi Itoi
Graduate Student Showcase Program—Donna Tatsuki
Director of Records—Aleda Krause
Auditor—Tadashi Ishida
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JALT2009 Reading Committee
This year the reading committee—comprised of the 63 members listed below and led by Paul Stapleton—read
the more than 800 abstracts that were submitted for vetting. Each abstract was assessed by three readers using an
online system. Scoring rubrics in five areas were utilized and it is estimated that about 55% of these submissions
were finally accepted for presentation. Thank you to the Reading Committee for all the hard work, time and
dedication in selecting such an excellent slate of presentations, forums and workshops for JALT2009.
Alice Svendson
Andrew Reimann
Barry Mateer
Bernie Susser
Bob Gettings
Brad Deacon
Cameron Romney
Catherine Matsuo
Chris Hunt
Chris Perry
Chris Storey
Cindy Edwards
Colin Skeates
Damian Lucantonio
David Kluge
David Shea
Don Hinkelman
Donna Fujimoto
Douglas Jarrell
Eric Skier
Frank Daulton
Greg Rouault
Harry Creagen
Hiroya Tanaka
Hugh Graham-Marr
Hugh Nicoll
James McCrostie
James Venema
Jeanne Wolf
John Thurman
Kate Sato
Keiko Tanaka
Kevin Ryan
Leon Bell
Malcolm Swanson
Mark Matsune
Mary Burkitt
Megumi Kawate-Mierzejewska
Naoko McLellan
Neal Snape
Neil Cowie
Neil Heffernan
Nozomu Sonda
Olivia Limbu
Rachele Stucker
Robert Taferner
Shirley Leane
Stephen Ryan
Steve McGuire
Stuart Walker
Sue Fraser
Susan Gould
Suzan Miller
Theron Muller
Thomas Amundrud
Thomas Hardy
Tim Greer
Tim Grose
Torkil Christensen
Travis Mactier
Wilma Luth
Yuco Kikuchi
Yukie Kawaguchi
Call for Presentations: JALT2010
36th International Conference on Language Teaching
and Learning & Educational Materials Exhibition
Creativity: Think Outside the Box
20-22 November, 2010 Nagoya, Japan
Submissions accepted from: Sunday, January 10, 2010 Deadline: Friday, April 23, 2010
The world is changing. We are preparing people today for jobs and contexts that do not yet exist. The key to
thriving, not merely surviving into the future is creativity.
Creativity now is as important in education as literacy, and we should treat it with the same status.*
So join us at JALT2010 for something beyond the usual workshops and plenary speeches. Along with
traditional presentation formats, the conference committee welcomes unusual ideas, proposals and innovations.
Come on and surprise us—show the world what can happen when we think outside the box.
*Sir Ken Robinson, educator and philosopher
Conference Chairs
Steve Brown
Donna Tatsuki
For more information
To submit a proposal
<jalt.org/conferences/>
<jalt.org/conferences/submit>
See you in Aichi!
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Job Information Center (JIC)
Where Educators and Employers Connect
} Located on the 6th floor, ouside the Koryu Hall
The mission of the Job Information Center is to help educators and employers find each other. We serve the
needs of both our teacher members/conference participants as well as recruiters from Japan and beyond to find
and interview candidates for teaching positions.
Of course, the first thing you will find when you visit the JIC are the job listings, but there is also information
available about the job market. Once again we will be offering professional development workshops for
teachers. This year the focus will be on what we consider to be the three key elements of a successful job search:
building your resume, interview skills and tips, and professional development.
Teachers can begin by dropping off resumes at the JIC desk, as this is where recruiters will start in their
efforts to find you. Once your resume is submitted, it will be reviewed by recruiters and you may be invited to
an interview. Things can happen quite quickly at the conference so please check back with the desk regularly.
Also, informal meetings are bound to happen, so bring updated resumes (either on paper or a USB memory
stick) and contact information with you.
If you are a job recruiter, the JIC is the ideal place to post jobs, review resumes, and interview job applicants.
Our system is designed to assist you in finding teaching professionals to match your employment needs.
Feel free to drop by to talk and to browse through the many positions posted on our job boards. To make it
easier to identify pertinent listings, all postings will be arranged by region. We look forward to seeing you.
See below for details of the professional development workshops.
Douglas Meyer
JALT JIC Coordinator
For any post-conference inquiries, please contact the Job Information Center coordinator, Douglas Meyer
([email protected])
Job Information Centre workshops
} JIC Workshop 1 – Resume Building (Saturday 11:20 am, Room B1)
} JIC Workshop 2 – Professional Development (Sunday 3:45 pm, Room 1202)
} JIC Workshop 3 – Interview Skills (Monday 9:20 am, Dai 2-1)
Workshop 1 – Resume Building: In this workshop the JIC team will concentrate on tips and pointers for brushing
up your resume or building a new one from scratch. We will also take a look at Japanese-style resumes and how
they can move your application to the top of the pile.
Workshop 2 – Professional Development: Tired of feeling like a hamster running on a wheel? Ready to work hard to
land the best jobs in your city? Here are 10 tips anyone can use in order to move up the ladder.
Workshop 3 – Interviewing Skills: These days the competition for a limited number of jobs is fierce. Even a few
poorly chosen words can spoil your chances of getting that new position. At this workshop, we will go over
some basic skills, interview do’s and don’ts and share a few success stories.
Call for papers
JALT2009 Conference Proceedings
The Teaching-Learning Dialogue: An Active Mirror
The Conference Proceedings is the official, annual JALT post conference publication of presentations. As a noncommercial presenter at JALT2009, you are cordially invited to submit an article based on your presentation
for publication in the Conference Proceedings. In the same way that your presentation was vetted prior to the
conference, your conference article would also be subject to peer review. An article published in the Proceedings
qualifies as a refereed publication. The Proceedings also functions as an important reference point for foreign
language teaching in Japan and internationally. We do, therefore, strongly encourage you to submit an article.
For more information on submitting, plus an online submissions form, please go to –
www.jalt-publications.org/proceedings/2009/. The deadline for submissions is January 6, 2010.
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Site and General Information
Registration – Conference bags, JALT2009 Sweatshirts and Sake event tickets
Since you are reading this in the handbook, you have probably already registered and know that the registration
area is located in the lobby, beside the escalators and outside of the EME. The registration area is also coordinating
the conference bags, selling JALT2009 conference sweatshirts and selling the tickets for the Sake event.
Conference Badges
Admission to the conference is by conference badge. Please wear your conference badge to all conference events.
There will be a replacement charge for lost badges. Upon leaving, please return the plastic tag holder to the
box at the registration desk.
The Cloakroom
The cloakroom is located on the 1st Floor, in the Chu Hall lobby, opposite the EME.
PLEASE NOTE: While every effort will be made to protect your belongings, neither JALT nor the Granship can
take responsibility for the loss of any valuables. Please do not leave any valuables in the cloakroom. The
cloakroom will close 15 minutes after the last presentation of each day.
The Rendezvous Space - meeting point, contact area, bulletin board, messages
The Rendezvous Space is located on the 1st floor, off the EME. It serves as a place to meet, post personal messages
or information about social events and get/stay connected. There is a bulletin board for your use and a list of
restaurants and bars in the area offering special deals and discounts to conference delegates who show their
JALT2009 badges.
Information – there are two information desks
1. JALT Information Desk – near the registration area in the EME. They answer questions to do with the
conference, conference events, JALT activities, and JALT membership—they also have maps of the conference
site and the EME.
2. Granship Information Desk – in the lobby, just to the left as you come through the main entrance of the
Granship conference facility. They will deal with “lost & found” inquiries, supplies needed in the restrooms,
location of bank machines and other questions related to the facility.
Continuing the Dialogue - quiet conversation areas
You will notice signs indicating conversation areas around the facility. These are designated areas where you can
sit quietly and “continue the dialogue” with others after a presentation.
JTB Travel Agency Desk
The Official Travel Agent for JALT2009 is JTB. They can be found in the EME and are the ones to go to if you are
having any difficulties with your bookings, if you are looking for last minute accommodations or have travelrelated questions. Please be aware that if you have made your own bookings—without using JTB, our official
agent—they will probably try to help you but it is not really required of them, so please keep that in mind.
Banking
Please inquire at the Granship Information Desk near the main entrance on the main floor.
Parking
Granship has 360 parking spaces—the cost is 100 yen per hour if you pay in the lobby of Granship. If you use
the parking garage be sure to pay while Granship is open.
Restrooms
Facilities are located on every floor. Please report any shortage of supplies to the Granship Information Desk.
Smoking
For the safety and comfort of all, Granship does not allow smoking at all, in any space, within the conference
facility.
Lost & Found
Found items will be held at the Granship Information Desk.
Thank you Tokai University!
JALT would like to express their appreciation to Tokai University who has generously provided us
with tents for the International Food Festival and general support for JALT2009.
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The JALT National Conference is 35 Years Old This Year
Celebrating, Reflecting and Moving Ahead
JALT2009 marks the 35th year for JALT as an association and host of what has become the largest International
Conference on Language Teaching and Learning & Educational Materials Exhibition in Asia. This is a time for
reflection. The building of an association the size of JALT does not happen without sustained support from all
members. JALT has a current membership of approximately 2700 including language teaching professionals, a
vibrant and supportive team of Associate and Commercial Members plus a worldwide network of Affiliate Members.
Look around you… JALT2009 and the commitment to language teaching and language education is the result of the
collective effort and a great source of pride for all. Thank you for your part in making JALT what it is today.
Associate and Commercial Members
JALT Associate Members and Commercial Members support us in many ways—they are much more than just
sponsors. They provide us with speakers from abroad for many of our events and help out financially with event
planning and execution on a regular basis through their dues and advertising.
The EME (Educational Materials Exhibition) is the space we dedicate to our Associate and Commercial
Members at JALT National Conferences. Please take some time to ‘cruise the EME.’ You will be meeting and
talking with the leaders in our industry and some of JALT’s biggest supporters!!
Special Mention
On this 35th Anniversary of JALT we would like to recognize the following five companies for their long-term support.
They have been JALT Associate Members for over 30 years.
Macmillan Language House, McGraw-Hill Education, Oxford University Press, Pearson Longman, Seido Language Institute
ABAX Ltd.
Alma Publishing
Apple Japan
Aston University
Banner Financial Services
British Council
BTB Press*
C.I.E.E.
Cambridge University Press
Cengage Learning K.K.
Compass Publishing Japan
David English House
EFL Press
English Central*
F.I.A.
Houghton Mifflin Company
I.I.B.C. (Kokusai Bus. Comm.)
IFG Asia Ltd.
Int’l Commus. School Inc.
Intercom Press Inc.
Kinseido Publishing Co. Ltd.
Language Solutions Japan
Lexxica
Macmillan Language House
Macquarie University Sydney
Mcgraw-Hill Education
Momentum Education Japan
Nan’un-do
Nellie’s Group
Oxford University Press
Pearson Longman
Perceptia Press
Praxis Ed.*
R.I.C. Publications
Real English Broadband
RMIT English Worldwide
Rosetta Stone Japan Inc.*
Saint Michael’s College
Scholastic Inc.
Seibido
Seido Language Institute
Shizuoka Writers Consortium*
STEP Eiken
Teachers College Columbia University
Temple University Japan
The English Company
The New School University*
University Of Chichester
University Of Exeter*
Vancouver Island University
WIDE World, Harvard Grad School*
World Learning SIT Graduate Institute
Yomiuri Shimbun/The Daily Yomiuri
* Welcome to our new Associate and Commercial Members for 2009!
A warm JALT2009 welcome to representatives of our International and Domestic
Affiliate Member Associations
International Affiliate Members
ETA-ROC – English Teaching Association of the
Republic of China
FEELTA – Far Eastern English Language Teachers’
Association
IATEFL – International Association of Teachers of
English as a Foreign Language
KOTESOL – Korea Teachers of English to Speakers of
Other Languages
Linguapax Asia
JALT2009
TESOL – Teachers of English to Speakers of Other
Languages
ThaiTESOL – Thailand TESOL
PALT – Philippine Association of Language Teaching
Domestic Affiliate Members
JACET – Japan Association for College English Teachers
ETJ – English Teachers in Japan
AJET – Association of Japan Exchange and Teaching
ACTJ – Association of Canadian Teachers in Japan
ESTEEM – Elementary School Thematic English
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Apple Japan
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McGraw-Hill Education
SIT Graduate Institute
St. Michael's College
Scholastic Inc.
Banner Financial Services
The English Company
Houghton Mifflin
WIDE World, Harvard Grad. School of Ed.
Praxis Ed
Nan'un-do Publishing Co.
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Study Abroad
Lifelong Language Learning
Junior High Senior High
Computer Assisted Language Learning
Global Issues in Language Education
Professionalism, Administation and Leadership in Ed.
Gender Awareness in Language Education
Learner Development
College and University Educators
Extensive Reading
Other Language Educators
Japanese as a Second Language
Framework and Language Portfolio
Materials Writers
Teacher Education
Teachers Helping Teachers
Bilingualism
JALT2009
Featured Speaker Workshops
Featured Speaker Workshops
Please note that the Featured Speaker Workshops are limited to 40 participants.
Registration for this event will be through the sponsors.
Please drop by the sponsoring organization’s booth in the
EME for further information and to get a ticket to attend one of these workshops.
Saturday, 11:10 AM - 12:40 PM
Sunday, 11:10 AM - 12:40 PM
A global view from your classroom window
Business English and TOEIC
Johannsen, Kristin - Textbook author
[email protected]
11:10 AM - 12:40 PM (90 min)
Room 1003
Featured Speaker Workshop
English
College & University Education: Global Issues in Language
Education (GILE)
This practical, hands-on workshop will present ways
that teachers can bring cross-cultural learning and
communication into their own classrooms. Participants
will develop their own definitions of cross-cultural
communication, then take part in several classroom
activities that use language to explore culture and promote
understanding. Activities like these build students’
confidence in their ability to have enlightening and
enjoyable cross-cultural encounters through use of their new
language.
Sponsored by: Cengage Learning
Extensive reading or intensive skills practice—Two
sides of the same coin?
Craven, Miles - Møller Centre, University of Cambridge
[email protected]
11:10 AM - 12:40 PM (90 min)
Room 1101
Featured Speaker Workshop
English
General: Extensive Reading (ER)
This workshop will compare and contrast the merits of
extensive and intensive reading. Participants will examine
the two approaches, review their respective merits, and
focus not on the tensions between extensive and intensive
reading, but on their mutual strengths: each approach can
be a complementary mirror to the other. Participants will
swap ideas on how to overcome the challenges that teaching
reading presents, and draw up a list of key principles and
guidelines for teachers.
Sponsored by: MacMillan Language House
Trew, Grant - Author, Testing and Evaluation Consultant
11:10 AM - 12:40 PM (90 min)
Room 1101
Featured Speaker Workshop
English
College & University Education: Testing and Evaluation
(TEVAL)
Developing practical English skills of use in the workplace
is more important than ever with companies increasingly
relying on the TOEIC® test to evaluate English ability. In this
workshop, the presenter will show how goals of practical
business English and effective TOEIC® preparation classes
are largely similar, and will demonstrate that the same
interactive and communication-focused techniques can and
should be applied in both types of classes.
Sponsored by: Oxford University Press
Building students’ confidence
Buckingham, Angela - Writer, teacher and teacher trainer
11:10 AM - 12:40 PM (90 min)
Room 1202
Featured Speaker Workshop
English
College & University Education: Motivation (MOT)
In this day and age of frequent travel, an increasing number
of people find it necessary to be able to communicate in
English. This presentation will examine why this might be so
and explore ways in which proven classroom activities and
techniques can provide students with the tools needed in
order to participate in everyday situations using English—be
it at home, with a foreign homestay student, or overseas on a
business trip or holiday.
Sponsored by: Oxford University Press
Introducing corpora into the language classroom
Groom, Nicholas - Centre for English Language Studies,
University of Birmingham
11:10 AM - 12:40 PM (90 min)
Room 1202
Featured Speaker Workshop
English
General: Corpus (COR)
Electronic text corpora and corpus linguistics have had
a profound impact on second language dictionaries,
grammars, and course books, yet few teachers or learners
access corpora directly. This workshop will consider
the reasons for this and possible solutions. Activities
demonstrating the value and viability of using corpora in the
classroom will be employed. The workshop aims to provide
participants with the inspiration and practical means with
which to successfully introduce corpora into their language
classrooms.
Sponsored by: David English House
PRESENTATION SUMMARIES
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Saturday November 21st Morning Presentations
Saturday Presentations
Seven ways of looking at grammar: One way of
SAT looking at grammar–as “Grammar McNuggets”
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French Forum: The teaching-learning relationship
Lauffenburger, Alain - Kagoshima Immaculate Heart
University
Hernandez, Ernesto - Kanazawa Institute of Technology
Fortin, Eric - St. Mary’s College
[email protected]
11:10 AM - 12:50 PM (100 min)
Room B2
Forum
French
College & University Education: Languages Other than
English or Japanese (OLE)
Le Forum de Français aura trois présentations. Un
présentateur parlera de ses idées sur l’enseignement
thématique et comment appuyer le sujet de “nourriture et
cuisine” pour faire des leçons pour des classes débutantes,
intermédiaires, et avances. Le duexième expliquera comment
il utilise diverses méthodes dans ses classes, comme les
vidéos, livres pour enfants, chansons, et objets. Le dernier
montrera comment ses étudiants apprennent des phrases
entières au lieu des mots individuels comme points lexicals.
Mobile phones for role play in the ESL classroom
Soon, Estee
[email protected]
11:10 AM - 11:35 AM (25 min)
Room B3
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Speaking/Communication (SC)
The presenter will focus on the use of camera mobile phones
in capturing students’ role play outside the classroom. The
purpose of this video project is to facilitate student practice
of conversational English in the real environment. Video
data of role plays in and outside of the classroom will be
shown and discussed. Based on the findings, the presenter
will suggest ways to use camera mobile phones to further
enhance conversational English through role play.
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Thornbury, Scott - The New School
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM (45 min)
Chu Hall
Plenary Session
English
General: Teacher Education (TED)
What is grammar and how is it internalised in the mind?
How we answer this question impacts on the way we teach
second languages. In this talk I will review some of the key
models of grammar and look at their implications in terms
of classroom practice. In doing so, I will suggest that models
grounded in both sociolinguistics and psycholinguistics
offer a more valid basis for teaching than do purely linguistic
descriptions.
Sponsored by: Cambridge University Press
The Language Teacher annual meeting
Talandis Jr., Jerry - Toyo Gakuen University
[email protected]
11:10 AM - 12:10 PM (60 min)
Rehearsal Room
Meeting
English
Non-teaching Context: Non-teaching Content
This meeting is for the staff of The Language Teacher. All
TLT staff are encouraged to attend and participate in lively
discussion on an agenda of various production-related
items. Since this is primarily a staff meeting, JALT members
with questions about TLT should visit the JALT Publications
display table or attend the separate presentation entitled:
“Getting published in JALT publications.”
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Let’s Talk Online, e-learning for speaking
Porter, Ben - reallyenglish
11:10 AM - 12:10 PM (60 min)
Chu Hall
Long Paper
English
General: Speaking/Communication (SC)
Let’s Talk Online (LTO) is a new product designed to optimize
self-study by giving students more time on speaking tasks in
an easy-to-use and fun environment. It can be used as standalone e-learning courseware or in combination with Let’s Talk
course books. The presenter will demonstrate LTO’s potential for
developing more confident learners and better preparing them for
communication-oriented classes. LTO was developed jointly by
Cambridge University Press and e-learning specialist reallyenglish.
Sponsored by: Cambridge University Press
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Feedback for reading comprehension online
Langdon, Craig - Kanda University of International Studies
Bollen, David - Kanda University of International Studies
Murphy, Philip - Kanda University of International Studies
[email protected]
11:10 AM - 11:35 AM (25 min)
AV Hall
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Language and Technology
(CALL)
This paper describes an ongoing project to create an online
version of a reading programme for 1st-year university English
majors. The aim of this current study is twofold: a) to gain a
greater understanding of the challenges students face during
the reading process while completing computer-mediated
reading comprehension exercises and b) to create guidelines
for providing appropriate forms of feedback online.
Motivation in online and face-to-face contexts
Rubesch, Troy - University of Hawai’i at Manoa
[email protected]
11:10 AM - 11:35 AM (25 min)
Hikae 1
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Motivation (MOT)
As the popularity of online English courses grows, it is
important to understand the needs of learners in both our
face-to-face and virtual classrooms. The presenter will outline
a study that compared the self-reported motivational factors
of students in online and face-to-face versions of an EAP
writing course. Results for each medium of the class will be
compared and contrasted. Implications for teaching and
further research will be discussed.
Getting wet or staying dry: Immersion while abroad
Hansen, Jerrod - Osaka Jogakuin College
[email protected]
11:10 AM - 11:35 AM (25 min)
Hikae 2
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Study Abroad (SA)
This analysis of two different types of study abroad programs
reveals factors that affect the immersion of students in
the host culture. Further discussion explores how variable
immersion experiences affect student outcomes, especially
with regard to intercultural awareness and self-confidence.
Factors discussed include age of participants (high school
vs college), program scheduling, living arrangements
(dormitories, homestay), and environment (urban/rural,
climate, etc).
PRESENTATION SUMMARIES
Saturday November 21st Morning Presentations
IELTS students: What they want and what they need
Arneill, Philip - Mcgraw-Hill/British Council
11:10 AM - 12:10 PM (60 min)
Dai 2-2
Workshop
English
General: Testing and Evaluation (TEVAL)
IELTS is the internationally proven English test with over
1.2 million candidates taking the test each year. In Japan,
the number of students choosing IELTS continues to grow.
But what are examiners really looking for from candidates?
This practical, hands-on workshop looks at the IELTS testing
system, and how to use targeted IELTS preparation material
to help focus your students on taking that vital extra step up
to achieve the results they really want.
Sponsored by: Mcgraw-Hill
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Teaching-learning dialogue in self-access learning
Murray, Garold - Okayama University
Lindeman, Greg - Soka University
Vye, Stacey - Saitama University
Sasaki, Daniel - Soka University
Ichikawa, Yukiko - Soka University
Bartelen, Herman - Kanda Institute of Foreign Languages
Sugawara, Hisako - Kanda Institute of Foreign Languages
Mynard, Jo - Kanda University of International Studies
Navarro, Diego - Kanda University of International Studies
[email protected]
11:10 AM - 12:50 PM (100 min)
Koryu Hall
Forum
English
College & University Education: Learner Development (LD)
In self-access language learning the teaching-learning
dialogue takes place primarily in the language advising
situation. However, the dialogue is not limited to teachers
advising learners. Learners can learn from other learners,
and language advisors can learn from learners. In this forum,
educators working at different universities describe the
teaching-learning dialogue in their self-access centers and
discuss how this dialogue informs the practice of learners
and language advisors.
Interdisciplinary studies in medicine
Chidlow, Sean - Oita University
[email protected]
11:10 AM - 11:35 AM (25 min)
Tenji B-1
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: English for Specific
Purposes (ESP)
The presentation will focus on the methods and materials
used to conduct an English for Special Purposes Course,
designed for 4th-year medical students. The presenter will
demonstrate how literature is used as a resource for teaching
multiple perspectives of empathy, a concept which is central
to medical students’ professional goals.
The linguistic landscape of NYC
Nishiyama, Mikie - Kyoto University Graduate School
11:10 AM - 11:35 AM (25 min)
Tenji B-2
Short Paper
Japanese
General: Sociolinguistics (SL)
発表者を含むグループは、NY市でNY州都市交通局が運営する地下鉄7番
線の言語使用状況を調査した。地下鉄で使用されている言語はその言語を
使用する民族の人口に対応しているか、使用されていない言語はNY市民
がその言語について抱く言語表象を反映するかを考察した。調査結果から
NY市民のLOTE使用状況と英語が使用言語として選択される状況を社会
的使用の観点から考察する。
Backchannel: A feature of Japanese English
Ike, Saya - University of Melbourne
[email protected]
11:10 AM - 11:35 AM (25 min)
Short Paper
General: Speaking/Communication (SC)
PRESENTATION SUMMARIES
Tenji C-1
English
This paper presents a detailed analysis of backchannel
behaviour in English conversation produced by Japanese
speakers. It is based on audio and video conversation data
that was gathered and a large-scale survey of attitudes
towards this backchannel behaviour by Japanese English
speakers and speakers of Australian English and other
varieties of English.
SAT
Corpus-based input and use of lexical bundles
SUN
Chen, Rosa Hui-Ju
rosa.nctu@gmail
11:10 AM - 11:35 AM (25 min)
Tenji C-2
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Corpus (COR)
This quasi-experimental study seeks to investigate the
acquisition of lexical bundles by 182 EFL students in Taiwan.
A web-based EFL language learning platform (IWiLL) was
applied and corpus-based data was used as input.
Simple and important English grammar
JJ
Kikuchi, Yuco - English Pier
[email protected]
11:10 AM - 12:10 PM (60 min)
Room 901
Workshop
English and Japanese
Teaching Children: Elementary and Preschool (ELEM)
初級学習者に難しい文法のひとつに主語と動詞の一致があるが、単数と
複数の概念は主語を見極めそれに続く動詞を選ぶときに重要になると思
われる。この発表では子でも理解が容易な名詞の単数複数を対比させて
指導し、楽しい方法で文法の基礎となる単数と複数の違いを学べる活動
例と段階を踏んだ指導内容の過程を紹介する。
Classroom interaction and gesture
JJ
Watanabe, Aya - University of Hawaii at Manoa
11:10 AM - 11:35 AM (25 min)
Room 902
Short Paper
English
Teaching Children: Elementary and Preschool (ELEM)
The current study investigated the significance of the use
of gestures through observing foreign language classroom
interaction in Japan. Using Conversation Analysis as a
framework, the study examined how verbal and nonverbal
resources are utilized by both the experienced EFL teacher
and elementary school students. The study found that the
teacher combined talk and gesture to allocate turns and elicit
student utterances. Students significantly employed nonverbal resources in order to display their understanding.
Tests, technology and TBLT: Target task writing
JJ
Super simple holiday songs and activities
JJ
Hourdequin, Peter - Columbia Teachers College
[email protected]
11:10 AM - 11:35 AM (25 min)
Room 903
Short Paper
English
Junior/Senior High School: Writing (WRIT)
This session will explore teaching and learning techniques
which help EFL high school students prepare for real world
writing tasks. The first half of the presentation will focus on
helping students prepare for Japanese university entrance
exam short-answer question performance. The second
half will outline a task-based project which engages high
school learners in writing an article for the popular online
encyclopedia, Wikipedia.
Yoder, Tanja - Super Simple Learning
11:10 AM - 12:10 PM (60 min)
Room 904
Workshop
English
Teaching Children: Elementary and Preschool (ELEM)
Classroom activities, party ideas, and simple songs to
celebrate holidays.
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Practical activities for jr. high and high school
students
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Grant, John - British Council
11:10 AM - 12:10 PM (60 min)
Room 905
Workshop
English
Junior/Senior High School: Speaking/Communication (SC)
The workshop will look at various reading, writing and speaking
activities that are useful for junior high school and high school
students. Being a workshop, there will be the opportunity to
actively participate in these activities and to take away firsthand
knowledge of the benefits of communicative language teaching.
This material comes from the British Council Koto-Ku project.
Sponsored by: British Council
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Harland, Jane - Fukuoka University
[email protected]
11:10 AM - 11:35 AM (25 min)
Room 906
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Culture (CUL)
The presenter will use several years’ of experience in training
Japanese professionals to deliver presentations in English,
to highlight cultural differences that emerge in the process
of preparing and delivering talks using PowerPoint slides.
Combining language and visuals in order to communicate
effectively on the presentation stage is not easy, however,
with support, nonnative speakers can present their research
to an international audience.
Showcasing faculty role models for learners
Brown, Howard - University of Niigata Prefecture
11:10 AM - 11:35 AM (25 min)
Room 907
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Motivation (MOT)
Recently, a great deal of research and pedagogical work has
gone into encouraging Japanese teachers of English to use
more English in the classroom to provide students with a
positive image of language use. Faculty members from other
content areas can also be role models for students’ English
success. This study indicates that viewing videos of nonEnglish specialist faculty members using English positively
influences students’ motivation, confidence and sense of
connection to English.
Kwansei Gakuin University Graduate Student Showcase
11:10 am - 12:35 pm (25 min)
Room 908
Graduate Showcase
English and Japanese
Various: Various
Presentations by graduate students of Kwansei Gakuin
University. See page 85 for details.
Scaffolding and the role of contingency
Lucantonio, Damian - University of Electro-Communications
[email protected]
11:10 AM - 11:35 AM (25 min)
Room 909
Short Paper
English
General: Sociolinguistics (SL)
This paper will examine the role of contingency in the
scaffolding process, a process considered fundamental to
learning. Drawing on sociocultural learning theory and
using classroom data, contingency will be discussed by
showing how it relates to independent learning, particularly
the gradual handing over of control from the teacher to
the learner. Participants will gain an expanded view of the
scaffolding process and the role contingency plays in the
teaching–learning dialog.
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Natural language usage: A key element for TOEIC
Trew, Grant - Oxford University Press
11:10 AM - 12:50 PM (100 min)
Room 910
Forum
English
General: Testing and Evaluation (TEVAL)
The TOEIC® features very natural English. Students not
familiar with the phrases, organizational conventions
and sound changes found in everyday conversation will
both lose points on the test and have difficulty interacting
with native speakers. This presentation will highlight the
types of natural language and phonetic changes found
on the TOEIC® that learners often find challenging, then
demonstrate effective classroom activities to help students
get better scores and become more effective and natural
communicators.
Sponsored by: Oxford University Press
Impact of a 4-year-long extensive reading program
Nishizawa, Hitoshi - Toyota National College of Technology
Yoshioka, Takayoshi - Toyota National College of Technology
Fukada, Momoyo - Toyota National College of Technology
[email protected]
11:10 AM - 11:35 AM (25 min)
Room 1001-1
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Extensive Reading (ER)
This paper reports on the impact of a long-term extensive
reading program for reluctant EFL learners. The program
consisted of weekly 45-minute sustained silent reading
classes for 120 weeks for 4 continuous academic years. The
students selected their favorite books and were allowed to
check out books for extra reading. They improved their
attitudes toward English, reading speed, and TOEIC scores.
There was a strong correlation between their TOEIC scores
and amount of reading done.
Instrumentality in compulsory English classes
Fryer, Luke - Kyushu Sangyo University
Nakao, Kaori - Kyushu Sangyo University
[email protected]
11:10 AM - 11:35 AM (25 min)
Room 1001-2
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Motivation (MOT)
The instrumentality of learning English as a second language
is widely acknowledged, and often used as a motivator
for students. This presentation outlines the potential
importance of instrumental motivation for tertiary learning
and presents a questionnaire for assessing the perceived
utility of learning English in compulsory university classes.
The results of a multiple regression (n=1365), assessing
the relationship between the three types of instrumental
motivation measured and English ability (TOEIC Bridge),
will also be presented.
Understanding language learning mindsets
Ryan, Stephen - Seitoku University
Mercer, Sarah - University of Graz, Austria
[email protected]
11:10 AM - 11:35 AM (25 min)
Room 1002
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Motivation (MOT)
This presentation considers the concept of mindsets as a
possible framework for understanding the psychological
dimension of foreign language learning. Emerging from an
exploratory study carried out with tertiary-level learners
of English in Austria and Japan, the paper conceptualises
language learning mindsets based on the individual’s beliefs
regarding the relative roles of natural talent and effort within
the language learning process. The paper also considers
practical pedagogic applications of the concept.
PRESENTATION SUMMARIES
Saturday November 21st Morning Presentations
Coauthoring projects between teachers and student
Tanaka, Hiromasa - Meisei University
Zhang, Xiao Rui - Meisei University
Kawamata, Takanori - Meisei University
Sato, Yoichi - Meisei University
Sugiyama, Aya - Hoya Second Elementary School
[email protected]
11:10 AM - 12:50 PM (100 min)
Wind Hall
Forum
English
College & University Education: Framework (CEFR etc.) &
Language Portfolio (FLP)
The forum presents three studies which emerged from
ongoing dialogue between graduate students and teachers/
researchers/activists in the discipline of applied linguistics.
The three presentations are followed by discussions on
possible student-teacher collaborations which potentially
enhance research validity. These qualitative studies include
projects coauthored by ex-students/in-service teachers and
their university professors. The studies demonstrate a fertile
research terrain based on active dialogue between researchers
with multiple perspectives.
11:45 AM
A bridge to where? What does TOEIC Bridge measure?
Tokunaga, Miki - Kyushu Sangyo University
Holster, Trevor - Kyushu Sangyo University
[email protected]
11:45 AM - 12:10 PM (25 min)
Room B1
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Testing and Evaluation
(TEVAL)
TOEIC Bridge targets everyday language proficiency, but the
use of such standardized tests in language programs requires
understanding the content and skills measured by the test.
However, impressionistic, qualitative analyses are inadequate
to determine the construct underlying the test. This
presentation will discuss analysis of official TOEIC Bridge
practice tests using Rasch measurement to investigate the
relationship between parts of the test and the contribution
of different facets of item-to-item difficulty.
Peer and teacher feedback and learners’ revisions
Kimura, Noriko - Ritsumeikan University (part-time)
11:45 AM - 12:10 PM (25 min)
Room B3
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Writing (WRIT)
This study describes peer and teacher feedback received
and revisions made by Japanese EFL learners over a year.
The feedback and revisions were simultaneously coded in
terms of intentions of feedback, content of feedback, forms
of feedback, sources of feedback, and learner responses to
feedback. This multifaceted analysis revealed important
characteristics of and differences between the peer and
teacher feedback and their possible effects on the learners’
responses to the feedback in their revising activities.
Intercultural exchange through Skype
Donnery, Eucharia - Kwansei Gakuin University
Nakano, Yoko - Kwansei Gakuin University
Yamaguchi, Toshiko - Tunku Abdul Rahman University
Fukui, Seiji - Kwansei Gakuin University
Liederbach, Hans Peter - Kwansei Gakuin University
Sanders, Matthew - Kwansei Gakuin University
[email protected]
11:45 AM - 12:10 PM (25 min)
AV Hall
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Language and Technology
(CALL)
In this paper, we will present the findings of an English
real-time interactive web chat through a Japan-Malaysia
PRESENTATION SUMMARIES
intervarsity liaison session using the popular peer-to-peer
computer networking system, Skype, as the vehicle for intercultural communication. Because of the nonthreatening
aspect of nonnative communicative exchange, the Japanese
students were able to explore issues of national identity, as
well as to debunk some Japanese cultural stereotypes for their
Malaysian counterparts.
SAT
Learning vocabulary through an AI reading system
SUN
Stockwell, Glenn - Waseda University
[email protected]
11:45 AM - 12:10 PM (25 min)
Hikae 1
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Language and Technology
(CALL)
Research has shown that while learners will naturally
acquire vocabulary through extensive reading, vocabulary
acquisition is significantly more effective when
supplemented with targeted vocabulary activities. The
purpose of the current study was to investigate an intelligent
system which created individualized vocabulary activities for
each learner based on hyperlinked words that were clicked
on during extensive reading. Data concerning the words
clicked, the time taken to look at word descriptions, and time
spent completing vocabulary activities were collected.
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Pinzon, Jocelyn - University of the Philippines-Diliman &
Cebu
[email protected]
11:45 AM - 12:10 PM (25 min)
Hikae 2
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Culture (CUL)
The presenter will show that popular music is a site wherein
resistance to specific historical narratives of a country can be
expressed. Using the notion that code switching is a mode
of resistance (Tupas, 2002) for research about songs that
retell the discovery of the Philippines in 1521, the paper
argues that code switching, when used with literary devices,
acquires an intensified level of resistance to established
historical narratives.
Global citizenship education and language learning
Hicks, Salem K. - Kyoto Women’s University
[email protected]
11:45 AM - 12:10 PM (25 min)
Dai 2-1
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Global Issues in Language
Education (GILE)
This presentation will explain what global citizenship education
is, why it is appropriate in Japan and how it will benefit
our students. The presentation posits the necessity and
appropriateness of including global citizenship education
in language education curriculum, based on findings in a
study conducted by the presenter over a 1-year language skills
course. Methods used in the study were a student perceptions
questionnaire, classroom observations, and student learning.
Students’ attitude toward study abroad
Fukasawa, Emi - Sophia University
[email protected]
11:45 AM - 12:10 PM (25 min)
Tenji B-1
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Study Abroad (SA)
The aim of this study was to reveal the changes in
learner’s attitude and motivation during study abroad.
By interviewing before and after the study abroad and
exchanging biweekly questionnaires with university students
who stayed in an English-speaking country for 5 months,
it can be said that the students’ attitude changed at several
points in the stay, and it was not stable throughout the stay.
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Not a pipedream: Quality student-created materials
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Pals, Thomas - Shizuoka University of Art and Culture
[email protected]
11:45 AM - 12:10 PM (25 min)
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Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Materials Writing and
Design (MW)
The presenter will show attendees how to teach their
students how to make high quality listening materials for
classroom use. The presenter will break the presentation
down into two main areas: materials creation and classroom
use of the materials created. Each of these areas is further
broken down into manageable tasks. Both primary
and secondary language skill benefits will be discussed.
Newcomers to the field of materials development will benefit
the most from this presentation.
Verb insertion in English-Japanese code-switching
Namba, Kazuhiko - Kyoto Sangyo University
[email protected]
11:45 AM - 12:10 PM (25 min)
Tenji C-1
Short Paper
English
General: Bilingualism (BIL)
This study explores the structural aspect of code-switching.
English-Japanese bilingual siblings’ naturalistic data are
analyzed using Myers-Scotton’s MLF and 4-M model.
Insertions of EL verbs are focused on. The strategy of creating
bilingual compound verbs is observed. A continuum according
to EL activation is identified. This can be evidence to refute the
formal distinction between borrowing and EL insertion.
Exit exams as a lever for educational policies?
Pan, Yi-Ching - National Pingtung Institute of Commerce,
Taiwan
11:45 AM - 12:10 PM (25 min)
Tenji C-2
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Administration,
Management, & Employment Issues (PALE)
What prompts some school administrators to comply
with government testing directives? This study explores
that question by investigating administrators’ stakes in
contributing to the level of test impact brought about by
English certification exit requirements in Taiwan. Findings
collected from interviews with 18 administrators in 14 tertiary
institutes showed that the degree of intervention from
administrators correlated more with changes in education
resources than in curricula innovation for English programs.
A comparative analysis of English textbooks
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Yonaha, Keiko - Meio University
11:45 AM - 12:10 PM (25 min)
Room 902
Short Paper
English
Teaching Children: Materials Writing and Design (MW)
This paper surveys the compulsory English education
program which will be introduced in Japanese elementary
schools in 2011. The author conducted a comparative
analysis of the textbooks, Eigo Note 1 and Eigo Note 2 for
Japanese 5th and 6th graders. The results are divided into
five categories, namely 1) target English sentences and
expressions, 2) number and types of new words, 3) chapter
structure, 4) grammar, and 5) other characteristics.
Communicative oriented curriculum for Center Test
JJ
Ishikawa, Sigeko - TC Columbia University
Nagasawa, Kaeko - Bunkyo Daigaku Fuzoku Koukou
11:45 AM - 12:10 PM (25 min)
Room 903
Short Paper
English
Junior/Senior High School: Listening (LIS)
In this presentation, we present a curriculum which aims at
the improvement of listening comprehension for Center Test
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Japan. By analyzing and adopting Center Test, we are trying
to offer a 3-month intensive curriculum which includes
objectives and goals, needed knowledge skills and strategies,
and activities in each lesson for the improvement of listening
comprehension as well as communication skills.
Japanese learners’ refusal/apology problems
Osuka, Naoko - Meiji University
[email protected]
11:45 AM - 12:10 PM (25 min)
Room 906
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Pragmatics (PRAG)
The purpose of this study is to explore problems Japanese
EFL students have in expressing refusal and apology. Fiftyfour email messages written by Japanese were examined and
compared with those written by native speakers. Some of
the messages were evaluated by native English teachers and
most were found to be inadequate, inappropriate, abrupt or
insulting. The inappropriateness often comes from incorrect
transfer from Japanese and lack of pragmatic knowledge.
Profiling L2 learners through word association
Higginbotham, George - Hiroshima International Gakuin
University
[email protected]
11:45 AM - 12:10 PM (25 min)
Room 909
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Vocabulary (VOC)
This paper will discuss the results of a study in how lowlevel Japanese college students respond to word association
tests. Due to the failure of research in L2 word association
testing to produce consistent results over the last 20 years,
an alternative approach will be considered. The presenter
will demonstrate how individual profiles can be created.
Implications for teaching stemming from this study will be
discussed, as will areas needing further research.
ER: Of limited value to TOEFL scores?
Williams, David - Yokohama City University
[email protected]
11:45 AM - 12:10 PM (25 min)
Room 1001-1
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Extensive Reading (ER)
Extensive reading is widely used in Japanese universities
as a means to motivate students and to raise scores in
standardized tests such as TOEIC and TOEFL. It is widely
assumed that ER is an effective way of doing this. Using
empirical data from a university-wide study, this paper will
explore the validity of this assumption and show how ER
may be of only limited value in raising such scores.
Ethical ELT: First do no harm
Lieb, Maggie - Meiji University
[email protected]
11:45 AM - 12:10 PM (25 min)
Room 1001-2
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Global Issues in Language
Education (GILE)
Many professions have adopted codes of ethics to ensure good
work or work that goes beyond perfunctory performance.
However, this also means work that serves the wider community
in which it operates. Educational ethics are particularly crucial
as our profession has the capacity to shape attitudes and
behaviour. This presentation will explore how to incorporate
ethics into ELT and how to ensure our profession contributes to
the greater goal of “education for peace” (Marti, 1996).
PRESENTATION SUMMARIES
Saturday November 21st Afternoon Presentations
Exploring teacher talk: Just listen to yourself
Peppard, Jason - Yamagata University/Tohoku Gakuin
[email protected]
11:45 AM - 12:10 PM (25 min)
Room 1002
Short Paper
English
General: Speaking/Communication (SC)
This presentation reports a cycle of action research conducted
to investigate both the amount and the quality of teacher talk
(TT) in the teacher/researcher’s EFL classes. The presenter will
review the development and application of the Communicative
Analysis of Teacher Talk (CATT) observation instrument,
outline strategies developed to maximize communicative
TT, and promote the practice of recording classroom sessions
to analyze teacher-student discourse as an effective and
enlightening active mirror for teachers.
1:05 PM
Podcasting high frequency vocabulary
Tuzi, Frank - Nyack College
Poulshock, Joseph - Saint Luke’s International Hospital
[email protected]
1:05 PM - 2:05 PM (60 min)
Room B1
Workshop
English
General: Vocabulary (VOC)
Learners can benefit from studying High Frequency
Vocabulary (HFV), which moves them toward optimal lexical
coverage for words they will most likely meet in texts and
conversations. The presenter will demonstrate a podcasting
approach for teaching and reviewing general vocabulary
taught in classes at a large international hospital in Japan.
The German workshop (part one)
Reinelt, Rudolf - Ehime University
Voegel, Bertlinde - Osaka University
Krause-Ono, Margit - Muroran Technical University
Schmidt, Gabriela
Imig, Alexander - Chukyo University
[email protected]
1:05 PM - 2:45 PM (100 min)
Room B2
Forum
German
College & University Education: Languages Other than
English or Japanese (OLE)
Die Beiträge in diesem Deutsch-Workshop zeigen
Weiterentwicklungsansätze des DaF in Japan. Beitrag A
untersucht die Wirksamkeit von Flüssigkeitsübungen,
Beitrag B berichtet von der fachweiten Einführung des
am Referenzrahmen orientierten Sprech-Lehrwerks “Und
du”, Beitrag C verbessert Sprechen und Hörverstehen
durch gleichzeitige Aktivitäten und Katakana-Gebrauch,
Beitrag D behandelt neue Schreibdidaktikmöglichkeiten
mit elektronischen Medien und Beitrag E sucht nach
effizienteren Lernmöglichkeiten für Reihenfolgewörter.
German presentations are open to all.
Using manga to promote classroom literacy
Godfrey, Chad - Kawasaki Medical School
[email protected]
1:05 PM - 2:05 PM (60 min)
Room B3
Workshop
English
College & University Education: Writing (WRIT)
How can manga be used to encourage ESL learning? What
are the benefits of utilizing manga in the classroom? The
presenter will explore effective techniques for using manga
in an ESL classroom, and demonstrate how these techniques
can promote literacy. Examples of student work will be shared
and a variety of methods will be offered to assist educators in
integrating manga into any ESL language course.
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JALT chapter president's meeting
Carruth, Fred - JALT
[email protected]
1:05 PM - 2:05 PM (60 min)
Rehearsal Room
Meeting
English
Non-teaching Context; Non-teaching Content
This is the annual meeting for JALT chapter presidents. We
will spend the first few minutes of the meeting determining
the key points for discussion based on concerns of those in
attendance. The rest of the meeting will then be devoted to
discussing these points.
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TLT EAB and additional readers meeting
Murphey, Tim - Kanda University of International Studies
Talandis Jr., Jerry - Toyo Gakuen University
Muller, Theron - Noah Learning Center
[email protected]
1:05 PM - 2:05 PM (60 min)
Chu Hall
Meeting
English
Non-teaching Context: Non-teaching Content
This meeting is for the Editorial Advisory Board and
Additional Readers of The Language Teacher. All EAB members
and Additional Readers are encouraged to attend. JALT
members with questions about TLT please visit the JALT
Publications display table, or attend the separate presentation
entitled: “Getting published in JALT publications.”
Word Engine: Off and online interactive tools
Glick, Jonah - Lexxica
Browne, Charles - Lexxica
[email protected]
1:05 PM - 2:05 PM (60 min)
AV Hall
Workshop
English
General: Language and Technology (CALL)
The Word Engine quickly identifies the words that students
know and helps them focus on learning the most frequent
words that they do not know. There are courses on many
topics ranging from TOEIC, Eiken and university entrance
exams to more general English. In this interactive, lively
session, we will demonstrate and explore ways to incorporate
the Word Engine into your classroom. Participants will receive
a year’s access to a Word Engine course.
Sponsored by: Lexxica
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Pan-SIG Conference 2010 planning meeting
SIG Representatives
[email protected]
1:05 PM - 2:05 PM (60 min)
Hikae 1
Meeting
English
Non-teaching Context: Non-teaching Content
All individuals interested in helping organize or run the 2010
Pan-SIG Conference in Nagoya please attend this meeting. If
possible, each of the participating SIGs for 2010 should have
at least one representative present for this very important
meeting.
Exploring the emotional content of satisfaction
Snyder, Bill - Teachers College, Columbia University, Japan
Campus
[email protected]
1:05 PM - 2:05 PM (60 min)
Hikae 2
Workshop
English
College & University Education: Teacher Education (TED)
This workshop will ask teachers to reflect upon satisfying
events in their teaching work, and—through use of the
Positive Affect/Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS)— explore
more specifically the emotional content of those satisfying
events. Following discussion of the results of the PANAS with
the participants, the presenter will link the discussion of
satisfaction to more general theories of engagement (flow)
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and offer some suggestions for how teachers might increase
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Sponsored by: Tokyo Chapter
I woulda, coulda, shoulda taught reduction!
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Madden, Chris P. - University of Shizuoka
[email protected]
1:05 PM - 2:05 PM (60 min)
Dai 2-1
Workshop
English
College & University Education: Pronunciation (PRON)
Reduction and linking are possibly the two most common
features of L1 spoken English. The presenter will share results of
research that shows how teaching the communication equation,
Communication = Sound + Rhythm (C=S+R), to university
students helps them mirror native English prosody. How to
teach C=S+R so that students have a lasting understanding
of reduction and linking will be illustrated through audience
participation of classroom-applicable activities.
Learning to run: Possibilities of scrolling text
Tomei, Joseph - Kumamoto Gakuen University
Perry, William - Kobe University
[email protected]
1:05 PM - 2:05 PM (60 min)
Dai 2-2
Workshop
English
College & University Education: Language and Technology
(CALL)
Sprinting coaches advise runners to “run faster” and “pull,”
getting them accustomed to the new pace and raising their
speed. Reading presents a similar problem. Students read
slowly because they process individual words rather than larger
chunks and cannot simply “read faster.” This workshop focuses
on the potential of computer technology, specifically of
scrolling text, to “pull” students and present reading material
to EFL learners in order to improve their reading speed.
Teaching and leading for understanding
Higley, Qin - WIDE World, Harvard Graduate School of
Education
Murphy, Robert - Murphy School
[email protected]
1:05 PM - 2:05 PM (60 min)
Koryu Hall
Workshop
English
General: Teacher Education (TED)
This presentation will elaborate our vision to transform
school systems by developing professional communities
of educators with interactive online courses and onsite
support programs that enable schools to cultivate the critical
learning students need for the 21st century world. It will
discuss the Teaching for Understanding framework. One of
the co-presenters will share his learning experience of TfU
and present his own research results that are in alignment
with the TfU-based pedagogy.
Sponsored by: WIDE World, Harvard Graduate School of Education
MATESOL online: One student’s reflections
Collins, Christopher - Waseda University International
Corporation
[email protected]
1:05 PM - 3:05 PM (120 min)
Tenji Gallery
Poster Session
English
General: Teacher Education (TED)
This poster will present and analyze my own experience as
a graduate student in an online MATESOL Program. I will
share my online learning experience with others who may
be considering continuing their education by showing them
how online study works, how this format compares to a
traditional face-to-face classroom, and how online study is
one way of fulfilling the educator’s need for personal and
professional reflection.
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The textbook process—from student to teacher!
Grogan, Myles - Momoyama Gakuin Daigaku
[email protected]
1:05 PM - 3:05 PM (120 min)
Tenji Gallery
Poster Session
English
College & University Education: Materials Writing and
Design (MW)
After 6 or 7 years of English, university students are ready for
something different. On the premise that people remember
what they teach, this project looks at casting non-English
major university students in the role of teacher. Following
an introduction to some basic technologies, students
are assigned a task of making three units for a textbook,
including: listening materials, exercises, and illustrations.
This presentation reports on the successes and challenges
that arose from this project.
Organizing an English-speaking internship in Japan
Halvorsen, Jerald - Sapporo International University
Kawana, Norihito - Sapporo International University
[email protected]
1:05 PM - 3:05 PM (120 min)
Tenji Gallery
Poster Session
English
College & University Education: Motivation (MOT)
Internship programs of varying lengths provide valuable
work experience for university students. This opportunity
can be further enhanced by an internship spent working
in an English-speaking environment, even though the
company is local. The presenters will share their insights
into the organizing of an internship program in a foreignowned company. The students selected received credit as
well as gained experience being in an office setting where the
language of communication was English.
Lexical profiling to aid vocabulary acquisition
Honisz-Greens, John - Kwansei Gakuin University
[email protected]
1:05 PM - 3:05 PM (120 min)
Tenji Gallery
Poster Session
English
College & University Education: Materials Writing and
Design (MW)
Academic language programs wish to help students develop
their speaking ability for academic topics. However, if vocabulary
input is not controlled, students are often only able to grasp
the global meaning, not the deep meaning. Consequently, they
are not able to use the vocabulary of the topic successfully. This
poster session shows how to adjust vocabulary, using free lexical
profiling technology, and suggests how to deal with vocabulary
self-study and assessment course issues.
Phonological language distance and spelling errors
Ito, Satoko - Ritsumeikan University
[email protected]
1:05 PM - 3:05 PM (120 min)
Tenji Gallery
Poster Session
Japanese/ English
General: Corpus (COR)
This presentation considers the influence of the language
distance (LD) between Japanese and English on Japanese EFL
learners. The study is corpus driven and uses unannotated
learner corpus data. Words frequently misspelled or misused
are examined, and possible reasons behind the misuses such
as interference from learners’ L1 and/or the LD between
the two languages will be discussed in terms of the close
interrelationship between phonological and orthographical
aspects of the two languages.
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Language teaching philosophy: Our internal mirror
James, Bose - Nanzan University
[email protected]
1:05 PM - 3:05 PM (120 min)
Tenji Gallery
Poster Session
English
College & University Education: Teacher Education (TED)
Our teaching philosophies strongly shape the learning
experiences we organize for our students in our language
classrooms. Being more aware of our own teaching
philosophy helps us create better lesson plans and more
consistent learning experiences for our students, and
also helps us respond more authentically to classroom
challenges, particularly when we dialogue with our students,
and ourselves, about what our teaching philosophy is. This
poster presentation helps you begin to do so.
Using movies to teach a multilevel class
Maass, Miyoko - Seigakuin University
[email protected]
1:05 PM - 3:05 PM (120 min)
Tenji Gallery
Poster Session
English
College & University Education: Materials Writing and
Design (MW)
In this session the presenter will address the issue of using
movies in a multilevel college English class. Classroom tasks
include using an Internet movie database and other Internet
sites useful for background research, comprehension
activities, and critical analysis of the movie. Lesson material
using the movie Schindler’s List will be presented along with
the questionnaire results of the students’ feedback on the
cinema course.
Using L2: What JTEs experience in the classroom
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Matheny, William - Aisai City Junior High Schools
[email protected]
1:05 PM - 3:05 PM (120 min)
Tenji Gallery
Poster Session
English
Junior/Senior High School: Teacher Education (TED)
What do junior high school Japanese Teachers of English
(JTEs) experience when they use the target language to
check comprehension of reading material? What do JTEs
experience when they attempt to increase the amount of
spoken English used in the classroom? This presentation
reports on an attempt to answer those questions via
qualitative and anecdotal data. The investigation aimed at
illuminating the challenges JTEs face in weaning themselves
and students away from dependence on translation for
reading comprehension.
A go-it-alone approach to study abroad
Minehane, Gregory - Meijo University
Markovitz, Robert - Meijo University
1:05 PM - 3:05 PM (120 min)
Tenji Gallery
Poster Session
English
College & University Education: Study Abroad (SA)
This poster session will discuss the experiences of students
going-it-alone for study abroad. University students often
participate in university approved study abroad programs
and miss out on the benefits of having travelled and studied
independently. See how students who haven’t gone in groups
rate their study abroad experience and how instructors can
create a system, including pre- and postdeparture program
maintenance, which will be appreciated by both students
and university management.
Children’s L2 skills with physical movement
Nakamura, Tomoko - Hiroshima International University
Cherry, Donald - Hiroshima International University
1:05 PM - 3:05 PM (120 min)
Tenji Gallery
Poster Session
English
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Teaching Children: Elementary and Preschool (ELEM)
The aim of this study is to demonstrate the effectiveness
of teaching 4-beat English rhythm to 2nd graders in Japan
through activities using the whole body. Eighteen children
participated in four lessons that focused on an English chant.
Comparison of both the children’s English and Japanese
production with the English and Japanese production of
Japanese young adult, false-beginner learners of English,
suggests that physical movement significantly helps young
children develop L2 skills.
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Raising awareness of what suitable development is
Yokouchi, Atsushi - Columbia University Teachers College
Yamamoto, Shinji - Columbia University Teachers College
[email protected]
1:05 PM - 3:05 PM (120 min)
Tenji Gallery
Poster Session
English and Japanese
Junior/Senior High School: Global Issues in Language
Education (GILE)
Content-Based Teaching (CBT) is becoming popular as an
approach to English education in Japan. Part of this involves
the use of authentic materials for teaching about global
issues. This poster presentation presents a case study of how
to teach global themes through an English lesson designed
around the topic of appropriate development in Bhutan.
The poster will display worksheets and a questionnaire with
an analysis of the lesson’s impact on language learning and
global awareness.
Sociolinguistic perspectives on pronunciation
Selman, Alex
[email protected]
1:05 PM - 2:05 PM (60 min)
Tenji B-1
Long Paper
English
General: Pronunciation (PRON)
This presentation discusses an innovative and practical
approach to pronunciation teaching. Over the last 30
years sociolinguistic research has had a major influence on
language teaching and yet the mainstream methods and
models for the pronunciation component remain largely
unchanged. Findings from sociolinguistic research into
pronunciation will be examined with a particular focus on
recent work on spontaneous and interactive speech. The
implications for pronunciation teaching will be discussed
and practical suggestions given.
Nonstandard varieties in the language classroom
Song, Katherine - Hiroshima University
Drummond, Hadija - Momoyama Gakuin University
[email protected]
1:05 PM - 2:05 PM (60 min)
Tenji B-2
Workshop
English
College & University Education: Global Issues in Language
Education (GILE)
The presenters will justify and introduce resources and
activities for including nonstandard varieties of English in
the language classroom. They will also facilitate the sharing
of activities and ideas related to the topic.
Teaching and learning in student peer groups
Haynes, Louise - Director, JAPANetwork
[email protected]
1:05 PM - 2:05 PM (60 min)
Tenji C-1
Workshop
English
College & University Education: Global Issues in Language
Education (GILE)
Peer teaching is an effective way for students to develop their
language skills and, at the same time, gain an awareness of
world issues. This workshop will show how students teaching
students can encourage learners to reflect on their own lives
and the choices they make, and how such study may lead
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to greater student empathy toward people who face very
serious situations in life. Copies of teaching materials will be
available.
Can technology overcome the extensive reading blues?
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Cahill, Michael - Cengage Learning
[email protected]
1:05 PM - 2:05 PM (60 min)
Tenji C-2
Workshop
English
College & University Education: Extensive Reading (ER)
The benefits of Extensive Reading are well researched and
the breadth and depth of ER offerings continue to grow.
Despite this, the implementation of ER programs remains
a major stumbling block. What role can technology play in
helping schools implement ER programs? Join the presenter
as we demonstrate an online ER program for learners with
TOEIC scores of approximately 250 and up (800 to 3000
headwords). Free instructor accounts will be made available
to attendees.
Sponsored by: Cengage Learning
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Activity-based teaching for young learners
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Kulek, Mark - Gifu Kids English School
[email protected]
1:05 PM - 2:05 PM (60 min)
Room 901
Workshop
English
Teaching Children: Elementary and Preschool (ELEM)
Activity-based learning and teaching (ABLT) for young
learners is a sequenced activity approach to foster more
communication in the classroom. ABLT is modeled after
task-based learning and teaching (TBLT), but is modified for
young learners. This workshop will look at the role of the
teacher and learner and the role of activities. The presenter
will demonstrate a sequenced learning cycle and then have
participants sequence their own learning cycle activities.
Enjoy reading with Folk & Fairy Tale Easy Readers
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Sekiguchi, Kozue - Scholastic
[email protected]
1:05 PM - 2:05 PM (60 min)
Room 902
Workshop
English
Teaching Children: Reading (READ)
Folktales and fairy tales have been favorites for children in
many countries and in any era. Those written in English
can be a wonderful tool in teaching English to EFL students.
Step-by-step lesson plans for developing key literacy skills in
the areas of decoding, phonics, vocabulary, comprehension,
fluency and more will be introduced in the workshop by
using Scholastic Folk & Fairy Tale Easy Readers.
Promotional
Effective content-based learning at high school
JJ
Adamson, Calum - Kyoto Gaidai Nishi High School
[email protected]
1:05 PM - 1:30 PM (25 min)
Room 903
Short Paper
English
Junior/Senior High School: Materials Writing and Design (MW)
This presentation focuses on the design and implementation
of a Content-Based Learning (CBL) Course for high schoolers.
A literature review will underline the merit of CBL as an
approach to language learning and discuss the potential
pitfalls and difficulties in this context before describing a
course designed according to specific guiding principles.
This presentation would be valuable to anyone intrigued by
the potential of instruction which fosters the dual goals of
content and language.
Elementary school English: Are the teachers ready?
JJ
Mayeda, Ann - Osaka Shoin Women’s University
Nishida, Steven - Nara Institute of Science and Technology
[email protected]
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1:05 PM - 2:05 PM (60 min)
Room 904
Long Paper
English
Teaching Children: Elementary and Preschool (ELEM)
In April of 2011, English will become compulsory for grades
5 and 6 and will be implemented in all public elementary
schools in Japan. This presentation reports on an elementary
school teacher-training program, which is funded by MEXT
and currently in its 3rd year of development. The presenters
will share teacher-produced lesson plans that were designed
and demonstrated during the program and that are presently
being used in Osaka and Nara classrooms.
Effect of incidental focus on form on SHS students
JJ
Kushiro, Miwako - Kakamihara Senior High School
1:05 PM - 1:30 PM (25 min)
Room 905
Short Paper
English
Junior/Senior High School: Learner Development (LD)
Little research has been done on how incidental focus-on-form
influences student learning. This study presents the results
of long-term action research on Japanese high school writing
lessons where students have a lot of chances to use English
communicatively. It shows that incidental focus-on-form
instruction together with teacher feedback seems to be
effective, since students can recycle the grammar points they
have learned and attend to common errors.
Social networking tools: Principles and practice
Beck, Daniel - Kanda Institute of Foreign Languages
[email protected]
1:05 PM - 2:05 PM (60 min)
Room 906
Workshop
English
College & University Education: Language and Technology
(CALL)
Social networks and other Web 2.0 services present new
opportunities for language learning and teaching. The
presenter will demonstrate how these tools lend themselves
to constructivist and connectivist teaching principles, by
analyzing research and demonstrating examples of how they
can be used. He will also address concerns that have been
raised and address questions on the topic.
Functional literacy and contextual learning theories
Alcazar, April - Asian Institute of Management
1:05 PM - 2:05 PM (60 min)
Room 907
Long Paper
English
General: Teacher Education
The paper explores the application of two learning theories,
functional literacy theory and contextual learning theory,
as applied to English language learning in Japan. Citing
empirical research on using these two theories and discussing
how it will assist in professional teacher development,
the author concludes that these theories can help English
language teachers achieve their objectives in teaching English
courses that are relevant, current, and interesting to students.
Temple University Graduate Student Showcase
1:05 pm - 2:05 pm (60 min)
Room 908
Graduate Showcase
English and Japanese
Various: Various
Presentations by graduate students of Temple University. See
page 85 for details.
Changing the world one conversation at a time
Sider, Duane - Rosetta Stone
[email protected]
1:05 PM - 2:05 PM (60 min)
Room 909
Long Paper
English
General: Speaking/Communication (SC)
In our global community, speaking more than one language
is more important than ever. While English is perhaps the
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dominant global language, its position as a global language is
now in the care of multilingual speakers. An emerging trend
in the use of English is that fewer conversations now involve
native speakers. This session explores techniques for teaching
spoken English to a growing number of nonnative speakers
who use English to communicate with other nonnatives.
Sponsored by: Rosetta Stone Japan
Renewing students’ passports to survival English
Buckingham, Angela - Writer, teacher and teacher trainer
1:05 PM - 2:05 PM (60 min)
Room 910
Long Paper
English
General: Study Abroad (SA)
The Japan-specific Passport series is now ready with new
editions of this best-selling series published this year.
Japanese students typically have few opportunities to use
English outside the classroom and can feel hindered by a
lack of confidence in speaking out in class. The presenter
will demonstrate ways in which the material can be used
to promote dynamic communication in your classroom,
helping to prepare learners for a trip overseas.
Sponsored by: Oxford University Press
Promotional
Maximizing limited listening comprehension
Kiggell, Timothy - Macmillan LanguageHouse
[email protected]
1:05 PM - 2:05 PM (60 min)
Room 1001-1
Long Paper
English
College & University Education: Listening (LIS)
Teaching listening comprehension is one of the most
difficult tasks for any teacher. Many students tune out or
struggle to translate specific words. How do we keep students
engaged with the listening text and willing to listen to
the end, despite not understanding every word? In this
presentation, we explore how to maximize limited listening
comprehension, specifically through high-interest topics
that encourage students to engage with the material.
Sponsored by: Macmillan LanguageHouse
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Classroom materials for World English
O’Dwyer, Fergus - Momoyama Gakuin University
Bell, Leon - Momoyama Gakuin University
Takahashi, Reiko - Bunkyo University
[email protected]
1:05 PM - 2:05 PM (60 min)
Room 1001-2
Workshop
English
College & University Education: Study Abroad (SA)
This workshop will deal with classroom activities that raise
awareness of World English (WE). Activities will include a
brief needs analysis for Japanese EFL learners before showing
materials that both introduce the concept and outline the
prominent features of WE. Additional teaching materials
that have a WE perspective and ways of utilising online
resources will also be investigated before the concluding
discussion.
Your first choice is a smart choice
Kluge, David - Kinjo Gakuin University
[email protected]
1:05 PM - 2:05 PM (60 min)
Room 1002
Long Paper
English
College & University Education: Speaking/Communication (SC)
Whether you are coordinating an English program for 2 or
2,000 students, everything is made much easier through
the selection of good textbooks. The presenter will give a
brief overview of his school’s program and procedure for
textbook selection and will then briefly explain why his
institution made this selection. Remaining time will be used
to demonstrate the textbook and accompanying multimedia
he is using and then to take questions and comments.
Sponsored by: Oxford University Press
Promotional
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Applied Linguistics at Macquarie - what, why, how?
Burns, Anne - Macquarie University
[email protected]
1:05 PM - 2:05 PM (60 min)
Room 1003
Workshop
English
College & University Education: Study Abroad (SA)
Macquarie University has been offering distance programs in
applied linguistics since the early 1990s. A distinctive taskbased, interactive approach to teaching and learning has been
developed in the diploma, masters, doctoral and PhD programs.
Come along and meet past, current and future students, as well
as staff associated with these programs. We will discuss courses
offered, participants’ course experiences and areas of research
that are currently being undertaken by staff and students.
Sponsored by: Department of Linguistics, Macquarie University
Workshop on writing for scholarly publication
Casanave, Christine Pearson - Temple University Japan
1:05 PM - 2:05 PM (60 min)
Wind Hall
Workshop
English
General: Writing (WRIT)
This workshop is for people who wish to learn more about
writing for international, reviewed publication, both from
the author’s view and from the view of editors, reviewers,
and publishers. Too often, the publishing process is invisible
to authors, who learn the hard way how complex and timeconsuming the processes can be. I will focus primarily on
journal articles, but if time and interest allows, we will also
talk about book publishing. The session will conclude with a
Q&A.
Whodunit: Narrow reading as a bridge to ER
Benevides, Marcos - Kansai Gaidai University
Gray, Adam - Ft. Worth School District
[email protected]
1:05 PM - 2:05 PM (60 min)
Room 1101
Workshop
English
College & University Education: Reading (READ)
Narrow Reading is an approach which limits readings to
one theme or genre of interest over an entire course. It is an
ideal bridge from Intensive Reading (teacher-led reading
as decoding) to Extensive Reading (self-directed reading
for pleasure). Furthermore, it allows for the effective use of
themed tasks across various skills areas. This talk introduces
a new reading textbook, Whodunit, that develops extensive
reading habits in learners through a narrow reading approach.
Sponsored by: ABAX Promotional
Speaking to learn
Thornbury, Scott - The New School, New York
1:05 PM - 2:05 PM (60 min)
Room 1202
Long Paper
English
College & University Education: Speaking/Communication (SC)
Classroom speaking is traditionally thought of as a way of
reinforcing newly learned language structures, as accuracy
practice, or as a means of developing the skill of speaking
itself, i.e., as fluency practice. But it is now thought that
speaking may also be a site, not just for practising language,
but for learning it. The presenter will outline some basic
principles and attempt to show how they might be realised
in classroom practice.
Sponsored by: Cambridge University Press
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A comparison of learner attitudes and perceptions
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Linking curriculum developers with implementers
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Yeh, Hsi-nan - National Taiwan Normal University
Cheng, Yuh-show - National Taiwan Normal University
1:40 PM - 2:05 PM (25 min)
Room 903
Short Paper
English
Junior/Senior High School: Teacher Education (TED)
A new curriculum for senior high English in Taiwan will
be implemented in 2010. Such changes as Track A and B
instruction and development of thinking skills demanded
re-conceptualization of EFL education. This study explored
how the curriculum developers and implementers conceived
the new curriculum. A survey of 600 English teachers and
interviews with curriculum developers were conducted.
Comparison between the two groups shows many
congruencies and divergences, which lead to suggestions for
curriculum developers and teachers.
2:15 PM
Globalization and English language teaching:
Opportunities and challenges in Japan
Matsuda, Aya - Cengage Learning
2:15 PM - 3:00 PM (45 min)
Chu Hall
Plenary Session
English
General: Sociolinguistics (SL)
The global spread of English as an international language has
made English a popular foreign language option. However,
the linguistic, cultural, and functional diversity of English
today complicates ELT practice by challenging its most basic
assumptions. In my talk, I present the current sociolinguistic
landscape of the English language and illustrate how
“traditional” ELT that focuses exclusively on US/UK English
and culture is not adequate in preparing effective users of
English as an International Language.
3:10 PM
To read, or not to read: Presenting research world
Kanzaka, Izumi - Soka University
[email protected]
3:10 PM - 3:35 PM (25 min)
Room B3
Short Paper
English
Teaching Mature Learners: Learner Development (LD)
A survey result shows that many Japanese researchers
simply read out a prepared script when giving conference
presentations in English, and do not talk to the audience.
This is totally opposite of what is taught in EFL classrooms.
Qualitative data collected through a questionnaire and
interviews revealed that speakers’ beliefs about themselves
have a strong influence on how they deliver presentations.
Throughout the paper, learners’ beliefs and perceptions of
themselves as NNS of English will be explored.
Task-based instruction for college EFL writing
Takeda, Aya - University of Hawaii at Manoa
Kurabayashi, Hideo - Kyorin University
3:10 PM - 3:35 PM (25 min)
Rehearsal Room
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Materials Writing and
Design (MW)
The study aims to reveal English needs of college EFL
students and to describe the process of implementing taskbased language teaching in an actual classroom setting.
Based on a needs analysis survey distributed to students and
instructors, a series of tasks for developing English weblogs
were designed and conducted over three class periods. The
post-survey and text analysis suggest students’ positive
reaction to task-based instruction as well as changes in their
language use.
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Stroupe, Richmond - Soka University
Fenton, Anthony - Soka University
MacDonald, Laurence - Soka University
Riley, Michael - Soka University
3:10 PM - 3:35 PM (25 min)
Chu Hall
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Motivation (MOT)
Adoption of communicative language teaching approaches
has been increasing in various Asian contexts. While
many teachers in the region may embrace this movement,
what are the perspectives of the students with whom we
engage? Our research will a) determine whether a mismatch
between learner attitudes and perceptions and their reported
experience of classroom instruction exists at a university in
Japan, and b) compare the results in Japan with those found
in Taiwan (Savignon and Wang, 2004).
Sustaining interest in an introductory ESP course
Daniels, Paul - Kochi University of Technology
3:10 PM - 3:35 PM (25 min)
AV Hall
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: English for Specific
Purposes (ESP)
This practical presentation will describe the development of
a task-based ESP curriculum for 1st-year university science
and engineering students. The presenter will demonstrate
how, through a structured set of pedagogical tasks integrated
with an introductory-level ESP textbook, learners can
become more actively involved in the learning process, more
engaged in communicative activities, and more motivated to
learn a second language.
Extensive speaking practice via voice blogs
Sun, Yu-Chih - National Chiao Tung University
3:10 PM - 3:35 PM (25 min)
Hikae 1
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Language and Technology
(CALL)
The purpose of the current study is to examine learners’
perceptions of extensive speaking practice via voice blogs and
the effectiveness of practice on speaking performance. The
results indicate that students generally hold a positive attitude
toward voice blogging. However, there was no significant
difference over the course of the study in terms of their
enunciation, language complexity, fluency, and accuracy.
Model for the teaching of English in Taiwan
Wang, Li-Yi - Deakin University, Australia
[email protected]
3:10 PM - 3:35 PM (25 min)
Hikae 2
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Teacher Education (TED)
Nonnative English speaking teachers (NNESTs) tend to prefer
and aspire to native speakers’ English proficiency (Seidlhofer,
1999). However, Kirkpatrick (2006) argues that in the age
of English as an International Language, the native-speaker
model is disempowering NNESTs’ self-confidence and selfrespect—instead, a lingua franca model would be the most
suitable model. The study investigates 258 Taiwanese English
teachers’ perception of native-speaker norms and their
attitudes towards a lingua franca model as the teaching goal.
Acquiring English—becoming men
Squires, Todd - Kinki University
[email protected]
3:10 PM - 3:35 PM (25 min)
Dai 2-1
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Gender Awareness in
Language Education (GALE)
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This paper argues that motivation—as conceptualized in
mainstream SLA theory—lacks an appropriate framework
for considering the relationship between gender and
motivation. The author seeks a pathway forward by drawing
upon gender theory and Lacanian psychoanalysis. Becoming
the object of the other’s desire is seen to underlie the way in
which one group of young men view acquiring English as
key to becoming adult males in Japanese society.
A Rasch investigation of essay writing tests
Aryadoust, Seyed Vahid - National Institute of Education,
Singapore
[email protected]
3:10 PM - 3:35 PM (25 min)
Dai 2-2
Short Paper
English
Teaching Mature Learners: Testing and Evaluation (TEVAL)
I will discuss the assessment of L2 writing in Iran. I will argue
that language institutes offering writing courses should
consider a reform in their placement tests and writing
course syllabi—where grammar and vocabulary are not
highlighted enough—and introduce the new rating criteria
to their programs. The usefulness of latent trait models in
language assessment and pedagogy will also be stressed and
implications and suggestions will be discussed.
Building motivation through shared reflections
Thornton, Katherine - Kanda University of International
Studies
[email protected]
3:10 PM - 3:35 PM (25 min)
Tenji B-1
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Learner Development (LD)
This presentation will outline a learner development selfstudy module offered at a Japanese university, and suggest
ways in which learner motivation for independent study can
be enhanced through sharing student reflections. Students’
written reflections on their learning were shared with other
students on the module who otherwise had little contact
with each other. The effect this has had in enhancing group
cohesion and learner motivation will be discussed.
Reflecting on the input/output medium of tasks
Leeming, Paul - Doshisha-Kori Junior and Senior High School
Praver, Max - Kwansei Gakuin University
Atkins, Andrew - Kyoto Sangyo University
[email protected]
3:10 PM - 3:35 PM (25 min)
Tenji C-2
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Speaking/Communication (SC)
Tasks are an integral part of communicative language
teaching, but their effectiveness in promoting language
acquisition is still relatively unknown. The presenters will
show how, both as input and output medium, pictures and
text influenced student performance on tasks, and discuss
the implications of their findings. Pictures were found to
be far more effective in promoting meaningful student
interaction than purely text-based tasks, which often simply
resulted in a negotiation of spelling.
Should long/short vowels be taught simultaneously?
Xie, Xin-yun - National Changhua University of
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Kuo, Feng-lan - National Changhua University of Education
Chiang, Heien-kun - National Changhua University of
Education
[email protected]
3:10 PM - 3:35 PM (25 min)
Room 901
Short Paper
English
Teaching Children: Pronunciation (PRON)
This paper compared the effectiveness of different vowel
sequence instruction on the spelling performance of
Chinese EFL young learners. The results showed that one
experimental group, receiving instruction in short vowels
prior to long vowels, outperformed the control group. A
second experimental group, taught long and short vowels
simultaneously, did not outperform the control group;
nevertheless, the two experimental groups did not differ
significantly from each other.
Dealing with racial bullying in schools in Japan
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Moriyama, Shingo - Nanzan University
[email protected]
3:10 PM - 3:35 PM (25 min)
Tenji B-2
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Japanese as a Second
Language (JSL)
This presentation explores a short-term Japanese-teaching
practicum experience in North America. The speaker gives
an overview of the program, reports participants’ teaching
experiences, and discusses the link to English learning.
Sponsored by: JSL SIG
Gillis-Furutaka, Amanda - Kyoto Sangyo University
[email protected]
3:10 PM - 3:35 PM (25 min)
Room 902
Short Paper
English
Teaching Children: Teacher Education (TED)
Bullying goes on in public, private and international schools
around the world. Children with one or both parents who
are not Japanese are especially vulnerable in Japanese
schools. The presenter will outline the current situation and
introduce steps that are already being taken by the Ijimezero
network to offer support to such families and by some
schools to change the fundamental approach to disciplining
students and to restoring relationships between aggressors
and their targets.
Five native checkers and an English abstract
Effect of task-based instruction on JHS students
Teaching Japanese abroad for English learning
Willey, Ian - Kagawa University
[email protected]
3:10 PM - 3:35 PM (25 min)
Tenji C-1
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Writing (WRIT)
Japanese journals often require native checks for English
abstracts accompanying Japanese articles. However, the
efficacy of native checks remains unconfirmed. This study
examined changes made by five native English speakers to an
English abstract produced by a Japanese nursing researcher. It
was found that some changes negatively affect meaning and
cohesion, and checkers sometimes disagree on problem areas
and how to remedy them. These results have implications for
journal policies and English writing instruction.
PRESENTATION SUMMARIES
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Osuka, Hiromi - Takashidai Junior High School
[email protected]
3:10 PM - 3:35 PM (25 min)
Room 903
Short Paper
English
Junior/Senior High School: Learner Development (LD)
Results of a study of Japanese junior high school students
are reported in which students learned grammar and
communication skills through task-based language teaching
(TBLT). Multiple data sources were used, including surveys,
speaking and writing tests and videotaped conversations, in
order to determine the influence of TBLT on students’ learning.
The presentation also demonstrates how a required textbook
can be modified in order to make handouts based on TBLT.
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The long-term effectiveness of ELES at JHS
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Carley, Harry - Imabari Board of Education
[email protected]
3:10 PM - 3:35 PM (25 min)
Room 904
Short Paper
English
Teaching Children: Elementary and Preschool (ELEM)
The Eigo Note for primary school English classes will officially
commence in April 2011. Imabari City, Ehime, is one of many
areas to have already started using the Note. The presenter will
share his experiences with the implementation and execution
of this new curriculum. The advantages and disadvantages of
having weekly English classes will be discussed.
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Uematsu, Shigeo - Setsunan University
[email protected]
3:10 PM - 3:35 PM (25 min)
Room 905
Short Paper
English
Junior/Senior High School: Elementary and Preschool (ELEM)
This study investigates the effect of the amount of English
learning at the elementary school (ELES) on subsequent
English skill development and attitudinal change at the
junior high school level. About 700 students from one
public junior high school participated in this study. This JHS
is located in a city where ELES was implemented in 2005.
Elementary students received ELES once a week in grades 5
and 6 and the starting grade was lowered later.
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Fellner, Terry - Saga University
[email protected]
3:10 PM - 3:35 PM (25 min)
Room 906
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Writing (WRIT)
Writing fluency is usually determined by the number of
words produced in a timed period. However, is this accurate?
The presentation illustrates that higher level students—
those considered more fluent—do not always produce more
words. The presenter examined freshman students’ written
texts based upon word counts and lexical frequency and
concluded that writing fluency is better determined by using
the definition first proposed by Fellner and Apple (2006).
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L2 learner motivation within a SCT framework
Tanaka, Takako - Doshisha University
[email protected]
3:10 PM - 3:35 PM (25 min)
Room 907
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Motivation (MOT)
Several scholars have argued that the complex nature of
motivation cannot be captured from a cognitivist viewpoint.
In order to expand and deepen the understanding of
L2 learning motivation, they have applied a Vygotskian
sociocultural theory and reconceptualized it as a socially and
culturally mediated phenomenon. Taking this perspective,
this study examines L2 learners’ motivational development
over a 3-month period and reveals that the nature of L2
learner motivation is dynamic, evolving and co-constructed.
Meikei University Graduate Student Showcase
3:10 pm - 4:10 pm (60 min)
Room 908
Graduate Showcase
English and Japanese
Various: Various
Presentations by graduate students of Meikei University. See
page 85 for details.
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Dictation correction to maximize learning
Tanner, Paul - Aichi Bunkyo University
[email protected]
3:10 PM - 3:35 PM (25 min)
Room 910
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Listening (LIS)
This presentation focuses on keeping students involved
in the process of reviewing and correcting dictation. First,
there will be a brief review of text dictation and its benefits.
The presenter will then provide various examples of how
dictation can be reviewed involving partners, small groups,
and the entire class working together to complete the
dictation correctly. The presentation will also include followup activities for subsequent lessons.
Choosing the technology that works for you
Elliott, Darren - Nanzan University
[email protected]
3:10 PM - 3:35 PM (25 min)
Room 1001-1
Short Paper
English
General: Language and Technology (CALL)
It is natural to be confused or intimidated by the everexpanding plethora of web technologies. Teachers can
choose the wrong tools for the job, or simply give up and go
back to what feels safe and familiar. This presentation will
show you where to start and provide you with a basic needs
analysis model enabling you to make the most of what is
freely available.
TOEFL iBT
Kawate-Mierzejewska, Megumi – Temple University Japan
Campus
3:10 PM - 3:35 PM (25 min)
Room 1001-2
Short Paper
English
General: Testing and Evaluation (TEVAL)
This presentation introduces the TOEFL iBT. The presenter
will first (a) introduce each section (Reading, Listening,
Speaking and Writing) of the new test in detail, using
sample questions, and (b) discuss score scales and rubrics for
Speaking and Writing. Then, the presenter will briefly talk
about registration, fees, policies, resources and skill-building
tips. The latest information will also be provided.
Sponsored by: CIEE Japan
I’m teaching, so what’s next? A Masters or PhD?
Garton, Sue - Aston University
Boon, Andrew - Toyo Gakuen University
[email protected]
3:10 PM - 3:35 PM (25 min)
Room 1002
Short Paper
English
General: Teacher Education (TED)
Thinking of possible next steps with your career, teaching
or research? Considering doing some postgraduate study?
This presentation will provide an overview of the Aston
University Masters in TESOL and new PhD in Applied
Linguistics—both via distance learning, with no, or limited
residential requirements. The presentation will describe the
overall course concept of situated development and examine
what postgraduate study entails. Potential benefits for both
career and personal self-development postgraduation will
also be discussed.
Sponsored by: Aston University
Behavioral changes in second language learners
Ryan, Emily - Kanda University of International Studies
[email protected]
3:10 PM - 3:35 PM (25 min)
Room 1003
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Motivation (MOT)
Do moments of discouragement or encouragement during
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spoken interactions with native speakers cause noticeable
behavioral changes in the second language learning process?
By drawing on reflections collected from 19 American
language learners of Mandarin living in China, this
presentation will examine whether or not learners change
their language learning behavior after such interactions, and
will make recommendations for including such reflections in
second language pedagogy.
Collaborative curriculum development
Alexander, Kamsin - Kanda University of International
Studies
McIlroy, Tara - Kanda University of International Studies
Roloff, Jennie - Kanda University of International Studies
Stillwell, Christopher - Kanda University of International
Studies
[email protected]
3:10 PM - 3:35 PM (25 min)
Wind Hall
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Materials Writing and
Design (MW)
How can an English program systematically and continually
channel the feedback from teachers and students into
improvements on the curriculum? How can institutional
memory be maintained so that program objectives and
weaknesses are not continually forgotten, only to be
discovered anew every few years? This presentation will
make reference to key points from literature on curriculum
evaluation and share preliminary findings aimed at
answering these questions, with implications for other
teaching contexts shared.
Is listening strategy effective?
Saito , Yukie - Kansaigaikokugo University
3:10 PM - 3:35 PM (25 min)
Room 1101
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Listening (LIS)
In this project, the effectiveness of teaching listening
strategies such as cognitive strategies and meta-cognitive
strategies will be investigated. The instruction will be
introduced into a college listening class over a period of 15
lessons. Along with the instruction of cognitive and metacognitive strategies, socio-affective strategies to lower anxiety
will be introduced. Observation as well as the administration
of pre- and posttests and questionnaires will be used to
investigate the effectiveness of listening strategies.
What do students really need? A broad perspective
Farrell, Stephanie - Kanda University of International
Studies
Hirschel, Rob - Kanda University of International Studies
Shoen, Brian - Kanda University of International Studies
Bondesson, Kristjan - Kanda University of International
Studies
Cover, Dwayne - Kanda University of International Studies
[email protected]
3:10 PM - 3:35 PM (25 min)
Room 1202
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Culture (CUL)
This presentation offers the results of a needs analysis
conducted at a Japanese university to determine what
knowledge and/or skills are beneficial for students seeking
postgraduation employment. To avoid privileging
one perspective, the study drew upon a broad range of
participants including Japanese university administrators
and educators, native English-speaking instructors, 4th-year
students, and recruiters from Japanese companies. Study
results will be offered with an eye towards benefiting English
language instruction and curriculum development.
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4:00 PM
OLE SIG Forum: Approaches, methods & techniques
Reinelt, Rudolf - Ehime University
Castro, Mercedes - Instituto Cervantes Tokio
Koike, Yasuko - Kansei Gakuin University
Chen, Shu-ju - Kanazawa Institute of Technology
Fortin, Eric - St. Mary’s College
Reichert, Ruth - Hokuriku University
[email protected]
4:00 PM - 5:40 PM (100 min)
Room B2
Forum
English others
College & University Education: Languages Other than
English or Japanese (OLE)
A fundamental characteristic of OLE is its wide variety,
leading to the development of different methods,
approaches and even ramifications. Presenter A uses comics
in Spanish (inter)cultural teaching, presenter B uses French
experiences for English teaching, presenter C motivates
Chinese learners to speak in early lessons, presenter D uses
Japanese for understanding Korean, presenter E places CJK in
a wider theoretical framework, and presenter F demonstrates
how to create audio files for FL teaching.
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New English Firsthand—10 new ideas
Helgesen, Marc - Miyagi Gakuin Women’s University
Wiltshier, John - Miyagi University
[email protected]
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (60 min)
Rehearsal Room
Workshop
English
College & University Education: Speaking/Communication (SC)
Some say there are no really new textbook ideas. Nonsense.
Welcome to English Firsthand—New Edition. Communicative
language teaching is evolving. We’ll share 10 new ideas all
developed for and piloted with Japanese students. We’ve
added picture dictionary previews, video drama coach, FonF
(Focus-on-Form) in the language models/grammar boxes (so
students actually pay attention), student writing based on real
stories as models, clear goals and outcomes, and much more to
the new edition—join us.
Sponsored by: Pearson Longman
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Teacher-Learner dialogues throughout Asia
Nishida, Steven - JALT International Affairs Committee
[email protected]
4:00 PM - 5:40 PM (100 min)
Chu Hall
Forum
English
General: Global Issues in Language Education (GILE)
In this international forum, panelists representing a variety
of Asian countries will comment on the dialogues that
commonly take place between teachers and learners in
the region. Typical learner and teacher attitudes will be
considered carefully, along with the effects of these attitudes
on classroom interactions. After hearing from each panelist,
the discussion will be opened up to include participation
from the audience.
Sponsored by: JALT International Affairs Committee
LLL SIG Forum: A picture book of haiku in English
Sinha, Geoff
Takatsuka, Tamiko
Watanabe, Eiko
Okabayashi, Sono
4:00 PM - 5:40 PM (100 min)
Hikae 1
Forum
English
Teaching Mature Learners: Culture (CUL)
The Lifelong Language Learning SIG is proud to announce that
Ms. Tamiko Takatsuka (age 87) and Ms. Eiko Watanabe, author
and illustrator of a picture book on haiku, will be guest speakers
for this year’s forum. Joining them will be their teacher, Ms.
Sono Okabayashi, and together they will share their passion for
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English and how they used it to create a piece of art. Anyone
interested in participating in this LLL forum is invited to join us.
Sponsored by: LLL SIG
Listening strategies through communicative tasks
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Stamp, Rachel
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (60 min)
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Workshop
English
General: Listening (LIS)
Teachers and learners sometimes regard solitary listening
as intrinsically useful, being unaware of specific methods to
improve listening. This workshop will examine ways to raise
awareness of different strategies for listening, develop those
strategies, set up tasks to build confidence, and make tasks
more collaborative and motivating.
Sponsored by: British Council
Motivating students and making headway in our classes
Boon, Andrew - Toyo Gakuen University
[email protected]
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (60 min)
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Long Paper
English
College & University Education: Motivation (MOT)
This presentation will outline a 1st-year English course at
a Japanese university in which one course book, American
Headway, is shared among three teachers focusing on
listening, reading, and speaking skills. It discusses course
management, motivational problems, and strategies
implemented to help students make headway with their
English. It also describes a new 2nd-year course aimed at
students who excelled in their 1st year and uses New Headway
Academic Skills to further develop their language skills.
Sponsored by: Oxford University Press
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IFG Asia
Williams, Robert - IFG-Asia
Webb, Nicholas - IFG Asia
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (60 min)
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Meeting
English
Non-teaching Context; Non-teaching Content
Have you addressed your financial planning needs? Not
sure where to go to receive professional assistance? Are you
investing your disposable income wisely and are you saving
enough for the future? Come to IFG-Asia’s presentation
and learn the fundamentals of financial planning, how to
minimize investment risk in the light of last year’s financial
crisis and hear about the numerous solutions to suit your
personal financial planning needs.
Sponsored by: IFG-Asia
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Who am I teaching? Good language learners?
Siegel, Joseph - Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
[email protected]
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (60 min)
Tenji B-2
Workshop
English
General: Learner Development (LD)
The goal of this workshop is to encourage teachers to deepen
their understanding of learner psychology, an understanding
that has the potential to strengthen approaches to language
learning. After an introduction of cognitive and affective
language learning factors, participants will have the opportunity
to create ideal good language learners. Discussion will also cover
how learners might become “better” language learners.
Biliteracy: Early childhood through elementary school
Ryan, Stephen M. - St. Thomas University
[email protected]
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (60 min)
Dai 2-2
Workshop
English
College & University Education: Study Abroad (SA)
Culture Experience Programmes (CEPs) bring together young
people from different cultures for a short, sharp experience
of each others’ way of life. In the course of running such
programmes, the presenter has encountered a number of
situations in which the clashing of cultures produces an
ethical dilemma for programme facilitators. The presenter
will introduce a number of dilemmas and encourage
participants to discuss them with the goal of exploring the
ethical implications of proposed solutions.
Murphy, Ron - Bilingualism SIG
Murakami-Richards, Charlotte V. T. - University of Exeter
Noguchi, Mary Goebel - Kansai University
Parr, Steven - New International School of Japan
[email protected]
4:00 PM - 5:40 PM (100 min)
Tenji C-1
Forum
English
Teaching Children: Bilingualism (BIL)
Developing and supporting minority language literacy is
a major challenge, but the potential rewards, nonetheless,
tempt many to commit to the challenge. With the phasingin of official English language instruction in Japan’s
elementary schools, as well Japan’s growing numbers of
immigrants, emigrants, and returnees, minority language
literacy remains very important. Fortunately, available
resources are more numerous than ever. This forum will
explore the many facets, methods, problems and solutions
that pertain to biliteracy.
Sponsored by: Bilingualism SIG
The front lines of English in elementary schools
Language strategies in the EAL/EFL classroom.
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Can Twitter make you a better children’s teacher?
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Critical incidents from culture experience programmes
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Ito, Lesley - Teaching Children SIG
Iba, Shu - Tokigane Elementary School
Mayeda, Ann - Osaka Shoin Women’s University
Moriguchi, Rei - Heguri-Kita Elementary School
Nakamura, Mari – Teaching Children SIG
Otowa, Toshiko - Hamadera Showa Elementary School
Yoshimura, Hiroyo - Dairoku-Zuiko Elementary School/
Makuhari International School
4:00 PM - 5:40 PM (100 min)
Koryu Hall
Forum
Japanese and English
Teaching Children: Elementary and Preschool (ELEM)
There has been a lot of talk about what will happen when
English becomes a compulsory subject in public elementary
schools in 2011. Instead of talking about what might happen,
this panel will focus on the elementary English programs that
are already in existence—on the front lines, so to speak. Panel
members will share the successes and challenges they encounter
every day in the elementary English programs at their schools.
Sponsored by: TC SIG
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Takeda, Kim - Katoh Gakuen English Immersion School
Ion, Travis - Katoh Gakuen English Immersion School
[email protected]
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (60 min)
Room 901
Workshop
English
Teaching Children: Elementary and Preschool (ELEM)
In our immersion program at Katoh Elementary School,
we incorporate language strategies into our subject content
areas, as well as our everyday routines. How can these
strategies be integrated into your EFL curriculum? Come
prepared to experience a variety of fun and proven successful
strategies, adaptable to all age levels and English proficiency.
Sakamoto, Barbara Hoskins - Teaching Children SIG
[email protected]
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (60 min)
Room 902
Workshop
English
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Teaching Children: Teacher Education (TED)
Teachers can find anything on the Internet—new research,
class activities, teaching tools, and more. But who has the
time to search? Web 2.0 tools allow you to harness the
collective power of children’s EFL teachers around the world
to save you time, and filter information more effectively.
In this workshop you’ll learn how to use blogs, wikis, and
social networks (like Twitter, Flickr and Delicious) to create a
customized personal learning network.
presentations are lined up: Bern Mulvey of Iwate University
([email protected]) will speak about “University
accreditation: How it impacts you”; presenter Chris Flynn
([email protected]) will talk about “ALT tendering process—
The race to the bottom”; and presenters William Figoni and
Makoto Imura ([email protected]) of Osaka Institute of
Technology will talk about “Current research supported by
Grant-in-Aid.”
Insights into the lives of JTEs
Casanave, Christine Pearson - Temple University Japan
Cornwell, Steve - Osaka Jogakuin College (moderator)
Snyder, Bill - Teachers College Columbia MATESOL program
Graham, Colin - Sumikin
[email protected]
4:00 PM - 5:40 PM (100 min)
Room 907
Forum
English
General: Teacher Education (TED)
In this forum, chaired by the SIG coordinator, a panel
consisting of two of this year’s key conference speakers and one
of the conference co-chairs, will interact with participants to
share and explore the interface between teaching and learning.
All are welcome to attend and share their views on teaching
and learning, with the emphasis on the teacher as learner.
Sponsored by: Teacher Education SIG
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Matheny, William - Aisai City Junior High Schools
Nakada, Noriko - Tottori Prefectural High Schools
[email protected]
4:00 PM - 5:40 PM (100 min)
Room 903
Forum
English, Japanese
Junior/Senior High School: Teacher Education (TED)
The SIG is very pleased to present a panel of junior and senior
high school Japanese teachers of English (JTEs). Participants
will have an opportunity to hear what practicing JTEs have to
say about their work and will have a chance to ask questions
and add comments. The aim of this session is to expand the
dialogue on English language education at the secondary level.
Sponsored by: Junior Senior High School SIG
Against teaching gender
Cohen, Tamarah - Kansai Gaidai University
[email protected]
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (60 min)
Room 904
Forum
English
College & University Education: Gender Awareness in
Language Education (GALE)
Are you devoting whole class periods, even weeks, to teaching
students to unpack the cultural narrative(s) of gender
(ethnicity, national identity, etc.) only to discover that insights
gleaned are instantly lost the moment you shift issues? The
presenter will attempt to explain why, then demonstrate, via
an interactive media-analysis exercise, how she has managed
to get students to assert themselves in a sustained manner
against the power of conventionalized practices.
Sponsored by: GALE
SCT: Online feedback sessions on Japanese writing
JJ
Fujino, Masaya - Melbourne High School/
Monash University
[email protected]
4:00 PM - 4:25 PM (25 min)
Room 905
Short Paper
English
Junior/Senior High School: Writing (WRIT)
This short paper presentation will outline the results of
research on, and some advantages of, videoconference
collaborative writing feedback sessions between secondary
school students of Japanese as a foreign language (JFL) in
Australia and Japanese university student tutors. Tutors were
Japanese university students undertaking a unit of teaching
JFL. The results indicated a range of language learning
and useful experiences, for both students and tutors, in
negotiating meaning and responding to student writing.
PALE issues in perspective for 2009
Goetz, Thomas - Hokusei Gakuen University
Mulvey, Bern - Iwate University
Flynn, Chris - Kyushu Institute of Information
Figoni, William - Osaka Institute of Technology
Imura, Makoto - Osaka Institute of Technology
[email protected]
4:00 PM - 5:40 PM (100 min)
Room 906
Forum
English
Non-teaching Context: Administration, Management, &
Employment Issues (PALE)
The PALE SIG is proud to present this forum. Three
PRESENTATION SUMMARIES
SAT
SUN
Reflective practice: The teacher as learner
MON
AM
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Planning and teaching pragmatics to EFL students
Yamashita, Sayoko - Meikai University
Kawate-Mierzejewska, Megumi - Temple University Japan
Jungheim, Nicholas - Waseda University
Tatsuki, Donna - Kobe City University of Foreign Studies
[email protected]
4:00 PM - 5:40 PM (100 min)
Room 909
Forum
English
College & University Education: Pragmatics (PRAG)
This forum takes a three-pronged approach to understanding
and teaching pragmatics to EFL learners. In the first part, Sayoko
Yamashita presents the results of a survey of Japanese EFL/ESL
learners’ and English native speakers’ perceptions of rudeness.
In the second part, Megumi Kawate-Mierzejewska presents a
syllabus for teaching pragmatics in Japan. Finally, in the third
part, Nicholas Jungheim presents an approach to developing
video materials using simple and readily available tools.
Sponsored by: Pragmatics SIG
CUE SIG Forum
Apple, Matthew - Nara National College of Technology
Gunning, John - Gifu Pharmaceutical University
Da Silva, Dexter - Keisen University
Quasha, Steven - Sugiyama Women’s University
[email protected]
4:00 PM - 5:40 PM (100 min)
Room 910
Forum
English
College & University Education: Teacher Education (TED)
The CUE SIG presents a research writing workshop with
hands-on examples of the publication process. Presenters
—former and current editors of the OnCUE Journal— will
guide participants through three steps for better research
paper organization, logical argumentation, appropriate use
of statistics and citations, and overall improved academic
language usage. Particular focus will be on how best to
respond to editor and reviewer requests and suggestions for
paper revisions. Newcomers to SLA research are welcome!
Sponsored by: CUE SIG
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Saturday November 21st Afternoon Presentations
The Extensive Reading Colloquium: Reflections on ER
SAT
SUN
MON
AM
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5
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PM
Stewart, Daniel - Kaisei Academy
Brierley, Mark - Shinshu University
Collett, Paul - Shimonoseki City University
Fuisting, Bjorn - Ryukoku University / Doshisha
International High School
Furmanovsky, Michael - Ryukoku University
Goldberg, Paul - University of Delaware
Rouault, Greg - Kwansei Gakuin University
Redfield, Rube - Osaka University of Economics
[email protected]
4:00 PM - 5:40 PM (100 min)
Room 1001-1
Forum
English
General: Extensive Reading (ER)
The Extensive Reading Colloquium is the main annual event
of the ER SIG. This year, seven researchers will conduct ER
presentations simultaneously in one room. Participants
will be able to take part in two 25-minute sessions with
handouts available for the others. Topics include setting up
ER, integrating language tasks, and measurement. Also at the
colloquium, the ERF Language Learner Literature awards are
announced and there is a large book giveaway sponsored by
the publishers.
Sponsored by: Extensive Reading SIG
Writing centers and tutoring in Japan and Asia
Yoshida, Hiroko - Osaka University of Economics
Johnston, Scott - Osaka Jogakuin College
Uchida, Yuzu - Waseda University
Aoki, Deborah - Hokusei Gakuen University
Roloff, Jennie - Teachers College Tokyo
Dange, Ashok - Smt. Parvatibai Chowgule College of Arts
and Science, India
Morikoshi, Kyoko - Hokusei Gakuen University
Moreau, Robert - Teachers College Tokyo
Koizumi, Yuto - Waseda University
Nagata, Shoko - Waseda University
Saito, Ayako - Waseda University
Shiota, Sachiko - Waseda University
[email protected]
4:00 PM - 5:40 PM (100 min)
Room 1001-2
Forum
English
College & University Education: Writing (WRIT)
This forum will examine the current situation of writing
centers in Japan and Asia as well as the tutoring process.
Writing center administrators from several universities in
Japan and Asia will describe their centers, purposes, and
organization. Then, several tutors from writing centers will
describe their contexts and tutoring techniques in tutoring
sessions. Relevant information and hints on starting and
managing writing centers will be also provided.
Framework & Language Portfolio (FLP) SIG Forum
O’Dwyer, Fergus - Momoyama Gakuin University
Atobe, Satoshi - Keio Research Center for Foreign Language
Education
Nagai, Noriko - Ibaraki University
Sato, Yoko - Hosei University
[email protected]
4:00 PM - 5:40 PM (100 min)
Room 1002
Forum
English, Japanese, others also
General: Framework (CEFR etc.) & Language Portfolio (FLP)
The inaugural forum of the FLP SIG will be comprised of case
studies on the use of frameworks (CEFR, etc.) and language
portfolios in educational institutions in Japan. Speakers
will focus on pedagogical issues and learner reactions.
Presentations will offer hints for those thinking of using
these tools for language classes as well as offering those
currently using these tools a chance to get new ideas.
Sponsored by: Forming Framework & Language Portfolio (FLP) SIG
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English for life: Making students independent
Shearon, Ben - Tohoku University
[email protected]
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (60 min)
Room 1003
Workshop
English
General: Learner Development (LD)
Most university students only have a year or two of
compulsory English classes. In order to maximise the benefit
of English classes, both while students are taking them and
after they finish, teachers should introduce independent
study skills and resources to students. This workshop will
introduce techniques and resources that allow students—and
any other learners—to practice practical English skills by
themselves, without a teacher. Some audience participation
and activities will be included.
Two views of the path from proposal to publication
Goodmacher, Greg - Oita Prefectural College of Arts and
Culture
Barnard, Roger - Tama Art University
Bermingham, Sean - Cengage Learning
Kelly, Curtis - Kansai University
King, Steve - Pearson Longman
[email protected]
4:00 PM - 5:40 PM (100 min)
Wind Hall
Forum
English
General: Materials Writing and Design (MW)
Two accomplished authors and two experienced editors will
discuss their experiences dealing with various issues that
can arise along the path from textbook proposal to textbook
publication. This route is a two-way street that sometimes
involves new drivers, unexpected detours, and occasional
stops before reaching the final destination. Learn how to
write a better proposal, how to successfully negotiate the
route with editors, and how to prepare for a creative journey.
Sponsored by: Materials Writers SIG
Elementary schools three-member team-teaching
approach
Sakamoto, Hitomi - ESTEEM
Sumida, Darryl - Saitama City Board of Education
Ogane, Ethel - ESTEEM
Schott, Joseph - AJET
Carley, Harry - ETJ
Bales, Richard - Domestic Affairs Chair
[email protected]
4:00 PM - 5:40 PM (100 min)
Room 1101
Workshop
English
Teaching Children: Elementary and Preschool (ELEM)
This forum will focus on the three member team-teaching
(3TT) approach that has been gaining popularity with
boards of education. Many BOEs have turned to Japanese
assistant teachers (JATs) to act as English experts when with
homeroom teachers (HRTs) in the weekly fifth and sixth
grade English classes. Native speaking assistant language
teachers (ALTs) usually join JATs and HRTs on a bi-weekly
basis. A discussion of the 3TT professional development
needs will take place.
Open discussion with James Lantolf
Lantolf, James P. - The Pennsylvania State University
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (60 min)
Room 1202
Workshop
English
General: Culture (CUL))
In this informal Q & A session, Jim Lantolf will take
participants’ questions for reflection and discussion.
Graduate students, readers of sociocultural theory, or just
interested teachers are all welcome. The discussion should be
lively, and it will be a great chance to get caught up on some
of the latest ideas in circulation.
PRESENTATION SUMMARIES
Saturday November 21st Afternoon Presentations
4:35 PM
Baptism by fire: One novice EFL teacher
JJ
Tsai, Chia-Chun - National Chiao Tung University
Huang, Shu-Chen - National Chengchi University
4:35 PM - 5:00 PM (25 min)
Room 905
Short Paper
English
Junior/Senior High School: Teacher Education (TED)
This study aims to depict the 1st-year teaching experience
of one novice EFL teacher in Taiwan. The use of a qualitative
approach in the present study revealed that the interplay
of factors such as the personality of the participant, her
previous learning experience, the social and political
environment of her school, and lack of initial support
from her school and the government contributed to the
participant’s unpleasant 1st-year teaching experience.
Birmingham University Graduate Student Showcase
4:35 pm - 6:10 pm (95 min)
Room 908
Graduate Showcase
English and Japanese
Various: Various
Presentations by graduate students of Birmingham
University. See page 85 for details.
5:10 PM
Understanding motivational changes in classrooms
Nitta, Ryo - Nagoya Gakuin University
Asano, Ryoko - Nagoya Gakuin University
5:10 PM - 5:35 PM (25 min)
Room B3
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Motivation (MOT)
This study investigates—through a series of questionnaires—
how Japanese university students’ motivation changes
over the period of a 1-year course. Two hundred Japanese
university English students completed precourse, weekly
during-class, and postcourse questionnaires, assessing their
motivation towards the course. The data were analysed using
instruments from dynamic systems theory, which illustrated
subtle motivational changes and uncovered reasons for
motivational fluctuation and evolution in EFL classrooms.
An interactive college English writing course
Sonda, Nozomu - Yamaguchi University/One World
International
[email protected]
5:10 PM - 5:35 PM (25 min)
Rehearsal Room
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Writing (WRIT)
This is an action research project. Students first engage in free
conversation and then write rapidly for 5 minutes on a given
topic. The written products are shared with partners. A minilecture is then given on a specific writing skill and students
write more on the same topic. This course is currently
underway and the evaluation will look at the change in the
amount of writing, the effects of student interaction and the
role of extensive writing.
Developing content-based Chinese teaching material
Zhang, Xiao Rui - Meisei University
Sato, Yoichi - Meisei University
[email protected]
5:10 PM - 5:35 PM (25 min)
Hikae 2
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Materials Writing and
Design (MW)
This paper addresses issues in teaching the Chinese language
in Japan. The weaknesses in Chinese textbooks currently
published in Japan are pointed out and then materials
—developed in an attempt to solve these problems—are
demonstrated. The paper then presents qualitative data
PRESENTATION SUMMARIES
revealing these materials in practice and concludes that
content-based materials reflecting and requiring interactive
communication should be developed to help students to
build motivation and confidence in learning Chinese.
Abstract to concrete: Building a research paper
Kluge, David - Kinjo Gakuin University
[email protected]
5:10 PM - 5:35 PM (25 min)
Dai 2-1
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Writing (WRIT)
Using multiple intelligences, multiple modalities, and
learning style research as the theoretical bases, the presenter
will explain and demonstrate how to make abstract
instructions for writing research papers more concrete, by
affixing a collection of colorful Post-it notes, in a variety of
colors and sizes, to a research paper template. This system
makes it easier for students to understand how to write
research papers and easier for teachers to give advice in a
timely fashion.
Fostering autonomy: A matter of choice
Nuangpolmak, Apiwan - Macquarie University
5:10 PM - 5:35 PM (25 min)
Dai 2-2
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Learner Development (LD)
This presentation will discuss the development and
implementation of a series of 10 multi-level writing tasks
with a class of university EFL students. To encourage learner
autonomy, learners were given the responsibility of choosing
the level of task that they believed to be most appropriate
for their needs. Interview and questionnaire findings will
be presented to show the positive effects on motivation,
confidence and learner self-concept that emerged from this
study.
Learner reflections on language research
Rowland, Luke - Deakin University
[email protected]
5:10 PM - 5:35 PM (25 min))
Tenji B-1
Short Paper
English
General: Learner Development (LD)
Have you ever considered what our learners would make of
the research we (teachers and researchers) do on language
learning? Moreover, how closely do you think their actual
learning experiences match what we find in our studies?
Through a comparison of my learners’ professed vocabulary
learning and peer feedback practices with current research
in these areas, this presentation is intended to highlight how
and why learners often have different priorities than teachers
and researchers.
The kind of English preferred as a model
Fukuda, Tetsuya - Dokkyo University
[email protected]
5:10 PM - 5:35 PM (25 min)
Tenji C-2
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Sociolinguistics (SL)
The presenter conducted a survey and discusses the results,
trying to find answers to such questions as—what kind of
English do Japanese university students want to have as their
model? Is American English liked best? Are language majors
different from others in terms of English type preference?
Attendees may also enjoy listening to the comments of the
students who participated in this survey.
Japanese-Chinese code switching: Input and output
Meng, Hairong - Tohoku University
Wanner, Peter - Tohoku University
[email protected]
JJ
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Saturday November 21st Afternoon Presentations
SAT
SUN
MON
5:10 PM - 5:35 PM (25 min)
Room 901
Short Paper
English
Teaching Children: Bilingualism (BIL)
Does parental input have any influence on bilingual children’s
output in terms of code switching? Based on the notion of
functional-lexical co-occurrence and language dominance,
the present case study of a Japanese-Chinese bilingual infant
examines the input-output relationship manifested in terms
of code switching. This result indicates that as far as codeswitching is concerned, there is little correlation between the
parental input and children’s output utterances.
The effect of prior experience on formal learning
AM
9
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11
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JJ
Hsu, Hsiao-Wen - University of Essex
5:10 PM - 5:35 PM (25 min)
Room 902
Short Paper
English
Teaching Children: Elementary and Preschool (ELEM)
This study aims to examine the extent to which children’s
prior EFL learning experience affects their motivation and
attitudes towards school EFL learning in the 3rd grade of
primary school (age 10). Findings show that experienced
learners present higher intrinsic motivation and positive
attitudes towards school English learning. Results also imply
that EFL teachers should take into consideration learners’
prior learning in their regular teaching to reach the best
teaching quality and learning outcome.
Collaborative language learning exchange
through Moodle
JJ
Imai, Junko - Dokkyo University
[email protected]
5:10 PM - 5:35 PM (25 min)
Room 905
Short Paper
English, Japanese
Junior/Senior High School: Language and Technology (CALL)
本発表は、Moodleを利用した中学校の授業における、日本人英語学習者
と英語を第一言語とする日本語学習者との間の学習交流と協同学習の実
践を報告する。互いの学習プロジェクトへの情報提供、共通課題への取り
組みを通じて、知識構築や、共有認識、独自性の確立が行われた様子を、
社会文化的理論から考察する。
EFL learner’s new vocabulary use in oral discourse
Carney, Nat - Kwansei Gakuin University
[email protected]
5:10 PM - 5:35 PM (25 min)
Room 1003
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Vocabulary (VOC)
This paper examines data gathered from 5-7 minute faceto-face small group (three to four learners) oral discussions
involving Japanese university EFL learners to determine how
much and in what way learners are using new vocabulary in
their discussions. Key findings from analysis of discussion
transcript excerpts, learner surveys and interviews with
learners are presented along with the study’s limitations and
implications for further research.
5:45 PM
Study Abroad SIG Annual General Meeting
Atkins, Andrew - Kyoto Sangyo University
[email protected]
5:45 PM - 6:45 PM (60 min)
Room B1
Meeting
English
Non-teaching Context: Non-teaching Content
In the Study Abroad SIG AGM we will discuss the path of the
SIG over the preceding year, and the direction and goals for the
forthcoming year. Officer elections will also be held. Everyone
interested is welcome to attend and share their views and ideas.
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Other Language Educators SIG Annual General Meeting
Reinelt, Rudolf - Ehime University
[email protected]
5:45 PM - 6:45 PM (60 min)
Room B2
Meeting
English others
Non-teaching Context: Non-teaching Content
All those interested in widening representation for learning
and teaching languages and cultures beyond English and
Japanese will gather at this year’s meeting with a view to
extending this affiliate SIG. There will be an election of
officers and an exchange of necessary information in an
update on recent developments in the field. The needs and
goals in FL2 classrooms and beyond will be discussed and
recent changes and how to cope with them will be discussed.
Student reflection as feedback on EFL tasks
Stillwell, Christopher - Kanda University of International
Studies
McIlroy, Tara - Kanda University of International Studies
Alexander, Kamsin - Kanda University of International
Studies
Roloff, Jennie - Kanda University of International Studies
[email protected]
5:45 PM - 6:10 PM (25 min)
Room B3
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Materials Writing and
Design (MW)
This presentation will explore important issues in task-based
language teaching, making reference to key points from the
literature. Findings will be shared from in-house research into
how to allow students to act as co-researchers, reflecting on their
language use in a fashion that can be recorded and analyzed for
the sake of improving the curriculum on the whole.
Implementing tasks in the Japanese university
Wicking, Paul - Meijo University
[email protected]
5:45 PM - 6:10 PM (25 min)
Rehearsal Room
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Motivation (MOT)
The benefits of task-based instruction have been strongly argued
by recent research findings, resulting in a wide variety of taskbased materials being used in EFL classes. However, without
a proper understanding of the unique sociocultural factors
which shape the Japanese university classroom, such a teaching
methodology may prove largely ineffective. This presentation
will look at some practical strategies for the effective
implementation of tasks with Japanese university students.
Lifelong Language Learning SIG Annual General Meeting
Sinha, Geoff
[email protected]
5:45 PM - 6:45 PM (60 min)
Hikae 1
Meeting
English
Non-teaching Context: Non-teaching Content
All members of the LLL SIG are invited to attend our annual
general meeting. Even if you aren’t a member, but are curious
about lifelong language learning, please feel free to join us! This
year’s AGM will include the election of new officers, annual
reports on the previous year from the various officers, and
the chance to talk about the future plans of our little, but
growing, group.
PRESENTATION SUMMARIES
Saturday November 21st Afternoon Presentations
Self-repairs to show politeness in L2 Japanese
Takehara, Miho - Oita University
[email protected]
5:45 PM - 6:10 PM (25 min)
Hikae 2
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Pragmatics (PRAG)
The presenter will qualitatively analyze speech by learners of
Japanese as a second language in terms of self-initiated selfrepair to show politeness, and suggest that this type of repair
should be considered a good indicator of the acquisition of
pragmatic knowledge for showing politeness in a second
language (L2). In the literature of interlanguage pragmatics,
there are no studies that focus on self-initiated self-repair as
indicators of the acquisition of polite speech in L2 Japanese.
Youth language and its implications for teachers
Mori, Sachiho
Tsujimura, Natsuko
5:45 PM - 6:10 PM (25 min)
Dai 2-2
Short Paper
Japanese
College & University Education: Sociolinguistics (SL)
若者言葉の中には非文法と見なされる表現が多い反面、その数は単に誤
用とみなせられないほど増えている。本発表では日本人大学生のスピーチ
データを基に、若者言葉を言語学的に観察し、
「変わりつつある日本語」
をどのように日本語教育に取り入れていったらいいのかを考察する。
Teaching Children SIG Annual General Meeting
JJ
Takizawa, Jane - Teaching Children SIG
[email protected]
5:45 PM - 6:45 PM (60 min)
Koryu Hall
Meeting
English and Japanese
Non-teaching Context: Non-teaching Content
The Teaching Children SIG will hold its AGM to choose new
officers for the coming year, and to discuss issues of concern
to the members.
Teachers Helping Teachers SIG Annual General Meeting
decision-making process: Take an active part in your SIG. Our
annual banquet will be after the meeting—please be on the
lookout for details.
Reflective portfolios for autonomous learning
Lo, Ya-fen - National Kaohsiung University of Applied
Sciences
[email protected]
5:45 PM - 6:10 PM (25 min)
Tenji C-2
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Learner Development (LD)
The presenter will show the results from research which depicts
challenges for students and the teacher involved in a process
of developing a reflective portfolio as a medium to promote
autonomous learning in Taiwan. The results show that while
the students’ major task was to develop critical thinking skills—
which were considered to be inadequately taught in Asia—the
major challenge for the teacher was to alternate roles between
decision-maker, facilitator and resource person.
A maverick’s attempt to find an activity’s niche
JJ
Endo, Kazufumi - Teachers College of Columbia University
5:45 PM - 6:10 PM (25 min)
Room 902
Short Paper
English
Junior/Senior High School: Speaking/Communication (SC)
This paper will illustrate how I have attempted to help my
high school students make an oral presentation with a
focus on coherence. I will describe how my experiment was
carried out for one year in the midst of internal and external
restrictions such as collegial indifference, administrative
disfavor and initial student unfamiliarity with this activity.
I will conclude my paper with student feedback that gives
support to my ongoing commitment to this approach.
Junior and Senior High School SIG Annual General
Meeting
Heywood, David - Kwansei Gakuin University
[email protected]
5:45 PM - 6:45 PM (60 min)
Room 903
Meeting
English
Non-teaching Context: Non-teaching Content
This is a meeting to discuss current issues in the SIG and to
formulate plans for the forthcoming year. All interested in
SIG business or those interested in becoming an officer in the
SIG are welcome to attend.
Japanese as a Second Language SIG Annual General
Meeting
GALE SIG Annual General Meeting
Hicks, Salem K. - Kyoto Women’s University
Takai-MacLean, Wakana - Osaka Sangyo University
[email protected]
5:45 PM - 6:45 PM (60 min)
Tenji B-2
Meeting
English and Japanese
Non-teaching Context: Non-teaching Content
Please come to our annual meeting to learn about what the
JSL SIG has been doing this year in the field of teaching,
learning and researching Japanese as a second language—
anyone interested is very welcome to attend. Agenda items
include approval of the SIG constitution, officers’ reports,
welcoming of new members, election of officers, and
planning for the upcoming year.
5:45 PM - 6:45 PM (60 min)
904
Meeting
English
Non-teaching Context: Non-teaching Content
All members and prospective members are welcome and
encouraged to attend and have a voice in the AGM of the
Gender Awareness in Language Education SIG. This group
has tremendous energy and interest in working collectively
on various aspects of gender issues in language education
and research. Executive positions will be voted on and future
events will be discussed and decided. Active participation
from GALE members is essential to achieve our collective aims.
Bilingualism SIG Annual General Meeting
PALE SIG Annual General Meeting
PRESENTATION SUMMARIES
SUN
MON
AM
9
10
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Wanner, Peter - Teachers Helping Teachers SIG
[email protected]
5:45 PM - 6:45 PM (60 min)
Tenji B-1
Meeting
English with Japanese translation
Non-teaching Context: Non-teaching Content
This is the second Annual General Meeting of the Teachers
Helping Teachers SIG. We will report on THT events from 2009
as well as future events and there will be an election of officers.
Luyckx, Bernadette - Tokyo Jogakkan
[email protected]
5:45 PM - 6:45 PM (60 min)
Tenji C-1
Meeting
English
Non-teaching Context: Non-teaching Content
This is the Bilingualism SIG Annual General Meeting.
Election of officers, as well as policy decisions and topics for
the upcoming year will be on the agenda. All members are
invited and encouraged to participate in the discussion and
SAT
[email protected]
Goetz, Thomas - PALE SIG
[email protected]
5:45 PM - 6:45 PM (60 min)
Room 906
Meeting
English
Non-teaching Context: Non-teaching Content
The PALE AGM will discuss employment and professional
issues that relate to language teachers, whatever institution
they may work for. PALE also works to combat discrimination
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7
PM
Saturday November 21st Afternoon Presentations
of all kinds in the workplace and beyond. Everyone who would
like to find out more or become involved is welcome to attend.
Teacher Education SIG Annual General Meeting
SAT
SUN
MON
Graham, Colin - Sumikin Intercom
[email protected]
5:45 PM - 6:45 PM (60 min)
Room 907
Meeting
English
Non-teaching Context: Non-teaching Content
This is the AGM of the Teacher Education SIG. All are
welcome to participate.
Pragmatics SIG Annual General Meeting
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Kawate-Mierzejewska, Megumi - Temple University Japan
[email protected]
5:45 PM - 6:45 PM (60 min)
Room 909
Meeting
English
Non-teaching Context: Non-teaching Content
All members and interested people are invited to participate
in the Pragmatics SIG AGM. We will elect new officers for
2010 and hear reports of the past year’s activities. It would be
wonderful if you could attend to indicate your interest, offer
suggestions, and volunteer a little time.
College and University Educators SIG Annual General
Meeting
Apple, Matthew - Nara National College of Technology
[email protected]
5:45 PM - 6:45 PM (60 min)
Room 910
Meeting
English
Non-teaching Context: Non-teaching Content
Our discussion will begin with a wrap-up of the CUE
2009 Conference at Tezukayama University, move to
meeting the 2009 CUE Scholar and planning for the CUE
2010 Conference, cosponsoring a proposed “All-Kyushu
Conference” at Saga University and the 2010 CUE Research
Scholar, before ending with an introduction to our working
relationship with the TESOL Higher Education Interest
Section (HEIS). If you are interested in contributing to
tertiary education in Japan, please join us!
Extensive Reading SIG Annual General Meeting
Stewart, Daniel - Kaisei Academy
[email protected]
5:45 PM - 6:45 PM (60 min)
Room 1001-1
Meeting
English
Non-teaching Context: Non-teaching Content
The ER SIG Annual General Meeting is a chance for the SIG
members to get together and discuss what went well in the
past year and what we could do better in the future. New
executive members are elected when needed, so please come
out and support your SIG.
CALL SIG Annual General Meeting
Berberich, Frank - CALL SIG
[email protected]
5:45 PM - 6:45 PM (60 min)
Room 1001-2
Meeting
English
Non-teaching Context: Non-teaching Content
As CALL becomes more mainstream we happily foresee a
dilution of leadership, a time when everyone understands
how to use digital technology in the classroom. That time is
not upon us yet. Your chance to influence a larger number
of mainstream teachers is at hand. It is time to blend. The
frontier has arrived. Now is the time to colonize.
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Framework and Language Portfolio SIG Annual
General Meeting
O’Dwyer, Fergus - Momoyama Gakuin University
[email protected]
5:45 PM - 6:45 PM (60 min)
Room 1002
Meeting
English, Japanese, others also
Non-teaching Context: Non-teaching Content
This inaugural AGM of the FLP SIG will focus on gaining a
firmer understanding and consensus on the future direction
of the SIG. Financial and organizational issues will be
considered and there will be an election of officers. The
results of working groups—established to develop materials
to support educators who would like to use the pedagogic
tools (e.g., CEFR and language portfolios) —will be reviewed
and fresh action plans will be discussed. Future seminars will
also be on the agenda.
Learner Development SIG Annual General Meeting
Nicoll, Hugh - LD SIG
[email protected]
5:45 PM - 6:45 PM (60 min)
Room 1003
Meeting
English and Japanese
Non-teaching Context: Non-teaching Content
Please join us for the Learner Development SIG AGM. We
will be discussing program and publication plans for the
coming year, the SIG budget, and electing new officers. For
more information on the LD SIG, please visit us on the web
at (http://ld-sig.org/).
Material Writers SIG Annual General Meeting
Petersen, Scott - Material Writers SIG
[email protected]
5:45 PM - 6:45 PM (60 min)
Wind Hall
Meeting
English
Non-teaching Context: Non-teaching Content
We’ll hold our officer elections and discuss SIG matters. All
are welcome to attend.
Testing and Evaluation SIG Annual General Meeting
Sick, Jim - TEVAL SIG
[email protected]
5:45 PM - 6:45 PM (60 min)
Room 1101
Meeting
English
Non-teaching Context: Non-teaching Content
There will be reports on TEVAL-sponsored events, SIG
finances, and membership over the past year. Nominations
for next year’s executive board will be made and a new board
elected by the SIG members present at the meeting. This will
be followed by discussion of plans for SIG activities in 2010
and beyond. TEVAL members are encouraged to attend and
make their voices heard.
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Learning English, or learning to hate it?
JJ
Rian, Joel - Sapporo Gakuin University
[email protected]
6:20 PM - 6:45 PM (25 min)
Room 902
Short Paper
English, Japanese
Junior/Senior High School: Motivation (MOT)
Nearly all middle school students in Japan encounter
increasingly test-oriented, structure-based English language
classrooms. Is this, however, necessarily a de-motivating
experience? What do Japanese middle school students think
about the English they have to study? The presenter will
share the results of a student questionnaire, as well as some
salient ethnographic observations gathered during his 4-year
tenure as an ALT at three middle schools in a semi-rural
Hokkaido town.
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Sunday November 22nd Morning Presentations
Sunday Presentations
Simulation thesis: An approach to writing
Zenuk-Nishide, Lori - Kobe City University of Foreign Studies
[email protected]
9:20 AM - 9:45 AM (25 min)
Room B1
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Writing (WRIT)
Teaching academic writing as a general skill results in only
slight improvement for students who must subsequently
produce research papers of their own. This methodology
is based on the use of a model project as a scaffold and
accelerator for second language learner understanding of
the research process and thesis production. Research in
simulation, content-based teaching and systemic functional
linguistics provide frameworks for analysis that can make
thesis-writing skills specific, detailed, relevant and accessible.
Pronunciation difficulties for learners of French
Masson, Emilie - Kyushu Sangyo Daigaku
9:20 AM - 9:45 AM (25 min)
Room B2
Short Paper
French/English
General: Languages Other than English or Japanese (OLE)
This presentation will be focusing on pronunciation
difficulties for Japanese learners of French. We will look at
what sounds are difficult for Japanese learners of French
and why. We will also take a look at how these difficulties
vary with regard to free speech or reading a passage aloud.
Finally, we will look at some ways teachers can remedy these
difficulties with activities they can use in class.
Developing volunteer teachers of Japanese
Nakao, Kaori - Nakamura Gakuen College
[email protected]
9:20 AM - 9:45 AM (25 min)
Room B3
Short Paper
Japanese
Teaching Mature Learners: Japanese as a Second Language
(JSL)
外国籍者が増加している今日、彼らへの日本語学習支援は重要な課題と
なっている。本発表では、彼らを支援するボランティアへのインタビュー調
査の結果を通して、日本語学習支援の現状と課題を明らかにし、今後の支
援のあり方を検討する。さらに、日本語学習支援者としての必要な資質や
役割についても検討していく。
Study abroad experience: Effects on motivation
Bailey, Frank - Baiko Gakuin University
[email protected]
9:20 AM - 9:45 AM (25 min)
Rehearsal Room
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Study Abroad (SA)
This study investigated changes in motivation in Japanese
university students following a 10-week study abroad program.
The beliefs, motivations and expectations of students, and
how they change during the experience were investigated.
Understanding these changes may suggest ways in which
curriculum and preparation changes can improve outcomes.
This project is a follow-up/deepening of a study performed in
2008. This project will use more qualitative and open-ended
methods in hopes of identifying changes more clearly.
Using social network sites securely
Zeff, B. Bricklin - Hokkai Gakuen Daigaku
9:20 AM - 9:45 AM (25 min)
AV Hall
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Language and Technology
(CALL)
In this presentation the presenter will describe and
demonstrate how to create a secure environment to access
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and use social network sites. Many teachers may have second
thoughts about using these sites because of the potential
for privacy violations. By following a few simple guidelines,
it is possible to provide a class with a safe environment for
navigation through these sites. If time allows, the presenter
will give a brief description of some sites used.
Small talk in ESL nursing textbooks
Clingwall, C. Dion - Keimyung University
[email protected]
9:20 AM - 9:45 AM (25 min)
Hikae 1
Short Paper
English
Teaching Mature Learners: Pragmatics (PRAG)
Over the past several decades a worldwide demographic
shift has occurred. In ever-increasing numbers, nurses from
developing nations are attempting to gain employment in
the developed world. One of the significant limiting factors
is language, particularly small talk. This paper considers
the treatment of small talk as a learning component in ESL
nursing textbooks and the possible implications for the
nursing profession.
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Communication breakdowns and repair
Jarrell, Douglas - Nagoya Women’s University
Hazumi, Naoko - Nagoya Women’s University
[email protected]
9:20 AM - 9:45 AM (25 min)
Hikae 2
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Speaking/Communication (SC)
The researchers investigated the cause of communication
breakdowns during conversations between Japanese and
native speakers of English, and the means of repair initiated.
It was hypothesized that the majority of breakdowns would
occur due to incomprehensible pronunciation. The findings
indicate that there were a number of other factors that
caused the breakdowns. In addition, students used a wide
variety of repair tactics, rarely involving adjustments in
pronunciation.
Bilingual cognition
Hasebe, Megumi - Gifu University
Okada, Akina - Gifu University
[email protected]
9:20 AM - 9:45 AM (25 min)
Dai 2-1
Short Paper
English
General: Bilingualism (BIL)
This study reports two findings: Firstly, results from an itemcategorising task revealed that monolingual Japanese and
English speakers employ statistically significant different
concepts due to the nature of the two languages. Secondly,
Japanese bilingual speakers who have acquired English as a
second language are cognitively different from monolingual
speakers. Although their first language is Japanese, the
concept they employ is significantly different from that of
the monolingual Japanese speakers.
Motivation at two contrasting tertiary colleges
Pritchard, Tim - Kyushu Sangyo University
[email protected]
9:20 AM - 9:45 AM (25 min)
Dai 2-2
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Motivation (MOT)
Why do some language learners excel and others fail? The
motivation for students to study is clearly an important
factor in explaining differences in proficiencies and has
attracted much attention in SLA research. Motivation
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Sunday November 22nd Morning Presentations
presupposes to some extent all other learner variables such as
personality, aptitude and learning styles. This paper discusses
a cross-sectional questionnaire study surveying 388 students
and comparing student motivation and proficiency at two
contrasting tertiary institutions.
SAT Gender, magazines and media literacy
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McLaren, Sally - Doshisha Women’s College of Liberal Arts
9:20 AM - 9:45 AM (25 min)
Koryu Hall
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Gender Awareness in
Language Education (GALE)
This research examines the outcome of a comparative
analysis of Australian and Japanese women’s magazines in
university-level English Language Media Literacy classes.
The focus is on how the students analysed magazine content
from a cross-cultural perspective, and the class discussion
that resulted from this process. Although issues of body
image and consumerism were initially dominant, the
students took their analysis further and reflected deeply on
gender identity and culture in their media environments.
Measuring the lexical challenge of TOEIC Bridge
Stubbe, Raymond - Kyushu Sangyo University
[email protected]
9:20 AM - 9:45 AM (25 min)
Tenji B-1
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Vocabulary (VOC)
This study identifies the problematic lexical items students
are likely to encounter when taking the TOEIC Bridge test.
Five hundred 1st- and 2nd-year university students were
given copies of both the listening and reading sections of an
official TOEIC Bridge practice test, and asked to identify all
the words which they did not know the meaning of. Study
design and results suggesting which vocabulary warrants
attention in the classroom will be presented and discussed.
A cross-cultural examination of L2 writing anxiety
Cheng, Yuh-show - National Taiwan Normal University
Yeh, Hsi-nan - National Taiwan Normal University
Oi, Kyoko - Chiba University
9:20 AM - 9:45 AM (25 min)
Tenji B-2
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Writing (WRIT)
This study compared the factor structure of L2 writing
anxiety between Japanese and Taiwanese students. The data
were collected with a three-dimensional L2 writing anxiety
instrument used in recent L2 writing studies. Approximately
300 college students from each cultural group were recruited.
A series of multi-group CFAs were performed to determine
factor structure equivalence and to identify sources of
nonequivalence across the two cultural groups.
Cultural perspectives and influences of teachers
Sybing, Roehl - Kanto International Senior High School
[email protected]
9:20 AM - 9:45 AM (25 min)
Tenji C-1
Short Paper
English
General: Culture (CUL)
This presentation details some of the findings from ongoing
research exploring the views language educators hold about
culture, the application of culture in the language classroom
and the potential effects, positive or negative, on language
learners. Whether or not it is a given that culture is inextricably
linked to language proficiency, the presenter asserts that it is
important to explore the nature of such connections when
determining a path for language acquisition.
Sponsored by: JALT Research Grants Committee
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Reflection and EFL lesson planning improvement
Jansem, Anchalee - Srinakharinwirot University Thailand
[email protected]
9:20 AM - 9:45 AM (25 min)
Tenji C-2
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Teacher Education (TED)
This qualitative research was conducted over the course
of one semester and revealed the effects of graduate TEFL
students’ sequential reflections on instructional planning.
Data gained from the students’ reflections, lesson plans, and
open-ended questionnaires indicate that reflections help
them see themselves through constructive lenses. Continual
professional growth was displayed along the path from being
reflective practitioners to effective lesson planners.
Sponsored by: Srinakharinwirot University Thailand
Can we teach? A linguistic analysis of Eigo Noto
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Children’s affective changes in English activities
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A learner corpus-based collocation study
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Kobayashi, Miyoko - Kanda University of
International Studies
Moritani, Hiroshi - Kanda University of
International Studies
[email protected]
9:20 AM - 9:45 AM (25 min)
Room 901
Short Paper
English
Teaching Children: Teacher Education (TED)
This paper reports the preliminary findings of a linguistic
analysis of Eigo Noto, an English reference book which is
currently being trialed at some 600 key primary schools
across Japan. The paper assesses the vocabulary levels,
sentence types, and interactive functions included in
teacher-talk in the book. By examining these linguistic
characteristics, the study seeks to identify the levels of
English proficiency that the teachers are expected to attain
in order to teach English.
Yamaga, Naoko - Tokyo Junshin Women’s College
[email protected]
9:20 AM - 9:45 AM (25 min)
Room 902
Short Paper
English
Teaching Children: Elementary and Preschool (ELEM)
This presentation will introduce a study which investigated
the value of English activities at public schools. The purpose
of the study was to develop a scale to measure children’s
attitude toward different cultures and their self-related
constructs, in particular, self-esteem and collective selfesteem. The researcher measured these affects of the
elementary school children who experienced English
activities. The validity and reliability of the scale was
investigated.
Miura, Kunihiko - Affiliated Secondary School
of Tokyo University
[email protected]
9:20 AM - 9:45 AM (25 min)
Room 903
Short Paper
English
Junior/Senior High School: Corpus (COR)
This presentation shows research on L2 learners’
developmental language acquisition through adjective +
noun collocation based on a learner corpus. The learner
corpus was built using written work collected from Japanese
learners from the 1st year to the 4th year (age 13 to 16) of
secondary school. This research deals with the progress
of learners’ adjective + noun collocation expressions
quantitatively and qualitatively over a 4-year period.
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Sunday November 22nd Morning Presentations
A revised ethnocentrism scale
Swenson, Tamara - Osaka Jogakuin College
Visgatis, Brad - Osaka International University
[email protected]
9:20 AM - 9:45 AM (25 min)
Room 904
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Culture (CUL)
Ethnocentrism is the degree to which a person prefers their
native culture. Neuliep & McCroskey’s General Ethnocentrism
Scale is designed to measure a person’s ethnocentrism.
Although this scale has been validated through factor analysis
for US and Japanese populations, a Rasch analysis on two
datasets (US and Japanese) suggests that the scale may be too
narrow (±1 standard deviation). This presentation provides
statistics on a revised version of the ethnocentrism scale.
Japanese international school students’
bilingual identity
JJ
Okada, Hanako - Temple University Japan
9:20 AM - 9:45 AM (25 min)
Room 905
Short Paper
English
Junior/Senior High School: Bilingualism (BIL)
This longitudinal case study investigates language and
identity of childhood bilinguals in a relatively monolingual
society. The participants in this study are three Japanese
high school students enrolled in international schools in
Japan. How these students perceive of themselves and their
complex and unique linguistic situations will be discussed.
Student/teacher expectations in the ESL classroom
Stroupe, Richmond - Soka University
Sasaki, Daniel - Soka University
Lindeman, Greg - Soka University
Chirside, Alex - Soka University
[email protected]
9:20 AM - 9:45 AM (25 min)
Room 907
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Motivation (MOT)
Students and teachers enter the educational context with
expectations regarding educational outcomes, assessment
procedures, participation levels, and class activities.
These expectations may influence class performance and
persistence with language study. This investigation attempts
to determine how students develop their expectations
related to language learning, how these expectations change,
and whether students’ expectations run contrary to those of
teachers. For teachers, are the expressed expectations of the
students reflected in what we do in our classes?
Meisei University Graduate Student Showcase
9:20 am - 9:45 am (25 min)
Room 908
Graduate Showcase
English and Japanese
Various: Various
Presentations by graduate students of Meisei University. See
page 86 for details.
Creating a Thailand teacher network: A true story
Cornwall, Tim - Shinawatra University
[email protected]
9:20 AM - 9:45 AM (25 min)
Room 909
Short Paper
English
General: Global Issues in Language Education (GILE)
As a long-time, former EFL professional in Japan, the dearth
of professional contacts and experiences educators face in
Thailand led to the creation of an independent, Thailand
Educators Network (TEN). This session will review the
teaching scene in Thailand, in particular, the growing
bilingual, international school, college, university and
private teaching opportunities available in the Kingdom.
How TEN came to be and the challenges experienced in
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getting it established will also be discussed.
Sponsored by: Banner Financial Services
Less language, more content—business in English
Craven, Miles - The Møller Centre, University of Cambridge
[email protected]
9:20 AM - 9:45 AM (25 min)
Room 910
Short Paper
English
Teaching Mature Learners: English for Specific Purposes
(ESP)
This paper will outline the development of an intensive
business English programme at the Møller Centre, a
conference and training centre within Churchill College–
one of the Colleges of Cambridge University. The presenter
will demonstrate how the original language-focused aims
and philosophy behind the initiative completely changed
in the light of market demands, resulting in the creation
of several content-based courses where language plays a
secondary, but supporting, role.
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Lesson planning: Setting goals and outcomes
Roberts, Monica Mary - Nagasaki JALT
[email protected]
9:20 AM - 9:45 AM (25 min)
Room 1001-1
Short Paper
English
General: Vocabulary (VOC)
The presentation will guide you through a lesson plan on
FFL/L and vocabulary. Effective lesson planning involves
focusing on one of the four main parts of a language course:
1) Meaning Focused Input (MFI), 2) Meaning Focused Output
(MFO), 3) Form Focused Learning (FFL) and 4) Fluency.
Effective lesson planning also involves the selection of a goal
from LIST, where L = language, I = ideas, S = skills, and T =
text. Selection of specific lesson outcomes is also involved.
Sponsored by: Nagasaki JALT
High school EFL teachers’ professional identity
Fukunaga, Sunao - University of Washington
[email protected]
9:20 AM - 9:45 AM (25 min)
Room 1001-2
Short Paper
English
Junior/Senior High School: Teacher Education (TED)
This qualitative case study explores what it means to be an
English teacher in the Japanese public high school context.
Through the analysis of six experienced English teachers’
interviews, the result reveals the teachers’ shared belief: teaching
practice should not be merely teaching the subject matter, but
rather the bedrock of a student’s growing processes as a whole
person. This common belief may be particularly unique to
language education in the Japanese high school context.
Treatment of errors in an English writing course
Yoshimura, Fumiko - Tohoku Gakuin University
9:20 AM - 9:45 AM (25 min)
Room 1002
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Writing (WRIT)
This presentation reports on a university English writing
course designed to implement research findings to reduce
student errors without correcting them. Model texts, a
checklist to guide the reading process, peer evaluation
sessions, a delayed lecture on error correction, and a grammar
self-checklist were utilized to foster students’ autonomy and
reduce the instructor’s workload. Student errors decreased
gradually in the revision cycles without the instructor’s
correction and students’ self-confidence increased.
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Learner autonomy and conversation lounges
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Murphy, Philip - Kanda University of International Studies
Wright, Shelley - Kanda University of International Studies
Shanley, Michael - Kanda University of International
Studies
Johnson, Nathan - Kanda University of International Studies
[email protected]
9:20 AM - 9:45 AM (25 min)
Room 1003
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Learner Development (LD)
This presentation describes the research and development
of a conversation lounge for English language majors at
Kanda University of International Studies (KUIS) in Japan.
The overall goals of this facility are to promote learner
autonomy and foreign language proficiency. Practical topics
of discussion will include setting up, scheduling, training,
management, and research and development of the lounge.
It is hoped that this presentation will be of interest to anyone
involved with setting up or running such a facility.
Teaching & learning in student-generated
commercials
Cunningham, Joyce - Ibaraki University
[email protected]
9:20 AM - 9:45 AM (25 min)
Room 1101
Short Paper
English
General: Speaking/Communication (SC)
This mini-presentation describes a class exchange project
using short, student-generated TV commercials. Learners
were familiarized with the content and vocabulary of
commercials. Examples exposed the students to cultural
similarities and differences and analyzing the effectiveness
of the commercials. Small teams then researched a
product, audience, message, and slogan to make their
own commercials. Techniques included brainstorming,
storyboarding, creating dialogues, filming, video editing
(Imovie2), portfolios and a directors’ panel.
Feasible EAP productive vocabulary instruction
Smith, Richard - International University of Japan
[email protected]
9:20 AM - 9:45 AM (25 min)
Room 1202
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Vocabulary (VOC)
This paper addresses teachers in intermediate-level EAP
writing programs who need or wish to develop a productive
vocabulary component that is feasible to teach and that
conserves learner motivation. Fossilization in the variety and
accuracy of intermediate learners’ written lexis is a major
challenge. The presenter will argue that this fossilization
is partly a response to failure and frustration. Creating
institutional conditions for success involves careful lexical
targeting and rich treatment of key items.
10:00 AM
The dialectics of instructed second language
development
Lantolf, James P. - The Pennsylvania State University, USA
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM (45 min)
Chu Hall
Plenary Session
English
General: Sociolinguistics (SL)
This presentation emerges from an on-going project on
the implications of dialectics in Vygotsky’s theory of
consciousness for instructed second language development.
I will argue that the real key to the theory is found in the
notion of praxis—a notion that Vygotsky appropriated from
Marx. The crucial feature of praxis is the dialectic unity of
consciousness (knowledge/theory) and action that gives rise
to new forms of understanding and behaving.
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11:10 AM
Polishing the mirror
Nakamura, Youichi - Seisen Jogakuin College
Gilmour, Elaine - Miyagi Gakuin University
Sick, Jim - Obirin University
[email protected]
11:10 AM - 12:50 PM (100 min)
Room B1
Forum
English
General: Testing and Evaluation (TEVAL)
Many EFL teachers suffer from “test phobia.” This forum
will argue that evaluation procedures are, in fact, useful
and beneficial. Assessment procedures considered here will
be related to mostly formative use in the classroom, rather
than institution-wide tests such as entrance exams. We
hope to show how testing can help EFL teachers to vindicate
their efforts among colleagues, and also to monitor or
complement their teaching—and possibly even win over
some “evaluphobe” teachers within JALT.
Sponsored by: TEVAL SIG
Repetition of student-led interviews of a teacher
Nakamura, Ian - Okayama University
[email protected]
11:10 AM - 11:35 AM (25 min)
Room B3
Short Paper
English
General: Pragmatics (PRAG)
Through repetition of task, the student is given two chances
to interview the teacher with the first time seen as a rehearsal
and the second as a revised performance. What can make
a difference is what is done in the interval. By heightening
awareness of how to elicit further talk, the student-interviewer
receives new ideas to try out immediately and the teacheranalyst finds out what changes in the second interview.
Business English speed date
Graham, Colin - Sumikin Intercom
[email protected]
11:10 AM - 12:50 PM (100 min)
Rehearsal Room
Forum
English
Teaching Mature Learners: English for Specific Purposes (ESP)
In this forum, participants will have the opportunity to
interact in a speed date format with everyone else in the
group. You may not be certain of exactly what business
English is, or you may have some useful techniques
or materials to share related to teaching adults in the
workplace. Whatever your reason, this is a chance to increase
your understanding of business English by networking.
Sponsored by: Business English SIG (forming)
Getting published in JALT publications
Talandis Jr., Jerry - Toyo Gakuen University
[email protected]
11:10 AM - 12:10 PM (60 min)
Chu Hall
Workshop
English
General: Writing (WRIT)
This workshop is for anyone considering submitting an
article to The Language Teacher or JALT Journal. Editors and
staff will answer questions such as: What are the options for
publishing through JALT? What is the submission process
like? What are characteristics of good papers? How can I
get help with my academic writing? What is the process for
proposing a special issue of The Language Teacher? How can I
get involved?
New e-learning products from reallyenglish
Porter, Ben
[email protected]
11:10 AM - 12:10 PM (60 min)
AV Hall
Workshop
English (Japanese by request)
General: Language and Technology (CALL)
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Sunday November 22nd Morning Presentations
We will present an overview of our varied products (four
skills, multiple levels, daily life to business, test prep., etc.)
and services (hosted e-learning, customer support, online
coaching, forum, writing & speaking correction, etc.),
including three new products developed with Cambridge
University Press (Speaking & Listening), McGraw-Hill (Daily
English, Grammar, TOEIC), and Pearson Longman (News
Reading). Launched in 2001, reallyenglish is now a leader
in e-learning in Japan among corporations, educational
institutions, and language schools.
Sponsored by: Real English Broadband Co., Ltd.
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Take your students on an English Safari
Fuller, Dale - Macmillan LanguageHouse
Cleary, Kevin - Tokyo Medical and Dental University
[email protected]
11:10 AM - 12:10 PM (60 min)
Hikae 1
Workshop
English
Junior/Senior High School: Speaking/Communication (SC)
High school students are more willing and eager to talk
when given topics that allow them to discuss their personal
interests, share their opinions, and provide opportunities
to build stronger relationships with their classmates. Using
confidence-building materials from the textbook English
Safari 1, the presenters will share ideas on how participants
can help students discover the thrill of being able to
communicate effectively in English in everyday situations.
Sponsored by: Macmillan LanguageHouse
Promotional
TPRS—A teaching methodology for you
Kawahara, Melinda - Kitakyushu JALT
[email protected]
11:10 AM - 12:10 PM (60 min)
Hikae 2
Workshop
English
Teaching Children: Elementary and Preschool (ELEM)
TPRS What is it? How does it work? If you are willing
to try something new then this cutting edge teaching
methodology is for you. A teaching method that not only
incorporates reading, writing, speaking and listening but
also embraces three more skills: creativity, imagination and
thinking skills. In this workshop the presenter will have
you experience the method first hand and then guide you
through the steps to asking a story with your students.
Sponsored by: Kitakyushu JALT
Improving pedagogy in Bangladeshi schools
Pratt, Cornelius B. - Temple University, Pennsylvania, USA
Hossain, Tania - Dokkyo University, Waseda University
11:10 AM - 12:10 PM (60 min)
Dai 2-1
Long Paper
English
College & University Education: Bilingualism (BIL)
This paper applies disparate, yet complementary, research
traditions of critical-cultural analysis and of linguistics to
developing policy and a blueprint that have the potential
to make significant improvements to an educational system
fraught with academic inequities, social disparities, and
misaligned resources. It argues that educational reforms in
Bangladesh be guided by pedagogical and critical-cultural
analyses as approaches toward normalizing and improving
educational opportunities for all students.
Program chairs meeting
McCasland, Philip - JALT Director of Program
11:10 AM - 12:10 PM (60 min)
Dai 2-2
Meeting
English
Non-teaching Context; Non-teaching Content
The varied and changing constituencies in JALT present a
range of expectations that must be met by our programs.
How can the local, regional, and national programs work
together to address your groups needs and desires? How
do program choices reflect your group’s identity? How
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can the new ETC system improve program choices? These
topics will be discussed in this meeting, which is mandatory
for program officers. If you cannot attend, please send a
representative.
PAC meeting
PAC Reps - Pan Asian Consortium
[email protected]
11:10 AM - 12:10 PM (60 min)
Koryu Hall
Meeting
English
Non-teaching Context: Non-teaching Content
Representatives will gather to discuss issues and events
related to the Pan Asian Consortium, which is comprised of
seven partner associations based in Korea, Thailand, Japan,
Taiwan, the Far East of Russia, Singapore and the Philippines.
Everyone is welcome.
How to teach presentation skills effectively
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[email protected]
11:10 AM - 1:10 PM (120 min)
Tenji Gallery
Poster Session
English
College & University Education: Teacher Education (TED)
Presentation skills have become more and more important
for students both inside and outside of school. However,
most students are struggling with making presentations
in English. In this poster session, one example of how to
teach presentation skills effectively—especially in a lowlevel class—will be introduced. The focus will be on how to
motivate students and how to make presentation tasks easier
for students to undertake.
Macroscopic scaffolding for ESP contextualization
Asai, Atsushi - Daido University
[email protected]
11:10 AM - 1:10 PM (120 min)
Tenji Gallery
Poster Session
English
College & University Education: English for Specific
Purposes (ESP)
Japanese college students, working individually, skimmed
paragraphs to sort/place them in the correct order and find
appropriate words for the blanks spaces. They then discussed
the order of paragraphs and the choices of words as a group.
Through these lessons, the students have become aware that
word choice depends on the context and that macroscopic
comprehension results in appropriate word choice.
A poster session about student poster sessions
Boon, Andrew - Toyo Gakuen University
Stevens, Simon - British Council
[email protected]
11:10 AM - 1:10 PM (120 min)
Tenji Gallery
Poster Session
English
General: Speaking/Communication (SC)
This presentation will explore the poster presentation
format as an interesting and creative end-of-semester project
for language students. The two presenters will discuss the
various teaching contexts in which they have used poster
sessions with their students, the process that students go
through in completing the projects, the organization of the
final poster presentation day, and students’ reactions to the
overall learning experience.
Metaphorical patterns in textbook prefaces
Bradford-Watts, Kim - Kyoto Women’s University
11:10 AM - 1:10 PM (120 min)
Tenji Gallery
Poster Session
English
College & University Education: Pragmatics (PRAG)
Our thought processes are largely metaphorical, and
metaphors are incorporated into larger metaphorical patterns
in texts in order to create cohesion and consistency and to
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lessen cognitive load. This poster session describes the major
metaphorical patterns discovered through analysis of a sample
of the prefaces of 25 textbooks written in English. The study
investigated the major patterns that emerged, the entailments,
and implications for those involved in EFL education.
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Christianus, I Wayan Eka - Nanzan University
11:10 AM - 1:10 PM (120 min)
Tenji Gallery
Poster Session
English
College & University Education: Learner Development (LD)
The main challenge of teaching English to university
students in a non-English speaking country is to provide
more opportunities for the students to speak in the target
language. One solution is to create an interactive language
learning community on campus which is committed to
facilitating and encouraging students to communicate solely
in the target language. Such communities are beginning to
spring up in Japan, and this poster presentation introduces
one such example.
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Mending a crack in the mirror: Teaching repeaters
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Goetz, Thomas - Hokusei Gakuen University
[email protected]
11:10 AM - 1:10 PM (120 min)
Tenji Gallery
Poster Session
English
College & University Education: Materials Writing and
Design (MW)
Teaching repeaters during vacation requires insight and
planning. Instead of convening in a classroom, an online
self-paced medium was made. Steps taken to create this will
show how the selected material was transformed with Hot
Potatoes and arranged and uploaded with Moodle, feedback
was provided, and final grades were given. It was noticed
that the teacher changed into more of a facilitator for the
participants—everyone could pass on their own merits.
Encircling meaning: From literature to research
Hillis, Mary - Kansai Gaidai University
[email protected]
11:10 AM - 1:10 PM (120 min)
Tenji Gallery
Poster Session
English
College & University Education: Reading (READ)
How can literature circles be used to inspire student
research projects? In literature circles, group members are
responsible for exploring different aspects of the reading,
then presenting and discussing it with the group. Through
discussion, students often find ideas for further research.
This poster presentation will cover the basics of literature
circles, ways to incorporate a research component into
literature circles, and feedback from students. Also, sample
research topics from The Hobbit will be given.
Reflective self-study: Fostering learner autonomy
Noguchi, Junko - Kanda University of International Studies
Mynard, Jo - Kanda University of International Studies
Thornton, Katherine - Kanda University of International
Studies
McCarthy, Tanya - Kanda University of International Studies
Morrison, Brian - Kanda University of International Studies
Navarro, Diego - Kanda University of International Studies
[email protected]
11:10 AM - 1:10 PM (120 min)
Tenji Gallery
Poster Session
English
College & University Education: Learner Development (LD)
The Self-Access Learning Centre (SALC) at Kanda University
aims to develop learners’ cognitive and metacognitive skills,
helping them take responsibility for their own learning and
become truly autonomous language learners. In this poster
we will demonstrate the ways in which independent study
modules offered in the SALC help to support our learners’
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development through ongoing written reflections. Attendees
will have the opportunity to see extracts from students’
reflective diaries and reports from the modules.
Improving reading proficiency at a beginning level
Shimada, Yoko - Seigakuin University
[email protected]
11:10 AM - 1:10 PM (120 min)
Tenji Gallery
Poster Session
English and Japanese
College & University Education: Reading (READ)
In this session, the presenter will address the issue of
improving reading proficiency of students at a beginning
level in a college English class. Classroom tasks are provided
for the students to acquire useful reading strategies to
improve their reading proficiency.
Effectiveness of an online weekly journal using blogs
Uchida, Ayumi - University of Minnesota
[email protected]
11:10 AM - 1:10 PM (120 min)
Tenji Gallery
Poster Session
Japanese
College & University Education: Language and Technology
(CALL)
本発表では中級日本語コースでブログを使用し行ったonline weekly
journalの実践報告をし、開始時と終了時に行ったアンケート調査の結果
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ブログ活動が学習者のモチベーションを高め、
自律学習を促進す
る効果があることを報告し、言語教育に於けるブログの有効性を検証・考
察する。
Learning English through yoga
Wilson, Carla - David English House
[email protected]
11:10 AM - 1:10 PM (120 min)
Tenji Gallery
Poster Session
English
Teaching Children: Elementary and Preschool (ELEM)
Information will be provided about a summer event for
elementary school children which combined yoga-based
games and English. The event aimed to introduce some
English vocabulary and expressions as the children were
engaged in yoga activities. The games presented could be
replicated by someone without any yoga expertise and the
basic structure of the event could easily be used with content
other than yoga, such as dance, sports, cooking and music.
Using video to develop global issues awareness
Cramer, Tracy - Kansai Gaidai University
[email protected]
11:10 AM - 12:10 PM (60 min)
Tenji B-1
Workshop
English
College & University Education: Global Issues in Language
Education (GILE)
Video can help raise learner awareness of global issues
such as the environment, international understanding
and economic development, and develop language. The
presenter will share how the documentary series Families of
the World can be used to meet these objectives through the
learner-centered materials that he has developed.
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Sunday November 22nd Morning Presentations
Through the cross-cultural looking glass
Latham, Caroline C. - Meio University
[email protected]
11:10 AM - 12:10 PM (60 min)
Tenji B-2
Workshop
English
College & University Education: Study Abroad (SA)
The focus of this workshop is on ways to help universitylevel EFL students develop their cross-cultural sensitivity
and communicative skills in preparation for study abroad
and homestay experiences. A variety of activities which
have been successfully employed by the presenter will be
demonstrated. Handouts will be distributed on the iceberg
and filter concepts of culture, the importance of both verbal
and nonverbal communication, the use of clarification
techniques, etc.
Exploring SL writing methodology and online tools
Harris, Harry - Hakuoh University
Reinbold, Lorraine - Hakuoh University
[email protected]
11:10 AM - 12:50 PM (100 min)
Tenji C-1
Forum
English
College & University Education: Writing (WRIT)
In this forum, we will first explore the second language
product-process writing methodology used in the English
program at a small regional Japanese university. Then, we
will examine the online tools that are in use or considered
for use in student writing activities there. Participants are
encouraged to share their ideas and experiences so that
through this dialogue we can all take back new writingpedagogy options to our home institutions.
Developing a university-wide vocabulary program
Bovee, Nick - Kyushu Sangyo University
Fryer, Luke - Kyushu Sangyo University
Stewart, Jeffrey - Kyushu Sangyo University
Anderson, Jeff - Kyushu Sangyo University
[email protected]
11:10 AM - 12:10 PM (60 min)
Tenji C-2
Long Paper
English
College & University Education: Vocabulary (VOC)
This presentation will outline the development of a
coordinated vocabulary curriculum at one private Japanese
university from 2007-2009. This pilot study (n=4000) sought
to investigate the following areas, a) teacher instruction,
b) testing, and c) e-learning materials development. This
presentation is aimed at assisting teachers from other
institutions in constructing similar curricula. Following the
presentation, it is hoped that teachers will participate in
a discussion regarding the development of program-wide
vocabulary curricula.
The implementation of iPods into primary EFL class
Tabuchi, Mayumi - Ritsumeikan Primary
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Rupani, Shaheed - Ritsumeikan Primary
[email protected]
11:10 AM - 11:35 AM (25 min)
Room 901
Short Paper
English
Teaching Children: Language and Technology (CALL)
Ritsumeikan Primary school became one of the first elementary
schools in Japan to develop a curriculum that required the use
of iPods for supporting the autonomous language learning
of pupils outside of the classrooms. One hundred and twenty
iPods, with teacher-geared material, were distributed among the
Grade 5 pupils. The process of the development of this material,
the outcome of the pupils’ pre- and postquestionnaires, and the
result of their listening tests will be discussed.
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A road to reading for young Japanese learners
JJ
Shearon, Ben - Tohoku University
[email protected]
11:10 AM - 12:10 PM (60 min)
Room 902
Workshop
English
Teaching Children: Elementary and Preschool (ELEM)
A practical example of a curriculum for young, beginning
learners, that takes them from no English, through
phonetic awareness building and phonics, to reading words,
sentences, and finally books. The presenter will introduce
case studies, provide examples of effective materials, and
give advice from his experience of teaching Japanese
kindergarten and elementary age students to read. Some
audience participation and activities will be included.
Extensive writing: Engaging HS students since 2007
JJ
Herder, Steven - Seibo Jogakuin
[email protected]
11:10 AM - 12:10 PM (60 min)
Room 903
Workshop
English
Junior/Senior High School: Writing (WRIT)
Since 2007, I have been stunned at my students’ response
to extensive writing (EWr): Their engagement and selfconfidence in writing, speed and fluency have all increased
dramatically. Extensive writing offers a chance for teachers
to connect with students in an innovative, meaningful way.
This workshop will provide a theoretical framework for L2
writing in an EFL context, and share results from the past 2
years of my EWr program in a Japanese high school.
The power of interaction with very young learners
JJ
Fleta, M. Teresa
[email protected]
11:10 AM - 12:10 PM (60 min)
Room 904
Workshop
English
Teaching Children: Speaking/Communication (SC)
Due to the early start of EFL at school, it has become
necessary to know more about the process of language
learning and age-appropriate methodologies. This
presentation reports on teaching techniques, learning
strategies observed in infants, and on evidence-based
practices. Research findings show that young learners
internalize English through conversational interactions
with teachers while carrying out activities designed to
improve the four skills. This stimulates their imagination and
creativity and develops their Multiple Intelligences.
Teachers’ learning in communities of practice
JJ
Nishino, Takako - Temple University Japan
11:10 AM - 11:35 AM (25 min)
Room 905
Short Paper
English
Junior/Senior High School: Teacher Education (TED)
Japanese high school English teachers appear to have not
yet established close relationships with the global TESOL
community; recent research reported that they did not
frequently use communicative approaches. I will report on
how four Japanese high school teachers generated their own
context-appropriate communicative methodologies through
learning in their local communities of practice (CoPs). I will
also discuss the importance of multimembership in CoPs,
which connected the participants to the global TESOL
community.
Mirror and window: Cross-cultural learning in the class
Johannsen, Kristin - Textbook author
[email protected]
11:10 AM - 12:10 PM (60 min)
Room 906
Long Paper
English
College & University Education: Global Issues in Language
Education (GILE)
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Cross-cultural communication is too often framed in
terms of differences, a catalog of national quirks that can
turn into pitfalls. Instead, our teaching of culture in the
language classroom needs to explore both differences and
similarities, the fascinating diversity of cultures, along with
the common humanity that unites us. Introducing such a
perspective helps us give learners a window through which
to understand the world, and a mirror by which to perceive
themselves.
Sponsored by: Cengage Learning
Active Skills for Communication
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Sandy, Chuck - Chubu University
Kelly, Curtis - Kansai University
[email protected]
11:10 AM - 12:10 PM (60 min)
Room 907
Workshop
English
College & University Education: Speaking/Communication (SC)
What’s so important about making learning active? It’s
directly connected to acquisition. Brain studies show that
depth of learning is proportional to how deeply and actively
tasks are processed. Also critical is personal relevance,
which causes the release of neurotransmitters that facilitate
learning. In this interactive session the presenters will
discuss the methods underlying their new series and
introduce activities that encourage learners to be actively
engaged, and thus, internalize supporting language and
transferable strategies.
Sponsored by: Cengage Learning
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Harada, Naoko - The High School affiliated with Japan
Women’s University
Grose, Tim - Sapporo Gakuin University
Brown, Philip Shigeo - MASH Collaboration
Lockley, Thomas - Kanda University of International Studies
Manning, Craig - University of Shimane
Moore, William - Hiroshima Kokusai Gakuin University
Murray, Adam - Tokai University
Ronald, Jim - Hiroshima Shudo University
Sakamoto, Hitomi - Toyo Gakuen University
Shoen, Brian - Kanda University of International Studies
Shrosbree, Mark - Tokai University
Spiri, John - Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Taferner, Robert H. - Lancaster University
Yphantides, Jennifer - Kanda University of International
Studies
[email protected]
11:10 AM - 12:50 PM (100 min)
Room 909
Forum
English
College & University Education: Global Issues in Language
Education (GILE)
For the 3rd successive year, the Global Issues SIG Forum
will be an “idea sharing” session open to all interested
people. This well-received session—linked to global issues
and international understanding—will feature classroom
teachers’ mini-reports, innovative ideas on teaching
activities, materials writing, and curriculum design.
Handouts, lesson plans and teaching resources will be
available to peruse and take home. Come and join our
unique session: Learn about the latest teaching approaches
and share your own ideas!
Sponsored by: Global Issues in Language Education SIG
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Exploring portfolio assessment in EFL classrooms
Quasha, Steven - Sugiyama Jogakuen University
[email protected]
11:10 AM - 12:10 PM (60 min)
Room 910
Workshop
English
College & University Education: Testing and Evaluation
(TEVAL)
In this workshop, the author will demonstrate how
portfolio assessment plays an integral part in his university
communicative English courses. Participants will experience
tasks and activities that will enable them to successfully
develop their own grading rubrics and peer assessment
projects and learn how the notion of shared accountability
improves language acquisition based on interactional
theories of language. Creating portfolios provides students
with the chance to learn the skills of reflection, selfevaluation, and critical thinking.
Sponsored by: Gifu JALT
Perspectives in language teaching
Reimann, Andrew - Utsunomiya University
Strong, Gregory - Aoyama Gakuin University
McMurray, David - International University of Kagoshima
McLaughlin, Rob - Tokoha Gakuin University
O’Dowd, Greg - Hamamatsu Medical University
[email protected]
11:10 AM - 12:50 PM (100 min)
Room 1001-1
Forum
English
College & University Education: Culture (CUL)
This forum will highlight a wide range of perspectives and
practices from six researchers and educators with various
backgrounds on the present and future of ELT both in Japan
and in international contexts. Discussing diverse methods,
materials and learning environments the presenters will
attempt to bridge the gap between theory and practice by
exploring how culture-specific, multicultural and culturesensitive methodologies are adapted to local situations.
Sponsored by: Association of Canadian Teachers in Japan ACTJ
Designing The blended learning environment
Ryan, Kevin - JALT CALL
11:10 AM - 12:10 PM (60 min)
Room 1001-2
Workshop
English
College & University Education: Language and Technology
(CALL)
Blending classroom interaction with the technology of
computers can reinforce and compliment the art of teaching.
The trick is to find tools that are easy enough to use that they
don’t get in the way, but allow for a class with more freedom
to concentrate on personal interaction and communication.
We look at ways to create and maintain this blend of effective
classroom teaching and flexible software tools that work
WITH the teacher.
Sponsored by: Mcgraw-Hill Promotional
Teaching the strategies of speaking
Graham-Marr, Alastair - Tokai University
[email protected]
11:10 AM - 12:10 PM (60 min)
Room 1002
Workshop
English
College & University Education: Speaking/Communication (SC)
All of us use strategies when we speak. We use strategies
to confirm or clarify. We use strategies to show interest;
to maintain and develop conversations. We use strategies
that help with fluency. This talk introduces a speaking and
listening series, Communication Spotlight, that in addition to
giving students practice in talking and helping them with
the means to do so, helps students be aware of and learn to
use these different communication strategies.
Sponsored by: ABAX Promotional
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Sunday November 22nd Afternoon Presentations
Snapshots: Active mirror of identity
Irie, Kay - Oberlin University
Kojima, Hideo - Hirosaki University
Nicoll, Hugh - Miyazaki Municipal University
Stewart, Alison - Gakushin University
Sosa, Miguel - International Christian University
Vye, Stacey - Saitama University
Miyahara, Masuko - International Christian University
11:10 AM - 12:50 PM (100 min)
Room 1003
Forum
English
College & University Education: Learner Development (LD)
Learner Development SIG Forum 2009 explores the theme of
“Identity,” using teachers’ representations of their students,
and students’ representations of their teachers. “Snapshots”
is a way to capture and present learner and teacher identities,
both in and out of the classroom, in the present, past and
future.
Sponsored by: Learner Development SIG
Teaching World Englishes in Japan
Matsuda, Aya - Arizona State University
Hino, Nobuyuki - Osaka University
Verity, Deryn P. - Osaka Jogakuin College
11:10 AM - 12:10 PM (60 min)
Wind Hall
Workshop
English
General: Sociolinguistics (SL)
The panel collaboratively explores the question of what
should be taught in English as an International Language
(EIL) classrooms, and how. World Englishes (WE) has
attracted much attention in Japan, but the discussion
has remained on a theoretical, abstract level. We seek
possible pedagogical practices informed by our current
understanding of WE studies that will meet the needs of our
students.
11:45 AM
Using task repetition in junior high school
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Hawkes, Martin - Josei Gakuen, Osaka
[email protected]
11:45 AM - 12:10 PM (25 min)
Room 905
Short Paper
English
Junior/Senior High School: Speaking/Communication (SC)
The presenter will describe an investigation into task-based
learning in a Japanese junior high school. After an initial
focus on meaning and communication in the main task, this
model uses repeat performances as posttask activities to focus
on form and improve chances of success. The analysis of
recorded interaction from the first and repeat tasks will show
that they did indeed shift their attention from meaning to
form, and were more successful in meeting task goals.
1:05 PM
Rubrics and peer critiques: A mirror on performance
Rowan, Paul - Yokohama City University
[email protected]
1:05 PM - 2:05 PM (60 min)
Room B1
Workshop
English
College & University Education: Testing and Evaluation
(TEVAL)
In this workshop, participants will organize, outline the
criteria, and define what constitutes success for a classroom
activity or task, using a rubric assessment form. We will
discuss rewards and potential problems that may arise
using a rubric scoring chart. Participants will be asked to
make a rubric in a manner akin to how they could have
their students make a peer assessment rubric for a given
assessment.
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The interpretation of the Korean pronoun ku ‘he’
Kim, Myeong-Hyeon - First Steps International School
1:05 PM - 1:30 PM (25 min)
Room B2
Short Paper
English
General: Languages Other than English or Japanese (OLE)
This study investigated the Overt Pronoun Constraint (OPC)
in Korean with native speakers and learners of Korean as an
L2 by utilizing a truth-value judgment task in the form of a
written task which included pictures, given via computer.
The data from the L2 group revealed that they favored the
interpretation consistent with the OPC in a similar way to
the native group —despite “learnability” problems— and
suggested that the UG driven account for their acquisition
can be maintained.
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Using Conversations in Class - 2nd Edition
Richmond, Stephen - Kyoto Gakuen University
[email protected]
1:05 PM - 2:05 PM (60 min)
Room B3
Workshop
English
College & University Education: Speaking/Communication (SC)
Conversations in Class is a textbook aimed at lowintermediate Japanese university students. It was developed
in Japan by teachers faced with the daily problem of students
who have some knowledge of English but are unable to use
it in real conversations. The second edition of Conversations
in Class has just been published. In this practical workshop,
participants will learn how to use the book in their own
teaching contexts.
Sponsored by: Alma Publishing
Promotional
Gundoku—Creative reading-aloud in performance
Kusanagi, Yuka - Akita Prefectural University
[email protected]
1:05 PM - 2:05 PM (60 min)
Rehearsal Room
Workshop
English
General: Pronunciation (PRON)
Are your students shy? Do they stick to katakana English
sounds? In this workshop, the participants will experience
gundoku, a fun and easy group reading concept that works.
It begins with reading tongue twisters and rhymes, making
scripts, and performing in groups. It closes with a teachinglearning dialogue about the purposes of the activities, how
they tap into learning, and how the activities can be adopted
into the participants’ own teaching situations.
It’s here! Performance
Harrington, David - Language Solutions Japan
LeBeau, Charles - Language Solutions Japan
[email protected]
1:05 PM - 2:05 PM (60 min)
Chu Hall
Workshop
English
College & University Education: Speaking/Communication (SC)
Looking for something new and different for your lower
level conversation classes? Come try Performance! This
new book by Language Solutions presents students with
typical conversation scenes from everyday life, not in the
typical Presentation-Practice-Production format, but rather
an Observe-Hypothesize-Experiment arrangement. The
survival-level transactional English in each unit is presented
in an illustrated scene. Students are asked to observe
the scene, hypothesize about the language used and to
experiment with possible variations.
Sponsored by: Language Solutions Japan
Promotional
Beyond flashcards: CALL vocabulary learning
McCarthy, Anders - Sogang University
Miles, Scott - Daegu Haany University
[email protected]
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Sunday November 22nd Afternoon Presentations
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1:05 PM - 2:05 PM (60 min)
AV Hall
Workshop
English
General: Vocabulary (VOC)
CALL vocabulary programs have the advantage of presenting
vocabulary through spaced repetition schedules, ensuring
that students retain the vocabulary learned. One of the main
limitations of these programs, however, is that they generally
rely on a “flashcard approach” to vocabulary presentation.
This presentation will introduce the Praxis Ed System, which
not only recycles words systematically, but provides a variety
of exercises for each word to develop far deeper knowledge of
words than typical vocabulary programs.
Sponsored by: Praxis Ed
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Motivate your students and energize your classroom
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Shimizu, Paul - Intercom Press, Inc.
[email protected]
1:05 PM - 2:05 PM (60 min)
Hikae 1
Workshop
English
General: Motivation (MOT)
The Marathon Mouth series is a best-selling favorite among
teachers of large classes. These texts are designed for classes
of 20 or more false beginner to intermediate-level language
students, and are used from high school to university. Select
activities will be introduced to illustrate the methodology
which enables teachers to control their class and activate their
students. In addition, the presenter will introduce activities
and methodologies which are independent of any textbook.
Sponsored by: Intercom Press, Inc.
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A cognitive method for teaching TOEIC/TOEFL
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Chambers, Tim
[email protected]
1:05 PM - 2:05 PM (60 min)
Hikae 2
Workshop
English
College & University Education: Vocabulary (VOC)
A kanji-based methodology for teaching academic
vocabulary will be presented. These words are a problem
for most learners because they are abstract and occur
infrequently. The method exploits structural and semantic
similarities between Greek- and Latin-based English words
and abstract Japanese words. Students are offered a way to
learn meaning and function analytically and systematically,
while tapping the L1 processing system. It also gives the
instructor a way to learn kanji.
Japanese scientists’ use of formulaic sequences
Hagiwara, Akiko - Tokyo U. of Pharmacy and Life Sciences
[email protected]
1:05 PM - 1:30 PM (25 min)
Dai 2-1
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Corpus (COR)
This paper compares the use of formulaic sequences by
Japanese scientists (L2) and scientists in English-speaking
countries (L1). The comparison was based on a corpus of
3000 abstracts written by 1500 Japanese scientists and taken
from journals in biosciences. A 4-gram analysis revealed
that regardless of language background, writers make use of
formulaic sequences when they write abstracts for research
articles and that L2 speakers tended to use specific patterns of
formulaic sequences with less variation.
Critical thinking activities to deepen learning
Sandy, Chuck - Chubu University
[email protected]
1:05 PM - 2:05 PM (60 min)
Dai 2-2
Workshop
English
General: Learner Development (LD)
What are critical thinking skills and why is it essential for even
beginning-level learners to develop them? How will doing so
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deepen learning? In this interactive presentation, participants
will explore the answers to these questions before being
introduced to a variety of critical thinking activities and projects
designed to enrich course books such as Passages, Interchange
and Connect and that are also easily adaptable and appropriate
for any classroom at almost any level—come try some.
Sponsored by: Cambridge University Press
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Flexible graduate education: The New School University
Thornbury, Scott - The New School
Conley, Sean - The New School
1:05 PM - 2:05 PM (60 min)
Koryu Hall
Long Paper
English
College & University Education; Teacher Education
The New School, founded in 1919 and located in Greenwich
Village, New York City, is a university legendary for its
leadership in progressive education. The New School’s MA in
TESOL matches flexible access (on campus, online or blended)
with a curriculum grounded in classroom practice and focused
on English and globalization. Our international faculty
includes such leading thinkers as Scott Thornbury, Jeremy
Harmer, John Fanselow, Elka Todeva and Radmila Popovic.
Sponsored by: The New School
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Research notes on NNS-NNS negotiation moves
Miller, Troyn
[email protected]
1:05 PM - 2:05 PM (60 min)
Tenji B-1
Long Paper
English
College & University Education: Learner Development (LD)
This research looks at negotiation moves that occur in
nonnative speaker dyads in university oral communication
classes. The research takes a practical look at the types of
interactional moves and the level of negotiation that is
happening and offers some ideas to make negotiation more
effective for students.
Discipline problems among university students
Perry, Christian - Hokkaido University
1:05 PM - 2:05 PM (60 min)
Tenji B-2
Workshop
English
College & University Education: Administration,
Management, & Employment Issues (PALE)
This workshop will examine different approaches to
addressing behavior problems in university classrooms in
Japan. The focus will be on effective techniques of classroom
management. Participants will have the chance to exchange
stories and ideas. The presenter will briefly describe his
findings from a study on the use of behavior contracts with
Japanese university students.
Teaching literature in the EFL classroom
Foster, Jacqueline - Vancouver Island University
[email protected]
1:05 PM - 2:05 PM (60 min)
Tenji C-1
Workshop
English
College & University Education: Reading (READ)
This workshop is aimed at teaching literature to adult
learners at the university level. Although the inclusion
of authentic literature in EFL classes can help students
develop reading comprehension and critical thinking skills,
figurative language can be very challenging for EFL students
to comprehend. This session will cover a variety of reading
activities for assisting students with analyzing literature,
such as story grammar diagrams, graphic visuals, role plays
and dual-entry journals.
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Sunday November 22nd Afternoon Presentations
Curriculum renewal: Elective English classes
Bradford-Watts, Kim - Kyoto Women’s University
Hicks, Salem K. - Kyoto Women’s University
1:05 PM - 2:05 PM (60 min)
Tenji C-2
Long Paper
English
College & University Education: Administration,
Management, & Employment Issues (PALE)
A curriculum renewal project was necessary to entice learners
into elective classes, preventing class closures that would
have resulted in fewer academic choices for students and class
reductions for several part-time instructors. This presentation
describes and discusses the research process; types of elective
courses learners wanted; efforts to create new, relevant courses
based on learner needs; results of faculty efforts to encourage
students to study elective English courses; problems
encountered; and plans for ongoing curriculum renewal.
Summer camp: A success or just a lot of hard work
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Virgil-Uchida, Mary - Niseko English Nature Camp
[email protected]
1:05 PM - 2:05 PM (60 min)
Room 902
Workshop
English
Teaching Children: Global Issues in Language Education
(GILE)
In recent years, many schools have been holding Intensive
English Summer Camps for children. They are a lot of
hard work, but taking students outside can be a rewarding
experience for all if done right. The presenter, the owner of
a private English camp in Hokkaido, will talk about how to
organize a camp, what to do, where to hold it and how to
combine the learning of English with the learning of nature.
Meeting high school communication goals
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Collins, Peter J. - Tokai University, RIED
[email protected]
1:05 PM - 2:05 PM (60 min)
Room 903
Workshop
English
Junior/Senior High School: Learner Development (LD)
How can we set communication goals for Japanese high
school students? How can we evaluate whether they have
met these goals? The presenter will offer an educational
model developed specifically for Japanese secondary school
English students, and share a complete set of materials
extending a typical high school English 1 textbook lesson.
Discussion will include ways to assess students’ linguistic
knowledge of the lesson, their communicative proficiency,
and the lesson’s impact on their motivation and autonomy.
Connecting kids: English, goals and the Internet
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Matsuka, Yoko - Matsuka Phonics Institute/
McGraw-Hill Education
1:05 PM - 2:05 PM (60 min)
Room 904
Workshop
English and Japanese
Teaching Children: Language and Technology (CALL)
How can students learn English in an environment where
they don’t need it? Through a system of 384 goals or can-do
statements, student motivation can be enhanced, especially
when the joy of achieving each goal can be shared by
children across Asia through an interactive website.
Promotional
Revision baseball: Teach writing via a game format
Earle, Thomas - Punahou School
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Landgraf, Tedd - Punahou School
[email protected]
1:05 PM - 2:05 PM (60 min)
Room 905
Workshop
English
Junior/Senior High School: Writing (WRIT)
The presenters demonstrate how to combine laptop,
document projector, interactive whiteboard, and email
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within a game format to improve student writing and
revision skills. They will demonstrate this method via a
video filmed live in a junior high school English language
classroom at Punahou School in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Participants will see how they can use Revision Baseball to
teach writing and revision skills in their own classrooms,
regardless of the language spoken there.
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Gender, vocabulary and TOEIC: Which sex rules?
SUN
Browne, Charles - Meiji Gakuin University
Culligan, Brent - Aoyama Gakuin Women’s Junior College
[email protected]
1:05 PM - 2:05 PM (60 min)
Room 906
Workshop
English
College & University Education: Gender Awareness in
Language Education (GALE)
The relationship between lexical knowledge and reading
comprehension has been the source of numerous studies:
most claiming that a certain number of words are necessary
for adequate comprehension. But when vocabulary size
is controlled for, which gender scores higher on language
proficiency tests such as the TOEIC exam? TOEIC data from
Japanese learners of English, as well as their lexical size
as measured by a computer adaptive IRT vocabulary test,
revealed statistically significant differences.
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Volunteer teacher training in Cambodia
Takeda, Nicole - Meiji Gakuin University
[email protected]
1:05 PM - 2:05 PM (60 min)
Room 907
Long Paper
English
College & University Education: Teacher Education (TED)
There is a great need for volunteer EFL teacher training
programs in Cambodia. In response to this need, a pilot
training program was run at a local NGO in Siem Reap in
2008 and 2009. The presentation will explain the process
of setting up a training program in a developing country,
and include a needs analysis assessment, a curriculum
examination, trainee assessments and an explanation of the
rewards and challenges of teacher training in Cambodia.
Teachers College Columbia Graduate Student Showcase
1:05 pm - 2:05 pm (60 min)
Room 908
Graduate Showcase
English and Japanese
Various: Various
Presentations by graduate students of Teachers College
Columbia. See page 86 for details.
Global Issues SIG Annual General Meeting
Cates, Kip - Tottori University
[email protected]
1:05 PM - 2:05 PM (60 min)
Room 909
Meeting
English
Non-teaching Context: Non-teaching Content
This business meeting will introduce JALT’s Global Issues
in Language Education Special Interest Group (GILE SIG)
to newcomers, present the annual report on the SIG’s
activities for 2009 and carry out necessary business involving
membership affairs, the SIG officers, newsletter and website.
Time will be allotted to discuss the work and mission of the
SIG, JALT 2010 plans, and SIG projects. All interested people
are warmly invited to attend.
Task sequencing based on the cognition hypothesis
Romanko, Rick - Wayo Women’s University
Nakatsugawa, Miyuki - Keio Foreign Language School
1:05 PM - 1:30 PM (25 min)
Room 910
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Materials Writing and
Design (MW)
The Cognition Hypothesis (Robinson, 2001; 2003) claims that
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tasks should be designed and sequenced for learners based on
increases in cognitive complexity. This presentation will report
on an 8-week task-based course which used the Cognition
Hypothesis to plan and implement tasks for a low-level Japanese
learner. Results were largely consistent with the claims of the
hypothesis and showed that the complexity of speech production
increased as a result of engaging in more complex tasks.
SUN Xreading: The future of assessment in ER
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Goldberg, Paul - University of Delaware
[email protected]
1:05 PM - 2:05 PM (60 min)
Room 1001-1
Workshop
English
College & University Education: Extensive Reading (ER)
One of the biggest challenges with an extensive reading
program is assessing students’ reading progress. While
assessment is a reality of formal education, if done improperly,
it can negatively affect students’ attitudes toward reading.
Xreading, a new online application, not only provides an
effective and efficient way for teachers to assess their students’
reading, but research has shown that it can actually motivate
students to read more and choose more challenging books.
Promotional
Moving failing students from repeat to complete
O’Neill, Ted - J. F. Oberlin University
[email protected]
1:05 PM - 2:05 PM (60 min)
Room 1001-2
Long Paper
English
College & University Education: Learner Development (LD)
This presentation will compare two approaches to educating
repeating students who have failed required 1st-year
language courses. Separate repeater courses are a common
approach, but the benefits of students repeating in regular
mainstream classes may well be worth the additional time
and effort. The presentation will cover all aspects of making
the transition from separate to mainstream repeating
including: curriculum, student counseling, enrolment
management, placement, and coordination with the
university administration.
PM Online course management for busy teachers
Wong, Raymond - Ritsumeikan University
Rates, Patrick - Ritsumeikan University
Tucker, Frank - Ritsumeikan University
Krug, Nathan - Saitama University
[email protected]
1:05 PM - 2:05 PM (60 min)
Room 1002
Workshop
English
College & University Education: Language and Technology
(CALL)
The presenters will demonstrate how to establish an online
course management system for university English providing
a channel of communication between the teachers and
students outside of class and allowing students to monitor
their progress regularly. Different experiences of using online
course management systems at four universities will be
compared. There is a step-by-step online demonstration, a
follow-up discussion for the participants, and a presentation
of the students’ feedback on using these systems.
There’s been a robbery! Exploring passives in TBLT
Fieldsend, Terry - Aston University
Little, Andrea - Aston University
[email protected]
1:05 PM - 1:30 PM (25 min)
Room 1003
Short Paper
English
General: Speaking/Communication (SC)
Passives are a notably complex structure but are often
necessary in ESP contexts. The presenters will discuss
their action research into investigating and developing
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the effectiveness of a proactive, meaning-focused task for
passives. As research suggests that noticing forms in the input
is a prerequisite for acquisition, the presenters attempted
to design a task with salient input and opportunities for
meaningful output. They will discuss their findings from
piloting the task with various proficiency levels.
Sponsored by: JALT West Tokyo Chapter
Practical business English for low-level learners
Trew, Grant - Oxford University Press
1:05 PM - 2:05 PM (60 min)
Wind Hall
Workshop
English
College & University Education: English for Specific
Purposes (ESP)
Business English is often regarded as a high-level activity,
however the majority of Japanese business people are
relatively low level. Understanding that meeting the needs
of low-level learners can be a challenge, this presentation
will analyze the requirements and realistic expectations of
such students, then outline a systematic approach to helping
them develop practical business English skills, vocabulary,
and cultural knowledge. This will be illustrated with example
activities taken from the Business Venture series.
Sponsored by: Oxford University Press
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Textbooks for teaching EIL
Matsuda, Aya - Arizona State University
1:05 PM - 2:05 PM (60min)
Room 1101
Workshop
English
College & University Education: Culture (CUL))
In this workshop, participants examine the linguistic and
cultural diversity represented in textbook units and evaluate
how adequately they prepare learners for the use of English
as an international language. Participants also explore ways
to supplement textbooks to meet the needs of their students
better.
JALT2009 Proceedings: Meeting for editors, readers
Stoke, Alan - Tokyo Keizai University
[email protected]
1:05 PM - 2:05 PM (60 min)
Room 1202
Meeting
English
Non-teaching Context: Non-teaching Content
This meeting is for Conference Proceedings staff, especially
readers and editors. All staff are warmly invited to partake
in this opportunity to get acquainted, talk, and begin
orientation for the next Proceedings. JALT members interested
in becoming volunteer staff are most welcome. However, for
those just wishing to ask questions about publishing in the
Proceedings, please visit the JALT Publications display table,
or attend the separate presentation: “Getting published in
JALT publications.”
1:40 PM
OLE SIG Forum part II
Tabata, Yoshiyuki - Kyushu University
Yin, Chengjiu - Kyushu University
Ogata, Hiroaki - Kyushu University
[email protected]
1:40 PM - 2:05 PM (25 min)
Room B2
Forum
English, others
College & University Education: Languages Other than
English or Japanese (OLE)
This is a continuation of the OLE SIG Forum: Approaches,
methods & techniques held on Saturday from 4:00 pm.
Sponsored by: Other Language Educators OLE
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Sunday November 22nd Afternoon Presentations
2:15 PM
Languaging and second/foreign language learning
Swain, Merrill - OISE/University of Toronto
2:15 PM - 3:00 PM (45 min)
Chu Hall
Plenary Session
English
General: Speaking/Communication (SC)
Why is it important for second/foreign language teachers
(and learners) to know about languaging, a concept that
has emerged from Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory of
mind? For Vygotsky, language is not just a means of social
communication, but a tool of the mind: Language mediates
our thinking. In language, we can see learning in progress.
In this talk, I will illustrate the power of languaging with
excerpts from students who are learning a second or foreign
language.
3:10 PM
Multilingual Forum: Action research in OLE (German)
Reinelt, Rudolf - Ehime University
Schart, Michael - Keio University
Gunske von Koelln, Martina - Fukushima University
Waychert, Carsten
[email protected]
3:10 PM - 4:50 PM (100 min)
Room B2
Forum
German English Spanish
College & University Education: Languages Other than
English or Japanese (OLE)
Das diesjährige Multilingualismus Forum bietet u.a.
Arbeiten zur Aktionsforschung im Bereich DaF in
Japan. Beitrag A untersucht den frühen Einsatz von
inhaltlichen Aufgaben, Beitrag B hinterfragt den Einsatz
der Lernersprache im Unterricht, Beitrag C untersucht ein
mögliches Vorziehen der Vergangenheitsformen, Beitrag
D zeigt mutter- und zielsprachliche Charakteristika von
fremdsprachlichen e-mail Bitten, und Beitrag E weist auf
Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Aktionsforschung hin.
Japanese female students abroad
Burton, Susan - Bunkyo Gakuin University
3:10 PM - 3:35 PM (25 min)
Room B3
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Gender Awareness in
Language Education (GALE)
This paper presents the results of a doctoral interview project
which examined the lives and experiences of Japanese
women who went to England as students, and considers
some of the issues raised by the interviewees such as their
motivations for studying English abroad, the importance of
English language proficiency for women, dissatisfaction with
the Japanese university system, and their views on British
education.
The Hiroshima Inter-University Scrabble Project
Szirmai, Monika - Hiroshima International University
Masda, Yuka - Hiroshima Shudo University
[email protected]
3:10 PM - 3:35 PM (25 min)
Rehearsal Room
Short Paper
English
General: Motivation (MOT)
The Hiroshima Inter-University Scrabble Project is an
ongoing year-long project that started in April 2009. It is a
good example of language teachers from several universities
working together for a common goal. The presentation will
describe the philosophy behind the project, its aims and
expectations, and how the project was set up and is being
run. Participants will be given sample worksheets used for
the introduction of Scrabble.
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Creating a learner-centered classroom
Nishikage, Hiroko - Taisho University
3:10 PM - 4:10 PM (60 min)
Chu Hall
Long Paper
Japanese
College & University Education: Speaking/Communication (SC)
学生をan independent learnerにするには教師はどうすべきか？一番大
切なことは学生が楽しく学ぶことができれば、学生は自然に自分で勉強す
るようになる。そのためには使用テキストには、学生が身近に感じるいき
いきしたトピックが盛り込まれていることと、いろいろな形のtask-based
activitiesが詰まっていることである。”Interchange Series”を使ったa
learner-centered approachを考える。
Sponsored by: Cambridge University Press
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Does design matter? Popular web tools compared.
Castellano, Joachim - Kanda University of International
Studies
[email protected]
3:10 PM - 3:35 PM (25 min)
AV Hall
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Language and Technology
(CALL)
Does design matter? investigates the efficacy of three
websites, Moodle, Edublog, and Facebook, in facilitating
spontaneous online discussions in three separate classes at a
Japanese university. The presentation will focus on whether
aspects such as web design and functionality encourage
social communication. The presenter will discuss research
analyzing both the frequency and nature of the classes’
online activity. In addition, participants will learn how to
maximize these web tools in various classroom contexts.
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Who wants feedback and do they take notice of it?
Ruegg, Rachael - Kanda University of International Studies
[email protected]
3:10 PM - 3:35 PM (25 min)
Hikae 1
Short Paper
English
General: Writing (WRIT)
Students were analysed in three groups: those that requested
feedback every week, those that never requested feedback,
and those that alternated between requesting feedback
and not requesting feedback. The two former groups were
compared to see what kinds of students request feedback.
The kinds of errors made by each group were also analysed to
see whether feedback on errors had any affect on the errors
subsequently produced. Findings will be presented and
implications discussed.
A big-picture approach to academic writing
Ombrello, Mark - Kyoto Notre Dame University
3:10 PM - 3:35 PM (25 min)
Hikae 2
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Writing (WRIT)
Drawing from learning techniques applied in the discipline
of history, this paper explores taking an outside-in approach
to processing materials to enhance writing proficiency of
college EFL learners. Emphasis on improving summarizing
skills will be discussed as will the critical role that translated
materials play within that process. In addition, benefits to
this approach will be considered and examined.
Japanese-English bilingual children’s perspective
Takeuchi, Masae - Victoria University
[email protected]
3:10 PM - 3:35 PM (25 min)
Dai 2-1
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Bilingualism (BIL)
This study examined 10 school-aged children’s experiences
of learning Japanese and English through the one parent
- one language approach in Australia. These children seemed
to have a clear understanding of the role of Japanese in their
lives. Their comments indicated that they developed healthy
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attitudes towards both languages and felt at ease with being
bilingual.
Context, transparency, and L2 idiom interpretation
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Ishida, Priscilla - University of Tsukuba
[email protected]
3:10 PM - 3:35 PM (25 min)
Dai 2-2
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Vocabulary (VOC)
The presenter will describe an experiment in which 18
Japanese university students guessed the meanings of 24
unfamiliar English idioms (e.g., hang by a thread, cool one’s
heels). Students wrote down what they thought each idiom
meant in an explanation task and then selected one of four
possible definitions for each idiom in a multiple-choice
task. This presentation will focus on how the degree of
idiom transparency and the presence/absence of supportive
context affects L2 idiom interpretation.
A qualitative study on demotivating factors
Tsumura, Shuji - Osaka University of Commerce
[email protected]
3:10 PM - 3:35 PM (25 min)
Tenji C-2
Short Paper
Japanese
College & University Education: Motivation (MOT)
本研究は、意欲低下の原因を追究するものである。回答選択型のアンケ
ートに加え、自由記述式の回答もテキストマイニングにより分析を行い、
対応分析により属性間、例えば英語が好きなグループ・嫌いなグループ、
英語力上位群・下位群などで相違を見た。
Content-based elementary school English
JJ
Early elementary school students’ EFL motivation
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Middle and high school teachers: A bridge to CALL!
JJ
本研究は韓国人中級日本語学習者（10名）と上級日本語学習者（14名）、
日本語母語話者（11名）を対象に漢字二字熟語の複雑性の影響を調べ
た。語彙性判断課題を用いて反応時間と正答率を分析した結果、中級、上
級学習者ともに漢字の複雑さの影響を受けることが明らかになった。
Clingwall, C. Dion - Keimyung University
[email protected]
3:10 PM - 4:10 PM (60 min)
Room 903
Workshop
English
Junior/Senior High School: Language and Technology (CALL)
Given the chance to learn about available CALL
resources, middle and high school teachers can overcome
apprehension about the use of computers in the language
classroom. In turn, they act as a bridge to their students.
This presentation will examine the use of an introduction
to CALL for a middle and high school teachers’ course and
how it affected the teachers’ willingness to use CALL as a
complimentary classroom language resource.
Teaching business writing as metacognitive skills
Teaching phonics effectively to Japanese children
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JALT Executive Board Meeting (EBM)
Lloyd, Caroline - JALT National Board of Directors
3:10 PM - 4:10 PM (60 min)
Koryu Hall
Meeting
English
Non-teaching Context: Non-teaching Content
This meeting is for Executive Board members only. The
Executive Board is comprised of the National Directors, one
designated representative from each chapter and SIG, plus
appointed officers. The Executive Board meets three times
a year—including once at the National Conference—to set
national policy.
Vocabulary activities to enhance your textbook
Brown, Dale - Nanzan University
[email protected]
3:10 PM - 3:35 PM (25 min)
Tenji B-1
Short Paper
English
General: Vocabulary (VOC)
Textbooks generally take a narrow view of vocabulary with
a strong focus on the meaning of vocabulary items. This
presentation will introduce a range of vocabulary activities
that look at other aspects of vocabulary knowledge. The aim is
to help teachers build on the foundation that their textbooks
provide, and ultimately to help them help their learners gain a
deeper and more secure knowledge of vocabulary.
Effects of complexity of Japanese kanji
Kan, Kyungnam - Nagoya University
[email protected]
3:10 PM - 3:35 PM (25 min)
Tenji B-2
Short Paper
Japanese
College & University Education: Japanese as a Second
Language (JSL)
Huang, Pichi - Ta Hwa Institute of Technology
3:10 PM - 3:35 PM (25 min)
Tenji C-1
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: English for Specific
Purposes (ESP)
Faced with increasing complexity in the workplace, how can
learners meet the different needs of each piece of business
correspondence? What problem-solving skills are required to
help students produce appropriate business correspondence
independently? In the presentation, the presenter will show
how a metacognitive approach to teaching business writing
can effectively enable students to develop such problemsolving skills as are needed for business English writing tasks.
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Fujiwara, Machiko - Seigakuin University
Aiba, Chizuko - Tokyo Denki University
[email protected]
3:10 PM - 4:10 PM (60 min)
Room 901
Workshop
Japanese and English
Teaching Children: Elementary and Preschool (ELEM)
The presenters will show how two projects, 1) raising
soybeans and making tofu (life skills class) and 2) cooking
rice and making miso soup (home economics class), were
developed into content-based English lessons using chants
and TPR. They will show videos of the students, and discuss
how this content-based approach might be used in other
classrooms.
Martin, Ron - Rikkyo University
[email protected]
3:10 PM - 3:35 PM (25 min)
Room 902
Short Paper
English
Teaching Children: Elementary and Preschool (ELEM)
Starting in 2011, compulsory English language activities will
be implemented nationwide for 5th and 6th grade Japanese
elementary school students; a number of public school
programs have been offering English language lessons from
the 1st grade. However, of the few studies conducted at the
elementary school level (see Carreira, 2006; Martin, 2008)
none have addressed the youngest language learners. This
study focuses on the motivation of early elementary school
students.
Tabuchi, Mayumi - McGraw-Hill Education
3:10 PM - 4:10 PM (60 min)
Room 904
Workshop
English and Japanese
Teaching Children: Reading (READ)
The presenter will share the success she has achieved with
students who read with more fluency and comprehension
as a result of combining phonics learning and reading aloud
activities in the EFL classroom. She will also introduce key
methods from the We Can! Phonics Workbooks.
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Self-assessment accuracy on CALL grammar tasks
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Morrow, Christopher - United Arab Emirates University
[email protected]
3:10 PM - 3:35 PM (25 min)
Room 905
Short Paper
English
Junior/Senior High School: Language and Technology (CALL)
Computerized activities can easily be used to gain insights
into students’ tendencies to over or underestimate the
accuracy of their performance on grammar tasks. In this
study, 60 Middle Eastern high school students completed a
series of grammar practice activities that included a variety
of item types (e.g., cloze, multiple choice, and a hybrid form)
and think aloud training. The combination of practice and
training was beneficial for weak, overconfident students.
Student-led conventions: The odyssey continues
White, Mathew - Nagoya University of Foreign Studies
Morrison, Richard - Chukyo University
[email protected]
3:10 PM - 3:35 PM (25 min)
Room 906
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Speaking/Communication (SC)
In 2001, the administration at a certain university requested
that the exams for all 3rd-year oral communication classes be
made uniform. The presenters will describe how their initial
combining of all classes for a final poster presentation session
has since evolved into a student-led convention in which
their research projects are presented using PowerPoint, and
peers vote on presentations for a special event in which
company representatives are invited.
Developing journal editorial systems
Muller, Theron - Noah Learning Center
Adamson, John - University of Niigata Prefecture
[email protected]
3:10 PM - 3:35 PM (25 min)
Room 907
Short Paper
English
General: Teacher Education (TED)
This presentation reports on studies into journal editorial
systems. It explains how the journals investigated develop
and maintain communities of practice and use questionnaire
feedback to show how members perceive their roles in
the journals. Results reveal diverse opinions regarding
appropriate norms of academic discourse. Attention is also
given to investigating alternative evaluation criteria and
review procedures to accommodate alternative research and
challenge existing dogma regarding academic competence.
Teachers College Columbia Graduate Student Showcase
3:10 pm - 4:10 pm (60 min)
Room 908
Graduate Showcase
English and Japanese
Various: Various
Presentations by graduate students of Teachers College
Columbia. See page 87 for details.
TBLT/student-centered extended projects
Bussinger, Clay - Tokiwa University
[email protected]
3:10 PM - 3:35 PM (25 min)
Room 909
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Global Issues in Language
Education (GILE)
Chikan (molestation) on public trains in Tokyo, an EFL
student-generated topic, led to an extended project. The
project prompted discussion, formulation of a survey,
dissemination, collection, assessment and follow-up
discussion which thoroughly engaged the students. This
meaningful project—involving numerous schools in
metropolitan Tokyo—motivated one student to choose
victim assistance as his major in university, and resulted
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in a worldwide research project, involving both language
professionals and eminent victimologists in Japan.
Looking in the mirror pre and post study abroad
King, Gregory - Chubu University
Ueda, Miki - Chubu University
Watanabe, Tamie - Chubu University
[email protected]
3:10 PM - 3:35 PM (25 min)
Room 910
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Study Abroad (SA)
Students participating in study abroad programs encounter
a variety of stresses that can lessen their experience and
lead to problems. Using a variation of PAC (Personal
Attitude Construct) Analysis, the presenters developed a
computerized Self-Assessment System (SAS) to help students
organize their thoughts in preparation for study abroad. This
system is also used at the end of the study abroad experience
to help students reflect upon how they have changed and
grown as people.
Mirror effects: Biculturalism in Japanese schools
Healy, Sandra - Kyoto Sangyo University
[email protected]
3:10 PM - 3:35 PM (25 min)
Room 1001-2
Short Paper
English
General: Gender Awareness in Language Education (GALE)
This study examines the intersection between language,
gender, ethnicity and identity in biracial young people
of mixed Japanese heritage. In particular, it examines the
impact of gender on language and identity. The results of the
study show that building a cultural identity is bound to the
building of a gendered and linguistic identity. In addition,
there are significant differences between boys and girls and
their experiences as biracial individuals, which impacts on
identity construction.
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Creating a real context of English use in EFL
Iwai, Chiaki - Hiroshima City University
Rinnert, Carol - Hiroshima City University
[email protected]
3:10 PM - 3:35 PM (25 min)
Room 1003
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Speaking/Communication (SC)
This presentation demonstrates, as a case study, a
preparatory English training (PET) program for Japanese
college EFL learners who were to take part in a peace-related
cross-cultural program held annually in summer. The
practical and theoretical rationales behind the PET program
are discussed, along with a demonstration of actual taskbased activities used and a presentation of survey results
obtained from program participants.
Oxford Teachers' Forum: Debate with the experts
Buckingham, Angela - Writer, teacher and teacher trainer
Trew, Grant - Author, materials developer, editor, testing
and evaluation consultant
Shaules, Joseph - Author, Identity, Oxford University Press
Yamanaka, Junko - Trident College and coauthor, Cover to
Cover, Oxford University Press
[email protected]
3:10 PM - 4:50 PM (100 min)
Wind Hall
Forum
English
College & University Education: Motivation (MOT)
Join renowned authors and educationalists for an
entertaining and informative discussion. With dropping
enrolment numbers and lower student motivation, more
teachers are facing the challenges of teaching low-level
learners. This year, for the fifth Oxford Teachers’ Forum,
a select panel of experienced teachers and noted guests
including Angela Buckingham, Joseph Shaules, Junko
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concerning the priorities when teaching low-level students
and suggest strategies you can use straightaway.
Applying the “CBW” perspective to writing classes
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Sosa, Miguel - International Christian University
3:10 PM - 4:10 PM (60 min)
Room 1101
Long Paper
English
General: Writing (WRIT)
The Current Best Work (CBW) concept suggests how EFL
students can reduce their fear of not perfecting their writing.
Examples reveal how steady work on writing within the CBW
framework can liberate students from fear of deadlines and
encourage them to see even their final drafts as work in progress.
Loop it! Student participatory research
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Murphey, Tim - Kanda University of International Studies
Falout, Joseph - Nihon University
[email protected]
3:10 PM - 3:35 PM (25 min)
Room 1202
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Learner Development (LD)
The researchers provide details from three survey studies
of university students in which they returned the data
back to students for commentary and analysis. How this
multilayered looped research was conducted and students’
feedback on the processes is reported. Advantages are that
students’ voices are given priority, students are the primary
beneficiaries of their own data and reflections, and students
learn that research has a face and consequences.
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Review on supplementary English grammar program
Harada, Taoka - Kanto Gakuin University
Hashimoto, Takehiro - Kanto Gakuin University
[email protected]
3:45 PM - 4:10 PM (25 min)
Room B1
Short Paper
Japanese
College & University Education: Testing and Evaluation
(TEVAL)
関東学院大学経済学部では、英語初級クラスの履修者を対象に、英文法
の補習を実施している。2008年度対象者（約600名）のデータを分析し
た結果、受講率、補習テストの得点、合格率、クラス分けテストの得点、単
位取得状況、アンケートへの回答に関して、特筆すべき傾向や関係性が認
められた。
Sustaining professional development partnerships
Hayashi, Chika - University of Nottingham
[email protected]
3:45 PM - 4:10 PM (25 min)
Rehearsal Room
Short Paper
English
General: Teacher Education (TED)
This paper shows how an online community encourages
teacher development in Japan. The presenter and three
in-service high school teachers in Japan engaged in
dialogic interaction through MIXI (a Japanese online social
networking system) for 5 months. The presenter will report on
how an online community helped the participants engage in a
constructive process of examining their teaching practice and
will discuss successes achieved and problems identified by the
participants, together with implications for similar projects.
Using mind maps to promote critical thinking
Mack, Lindsay - Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
[email protected]
3:45 PM - 4:10 PM (25 min)
AV Hall
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Language and Technology
(CALL)
The presenters will examine the adoption of mind-mapping
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software, Rationale, that was introduced into an advancedlevel English class at a small university to enhance students
writing and debate skills. Building on a body of literature
that supports the use of critical thinking mind maps, the
authors examine how electronic mind mapping can be used
effectively in the classroom to promote students’ debating
and writing skills.
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Tips for teaching writing in a CALL-Classroom
Britto, Francis - Sophia University
[email protected]
3:45 PM - 4:10 PM (25 min)
Hikae 1
Short Paper
English (Japanese, if needed)
College & University Education: Writing (WRIT)
Trying to teach writing in a CALL/computer classroom poses
several challenges for teachers, such as how to proceed while
students face a networked PC, how to impart computing
skills without ignoring writing skills, and how to offer
opportunities for growth in writing skills. Based on his recent
experiences, the presenter hopes to offer his own formula
for overcoming these challenges, which, judged by student
reactions, seems to have been a resounding success.
Digitising the curriculum
Swanson, Malcolm - Seinan Jo Gakuin University
[email protected]
3:45 PM - 4:10 PM (25 min)
Hikae 2
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Language and Technology
(CALL)
Do we have the right to impose classroom technology on a
potentially unwilling population of students? The presenter
ran observations of two parallel classes, one offering regular
classroom instruction and the other utilising email, Internet
resources, Moodle delivery, and multimedia applications.
Comparisons were made using data from questionnaires and
interviews with students. Results from these observations
will be presented, along with an outline of the ramifications
of digitising the curriculum.
Vocabulary learning on the move
Gibson, Aaron - Kyushu Sangyo University
Anderson, Charles J. - Kyushu Sangyo University
[email protected]
3:45 PM - 4:10 PM (25 min)
Dai 2-1
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Language and Technology
(CALL)
Technology enhanced learning has become more common
in many English language programs though students
often lack the time to visit the computer lab to complete it.
Recent improvements in mobile phone hardware may offer
a solution to this problem by allowing students to access
e-learning materials via their phones. This presentation will
discuss a mobile learning intervention given to university
students. The intervention model, results and ideas for
further research will be presented.
Initiating lesson study in a Japanese university
Cohen, Vivien - Aoyama Gakuin University
Strong, Gregory - Aoyama Gakuin University
Wolf, Jeanne - Aoyama Gakuin University
[email protected]
3:45 PM - 4:10 PM (25 min)
Tenji B-1
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Teacher Education (TED)
Lesson studies, the major type of Japanese teacher
professional development, have spread around the globe.
The implementation of a lesson study within the English
department in a Japanese university is described. We discuss 1)
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factors that impeded or facilitated the process, 2) the extent to
which the lesson promoted student learning and engagement,
and 3) the formation of a professional learning community.
Business English teaching to meet the actual needs
Furusawa, Hiromi - Eigoya, Inc.
Furusawa, Toru - Eigoya, Inc.
3:45 PM - 4:10 PM (25 min)
Tenji B-2
Short Paper
English
Teaching Mature Learners: English for Specific Purposes
(ESP)
This presentation explores how to help nonnative speakers
develop essential business English communication skills.
The presenters will first analyze some serious gaps between
popular approaches in business English teaching and the
actual needs of nonnative speakers of business English.
Discussions will include major challenges that nonnative
speakers commonly face in business situations, and practical
ideas to cope with such challenges. Suggestions for classroom
activities will also be presented.
Engaging students with L1-supported materials
Rivers, Damian - Kanda University of International Studies
[email protected]
3:45 PM - 4:10 PM (25 min)
Tenji C-2
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Materials Writing and
Design (MW)
At a university where only English learning materials are
used, 78 students in three mixed-level classes were provided
with materials containing L1 support, for a specific unit.
Students were surveyed to determine whether they felt the
L1-supported materials helped them to understand the
content more fully, participate in the various tasks within
the unit, and increase their use of the target language.
Shogakko team-teaching: ALT and HRT perspectives
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Nakao, Kaori - Kyushu Sangyo University
[email protected]
3:45 PM - 4:10 PM (25 min)
Room 902
Short Paper
Japanese
Teaching Children: Elementary and Preschool (ELEM)
本研究では、小学校英語活動でのティーム・ティーチングに関する教師た
ちの意識について、インタビュー調査を行った。その結果、HRTとALTの認
識に大きな違いが見られた。これら調査結果を報告し、その要因について
検討するとともに、今後ティーム・ティーチングに必要な教師の取り組み
についても言及する。
Effects of spontaneous teacher-discourses in class
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Fujii, Satomi - Sophia University
[email protected]
3:45 PM - 4:10 PM (25 min)
Room 905
Short Paper
English
Junior/Senior High School: Teacher Education (TED)
In this study, the presenter looked at types of teachergenerated discourses which drew students’ attention and
increased their learning chances in class. Ten Japanese EFL
high school students participated in the study for 6 weeks. It
was found that these students were paying extra attention to
the moments when their teacher derailed from her originally
planned instructions. The teacher generated spontaneous
discourses, addressing students’ errors and their concerns.
This, in turn, increased the participants’ chances to learn.
Points for behavior: Teacher in the mirror
Baber, Will - Ritsumeikan University
Ito, Satoko - Ritsumeikan University
Silver, Richard - Ritsumeikan University
[email protected]
3:45 PM - 4:10 PM (25 min)
Short Paper
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Room 906
English
College & University Education: Motivation (MOT)
This presentation looks into teacher attitudes toward inclass point systems used to control classroom behaviors
(i.e., tardiness, participation), a subject which remains
unexplored. Survey data from EFL university teachers
captures the inter-relationship between teachers’ beliefs
about point systems and the ways, if any, these reflect on
classroom behavior and on overall grades. How reactions
to point systems might reflect teachers’ cultural and
experiential backgrounds will be discussed based on
qualitative analyses of the data.
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Sociocultural factors on EFL teachers’ thinking
Tseng, Yueh-Hung - National Dong-Hwa University
[email protected]
3:45 PM - 4:10 PM (25 min)
Room 907
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Teacher Education (TED)
This study uses a sociocultural perspective to investigate
what factors facilitate preservice EFL teachers’ creativity and
critical thinking. This is a qualitative teacher-based study
where all data collected were from the classroom in which
I taught. The study finds that access to resources, multiple
perspectives, a sign system in the learning community, and
the possibility of exercising individual agency contributed to
teachers’ creativity and critical thinking.
The role of L1 (Japanese) in the EFL classroom
von Dietze, Hans
von Dietze, Alison
[email protected]
3:45 PM - 4:10 PM (25 min)
Room 909
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Teacher Education (TED)
This short paper presents the findings of a teacher survey
at a Tokyo university researching the role of student L1
(Japanese) in the EFL classroom. While exploring the notion
of “judicious use” of L1 (Hadley, 2001), the results should
provide teachers with a pedagogical basis to help them
understand the role of L1 in the classroom, and to help them
make decisions on their own use of students’ L1.
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Teaching vocabulary in the CBI classroom
Takahashi, Bobby - Akita Prefectural University
Shucart, Stephen - Akita Prefectural University
[email protected]
3:45 PM - 4:10 PM (25 min)
Room 910
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: English for Specific
Purposes (ESP)
Content-Based Instruction, or CBI, is a methodology
that utilizes a theme-based curriculum. The presenters
will examine theoretical and practical aspects of teaching
vocabulary in the CBI classroom. First, vocabulary teaching
activities will be classified and scrutinized, using “context”
as the yardstick, then the practical example of a CBI science
course based on an American high school textbook will be
discussed.
Critical reading strategies
Urick, Steve - Tokoha Gakuen University
3:45 PM - 4:10 PM (25 min)
Room 1001-1
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Reading (READ)
Critical reading strategies help students take a critical
perspective toward texts, relating the material to their own
experiences and the world around them. The presenter
will explain the rationale behind teaching critical reading
strategies to second language learners, and provide a list of
strategies. This will be followed by a description of a critical
reading strategies class activity, and a discussion of students’
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reactions to the activity. Students’ reactions were explored
through surveys and interviews.
Reflections of Charisma Man
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Appleby, Roslyn - University of Technology, Sydney
[email protected]
3:45 PM - 4:10 PM (25 min)
Room 1001-2
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Gender Awareness in
Language Education (GALE)
This paper focuses on the trope of Charisma Man: a potent
image of the white western male English language teacher
who is transformed into a superhero in Asia. Turning the
theoretical and empirical mirror back on Charisma Man
himself, it draws on interview data with Australian men who
have taught English in Japan and have now returned to their
country of origin. Their reflections and experiences offer
insight into the Charisma Man phenomenon.
And why shouldn’t we start a sentence with “and”?
Kusuyama Yuri - Nagoya University of Commerce and
Business
[email protected]
3:45 PM - 4:10 PM (25 min)
Room 1002
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Writing (WRIT)
This paper investigates the tendencies and likely sources
of Japanese ESL writers’ use of sentence-initial logical
connectors both quantitatively and qualitatively. The
two-stage study indicates: 1) the Japanese ESL writers use
sentence-initial logical connectors much more frequently
than native speakers, and 2) this tendency corresponds with
the writing features salient in their L1. Sample reformulated
texts are provided to demonstrate how problems with the
overuse of logical connectors may be improved in ESL essays.
Teachers’ tales for teachers in training
Crooks, Anthony - International University of Japan
[email protected]
3:45 PM - 4:10 PM (25 min)
Room 1003
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Teacher Education (TED)
The stories of experienced teachers can be rich sources of
inspiration for ELT trainees. This session details the use of
narrative texts with future Japanese teachers of English in a
class which aimed at both pedagogical insights and language
development.
4:35 PM
Analysis of relevant issues in Spanish teaching
Silva, Cecilia - Tohoku University
Vicente-Rasoamalala, Leticia - Aichi Prefectural University
Castro, Mercedes - Instituto Cervantes Tokyo
Barallo, Natalia - Instituto Cervantes Tokyo
Fernández-Alonso, María - Nanzan University
Gómez, María - Instituto Cervantes Tokyo
Letelier, Paula - Kansai University of Foreign Studies
[email protected]
4:35 PM - 6:15 PM (100 min)
Room B2
Forum
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College & University Education: Languages Other than
English or Japanese (OLE)
Profesores de Español como Lengua Extranjera analizan
temas relevantes al diálogo estudiante-docente: las imágenes
como recurso, el enfoque en la forma en la escritura,
estrategias mnemotécnicas, la literatura como contenido
y como recurso y las nuevas tecnologías en ELE . Si bien las
presentaciones son en español, profesores y estudiantes de
otros idiomas son bienvenidos.
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Grammar and communication: Bridging the gap
Imrie, Andrew - Tokai University
Falkus, Justin - Rikkyo University
4:35 PM - 5:35 PM (60 min)
Room B3
Workshop
English
College & University Education: Speaking/Communication (SC)
One of the most difficult problems that university teachers
face today is how to introduce the teaching of grammar
without compromising the communicative nature of the
modern classroom. The presenters in this workshop will
demonstrate why Halliday’s Systemic Functional Grammar
offers the best solution. Through a series of simple but
revealing exercises, participants will discover an approach
that makes grammar accessible, relevant, and a dynamic tool
for authentic classroom communication.
ELT and happiness: Six things you and students can do
Helgesen, Marc - Miyagi Gakuin Women’s University
[email protected]
4:35 PM - 5:35 PM (60 min)
Rehearsal Room
Workshop
English
General: Speaking/Communication (SC)
Positive psychology (also know as the Science of Happiness)
can tell us a lot, both about what to do in our classes
and in our lives. This session will share six personalized
communication activities. They help learners practice
English and practical, positive behaviors: gratitude letters,
happiness journals (count your blessings), experience the
moment (& the blueberry), years of happiness & random act
of kindness. And laughter. You will enjoy. ☺
Blog use in a cross-cultural communication class
Meiki, Susan
[email protected]
4:35 PM - 5:35 PM (60 min)
Chu Hall
Workshop
English
College & University Education: Language and Technology
(CALL)
The speaker will describe a university cross-cultural
communication course which uses blogs. The presentation
will show how blogs are used and evaluated to promote intracultural communication on a wide variety of comparative
cultural issues. The workshop will conclude with a discussion
of cross-cultural communication course content and design
to share ideas and techniques with the audience.
Story Circles, Story Starts: L2 fiction writing
Thompson, Holly - Yokohama City University
[email protected]
4:35 PM - 5:35 PM (60 min)
Hikae 1
Workshop
English
College & University Education: Writing (WRIT)
The Story Circles, Story Starts method of teaching fiction
writing empowers L2 students to analyze and appreciate
contemporary short fiction by exploring fiction elements
in role groups and student-led story circle discussions.
Next, using Story Starts, students acquire skills to write the
beginnings of their own original fiction for sharing in peer
workshops, and ultimately learn to write complete short
stories. This interactive workshop introduces the Story Circles,
Story Starts methods and materials.
Study abroad needs an ethnographic paradigm
Gilmour, Elaine - Miyagi Gakuin University
4:35 PM - 5:35 PM (60 min)
Hikae 2
Long Paper
English
College & University Education: Study Abroad (SA)
The presenter proposes an approach which effectively revises the
aims and objectives of the SA experience with regard to higher
education programs: placing SA within the larger framework
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of existing language and culture curricula. It is suggested that
course content should include ethnographic training and
learning, enabling cooperating institutions to greatly improve
the effectiveness and application of SA experiences. The
presentation will conclude with a discussion of the issues raised.
Sponsored by: Study Abroad SIG
Encouraging eco-literacy in the language classroom
Summerville, Christopher
[email protected]
4:35 PM - 5:35 PM (60 min)
Dai 2-1
Workshop
English
General: Global Issues in Language Education (GILE)
As teachers encouraging students to talk and write about
their daily lives, we are in a unique position to instill an
environmental perspective based on their surroundings and
lifestyle choices. Using daily items, such as maps, menus,
toiletries and food, this workshop will suggest ways in which
shades of green can be added to our regular teaching material
so that the environment becomes a vehicle for the skills we
are seeking to teach rather than the focus.
JALT Ordinary General Meeting (OGM)
Lloyd, Caroline - JALT National Board of Directors
4:35 PM - 5:35 PM (60 min)
Koryu Hall
Meeting
English
Non-teaching Context: Non-teaching Content
Calling all members! This Ordinary General Meeting is for
you!! This National Conference OGM is the best opportunity
for all JALT members to get together and get involved. The
General Meeting serves to celebrate the achievements of JALT
Members, recognize the winners of the Best of JALT awards
and to take care of any JALT business requiring approval of
the General Meeting. Please come, we’re expecting you
Building up a language school
Paul, David - David English House
4:35 PM - 5:35 PM (60 min)
Tenji B-1
Workshop
English
Conversation/Language School: Administration,
Management, & Employment Issues (PALE)
This presentation is for language school owners, teachers
teaching at home, and those thinking of doing one of these
in future. The main focus of the presentation is on how to
build up your own school. David Paul started teaching in an
apartment in Hiroshima in 1982 and built David English House
up into an internationally-respected school. He has acquired a
few insights along the way that might be helpful to others.
Sponsored by: David English House
Blended learning spaces: Patterns of use
MacKenzie, Dirk - Kanda University of International Studies
Jenks, Daniel - Kanda University of International Studies
Geluso, Joe - Kanda University of International Studies
Delgado, Roman - Kanda University of International
Studies
Promnitz-Hayashi, Lara - Kanda University of
International Studies
[email protected]
4:35 PM - 5:35 PM (60 min)
Tenji B-2
Long Paper
English
College & University Education: Language and Technology
(CALL)
This study focuses on the synchronous blending of
face-to-face and computer assisted learning within the
walls of a classroom, or blended learning space (BLS). The
presenters will report on patterns of BLS use at a Japanese
language university, from paper text and whiteboard use, to
arrangement of desks and group dynamics, to computer use
and the integration of Moodle. Survey and interview data
will be discussed and example lesson plans will be shared.
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Managing student stress in communicative classes
Shaules, Joseph - Rikkyo University
4:35 PM - 5:35 PM (60 min)
Tenji C-1
Workshop
English
College & University Education: Speaking/Communication (SC)
Teachers often deal with student nervousness about using
English by attempting to get students to relax. In this
workshop, the presenter will argue instead that skillful
activity design is the key to managing student stress.
Participants will learn how to design classroom activities
which maintain student engagement without creating
student stress. The distinction between nervousness and
uncertainty will be discussed as the presenter shares practical
tips for designing activities which encourage successful
communicative performances.
Discourse analysis of a non-IRF structured class
de Boer, Mark - MASH
4:35 PM - 5:35 PM (60 min)
Tenji C-2
Long Paper
English
Conversation/Language School: Teacher Education (TED)
The presenter will introduce a model used to analyze
discourse in a non-IRF structured classroom. Using classroom
data, he will show how a different form of scaffolding (peer
scaffolding) can effectively be used to help students acquire
language. He will also show that language-use awareness in
the classroom can help teachers give their students effective
learning opportunities by allowing the students to assist
each other through their zones of proximal development.
Origami as a listening exercise
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Graham, Colin - Sumikin-Intercom
[email protected]
4:35 PM - 5:35 PM (60 min)
Room 901
Workshop
English
Teaching Children: Teacher Education (TED)
How can something which is basically visual be changed
into a listening activity? This workshop explores verbal
instructions. It is never possible to create a perfect set of
instructions but how much information needs to be given
or pretaught? Although suitable for a general audience,
origami is especially useful as an activity for helping children
follow written instructions and this workshop will focus on
instruction at the elementary/JHS level.
Rhythm, music and young learners!
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Why stop studying Japanese: A case in Australia
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Thain, Laurie - Hiroshima YMCA School of Languages
[email protected]
4:35 PM - 5:35 PM (60 min)
Room 902
Workshop
English
Teaching Children: Elementary and Preschool (ELEM)
Are there real benefits in using rhythm and music for
teaching English to young learners? Drawing on a singersongwriter background, substantial classroom experience
and support from the literature, the presenter will show how
music can enhance memory and learning. Through original
songs and chants—written for 3-6 year olds—participants
will gain access to practical tips for the classroom and an
appreciation for why rhythm, music and young learners is
such a powerful combination.
Northwood, Barbara - University of NSW, Sydney
Kinoshita-Thomson, Chihiro - University of NSW, Sydney
[email protected]
4:35 PM - 5:00 PM (25 min)
Room 903
Short Paper
English
Junior/Senior High School: Japanese as a Second Language
(JSL)
Why are there so few advanced learners of Japanese in
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both a reflector—to clarify continuation/discontinuation—
and a stimulus to further action, i.e., to develop policy
strategies for the improvement of the continuation rate.
Findings from the first round of analysis were examined
from the perspective of motivation in terms of continuation/
discontinuation, and the possible convergence of Gardner’s
Integrative Motivation with Dornyei’s L2 Motivational SelfSystem.
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Jansem, Anchalee - Srinakharinwirot University
4:35 PM - 5:35 PM (60 min)
Room 904
Workshop
English
Teaching Children: Elementary and Preschool (ELEM)
Learning English through singing and dancing for skill
development never dies! Both the presenter and the
attendees will take kids’ roles while listening to a song, doing
a communicative task based on the song, and using English
in a welcome learning environment.
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World Englishes education in high school
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Sugimoto, Kayo
[email protected]
4:35 PM - 5:00 PM (25 min)
Room 905
Short Paper
English
Junior/Senior High School: Speaking/Communication (SC)
The presenters will report how high school students reacted
to a pilot program in which English classes were taught via
the concept of World Englishes. Results showed that an
awareness in varieties of English gave students increased
motivation despite some initial student doubt of this
approach. The presenters conclude that a World Englishes
style of education can be valuable for high school students,
but needs to be developed to do so practically.
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Bermingham, Sean - Cengage Learning
[email protected]
4:35 PM - 5:35 PM (60 min)
Room 906
Workshop
English
College & University Education: Reading (READ)
The world is becoming increasingly interconnected, with
English as the main means of communication. To become
effective global citizens, today’s learners require a wide range
of knowledge and skills—critical thinking, digital and visual
literacy, and cultural awareness. The presenter will show how
teachers can incorporate these elements into a motivating
reading lesson. Participants will each receive a copy of
Heinle’s Reading Explorer, which includes a free CD-ROM
with 12 National Geographic videos and interactive activities.
Sponsored by: Cengage Learning
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Online tools to optimize EFL vocabulary learning
Browne, Charles - Meiji Gakuin University
Culligan, Brent - Aoyama Gakuin Women’s Junior College
[email protected]
4:35 PM - 5:35 PM (60 min)
Room 907
Workshop
English
College & University Education: Vocabulary (VOC)
How many words do our students know? Is it possible to
accurately identify the specific vocabulary words that each
learner knows and should study next? How can online
technology be used to test and teach these words? Based on
the doctoral research of the presenter and his colleague, this
session will discuss both the theoretical underpinnings and
practical applications of the online testing and teaching of
high-frequency vocabulary for EFL students.
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Student Showcase
4:35 pm - 5:20 pm (45 min)
Room 908
Graduate Showcase
English and Japanese
Various: Various
Presentations by graduate students of Kobe City University of
Foreign Studies. See page 87 for details.
Developing presentation skills: A process approach
Zeff, B. Bricklin - Hokkai Gakuen University
4:35 PM - 5:35 PM (60 min)
Room 909
Long Paper
English
General: Speaking/Communication (SC)
Many universities are adding presentation skills to their list
of abilities desired by their students. Effective presentations
involve complex combinations of linguistic, organizational
and nonverbal skills. In this session, the presenter will
demonstrate a process approach that guides students clearly
through the brainstorming-planning-writing-presenting
stages. Using examples from the new Cambridge course
Present Yourself, he will show how this approach can be used
with even low-level students to reduce the “fear” factor and
make presenting fun.
Sponsored by: Cambridge University Press
Promotional
Teaching about countries and cultures in EFL
Cates, Kip - Tottori University
[email protected]
4:35 PM - 5:35 PM (60 min)
Room 910
Workshop
English
General: Global Issues in Language Education (GILE)
Teaching English as a global language involves not just teaching
about native English-speaking countries, but also other nations
around the world. This session will introduce two key global
educational approaches to teaching about countries of the
world—one based on information and the other based on
imagination. Participants will experience activities involving
images, reading and role play designed to stimulate interest in
the wider world, promote cross-cultural empathy, build critical
thinking skills, and overcome stereotypes.
Real people, real places, real language
Johannsen, Kristin - Textbook author
[email protected]
4:35 PM - 5:35 PM (60 min)
Room 1001-1
Workshop
English
College & University Education: Global Issues in Language
Education (GILE)
Building on her featured speaker presentation, “Celebrating
culture” and her workshop, “A global view from your classroom
window,” the presenter will explore the practice of bringing
the wider world into your lessons, including the potential of
real people, real places, and real language to engage learners’
interest; the capacity of National Geographic text, images, and
video to build language skills; and the benefits of a competencybased curriculum to measure student achievement.
Sponsored by: Cengage Learning
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Peer observation: 360° of teacher awareness
Stillwell, Christopher - Kanda University of International
Studies
[email protected]
4:35 PM - 5:35 PM (60 min)
Room 1001-2
Workshop
English
General: Teacher Education (TED)
Teaching has been famously referred to as the egg carton
profession because teachers are typically isolated from
one another in their classrooms. However, teachers are
fortunate in that they have a valuable and free resource in
their midst—other teachers. This presentation will provide
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guidelines for tapping into this resource through peer
coaching, with suggestions for safe practices of observing
peers and sharing feedback.
Getting university students “lecture ready”!
Wong, Raymond - Ritsumeikan University BKC
Higgins, Robert - Ritsumeikan University BKC
4:35 PM - 5:35 PM (60 min)
Room 1002
Long Paper
English
College & University Education: Language and Technology
(CALL)
Truncated versions of language-across-the-curriculum exist
in Japanese universities where some content courses are
taught in English by lecturers from overseas. The presenters
will share their experiences in preparing 1st- and 2nd-year
university students for computer science lectures in English
at their university. This workshop will discuss their syllabi
which use a combination of published EAP textbooks and
original materials. In addition, feedback on the courses
by the students and computer science lecturers will be
presented.
Sponsored by: Oxford University Press
Promotional
University of Birmingham MAs by distance learning
Groom, Nicholas - University of Birmingham
Watson, Christine - David English House
4:35 PM - 5:35 PM (60 min)
Room 1003
Workshop
English
General: Teacher Education (TED)
This is an opportunity for all teachers who are considering
taking the University of Birmingham MA in TEFL/TESL or
the MA in Applied Linguistics by distance learning, to ask
questions and discuss any issues relating to the courses. Nick
Groom from the University of Birmingham and Christine
Watson from David English House will introduce the courses
and lead the discussions.
Sponsored by: David English House
Open discussion with Merrill Swain
Swain, Merrill - OISE/University of Toronto
4:35 PM - 5:35 PM (60 min)
Room 1101
Workshop
English
General: Culture (CUL)
In this informal discussion session, Merrill Swain will field
participants’ questions and comments on her plenary
address, and on any other questions or topics that arise
from her research, writings, and lectures. Graduate students,
researchers, teachers, and readers of applied linguistics are all
welcome, and should find the session stimulating and useful.
Enhancing learners’ sociolinguistic skills
Ishihara, Noriko - Hosei University
[email protected]
4:35 PM - 5:35 PM (60 min)
Room 1202
Workshop
English
College & University Education: Pragmatics (PRAG)
This session demonstrates various instructional activities and
classroom-based assessment procedures for incorporating
cross-cultural awareness and appropriate language use into
second/foreign language instruction. Awareness-raising
tasks trigger learners’ noticing and self-discovery of a range
of target language norms. In this hands-on demonstration,
participants will experience some awareness-raising activities
and classroom-based assessments in English and Japanese
(proficiency in either language is not required) and consider
possible application to their own classrooms.
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5:10 PM
Narrative inquiry of English teachers’ motivation
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Kumazawa, Masako - Rikkyo University
[email protected]
5:10 PM - 5:35 PM (25 min)
Room 903
Short Paper
English
Junior/Senior High School: Motivation (MOT)
This presentation reports on a 2-year study about the teaching
motivation of four high school English teachers in Japan. The
data were collected from occasional individual interviews
and then analyzed and interpreted within the framework of
narrative inquiry. In the presentation I will report the major
findings as well as raise some methodological issues.
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Room 908
Graduate Showcase
English and Japanese
Various: Various
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Self-identity montage presentations
Greenberg, Michael - Tokai University
Boustany, Michael - Tokyo Joshidai
[email protected]
5:45 PM - 6:45 PM (60 min)
Rehearsal Room
Workshop
English
College & University Education: Speaking/Communication (SC)
Self-identity montage presentations provide a fun and
accessible way for learners to express who they are through
pictorial images. Targeted at lower level students, but
adaptable to students at all levels, learners combine images
with simple language constructs and vocabulary in an
exercise of self-expression. The participants will be guided
through this entire process and provided with a complete set
of handouts, enabling them to take this engaging activity
directly from the conference to the classroom.
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Trip advisor–A learner instigated webquest
Thomas, Simon - Osaka Prefecture University
[email protected]
5:45 PM - 6:45 PM (60 min)
Hikae 1
Workshop
English
College & University Education: Language and Technology
(CALL)
Computer assisted learning environments are enabling
language classes to become more personalized and
meaningful for each individual involved. This workshop
will illustrate methods introduced for a world travel,
inquiry-based, webquest project through which learners can
become drawn into the search, processing and production
of information instigated by their peers. It will also draw
on participants’ knowledge and experience to develop the
project so that it can be taken into other classrooms quickly
and easily.
Practical uses of Moodle for the non-tech teacher
Gamble, Craig - Kansai Gaidai University
[email protected]
5:45 PM - 6:45 PM (60 min)
Hikae 2
Workshop
English
College & University Education: Language and Technology
(CALL)
This workshop will demonstrate practical uses of
information technology tools within Moodle—a course
management system. Participants will engage in group
activities on how to set up, implement, and administer
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media tools including: podcasts, discussion forums, and a
quiz generator within the Moodle platform. Finally, a short
time will be allotted for questions. Participants will leave the
workshop with ideas on how to create and use technology
tools through Moodle.
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Fushino, Kumiko - Rikkyo University
[email protected]
5:45 PM - 6:45 PM (60 min)
Dai 2-1
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English
College & University Education: Teacher Education (TED)
This workshop introduces effective group projects for college
English classes. These projects incorporate cooperative
learning principles and techniques to avoid pitfalls when
implementing group projects. The workshop will begin
with an overview of the principles of cooperative learning.
Then, how to teach group work skills and give step-bystep instruction will be introduced, ideas to maximize
participation and increase task engagement will be
demonstrated, and students’ reactions to the projects will be
shared.
Problem-solving skills and extensive reading
Lee, Hsing-chin - ETA-ROC
5:45 PM - 6:45 PM (60 min)
Dai 2-2
Long Paper
English
General: Extensive Reading (ER)
This paper proposes the use of Arthur Ransome’s Swallows
and Amazons as extensive reading material in addition to
what is used for conventional English teaching in Taiwan. It
will report how problem-solving skills are learned by using
the novel in Taiwan. Examples of problem-solving skills are
extracted from the novel and analysed. A comparison of
West and East in problem solving is also made to tackle the
difference between the two cultures.
Sponsored by: ETA-ROC
Ideal books that motivate students to read more
Sekiguchi, Kozue - Scholastic
[email protected]
5:45 PM - 6:45 PM (60 min)
Tenji B-1
Workshop
English
General: Extensive Reading (ER)
How can teachers encourage Japanese students to read more
English books? We know that high exposure to print and
increased reading volume has a positive impact on word
recognition, spelling, vocabulary development, reading
comprehension, and gaining general knowledge. How can
we select English books which are challenging but fun,
simple but informative? Participants will be introduced
to various authentic books for both children and young
adults ranging through great literature, easy readers, and
nonfiction.
Sponsored by: Scholastic
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Language through tunes, lyrics, and technology
Marlowe, J. Paul - Kwansei Gakuin University
Asaba, Mayumi - Konan University
[email protected]
5:45 PM - 6:45 PM (60 min)
Tenji C-1
Workshop
English
College & University Education: Listening (LIS)
This workshop demonstrates how to use music effectively in
EFL classrooms. The presenters will discuss reasons and benefits
of using music for language learning. Three key steps will be
introduced with example activities to enhance successful second
language learning. Presenters will also talk about a multimedia
group project that reinforces several important language skills
and online resources teachers and students can utilize to access
and present information, lyrics, videos and songs.
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Teaching children to be trilingual: a case study
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Reflections on English Notebook
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A non-English internationalization in Japan
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Knowles, Timothy - Sophia University
[email protected]
5:45 PM - 6:10 PM (25 min)
Room 901
Short Paper
English
Teaching Children: Bilingualism (BIL)
This is a small case study of a new bilingual English/French
primary school program in Tokyo. There is a particular focus
on children who are also studying the national Japanese
curriculum, and are therefore becoming trilingual. There
will be a brief description of the program and its aims, the
experiences of the children will then be discussed along with
the opinions and aspirations of teachers and parents.
Blefgen-Togashi, Laura - Canadian Conversation Club
Terasaki, Setsuko - Canadian Conversation Club
[email protected]
5:45 PM - 6:45 PM (60 min)
Room 902
Workshop
English and Japanese
Teaching Children: Elementary and Preschool (ELEM)
In April 2008, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports,
Science and Technology released a trial version of its English
Notebook, to be used in compulsory English lessons for 5th and
6th year students. In this presentation, both the strengths and
weaknesses of using English Notebook will be discussed. How
to conduct lessons effectively, and various ways of improving
upon specific lessons will also be presented. This workshop
will be conducted in both English and Japanese.
Umeda, Hajime - Suzuka International University
[email protected]
5:45 PM - 6:10 PM (25 min)
Room 903
Short Paper
Japanese
Junior/Senior High School: Global Issues in Language
Education (GILE)
本発表では、三重県の公立中学校に在籍するニューカマー外国籍生徒を
対象とする言語に関するアンケート調査の結果を報告し、教育現場にお
ける生徒の多言語化・多国籍化に伴う問題点を指摘する。その上で、学校
の対応策を紹介し、国際化時代に見合う日本の学校教育の在り方と方向
性についても論じる。
Annual JALT Junior Swap Meet
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Collaboration and writing skills development
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Ito, Lesley - TC SIG
5:45 PM - 6:45 PM (60 min)
Room 904
Workshop
English
Teaching Children: Materials Writing and Design (MW)
The Annual TC SIG Swap is a great time to get some
wonderful, practical ideas! Fellow teachers of children will
spend a few minutes sharing a classroom tested activity for
children’s EFL classes. Join in the fun and get inspired!
Kurihara, Noriko - Aioi Senior High School
[email protected]
5:45 PM - 6:10 PM (25 min)
Room 905
Short Paper
English
Junior/Senior High School: Writing (WRIT)
Helping students acquire creative writing skills has become
more and more important at senior high school. To explore
effective teaching approaches, a collaborative project was
incorporated in the regular English writing class. This study
examines how cooperation among peers and freedom of
choice in materials affect student writing skills development,
specifically in short essay writing.
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English education and television in developing nations
Bloom, Jackson - Shizuoka City Board of Education
5:45 PM - 6:45 PM (60 min)
Room 906
Workshop
English
General: Global Issues in Language Education (GILE)
In 2007, the US Embassy in Madagascar created a nationally
televised program called Teen Talk featuring Malagasy
teenagers teaching English to their peers. This workshop is
facilitated by one of the creators: a Peace Corps volunteer who
was involved in every aspect of the program. There will be a
video presentation of the show, discussion on background, and
an open forum on the effectiveness, practicality and benefits of
such teaching tools especially in developing nations.
Metalanguage knowledge of college students
Tokunaga, Miki - Kyushu Sangyo University
[email protected]
5:45 PM - 6:10 PM (25 min)
Room 907
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Teacher Education (TED)
In language learning, metalanguage is used to describe
target language, and lack of metalanguage knowledge may
hinder the learners’ understanding of textbook contents and
classroom explanations. A metalanguage test—developed
by the presenter for low proficiency EFL learners—was
administered to approximately 200 Japanese university
students with TOEIC Bridge scores between 64 and 170 (mean
117). This presentation will discuss the test results, correlations
with TOEIC Bridge scores, and classroom implications.
Conversation analysis for teachers: An application
Nakamura, Ian - Okayama University
[email protected]
5:45 PM - 6:10 PM (25 min)
Room 909
Short Paper
English
General: Pragmatics (PRAG)
Refining descriptions of common features of talk suggests
teachers can and do design turns for students to be successful
language users, not simply learners. Teachers interact not
only as experts, but also as facilitators of talk. Students
are treated as both learners and users of the language. The
relevance of conversation analysis for teachers comes from
evidence that teacher-student talk, as a social activity, mirrors
other kinds of talk which occur outside the classroom.
Beliefs and perceptional change of peer response
Fujieda, Yutaka - Maebashi Kyoai Gakuen College
[email protected]
5:45 PM - 6:10 PM (25 min)
Room 910
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Writing (WRIT)
This study explores the effect of peer written comment and
delves into the revision process, behavior, and perceptional
change towards peer feedback by one Japanese EFL learner.
To better understand the subject’s actual experience, this
inquiry is based on the participant’s in-depth interviews as
well as reflective notes about the peers’ written commentary
and peer feedback experiences for 1 academic year.
Extensive reading quizzes and reading attitudes
Hann, Fergus - Kansai Gaidai University
Reagan, Nevitt - Kansai Gaidai University
Stoeckel, Tim - Kansai Gaidai University
[email protected]
5:45 PM - 6:10 PM (25 min)
Room 1001-1
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Extensive Reading (ER)
Do extensive reading (ER) quizzes negatively affect students’
L2 reading attitudes? The presenters will describe their
research exploring this question. Two hundred Japanese
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university students in eight separate classes were assigned
the reading of 10 graded readers and the writing of reaction
reports for each. Students in four of the classes took quizzes
after each book. L2 reading attitudes were measured at the
beginning and end of the semester. Results will be discussed.
Cultural informants and EFL: Insight into learners
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Baber, Will - Ritsumeikan University
[email protected]
5:45 PM - 6:10 PM (25 min)
Room 1001-2
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Culture (CUL)
The role of the cultural informant, long familiar to social
sciences, will be examined in the TEFL context, especially
with regard to Japan. How can teachers benefit from cultural
informants in and out of the classroom? Who are potential
cultural informants and what can they contribute to the
TEFL experience? The presentation considers TEFL literature
as well as ideas from social sciences and cross-cultural
management such as the interculturally fluent informant.
Using corpora to create tests of vocabulary depth
Stewart, Jeffrey - Kyushu Sangyo University
[email protected]
5:45 PM - 6:10 PM (25 min)
Room 1002
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Vocabulary (VOC)
The creation of reliable tests of vocabulary depth and breadth
can be a time-consuming task, and many educators and
institutions do not have the time or the resources to write and
pilot test items. The author discusses the findings of a pilot
vocabulary depth and breadth test—using readily available
collocations and corpus analysis—given to over 1000 Japanese
university students, as well as discussing face validity, internal
reliability and factors contributing to item difficulty.
Towards optimum TL and L1 use through reflection
McMillan, Brian - Hiroshima Bunkyo Women’s University
Rivers, Damian - Kanda University of International Studies
[email protected]
5:45 PM - 6:10 PM (25 min)
Room 1003
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Learner Development (LD)
This presentation will report on the results of implementing
a series of awareness-raising activities regarding language
choice, with students in a mixed-level class at a Japanese
university. Students were surveyed to assess whether they
felt these reflective tasks helped them to increase their use
of English and to use the L1 judiciously. The presenters will
propose a number of strategies for training students to make
effective language choices when working collaboratively.
Process drama pedagogy: Experiencing emigration
Donnery, Eucharia - Kwansei Gakuin University
[email protected]
5:45 PM - 6:10 PM (25 min)
Room 1202
Short Paper
English
Conversation/Language School: Learner Development (LD)
This process drama project aimed to explore emigration
affectively by following the journey of the Japanese
passengers aboard the Kosato Maru ship from Kobe to the
coffee plantations of Brazil in 1907. The project began with
an audio clip announcing the signing of the immigration
treaty and ended with a performance that incorporated skills
of negotiation, debate and presentation. Through research
and the writing-in-role online diary, students were able to
share experiences of emigration.
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Cognitive abilities and learning strategies
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Foster, Margarita - Tohoku University
Hirata, Tadashi - Sendai University
[email protected]
6:20 PM - 6:45 PM (25 min)
Room B2
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Languages Other than
English or Japanese (OLE)
The aim of this study is to analyze the relationship between
cognitive abilities and learning strategies in acquiring new
vocabulary for university students. The data were obtained
through psychological tests to evaluate cognitive abilities,
examinations to measure learned vocabulary, and written selfreports about the strategies employed to learn. Through analysis
of the above-mentioned data, the effectiveness of the learning
strategies was examined in relation to cognitive abilities.
A survey on English levels needed for EYL teachers
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Miyamoto, Yuzuru - Kanda University of International Studies
Kobayashi, Miyoko - Kanda University of International Studies
Moritani, Hiroshi - Kanda University of International Studies
[email protected]
6:20 PM - 6:45 PM (25 min)
Room 901
Short Paper
English
Teaching Children: Teacher Education (TED)
This paper reports the preliminary findings of a survey that
was conducted as part of a 3-year project on teacher education
for young learners of English involving 418 teachers in state
primary schools across Japan. The teachers were asked to
identify the levels of English ability required to meet their
perceived needs in the classroom. The study tries to identify
factors related to their language needs assessment.
Japanese teaching in Australian schools
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Spence-Brown, Robyn - Monash University
[email protected]
6:20 PM - 6:45 PM (25 min)
Room 903
Short Paper
English, Japanese
Junior/Senior High School: Japanese as a Second Language (JSL)
This paper reports on a major study of Japanese language
teaching in Australian schools. Drawing on interviews and
case studies as well as statistical information, we will discuss
the current state of Japanese language teaching and the issues
which confront it, and draw international comparisons.
Metacognition has priority over learning attitudes
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Miyamoto, Tomoaki - Kagawa Chuo High School
6:20 PM - 6:45 PM (25 min)
Room 905
Short Paper
English and Japanese
Junior/Senior High School: Learner Development (LD)
Even if teachers can motivate their students, sometimes
students don’t show expected improvement. Why is this the
case? The answer lies in weak metacognition. The presenter
will show data obtained from 250 Japanese high school
students, through a proficiency test, a metacognitive
awareness questionnaire, and a learning attitudes
questionnaire. The presenter will demonstrate that students
require appropriate metacognitive abilities in order to use
their positive attitude changes for effective English learning.
Giving feedback electronically: How and why?
Krieger, Daniel - Kansai Gaidai University
[email protected]
6:20 PM - 6:45 PM (25 min)
Room 909
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Writing (WRIT)
In this paper, the presenter will describe two alternatives to the
tradition of hand-marking student writing: written and spoken
electronic feedback, both of which can enhance student-teacher
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dialogue by improving the clarity of comments. Written
feedback is embedded in the students’ text with an editing tool
in Word, while spoken feedback is created as an audio file. The
presenter will provide a detailed guide for how to implement
these highly efficient, 21st century feedback alternatives.
Advanced EFL writing thematic structure analysis
Kawaguchi, Keiko - Shibaura Institute of Technology
Haenouchi, Hiroko - Tokyo Jogakkan College
Ichinose, Sonoko - Keio University
[email protected]
6:20 PM - 6:45 PM (25 min)
Room 910
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Writing (WRIT)
The presenters will discuss the results of the thematic
structure analysis of advanced EFL student essays, based on
the conceptual framework of Halliday’s functional grammar
analysis, specifically the Theme-Rheme structure. Thirty
essays, selected from highly and non-highly evaluated
groups, were analyzed in terms of idea development to
identify the textual features that contribute to higher
assessment scores. Some suggestions on effective ways to
teach writing will also be made.
The effect of anonymity in peer review
Coomber, Matthew
Silver, Richard
[email protected]
6:20 PM - 6:45 PM (25 min)
Room 1001-1
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Writing (WRIT)
This presentation will examine the utility of anonymous
feedback as a solution to the difficulties experienced by
Japanese university students when carrying out peer review
of written work. The results of a comparative study in which
students undertook both face-to-face and anonymous peer
review will be presented, and the presenters will discuss the
implications of these results for the use of peer review in
academic writing classes.
Autonomy versus control in university EFL classes
Oga-Baldwin, Quint - Kyushu Sangyo University
6:20 PM - 6:45 PM (25 min)
Room 1001-2
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Motivation (MOT)
Research suggests that teachers may tend towards either
aiming to control students, or providing opportunities for
autonomous learning. Of these orientations, autonomyoriented behaviors are widely believed to improve
student motivation. This study explores how teachers’
behaviors affect student motivation and achievement. In
this experimental study, students are separated into two
groups and exposed to control-oriented or autonomyoriented teacher behaviors. Interim results and instrument
validations from the first semester will be discussed.
Student perceptions of pronunciation and reading
Matsubara, Julie - Kanda University of International Studies
[email protected]
6:20 PM - 6:45 PM (25 min)
Room 1002
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Pronunciation (PRON)
Research suggests that pronunciation can be integrated into
mainstream classes effectively, but the next step would be to
find out how students perceive such instruction. The author
created five tasks that linked pronunciation to the text in
a university-level reading course. The students were then
surveyed on which tasks they found useful for improving
their pronunciation. The results of the data analysis will
be presented, along with implications for pronunciation
instruction in a reading classroom.
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Sunday November 22nd Afternoon Presentations
Learner motivation and EFL Achievement in Japan
Veinot, Nicholas - Tokoha Gakuen University
[email protected]
6:20 PM - 6:45 PM (25 min)
Room 1003
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Motivation (MOT)
Numerous studies have been conducted in Japan over the
last 30 years that have aimed at exploring the effect that
learner motivation has on EFL achievement and proficiency:
The results of this research have proven to be anything but
consistent. This presentation will provide observers with a
brief overview of nine representative studies and conclude
with a guided discussion concerning possible reasons for
these variant findings.
Focused tasks: Input, uptake and syntactic priming
Boston, Jeremy - Hiroshima Shudo University
[email protected]
6:20 PM - 6:45 PM (25 min)
Room 1202
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Materials Writing and
Design (MW)
Focused tasks engage learners in using language
for communication and in addition have a specific
predetermined linguistic focus in mind. The difficulty
in designing focused tasks is that many meanings can be
articulated using more than one language form, making it
difficult to design tasks which induce learner use of a specific
target form. This paper describes an attempt to use pretask
activities to syntactically prime learners to employ a target
structure during task production.
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Harting, Axel - Hiroshima University
[email protected]
9:20 AM - 10:20 AM (60 min)
Room B2
Forum
German, English, Spanish
General; Languages Other than English or Japanese (OLE)
This continues the Multilingual Forum from Sunday—
Multilingual Forum: Action research in OLE (German).
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Sybing, Roehl - Kanto International Senior High School
[email protected]
9:20 AM - 9:45 AM (25 min)
Room B3
Short Paper
English
General: Speaking/Communication (SC)
This presentation aims to emphasize the importance of
random chance in the language classroom where students
strive to transition from student-teacher interdependency to
becoming autonomous second or foreign language learners.
Language teachers seeking ways to ease this transition will
learn how tools, such as a deck of cards or a pair of dice, are
not only beneficial, but essential for all classroom activities.
PM Membership chairs meeting
Furuya, Nathan - JALT Director of Membership
[email protected]
9:20 AM- 10:20 AM (60 min)
Room B4
Meeting
English
Non-teaching Context; Non-teaching Content
This is an informational meeting for all chapter and SIG
membership officers. The focus of the meeting will be to
exchange ideas and information on the activities undertaken
in various constituencies to promote membership. In
addition, new administrative policies, procedures and
documents will be discussed. All current and incoming
membership officers are strongly encouraged to attend this
annual meeting to discuss all membership issues.
Chapter and SIG treasurers meeting
Cleary, Kevin - JALT Director of Treasury
[email protected]
9:20 AM - 10:20 AM (60 min)
Rehearsal Room
Meeting
English
Non-teaching Context; Non-teaching Content
The treasurers meeting will include a report from the
Director of Treasury and a question and answer session
with the Chapter and SIG treasurers, other JALT financial
team members, Chapter/SIG representatives and JCO staff
in attendance. While our financial reporting and auditing
systems are functioning well, we are eager to improve them
and look forward to your questions, feedback and suggestions.
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Making and using class evaluation surveys
Redfield, Rube
[email protected]
9:20 AM - 9:45 AM (25 min)
Hikae 1
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Teacher Education (TED)
This presentation will show how to develop, administer,
and evaluate surveys for EFL class evaluations. Although
the entire process will be discussed—from brainstorming
evaluation areas, to final survey use—the presentation will
feature an actual 2008 survey and its statistical analysis as
a model. Practical tips and pitfalls will be discussed, as well
as the shortcomings of general class evaluations and their
administration, now popular at Japanese colleges.
Verbal English ability and college satisfaction
Naumnoi, Anongnad - Indiana State University
[email protected]
9:20 AM - 9:45 AM (25 min)
Hikae 2
Short Paper
English, Thai
College & University Education: Study Abroad (SA)
This study was conducted at Indiana State University with 85
international students. Each subject was asked to assess their
level of English proficiency and rate their level of college
satisfaction via an online survey. The results showed no
significant relationship between the students’ perceptions of
English ability and levels of college satisfaction and that the
level of education did not affect the students’ verbal English
proficiency and college satisfaction.
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Thelen, Sally - Konan University, CUBE Study Abroad Program
[email protected]
9:20 AM - 9:45 AM (25 min)
AV Hall
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Language and Technology
(CALL)
This presentation will cover all the steps involved in creating,
sharing and utilizing online video portfolios of student
speeches in an intermediate-level, university ESL speaking
class. Created to store and showcase students’ spoken work,
online video portfolios provide students with a mirror of
their performance and a means of self-reflection.
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Online video portfolios for student reflection
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Kanzaki, Masaya - Essence English School
[email protected]
9:20 AM - 9:45 AM (25 min)
Room B1
Short Paper
English
General: Testing and Evaluation (TEVAL)
A common assumption is that a close relationship exists
between a learner’s vocabulary size and performance on
standardized English tests. The presenter will report on how this
assumption was challenged in a study comparing 31 students’
vocabulary and TOEIC practice test scores. In the study, the
overall correlation between the two tests was not as strong as
was expected, and the findings suggest that varied levels of
testwiseness among the participants affected the correlations.
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Vocabulary size, TOEIC scores and testwiseness
Using communication strategies in class
Wood, Joseph - Nagoya University of Foreign Studies
[email protected]
9:20 AM - 9:45 AM (25 min)
Tenji B-1
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Speaking/Communication (SC)
University students are taught communication strategies (CSs)
in class, but often do not take advantage of them. In order to
do so, students need to both practice CSs and examine their
own use of them (Sato, unpublished). This presentation will
report the results of a year-long study of Japanese university
students’ usage of CSs, based on audio recordings, video
recordings, surveys, and interviews.
Effectively using online listening materials
Boutorwick, Thomas - Kwansei Gakuin University
Rooks, Matthew - Kwansei Gakuin University
[email protected]
9:20 AM - 9:45 AM (25 min)
Tenji B-2
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Listening (LIS)
This short paper presentation will offer attendees a
comprehensive overview and analysis of online listening
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materials. The presenters will analyze current online listening
websites, and provide information on available content,
quality, and proficiency levels. The presenters will also
demonstrate a variety of methods for utilizing online listening
materials efficiently both in and out of the classroom.
Student expectations of foreign instructors
Cover, Dwayne - Kanda University of International Studies
[email protected]
9:20 AM - 9:45 AM (25 min)
Tenji C-1
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Culture (CUL)
This presentation looks at Japanese university students’
expectations of native English-speaking instructors. It
discusses a study in which freshmen students were asked
about their expectations of foreign instructors shortly after
they made the transition from high school to university.
Areas of focus include classroom atmosphere, classroom
tasks, teacher-student interaction, and personal qualities of
the teacher. Suggestions will be offered for ways in which
instructors may address student expectations through
culturally-informed classroom and curriculum management.
Fillers in spoken corpora of Japanese EFL learners
Miura, Aika - Tokyo Keizai University
[email protected]
9:20 AM - 9:45 AM (25 min)
Tenji C-2
Short Paper
English
General: Corpus (COR)
This study aims to analyse features of fillers in the NICT-JLE
Corpus, which contains more than 1 million word interview
transcripts of Japanese EFL learners taking a speaking
proficiency test. Various features of fillers such as I mean,
actually, maybe, a kind of, just, like, and so are investigated
across nine proficiency levels. Thus, the learners’ natural
language use in casual conversations and planned language
use in restricted situations on the interviews are contrasted.
Learners’ literacy practices outside the classroom
Inaba, Miho - Monash University
9:20 AM - 9:45 AM (25 min)
Room 901
Short Paper
Japanese
College & University Education: Learner Development (LD)
オーストラリアの大学で日本語を学ぶ学習者の教室外における読み書き
活動と、文脈的要因や学習者個人の要因の関係について考察を行った。
その結果、学習者のモチベーションや学習歴、日本語学習以外のコミュニ
ティーの影響など、様々な要因が学習者の読み書き活動に影響を与えて
いることが明らかとなった。
Writing creatively in a second language
Watkins, Jon - Kansai University of International Studies
9:20 AM - 9:45 AM (25 min)
Room 902
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Writing (WRIT)
This presentation will feature a discussion of practical
applications for creative writing exercises in ESL composition
classes. The rationale for integrating creative writing
instruction will be explained, followed by a report on a 2-year
implementation of a college-level writing course in Japan.
Most of the discussion, however, will center on potential
creative writing activities and exercises designed to decrease
composition-related anxiety, increase writing confidence,
and develop appropriate creativity for any written task.
TOEFL independent writing question pool analysis
Matsuzono, Yasunori - AGOS Japan
[email protected]
9:20 AM - 9:45 AM (25 min)
Room 903
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Writing (WRIT)
The presenter will analyze the writing questions that are
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listed in the TOEFL preparation workbook: The Official
Guide to the New TOEFL iBT. In the presentation, major topic
categories (e.g., school life, working life) will be provided so
that test-takers can brainstorm useful ideas relevant to each
topic. The presenter will also identify question types and
introduce the essay framework applicable to each question
type.
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Authentic spoken texts for teaching listening
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Lingley, Darren - Kochi University
[email protected]
9:20 AM - 9:45 AM (25 min)
Room 904
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Listening (LIS)
This presentation will outline a procedure based on the
diagnostic approach to suggest ways of using authentic
spoken texts for teaching listening. Listening material
selected for this presentation includes brief streams of
natural English provided by well-known actors being
interviewed on the television programme Inside the Actor’s
Studio. The presentation will outline how the listening
materials are used to help learners deal with the many
problematic features of natural spoken language.
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New senior high school FL education guidelines
White, Sean - University of Shimane
[email protected]
9:20 AM - 9:45 AM (25 min)
Room 907
Short Paper
English
General: Teacher Education (TED)
This session will present the main contents and features of
the newly revised Senior High School Course of Study Guidelines
for Foreign Language (English) Education. The theoretical
and empirical bases for the guidelines, plus the potential
problems and pitfalls which lie ahead will also be discussed.
Suggestions for Japan-based teachers and other educators
who are designing courses and programs based on the new
guidelines will be offered.
Macquarie University Graduate Student Showcase
9:20 am - 10:20 am (60 min)
Room 908
Graduate Showcase
English and Japanese
Various: Various
Presentations by graduate students of Macquarie University.
See page 87 for details.
Fighting against vocabulary loss
Maruyama, Yuka - Toyo Eiwa University
Ishii, Tomoko - Rikkyo University
[email protected]
9:20 AM - 9:45 AM (25 min)
Room 909
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Vocabulary (VOC)
This study investigates the extent to which we can stop the
loss of receptive and productive vocabulary size through
vocabulary list learning—using the Academic Word List (AWL)
created by Coxhead (2000)—and doing crossword puzzles.
To examine if the course helped, we conducted two tests:
the Vocabulary Levels Test (Nation, 1990; 2001) and the
Productive Vocabulary Levels Test (Laufer & Nation, 1999).
The results and pedagogical implications will be discussed.
Peer feedback in EFL academic writing classes
Lee, Nancy Shzh-chen - The University of Tokyo
[email protected]
9:20 AM - 9:45 AM (25 min)
Room 910
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: English for Specific
Purposes (ESP)
This presentation discusses the effectiveness of peer review
in EFL academic writing classes. The presenter will introduce
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peer review strategies and guidelines for teachers and
students. Peer feedback made by freshmen science students
will also be analyzed. Students’ feedback will be analyzed
in terms of its functions as praise, criticism or suggestion.
Finally, the correlation between students’ feedback and their
usage of first and second language will be discussed.
JALT Publications Board meeting
Brown, Steve - Konan Women’s University
9:20 AM - 10:20 AM (60 min)
Room 1001-1
Meeting
English
Non-teaching Context: Non-teaching Content
Publications Board members are requested to join the annual
JALT Publications Board meeting in order to discuss issues of
concern and to renew our goals for the coming year.
Extensive reading: Inside or outside class?
Uozumi, Kyoko - Kobe International University
[email protected]
9:20 AM - 9:45 AM (25 min)
Room 1001-2
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Reading (READ)
Extensive reading can be done either inside or outside
class. Which is more effective for motivating students? The
presenter will show the results of EFL extensive reading at a
university practiced in three different ways: sustained silent
reading in class, reading books students choose in class—
outside of class, and reading books that students borrow
from a library—outside of class. In the discussion, both the
quantity and the quality of the reading will be considered.
Student placement using a learner corpus
Smith, Matt - Chubu University
9:20 AM - 9:45 AM (25 min)
Room 1002
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Corpus (COR)
A learner corpus of approximately 100,000 words was
compiled of students’ written work in four university reading
and writing skills classes over a single semester. The corpus
was compiled in order to address issues of level placement
and text selection. This presentation will show how the
material was collected and analyzed and what was learned in
terms of word, structure and pattern lists.
Challenge & success: A multilevel listening class
Clingwall, C. Dion - Keimyung University
[email protected]
9:20 AM - 9:45 AM (25 min)
Room 1003
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Listening (LIS)
In Korean English education a present focus is on improving
the English ability of Korean English teachers. A current
initiative is The Intensive Teacher Training Program. With
the aim of improving teachers’ overall English ability, the
program instructs the four main skills as independent
courses. This presentation considers the listening
component of one such program, the challenges faced due to
the varying levels of trainee English ability, and the manner
in which these challenges were addressed.
Creating communicatively competent speakers
Gundersen, Erik - Oxford University Press, New York
9:20 AM - 10:20 PM (60 min)
Wind Hall
Long Paper
English
College & University Education: Speaking/Communication (SC)
In order to develop into truly communicatively competent
speakers, Japanese learners need to practice grammar,
vocabulary and pronunciation thoroughly. American English
File uses the unique “English File” system, with a strong focus
on fun, motivating lessons and a careful balance of skills
which will give your students all the language they need
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to speak with confidence. The presenter will demonstrate
practical techniques and ideas that will enable your students
to develop communicative competence.
Sponsored by: Oxford University Press
Promotional
Publicity chairs meeting
Itoi, Emi - JALT Director of Public Relations
9:20 AM - 10:20 AM (60 min)
Room 1101
Meeting
English and Japanese
Non-teaching Context; Non-teaching Content
JALT chapter and SIG Publicity chairs can meet to get to
know one another, and exchange information and opinions
on publicity-related issues.
Mind your own learning! Online reflection mirrors
Fanselow, John F. - Teachers College Columbia
Graves, Nanci - Teachers College Columbia
Vye, Stacey - Saitama University
[email protected]
9:20 AM - 10:20 AM (60 min)
Room 1202
Workshop
English
General: Learner Development (LD)
Self-determined learning has consistently inspired people
to re-examine their beliefs about learning and teaching
and thus avoid succumbing to daunting directives without
taking into account the autonomous nature of the learning
experience. Can meaningful dialogues and exchanges based
on short transcriptions of these interactions about learning
and teaching be mirrored online? Optimistically, this
workshop will explore how participants can interactively
sample and give feedback on the features of a new teacher/
learner development website.
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Reflections on peer assessment in the L2 classroom
Hirschel, Rob - Kanda University of International Studies
Fujimura, Tomoko - Tokyo Fuji University
[email protected]
9:55 AM - 10:20 AM (25 min)
Room B1
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Testing and Evaluation
(TEVAL)
This presentation evaluates student perceptions of the peer
assessment process. The researchers gathered survey data
from three intact English classes at a university in Japan.
Beyond an analysis of numerical data, the presentation will
feature input from participants and the teacher/researchers.
The presenters will discuss methods of implementing
peer assessment, challenges in doing so, and suggestions
for making peer assessment an effective and rewarding
experience for students and teachers.
Rethinking error feedback on L2 writing
Deng, Katie Shih-Yin - The Language Training and
Teaching Center
[email protected]
9:55 AM - 10:20 AM (25 min)
Room B3
Short Paper
English
General: Writing (WRIT)
The presenter will show the key issues and findings from a
study on how teachers and students perceive grammatical
error feedback, and how their beliefs influence their
behavior. Participants will see why it is important to
continue grammatical error feedback, and find out how
to maximize the effectiveness of this practice. Suggestions
for future studies will also be presented for participants
interested in investigating this issue in other L2 teachinglearning contexts.
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Maximizing learning dialogs with VoiceThread
Stout, Michael - Toyo Gakuen University
Talandis Jr., Jerry - Toyo Gakuen University
[email protected]
9:55 AM - 10:20 AM (25 min)
AV Hall
Short Paper
English
General: Language and Technology (CALL)
In this short paper, the presenters will demonstrate
VoiceThread, a web-based application ideal for project work
that allows users to create multimedia slide shows with
images, documents, audio, and video. Sample projects
exemplifying a variety of dialogs made possible by this
resource will be showcased, and project syllabi and lesson
plans will be provided. This presentation is intended for
instructors teaching students from high school to adult, in
all contexts.
Strengthening class cohesion with keitais
Mashinter, Kirsten - Hiroshima Bunkyo Women’s University
[email protected]
9:55 AM - 10:20 AM (25 min)
Hikae 1
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Language and Technology
(CALL)
This short paper presentation will introduce a multimodal
EFL project aimed at promoting social cohesion within a
class of Japanese university students. Using cell phones,
students created an online real-time diary with selfgenerated texts and photographs. The presenter will briefly
explain project inspiration, theoretical underpinnings,
results, and how educators can create a similar project.
Promoting learner motivation: A Shizuoka survey
Tebbe, Christopher - Shizuoka Board of Education
Roloff, Jennie - Kanda University of International Studies
[email protected]
9:55 AM - 10:20 AM (25 min)
Dai 2-1
Short Paper
English
General: Motivation (MOT)
The presenters will discuss the results of two surveys
conducted among 120 JET Programme ALTs and Japanese
Teachers of English (JTEs) in Shizuoka prefecture in
November 2008. Modeled after work by Zoltan Dornyei
and colleagues in Hungary and Taiwan, survey participants
rated the perceived importance and frequency of use of 25
teaching practices. In addition to reporting rankings, the
presenters will highlight discrepancies between perceived
importance and usage and possible cultural explanations for
results.
Characteristics of effective English teachers
Wichadee, Saovapa - Bangkok University
9:55 AM - 10:20 AM (25 min)
Dai 2-2
Short Paper
English
General: Teacher Education (TED)
As the teacher is one of the factors that has a lot of influence
on student achievement, this paper presents teachers’
characteristics which Bangkok University students consider
important in order to define effective language teachers in
a Thai cultural setting. These perceptions will help teachers
understand what the students expect from them and lead to
professional development.
Effects of focusing on basic delivery skills
Kano, Akiko - Sophia Junior College
[email protected]
9:55 AM - 10:20 AM (25 min)
Tenji B-1
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: English for Specific
Purposes (ESP)
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What do Japanese university students need to learn in order
to be confident speakers? Through research conducted on
low-intermediate to advanced-level university students,
the presenter reports the effects of instruction focusing
on delivery skills. Surveys focusing on students’ previous
experiences in learning public speaking reveal the problems
Japanese students have in general. The presenter will also
introduce lessons plans that were effective for her students,
along with students’ demonstration videos.
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Pragmatic transfer at the perceptual level
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Yang, Junru - Shantou University, Guangdong, China
[email protected]
9:55 AM - 10:20 AM (25 min)
Tenji B-2
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Pragmatics (PRAG)
The presenter will report on a study conducted to investigate
transfer of pragmatic knowledge at the perceptual level by
adult Chinese learners of English. During the presentation,
the motivation, research methodology, and the findings of
the study will be shown; the pedagogical implications of the
study will be discussed; and pedagogical suggestions will be
made.
Weaving language strategies and study abroad tasks
Riley, Lesley - University of Toyama
[email protected]
9:55 AM - 10:20 AM (25 min)
Tenji C-1
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Study Abroad (SA)
This study examines the design of a series of tasks that
interweaves explicit Language Learning Strategies (LLS) with
the purpose of lowering student anxiety for short-term study
abroad programs. Tasks cover the periods before, during and
after the program. There is an emphasis on predeparture
orientation time where students are helped to work through
tasks and find critical real-world information to help them
relax, and importantly, become aware of and use LLS.
Teacher/student perception gap in online learning
Miyazoe, Terumi - Tokyo Denki University
Paterson, Rab - International Christian University
Saeki, Masayo - Chihlee Institute of Technology
[email protected]
9:55 AM - 10:20 AM (25 min)
Tenji C-2
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Language and Technology
(CALL)
This study reports on an experiment on a blended course
designed and taught at four universities in Tokyo and Taipei
by four different language instructors; all followed the same
course design. In all cases, the study found a perception gap
between instructors and students regarding the strength of
class community. It therefore suggests the need to examine
an online class formation mechanism from the students’
perspectives to achieve higher online teaching and learning
effectiveness.
Promoting autonomy through materials design
Mynard, Jo - Kanda University of International Studies
Stillwell, Christopher - Kanda University of International
Studies
Kershaw, Matthew - Kanda University of International Studies
Sakaguchi, Marc - Kanda University of International Studies
Yamamoto, Kentoku - Kanda University of International
Studies
Slobodniuk, Adam - Kanda University of International Studies
Brinham, Asa - Kanda University of International Studies
Promnitz-Hayashi, Lara - Kanda University of
International Studies
[email protected]
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Room 901
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Materials Writing and
Design (MW)
Can original materials enhance learner autonomy? A panel
of materials designers for Kanda University of International
Studies’ Self-Access Learning Centre share their responses
through the presentation of original work in the form of DVDs,
podcasts, worksheets, and other material. Lessons learned
from student trials and teacher feedback will be shared, along
with general principles of self-access learning and materials
design, such as providing multiple pathways through material,
offering ample support, and drawing interest.
Language teaching intuitions: Fact or fantasy?
Wotley, Duncan - Kitakyushu Shiritsu University
[email protected]
9:55 AM - 10:20 AM (25 min)
Room 902
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Teacher Education (TED)
What is intuition and what does it, or should it, have to do
with language teaching? The research explores the decisionmaking processes of language teachers with a view to
discovering whether or not intuition can be indentified and
whether or not it is worth exploring it systematically in a
formal framework.
Blind peer editing: Saving face in peer feedback
Howard, L’Shawn - Kobe Kaisei College
[email protected]
9:55 AM - 10:20 AM (25 min)
Room 903
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Writing (WRIT)
Peer feedback provides students with the opportunity to
solidify their skills by evaluating texts written by other
students. Unfortunately, many students from collectivist
cultures have difficulty giving constructive criticism due to
their desire to save face. The presenter will report the results
of a study into the effectiveness of blind peer editing in a
low-level intermediate writing class in a women’s college in
Kobe, Japan.
How much change after one semester of instruction?
Longcope, Peter - Nagoya University
[email protected]
9:55 AM - 10:20 AM (25 min)
Room 904
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Learner Development (LD)
This study looks at the change in learner language after
a semester of oral communication instruction. Data was
gathered from two groups of university-level learners by
means of short guided interviews. After being transcribed,
the learners’ language was coded and analyzed for measures
of syntactic complexity, grammatical accuracy, fluency, and
lexical use. This paper reports on the differences in learner
language at the end of the semester as compared to the
beginning of the semester.
Tech-era L2 writing: Towards a new kind of process
Stapleton, Paul - Hong Kong Institute of Education
[email protected]
9:55 AM - 10:20 AM (25 min)
Room 905
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Writing (WRIT)
This study argues that L2 writing pedagogy needs to give
more recognition to new technological tools and online
resources. While shifts in approaches are well documented
in the literature, little research has appreciated the
collective influence generated by advances in technology.
Developments in software and online resources are leading
to improvements in many areas of student writing, both
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at the levels of language and content. Collectively, these
advances suggest a new dimension in the writing process.
Elementary English: Parents’ and teachers’ views
Swenson, Tamara - Osaka Jogakuin College
Visgatis, Brad - Osaka International University
Oshima, Malina
Tsujino, Yuki
Yoshimatsu, Tomomi
9:55 AM - 10:20 AM (25 min)
Room 906
Short Paper
English
Teaching Children: Elementary and Preschool (ELEM)
This paper presents results of a survey of 193 parents with
elementary school-age children and 34 teachers at an
elementary school in Osaka regarding English education at
the elementary school level. Results indicate that parents
solidly support elementary English education, teachers
worry that English will interfere with more essential subjects,
and neither are enthusiastic about games and songs. In
addition to presenting the statistical results, the presenters
will discuss their implications for elementary school English.
Reflecting on one’s cultural identity
Ahmed, Mohammed - International University of Japan
[email protected]
9:55 AM - 10:20 AM (25 min)
Room 907
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Culture (CUL)
One’s cultural identity today is characterized by constraints
imposed by the nation-state and freedom provided by access
to what is called the global cultural supermarket. This paper
reports on this concept-based teaching in a cross-cultural
communication course with a multicultural environment.
It attempts to evaluate the effectiveness of concept-based
teaching on self-awareness of cultural identity and crosscultural sensitivity. It will also draw pedagogical implications
regarding cross-cultural dimensions in English language classes.
Students’ expectations of Japanese EFL teachers
Ohata, Kota - International Christian University
Iwasaki, Kumi - International Christian University
Watanabe-Kim, Izumi - International Christian University
[email protected]
9:55 AM - 10:20 AM (25 min)
Room 909
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Teacher Education (TED)
This paper reports a preliminary study into Japanese EFL
learners’ perceptions and beliefs of Japanese English teachers
and their expected roles in the language instruction. By focusing
on Japanese learners of English in an intensive college EAP
(English for Academic Purposes) setting, this study attempts to
capture the process of how students’ perspectives change or are
revised over a 10-month period of EAP experience.
Conversation analysis and small group discussions
Fujimoto, Donna - Osaka Jogakuin
[email protected]
9:55 AM - 10:20 AM (25 min)
Room 910
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Pragmatics (PRAG)
This presentation uses the methodological framework of
Conversation Analysis to look closely at what novice learners
do during small group discussions. While an instructor may
conclude that there are many disfluencies in the discussion,
the analysis reveals that some errors are not errors at all, but
are logical and effective within the context. Despite linguistic
limitations, novice learners utilize a number of other resources,
such as turn taking, eye gaze, nods, gestures and intonation.
PRESENTATION SUMMARIES
Monday November 23rd Morning Presentations
Investigating the effectiveness of timed reading
Atkins, Andrew - Kyoto Sangyo University
[email protected]
9:55 AM - 10:20 AM (25 min)
Room 1001-2
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Extensive Reading (ER)
The presenter will give an overview of the findings of a mixedmethods investigation into the effectiveness of concurrent
timed reading and extensive reading programs in a university
context. The data were gathered over a 14-week semester
from five intact classes, which met twice a week. Quantitative
analysis will provide information about reading fluency
gains, and some reflection on qualitative data will shed
further light on the process from the participants’ viewpoint.
Critical consciousness-raising methods for JEFL
Stillar, Scott - Nihon University
9:55 AM - 10:20 AM (25 min)
Room 1003
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Global Issues in Language
Education (GILE)
A short presentation and discussion of topics and
methodologies regarding critical consciousness-raising in
Japanese university EFL contexts.
10:30 AM
Perspective taking
Casanave, Christine Pearson - Temple University Japan
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM (45 min)
Chu Hall
Plenary Session
English
General: Culture (CUL)
Perspective taking—the ability to see the world through
another’s eyes—requires that people actually experience
something that others have experienced, or imagine
themselves in another’s shoes. I will discuss what it might
be like to be a student in our own classrooms, a reader of
our own writing or to do scholarly work in an L2, plus
insights that can be gleaned from our own language learning
experiences.
Sponsored by: Teacher Education SIG
Computerized Japanese language test J-CAT
Akagi, Yayoi - Yamaguchi University
[email protected]
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM (120 min)
Tenji Gallery
Poster Session
English
College & University Education: Japanese as a Second
Language (JSL)
Beginning in 2004, the Computerized Japanese Language
Test (J-CAT) was developed by Yamaguchi University and
is being utilized as a placement test. J-CAT consists of four
sections, listening, vocabulary and characters, grammar, and
reading. It takes about 90 minutes to do the test, and a score
is given immediately upon completion—an efficient way to
assess Japanese language ability. In this presentation, the
use and administration of J-CAT and related factors will be
presented.
Understanding foreign language learning anxiety
Andrade, Melvin - Sophia Junior College
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM (120 min)
Tenji Gallery
Poster Session
English
College & University Education: Motivation (MOT)
This poster graphically shows how the increasing research
on foreign language learning anxiety is interrelated, and
how this knowledge can be used to improve classroom
instruction. The main areas addressed are: types of
anxiety, measurement of anxiety, causes and effects, and
management of anxiety.
PRESENTATION SUMMARIES
Deep approaches to learning in Japan
Bradley, Amanda - University of Miyazaki
[email protected]
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM (120 min)
Tenji Gallery
Poster Session
English
College & University Education: Learner Development (LD)
Tertiary learning approaches have been classified as either deep
or surface. Deep learning focuses on understanding the task, the
grasping of the meaning of content and relating it to a broader
context. In contrast, surface learning focuses on discrete items
such as words, and prioritizes memorization, rather than
understanding. Deep approaches, widely advocated in western
universities, are rarely mentioned in the Japanese context.
The poster seeks to promote deep approaches through written
examples presented by Japanese education students.
Podcasting in a university EFL classroom
Brewster, Damon - J. F. Oberlin University
von Dietze, Hans - J. F. Oberlin University
[email protected]
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM (120 min)
Tenji Gallery
Poster Session
English
College & University Education: Language and Technology
(CALL)
The presenters will describe an elective class in which
English language learners created, recorded, edited and
published podcasts featuring student-generated content. The
presenters will outline potential benefits of using podcasts
in the language class, the practicalities of implementing the
course, and reflections on a year of running the course.
A modified sound-color chart for pronunciation
Cherry, Donald - Hiroshima International University
[email protected]
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM (120 min)
Tenji Gallery
Poster Session
English
General: Pronunciation (PRON)
This poster session will feature a wall chart the presenter
uses to help students work on their English pronunciation.
The chart is based on the sound-color chart used in the
Silent Way teaching approach. The presenter has reorganized
the chart to make it a more efficient tool for focusing on
pronunciation in TESL classrooms. Visitors to this session
may also view video footage of the chart being used in a TESL
classroom in Japan.
Text connections and reading comprehension
DiMatteo, Derek - Lakeland College
[email protected]
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM (120 min)
Tenji Gallery
Poster Session
English
College & University Education: Reading (READ)
The text connections strategy helps increase students’ reading
comprehension. Struggling readers often don’t make
connections while reading; teaching them how to do so can
help students understand better. The presentation covers
language that students can use for connecting statements
and that teachers can use as prompts. The presenter will
explain and model the strategy; provide examples of its use
with ER, literature circles, and textbooks; provide time for
audience questions; and hand out some graphic organizers.
Collaborative peer review project
Hirata, Yoko - Hokkai-Gakuen University
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM (120 min)
Tenji Gallery
Poster Session
English
College & University Education: Writing (WRIT)
The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness
of anonymous peer review activities for EFL learners in an
English course. The activities were intended to encourage
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Monday November 23rd Morning Presentations
students to express themselves by writing in a logical and
appropriate language form. How the peer review process can
be relevant to a student’s future practices, both personal and
professional, will be explained in the presentation.
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Coping strategies for foreign language anxiety
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Iizuka, Keiko - Kwansei Gakuin University
[email protected]
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM (120 min)
Tenji Gallery
Poster Session
English
College & University Education: Learner Development (LD)
The presentation will aim to provide a qualitative result
for learners’ coping strategies for foreign language
anxiety. Japanese college students learning English as
a FL participated in this study using an open-ended
questionnaire. Their use of coping strategies was identified
through the KJ method. Both positive and negative strategies
were found in all 11 anxiety-provoking contexts. Based on
the findings, research implications of FL anxiety reduction
will be also discussed.
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Study logs as an ESL/EFL motivational tool?
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Minn, Danny - Kitakyushu University
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM (120 min)
Tenji Gallery
Poster Session
English
College & University Education: Motivation (MOT)
A challenge for university English teachers in Japan is
students’ lack of motivation to practice English outside of
class. The presenter will examine the use of study logs as
a possible tool to help increase students’ motivation and
answer the question: “Do study logs motivate students to
practice English more?” Students described and quantified
the time they spent practicing English outside of class. The
presenter will show the results of a survey of the study logs.
Language planning for children of foreign students
Oshita, Yasuhiro - Graduate School (EC), UEC
Shi, Jie - University of Electro-Communications
[email protected]
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM (120 min)
Tenji Gallery
Poster Session
English and Japanese
General: Bilingualism (BIL)
This presentation reports on an investigation of family
bilingual/trilingual policies, language planning and execution,
the role of mother tongue(s), and how a family’s planning for
the future impacts family language policies. The control group
consisted of nine families of foreign graduate students and
researchers currently studying at five universities in Tokyo. The
findings of the research showed a clear connection between
the future planning of the families and home bilingual/
trilingual policies and execution strategies.
11:40 AM
Management of L1 interference in EFL classrooms
Janjua, Najma - Kagawa Prefectural College of Health
Sciences
[email protected]
11:40 AM - 12:40 PM (60 min)
Room B1
Workshop
Language
College & University Education: Pronunciation (PRON)
In this workshop, data on the effectiveness of a
pronunciation practice guide used to practice pronunciation
with Japanese university students will be presented. Results
demonstrate a remarkable increase in the frequency of
correct English pronunciation in the students at the end of
a 15-week semester. Participants will examine the guide in
light of the findings and discuss its implications for effective
management of L1 interference in Japanese EFL classrooms.
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Foreign language teaching in the 21st century
Reinelt, Rudolf - Ehime University
[email protected]
11:40 AM 1:20 PM (100 minutes)
Room B2
Forum
English and others
General; Languages Other than English or Japanese (OLE)
To mark the end of the first decade, a high-ranking panel of
diplomats from foreign embassies in Tokyo and delegates
representing key world languages and cultures will address
the challenges, problems and issues of modern language
teaching in Japan. Panelists will discuss their thoughts on
the teaching of modern languages and give their ideas about
the foreign languages required by young Japanese in the
multicultural world of the 21st century.
Liberal arts and sciences for language educators
Poulshock, Joseph - Tokyo Christian University
[email protected]
11:40 AM - 12:40 PM (60 min)
Room B3
Long Paper
English
College & University Education: Global Issues in Language
Education (GILE)
The liberal arts and sciences (LAS) provide a dynamic
framework for developing a purposeful and systematic
curriculum of graded stories that enhance language and
whole-person education. These LAS stories not only help
students develop their integrated language skills, but they
also serve as an appealing and dynamic introduction to the
broader curricular goals of higher education in general.
Becoming a teacher-researcher: The first study
Sholdt, Gregory - Kobe University
[email protected]
11:40 AM - 12:40 PM (60 min)
Rehearsal Room
Workshop
English
General: Teacher Education (TED)
Getting started in action or classroom-based research can
be a bewildering endeavor. The goal of this workshop is
to provide novice teacher-researchers with a simple and
versatile quantitative research design template that can be
easily implemented in most language classroom settings.
Participants will complete a set of worksheets that outline a
clear research plan from research question to data analysis
and leave the workshop with an easy-to-follow research plan
tailored to their personal interests.
Techniques for teaching vocabulary
Nation, Paul - Victoria University of Wellington
[email protected]
11:40 AM - 12:40 PM (60 min)
Chu Hall
Workshop
English
College & University Education: Vocabulary (VOC)
Many activities can be used to teach and learn vocabulary,
but they are not all equally effective. This presentation
looks at a wide range of vocabulary teaching techniques and
explains the features of good techniques. Research shows
that the deliberate learning of vocabulary results in both the
explicit and implicit knowledge needed for normal language
use. This presentation will help you become familiar with
vocabulary teaching techniques, recognize good techniques,
and make them more effective.
Sponsored by: Compass Publishing Japan
Digital games and English education
deHaan, Jonathan - The University of Shizuoka
[email protected]
11:40 AM - 12:40 PM (60 min)
AV Hall
Workshop
English
College & University Education: Language and Technology
(CALL)
PRESENTATION SUMMARIES
Monday November 23rd Morning Presentations
This workshop supports participants’ acquisition of
numerous uses for digital games in second language
university courses. Participants will examine activities such
as game design, technical documentation, student research,
game play diaries and vocabulary work, game journalism, and
community service. Takeaways include copies of teaching
materials, examples of student projects, criteria for teacher
and student game selections, and a better understanding of
digital game-based language learning and teaching.
EFL training programs for international exchange
Guest, Michael - University of Miyazaki
White, Richard - University of Miyazaki
[email protected]
11:40 AM - 12:40 PM (60 min)
Hikae 1
Long Paper
English
College & University Education: English for Specific
Purposes (ESP)
This presentation will introduce the highly successful,
content-based EFL training program for study abroad
established in the University of Miyazaki’s Faculty of
Medicine. The many considerations of implementing and
operating such a program will be outlined with an emphasis
on maximizing learner needs and learning opportunities.
The hope is that attendees will be able to apply many of these
principles and practices to their own teaching environments.
Thinking beyond the story: Exploring graded readers
Attwood, Richard - Independent Publishers International
11:40 AM - 12:40 PM (60 min)
Hikae 2
Workshop
English
General: Extensive Reading (ER)
Increasingly, extensive reading is being used to widen
vocabulary and raise students’ exposure to language.
However, readers can be a gateway to so much more. Using
the Black Cat series, this presentation will explore expansive
reading, using the text as a springboard to explore all kinds
of areas from linguistic, cultural and historical, to increasing
students’ motivation, and encouraging them to think more
deeply about the characters and their stories.
Sponsored by: Nelie’s Group, LTD. Promotional
Self-access: Voices, growth and community
Adamson, John - University of Niigata Prefecture
Brown, Howard - University of Niigata Prefecture
Ng, Patrick - University of Niigata Prefecture
Fujimoto-Adamson, Naoki - University of Niigata Prefecture
Suzuki, Mizuho - University of Niigata Prefecture
11:40 AM - 12:40 PM (60 min)
Dai 2-1
Workshop
English
College & University Education: English for Specific
Purposes (ESP)
This study shows the creation and growth of a Self-Access
Center at a new university in Japan through various
voices. Data from meetings, student questionnaires, and
continuous, informal, narratives are represented in a
narrated dialogue between teachers, students, committee
members and staff. This presentation format replicates
the progression of discussions at key stages of the center’s
development to emphasize how a healthy “community of
practice” (Lave & Wenger, 1991) operates.
JALT2010 Conference publications meeting
Brown, Steve - JALT Publications Board Chair
11:40 AM - 12:40 PM (60 min)
Dai 2-2
Meeting
English
Non-teaching Context: Non-teaching Content
This is a meeting of the JALT2010 Conference management
team with the Conference Publications editors to facilitate
production of conference publications.
PRESENTATION SUMMARIES
Bilingual family event
Matsuda, Aya - Arizona State University
11:40 AM - 12:40 PM (60 min)
Koryu Hall
Workshop
English and Japanese
General; Bilingualism (BIL)
Aya Matsuda, renowned scholar of bilingualism and secondlanguage identity, is a Japanese national who works and lives in a
second culture (USA), and is raising a bilingual/bicultural child.
This workshop is for teachers, parents, and scholars interested
in the issues and challenges of bilingual and bicultural families.
Research information and personal experience will be used to
inform attending participants about how these challenges are
being met in various settings and contexts.
Learning grammar communicatively with Grammar in Use
Watanabe, Masahito - Yokohama National University
11:40 AM - 12:40 PM (60 min)
Tenji B-1
Long Paper
Japanese
College & University Education: Speaking/Communication (SC)
Grammar in Useは，英語学習者に文法のしくみについて無理のない理解
を推進することで定評のある文法書である.2005年度に刊行された，
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語版「マーフィーのケンブリッジ英文法」
はオリジナルの内容を日本人学習
者にとってより身近なものとした．発表では，本書の特長と日本の学校教育
における文法学習との関係について解説したい。
Sponsored by: Cambridge University Press
Introducing word roots in discussion classes
Demme, Kevin - Tokoha Gakuen University
[email protected]
11:40 AM - 12:40 PM (60 min)
Tenji C-1
Workshop
English
General: Vocabulary (VOC)
This workshop will present some practical activities that
introduce common word roots to intermediate and advanced
learners of English. The origins of some historical references still
in today’s lexicon (e.g., the Battle of Marathon, the Assassins)
will also be highlighted. It is hoped that these activities will help
students see some of the patterns in English vocabulary, and
allow them to remember more of the words they study.
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Lateral thinking in the classroom
Capper, Simon - Japanese Red Cross Hiroshima College of
Nursing
[email protected]
11:40 AM - 12:40 PM (60 min)
Tenji C-2
Workshop
English
General: Speaking/Communication (SC)
Lateral thinking puzzles involve short scenarios which require
the learner to discover “What happened?” or simply “Why?”
As detectives, students pose questions characterized not
by logic, but by the steady accumulation of information
through less obvious angles (thinking from the side, literally
“lateral” thinking). This presentation demonstrates how the
puzzles may be used to provide meaningful question practice,
challenge preconceptions and encourage creativity in large or
small conversation classes of elementary learners and above.
Taking action on professional development
Yamamoto, Kentoku - Kanda University of International
Studies
Fenton-Smith, Ben - Kanda University of International
Studies
Stillwell, Christopher - Kanda University of International
Studies
Matsubara, Julie - Kanda University of International Studies
Bollen, David - Kanda University of International Studies
Ruegg, Rachael - Kanda University of International Studies
Rivers, Damian - Kanda University of International Studies
Bondesson, Kristjan - Kanda University of International
Studies
[email protected]
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Monday November 23rd Afternoon Presentations
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Room 901
Long Paper
English
General: Teacher Education (TED)
This presentation by members of the professional
development (PD) committee of Kanda University of
International Studies will document a range of activities
which have helped create a vibrant work environment:
a conference abstract circle, an academic writing circle,
a reading discussion group, a peer observation system, a
peer workshop series, a guest speaker series, a PD website,
and social events. The presentation will provide practical
advice on making similar opportunities available at other
institutions.
Peer observation for professional development
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Smith, Helen - Soka University, Tokyo
[email protected]
11:40 AM - 12:40 PM (60 min)
Room 902
Workshop
English
General: Teacher Education (TED)
Peer observation need not be a nerve-wracking experience
providing a community of enquiry is established. This
workshop aims to emphasise the value of peer observation
as a tool for professional development, stimulating
discussion on teaching, and reflection on beliefs about the
learning/teaching process. Guidelines on establishing a peer
observation system, as well as tools for guiding reflection
so that both the observed and the one observing gain
maximum benefit, will be provided.
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Online principles: Taking pedagogy to the screen
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Koyama, Dennis - University of Hawai’i at Manoa
Rubesch, Troy - University of Hawai’i at Manoa
[email protected]
11:40 AM - 12:40 PM (60 min)
Room 903
Workshop
English
College & University Education: Language and Technology
(CALL)
As online courses for college and university English
students increase, so does research into best practices for
online instruction. But, what do these principles look like
in practice? In this dynamic workshop, the presenter will
outline best practices and principles for online course design
and then demonstrate them by sharing an interactive tour
of an active online English for Academic Purposes (EAP)
writing course. Tips and techniques for online teachers will
be actively elicited and exchanged.
Developing a guided extensive reading course
Jordan, Jennifer - Kwansei Gakuin University
11:40 AM - 12:40 PM (60 min)
Room 905
Workshop
English
College & University Education: Extensive Reading (ER)
This workshop will address the reasoning behind the
development of a Guided Extensive Reading Course for lower
level learners of English. Participants will examine how the
needs of lower level learners have been taken into account
in the process of developing goals and objectives as well as
content for the course. With Guided Extensive Reading as
the first step, the program is intended to lead learners along a
scaffolded path toward becoming independent readers.
The writing is on the wall
Balderston, Meghan - Meisei University
Byrne, Timothy - Meisei University
[email protected]
11:40 AM - 12:40 PM (60 min)
Room 906
Workshop
English
College & University Education: Language and Technology
(CALL)
This workshop will explore how English communication
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classes at Japanese universities can integrate speech-to-text
technology. The primary goals of using this technology
are to create a classroom where English is more accessible
and students are empowered to participate actively. In
addition, the workshop will examine the value of using this
technology for both students and teachers. A demonstration
of the technology will be given during the course of the
workshop.
Trends and directions in school FL education
White, Sean - University of Shimane
[email protected]
11:40 AM - 12:40 PM (60 min)
Room 907
Long Paper
English
General: Teacher Education (TED)
This session focuses on the newly revised guidelines for
English education for elementary, junior high, and high
schools based on the 2003 Action Plan to Cultivate Japanese
with English Abilities. The paper will examine guidelines
across all three levels of schooling, look at recent innovations
and trends at local levels to officially implement goals, and
introduce the presenter’s experiences in working with a local
school district to improve English education in line with
those goals.
JALT SIG coordinators meeting
Nicoll, Hugh - Miyazaki Municipal University
[email protected]
11:40 AM - 12:40 PM (60 min)
Room 909
Meeting
English and Japanese
Non-teaching Context: Non-teaching Content
The primary function of the SIG Coordinators meeting is to
select a SIG representative liaison for the next year. It is also a
good chance to meet with other SIG coordinators and share
concerns and information about next year’s conference plans.
A wilderness of mirrors
Yoshihara, Yukari - Tsukuba University
Clark, Stephen - Tokyo University
Taylor, David - Tokyo University
[email protected]
11:40 AM - 1:20 PM (100 min)
Room 910
Forum
English
College & University Education: Culture (CUL)
A wilderness of mirrors—in principle, literary academics may
assume they are primarily engaged in some entirely different
kind of pedagogic activity from language acquisition and
competence. In practice, in Japanese higher education, this
rationale has increasingly displaced aesthetic response or
historical evaluation. The panel will seek dialogue between these
potentially adversarial disciplines by examining both general
issues of cultural translation, and specific teaching strategies and
outcomes achieved through the use of literary texts.
Extensive Reading with the MoodleReader module
Robb, Thomas - Kyoto Sangyo University
Healy, Sandra - Kyoto Sangyo University
Claflin, Matthew - Kyoto Sangyo University
Gllis-Furutaka, Amanda - Kyoto Sangyo University
[email protected]
11:40 AM - 12:40 PM (60 min)
Room 1001-1
Long Paper
English
College & University Education: Extensive Reading (ER)
Since 2007, the MoodleReader module has been a way for
students to confirm their understanding of their graded
reading and has shown to effectively motivate students to
read more. Students collect points for books read and try to
reach or exceed their target goal—more than 450 free quizzes
are available. The presentation will discuss how teachers can
use the MoodleReader module, even without a Moodle server.
An update on recent progress will be presented.
PRESENTATION SUMMARIES
Monday November 23rd Afternoon Presentations
The creative classroom: Jazz chants, music & poetry
Graham, Carolyn - Author, Oxford University Press
11:40 AM - 12:40 PM (60 min)
Room 1001-2
Workshop
English
Teaching Children: Elementary and Preschool (ELEM)
This presentation will explore the use of jazz chants in the
language classroom. Learn how to create a grammar chant,
a vocabulary chant or a chant designed to develop everyday
conversation skills. Carolyn Graham will discuss the creation
and performance of songs and the use of rhythm and simple
movement as tools for language development. Explore
storytelling, creating and performing poetry and the in-class
performance of poetry and jazz chants.
What works and what doesn’t in Japan?
Craven, Miles - Møller Centre, University of Cambridge
[email protected]
11:40 AM - 12:40 PM (60 min)
Room 1002
Workshop
English
General: Materials Writing and Design (MW)
This practical workshop will look at examples of different
language learning activities, and encourage analysis of
why certain activities are more likely to succeed in Japan
than others. Participants will work together to pool their
own ideas, coming up with a range of activities that work
for Japanese learners, and a list of principles to help guide
teaching in a Japan-specific context.
Global education and EFL: Mirror or window?
Cates, Kip - Tottori University
Kasai, Masataka - Kansai Gaidai University
Smith, Craig - Kyoto University of Foreign Studies
Nakagawa, Jane - Aichi University of Education
Goodmacher, Greg - Oita Prefectural College of Arts & Culture
Sharpe, Albie - Ritsumeikan University
Spiri, John - Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
[email protected]
11:40 AM - 1:20 PM (100 min)
Room 1003
Forum
English
General: Global Issues in Language Education (GILE)
What is the role of global education in foreign language
teaching? Should the EFL classroom provide a mirror to help
students look at themselves in new ways, or should it be a
window to the world aimed at promoting global awareness
and international understanding? In this GILE SIG
colloquium, a panel of experienced language teachers will
engage the audience in an active dialog on global education
aims and approaches in the foreign language classroom.
Tried and tested: Reaching low-level learners
Buckingham, Angela - Writer, teacher and teacher trainer
11:40 AM - 12:40 PM (60 min)
Room 1202
Long Paper
English
College & University Education: Motivation (MOT)
The presenter will invite participants to examine a range
of tried and tested classroom tasks and activities in the ELT
classroom, focusing in particular upon the notion of the gap
and how we as teachers can exploit it to promote effective
communication. Together we will consider the difficulties
that low-level learners can face when beginning to speak in
English, and some of the ways that we as teachers can help
our students to succeed.
Sponsored by: Oxford University Press
12:50 PM
CEFR self-assessment and curriculum development
Smith, Antonio - Osaka University
Smith, Tomoko - Osaka University
12:50 PM - 1:15 PM (25 min)
Short Paper
PRESENTATION SUMMARIES
Room B1
English
College & University Education: Testing and Evaluation
(TEVAL)
CEFR self-assessment checklists from the European Language
Portfolio were given to 1st-year English majors in April of
2008 and January of 2009 to determine the appropriateness
of the program’s official CEFR achievement goals and to
inform curriculum development. Results corroborated
by standardized test scores enabled the coordinator of
native teachers to make 1st- and 2nd-year curriculum
recommendations for the native teachers and create a
consensus for upward revision of the English program’s
official CEFR achievement goals.
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Practical reflections on vocabulary notebooks
Anderson, Charles J. - Kyushu Sangyo University
[email protected]
12:50 PM - 1:15 PM (25 min)
Rehearsal Room
Short Paper
English
General: Vocabulary (VOC)
Many researchers in the field of vocabulary acquisition
consider vocabulary notebooks or word cards an important
tool for increasing the depth and breadth of students’
vocabulary knowledge. However, practical advice on how
to encourage less-motivated students to create and use such
a resource is less available. This presentation will explore
12 teachers’ approaches to using vocabulary notebooks
and their justification for doing so. Potential benefits and
problems in utilizing notebooks will also be discussed.
Action research for EFL teacher development
Nagasaki, Masahiro - Kochi University of Technology
[email protected]
12:50 PM - 1:15 PM (25 min)
Hikae 1
Short Paper
English
General: Teacher Education (TED)
This paper reports on a large-scale action research project for
EFL teachers. Self-evaluation reports were analyzed, and it
was found that action research had various positive effects
on the teachers’ attitude toward teaching. It is assumed that
this was the result of the nature of action research; a further
survey showed some limitations to the findings. When
planned to allow flexibility and accessibility, action research
can be an effective element of professional development for
teachers.
Learners helping learners in an EFL writing center
Hays, George - Tokyo International University
[email protected]
12:50 PM - 1:15 PM (25 min)
Dai 2-1
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Writing (WRIT)
This presentation reports the ongoing findings of native and
nonnative speaking tutor/tutee dyads in a writing center at
a Japanese university. Data, consisting of interviews, written
reports by tutors, and a questionnaire submitted by tutees
were gathered. Analysis showed a need for NNS tutors, an
undeveloped resource in Japanese EFL environments.
Finalizing cooperative agreements
Menking, Scott - Shimane University
12:50 PM - 1:15 PM (25 min)
Tenji B-1
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Study Abroad (SA)
Japanese universities and Monbukagakusho are encouraging
more active exchanges with foreign universities. The
presenter will discuss his experiences with completing
a cooperative agreement with an American university,
including the advantages of these agreements, the 3-year
process required to complete the agreement, obstacles
encountered, costs incurred, and differences in cultural
perspectives. The presentation will conclude with
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suggestions on how to finalize an agreement and avoid some
of the barriers that were encountered.
A portfolio approach to teaching writing
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Clements, Peter - Shizuoka University
[email protected]
12:50 PM - 1:15 PM (25 min)
Tenji C-1
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Writing (WRIT)
This presentation discusses the implementation of a
portfolio approach in an intermediate-level English writing
course at a Japanese university. After some brief theoretical
background, the day-to-day process of the course is outlined,
followed by some preliminary data, including pre- and
posttest writing samples and student surveys. The aim is to
make listeners aware of the possibilities that portfolios offer
and to provide practical guidelines for adapting portfolios to
other courses.
Creating online learning communities
Yamada, Harumi - Jin-ai University
[email protected]
12:50 PM - 1:15 PM (25 min)
Tenji C-2
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Language and Technology
(CALL)
This presentation reports on the practice of creating online
learning communities as part of the presenter’s English
language courses at a small Japanese university. The
presenter will report on the procedures she has used to set
up such communities, how participants’ interactions were
promoted, and how and why different forms of feedback
were given to the students. In conclusion, practical tips
will be shown for the success of the creation of such
communities.
Word Quest
Spiri, John - Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
[email protected]
12:50 PM - 1:15 PM (25 min)
Room 906
Short Paper
English
College & University Education: Vocabulary (VOC)
What’s the most common word in the English language?
The 1000th ? The 2000th ? When students become aware
of word frequency lists they can approach vocabulary study
more methodically. Word Quest is a system that encourages
students to: drill frequency word vocabulary via Hot Potatoes,
quizzes or other methods; take teacher-friendly weekly
quizzes designed to minimize paper use; and self-correct
and self-record quizzes as they move towards the study of
academic vocabulary and greater fluency.
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PRESENTATION SUMMARIES
Graduate Student Showcase
Graduate Student Showcase
Awareness of Japanese culture among the natives
Kwansei Gakuin University
Saturday, 11:10 AM - 11:35 PM
Room 908
How to teach basic English verbs effectively
Iguchi, Tomoaki - Kwansei Gakuin University Graduate
School of Language
[email protected]
Junior/Senior High School: Vocabulary (VOC)
It is difficult for nonnative speakers of English to acquire
the meaning and usage of basic English verbs. In this
presentation, I will define prototypical meanings of these
verbs and their semantic extensions to peripheral meanings,
to teach them effectively in a meaningful context.
Temple University
Saturday, 1:05 PM - 2:05 PM
Room 908
Self-regulation strategies and listening proficiency
Onoda, Sakae - Temple University
College & University Education: Learner Development (LD)
This presentation concerns the results of a survey-based
study of the relationship between self-regulation strategy
use and English listening proficiency among English majors
studying in a Japanese university. Hypothesized relationships
in data obtained from a self-regulation questionnaire and
listening proficiency test scores were tested using structural
equation modeling.
Noncognitive variables and academic achievement
Takagi, Kristy King - Temple University
College & University Education: Learner Development (LD)
This presentation focuses on the degree to which
noncognitive variables, such as parental education, gender,
birth order, and persistence, predict university academic
achievement in Japan. This presentation highlights
results from a study conducted at a Japanese international
university; results are derived from regression analyses of
questionnaire responses from 730 students.
Enrollment analysis of a graduate program in Japan
Nemoto, Tomoko - Temple University
College & University Education: Teacher Education (TED)
This study of an historical “time-series” analysis of graduate
program enrollment data in Japan is a work in progress.
The purpose of the study is to investigate the influences
of internal and external historical events, such as tuition
increases and changes in the Japanese economy, on
enrollments in the program.
Meikei University
Saturday, 3:10 PM - 4:10 PM
Room 908
Japanese-English comparison on the rugby pitch/
field
Yoshikawa, Ryo - Meikai University
[email protected]
College & University Education: English for Specific
Purposes (ESP)
The aim of this thesis is to learn about strategies to promote
greater mutual understanding between Japanese rugby
players and their managers—who often come from Englishspeaking countries. The research was carried out using
questionnaires, interviews and ethnography.
PRESENTATION SUMMARIES
Kimura, Miyuki - Meikai University
[email protected]
College & University Education: Culture (CUL)
Culturally-related concepts that have an impact on the
development of TESOL were examined, and issues that failed
to be addressed are discussed. This presentation argues for
reconsideration of some of the teaching techniques used by
EFL teachers, and in particular, points out the effective use of
pausing time.
Classroom dynamism in an English immersion
program
Shimizu, Tomoko - Meikai University
[email protected]
Junior/Senior High School: Bilingualism (BIL)
This qualitative study analyzes the nature of teacherstudent and student-student interactions in English
immersion classrooms during a 7-month period of classroom
observations in Gunma. The presentation will focus on the
nature of students’ output, to see what factors, such as input
by teachers, may enhance students’ natural speech and
communicative competence.
The politeness in the Japanese debate of Taiwanese
Tei, Chie - Meikai University
College & University Education: Japanese as a Second
Language (JSL)
台湾では日本語教育の一環としてディベートが行われる。教育ディベート
はポライトネスを要求する。そのポライトネスには母語の影響や習熟度
により学習者と母語話者の間で違いがある。本研究はその違いを探り日
本語教育への示唆を得たい。 The academic debate deals with a
part of Japanese education in Taiwan—it requires politeness.
There are differences between learners and native speakers of
Japanese in the influence of mother tongue and the degree
of the skill in the target language. This paper will investigate
those differences and some suggestions for Japanese
language education will be given.
Birmingham University
Saturday, 4:35 PM - 6:10 PM
Room 908
Opening a heavy door: A sociocultural case study
Iwane-Salovaara, Michael J. - Birmingham University
College & University Education: Learner Development (LD)
By adapting Reuven Feuerstein’s cognitive map, this
longitudinal microgenetic study uses qualitative and
quantitative analyses to examine a learner’s L2 development.
This analysis is based on three samples over 18 months and
focuses on sociocultural factors surrounding the learner’s
L2 usage as well as data measuring fluency, accuracy, and
complexity.
Creating a pedagogical dialogue for the modern
class
McDonald, Peter - Birmingham University
College & University Education: Materials Writing and
Design (MW)
This presentation will discuss why it is necessary to create a
new multi-modal dialogue for the classroom. While modern
texts often combine written language with other modes,
especially visuals, our existing educational dialogue does not
equip teachers and students with the means to talk about
these complex multi-modal texts.
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Graduate Student Showcase
Connecting neuroscience and psychology to TEFL
Murphy, Robert - Birmingham University
College & University Education: Learner Development (LD)
Are there unique trends in the cognitive development of
Japanese students? How does Neo-Confucianism affect TEFL?
This paper presents the results of a pilot study attempting to
answer these questions. The study is the basis for my doctoral
work on Japanese cognitive development in relation to TEFL
methodology.
Towards a functional/lexico-grammatical syllabus
Peppard, Jason - Birmingham University
College & University Education: Corpus (COR)
The presenter will outline the development,
implementation, and rationale for a functional/lexicogrammatical (FL) syllabus, and report on an experiment
conducted to test its effectiveness. The FL syllabus is a
discourse-driven, lexico-grammatical syllabus realized
through corpus-driven pattern grammar (Hunston and
Francis, 1998, 2000) and data-driven learning (Johns, 1991,
1994) techniques.
Curriculum design: Same plan, multiple outcomes
Sato, Joanne - Birmingham University
College & University Education: Teacher Education (TED)
This presentation focuses on teacher cognition and
interactive decisions at a women’s junior college in Japan.
I will discuss how to capture the reality of classrooms and
individual teachers in action through a classroom as culture
approach.
The reliability of retrospective interviews
Wharton, Chris - Birmingham University
College & University Education: Vocabulary (VOC)
Word association tests are flawed and always have been. One
major shortcoming is the categorization of response types.
While one way of minimizing classification errors is through
retrospective interviews, they should not be considered
foolproof. The current study investigates the effect of test
length on the reliability of retrospective interviews.
Meisei University
Sunday, 9:20 AM - 9:45 AM
Room 908
Is juku a villain in Japanese education?
Kano, Ayana - Meisei University
Conversation/Language School: Learner Development (LD)
This study re-examines juku (cram schools) in Japan through
the notions of Communities of Practice (Lave & Wenger) and
Habitus (Bourdieu).This study employs an ethnographic
approach and seeks to answer two questions: How does
students’ social interaction influence students’ learning and
how do students learn and develop their identities being
situated in a juku?
Aston University
Sunday, 11:10 AM - 12:10 PM
Error correction in L2 writing instruction
Room 908
Baldwin, Chris - Aston University
College & University Education: Writing (WRIT)
Does grammar correction improve grammatical competence
in L2 writing? Are some types of error more correctable
than others? This study found that written grammar error
correction does not lead to any statistically significant
improvement over time. Lexical and simple grammatical
errors were found to be correctable, whereas complex
morphosyntactic errors deteriorated with correction and
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improved without correction. Students prefer correction but
may feel freer to experiment without correction. Pedagogical
implications will be discussed.
Second language laughter transfer
Walker, Richard - Aston University
Junior/Senior High School: Teacher Education (TED)
In 2006, Haruko Hayakawa analysed laughter in Japanese
conversation and discovered evidence of a meaningless laugh
within Japanese communication. This presentation will look
at how a meaningless laugh can be transferred into second
language (English) communication. Evidence is supplied by
analysis of a conversation between a Japanese JHS teacher
and a British teacher working as an ALT. Three types of the
Japanese meaningless laugh will be analysed, with examples
shown from the interaction.
Meeting linguistic and career needs and interests
Moritoshi, Paul - Aston University
College & University Education: Motivation (MOT)
Regardless of major, MEXT requires Japanese undergraduates
to pass a core general English course to qualify for
graduation. Subsequently, many teachers must deal with
low motivation among non-English majors who are
uninterested in English. This presentation outlines research
on a systematic approach through which discipline-specific
content can be selected for inclusion in undergraduate nonEnglish major general English courses with the intention of
making such courses more relevant, useful and interesting.
Teachers College Columbia
Sunday, 1:05 PM - 2:05 PM
Room 908
Reflecting on war and peace through fashion
Sakanoue, Anamaria - Teachers College Columbia;
Moreau, Robert - Teachers College Columbia
Taira, Naomi - Teachers College Columbia
Iguchi, Hitoshi - Teachers College Columbia
College & University Education: Culture (CUL)
This presentation provides teachers with a different way of
approaching global issues by having the students notice the
coexistence of concepts of war and peace in their immediate
surroundings. Students are given the opportunity to think
critically and look beneath the surface through presentation
of various visual images.
Incorporating art into language education
Shimada, Miori - Teachers College Columbia
College & University Education: Materials Writing and
Design (MW)
The presentation introduces three ways to incorporate
art into primary level university EFL classes—coloring,
collage, and PowerPoint self-introductions—in order for
students to become more autonomous learners. Results
indicate that these activities allow students to explore their
personal interests and foster their self-esteem, which in turn
contributes to motivation in the classroom.
Performing favorite scenes from Japanese animation
Matsuo, Mitsuko - Teachers College Columbia
College & University Education: Speaking/Communication (SC)
This project promoted students’ active participation in class.
After viewing an English version of Miyazaki Hayao’s My
Neighbor Totoro, students reproduced favorite scenes from
it in class through stick puppets, acting or kamishibai. This
activity allowed students to use their creativity and multiple
intelligences, promoted positive group dynamics and
increased motivation.
PRESENTATION SUMMARIES
Graduate Student Showcase
Sunday, 3:10 PM - 4:10 PM
Room 908 Stereotypes, varieties of English and attitudes
One-on-one teacher-student interaction in L2 class
Belobrovy, Anna - Teachers College Columbia
Teaching Children: Teacher Education (TED)
The study connects two areas of language research: discourse
analysis and second language pedagogy. The overall goal of
this study is to raise awareness in language teachers of young
learners about the need to improve the quality of classroom
talk in order to make it more comprehensible to students.
Possible strategies for listening comprehension
Matsuoka, Yaoko - Teachers College Columbia
Junior/Senior High School: Testing and Evaluation (TEVAL)
This study explores the effectiveness of strategy instruction
in applying the concepts of conversational implicature and
adjacency pairs to the teaching of listening for a TOEFL
preparatory class in Japanese high school. The results indicate
that the instruction served to help students understand
English conversation and enhanced their interest in listening.
Teaching junior high school students writing
Yasufuku, Ayano - Kansai University
Junior/Senior High School: Writing (WRIT)
The purpose of this project is to develop writing materials for
junior high school students based on process writing. Many
such materials are around, but they do not always respond
adequately to the teachers’ needs. Further, teachers feel
that there are various problems in writing instruction. This
project is an attempt to respond to these problems.
Macquarie University
EFL discussion using portable visual aids
Scattergood, Ellen - Teachers College Columbia
Chretien, Jean-Pierre - Teachers College Columbia
College & University Education: Speaking/Communication (SC)
Guiding discussions is a challenge in communication
classes since Japanese students have little experience
leading discussions, and difficulty focusing and ordering
the discussion topics. An alternative approach suggests ways
students can guide themselves, enhance discuss-ability and
their sense of form and purpose using creative, portable
visuals and Topic Talk formats.
Kobe City University of Foreign Studies
Sunday, 4:35 PM - 5:20 PM
Hanamoto, Hiroki - Kansai University
College & University Education: Motivation (MOT)
The aim of this study is to investigate the language attitude
of Japanese university students concerning native and
nonnative varieties of English, and the relationships between
their attitudes and stereotypes. Interesting results were found
and the author speculates that the results may relate to
English use in Japan and the learners’ motivation.
Room 908
Reflections for my development as a teacher
Kizawa, Naoko - Kobe City University of Foreign Studies
Junior/Senior High School: Teacher Education (TED)
Based on two frameworks KASA (knowledge, attitude, skills,
and awareness) and five pillars of the graduate program; this
research shows how a teacher reflected on her English lessons
to improve her teaching. This reflective project helped to
develop deeper understanding of herself, her students, and
her teaching context.
How is the community established?
Morishita, Tomomi - Kobe City University of Foreign
Studies
Junior/Senior High School: Teacher Education (TED)
This presentation focuses on how community is established
by teacher and learners. There seem to be a lot of factors that
affect community establishment, however, the presenter will
focus on one factor, teacher’s change of teaching context.
Participants will also understand the process for community
establishment searching for learner-centeredness.
Monday, 9:20 AM - 10:20 AM
Room 908
The entrance test is dead! Long live CLT!
Humphries, Simon - Macquarie University
Junior/Senior High School: Teacher Education (TED)
After studying 3 high school equivalent plus 2 tertiary-level
years, learners can transfer into the 3rd year of university
without an English exam. This creates the opportunity to
implement learner-centred communicative approaches.
The presenter observed and interviewed four teachers, who
used both learner-centred conversation course materials
and traditional textbooks, to analyse the degrees of
implementation and acceptance.
Japanese EFL learners’ developmental patterns
Hisaoka, Toshio - Macquarie University
College & University Education: Writing (WRIT)
The purpose of the presentation is to analyse Japanese
university students’ writings from systemic functional
linguistic (SFL) perspectives with a view to describing
Japanese EFL learners’ developmental patterns of writing
ability.
Outsourcing in-service education and training
(INSET)
Cook, Melodie - Macquarie University
College & University Education: Teacher Education (TED)
This presentation focuses on the final results of a yearand-a-half-long study of Japanese junior and senior high
school teachers of English (JTEs) who attended a 4-month
Japanese education ministry-sponsored pedagogical
program in Canada, the purpose of which was to increase
their knowledge of and skills in Communicative Language
Teaching.
Kansai University
Sunday, 5:20 PM - 6:20 PM
Room 908
How do young learners respond in L2 English class?
Kamiya, Mayumi - Kansai University
Teaching Children: Elementary and Preschool (ELEM)
This presentation will demonstrate the use of suprasegmental
features in teachers’ input in an English language lesson for
young learners. Why this method works will be explored
based on motherese—child-directed speech, which is specific
to young children’s L1 developmental stages.
PRESENTATION SUMMARIES
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Presentations by Content Area
Presentations by Content Area
Administration, Management and Employment Areas
Culture
Exit exams as a lever for educational policies?............................. Pan
Saturday, 11:45 AM - 12:10 PM; Tenji C-2
Presenting across the cultural divide..................................... Harland
Saturday, 11:10 AM - 11:35 AM; Room 906
PALE issues in perspective for 2009................................... Goetz et al
Saturday, 4:00 PM - 5:40 PM; Room 906
Code switching as resistance in popular songs........................ Pinzon
Saturday, 11:45 AM - 12:10 PM; Hikae 2
Discipline problems among university students........................Perry
Sunday, 1:05 PM - 2:05 PM; Tenji B-2
What do students really need? A broad perspective....... Farrell, et al
Saturday, 3:10 PM - 3:35 PM; Room 1202
Curriculum renewal: Elective English classes......Bradford-Watts, et al
Sunday, 1:05 PM - 2:05 PM; Tenji C-2
Awareness of Japanese culture among the natives..................Kimura
Saturday, 3:25 PM - 3:40 PM; Room 908
Building up a language school..................................................... Paul
Sunday, 4:35 PM - 5:35 PM; Tenji B-1
LLL SIG Forum: A picture book of haiku in English........Sinha, et al
Saturday, 4:00 PM - 5:40 PM; Hikae 1
Bilingualism
Open discussion with James Lantolf........................................Lantolf
Saturday, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM; Room 1202
Verb insertion in English-Japanese code-switching.................. Namba
Saturday, 11:45 AM - 12:10 PM; Tenji C-1
Cultural perspectives and influences of teachers.....................Sybing
Sunday, 9:20 AM - 9:45 AM; Tenji C-1
Classroom dynamism in an English immersion program....... Shimizu
Saturday, 3:40 PM - 3:55 PM; Room 908
A revised ethnocentrism scale......................................Swenson, et al
Suday, 9:20 AM - 9:45 AM; Room 904
Biliteracy: Early childhood through elementary school......Murphy, et al
Saturday, 4:00 PM - 5:40 PM; Tenji C-1
Perspectives in language teaching................................ Reimann, et al
Sunday, 11:10 AM - 12:50 PM; Room 1001-1
Japanese-Chinese code switching: Input and output........Meng, et al
Saturday, 5:10 PM - 5:35 PM; Room 901
Reflecting on war and peace through fashion............ Sakanoue, et al
Sunday, 1:05 PM - 1:25 PM; Room 908
Bilingual cognition.......................................................... Hasebe, et al
Sunday, 9:20 AM - 9:45 AM; Dai 2-1
Textbooks for teaching EIL....................................................Matsuda
Sunday, 1:05 PM - 2:05 PM; Room 1101
Japanese international school students’ bilingual identity......Okada
Sunday, 9:20 AM - 9:45 AM; Room 905
Open discussion with Merrill Swain.......................................... Swain
Sunday, 4:35 PM - 5:35 PM; Room 1101
Improving pedagogy in Bangladeshi schools.....................Pratt, et al
Sunday, 11:10 AM - 12:10 PM; Dai 2-1
Cultural informants and EFL: Insight into learners................. Baber
Sunday, 5:45 PM - 6:10 PM; Room 1001-2
Japanese-English bilingual children’s perspective................Takeuchi
Sunday, 3:10 PM - 3:35 PM; Dai 2-1
Student expectations of foreign instructors..............................Cover
Monday, 9:20 AM - 9:45 AM; Tenji C-1
Teaching children to be trilingual: a case study....................Knowles
Sunday, 5:45 PM - 6:10 PM; Room 901
Reflecting on one’s cultural identity........................................Ahmed
Monday, 9:55 AM - 10:20 AM; Room 907
Language planning for children of foreign students....... Oshita, et al
Monday, 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM; Tenji Gallery
Perspective taking................................................................ Casanave
Monday, 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM; Chu Hall
Bilingual family event............................................................Matsuda
Monday, 11:40 AM - 12:40 PM; Koryu Hall
A wilderness of mirrors..............................................Yoshihara , et al
Monday, 11:40 AM - 1:20 PM; Room 910
Corpus
Elementary and Preschool
Corpus-based input and use of lexical bundles.......................... Chen
Saturday, 11:10 AM - 11:35 AM; Tenji C-2
Simple and important English grammar................................Kikuchi
Saturday, 11:10 AM - 12:10 PM; Room 901
Introducing corpora into the language classroom..................Groom
Saturday, 11:10 AM - 12:40 AM; Room 1202
Classroom interaction and gesture..................................... Watanabe
Saturday, 11:10 AM - 11:35 AM; Room 902
Phonological language distance and spelling errors...................... Ito
Saturday, 1:05 PM - 3:05 PM; Tenji Gallery
Super simple holiday songs and activities................................. Yoder
Saturday, 11:10 AM - 12:10 PM; Room 904
Towards a functional/lexico-grammatical syllabus............... Peppard
Saturday, 5:20 PM - 5:35 PM; Room 908
Children’s L2 skills with physical movement.............Nakamura, et al
Saturday, 1:05 PM - 3:05 PM; Tenji Gallery
A learner corpus based collocation study..................................Miura
Sunday, 9:20 AM - 9:45 AM; Room 903
Activity-based teaching for young learners............................... Kulek
Saturday, 1:05 PM - 2:05 PM; Room 901
Japanese scientists’ use of formulaic sequences...................Hagiwara
Sunday, 1:05 PM - 1:30 PM; Dai 2-1
Elementary school English: Are the teachers ready?..... Mayeda, et al
Saturday, 1:05 PM - 2:05 PM; Room 904
Fillers in spoken corpora of Japanese EFL learners..................Miura
Monday, 9:20 AM - 9:45 AM; Tenji C-2
Notes on the note: The Eigo Note............................................... Carley
Saturday, 3:10 PM - 3:35 PM; Room 904
Student placement using a learner corpus.................................Smith
Monday, 9:20 AM - 9:45 AM; Room 1002
The long-term effectiveness of ELES at JHS.......................... Uematsu
Saturday, 3:10 PM - 3:35 PM; Room 905
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JALT2009
Presentations by Content Area
The front lines of English in elementary schools................... Ito, et al
Saturday, 4:00 PM - 5:40 PM; Koryu Hall
Teaching vocabulary in the CBI classroom............... Takahashi, et al
Sunday, 3:45 PM - 4:10 PM; Room 910
Language strategies in the EAL/EFL classroom............. Takeda, et al
Saturday, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM; Room 901
Peer feedback in EFL academic writing classes............................. Lee
Monday, 9:20 AM - 9:45 AM; Room 910
Elementary schools three-member
team-teaching approach..............................................Sakamoto, et al
Saturday, 4:00 PM - 5:40 PM; Room 1101
Effects of focusing on basic delivery skills.................................. Kano
Monday, 9:55 AM - 10:20 AM; Tenji B-1
The effect of prior experience on formal learning........................ Hsu
Saturday, 5:10 PM - 5:35 PM; Room 902
Children’s affective changes in English activities...................Yamaga
Sunday, 9:20 AM - 9:45 AM; Room 902
TPRS—A teaching methodology for you........................... Kawahara
Sunday, 11:10 AM - 12:10 PM; Hikae 2
Learning English through yoga............................................... Wilson
Sunday, 11:10 AM - 1:10 PM; Tenji Gallery
EFL training programs for international exchange.......... Guest, et al
Monday, 11:40 AM - 12:40 PM; Hikae 1
Self-access: Voices, growth and community............... Adamson, et al
Monday, 11:40 AM - 12:40 PM; Dai 2-1
Extensive Reading
Impact of a 4-year-long extensive reading program........Nishizawa, et al
Saturday, 11:10 AM - 11:35 AM; Room 1001-1
A road to reading for young Japanese learners..................... Shearon
Sunday, 11:10 AM - 12:10 PM; Room 902
Extensive reading or intensive skills
practice—Two sides of the same coin?..................................... Craven
Saturday, 11:10 AM - 12:10 PM; Room 1101
Content-based elementary school English...................Fujiwara, et al
Sunday, 3:10 PM - 4:10 PM; Room 901
ER: Of limited value to TOEFL scores?.................................Williams
Saturday, 11:45 AM - 12:10 PM; Room 1001-1
Early elementary school students’ EFL motivation................. Martin
Sunday, 3:10 PM - 3:35 PM; Room 902
Can technology overcome the extensive reading blues?............Cahill
Saturday, 1:05 PM - 2:05 PM; Tenji C-2
Shogakko team-teaching: ALT and HRT perspectives.............. Nakao
Sunday, 3:45 PM - 4:10 PM; Room 902
The Extensive Reading Colloquium: Reflections on ER..... Stewart, et al
Saturday, 4:00 PM - 5:40 PM; Room 1001-1
Rhythm, music and young learners!.......................................... Thain
Sunday, 4:35 PM - 5:35 PM; Room 902
Xreading: The future of assessment in ER............................ Goldberg
Sunday, 1:05 PM - 2:05 PM; Room 1001-1
Singing, doing tasks and developing four skills......................Jansem
Sunday, 4:35 PM - 5:35 PM; Room 904
Problem-solving skills and extensive reading............................... Lee
Sunday, 5:45 PM - 6:45 PM; Dai 2-2
How do young learners respond in L2 English class?............. Kamiya
Sunday, 5:20 PM - 5:40 PM; Room 908
Ideal books that motivate students to read more................Sekiguchi
Sunday, 5:45 PM - 6:45 PM; Tenji B-1
Reflections on English Notebook...................... Blefgen-Togashi, et al
Sunday, 5:45 PM - 6:45 PM; Room 902
Extensive reading quizzes and reading attitudes...............Hann, et al
Sunday, 5:45 PM - 6:10 PM; Room 1001-1
Elementary English: Parents’ and teachers’ views............... Sato, et al
Monday, 9:55 AM - 10:20 AM; Room 906
Investigating the effectiveness of timed reading......................Atkins
Monday, 9:55 AM - 10:20 AM; Room 1001-2
The creative classroom: Jazz chants, music & poetry............ Graham
Monday, 11:40 AM - 12:40 PM; Room 1001-2
Thinking beyond the story: Exploring graded readers........ Attwood
Monday, 11:40 AM - 12:40 PM; Hikae 2
English for Specific Purposes
Developing a guided extensive reading course.........................Jordan
Monday, 11:40 AM - 12:40 PM; Room 905
Interdisciplinary studies in medicine....................................Chidlow
Saturday, 11:10 AM - 11:35 AM; Tenji B-1
Extensive Reading with the MoodleReader module.......... Robb, et al
Monday, 11:40 AM - 12:40 PM; Room 1001-1
Sustaining interest in an introductory ESP course................ Daniels
Saturday, 3:10 PM - 3:35 PM; AV Hall
Framework (CEFR etc.) & Language Portfolio (FLP)
Japanese-English comparison on the rugby pitch/field..... Yoshikawa
Saturday, 3:10 PM - 3:25 PM; Room 908
Coauthoring projects between teachers and student..... Tanaka, et al
Saturday, 11:10 AM - 12:50 PM; Wind Hall
Less language, more content—business in English................. Craven
Sunday, 9:20 AM - 9:45 AM; Room 910
Framework & Language Portfolio (FLP) SIG Forum.. O’Dwyer, et al
Saturday, 4:00 PM - 5:40 PM; Room 1002
Business English speed date................................................... Graham
Sunday, 11:10 AM - 12:50 PM; Rehearsal Room
Gender Awareness in Language Education
Macroscopic scaffolding for ESP contextualization.....................Asai
Sunday, 11:10 AM - 1:10 PM; Tenji Gallery
Acquiring English—becoming men.........................................Squires
Saturday, 3:10 PM - 3:35 PM; Dai 2-1
Practical business English for low-level learners........................Trew
Sunday, 1:05 PM - 2:05 PM; Wind Hall
Against teaching gender............................................................Cohen
Saturday, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM; Room 904
Teaching business writing as metacognitive skills...................Huang
Sunday, 3:10 PM - 3:35 PM; Tenji C-1
Gender, magazines and media literacy................................. McLaren
Sunday, 9:20 AM - 9:45 AM; Koryu Hall
Business English teaching to meet the actual needs... Furusawa, et al
Sunday, 3:45 PM - 4:10 PM; Tenji B-2
Gender, vocabulary and TOEIC: Which sex rules?....... Browne, et al
Sunday, 1:05 PM - 2:05 PM; Room 906
Japanese female students abroad............................................. Burton
Sunday, 3:10 PM - 3:35 PM; Room B3
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Presentations by Content Area
Mirror effects: Biculturalism in Japanese schools..................... Healy
Sunday, 3:10 PM - 3:35 PM; Room 1001-2
Effects of complexity of Japanese kanji......................................... Kan
Sunday, 3:10 PM - 3:35 PM; Tenji B-2
Reflections of Charisma Man................................................. Appleby
Sunday, 3:45 PM - 4:10 PM; Room 1001-2
Why stop studying Japanese: A case in Australia....... Northwood, et al
Sunday, 4:35 PM - 5:00 PM; Room 903
Global Issues in Language Education
Japanese teaching in Australian schools...................... Spence-Brown
Sunday, 6:20 PM - 6:45 PM; Room 903
A global view from your classroom window..................... Johannsen
Saturday, 11:10 AM - 12:40 PM; Room 1003
Computerized Japanese language test J-CAT............................ Akagi
Monday, 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM; Tenji Gallery
Global citizenship education and language learning................ Hicks
Saturday, 11:45 AM - 12:10 PM; Dai 2-1
Junior and Senior High School
Ethical ELT: First do no harm.......................................................Lieb
Saturday, 11:45 AM - 12:10 PM; Room 1001-2
Tests, technology and TBLT: Target task writing........... Hourdequin
Saturday, 11:10 AM - 11:35 AM; Room 903
Raising awareness of what suitable development is....Yokouchi, et al
Saturday, 1:05 PM - 3:05 PM; Tenji Gallery
Practical activities for jr. high and high school students.......... Grant
Saturday, 11:10 AM - 12:10 PM; Room 905
Nonstandard varieties in the language classroom..............Song, et al
Saturday, 1:05 PM - 2:05 PM; Tenji B-2
How to teach basic English verbs effectively............................. Iguchi
Saturday, 11:10 AM - 11:35 AM; Room 908
Teaching and learning in student peer groups........................Haynes
Saturday, 1:05 PM - 2:05 PM; Tenji C-1
Communicative-oriented
curriculum for Center Test......................................... Ishikawa, et al.
Saturday, 11:45 AM - 12:10 PM; Room 903
Teacher-Learner dialogues throughout Asia..........................Nishida
Saturday, 4:00 PM - 5:40 PM; Chu Hall
Creating a Thailand teacher network: A true story............. Cornwall
Sunday, 9:20 AM - 9:45 AM; Room 909
Using video to develop global issues awareness..................... Cramer
Sunday, 11:10 AM - 12:10 PM; Tenji B-1
Mirror and window: Cross-cultural learning in the class.....Johannsen
Sunday, 11:10 AM - 12:10 PM; Room 906
GILE SIG Forum: Sharing ideas, lessons, resources.......Harada, et al
Sunday, 11:10 AM - 12:50 PM; Room 909
Summer camp: A success or just a lot of hard work..... Virgil-Uchida
Sunday, 1:05 PM - 2:05 PM; Room 902
TBLT/student-centered extended projects..........................Bussinger
Sunday, 3:10 PM - 3:35 PM; Room 909
Encouraging eco-literacy in the language classroom.....Summerville
Sunday, 4:35 PM - 5:35 PM; Dai 2-1
Teaching about countries and cultures in EFL...........................Cates
Sunday, 4:35 PM - 5:35 PM; Room 910
Real people, real places, real language............................... Johannsen
Sunday, 4:35 PM - 5:35 PM; Room 1001-1
A non-English internationalization in Japan..........................Umeda
Sunday, 5:45 PM - 6:10 PM; Room 903
English education and television in developing nations..........Bloom
Sunday, 5:45 PM - 6:45 PM; Room 906
Critical consciousness-raising methods for JEFL......................Stillar
Monday, 9:55 AM - 10:20 AM; Room 1003
Liberal arts and sciences for language educators...............Poulshock
Monday, 11:40 AM - 12:40 PM; Room B3
Global education and EFL: Mirror or window?................ Cates, et al
Monday, 11:40 AM - 1:20 PM; Room 1003
Japanese as a Second Language
Teaching Japanese abroad for English learning.................Moriyama
Saturday, 3:10 PM - 3:35 PM; Tenji B-2
The politeness in the Japanese debate of Taiwanese.......................Tei
Saturday, 3:55 PM - 4:10 PM; Room 908
Developing volunteer teachers of Japanese.............................. Nakao
Sunday, 9:20 AM - 9:45 AM; Room B3
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Raising awareness of what suitable development is...... Yokouchi, et al.
Saturday, 1:05 PM - 3:05 PM; Tenji Gallery
Effective content-based learning at high school.................. Adamson
Saturday, 1:05 PM - 1:30 PM; Room 903
Effect of incidental focus on form on SHS students...............Kushiro
Saturday, 1:05 PM - 1:30 PM; Room 905
Linking curriculum developers with implementers............ Yeh, et al.
Saturday, 1:40 PM - 2:05 PM; Room 903
Effect of task-based instruction on JHS students..................... Osuka
Saturday, 3:10 PM - 3:35 PM; Room 903
The long-term effectiveness of ELES at JHS.......................... Uematsu
Saturday, 3:10 PM - 3:35 PM; Room 905
Classroom dynamism in an English immersion program....... Shimizu
Saturday, 3:40 PM - 3:55 PM; Room 908
Insights into the lives of JTEs.......................................Matheny, et al.
Saturday, 4:00 PM - 5:40 PM; Room 903
SCT: Online feedback sessions on Japanese writing................Fujino
Saturday, 4:00 PM - 4:25 PM; Room 905
Baptism by fire: one novice EFL teacher............................. Tsai, et al.
Saturday, 4:35 PM - 5:00 PM; Room 905
Collaborative language learning exchange through Moodle...........Imai
Saturday, 5:10 PM - 5:35 PM; Room 905
A maverick’s attempt to find an activity’s niche......................... Endo
Saturday, 5:45 PM - 6:10 PM; Room 902
Learning English, or learning to hate it?.....................................Rian
Saturday, 6:20 PM - 6:45 PM; Room 902
A learner corpus-based collocation study.................................Miura
Sunday, 9:20 AM - 9:45 AM; Room 903
Japanese international school students’ bilingual identity......Okada
Sunday, 9:20 AM - 9:45 AM; Room 905
High school EFL teachers’ professional identity................ Fukunaga
Sunday, 9:20 AM - 9:45 AM; Room 1001-2
Take your students on an English Safari.......................... Fuller, et al.
Sunday, 11:10 AM - 12:10 PM; Hikae 1
Extensive writing: Engaging HS students since 2007.............. Herder
Sunday, 11:10 AM - 12:10 PM; Room 903
JALT2009
Presentations by Content Area
Teachers’ learning in communities of practice.......................Nishino
Sunday, 11:10 AM - 11:35 AM; Room 905
Choosing the technology that works for you............................ Elliott
Saturday, 3:10 PM - 3:35 PM; Room 1001-1
Second language laughter transfer........................................... Walker
Sunday, 11:30 AM - 11:50 AM; Room 908
Collaborative language learning exchange through Moodle...........Imai
Saturday, 5:10 PM - 5:35 PM; Room 905
Using task repetition in junior high school............................ Hawkes
Sunday, 11:45 AM - 12:10 PM; Room 905
Using social network sites securely............................................... Zeff
Sunday, 9:20 AM - 9:45 AM; AV Hall
Meeting high school communication goals.............................Collins
Sunday, 1:05 PM - 2:05 PM; Room 903
New e-learning products from reallyenglish............................. Porter
Sunday, 11:10 AM - 12:10 PM; AV Hall
Revision baseball: Teach writing via a game format........ Earle, et al.
Sunday, 1:05 PM - 2:05 PM; Room 905
Effectiveness of an online weekly journal using blogs............. Uchida
Sunday, 11:10 AM - 1:10 PM; Tenji Gallery
Middle and high school teachers: A bridge to CALL!.........Clingwall
Sunday, 3:10 PM - 4:10 PM; Room 903
The implementation of iPods into primary EFL class...... Tabuchi, et al
Sunday, 11:10 AM - 11:35 AM; Room 901
Self-assessment accuracy on CALL grammar tasks.............. Morrow
Sunday, 3:10 PM - 3:35 PM; Room 905
Designing The blended learning environment........................... Ryan
Sunday, 11:10 AM - 1:10 PM; Room 1001-2
Possible strategies for listening comprehension..................Matsuoka
Sunday, 3:30 PM - 3:50 PM; Room 908
Connecting kids: English, goals and the Internet.................Matsuka
Sunday, 1:05 PM - 2:05 PM; Room 904
Effects of spontaneous teacher-discourses in class...................... Fujii
Sunday, 3:45 PM - 4:10 PM; Room 905
Online course management for busy teachers.................. Wong, et al
Sunday, 1:05 PM - 2:05 PM; Room 1002
Why stop studying Japanese: A case in Australia...... Northwood, et al.
Sunday, 4:35 PM - 5:00 PM; Room 903
Does design matter? Popular web tools compared............ Castellano
Sunday, 3:10 PM - 3:35 PM; AV Hall
World Englishes education in high school....................Murata, et al.
Sunday, 4:35 PM - 5:00 PM; Room 905
Middle and high school teachers: a bridge to CALL!..........Clingwall
Sunday, 3:10 PM - 4:10 PM; Room 903
Reflections for my development as a teacher...........................Kizawa
Sunday, 4:35 PM - 4:55 PM; Room 908
Self-assessment accuracy on CALL grammar tasks.............. Morrow
Sunday, 3:10 PM - 3:35 PM; Room 905
How is the community established?.....................................Morishita
Sunday, 4:55 PM - 5:15 PM; Room 908
Using mind maps to promote critical thinking..........................Mack
Sunday, 3:45 PM - 4:10 PM; AV Hall
Narrative inquiry of English teachers’ motivation............Kumazawa
Sunday, 5:10 PM - 5:35 PM; Room 903
Digitising the curriculum..................................................... Swanson
Sunday, 3:45 PM - 4:10 PM; Hikae 2
A non-English internationalization in Japan..........................Umeda
Sunday, 5:45 PM - 6:10 PM; Room 903
Vocabulary learning on the move................................... Gibson, et al
Sunday, 3:45 PM - 4:10 PM; Dai 2-1
Collaboration and writing skills development.....................Kurihara
Sunday, 5:45 PM - 6:10 PM; Room 905
Blog use in a cross-cultural communication class..................... Meiki
Sunday, 4:35 PM - 5:35 PM; Chu Hall
Teaching junior high school students writing..................... Yasufuku
Sunday, 6:00 PM - 6:20 PM; Room 908
Blended learning spaces: Patterns of use..................MacKenzie, et al
Sunday, 4:35 PM - 5:35 PM; Tenji B-2
Japanese teaching in Australian schools...................... Spence-Brown
Sunday, 6:20 PM - 6:45 PM; Room 903
Getting university students “lecture ready”!.................... Wong, et al
Sunday, 4:35 PM - 5:35 PM; Room 1002
Metacognition has priority over learning attitudes...........Miyamoto
Sunday, 6:20 PM - 6:45 PM; Room 905
Trip advisor–A learner instigated webquest...........................Thomas
Sunday, 5:45 PM - 6:45 PM; Hikae 1
The entrance test is dead! Long live CLT!......................... Humphries
Monday, 9:20 AM - 9:40 AM; Room 908
Practical uses of Moodle for the non-tech teacher.................Gamble
Sunday, 5:45 PM - 6:45 PM; Hikae 2
Language and Technology (CALL)
Online video portfolios for student reflection.........................Thelen
Monday, 9:20 AM - 9:45 AM; AV Hall
Feedback for reading comprehension online.............. Langdon, et al
Saturday, 11:10 AM - 11:35 AM; AV Hall
Maximizing learning dialogs with VoiceThread................ Stout, et al
Monday, 9:55 AM - 10:20 AM; AV Hall
Intercultural exchange through Skype.........................Donnery, et al
Saturday, 11:45 AM - 12:10 PM; AV Hall
Strengthening class cohesion with keitais...........................Mashinter
Monday, 9:55 AM - 10:20 AM; Hikae 1
Learning vocabulary through an AI reading system........... Stockwell
Saturday, 11:45 AM - 12:10 PM; Hikae 1
Teacher/student perception gap in online learning..... Miyazoe, et al
Monday, 9:55 AM - 10:20 AM; Tenji C-2
Word Engine: Off and online interactive tools................... Glick, et al
Saturday, 1:05 PM - 2:05 PM; AV Hall
Podcasting in a university EFL classroom....................Brewster, et al
Monday, 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM; Tenji Gallery
Learning to run: Possibilities of scrolling text.................Tomei, et al
Saturday, 1:05 PM - 2:05 PM; Dai 2-2
Digital games and English education..................................... deHaan
Monday, 11:40 AM - 12:40 PM; AV Hall
Social networking tools: Principles and practice........................Beck
Saturday, 1:05 PM - 2:05 PM; Room 906
Online principles: Taking pedagogy to the screen........Koyama, et al
Monday, 11:40 AM - 12:40 PM; Room 903
Extensive speaking practice via voice blogs.................................. Sun
Saturday, 3:10 PM - 3:35 PM; Hikae 1
The writing is on the wall.......................................... Balderston, et al
Monday, 11:40 AM - 12:40 PM; Room 906
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Presentations by Content Area
Creating online learning communities...................................Yamada
Monday, 12:50 PM - 1:15 PM; Tenji C-2
Reflective portfolios for autonomous learning.............................. Lo
Saturday, 5:45 PM - 6:10 PM; Tenji C-2
Languages Other Than English or Japanese
Is juku a villain in Japanese education?..................................... Kano
Sunday, 9:20 AM - 9:45 AM; Room 908
French Forum: The teachinglearning relationship............................................Lauffenburger, et al
Saturday, 11:10 AM - 12:50 PM; Room B2
The German workshop (part one)................................... Reinelt, et al
Saturday, 1:05 PM - 2:45 PM; Room B2
OLE SIG Forum: Approaches, methods & techniques......Reinelt, et al
Saturday, 4:00 PM - 5:40 PM; Room B2
Pronunciation difficulties for learners of French................... Masson
Sunday, 9:20 AM - 9:45 AM; Room B2
The interpretation of the Korean pronoun ku ‘he’........................Kim
Sunday, 1:05 PM - 1:30 PM; Room B2
OLE SIG Forum part II.................................................... Tabata, et al
Sunday, 1:40 PM - 2:05 PM; Room B2
Multilingual Forum: Action research in OLE (German).....Reinelt, et al
Sunday, 3:10 PM - 4:50 PM; Room B2
Analysis of relevant issues in Spanish teaching.................. Silva, et al
Sunday, 4:35 PM - 6:15 PM; Room B2
Cognitive abilities and learning strategies....................... Foster, et al
Sunday, 6:20 PM - 6:45 PM; Room B2
Multilingual Forum: Part II....................................................Harting
Monday, 9:20 AM - 10:20 AM; Room B2
Foreign language teaching in the 21st century........................ Reinelt
Monday, 11:40 AM - 1:20 PM; Room B2
Learner Development
Teaching-learning dialogue in self-access learning........ Murray, et al
Saturday, 11:10 AM - 12:50 PM; Koryu Hall
Effect of incidental focus on form on SHS students...............Kushiro
Saturday, 1:05 PM - 1:30 PM; Room 905
Self-regulation strategies and listening proficiency................ Onoda
Saturday, 1:05 PM - 1:25 PM; Room 908
Noncognitive variables and academic achievement.................Takagi
Saturday, 1:25 PM - 1:45 PM; Room 908
To read, or not to read: Presenting research world...............Kanzaka
Saturday, 3:10 PM - 3:35 PM; Room B3
Building motivation through shared reflections................. Thornton
Saturday, 3:10 PM - 3:35 PM; Tenji B-1
Effect of task-based instruction on JHS students..................... Osuka
Saturday, 3:10 PM - 3:35 PM; Room 903
Who am I teaching? Good language learners?........................... Siegel
Saturday, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM; Tenji B-2
English for life: Making students independent..................... Shearon
Saturday, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM; Room 1003
Opening a heavy door: A sociocultural case study.... Iwane-Salovaara
Saturday, 4:35 PM - 4:50 PM; Room 908
Connecting neuroscience and psychology to TEFL.............. Murphy
Saturday, 5:05 PM - 5:20 PM; Room 908
Fostering autonomy: A matter of choice..................... Nuangpolmak
Saturday, 5:10 PM - 5:35 PM; Dai 2-2
Learner reflections on language research............................. Rowland
Saturday, 5:10 PM - 5:35 PM; Tenji B-1
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Learner autonomy and conversation lounges................ Murphy, et al
Sunday, 9:20 AM - 9:45 AM; Room 1003
Be fluent with English in Japan? Why not?...................... Christianus
Sunday, 11:10 AM - 1:10 PM; Tenji Gallery
Reflective self-study: Fostering learner autonomy....... Noguchi, et al
Sunday, 11:10 AM - 1:10 PM; Tenji Gallery
Snapshots: Active mirror of identity..................................... Irie, et al
Sunday, 11:10 AM - 12:50 PM; Room 1003
Critical thinking activities to deepen learning..........................Sandy
Sunday, 1:05 PM - 2:05 PM; Dai 2-2
Research notes on NNS-NNS negotiation moves......................Miller
Sunday, 1:05 PM - 2:05 PM; Tenji B-1
Meeting high school communication goals.............................Collins
Sunday, 1:05 PM - 2:05 PM; Room 903
Moving failing students from repeat to complete...................O’Neill
Sunday, 1:05 PM - 2:05 PM; Room 1001-2
Loop it! Student participatory research....................... Murphey, et al
Sunday, 3:10 PM - 3:35 PM; Room 1202
Towards optimum TL and L1 use through reflection........McMillan, et al
Sunday, 5:45 PM - 6:10 PM; Room 1003
Process drama pedagogy: Experiencing emigration............ Donnery
Sunday, 5:45 PM - 6:10 PM; Room 1202
Metacognition has priority over learning attitudes...........Miyamoto
Sunday, 6:20 PM - 6:45 PM; Room 905
Learners’ literacy practices outside the classroom.................... Inaba
Monday, 9:20 AM - 9:45 AM; Room 901
Mind your own learning! Online reflection mirrors... Fanselow, et al
Monday, 9:20 AM - 10:20 AM; Room 1202
How much change after one semester of instruction?.........Longcope
Monday, 9:55 AM - 10:20 AM; Room 904
Deep approaches to learning in Japan.................................... Bradley
Monday, 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM; Tenji Gallery
Coping strategies for foreign language anxiety........................ Iizuka
Monday, 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM; Tenji Gallery
Lifelong Language Learning
To read, or not to read: Presenting research world...............Kanzaka
Saturday, 3:10 PM - 3:35 PM; Room B3
A Rasch investigation of essay writing tests...................... Aryadoust
Saturday, 3:10 PM - 3:35 PM; Dai 2-2
LLL SIG Forum: A picture book of haiku in English.......Sinha, et al.
Saturday, 4:00 PM - 5:40 PM; Hikae 1
Developing volunteer teachers of Japanese.............................. Nakao
Sunday, 9:20 AM - 9:45 AM; Room B3
Small talk in ESL nursing textbooks....................................Clingwall
Sunday, 9:20 AM - 9:45 AM; Hikae 1
Less language, more content—business in English................. Craven
Sunday, 9:20 AM - 9:45 AM; Room 910
Business English speed date................................................... Graham
Sunday, 11:10 AM - 12:50 PM; Rehearsal Room
Business English teaching to meet the actual needs........Furusawa, et al.
Sunday, 3:45 PM - 4:10 PM; Tenji B-2
JALT2009
Presentations by Content Area
Listening
Communicative-oriented curriculum for Center Test.....Ishikawa, et al
Saturday, 11:45 AM - 12:10 PM; Room 903
Maximizing limited listening comprehension........................ Kiggell
Saturday, 1:05 PM - 2:05 PM; Room 1001-1
Dictation correction to maximize learning............................. Tanner
Saturday, 3:10 PM - 3:35 PM; Room 910
Is listening strategy effective?...................................................... Saito
Saturday, 3:10 PM - 3:35 PM; Room 1101
Listening strategies through communicative tasks...... Babulall, et al
Saturday, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM; Hikae 2
Language through tunes, lyrics, and technology..........Marlowe, et al
Sunday, 5:45 PM - 6:45 PM; Tenji C-1
Effectively using online listening materials.............Boutorwick, et al
Monday, 9:20 AM - 9:45 AM; Tenji B-2
Authentic spoken texts for teaching listening........................ Lingley
Monday, 9:20 AM - 9:45 AM; Room 904
Challenge & success: A multilevel listening class................Clingwall
Monday, 9:20 AM - 9:45 AM; Room 1003
Materials Writing and Design
Not a pipedream: Quality student-created materials................... Pals
Saturday, 11:45 AM - 12:10 PM; Tenji B-2
A comparative analysis of English textbooks..........................Yonaha
Saturday, 11:45 AM - 12:10 PM; Room 902
The textbook process—from student to teacher!.................... Grogan
Saturday, 1:05 PM - 3:05 PM; Tenji Gallery
Lexical profiling to aid vocabulary acquisition.......... Honisz-Greens
Saturday, 1:05 PM - 3:05 PM; Tenji Gallery
Using movies to teach a multilevel class....................................Maass
Saturday, 1:05 PM - 3:05 PM; Tenji Gallery
Effective content-based learning at high school.................. Adamson
Saturday, 1:05 PM - 1:30 PM; Room 903
Task-based instruction for college EFL writing............. Takeda, et al
Saturday, 3:10 PM - 3:35 PM; Rehearsal Room
Collaborative curriculum development.................... Alexander, et al
Saturday, 3:10 PM - 3:35 PM; Wind Hall
Two views of the path from
proposal to publication............................................. Goodmacher, et al
Saturday, 4:00 PM - 5:40 PM; Wind Hall
Creating a pedagogical dialogue for the modern class..... McDonald
Saturday, 4:50 PM - 5:05 PM; Room 908
Developing content-based Chinese teaching material.....Zhang, et al
Saturday, 5:10 PM - 5:35 PM; Hikae 2
Student reflection as feedback on EFL tasks..................Stillwell, et al
Saturday, 5:45 PM - 6:10 PM; Room B3
Mending a crack in the mirror: Teaching repeaters..................Goetz
Sunday, 11:10 AM - 1:10 PM; Tenji Gallery
Task sequencing based on the cognition hypothesis....... Romanko, et al
Sunday, 1:05 PM - 1:30 PM; Room 910
Incorporating art into language education.......................... Shimada
Sunday, 1:25 PM - 1:45 PM; Room 908
Engaging students with L1-supported materials...................... Rivers
Sunday, 3:45 PM - 4:10 PM; Tenji C-2
Annual JALT Junior Swap Meet...................................................... Ito
Sunday, 5:45 PM - 6:45 PM; Room 904
JALT2009
Focused tasks: Input, uptake and syntactic priming............... Boston
Sunday, 6:20 PM - 6:45 PM; Room 1202
Promoting autonomy through materials design........... Mynard, et al
Monday, 9:55 AM - 10:20 AM; Room 901
What works and what doesn’t in Japan?.................................. Craven
Monday, 11:40 AM - 12:40 PM; Room 1002
Motivation
Motivation in online and face-to-face contexts.....................Rubesch
Saturday, 11:10 AM - 11:35 AM; Hikae 1
Showcasing faculty role models for learners............................Brown
Saturday, 11:10 AM - 11:35 AM; Room 907
Instrumentality in compulsory English classes..................Fryer, et al
Saturday, 11:10 AM - 11:35 AM; Room 1001-2
Understanding language learning mindsets....................... Ryan, et al
Saturday, 11:10 AM - 11:35 AM; Room 1002
Organizing an English-speaking
internship in Japan..................................................... Halvorsen, et al
Saturday, 1:05 PM - 3:05 PM; Tenji Gallery
A comparison of learner attitudes and perceptions...... Stroupe, et al
Saturday, 3:10 PM - 3:35 PM; Chu Hall
L2 learner motivation within a SCT framework.....................Tanaka
Saturday, 3:10 PM - 3:35 PM; Room 907
Behavioral changes in second language learners........................ Ryan
Saturday, 3:10 PM - 3:35 PM; Room 1003
Motivating students and making headway in our classes..........Boon
Saturday, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM; Dai 2-1
Understanding motivational changes in classrooms..........Nitta, et al
Saturday, 5:10 PM - 5:35 PM; Room B3
Implementing tasks in the Japanese university.....................Wicking
Saturday, 5:45 PM - 6:10 PM; Rehearsal Room
Learning English, or learning to hate it?.....................................Rian
Saturday, 6:20 PM - 6:45 PM; Room 902
Motivation at two contrasting tertiary colleges................... Pritchard
Sunday, 9:20 AM - 9:45 AM; Dai 2-2
Student/teacher expectations in the ESL classroom...... Stroupe, et al
Sunday, 9:20 AM - 9:45 AM; Room 907
Building students’ confidence.........................................Buckingham
Sunday, 11:10 AM - 12:40 PM; Room 1202
Meeting linguistic and career needs and interests............. Moritoshi
Sunday, 11:50 AM - 12:10 PM; Room 908
Motivate your students and energize your classroom........... Shimizu
Sunday, 1:05 PM - 2:05 PM; Hikae 1
The Hiroshima Inter-University scrabble project......... Szirmai, et al
Sunday, 3:10 PM - 3:35 PM; Rehearsal Room
A qualitative study on demotivating factors......................... Tsumura
Sunday, 3:10 PM - 3:35 PM; Tenji C-2
Oxford Teachers’ Forum: Debate with the experts......Buckingham, et al
Sunday, 3:10 PM - 4:50 PM; Wind Hall
Points for behavior: Teacher in the mirror........................Baber, et al
Sunday, 3:45 PM - 4:10 PM; Room 906
Narrative inquiry of English teachers’ motivation............Kumazawa
Sunday, 5:10 PM - 5:35 PM; Room 903
Stereotypes, varieties of English and attitudes.................. Hanamoto
Sunday, 5:40 PM - 6:00 PM; Room 908
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Presentations by Content Area
Autonomy versus control in university EFL classes......Oga-Baldwin
Sunday, 6:20 PM - 6:45 PM; Room 1001-2
Encircling meaning: From literature to research.......................Hillis
Sunday, 11:10 AM - 1:10 PM; Tenji Gallery
Learner motivation and EFL Achievement in Japan................Veinot
Sunday, 6:20 PM - 6:45 PM; Room 1003
Improving reading proficiency at a beginning level............. Shimada
Sunday, 11:10 AM - 1:10 PM; Tenji Gallery
Promoting learner motivation: A Shizuoka survey.......... Tebbe, et al
Monday, 9:55 AM - 10:20 AM; Dai 2-1
Teaching literature in the EFL classroom..................................Foster
Sunday, 1:05 PM - 2:05 PM; Tenji C-1
Understanding foreign language learning anxiety............... Andrade
Monday, 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM; Tenji Gallery
Teaching phonics effectively to Japanese children..................Tabuchi
Sunday, 3:10 PM - 4:10 PM; Room 904
Study logs as an ESL/EFL motivational tool?.............................Minn
Monday, 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM; Tenji Gallery
Critical reading strategies...........................................................Urick
Sunday, 3:45 PM - 4:10 PM; Room 1001-1
Tried and tested: Reaching low-level learners................Buckingham
Monday, 11:40 AM - 12:40 PM; Room 1202
Explore your world—with Reading Explorer................. Bermingham
Sunday, 4:35 PM - 5:35 PM; Room 906
Pragmatics
Extensive reading: Inside or outside class?.............................Uozumi
Monday, 9:20 AM - 9:45 AM; Room 1001-2
Japanese learners’ refusal/apology problems........................... Osuka
Saturday, 11:45 AM - 12:10 PM; Room 906
Text connections and reading comprehension.................... DiMatteo
Monday, 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM; Tenji Gallery
Planning and teaching pragmatics to EFL students......Yamashita, et al
Saturday, 4:00 PM - 5:40 PM; Room 909
Sociolinguistics
Self-repairs to show politeness in L2 Japanese.....................Takehara
Saturday, 5:45 PM - 6:10 PM; Hikae 2
The linguistic landscape of NYC........................................ Nishiyama
Saturday, 11:10 AM - 11:35 AM; Tenji B-2
Small talk in ESL nursing textbooks....................................Clingwall
Sunday, 9:20 AM - 9:45 AM; Hikae 1
Scaffolding and the role of contingency...........................Lucantonio
Saturday, 11:10 AM - 11:35 AM; Room 909
Repetition of student-led interviews of a teacher.............. Nakamura
Sunday, 11:10 AM - 11:35 AM; Room B3
Globalization and English language teaching:
Opportunities and challenges in Japan..................................Matsuda
Saturday, 2:15 PM - 3:00 PM; Chu Hall
Metaphorical patterns in textbook prefaces.............. Bradford-Watts
Sunday, 11:10 AM - 1:10 PM; Tenji Gallery
Enhancing learners’ sociolinguistic skills.............................. Ishihara
Sunday, 4:35 PM - 5:35 PM; Room 1202
Conversation analysis for teachers: An application.......... Nakamura
Sunday, 5:45 PM - 6:10 PM; Room 909
Pragmatic transfer at the perceptual level...................................Yang
Monday, 9:55 AM - 10:20 AM; Tenji B-2
Conversation analysis and small group discussions.............Fujimoto
Monday, 9:55 AM - 10:20 AM; Room 910
Pronunciation
I woulda, coulda, shoulda taught reduction!......................... Madden
Saturday, 1:05 PM - 2:05 PM; Dai 2-1
Sociolinguistic perspectives on pronunciation.......................Selman
Saturday, 1:05 PM - 2:05 PM; Tenji B-1
Should long/short vowels be taught simultaneously?.......... Xie, et al
Saturday, 3:10 PM - 3:35 PM; Room 901
Gundoku—Creative reading-aloud in performance............ Kusanagi
Sunday, 1:05 PM - 2:05 PM; Rehearsal Room
Student perceptions of pronunciation and reading.......... Matsubara
Sunday, 6:20 PM - 6:45 PM; Room 1002
A modified sound-color chart for pronunciation................... Cherry
Monday, 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM; Tenji Gallery
Management of L1 interference in EFL classrooms................. Janjua
Monday, 11:40 AM - 12:40 PM; Room B1
Reading
Enjoy reading with Folk & Fairy Tale Easy Readers............Sekiguchi
Saturday, 1:05 PM - 2:05 PM; Room 902
Whodunit: Narrow reading as a bridge to ER.............Benevides, et al
Saturday, 1:05 PM - 2:05 PM; Room 1101
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The kind of English preferred as a model............................... Fukuda
Saturday, 5:10 PM - 5:35 PM; Tenji C-2
Youth language and its implications for teaching..............Mori, et al
Saturday, 5:45 PM - 6:10 PM; Dai 2-2
The dialectics of instructed second
language development..............................................................Lantolf
Sunday, 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM; Chu Hall
Teaching World Englishes in Japan...............................Matsuda, et al
Sunday, 11:10 AM - 12:10 PM; Wind Hall
Speaking/Communication
Let’s Talk Online, e-learning for speaking................................. Porter
Saturday, 11:10 AM - 12:10 PM; Chu Hall
Backchannel: A feature of Japanese English...................................Ike
Saturday, 11:10 AM - 11:35 AM; Tenji C-1
Practical activities for jr. high and high school students.......... Grant
Saturday, 11:10 AM - 12:10 PM; Room 905
Exploring teacher talk: Just listen to yourself........................ Peppard
Saturday, 11:45 AM - 12:10 PM; Room 1002
Changing the world one conversation at a time......................... Sider
Saturday, 1:05 PM - 2:05 PM; Room 909
Your first choice is a smart choice.............................................. Kluge
Saturday, 1:05 PM - 2:05 PM; Room 1002
Speaking to learn................................................................Thornbury
Saturday, 1:05 PM - 2:05 PM; Room 1202
Reflecting on the input/output medium of tasks.........Leeming, et al
Saturday, 3:10 PM - 3:35 PM; Tenji C-2
New English Firsthand—10 new ideas.......................... Helgesen, et al
Saturday, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM; Rehearsal Room
A maverick’s attempt to find an activity’s niche......................... Endo
Saturday, 5:45 PM - 6:10 PM; Room 902
JALT2009
Presentations by Content Area
Communication breakdowns and repair..........................Jarrell, et al
Sunday, 9:20 AM - 9:45 AM; Hikae 2
Lateral thinking in the classroom............................................Capper
Monday, 11:40 AM - 12:40 PM; Tenji C-2
Teaching & learning in student-generated commercials......Cunningham
Sunday, 9:20 AM - 9:45 AM; Room 1101
Study Abroad
Take your students on an English Safari........................... Fuller, et al
Sunday, 11:10 AM - 12:10 PM; Hikae 1
Getting wet or staying dry: Immersion while abroad............ Hansen
Saturday, 11:10 AM - 11:35 AM; Hikae 2
A poster session about student poster sessions................. Boon, et al
Sunday, 11:10 AM - 1:10 PM; Tenji Gallery
Students’ attitude toward study abroad...............................Fukasawa
Saturday, 11:45 AM - 12:10 PM; Tenji B-1
The power of interaction with very young learners.....................Fleta
Sunday, 11:10 AM - 12:10 PM; Room 904
A go-it-alone approach to study abroad......................Minehane, et al
Saturday, 1:05 PM - 3:05 PM; Tenji Gallery
Active Skills for Communication........................................ Sandy, et al
Sunday, 11:10 AM - 12:10 PM; Room 907
Renewing students’ passports to survival English...........Buckinham
Saturday, 1:05 PM - 2:05 PM; Room 910
Teaching the strategies of speaking............................. Graham-Marr
Sunday, 11:10 AM - 12:10 PM; Room 1002
Classroom materials for World English...................... O’Dwyer, et al
Saturday, 1:05 PM - 2:05 PM; Room 1001-2
Using task repetition in junior high school............................ Hawkes
Sunday, 11:45 AM - 12:10 PM; Room 905
Applied Linguistics at Macquarie - what, why, how?................Burns
Saturday, 1:05 PM - 2:05 PM; Room 1003
Using Conversations in Class - 2nd Edition....................... Richmond
Sunday, 1:05 PM - 2:05 PM; Room B3
Critical incidents from culture experience programmes........... Ryan
Saturday, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM; Dai 2-2
It’s here! Performance............................................... Harrington, et al
Sunday, 1:05 PM - 2:05 PM; Chu Hall
Study abroad experience: Effects on motivation.......................Bailey
Sunday, 9:20 AM - 9:45 AM; Rehearsal Room
There’s been a robbery! Exploring passives in TBLT........Fieldsend, et al
Sunday, 1:05 PM - 1:30 PM; Room 1003
Through the cross-cultural looking glass............................... Latham
Sunday, 11:10 AM - 12:10 PM; Tenji B-2
Performing favorite scenes from Japanese animation............ Matsuo
Sunday, 1:45 PM - 2:05 PM; Room 908
Looking in the mirror pre and post study abroad.............. King, et al
Sunday, 3:10 PM - 3:35 PM; Room 910
Languaging and second / foreign language learning................. Swain
Sunday, 2:15 PM - 3:00 PM; Chu Hall
Study abroad needs an ethnographic paradigm....................Gilmour
Sunday, 4:35 PM - 5:35 PM; Hikae 2
Creating a learner-centered classroom............................... Nishikage
Sunday, 3:10 PM - 4:10 PM; Chu Hall
Weaving language strategies and study abroad tasks................. Riley
Monday, 9:55 AM - 10:20 AM; Tenji C-1
Student-led conventions: The odyssey continues............. White, et al
Sunday, 3:10 PM - 3:35 PM; Room 906
Finalizing cooperative agreements....................................... Menking
Monday, 12:50 PM - 1:15 PM; Tenji B-1
Creating a real context of English use in EFL...................... Iwai, et al
Sunday, 3:10 PM - 3:35 PM; Room 1003
Teacher Education
EFL discussion using portable visual aids...............Scattergood, et al
Sunday, 3:50 PM - 4:10 PM; Room 908
Grammar and communication: Bridging the gap............. Imrie, et al
Sunday, 4:35 PM - 5:35 PM; Room B3
ELT and happiness: 6 things you and students can do.........Helgesen
Sunday, 4:35 PM - 5:35 PM; Rehearsal Room
Managing student stress in communicative classes............... Shaules
Sunday, 4:35 PM - 5:35 PM; Tenji C-1
World Englishes education in high school.....................Murata, et al
Sunday, 4:35 PM - 5:00 PM; Room 905
Developing presentation skills: A process approach.................... Zeff
Sunday, 4:35 PM - 5:35 PM; Room 909
Self-identity montage presentations..........................Greenberg, et al
Sunday, 5:45 PM - 6:45 PM; Rehearsal Room
Random elements in the language classroom..........................Sybing
Monday, 9:20 AM - 9:45 AM; Room B3
Using communication strategies in class...................................Wood
Monday, 9:20 AM - 9:45 AM; Tenji B-1
Creating communicatively competent speakers................Gundersen
Monday, 9:20 AM - 10:20 PM; Wind Hall
Learning grammar communicatively
with Grammar in Use.............................................................Watanabe
Monday, 11:40 AM - 12:40 PM; Tenji B-1
JALT2009
Seven ways of looking at grammar: One way of looking at
grammar–as “Grammar McNuggets”................................Thornbury
Saturday, 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM; Chu Hall
Exploring the emotional content of satisfaction..................... Snyder
Saturday, 1:05 PM - 2:05 PM; Hikae 2
Teaching and leading for understanding......................... Higley, et al
Saturday, 1:05 PM - 2:05 PM; Koryu Hall
MATESOL online: One student’s reflections...........................Collins
Saturday, 1:05 PM - 3:05 PM; Tenji Gallery
Language teaching philosophy: Our internal mirror................ James
Saturday, 1:05 PM - 3:05 PM; Tenji Gallery
Functional literacy and contextual learning theories............. Alcazar
Saturday, 1:05 PM - 2:05 PM; Room 907
Linking curriculum developers with implementers............. Yeh, et al
Saturday, 1:40 PM - 2:05 PM; Room 903
Enrollment analysis of a graduate program in Japan.............Nemoto
Saturday, 1:45 PM - 2:05 PM; Room 908
Model for the teaching of English in Taiwan............................. Wang
Saturday, 3:10 PM - 3:35 PM; Hikae 2
Dealing with racial bullying in schools in Japan....... Gillis-Furutaka
Saturday, 3:10 PM - 3:35 PM; Room 902
I’m teaching, so what’s next? A Masters or PhD?........... Garton, et al
Saturday, 3:10 PM - 3:35 PM; Room 1002
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Presentations by Content Area
Can Twitter make you a better children’s teacher?............. Sakamoto
Saturday, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM; Room 902
How is the community established?.....................................Morishita
Sunday, 4:55 PM - 5:15 PM; Room 908
Insights into the lives of JTEs........................................Matheny, et al
Saturday, 4:00 PM - 5:40 PM; Room 903
Let’s try cooperative group projects!...................................... Fushino
Sunday, 5:45 PM - 6:45 PM; Dai 2-1
Reflective practice: The teacher as learner...................Casanave, et al
Saturday, 4:00 PM - 5:40 PM; Room 907
Metalanguage knowledge of college students......................Tokunaga
Sunday, 5:45 PM - 6:10 PM; Room 907
CUE SIG Forum................................................................ Apple, et al
Saturday, 4:00 PM - 5:40 PM; Room 910
A survey on English levels needed for EYL teachers.......Miyamoto, et al
Sunday, 6:20 PM - 6:45 PM; Room 901
Baptism by fire: One novice EFL teacher............................. Tsai, et al
Saturday, 4:35 PM - 5:00 PM; Room 905
Making and using class evaluation surveys........................... Redfield
Monday, 9:20 AM - 9:45 AM; Hikae 1
Curriculum design: Same plan, multiple outcomes.....................Sato
Saturday, 5:35 PM - 5:50 PM; Room 908
New senior high school FL education guidelines......................White
Monday, 9:20 AM - 9:45 AM; Room 907
Reflection and EFL lesson planning improvement.................Jansem
Sunday, 9:20 AM - 9:45 AM; Tenji C-2
The entrance test is dead! Long live CLT!......................... Humphries
Monday, 9:20 AM - 9:40 AM; Room 908
Can we teach? A linguistic analysis of Eigo Noto.......Kobayashi, et al
Sunday, 9:20 AM - 9:45 AM; Room 901
Outsourcing in-service education and training (INSET)........... Cook
Monday, 10:00 AM - 10:20 AM; Room 908
High school EFL teachers’ professional identity................ Fukunaga
Sunday, 9:20 AM - 9:45 AM; Room 1001-2
Characteristics of effective English teachers........................Wichadee
Monday, 9:55 AM - 10:20 AM; Dai 2-2
How to teach presentation skills effectively................................ Arita
Sunday, 11:10 AM - 1:10 PM; Tenji Gallery
Language teaching intuitions: Fact or fantasy?....................... Wotley
Monday, 9:55 AM - 10:20 AM; Room 902
Teachers’ learning in communities of practice.......................Nishino
Sunday, 11:10 AM - 11:35 AM; Room 905
Students’ expectations of Japanese EFL teachers.............. Ohata, et al
Monday, 9:55 AM - 10:20 AM; Room 909
Second language laughter transfer........................................... Walker
Sunday, 11:30 AM - 11:50 AM; Room 908
Becoming a teacher-researcher: The first study........................ Sholdt
Monday, 11:40 AM - 12:40 PM; Rehearsal Room
Flexible graduate education:
The New School University.......................................Thornbury, et al
Sunday, 1:05 PM - 2:05 PM; Koryu Hall
Taking action on professional development.............Yamamoto, et al
Monday, 11:40 AM - 12:40 PM; Room 901
Volunteer teacher training in Cambodia................................. Takeda
Sunday, 1:05 PM - 2:05 PM; Room 907
Developing journal editorial systems.............................. Muller, et al
Sunday, 3:10 PM - 3:35 PM; Room 907
One-on-one teacher-student interaction in L2 class.......... Belobrovy
Sunday, 3:10 PM - 3:30 PM; Room 908
Sustaining professional development partnerships...............Hayashi
Sunday, 3:45 PM - 4:10 PM; Rehearsal Room
Initiating lesson study in a Japanese university............... Cohen, et al
Sunday, 3:45 PM - 4:10 PM; Tenji B-1
Effects of spontaneous teacher-discourses in class...................... Fujii
Sunday, 3:45 PM - 4:10 PM; Room 905
Peer observation for professional development........................Smith
Monday, 11:40 AM - 12:40 PM; Room 902
Trends and directions in school FL education..........................White
Monday, 11:40 AM - 12:40 PM; Room 907
Action research for EFL teacher development......................Nagasaki
Monday, 12:50 PM - 1:15 PM; Hikae 1
Testing and Evaluation
IELTS students: What they want and what they need............. Arneill
Saturday, 11:10 AM - 12:10 PM; Dai 2-2
Natural language usage: A key element for TOEIC.....................Trew
Saturday, 11:10 AM - 12:50 PM; Room 910
Socio-cultural factors on EFL teachers’ thinking...................... Tseng
Sunday, 3:45 PM - 4:10 PM; Room 907
A bridge to where? What does
TOEIC bridge measure?..............................................Tokunaga, et al
Saturday, 11:45 AM - 12:10 PM; Room B1
The role of L1 (Japanese) in the EFL classroom........ von Dietze, et al
Sunday, 3:45 PM - 4:10 PM; Room 909
A Rasch investigation of essay writing tests...................... Aryadoust
Saturday, 3:10 PM - 3:35 PM; Dai 2-2
Teachers’ tales for teachers in training....................................Crooks
Sunday, 3:45 PM - 4:10 PM; Room 1003
TOEFL iBT....................................................... Kawate-Mierzejewska
Saturday, 3:10 PM - 3:35 PM; Room 1001-2
Discourse analysis of a non-IRF structured class................... de Boer
Sunday, 4:35 PM - 5:35 PM; Tenji C-2
Polishing the mirror...................................................Nakamura, et al
Sunday, 11:10 AM - 12:50 PM; Room B1
Origami as a listening exercise............................................... Graham
Sunday, 4:35 PM - 5:35 PM; Room 901
Exploring portfolio assessment in EFL classrooms................ Quasha
Sunday, 11:10 AM - 12:10 PM; Room 910
Reflections for my development as a teacher...........................Kizawa
Sunday, 4:35 PM - 4:55 PM; Room 908
Business English and TOEIC.......................................................Trew
Sunday, 11:10 AM - 12:40 PM; Room 1101
Peer observation: 360° of teacher awareness......................... Stillwell
Sunday, 4:35 PM - 5:35 PM; Room 1001-2
Rubrics and peer critiques: A mirror on performance............ Rowan
Sunday, 1:05 PM - 2:05 PM; Room B1
University of Birmingham MAs by distance learning.... Groom, et al
Sunday, 4:35 PM - 5:35 PM; Room 1003
Possible strategies for listening comprehension..................Matsuoka
Sunday, 3:30 PM - 3:50 PM; Room 908
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JALT2009
Presentations by Content Area
Review on supplementary English grammar program.... Harada, et al
Sunday, 3:45 PM - 4:10 PM; Room B1
Using manga to promote classroom literacy......................... Godfrey
Saturday, 1:05 PM - 2:05 PM; Room B3
Vocabulary size, TOEIC scores and testwiseness................... Kanzaki
Monday, 9:20 AM - 9:45 AM; Room B1
Workshop on writing for scholarly publication................. Casanave,
Saturday, 1:05 PM - 2:05 PM; Wind Hall
Reflections on peer assessment in the L2 classroom.... Hirschel, et al
Monday, 9:55 AM - 10:20 AM; Room B1
Five native checkers and an English abstract............................ Willey
Saturday, 3:10 PM - 3:35 PM; Tenji C-1
CEFR self-assessment and curriculum development....... Smith, et al
Monday, 12:50 PM - 1:15 PM; Room B1
SCT: Online feedback sessions on Japanese writing................Fujino
Saturday, 4:00 PM - 4:25 PM; Room 905
Vocabulary
Writing centers and tutoring in Japan and Asia............ Yoshida, et al
Saturday, 4:00 PM - 5:40 PM; Room 1001-2
How to teach basic English verbs effectively............................. Iguchi
Saturday, 11:10 AM - 11:35 AM; Room 908
An interactive college English writing course.......................... Sonda
Saturday, 5:10 PM - 5:35 PM; Rehearsal Room
Profiling L2 learners through word association..........Higginbotham
Saturday, 11:45 AM - 12:10 PM; Room 909
Abstract to concrete: Building a research paper........................ Kluge
Saturday, 5:10 PM - 5:35 PM; Dai 2-1
Podcasting high frequency vocabulary................................Tuzi, et al
Saturday, 1:05 PM - 2:05 PM; Room B1
Simulation thesis: An approach to writing................. Zenuk-Nishide
Sunday, 9:20 AM - 9:45 AM; Room B1
EFL learner’s new vocabulary use in oral discourse................Carney
Saturday, 5:10 PM - 5:35 PM; Room 1003
A cross-cultural examination of L2 writing anxiety........ Cheng, et al
Sunday, 9:20 AM - 9:45 AM; Tenji B-2
The reliability of retrospective interviews............................Wharton
Saturday, 5:50 PM - 6:05 PM; Room 908
Treatment of errors in an English writing course.............Yoshimura
Sunday, 9:20 AM - 9:45 AM; Room 1002
Measuring the lexical challenge of TOEIC Bridge.................. Stubbe
Sunday, 9:20 AM - 9:45 AM; Tenji B-1
Getting published in JALT publications........................... Talandis Jr.
Sunday, 11:10 AM - 12:10 PM; Chu Hall
Lesson planning: Setting goals and outcomes........................Roberts
Sunday, 9:20 AM - 9:45 AM; Room 1001-1
Exploring SL writing methodology and online tools...... Harris, et al
Sunday, 11:10 AM - 12:50 PM; Tenji C-1
Feasible EAP productive vocabulary instruction......................Smith
Sunday, 9:20 AM - 9:45 AM; Room 1202
Extensive writing: Engaging HS students since 2007.............. Herder
Sunday, 11:10 AM - 12:10 PM; Room 903
Developing a university-wide vocabulary program......... Bovee, et al
Sunday, 11:10 AM - 12:10 PM; Tenji C-2
Error correction in L2 writing instruction............................ Baldwin
Sunday, 11:10 AM - 11:30 AM; Room 908
Beyond flashcards: CALL vocabulary learning..........McCarthy, et al
Sunday, 1:05 PM - 2:05 PM; AV Hall
Revision baseball: Teach writing via a game format......... Earle, et al
Sunday, 1:05 PM - 2:05 PM; Room 905
A cognitive method for teaching TOEIC/TOEFL...............Chambers
Sunday, 1:05 PM - 2:05 PM; Hikae 2
Who wants feedback and do they take notice of it?.................. Ruegg
Sunday, 3:10 PM - 3:35 PM; Hikae 1
Context, transparency, and L2 idiom interpretation................Ishida
Sunday, 3:10 PM - 3:35 PM; Dai 2-2
A big-picture approach to academic writing.......................Ombrello
Sunday, 3:10 PM - 3:35 PM; Hikae 2
Vocabulary activities to enhance your textbook.......................Brown
Sunday, 3:10 PM - 3:35 PM; Tenji B-1
Applying the “CBW” perspective to writing classes....... Casanave, et al
Sunday, 3:10 PM - 4:10 PM; Room 1101
Online tools to optimize EFL vocabulary learning....... Browne, et al
Sunday, 4:35 PM - 5:35 PM; Room 907
Tips for teaching writing in a CALL-Classroom....................... Britto
Sunday, 3:45 PM - 4:10 PM; Hikae 1
Using corpora to create tests of vocabulary depth................. Stewart
Sunday, 5:45 PM - 6:10 PM; Room 1002
And why shouldn’t we start a sentence with “and”?...........Kusuyama
Sunday, 3:45 PM - 4:10 PM; Room 1002
Fighting against vocabulary loss............................... Maruyama, et al
Monday, 9:20 AM - 9:45 AM; Room 909
Story Circles, Story Starts: L2 fiction writing..................... Thompson
Sunday, 4:35 PM - 5:35 PM; Hikae 1
Techniques for teaching vocabulary........................................ Nation
Monday, 11:40 AM - 12:40 PM; Chu Hall
Collaboration and writing skills development.....................Kurihara
Sunday, 5:45 PM - 6:10 PM; Room 905
Introducing word roots in discussion classes.........................Demme
Monday, 11:40 AM - 12:40 PM; Tenji C-1
Beliefs and perceptional change of peer response.................. Fujieda
Sunday, 5:45 PM - 6:10 PM; Room 910
Practical reflections on vocabulary notebooks....................Anderson
Monday, 12:50 PM - 1:15 PM; Rehearsal Room
Teaching junior high school students writing..................... Yasufuku
Sunday, 6:00 PM - 6:20 PM; Room 908
Word Quest...................................................................................Spiri
Monday, 12:50 PM - 1:15 PM; Room 906
Giving feedback electronically: How and why?...................... Krieger
Sunday, 6:20 PM - 6:45 PM; Room 909
Writing
Advanced EFL writing thematic structure analysis..... Kawaguchi, et al
Sunday, 6:20 PM - 6:45 PM; Room 910
Tests, technology and TBLT: Target task writing........... Hourdequin
Saturday, 11:10 AM - 11:35 AM; Room 903
The effect of anonymity in peer review........................Coomber, et al
Sunday, 6:20 PM - 6:45 PM; Room 1001-1
Peer and teacher feedback and learners’ revisions.................Kimura
Saturday, 11:45 AM - 12:10 PM; Room B3
Writing creatively in a second language................................ Watkins
Monday, 9:20 AM - 9:45 AM; Room 902
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Presentations by Content Area
TOEFL independent writing question pool analysis........ Matsuzono
Monday, 9:20 AM - 9:45 AM; Room 903
PALE SIG Annual General Meeting...........................................Goetz
Saturday, 5:45 PM - 6:45 PM; Room 906
Japanese EFL learners’ developmental patterns.................... Hisaoka
Monday, 9:40 AM - 10:00 AM; Room 908
Teacher Education SIG Annual General Meeting................. Graham
Saturday, 5:45 PM - 6:45 PM; Room 907
Rethinking error feedback on L2 writing................................... Deng
Monday, 9:55 AM - 10:20 AM; Room B3
Pragmatics SIG Annual General Meeting....... Kawate-Mierzejewska
Saturday, 5:45 PM - 6:45 PM; Room 909
Blind peer editing: Saving face in peer feedback....................Howard
Monday, 9:55 AM - 10:20 AM; Room 903
College and University Educators
SIG Annual General Meeting..................................................... Apple
Saturday, 5:45 PM - 6:45 PM; Room 910
Tech-era L2 writing: Towards a new kind of process........... Stapleton
Monday, 9:55 AM - 10:20 AM; Room 905
Collaborative peer review project............................................. Hirata
Monday, 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM; Tenji Gallery
Learners helping learners in an EFL writing center....................Hays
Monday, 12:50 PM - 1:15 PM; Dai 2-1
A portfolio approach to teaching writing............................ Clements
Monday, 12:50 PM - 1:15 PM; Tenji C-1
Non-teaching content
The Language Teacher annual meeting............................. Talandis Jr.
Saturday, 11:10 AM - 12:10 PM; Rehearsal Room
JALT chapter president's meeting.......................................... Carruth
Saturday, 1:05 PM - 2:05 PM; Rehearsal Room
TLT EAB and additional readers meeting................... Murphey, et al
Saturday, 1:05 PM - 2:05 PM; Chu Hall
Pan-SIG Conference 2010 planning meeting.......................SIG Reps
Saturday, 1:05 PM - 2:05 PM; Hikae 1
IFG Asia........................................................................ Williams, et al
Saturday, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM; Tenji B-1
Study Abroad SIG Annual General Meeting............................Atkins
Saturday, 5:45 PM - 6:45 PM; Room B1
Other Language Educators SIG Annual General Meeting...... Reinelt
Saturday, 5:45 PM - 6:45 PM; Room B2
Lifelong Language Learning SIG Annual General Meeting...... Sinha
Saturday, 5:45 PM - 6:45 PM; Hikae 1
Teaching Children SIG Annual General Meeting............... Takizawa
Saturday, 5:45 PM - 6:45 PM; Koryu Hall
Teachers Helping Teachers SIG
Annual General Meeting....................................................Dougherty
Saturday, 5:45 PM - 6:45 PM; Tenji B-1
Japanese as a Second Language
SIG Annual General Meeting..................................... Takai-MacLean
Saturday, 5:45 PM - 6:45 PM; Tenji B-2
Extensive Reading SIG Annual General Meeting................... Stewart
Saturday, 5:45 PM - 6:45 PM; Room 1001-1
CALL SIG Annual General Meeting................................... Berberich
Saturday, 5:45 PM - 6:45 PM; Room 1001-2
Framework and Language Portfolio
SIG Annual General Meeting................................................O’Dwyer
Saturday, 5:45 PM - 6:45 PM; Room 1002
Learner Development SIG Annual General Meeting................Nicoll
Saturday, 5:45 PM - 6:45 PM; Room 1003
Material Writers SIG Annual General Meeting.....................Petersen
Saturday, 5:45 PM - 6:45 PM; Wind Hall
Testing and Evaluation SIG Annual General Meeting................. Sick
Saturday, 5:45 PM - 6:45 PM; Room 1101
Program chairs meeting.................................................... McCasland
Sunday, 11:10 AM - 12:10 PM; Dai 2-2
PAC meeting............................................................................ Various
Sunday, 11:10 AM - 1:10 PM; Koryu Hall
Global Issues SIG Annual General Meeting...............................Cates
Sunday, 1:05 PM - 2:05 PM; Room 909
JALT2009 Proceedings: Meeting for editors, readers..................Stoke
Sunday, 1:05 PM - 2:05 PM; Room 1202
JALT Executive Board Meeting (EBM)...................................... Lloyd
Sunday, 3:10 PM - 4:10 PM; Koryu Hall
JALT Ordinary General Meeting (OGM).................................. Lloyd
Sunday, 4:35 PM - 5:35 PM; Koryu Hall
Membership chairs meeting..................................................... Furuya
Monday, 9:20 AM - 10:20 AM; Room B4
Chapter and SIG treasurers meeting........................................Cleary
Monday, 9:20 AM - 10:20 AM; Rehearsal Room
JALT Publications Board meeting............................................Brown
Monday, 9:20 AM - 10:20 AM; Room 1001-1
Publicity chairs meeting................................................................. Itoi
Monday, 9:20 AM - 10:20 AM; Room 1101
Bilingualism SIG Annual General Meeting............................. Luyckx
Saturday, 5:45 PM - 6:45 PM; Tenji C-1
JALT2010 Conference publications meeting............................Brown
Monday, 11:40 AM - 12:40 PM; Dai 2-2
Junior and Senior High School
SIG Annual General Meeting............................................... Heywood
Saturday, 5:45 PM - 6:45 PM; Room 903
JALT SIG coordinators meeting.................................................Nicoll
Monday, 11:40 AM - 12:40 PM; Room 909
GALE SIG Annual General Meeting.......................................... Hicks
Saturday, 5:45 PM - 6:45 PM; Room 904
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JALT2009
Presenter Index
Presenter Index
A
Adamson, Calum.......................... 36
Adamson, John........................ 63, 81
Ahmed, Mohammed.................... 78
Aiba, Chizuko............................... 62
Akagi, Yayoi.................................. 79
Alcazar, April................................ 36
Alexander, Kamsin.................. 41, 46
Anderson, Charles J.................64, 83
Anderson, Jeff............................... 55
Andrade, Melvin........................... 79
Aoki, Deborah.............................. 44
Apple, Matthew....................... 43, 48
Appleby, Roslyn............................ 66
Arita, Yukiko................................. 53
Arneill, Philip............................... 29
Aryadoust, Seyed Vahid................ 39
Asaba, Mayumi............................. 70
Asai, Atsushi................................. 53
Asano, Ryoko................................ 45
Atkins, Andrew...................39, 46, 79
Atobe, Satoshi............................... 44
Attwood, Richard......................... 81
B
Baber, Will............................... 65, 71
Babulall, Alex............................... 42
Bailey, Frank................................. 49
Balderston, Meghan..................... 82
Baldwin, Chris.............................. 86
Bales, Richard............................... 44
Barallo, Natalia............................. 66
Barnard, Roger.............................. 44
Bartelen, Herman......................... 29
Beck, Daniel.................................. 36
Bell, Leon...................................... 37
Belobrovy, Anna........................... 87
Benevides, Marcos........................ 37
Berberich, Frank........................... 48
Bermingham, Sean..................44, 68
Blefgen-Togashi, Laura................. 70
Bloom, Jackson............................. 71
Bollen, David........................... 28, 81
Bondesson, Kristjan................. 41, 81
Boon, Andrew.................... 40, 42, 53
Boston, Jeremy............................. 73
Boustany, Michael........................ 69
Boutorwick, Thomas.................... 74
Bovee, Nick................................... 55
Bradford-Watts, Kim................ 53, 59
Bradley, Amanda.......................... 79
Brewster, Damon.......................... 79
Brierley, Mark............................... 44
Brinham, Asa................................ 77
Britto, Francis............................... 64
Brown, Dale.................................. 62
Brown, Howard........................ 30, 81
Brown, Philip Shigeo.................... 56
Brown, Steve............................ 76, 81
Browne, Charles.................33, 59, 68
Buckingham, Angela..... 27, 37, 63, 83
JALT2009
Burns, Anne.................................. 37
Burton, Susan............................... 61
Bussinger, Clay............................. 63
Byrne, Timothy............................ 82
C
Cahill, Michael............................. 36
Capper, Simon.............................. 81
Carley, Harry...........................40, 44
Carney, Nat.................................. 46
Carruth, Fred................................ 33
Casanave, Christine
Pearson....................... 37, 43, 64, 79
Castellano, Joachim..................... 61
Castro, Mercedes..................... 41, 66
Cates, Kip...........................59, 68, 83
Chambers, Tim............................. 58
Chen, Rosa Hui-Ju........................ 29
Chen, Shu-ju................................ 41
Cheng, Yuh-show....................38, 50
Cherry, Donald........................ 35, 79
Chiang, Heien-kun....................... 39
Chidlow, Sean............................... 29
Chirside, Alex............................... 51
Chretien, Jean-Pierre.................... 87
Christianus, I Wayan Eka............. 54
Claflin, Matthew.......................... 82
Clark, Stephen.............................. 82
Cleary, Kevin........................... 53, 74
Clements, Peter............................ 84
Clingwall, C. Dion.............. 49, 62, 76
Cohen, Tamarah........................... 43
Cohen, Vivien.............................. 64
Collett, Paul.................................. 44
Collins, Christopher..................... 34
Collins, Peter J.............................. 59
Conley, Sean................................. 58
Cook, Melodie.............................. 87
Coomber, Matthew...................... 72
Cornwall, Tim.............................. 51
Cornwell, Steve............................. 43
Cover, Dwayne........................ 41, 75
Cramer, Tracy............................... 54
Craven, Miles...................... 27, 51, 83
Crooks, Anthony.......................... 66
Culligan, Brent........................ 59, 68
Cunningham, Joyce..................... 52
D
Dange, Ashok............................... 44
Daniels, Paul................................. 38
Da Silva, Dexter............................ 43
de Boer, Mark................................ 67
deHaan, Jonathan........................ 80
Delgado, Roman........................... 67
Demme, Kevin.............................. 81
Deng, Katie Shih-Yin.................... 76
DiMatteo, Derek........................... 79
Donnery, Eucharia.................. 31, 71
Drummond, Hadija...................... 35
E
Earle, Thomas............................... 59
Elliott, Darren............................... 40
Endo, Kazufumi............................ 47
F
Falkus, Justin................................ 66
Falout, Joseph............................... 64
Fanselow, John F........................... 76
Farrell, Stephanie.......................... 41
Fenton, Anthony.......................... 38
Fenton-Smith, Ben....................... 81
Fernández-Alonso, María............. 66
Fieldsend, Terry............................ 60
Figoni, William............................. 43
Fleta, M. Teresa............................. 55
Flynn, Chris.................................. 43
Fortin, Eric............................... 28, 41
Foster, Jacqueline.......................... 58
Foster, Margarita........................... 72
Fryer, Luke............................... 30, 55
Fuisting, Bjorn.............................. 44
Fujieda, Yutaka............................. 71
Fujii, Satomi................................. 65
Fujimoto, Donna.......................... 78
Fujimoto-Adamson, Naoki........... 81
Fujimura, Tomoko........................ 76
Fujino, Masaya............................. 43
Fujiwara, Machiko........................ 62
Fukada, Momoyo.......................... 30
Fukasawa, Emi.............................. 31
Fukuda, Tetsuya............................ 45
Fukui, Seiji.................................... 31
Fukunaga, Sunao.......................... 51
Fuller, Dale................................... 53
Furmanovsky, Michael................. 44
Furusawa, Hiromi......................... 65
Furusawa, Toru............................. 65
Furuya, Nathan............................ 74
Fushino, Kumiko.......................... 70
G
Gamble, Craig.............................. 69
Garton, Sue................................... 40
Geluso, Joe.................................... 67
Gibson, Aaron.............................. 64
Gillis-Furutaka, Amanda.............. 39
Gilmour, Elaine....................... 52, 66
Glick, Jonah.................................. 33
Gllis-Furutaka, Amanda............... 82
Godfrey, Chad.............................. 33
Goetz, Thomas................... 43, 47, 54
Goldberg, Paul.........................44, 60
Gómez, María............................... 66
Goodmacher, Greg..................44, 83
Graham, Carolyn......................... 83
Graham, Colin............. 43, 48, 52, 67
Graham-Marr, Alastair................. 56
Grant, John.................................. 30
Graves, Nanci............................... 76
99
Presenter Index
Gray, Adam................................... 37
Greenberg, Michael...................... 69
Grogan, Myles.............................. 34
Groom, Nicholas..................... 27, 69
Grose, Tim.................................... 56
Guest, Michael............................. 81
Gundersen, Erik........................... 76
Gunning, John............................. 43
Gunske von Koelln, Martina........ 61
H
Haenouchi, Hiroko....................... 72
Hagiwara, Akiko........................... 58
Halvorsen, Jerald.......................... 34
Hanamoto, Hiroki........................ 87
Hann, Fergus................................ 71
Hansen, Jerrod.............................. 28
Harada, Naoko.............................. 56
Harada, Taoka............................... 64
Harland, Jane................................ 30
Harrington, David........................ 57
Harris, Harry................................. 55
Harting, Axel................................ 74
Hasebe, Megumi........................... 49
Hashimoto, Takehiro.................... 64
Hawkes, Martin............................ 57
Hayashi, Chika............................. 64
Haynes, Louise............................. 35
Hays, George................................ 83
Hazumi, Naoko............................. 49
Healy, Sandra........................... 63, 82
Helgesen, Marc........................ 41, 66
Herder, Steven.............................. 55
Hernandez, Ernesto...................... 28
Heywood, David........................... 47
Hicks, Salem K.................... 31, 47, 59
Higginbotham, George................ 32
Higgins, Robert............................. 69
Higley, Qin................................... 34
Hillis, Mary................................... 54
Hino, Nobuyuki........................... 57
Hirata, Tadashi............................. 72
Hirata, Yoko.................................. 79
Hirschel, Rob........................... 41, 76
Hisaoka, Toshio............................ 87
Holster, Trevor.............................. 31
Honisz-Greens, John.................... 34
Hossain, Tania.............................. 53
Hourdequin, Peter........................ 29
Howard, L’Shawn.......................... 78
Hsu, Hsiao-Wen............................ 46
Huang, Pichi................................. 62
Huang, Shu-Chen......................... 45
Humphries, Simon....................... 87
I
Iba, Shu......................................... 42
Ichikawa, Yukiko.......................... 29
Ichinose, Sonoko.......................... 72
Iguchi, Hitoshi.............................86
Iguchi, Tomoaki........................... 85
Iizuka, Keiko................................. 80
Ike, Saya........................................ 29
Imai, Junko................................... 46
100
Imig, Alexander............................ 33
Imrie, Andrew.............................. 66
Imura, Makoto.............................. 43
Inaba, Miho.................................. 75
Ion, Travis..................................... 42
Irie, Kay........................................ 57
Ishida, Priscilla............................. 62
Ishihara, Noriko........................... 69
Ishii, Tomoko............................... 75
Ishikawa, Sigeko........................... 32
Ito, Lesley................................ 42, 70
Ito, Satoko............................... 34, 65
Itoi, Emi........................................ 76
Iwai, Chiaki.................................. 63
Iwane-Salovaara, Michael J........... 85
Iwasaki, Kumi............................... 78
J
James, Bose................................... 35
Janjua, Najma............................... 80
Jansem, Anchalee.................... 50, 68
Jarrell, Douglas............................. 49
Jenks, Daniel................................ 67
Johannsen, Kristin.............. 27, 55, 68
Johnson, Nathan.......................... 52
Johnston, Scott............................. 44
Jordan, Jennifer............................ 82
Jungheim, Nicholas...................... 43
K
Kamiya, Mayumi.......................... 87
Kan, Kyungnam............................ 62
Kano, Akiko.................................. 77
Kano, Ayana................................. 86
Kanzaka, Izumi............................. 38
Kanzaki, Masaya........................... 74
Kasai, Masataka............................ 83
Kawaguchi, Keiko......................... 72
Kawahara, Melinda....................... 53
Kawamata, Takanori..................... 31
Kawana, Norihito......................... 34
Kawate-Mierzejewska,
Megumi........................... 40, 43, 48
Kelly, Curtis............................. 44, 56
Kershaw, Matthew........................ 77
Kiggell, Timothy........................... 37
Kikuchi, Yuco............................... 29
Kim, Myeong-Hyeon.................... 57
Kimura, Miyuki............................ 85
Kimura, Noriko............................. 31
King, Gregory............................... 63
King, Steve.................................... 44
Kinoshita-Thomson, Chihiro....... 67
Kizawa, Naoko.............................. 87
Kluge, David............................ 37, 45
Knowles, Timothy........................ 70
Kobayashi, Miyoko.................. 50, 72
Koike, Yasuko................................ 41
Koizumi, Yuto............................... 44
Kojima, Hideo.............................. 57
Koyama, Dennis........................... 82
Krause-Ono, Margit...................... 33
Krieger, Daniel.............................. 72
Krug, Nathan................................ 60
Kulek, Mark.................................. 36
Kumazawa, Masako...................... 69
Kuo, Feng-lan............................... 39
Kurabayashi, Hideo...................... 38
Kurihara, Noriko.......................... 70
Kusanagi, Yuka............................. 57
Kushiro, Miwako.......................... 36
Kusuyama Yuri............................. 66
L
Landgraf, Tedd.............................. 59
Langdon, Craig............................. 28
Lantolf, James P....................... 44, 52
Latham, Caroline C...................... 55
Lauffenburger, Alain..................... 28
LeBeau, Charles............................ 57
Lee, Hsing-chin............................ 70
Lee, Nancy Shzh-chen.................. 75
Leeming, Paul............................... 39
Letelier, Paula............................... 66
Lieb, Maggie................................. 32
Liederbach, Hans Peter................. 31
Lindeman, Greg...................... 29, 51
Lingley, Darren............................. 75
Little, Andrea................................ 60
Lloyd, Caroline........................ 62, 67
Lo, Ya-fen...................................... 47
Lockley, Thomas........................... 56
Longcope, Peter............................ 78
Lucantonio, Damian.................... 30
Luyckx, Bernadette....................... 47
M
Maass, Miyoko.............................. 35
MacDonald, Laurence.................. 38
Mack, Lindsay.............................. 64
MacKenzie, Dirk........................... 67
Madden, Chris P........................... 34
Manning, Craig............................ 56
Markovitz, Robert......................... 35
Marlowe, J. Paul............................ 70
Martin, Ron.................................. 62
Maruyama, Yuka.......................... 75
Masda, Yuka................................. 61
Mashinter, Kirsten........................ 77
Masson, Emilie............................. 49
Matheny, William................... 35, 43
Matsubara, Julie....................... 72, 81
Matsuda, Aya................ 38, 57, 60, 81
Matsuka, Yoko.............................. 59
Matsuo, Mitsuko........................... 86
Matsuoka, Yaoko.......................... 87
Matsuzono, Yasunori.................... 75
Mayeda, Ann........................... 36, 42
McCarthy, Anders........................ 57
McCarthy, Tanya.......................... 54
McCasland, Philip........................ 53
McDonald, Peter........................... 85
McIlroy, Tara............................ 41, 46
McLaren, Sally.............................. 50
McLaughlin, Rob.......................... 56
McMillan, Brian........................... 71
McMurray, David.......................... 56
Meiki, Susan................................. 66
JALT2009
Presenter Index
Meng, Hairong............................. 45
Menking, Scott............................. 83
Mercer, Sarah................................ 30
Miles, Scott................................... 57
Miller, Troyn................................. 58
Minehane, Gregory...................... 35
Minn, Danny................................ 80
Miura, Aika................................... 75
Miura, Kunihiko........................... 50
Miyahara, Masuko........................ 57
Miyamoto, Tomoaki..................... 72
Miyamoto, Yuzuru....................... 72
Miyazoe, Terumi........................... 77
Moore, William............................ 56
Moreau, Robert........................44, 86
Mori, Sachiho............................... 47
Moriguchi, Rei.............................. 42
Morikoshi, Kyoko......................... 44
Morishita, Tomomi...................... 87
Moritani, Hiroshi.................... 50, 72
Moritoshi, Paul............................. 86
Moriyama, Shingo........................ 39
Morrison, Brian............................ 54
Morrison, Richard........................ 63
Morrow, Christopher.................... 63
Muller, Theron........................ 33, 63
Mulvey, Bern................................ 43
Murakami-Richards,
Charlotte V. T.............................. 42
Murata, Naoko.............................. 68
Murphey, Tim.......................... 33, 64
Murphy, Philip........................ 28, 52
Murphy, Robert....................... 34, 86
Murphy, Ron................................ 42
Murray, Adam............................... 56
Murray, Garold............................. 29
Mynard, Jo..........................29, 54, 77
N
Nagai, Noriko............................... 44
Nagasaki, Masahiro...................... 83
Nagasawa, Kaeko.......................... 32
Nagata, Shoko............................... 44
Nakada, Noriko............................ 43
Nakagawa, Jane............................ 83
Nakamura, Ian......................... 52, 71
Nakamura, Mari........................... 42
Nakamura, Tomoko...................... 35
Nakamura, Youichi....................... 52
Nakano, Yoko............................... 31
Nakao, Kaori...................... 30, 49, 65
Nakatsugawa, Miyuki................... 59
Namba, Kazuhiko......................... 32
Nation, Paul.................................. 80
Navarro, Diego........................ 29, 54
Nemoto, Tomoko......................... 85
Ng, Patrick.................................... 81
Nicoll, Hugh....................... 48, 57, 82
Nishida, Steven........................ 36, 41
Nishikage, Hiroko......................... 61
Nishino, Takako........................... 55
Nishiyama, Mikie......................... 29
Nishizawa, Hitoshi....................... 30
Nitta, Ryo..................................... 45
JALT2009
Noguchi, Junko............................ 54
Noguchi, Mary Goebel................. 42
Northwood, Barbara..................... 67
Nuangpolmak, Apiwan................ 45
O
O’Dowd, Greg............................... 56
O’Dwyer, Fergus................. 37, 44, 48
O’Neill, Ted.................................. 60
Oga-Baldwin, Quint..................... 72
Ogane, Ethel................................. 44
Ogata, Hiroaki.............................. 60
Ohata, Kota.................................. 78
Oi, Kyoko...................................... 50
Okabayashi, Sono......................... 41
Okada, Akina................................ 49
Okada, Hanako............................. 51
Ombrello, Mark............................ 61
Onoda, Sakae................................ 85
Oshima, Malina............................ 78
Oshita, Yasuhiro........................... 80
Osuka, Hiromi.............................. 39
Osuka, Naoko............................... 32
Otowa, Toshiko............................. 42
P
Pals, Thomas................................. 32
Pan, Yi-Ching............................... 32
Parr, Steven................................... 42
Paterson, Rab................................ 77
Paul, David................................... 67
Peppard, Jason......................... 33, 86
Perry, Christian............................ 58
Perry, William.............................. 34
Petersen, Scott.............................. 48
Pinzon, Jocelyn............................ 31
Porter, Ben............................... 28, 52
Poulshock, Joseph................... 33, 80
Pratt, Cornelius B......................... 53
Praver, Max................................... 39
Pritchard, Tim.............................. 49
Promnitz-Hayashi, Lara........... 67, 77
Q
Quasha, Steven........................ 43, 56
R
Rates, Patrick................................ 60
Reagan, Nevitt.............................. 71
Redfield, Rube.......................... 44, 74
Reichert, Ruth.............................. 41
Reimann, Andrew......................... 56
Reinbold, Lorraine........................ 55
Reinelt, Rudolf......... 33, 41, 46, 61, 80
Rian, Joel...................................... 48
Richmond, Stephen...................... 57
Riley, Lesley.................................. 77
Riley, Michael............................... 38
Rinnert, Carol............................... 63
Rivers, Damian................... 65, 71, 81
Robb, Thomas.............................. 82
Roberts, Monica Mary.................. 51
Roloff, Jennie................ 41, 44, 46, 77
Romanko, Rick............................. 59
Ronald, Jim................................... 56
Rooks, Matthew............................ 74
Rouault, Greg............................... 44
Rowan, Paul.................................. 57
Rowland, Luke.............................. 45
Rubesch, Troy..........................28, 82
Ruegg, Rachael........................ 61, 81
Rupani, Shaheed........................... 55
Ryan, Emily.................................. 40
Ryan, Kevin.................................. 56
Ryan, Stephen.............................. 30
Ryan, Stephen M.......................... 42
S
Saeki, Masayo............................... 77
Saito, Ayako.................................. 44
Saito , Yukie.................................. 41
Sakaguchi, Marc........................... 77
Sakamoto, Barbara Hoskins.......... 42
Sakamoto, Hitomi................... 44, 56
Sakanoue, Anamaria..................... 86
Sanders, Matthew......................... 31
Sandy, Chuck.......................... 56, 58
Sasaki, Daniel.......................... 29, 51
Sato, Joanne.................................. 86
Sato, Yoichi.............................. 31, 45
Sato, Yoko..................................... 44
Scattergood, Ellen......................... 87
Schart, Michael............................ 61
Schmidt, Gabriela......................... 33
Schott, Joseph............................... 44
Sekiguchi, Kozue..................... 36, 70
Selman, Alex................................. 35
Shanley, Michael.......................... 52
Sharpe, Albie................................ 83
Shaules, Joseph........................ 63, 67
Shearon, Ben........................... 44, 55
Shi, Jie........................................... 80
Shimada, Miori............................. 86
Shimada, Yoko.............................. 54
Shimizu, Paul................................ 58
Shimizu, Tomoko......................... 85
Shiota, Sachiko............................. 44
Shoen, Brian............................ 41, 56
Sholdt, Gregory............................ 80
Shrosbree, Mark............................ 56
Shucart, Stephen.......................... 65
Sick, Jim................................... 48, 52
Sider, Duane................................. 36
Siegel, Joseph................................ 42
Silva, Cecilia................................. 66
Silver, Richard.......................... 65, 72
Sinha, Geoff............................. 41, 46
Slobodniuk, Adam........................ 77
Smith, Antonio............................. 83
Smith, Craig................................. 83
Smith, Helen................................ 82
Smith, Matt.................................. 76
Smith, Richard............................. 52
Smith, Tomoko............................. 83
Snyder, Bill.............................. 33, 43
Sonda, Nozomu............................ 45
Song, Katherine............................ 35
101
Presenter Index
Sosa, Miguel............................ 57, 64
Spence-Brown............................... 72
Spiri, John......................... 56, 83, 84
Squires, Todd................................ 38
Stamp, Rachel............................... 42
Stapleton, Paul.............................. 78
Stevens, Simon............................. 53
Stewart, Alison.............................. 57
Stewart, Daniel........................44, 48
Stewart, Jeffrey......................... 55, 71
Stillar, Scott................................... 79
Stillwell,
Christopher........... 41, 46, 68, 77, 81
Stockwell, Glenn.......................... 31
Stoeckel, Tim................................ 71
Stoke, Alan.................................... 60
Stout, Michael.............................. 77
Strong, Gregory....................... 56, 64
Stroupe, Richmond................. 38, 51
Stubbe, Raymond......................... 50
Sugawara, Hisako.......................... 29
Sugimoto, Kayo............................ 68
Sugiyama, Aya.............................. 31
Sumida, Darryl............................. 44
Summerville, Christopher............ 67
Sun, Yu-Chih................................ 38
Suzuki, Mizuho............................. 81
Swain, Merrill.......................... 61, 69
Swanson, Malcolm....................... 64
Swenson, Tamara..................... 51, 78
Sybing, Roehl.......................... 50, 74
Szirmai, Monika........................... 61
T
Tabata, Yoshiyuki......................... 60
Tabuchi, Mayumi.................... 55, 62
Taferner, Robert H........................ 56
Taira, Naomi................................. 86
Takagi, Kristy King........................ 85
Takahashi, Bobby......................... 65
Takahashi, Reiko........................... 37
Takai-MacLean, Wakana.............. 47
Takatsuka, Tamiko........................ 41
Takeda, Aya................................... 38
Takeda, Kim.................................. 42
Takeda, Nicole.............................. 59
Takehara, Miho............................. 47
Takeuchi, Masae........................... 61
Takizawa, Jane.............................. 47
Talandis Jr., Jerry.......... 28, 33, 52, 77
Tanaka, Hiromasa......................... 31
Tanaka, Takako............................. 40
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Tanner, Paul.................................. 40
Tatsuki, Donna............................. 43
Taylor, David................................ 82
Tebbe, Christopher....................... 77
Tei, Chie....................................... 85
Terasaki, Setsuko........................... 70
Thain, Laurie................................ 67
Thelen, Sally................................. 74
Thomas, Simon............................ 69
Thompson, Holly......................... 66
Thornbury, Scott................ 28, 37, 58
Thornton, Katherine............... 39, 54
Tokunaga, Miki........................ 31, 71
Tomei, Joseph............................... 34
Trew, Grant................... 27, 30, 60, 63
Tsai, Chia-Chun........................... 45
Tseng, Yueh-Hung........................ 65
Tsujimura, Natsuko...................... 47
Tsujino, Yuki................................ 78
Tsumura, Shuji............................. 62
Tucker, Frank................................ 60
Tuzi, Frank.................................... 33
Watkins, Jon................................. 75
Watson, Christine........................ 69
Waychert, Carsten........................ 61
Webb, Nicholas............................ 42
Wharton, Chris............................ 86
White, Mathew............................ 63
White, Richard............................. 81
White, Sean............................. 75, 82
Wichadee, Saovapa....................... 77
Wicking, Paul............................... 46
Willey, Ian.................................... 39
Williams, David............................ 32
Williams, Robert........................... 42
Wilson, Carla................................ 54
Wiltshier, John............................. 41
Wolf, Jeanne................................. 64
Wong, Raymond..................... 60, 69
Wood, Joseph............................... 74
Wotley, Duncan............................ 78
Wright, Shelley............................. 52
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Xie, Xin-yun................................. 39
Uchida, Ayumi............................. 54
Uchida, Yuzu................................ 44
Ueda, Miki.................................... 63
Uematsu, Shigeo........................... 40
Umeda, Hajime............................. 70
Uozumi, Kyoko............................. 76
Urick, Steve................................... 65
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Veinot, Nicholas........................... 73
Verity, Deryn P.............................. 57
Vicente-Rasoamalala, Leticia........ 66
Virgil-Uchida, Mary..................... 59
Visgatis, Brad........................... 51, 78
Voegel, Bertlinde.......................... 33
von Dietze, Alison........................ 65
von Dietze, Hans..................... 65, 79
Vye, Stacey.......................... 29, 57, 76
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Walker, Richard............................ 86
Wang, Li-Yi................................... 38
Wanner, Peter.......................... 45, 47
Watanabe, Aya.............................. 29
Watanabe, Eiko............................. 41
Watanabe, Masahito..................... 81
Watanabe, Tamie.......................... 63
Watanabe-Kim, Izumi.................. 78
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Yamada, Harumi.......................... 84
Yamaga, Naoko............................. 50
Yamaguchi, Toshiko..................... 31
Yamamoto, Kentoku................ 77, 81
Yamamoto, Shinji......................... 35
Yamanaka, Junko.......................... 63
Yamashita, Sayoko........................ 43
Yang, Junru................................... 77
Yasufuku, Ayano........................... 87
Yeh, Hsi-nan............................38, 50
Yin, Chengjiu............................... 60
Yoder, Tanja.................................. 29
Yokouchi, Atsushi......................... 35
Yonaha, Keiko............................... 32
Yoshida, Hiroko............................ 44
Yoshihara, Yukari......................... 82
Yoshikawa, Ryo............................. 85
Yoshimatsu, Tomomi................... 78
Yoshimura, Fumiko...................... 51
Yoshimura, Hiroyo....................... 42
Yoshioka, Takayoshi..................... 30
Yphantides, Jennifer..................... 56
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Zeff, B. Bricklin........................ 49, 68
Zenuk-Nishide, Lori...................... 49
Zhang, Xiao Rui....................... 31, 45
JALT2009
JALT2009 SCHEDULE — SATURDAY NOVEMBER 21
11:45-12:10
JIC workshop 1
Tokunaga et al: A bridge to
where? What does TOEIC…
12:10-1:05
1:40-2:05
The Language Teacher annual meeting
JALT chapter president's meeting
Rubesch: Motivation in online
Stockwell: Learning
and face-to-face contexts
vocabulary through an AI…
Hansen: Getting wet or
staying dry: Immersion…
LUNCH BREAK
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Discussion space
Donnery et al: Intercultural
exchange through Skype
B2 (B1F)
Godfrey: Using manga to promote classroom literacy
Discussion space
Langdon et al: Feedback for
reading comprehension…
B1 (B1F)
Reinelt et al: The German workshop (part one)
Kimura: Peer and teacher
feedback and learners’ …
Porter: Let’s Talk Online, e-learning for speaking
2:15-3:00
Tuzi et al: Podcasting high frequency vocabulary
Lauffenburger et al: French Forum: The teaching-learning
relationship
TLT EAB and additional readers meeting
Glick et al: Word Engine: Off and online interactive tools
Pan-SIG Conference 2010 planning meeting
Pinzon: Code switching as
resistance in popular songs
Snyder: Exploring the emotional content of satisfaction
Hicks: Global citizenship
education and language…
Madden: I woulda, coulda, shoulda taught reduction!
Arneill: IELTS students: what they want and what they need
Tomei et al: Learning to run: Possibilities of scrolling text
Murray et al.: Teaching-Learning dialogue in self-access
learning
Higley et al: Teaching and leading for understanding
Poster set-up
B3 (B1F)
B4 (B1F)
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Chu Hall (1F)
AV Hall (2F)
Hikae 1
Hikae 2
Dai 2-1
Dai 2-2
Koryu Hall (6F)
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Tenji Gallery (6F)
Chidlow: Interdisciplinary
studies in medicine
Fukasawa: Students’ attitude
toward study abroad
Selman: Sociolinguistic perspectives on pronunciation
Tenji B-1 (6F)
Nishiyama: The linguistic
landscape of NYC
Pals: Not a pipedream: Quality
student-created materials
Song et al: Nonstandard varieties in the language classroom
Tenji B-2 (6F)
Ike: Backchannel: A feature of
Japanese English
Namba: Verb insertion in
English-Japanese code…
Haynes: Teaching and learning in student peer groups
Chen: Corpus-based input Pan: Exit exams as a lever for
and use of lexical bundles
educational policies?
Cahill: Can technology overcome the extensive reading
blues?
Kikuchi: Simple and important English grammar
Kulek: Activity-based teaching for young learners
Watanabe: Classroom
interaction and gesture
Yonaha: A comparative
analysis of English textbooks
Hourdequin: Tests,
technology and TBLT…
Ishikawa et al: Communicative
oriented curriculum…
Yoder: Super simple holiday songs and activities
Grant: Practical activities for jr. high and high school students
Harland: Presenting across
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Osuka: Japanese learners’
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Brown: Showcasing faculty
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11:10-11:35
Yeh et al: Linking
curriculum…
Mayeda et al: Elementary school English: Are the teachers
ready?
Kushiro: Effect of incidental
focus on form on SHS students
Beck: Social networking tools: Principles and practice
Alcazar: Functional literacy and contextual learning theories
Kwansei Gakuin University
Lucantonio: Scaffolding and
the role of contingency
Adamson: Effective contentbased learning at high school
Temple University
Higginbotham: Profiling L2
learners through word…
Sider: Changing the world one conversation at a time
Trew: Natural language usage: A key element for TOEIC
Buckingham: Renewing students’ passports to survival
English
Nishizawa et al: Impact of a Williams: ER: Of limited value
4-year long extensive…
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Kiggell :Maximizing limited listening comprehension
Fryer et al: IInstrumentality in
compulsory English classes
Lieb: Ethical ELT: First do
no harm
O’Dwyer et al: Classroom materials for World English
Ryan et al: Understanding
language learning mindsets
Peppard: Exploring teacher
talk: Just listen to yourself
Kluge: Your first choice is a smart choice
Johannsen: A global view from your classroom window**
Burns: Applied Linguistics at Macquarie - what, why, how
Tanaka et al.: Coauthoring projects between teachers and student
Casanave: Workshop on writing for scholarly publication
Craven: Extensive reading or intensive skills practice—Two sides of the same
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Benevides et al: Whodunit: Narrow reading as a bridge to
ER
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Thornbury: Speaking to learn
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Globalization and English Language Teaching: Opportunities and Challenges in Japan
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Tenji C-1 (6F)
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904
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908 GSS*
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1001-2
1002
1003
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1101
1202
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JALT Junior
JALT2009 SCHEDULE — SATURDAY NOVEMBER 21
3:10-3:35
3:35-4:00
4:00-4:25
4:35-5:00
5:10-5:35
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Reinelt et al: OLE SIG Forum: Approaches, methods & techniques
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Kanzaka: To read, or not
to read…
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Takeda et al: Task-based
instruction...
Helgesen et al: New English Firsthand—10 new
ideas
Stroupe et al: A
comparison…
Sonda: An interactive
Wicking: Implementing
college English writing… tasks in the Japanese…
Nishida et al: Teacher-Learner dialogues throughout Asia
Daniels: Sustaining
interest in an…
Special Event: Obaachan’s Garden Film Screening and Discussion
Sun: Extensive speaking
practice via…
Hikae 2
Wang: Model for the
teaching of English…
Babulall et al: Listening strategies through
communicative tasks
Dai 2-1
Squires: Acquiring
English—becoming men
Boon: Motivating students and making headway in
our classes
Kluge: Abstract to
concrete: Building a…
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Aryadoust: A Rasch
investigation of essay…
Ryan: Critical incidents from culture experience
programmes
Nuangpolmak: Fostering
autonomy: A matter…
Tenji Gallery (6F)
Tenji B-1 (6F)
Thornton: Building
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Tenji B-2 (6F)
Moriyama: Teaching
Japanese abroad…
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Willey: Five native
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Tenji C-2 (6F)
Leeming et al: Reflecting
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Sinha et al: LLL SIG Forum: A picture book of haiku in English
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Ito et al: The front lines of English in elementary schools
Williams et al: IFG Asia
Rowland: Learner
reflections on language…
Siegel: Who am I teaching? Good language
learners?
Fukuda: The kind of
English preferred…
JJ
Xie et al: Should long/
short vowels…
Takeda et al: Language strategies in the EAL/EFL
classroom
Meng et al: JapaneseChinese code…
902
JJ
Gillis-Furutaka: Dealing
with racial bullying…
Sakamoto: Can Twitter make you a better children’s
teacher
Hsu: The effect of prior
experience on formal…
903
JJ
Osuka: Effect of taskbased instruction…
904
JJ
Carley: Notes on the
note: The Eigo Note
Cohen: Against teaching gender
905
JJ
Uematsu: The long-term
effectiveness…
Fujino: SCT: Online Tsai et al: Baptism by fire:
feedback sessions on… one novice EFL teacher
Matheny et al: Insights into the lives of JTEs
1002
Garton et al: I’m
teaching, so what’s…
1003
Ryan: Behavioral
changes in second…
Wind Hall (11F)
Alexander et al:
Collaborative…
1101
Saito: Is listening strategy
effective?
1202
Farrell et al: What do
students really need?…
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Kawate-Mierzejewska:
TOEFL iBT
Lo: Reflective portfolios
for autonomous learning
Endo: A maverick’s
attempt to find an…
Rian: Learning English,
or learning to hate it?
Junior and Senior High School SIG Annual
General Meeting
GALE SIG Annual General Meeting
Imai: Collaborative
language learning…
Casanave et al: Reflective practice: The teacher as learner
Teacher Education SIG Annual General Meeting
Yamashita et al: Planning and teaching pragmatics to EFL students
Pragmatics SIG Annual General Meeting
Apple et al: CUE SIG Forum
College and University Educators SIG Annual
General Meeting
Stewart et al: The Extensive Reading Colloquium: Reflections on ER
Extensive Reading SIG Annual General Meeting
Yoshida et al: Writing Centers and Tutoring in Japan and Asia
CALL SIG Annual General Meeting
O’Dwyer et al: Framework & Language Portfolio (FLP) SIG Forum
Framework and Language Portfolio SIG Annual
General Meeting
Tanner: Dictation
correction to maximize…
1001-2
Bilingualism SIG Annual General Meeting
Birmingham University
909
Elliott: Choosing the
technology that…
Teachers Helping Teachers SIG Annual General
Meeting
PALE SIG Annual General Meeting
Meikei University
1001-1
Teaching Children SIG Annual General Meeting
Goetz et al: PALE Issues in Perspective for 2009
906
910
Mori et al: Youth
language and its…
Japanese as a Second Language SIG Annual
General Meeting
Murphy et al: Biliteracy: Early childhood through elementary school
Tanaka: L2 learner
motivation within…
Lifelong Language Learning SIG Annual General
Meeting
Zhang et al: Developing Takehara: Self-repairs to
content-based Chinese… show politeness in L2…
901
908 GSS*
Other Language Educators SIG Annual General
Meeting
Nitta et al: Understanding Stillwell et al: Student
motivational changes… reflection as feedback…
Hikae 1
907
6:20-645
Study Abroad SIG Annual General Meeting
B2 (B1F)
Rehearsal (B1F)
5:45-6:10
Shearon: English for life: Making students
independent
Carney: EFL learner’s
new vocabulary use… Learner Development SIG Annual General Meeting
Goodmacher et al: Two views of the path from proposal to publication
Material Writers SIG Annual General Meeting
Sakamoto et al: Elementary schools three-member team-teaching approach
Testing and Evaluations SIG Annual General
Meeting
Lantolf: Open Discussion with James Lantolf
*GSS: Graduate Student Showcase—See pages 85 - 87
JJ
JALT Junior
JALT2009 SCHEDULE — SUNDAY NOVEMBER 22
9:20-9:45
10:00-11:00
Zenuk-Nishide:
Simulation thesis…
11:10-11:35
11:45-12:10
12:10-1:05
1:05-1:30
Rowan: Rubrics and peer critiques: A mirror on
performance
Nakamura et al: Polishing the mirror
Masson: Pronunciation
difficulties for learners…
Kim: The interpretation
of the Korean pronoun…
Nakao: Developing
volunteer teachers…
Nakamura: Repetition of
student-led interviews…
Domestic Affairs committee meeting
Bailey: Study abroad
experience: Effects…
1:40-2:05
Tabata et al: OLE SIG
Forum part 2
B3 (B1F)
Financial Steering committee meeting
B4 (B1F)
Zeff: Using social network
sites securely
Porter: New e-learning products from reallyenglish
McCarthy et al: Beyond flashcards: CALL
vocabulary learning
Clingwall: Small talk in
ESL nursing textbooks
Fuller et al: Take your students on an English Safari
Jarrell et al:
Communication…
Kawahara: TPRS—A teaching methodology for you
Hasebe et al: Bilingual
cognition
Pratt et al: Improving pedagogy in Bangladeshi
schools
Pritchard: Motivation at
two contrasting tertiary…
Program chairs meeting
Cheng et al: A crosscultural examination…
Sybing: Cultural
perspectives and…
Jansem: Reflection and
EFL lesson planning…
Kobayashi et al: Can we
teach? A linguistic…
Yamaga: Children’s
affective changes…
Miura: A learner corpus
based collocation study
Swenson et al: A revised
ethnocentrism scale
Okada: Japanese
international school…
Stroupe et al: Student/
teacher expectations…
Meisei University
Chambers: A cognitive method for teaching
TOEIC/TOEFL
Hagiwara: Japanese
scientists’ use…
AV Hall (2F)
Hikae 2
Dai 2-1
Koryu Hall (6F)
Tenji Gallery (6F)
Poster Sessions
Cramer: Using video to develop global issues
awareness
Miller: Research notes on NNS-NNS negotiation
moves
Tenji B-1 (6F)
Latham: Through the cross-cultural looking glass
Perry: Discipline problems among university
students
Tenji B-2 (6F)
Foster: Teaching literature in the EFL classroom
Tenji C-1 (6F)
Harris et al: Exploring SL writing methodology and online tools
Bradford-Watts et al: Curriculum renewal: Elective Tenji C-2 (6F)
English classes
Bovee et al: Developing a university-wide vocabulary
program
Tabuchi et al: The
implementation of iPods…
Shearon: A road to reading for young Japanese
learners
Herder: Extensive writing: Engaging HS students
since 2007
Fleta: The power of interaction with very young
learners
Nishino: Teachers’
Hawkes: Using task
learning in communities… repetition in junior high…
901
JJ
Virgil-Uchida: Summer camp: A success or just a
lot of hard work
902
JJ
Collins: Meeting high school communication goals
903
JJ
Matsuka: Connecting kids: English, goals and the
Internet
904
JJ
Earle et al: Revision baseball: Teach writing via a 905
game format
JJ
Johannsen: Mirror and window: Cross-cultural
learning in the class
Browne et al: Gender, vocabulary and TOEIC:
Which sex rules?
906
Sandy et al: Active Skills for Communication
Takeda: Volunteer teacher training in Cambodia
907
Aston University
Teachers College Columbia
Harada et al: GILE SIG Forum: Sharing ideas, lessons, resources
Craven: Less language,
more content…
Quasha: Exploring portfolio assessment in EFL
classrooms
Reimann et al: Perspectives in language teaching
Global Issues SIG Annual General Meeting
Romanko et al: Task
sequencing based on…
910
1001-2
O’Neill: Moving failing students from repeat to
complete
Yoshimura: Treatment of
errors in an English…
Graham-Marr: Teaching the strategies of speaking
Wong et al: Online course management for busy
teachers
Matsuda et al: Teaching World Englishes in Japan
909
1001-1
Ryan: Designing The blended learning environment
Irie et al: Snapshots: Active mirror of identity
908 GSS*
Goldberg: Xreading: The future of assessment in
ER
Fukunaga: High school
EFL Teachers’…
Murphy et al: Learner
autonomy…
Chu Hall (1F)
Shimizu: Motivate your students and energize your Hikae 1
classroom
Thornbury et al: Flexible graduate education:
The New School University
PAC Meeting
Cornwall: Creating a
Thailand teacher net…
Roberts: Lesson
planning: Setting goals…
Rehearsal (B1F)
Sandy: Critical thinking activities to deepen learning Dai 2-2
LUNCH BREAK
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Stubbe: Measuring the
lexical challenge of…
LUNCH BREAK
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Harrington et al: It’s here! Performance
PLENARY SESSION—JAMES P. LANTOLF
The dialectics of instructed second language development
Talandis Jr. et al: Getting published in JALT
publications
McLaren: Gender,
magazines and media…
B2 (B1F)
Richmond: Using Conversations in Class - 2nd
Edition
Kusanagi: Gundoku — Creative reading-aloud in
performance
Graham: Business English speed date
B1 (B1F)
Fieldsend et al: There’s
been a robbery!…
Trew: Practical business English for low-level
learners
1002
1003
Wind Hall (11F)
Cunningham: Teaching &
learning in student…
Trew: Business English and TOEIC**
Matsuda: Textbooks for Teaching EIL
1101
Smith: Feasible EAP
productive vocabulary…
Buckingham: Building students’ confidence**
JALT2009 Proceedings: Meeting for editors,
readers
1202
*GSS: Graduate Student Showcase—See pages 85 - 87
** Featured Speaker Workshops: See page 27
JJ
JALT Junior
JALT2009 SCHEDULE — SUNDAY NOVEMBER 22
2:15-3:00
3:10-3:35
3:45-4:10
4:10-4:35
4:35-5:00
5:10-5:35
5:45-6:10
6:20-6:45
Harada et al: Review
on supplementary…
B1 (B1F)
B2 (B1F)
Reinelt et al: Multilingual Forum: Action research in OLE
(German)
B3 (B1F)
Burton: Japanese
female students…
B4 (B1F)
Silva et al: Analysis of relevant issues in Spanish teaching
Imrie et al: Grammar and communication:
Bridging the gap
Discussion Space
Szirmai et al: The
Hiroshima Inter…
Rehearsal (B1F)
Discussion Space
Hayashi: Sustaining
professional…
Helgesen: ELT and happiness: Six things you
and students can do
Nishikage: Creating a learner-centered
classroom
Chu Hall (1F)
Foster et al: Cognitive
abilities and learning…
Greenberg et al: Self-identity montage
presentations
Meiki: Blog use in a cross-cultural
communication class
Castellano: Does
design matter…
Mack: Using mind
maps to promote…
Hikae 1
Ruegg: Who wants
feedback…
Britto: Tips for
teaching writing…
Thompson: Story Circles, Story Starts: L2
fiction writing
Thomas: Trip advisor—A learner instigated
webquest
Hikae 2
Ombrello: A bigpicture approach…
Swanson: Digitising
the curriculum
Gilmour: Study abroad needs an ethnographic
paradigm
Gamble: Practical uses of Moodle for the nontech teacher
Dai 2-1
Takeuchi: JapaneseEnglish bilingual…
Gibson et al:
Vocabulary learning…
Summerville: Encouraging eco-literacy in the
language classroom
Fushino: Let’s try cooperative group projects!
Dai 2-2
Ishida: Context,
transparency…
Koryu Hall (6F)
JALT Executive Board Meeting (EBM)
JALT Ordinary General Meeting (OGM)
Brown: Vocabulary
Cohen et al: Initiating
activities to enhance… lesson study in a…
Paul: Building up a language school
Tenji B-1 (6F)
Tenji B-2 (6F)
Tenji C-1 (6F)
Tenji C-2 (6F)
901
JJ
902
JJ
903
JJ
904
JJ
905
JJ
906
907
908 GSS*
909
910
Kan: Effects of
complexity…
Furusawa et al:
Business English…
Huang: Teaching
business writing…
Tsumura: A qualitative
study…
Rivers: Engaging
students with L1…
Fujiwara et al: Content-based elementary
school English
Martin: Early
elementary school…
Nakao: Shogakko
team-teaching: ALT…
Tabuchi: Teaching phonics effectively to
Japanese children
Northwood et al: Why Kumazawa: Narrative Umeda: A non-English
stop studying…
inquiry of English…
internationalization…
Jansem: Singing, doing tasks and developing
four skills
Bermingham: Explore your world - with
Reading Explorer
Muller et al:
Developing journal…
Tseng: Socio-cultural
factors on EFL…
Browne et al: Online tools to optimize EFL
vocabulary learning
Murata et al: World
Englishes education…
Kobe City University of Foreign
Studies
Miyamoto et al: A
survey on English…
Blefgen-Togashi et al: Reflections on English
Notebook
Thain: Rhythm, music and young learners!
Baber et al: Points for
behavior: Teacher…
Spence-Brown:
Japanese teaching…
Ito: Annual JALT Junior swap meet
Kurihara: Collaboration
and writing skills…
Miyamoto:
Metacognition has
Bloom: English education and television in
developing nations
Tokunaga: Metalanguage
knowledge…
Kansai University
von Dietze et al: The
role of L1 (Japanese)…
Zeff: Developing presentation skills: A process
approach
Nakamura:
Krieger: Giving feedback
Conversation analysis…
electronically…
King et al: Looking in
Takahashi et al:
the mirror pre…
Teaching vocabulary…
Cates: Teaching about countries and cultures
in EFL
Fujieda: Beliefs and
perceptional change…
Kawaguchi et al:
Advanced EFL…
Urick: Critical reading
strategies
Johannsen : Real people, real places, real
language
Hann et al: Extensive
reading quizzes and…
Coomber et al: The
effect of anonymity…
Appleby: Reflections
of Charisma Man
Stillwell: Peer observation: 360° of teacher
awareness
Baber: Cultural
informants and EFL…
Oga-Baldwin:
Autonomy versus…
Kusuyama: And why
shouldn’t we start…
Wong et al: Getting university students “lecture Stewart: Using corpora
ready”!
to create tests…
Matsubara: Student
perceptions…
Crooks: Teachers’
tales for teachers…
Groom et al: University of Birmingham MAs by
McMillan et al:
Veinot: Learner
distance learning
Towards optimum TL… motivation and EFL…
Healy: Mirror effects:
Biculturalism…
1003
Iwai et al: Creating a
real context…
Wind Hall (11F)
Buckingham et al: Oxford Teacher’s Forum: Debate with the
experts
1202
Knowles: Teaching
children…
Graham: Origami as a listening exercise
White et al: Studentled conventions…
Teachers College Columbia
Marlowe et al: Language through tunes, lyrics,
and technology
de Boer: Discourse analysis of a non-IRF
structured class
Fujii: Effects of
spontaneous teacher…
1002
1101
Shaules: Managing student stress in
communicative classes
Morrow: Selfassessment…
Bussinger: TBLT/
student-centered…
Sekiguchi: Ideal books that motivate students
to read more
MacKenzie et al: Blended learning spaces:
Patterns of use
Clingwall: Middle and high school teachers: a
bridge to CALL!
1001-1
1001-2
Lee: Problem-solving skills and extensive
reading
BREAK
Tenji Gallery (6F)
PLENARY SESSION—MERRILL SWAIN
Languaging and second/foreign language learning
AV Hall (2F)
Casanave et al: Applying the “CBW”
perspective to writing classes
Murphey et al: Loop it!
Student participatory…
*GSS: Graduate Student Showcase—See pages 85 - 87
JIC workshop 2
Swain: Open discussion with Merrill Swain
Ishihara: Enhancing learners’ sociolinguistic
skills
Donnery: Process
drama pedagogy…
Boston: Focused
tasks: Input, uptake…
JJ
JALT Junior
JALT2009 SCHEDULE — MONDAY November 23
9:55-10:20
Kanzaki: Vocabulary Size,
TOEIC Scores…
Hirschel et al: Reflections on
peer assessment in the L2…
Harting: Multilingual Forum: Part II
Sybing: Random elements
in the language classroom
Deng: Rethinking error
feedback on L2 writing
Membership chairs meeting
Chapter and SIG treasurers meeting
Thelen: Online video
portfolios for student…
Stout et al: Maximizing
learning dialogs…
Redfield: Making and using
class evaluation surveys
Mashinter: Strengthening
class cohesion with keitais
JIC workshop 3
Tebbe et al: Promoting
learner motivation…
Wichadee: Characteristics of
effective English teachers
10:30-11:30
11:40-12:05
12:15-12:40
Janjua: Management of L1 interference in EFL classroom
PLENARY—CHRISTINE PEARSON CASANAVE
Perspective Taking
9:20-9:45
12:50-1:15
Smith et al: CEFR selfassessment…
Reinelt et al : Foreign language teaching in the 21st century
Poulshock: Liberal arts and sciences for language
educators
B2 (B1F)
B3 (B1F)
B4 (B1F)
Sholdt: Becoming a teacher-researcher: The first study
Anderson: Practical
reflections on vocabulary…
Nation: Techniques for teaching vocabulary
deHaan: Digital games and English education
Guest et al: EFL training programs for international
exchange
Rehearsal (B1F)
Chu Hall (1F)
AV Hall (2F)
Nagasaki: Action research
for EFL teacher development Hikae 1
Attwood : Thinking beyond the story: Exploring graded
readers
Hikae 2
Adamson et al: Self-access: Voices, growth and community
Dai 2-1
JALT2010 Conference Publications meeting
Hays: Learners helping
learners in an EFL writing… Dai 2-2
Matsuda : Bilingual family event
Koryu Hall (6F)
Poster Sessions
Wood: Using communication Kano: Effects of focusing on
strategies in class
basic delivery skills
B1 (B1F)
Watanabe: Learning grammar communicatively with
Grammar in Use
Tenji Gallery (6F)
Menking: Finalizing
cooperative agreements
Tenji B-1 (6F)
Boutorwick et al: Effectively
using online listening…
Yang: Pragmatic transfer at
the perceptual level
Cover: Student expectations
of foreign instructors
Riley: Weaving language
strategies and study…
Demme: Introducing word roots in discussion classes
Miura: Fillers in spoken
corpora of Japanese EFL…
Miyazoe et al: Teacher/
student perception gap…
Capper: Lateral thinking in the classroom
Inaba: Learners’ literacy
practices outside…
Mynard et al: Promoting
autonomy through…
Yamamoto et al: Taking action on professional development
901
Watkins: Writing creatively in
a second language
Wotley: Language teaching
intuitions: Fact or fantasy?
Smith: Peer observation for professional development
902
Matsuzono: TOEFL
independent question…
Howard: Blind peer editing:
Saving face in peer feedback
Koyama et al: Online principles: Taking pedagogy to the
screen
903
Lingley: Authentic spoken
texts for teaching listening
Longcope: How much
change after one semester…
Sato et al: Elementary
English: Parents’…
White: New senior high
school FL education…
Ahmed: Reflecting on one’s
cultural identity
Macquarie University
Maruyama et al: Fighting
against vocabulary loss
Ohata et al: Students’
expectations of Japanese…
Lee: Peer feedback in EFL
academic writing classes
Fujimoto: Conversation
analysis and small group…
JALT Publications Board meeting
Uozumi: Extensive reading:
Inside or outside class?
Atkins: Investigating the
effectiveness of timed…
Smith: Student placement
using a learner corpus
Clingwall: Challenge &
success: A multilevel…
Stillar: Critical consciousness
raising methods for JEFL
PLENARY SESSION—CHRISTINE PEARSON CASANAVE
Perspective Taking
Stapleton: Tech-era L2
writing: Towards a new…
Tenji B-2 (6F)
Jordan: Developing a guided extensive reading course
Balderston et al: The writing is on the wall
Tenji C-2 (6F)
905
Spiri: Word Quest
White: Trends and directions in school FL education
906
907
908 GSS*
JALT SIG Coordinators meeting
Yoshihara et al: A wilderness of mirrors
909
910
Robb et al: Extensive Reading with the MoodleReader
module
1001-1
Graham: The creative classroom: Jazz chants, music &
poetry
1001-2
Craven: What works and what doesn’t in Japan?
Cates et al: Global education and EFL: Mirror or window?
1002
1003
Wind Hall (11F)
Publicity chairs meeting
*GSS: Graduate Student Showcase—See pages 85 - 87
Yamada: Creating online
learning communities
904
Gundersen: Creating communicatively competent speakers
Fanselow et al: Mind your own learning! Online reflection
mirrors
Clements: A portfolio
approach to teaching writing Tenji C-1 (6F)
1101
Buckingham: Tried and tested: Reaching low-level learners
1202