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The Japan Association of College English Teachers
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Foreword (Hisatake Jimbo)
English Education Program(Fukuoka University)

Contents
1
Report from Headquarters
3
Reports from Chapters
Obituary4512Foreword

Projects for 2013
Hisatake Jimbo
President of JACET(Waseda University)
Three years have passed since I assumed thepresidency of JACET. I have almost
completed my first year in my second term.
Our objective this year is to bring thefollowing projects to fruition.
1. Annual Convention
This year the JACET 52nd International
Convention will be held August 30 -September 1 at Kyoto University. The themeof this convention will be “Collaboration and
Relativizationin
EnglishLanguage
Education.” The Convention will feature
three keynote speakers: Dr. Susan Bassnet(University of Warwick, England), Dr. Ken
Hyland (University of Hong Kong, China),
and Dr. Toru Iiyoshi (Kyoto University,
Japan). The Convention will feature a wide

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range of symposia and presentations. I hope
many JACET and the affiliate members willattend this conference.
2.

Seminars
The 40th JACET Summer Seminar will beheld in Kusatsu Seminar House, Gunma
Prefecture, August 20-23, 2013. The main
lecturer will be Dr. Ema Ushioda (Universityof Warwick, England) addressing the theme:“Motivation and autonomy: researching andmethodological perspectives in language
learning.” Two invited speakers will be Dr.
Takeuchi Osamu (Kansai University) and Dr.
Nakatani Yasuo (Hosei University). Dr.
Takeuchi will speak on “Motivation,
autonomy and metacognition: A Selfregulatory Approach to L2 Learning,” and Dr.
Nakatani on “Motivating EFL Students:
Focus on Oral and Written Communication
Strategies.” About ten other participants will
present their short papers.
The next English Education Seminar is
tentatively scheduled in late October or earlyNovember, 2013 at Aoyama Gakuin
University, Tokyo. The tentative theme is“English teaching methodology andmaterials.”

4. Collaboration with other academic
associations
JACET has been pursuing collaborative
relationships
with
other
academic
associations
bothdomesticallyandinternationally. We have invited many
representatives of associate English teachingorganizations abroad to our annual
conventions in the past. I hope many will beable to attend our upcoming annual
convention. As a new initiative, we havebegun to collaborate with the academic
associations of other languages in Japan since2010. We will pursue this endeavor and try to
expand this initiative by collaborating withthe associations of other disciplines this year.
5. Reorganization
JACET has been incorporated as a public
interest association since August 15, 2008.
Following the new law, we have chosen to
assume the status of General Public
Association (Ippan Shadan Hojin). We havecompleted the due process this academic year
and start as a new organization from April,
2013.
I hope 2013 will be another fruitful year forour organization and all JACET members.

3. Local Chapter Activities
Each JACET chapter will also be very
active hosting its annual convention andpublishing an annual journal and regular
newsletters. I hope each chapter will
successfully fulfill its own mission.
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The Global Active Program of
Fukuoka University
Kazuhito Ishii
Fukuoka University

In the fall of 2012, Fukuoka University
launched the Global Active Program (GAP),a new education program, which is being
developed in three stages. The program starts
officially in 2013. From there, it will be
expanded, and it will reach the final stage by
2020.
The purpose of the program is to produce
more graduates who have advanced
communication ability and knowledge, which
will help them solve global problems. In orderto achieve this objective, the university,
working within its budget, implemented thefollowing:(1) A GAP Accreditation System
The students who register for GAP andmeet the requirements are certified by theuniversity. Their score in TOEIC must be 650
or more.
(2) Encouraging Students
All undergraduate and graduate students ofFukuoka University are encouraged to apply
for this program. Some credits the GAP
students earn in the program are counted
towards graduation from the university.
(3) Expanding Opportunities for Students to
Study Abroad
The GAP students can select such courses

as Global English (GE), one of the elective
intermediate English courses for sophomores,
Local Studies in Asian Countries, Studying
Abroad, and Overseas Job Experience, whichallows them to experience a short or longoverseas stay. 10% of the 21,000 students
are expected to participate in the program in2016. We are going to start the program with
7% in 2014.
(4) Special Lectures and English Intensive
Training Courses ( Non-credited)
To facilitate GAP, special lectures andEnglish intensive training courses areprepared which are extra non-credit courses.
(5) Scholarships for GAP Students andForeign Students
In order to increase the number of students
who have experience studying abroad and thenumber of foreign students at Fukuoka
University, scholarships are offered for themwithin GAP.
(6) English Training Program for Teaching
Staff and Office Staff
The teaching staff in charge of GAP, arerequired to teach their classes in English, andthe office staff handle much of GAP-related
work in English as well; therefore, many ofthem need to improve their English ability ina language learning environment on thecampus.
(7) Short-Term Overseas Hands-on Training
Program to improve Teaching Skills
GAP teaching staff may be enrolled in a
hands-on training course to improve theirteaching skills in an English speaking country
during their spring vacation.

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(8) Office Staff Overseas Training Program
The office staff needs to improve theirEnglish ability and skills to cope with GAPrelated matters, so they are given theopportunity to learn English and to develop
hands-on office skills.
(9) Sabbatical for Teaching Staff to Study theLatest Pedagogy Overseas
In order to improve their knowledge andskills in education, the GAP teaching staff isgiven the opportunity to study the latest
pedagogy in their specialty.
(10) Inviting More Lecturers from Overseas
Foreign lecturers are invited to participate
in the GAP program, and they help to enhancethe educational competence of the teaching
staff as a whole.
(11) Adopting Curriculum Mapping and
Course Numbering Systems
Curriculum
mappingandcoursenumbering systems are thought to contributeto better understanding of GAP and efficientwork.
(12) English Versions of Syllabi, A Homepage,
PR Pamphlets, and Documents of
Education Affairs
Fukuoka University is planning to change
itself from a local giant into a global giant in
the globalized world, which appeals to more
people internationally as well as domestically.
Because of this, it is necessary and helpful tomake English versions of syllabi, a homepage,PR pamphlets, and documents of educationaffairs.

Report from the JACET
Headquarters
Secretary General:
Madoka Kawano,
Hoshi University
In this section, I would like to report onnews from Headquarters. First of all, it gives
me great pleasure to announce that on 12th
October, 2012, JACET was given an
approval to register as a general public
association, or Ippan Shadan Hojin by the
Cabinet Office. There are several legal
procedures to follow before the registration,and currently board members, steeringcommittee members and officers are working
hard to prepare the required documents. It isplanned that the official letter of approval beissued on 21st March, 2013; the current
association will be dissolved at the end of
March, and the new JACET will be launchedon 1st April, 2013. As for association
members or shain, the members of thecurrent association will remain in theirpositions in the new body.
Second, the change of legal status willaccompany revision of the constitutional
document or teikan, reformation of bylaws,
and reorganisation of committees. Currently,
our bylaws including those on publications,
JACET
awards,andinternational
conventions are under review. Accordingly,
committees and committee members will be
revamped in the academic year 2013. It is

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hoped that the new association will be
operated efficiently and smoothly to offer
various benefits to the members. Everymonth, board members and committee chairs
meet at the Headquarters to discussadministrative issues and to exchange
information; they met in October, November,
and January. Changes and revisions related to
the reorganisation will be finalised at theboard meeting and the general member
meeting in late March, and will beannounced to all the members on the website
in April.
As of 1st December, 2012, ourmembership counts 2685. I hope to welcome
more members, and would like to ask foryour continuous support.

Reports from
Chapters

Investigation on Business Meetings,” Tamao
Araki (Miyazaki Prefectural College ofNursing)
2) “On the Educational Reform of Teaching
Foreign Languages in the University ofNagasaki, Siebold,” Hisako Yamauchi (Univ.
of Nagasaki, Siebold)3) “An Empirical Study on the English
Competence of Japanese Students Engaged
in International Cooperation,” Chizuko
Suzuki, Kenichi Ishida, Shota Yoshihara(Nagasaki Junshin Women’s College)
2. Kyushu-Okinawa Chapter Special Lecture
in Autumn 2012
Date: November 10, 2012
Venue: Seinan Gakuin University
Lecture: “Ten Tips to Motivate Students to
Learn English,” Osamu Takeuchi (Univ.
of Kansai)

1. CONFERENCES/SEMINARS

3. SIG East Asia English Education 125th
SeminarDate: November 17, 2012
Venue: Seinan Gakuin University
Presentation: “Teaching Foreign Languages
inEurope:with
ReferencetoPlurilingualism,” Tsuyoshi Kanamori(Matsuyama Univ.)(1) Seminars
1. ESP 19th Seminar
Date: November 3, 2012
Venue: Kumamoto University
Presentation:
1) “A Progress Report on a Large Scale

4. SIG East Asia English Education 126th
SeminarDate: December 15, 2012
Venue: Seinan Gakuin University
Presentation: “Teaching English in College
Including International Programs,” Akira

The reports in this issue cover the period
from November 2012 to March 2013.
Kyushu-Okinawa Chapter Report

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Tajino, Sachi Takahashi, Michiko Nishikawa,
Kei Kawanishi, Tamayo Koizumi (Kyoto
Univ. )
5. SIG East Asia English Education 127th
SeminarDate: January 26, 2013
Venue: Seinan Gakuin University
Presentation: “Investigating the Images ofEast Asia through English Textbooks inNorth Korea,” Judy Yoneoka (Kumamoto
Gakuen Univ.)
6. SIG East Asia English Education 128th
SeminarDate: February 15, 2013
Venue: Seinan Gakuin University
Presentation: “Teaching English in College in
the Global Age,” Takayuki Hara (Kagoshima
Univ.)
2. GENERALMEETINGSASSEMBLY,

BOARD(1) Board Meetings
1. 5th Chapter Board Meeting
Date: November 10, 2012
Venue: Seinan Gakuin University
2. 6th Chapter Board Meeting
Date: February 16, 2013
Venue: Seinan Gakuin university（Kenichi Ito,
The University of Kitakyushu）

Chugoku-Shikoku Chapter Report
1. CONFERENCES/SEMINARS(1) Research meeting
Date: October 27, 2012
Venue: Yasuda Women's University
Oral Presentation:
1) "A comparison of speech complexity,
accuracy and fluency between three groups
with different levels of English proficiency,"
Rieko Okuda (part-time lecturer, Hiroshima
Univ.)
2) "A Study of the Effect of Oral Readingon Reading Comprehension：With a Focus
on Internalization," Azusa Sato (Graduate
student, Yasuda Women's Univ.)
3) "Characteristics of the cultural materials
in the junior high school level English
textbooks controlled by the new curriculum,"
Kouki Ookawa (Nakayama High School)
4) "A study of Phonics in first period atjunior high school with a look at theconnection between elementary school andjunior high school," Eri Hayashi ( gradstudent, Yasuda Women's Univ.)
5) "Developing and Examining theMotivational Strategy: A Structural
Hypothesis-succeeding Case Study," Hiroaki
Tanaka (Hiroshima International Univ.）(2) Oral Presentation and Performance(OPP)
Date: December 15, 2012
Venue: Hiroshima Institute of Technology
Coordinator: Chiaki Iwai (Hiroshima City

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Univ.)
About seventy students and eleven teachers
from eight universities joined this event.
1) “Job Hunting around the World”(Hiroshima Shudo Univ.)
2) A Drama in English: “A Mad Tea Party”
from Alice in Wonderland (Prefectural Univ.
of Hiroshima)3) “Christmas Tableau -- The Amazing Storyof the Holly Infant (Hiroshima International
Univ.)
4) “Exploring Expressions of Japanese Stylein Temples in Kyoto” (Matsuyama
Shinonome College)5) 1. Group Performance, “HIT -Chants
2012” 2. Original Speech “A Life’s Lesson
Learned from the Tensile Test” (Hiroshima
Institute of Technology)
6) Research Presentation “It’s a University
World!” (Hiroshima City Univ.)7) Oral Interpretation: Excerpts from “Prideand Prejudice” by Jane Austin (Prefectural
Univ. of Hiroshima)
8) “The Sea, Men and Japan Coast Guard
Academy” (Japan Coast Guard Academy)
9) Play: “Call Me Maybe” (Yasuda Women'sCollege)
For more information, please visit thefollowing website:
http://chiaki.intl.hiroshimacu.ac.jp/Bulletin/07OPP/(Hidetomo Torigoe, Kagawa NCT)

Kansai Chapter Report

1. CONFERENCES/SEMINARS(1) Chapter Conference
1. JACET Kansai Chapter 2012 Fall
Conference
Date: November 24, 2012
Venue: Kyoto Sangyo University
Plenary Lecture (“Englishnization of Japan:
Education Meets Industry,” Kyle Yee,
Englishnization Group, Global Human
Resources Department, Rakuten, Inc.),
Symposium (“What is the Best Teaching
Method for College English Education? –Education Award Winners Share Secrets ofTheir Classes”), two invited workshops, 14
research reports, 12 reports on classroom
activities, three workshops and four posters;
228 participants.
(2) Lecture Meetings
1. 3rd Chapter Lecture of the 2012 Academic
Year (Forthcoming)
Date and Time: March 9th, 2013, 15:30-17:00(Reception begins 15:15)
Venue: Kwansei Gakuin University Umeda
Campus (14F, Room 1405)
Title: Toward the improvement ofpedagogical English grammar - What tochange and how?
Chair / Presenter: Nobuo Okada (Kansai
Gaidai Univ.)
Program:・“Expansion of description and deepening of
explanation,” N. Okada (Kansai Gaidai
Univ.)
・“Some issues about modification and word

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order in reading comprehension instruction,”
M. Kai (Kyoto Women's Univ.)
・“Frequency of use as applied to the teachingof grammatical constructions and phrases,”
A. Umesaki (Kwansei Gakuin Univ.)
・Q&A and Discussion
2. GENERALASSEMBLY,MEETINGS

BOARD(1) General Assembly
Date and Time: November 24, 2012, 12:5013:10
Venue: Kyoto Sangyo University(2) Board Meetings
1. 4th board meeting
Date: November 24, 2012
Venue: Kyoto Sangyo University
2. 5th board meeting (Forthcoming)
Date: March 9, 2013
Venue: Kwansei Gakuin University, Umeda
Campus
3. ANNOUNCEMENTS(1) Publications
1) JACET Kansai Journal No. 15 will be
published on March 31, 2013.
2) JACET Kansai Newsletter No. 63 waspublished on October 27, 2012.
(Toshiyuki Kanamaru, Kyoto University)

Chubu Chapter Report
1. CONFERENCES/SEMINARS(1) December Study Meeting
Date and time: December 22, 2012, 14:0018:05
Venue: Chukyo University
Three presentations were given: Yasuyuki
Kitao (Aichi Univ.), “The Generative
Linguistic Approach to English Education: A
Study of Movement”; Yoshiko Kozawa(Aichi Kiwami College of Nursing),“Instruction of Communication Strategies
and Speaking Outcomes in TBLT”; Ai
Sugimura (Junior College of Nagoya
Women's Univ.), Saori Takeoka (JuniorCollege of Nagoya Women's Univ.), Hiroyasu
Usami (Graduate School of Chubu Univ.) andMasahiro Ozaki (Chubu Univ.), “The Effectsof Taking Notes in Web-Based English
Learning.”
A SIG presentation titled “Omura Hama
and a Study of English Lessons” was given by
Tomoyasu Kimura (Nagoya Univ. of Foreign
Studies) from the Chubu Chapter’sDevelopmental Education SIG, and one
lecture titled “Omura Hama's Classes as a
ModelofDevelopmental
Language
Education” was given by Natsuko Kariya(Secretary General of Omura Hama Memorial
Society for Japanese Language Education).
(2) February Study Meeting
Date and Time: February 23, 2013, 14:3018:05

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Venue: Chukyo University
There will be one presentation from the
Chubu Chapter’s SIG on Politeness Research:
Mami Otani (Kyoto Women’s Univ.), Yoko
Otsuka (Gifu Shotoku Gakuen Univ.),
Yasumi Murata (Meijo Univ.), and Sanae
Tsuda (Tokaigakuen Univ.), “Pragmatic
Index of EIL and Its Application to English
Teaching: Developing English Conversation
Competence of Japanese Learners,” and one
lecture: Masato Takiura, “Does JapaneseConvey Friendliness?―A Review with Some
Hints from English.”
2. GENERALMEETINGSASSEMBLY,

BOARD(1) Chapter General Meeting
Date and time: December 22, 2012, 13:3014:00
Venue: Chukyo University
An interim report on chapter activities andbudget execution in 2012 was presented, andchapter schedule, budget, and board membersfor 2013 were approved.
(2) Executive Committee Meetings
1. The 7th Meeting
Date: November 17
Venue: Chukyo University.
Agenda: Report on the Central Board
Meeting; Report from the Chubu Journal
committee; Report on the Lecture Meetingin October 6; Contents for JACET-Chubu
Newsletter 29; Chapter Study Meetings in
Dec. and Feb.; Chapter Convention 2013;

Chapter schedule, budget, and board
members for 2013.
2. The 8th Meeting
Date: December 22
Venue: Chukyo University.
Agenda: Report on the Central Board
Meeting; checking the documents to be
distributed at the Chapter General Meeting(the schedule, budget, and board members
in 2012 and for 2013); Chapter Convention
2013; Chapter Study Meeting in Feb.
3. The 9th Meeting
Date: January 26
Venue: Chukyo University.
Agenda: Report on the Central Board
Meeting; Report on Chapter Study Meetingin Dec.; Chapter Convention 2013; Chapter
Study Meeting in Feb.
4. The 10th Meeting
Date: February 23
Venue: Chukyo University.
Agenda: Report on the Central Board
Meeting; Chapter Convention 2013; andothers.
5. The 11th Meeting (Forthcoming)
Date: March 16
Venue: Chukyo University.
Agenda: To be announced.
3. ANNOUNCEMENTS(1) Publications

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1) JACET Chubu Journal, Vol. 10 was
published and sent out to the chapter
members on December 20, 2012. This issue
includes 6 articles, 1 research note, and 1
case study.

Education Center and JACET-Kanto
Chapter Joint Lecture Meeting
Date: January 12, 2013
Venue: Aoyama Gakuin University
Presenter: Yoshiki Takayama (Tokyo
Gakugei Univ.)

2) JACET-Chubu Newsletter 29 was sent out
to the chapter members on December 20,
2012.

2.

For further information on the chapter
activities and schedule, please refer to the
Chubu Chapter Website at http://www.jacetchubu.org/index.html.

(1) General Meeting
1. The 2nd General Meeting
Date: December 1, 2012
Venue: Aoyama Gakuin University(Mitsuru Shimouchi,
Tokai Gakuin University)(2) Executive Committee Meetings
1. The 6th Meeting
Date: November 10, 2012
Venue: Aoyama Gakuin University

Kanto Chapter Report
1. CONFERENCE/SEMINARS(1) Annual Convention
Date: June 16, 2013
Venue: Aoyama Gakuin University
Theme: English Language Education and the
CEFR in Japan(2) JACET-Kanto Monthly Meeting
Date: December 1, 2012
Venue: Aoyama Gakuin University
Presenter: Hiromi Kobayashi
Theme: What do you want to focus on in
English writing?
(3) Aoyama

GakuinEnglishLanguage

GENERAL ASSEMBLY,MEETINGS

BOARD

2. The 7th Meeting
Date: December 1, 2012
Venue: Aoyama Gakuin University
3. The 8th Meeting
Date: January 12, 2013
Venue: Aoyama Gakuin University
4. The 9th Meeting (Forthcoming)
Date: March 9, 2013
Venue: Aoyama Gakuin University
3. ANNOUNCEMENTS(1) Publication
JACET Kanto Journal No. 9 will be published

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1) JACET –Tohoku Newsletter No. 39 will be
published in March, 2013

on March 31, 2013.
For further information on the chapter
conference and other events, please refer to
the
Kanto
Chapter
websiteat
http://www.jacet-kanto.org/.

(Kumiko Okazaki, Sendai National College
of Technology/
Sanae Kurauchi, Hirosaki University)(Akiko Takagi, Aoyama Gakuin University)

Hokkaido Chapter Report

Tohoku Chapter Report

1. CONFERENCES/SEMINARS

1. CONFERENCES/SEMINARS(1) Study Meetings
1. The Second Study Meeting
Date: December 8, 2012
Venue: Hokusei Gakuen University
Akira Iwata (Otaru Choryo High School)presented on “When, if at all, should teachers
provide Japanese translation assistance inJapanese high school English classes?” Aki
Nishihara (Hokusei Gakuen Univ.) presented
on “Education for sustainable development inlanguage learning.” Atsuko Yamazaki(Shibaura Institute of Technology) presented
on “Global personnel development projectand engineering courses in English at
Shibaura Institute of Technology.”(1) 2012 Chapter Workshop
Date and Time: December 2, 2012. 13:2517:00
Venue: Room 603, Culture Sendai Building
Workshop:“The Mind Mapping: how to draw and its
application to English reading classes”
Katsuhiro Chiba (Bunkyo Univ.)
2. GENERALMEETINGSASSEMBLY,

BOARD(1) 2012 Executive Committee Meetings
1. 3rd Executive Committee Meeting
Date and Time: December 2, 2012, 12:3013:25
Venue: Room 603, Culture Sendai Building
Agenda: Chapter business plans and budget
for 2013
3. ANNOUNCEMENTS(1) Publication

2. The Third Study Meeting
Date: February 23, 2013
Venue: Otaru University of Commerce,
Sapporo Satellite
Three research presentations were given:“English education of nursing students:
Focusing on the first year first semester,” by
Noriko Fukuda (Hyogo Univ. of Health
Sciences); “Integrating a traditional language

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platform,” by Kenlay Friesen (Sapporo
Gakuin Univ.); and “The effective use of thefour strands in class,” by Michael Haase(Hokkai Gakuen Univ.). In addition,
Toshihiko Kobayashi (Otaru Univ. ofCommerce) conducted a workshop on“Experience communication strategies.”
3. ANNOUNCEMENTS(1) Publications
1) Research Bulletin of English Teaching,No. 10 will be issued on March 15th,2013.
2) The 26th issue of the chapter newsletter
will be published online in March, 2013.
(Mitsutada Metoki, Tenshi College)

OBITUARY
We are sad to inform you the death of ourhonorary member, Dr. John Leslie Melville
Trim. He died peacefully after a long illness on
19th January 2013 and his memorial service
was held at St Andrew’s Street Baptist Church,
Cambridge on Monday 4th February 2013.
Donations in memory of John Trim arewelcomed and will be used by the European
Centre for Modern Languages (ECML) to
support the work of young graduates in thefield of European Language education policies.
Cheques should please be made payable to
Andrew Bingham I.F.S.
All enquiries to Andrew Bingham
Independence Funeral Service, The Nutshell,
Milton Road South, Stowmarket, Suffolk,
IP141EZ Tel 01449 771666.
The ECML has opened an online Book of
Condolence which can be viewed at
http://www.ecml.at/News/JohnTrim
Condolences/tabid/1106/language/
en-GB/Default.aspex

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Editors’ Note

We are most grateful to the author of thespecial article: Prof. Kazuhito Ishii, Fukuoka
University.
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JACET News
DIRECTOR IN CHARGE
Naoko Ozeki (Meiji Univ.)
CHIEF EDITOR
Naoko Osuka (Meiji Univ.)
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Etsuo Taguchi (Daito Bunka Univ.)
EDITORS
Yukie Endo (Seisen Univ. )Robert Hamilton (Meiji Univ.)
Maggie Lieb (Meiji Univ.)____________________________________
Published March 1, 2013
The Japan Association of College English
Teachers(President: Hisatake Jimbo)
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