社団法人 大 学 英 語 教 育 学 会

The Japan Association of College English Teachers

December 2008

No.167

Three Points of Change: A Report
Mamoru Morizumi
President of JACET(Obirin University)

Firstly, let me repeat on this occasion myundone with the need for further effort.

sincere thanks to all the members of JACET for
Vitalization

the success of the 47th National Convention
held in September. Thanks to the cooperation

The peak membership for JACET was 3,067

and contribution of all concerned, the conferencein 1998 when we were preparing for AILA ‘99 in

had nearly 900 participants from inside andTokyo. The membership then shrunk to 2,610

outside Japan. The many successes of the 2008

in the year of 2005. Since 2006, however,conference are reported in the Convention Special

membership has increased to its present size

Issue of the JACET News.

of 2,770 as of October 1, 2008. Increase in the

The last convention was the fourth one for memembership does not necessarily prove that the

to attend as president of JACET, which means I

association is vitalized, but at least it implies thatam now in the second year of the second term

as an organization JACET is active. Research andof presidency. When I started the second term

management activities have been vitalized for the

one and a half years ago, I announced that I

past four years with younger members working

would continue to uphold the three policies ofat the headquarters and at the center of various

my presidency that I suggested when I was firstresearch and management committees. Notably,

inaugurated as the president of JACET in 2005.

more than 50 percent of the board of directors

These policies are “Vitalization,” “Reorganization”

has changed from senior to junior members. Thisand “Globalization.” In this column, I would likeis because we established a system of restricted

to evaluate the extent to which these policies ofterms of office and a mandatory retirement systemmine have been realized and how much is still left

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however, we still do not have a satisfactory

JACET members with nationalities other thannumber of women members working at theJapanese.

headquarters.

The
The New
New Status
Status ofof JACET
JACET

Reorganization
As has been announced on various occasions,
JACET has newly started as an incorporated

Hisatake Jimbo

body for public interest since August 15th. Making

Vice-President of JACET(Waseda University)

our association incorporated has been a major
assignment for the present executives under mypresidency and has been one of the main projects
in the reorganization of JACET. The biggest

The Management of JACET Incorporated:outcome of the incorporation of JACET is that

Clarified Objectives and Activities

financial matters, including budgets and accounts
as well as plans for activities, are adequately

As an incorporated association for public

discussed and decided in terms of timing.

interest, JACET will adhere to its objectives andThere are some cases where we are obliged

pursue its activities.

to work overtime in order that our plans meet

The objectives are stipulated in Article 4. The

the various deadlines. This hard work, thoughlast line reads, “The objective is to contribute to

an inconvenience, is an important aspect of thethe improvement of university English education

reorganization of JACET. For detailed informationand the development of studies related to English

on the incorporation of JACET, including by-laws,

education in Japan.”please refer to the Special Issue of the Newsletter

The activities are stipulated in five items infor the Incorporated JACET.

Article 5. As the year 2009 will be the first fullyear of activities for the JACET incorporated, theGlobalization

content of the five items and 2009 activities will be

The Committee on International Exchange of

explained. Each activity is described in terms of

JACET has been contributing a lot to globalization

its objective, target, scale, publicity and expectedof the association. We now have an affiliation

result.

with seven associations and institutions, twoFirst Activity: Holding a national con­ven­international ones and five regional ones: AILA,

tion, seminars and other meetings in which

IATEFL, RELC (Singapore), KATE (South Korea),presentations of theories of university English

ETA-ROC (Taiwan), ALAK (South Korea) andeducation and related language education as

MELTA (Malaysia). We have been exchanging

well as reports of practice results are given.

delegates with these affiliates. We plan to(1) Annual National Convention and Chapter

make our 50th memorial convention in 2011 an

Conventions.

international conference, to which we will invite(2) Spring Seminar, Summer Seminar, and othermany speakers, panelists and presenters fromacademic meetings.

abroad. To fulfill this policy of globalization,

Second Activity: Publication of journals, bul­le­however, we must encourage more speechestins, news and projects.

and presentations in English at our regular(1) Publication of JACET Journal

conventions, and also we should enroll more

(2) Publication of JACET News

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(3) Publication of Survey of English Education

JACET national conference in September, and it

Study.

was a good opportunity to learn about academic

Third Activity: Awarding prizes to and co­

associations in Asia. We believe that sharing

op­er­ating with Japanese and non-Japanese

ideas and opinions beyond national boundaries

scholars associated with university English

will offer us valuable opportunities to promote

education, academic associations and in­sti­teaching and learning in Asia. In addition, this willtutes.

promote the development of English education in(1) Awarding JACET prizes (Award for Excellence

Japan.

in Research, Award for Promising Scholar, andWe will report consecutively on the interviews

Award for Excellence in Teaching).

with different associations in the newsletter. This

(2) Exchange of scholars among affiliate

initial article summarizes the interview with theassociations.

KATE representative, Dr. Sook Kyung Jung.

Fourth Activity: Research and study in the­More than 1,350 individuals and also moreo­r ies and methods of university English

than 130 institutional members, including botheducation and related language education.

research institutes and universities, are registered(1) National Research Study.

in KATE. According to the constitution of KATE,(2) Special Interest Group activities.

individual membership is decided by vote. This

Fifth Activity: Other activities necessary toensures that members have a strong researchaccomplish the objectives of this association.

and educational background. In addition, it also
promotes the selection of members that interact

The Merits of JACET Incorporated

with others in a professional manner.

The acquisition of the new status will have the

Publication is an important part of thefollowing merits.

organization. As such, members of the editorial

1. JACET has grown in stature and will be able toboard are selected on the basis of their research

expand its activities.

For example, its opinions

excellence in specific areas and they need towill be more influential in the English teaching

have a good track record in the field of English

world.

education such as conference presentations,

2. Possibility of acquiring trust funds and research

involvement in academic and research

grants will be increased.

organizations, and other professional services

3. Recruitment of members will become easier.

related to ELT. They also need to publish theirown research, which is reviewed by the Korea
Research Foundation on a regular basis.
Regarding the government policy concerning

Interview withEnglish education in Korea, there are various

Dr. Sook Kyung Junglevels. To begin with, English is going to betaught from the 1st grade in the elementaryof KATE, Korea

school. Teaching English through English isstrongly emphasized and it is included in therevision of the teacher certification examination.

We were successfully able to interview

Next, intensive teacher training programs are

representatives of five associations (RELC,

being offered to enhance in-service teachers’

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English in English. Finally, an English language

interested in studying and obtaining a degree at

proficiency examination is being developed todigital universities because tuition is reasonable.

include speaking and writing. This is part of the

Furthermore, they can use their time efficiently

reform of the current college entrance examinationand study at home in their free time. Seoul Digitalsystem.

University provides a unique program, using both

KATE has been involved in developing

an asynchronous multimedia-assisted language

education policy concerning English at different

learning program and a synchronous video-audio

levels. Many members of the board, as wellcommunication mode program. The university

as regular members, are involved in policy-

found that video conferencing is an effective

making processes and serve on government-

alternative tool to face-to-face interaction in

led committees.

promoting English speaking fluency.

They also participate in

specific projects such as the National Curricular
Development, the Development of the National
Language Proficiency Examination, and theannual nation-wide College Entrance Examination
Development for English.

Thus, many members

closely work with the government and serve as
committee members, policy developers, policy
and program evaluators, and examination andtest developers in government organizations.
The latter include the Ministry of Education,
Science, and Technology, the Korea Educational‘Dr. Jung in the middle’

Development Institute, and the Korea Institute of(Reported by Midori Kimura, Editor)

Curriculum and Evaluation.
The association holds annual international
conferences to which it invites government
officials, policy makers, and renowned scholars,

Career English Island

both local and international. This enables
KATE to provide suggestions on national

Akira Mizokoshi

policies in English language teaching, such as

Tokyo Woman’s Christian University

teaching English through English, the national
entrance examinations, curricular and textbook
development, and various reforms in elementary,

I Backgroundsecondary, and tertiary English education.
Finally, here is a brief introduction of Dr.

Our educational program, named “Career

Jung and her college. Dr. Jung studied in the

English Island (CEI),” started in 2004 with theUnited States and Canada and is currently

financial support of the Ministry of Education,teaching TESOL at Seoul Digital University.

Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Mombu-

At the conference, she presented a paper, “Ankagaku-sho). It was one of the programs selected

exploration of the effect of video conferencing

in the themes of “English Education for the Futuretools in English speaking classes.” She pointed

Career” of the “Distinctive University Educationout that many Koreans, especially adults, are

Support Program (Good Practice [GP]).”

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Island serves as an interface between the campus
and the outside world. It invites international
business people and those who are engaged
in international activities such as NGOs to givelectures and seminars. In addition, an internstudent from Mount Holyoke College, USA, stays
on campus for about one and a half months every
year to help students improve English skills andjoin various interchange events. Furthermore, avideo conference with the students of overseas
II Program

institutes (e.g., Pitzer College, USA, Scripps

1 Career English Island

College, USA) is held a couple of times a year

CEI comprises two sub-programs. One ison such topics as cultural differences andan open educational service available to allinternational cooperation. Thus, the Island is

students on campus. The other is a regular three-designed to promote the students’ motivation toyear course for those who are selected fromuse English in their future career and expand theirfreshmen applicants at the end of the first year.

knowledge about social and international issues.

Screening of the students (60 enrollments each

2 Career English Course

year) is carried out on the basis of their academic

In the “Career English Course,” the students

achievements, a computer-based English examtake several special classes designed for thisand an interview.

particular program: discussion, presentation,

The open educational service is carried out

critical thinking, and so on. They also havein a center with the same name as the program

computerized self-access training programs anditself. The CEI center houses several computers

sit for certain official tests such as STEP BULATS.

for self-access training, audio-visual equipment

In addition, they are required to fill in a “learningand a video-conferencing system on the Internet.

record” regularly so that both the students andStaff members of CEI or the Island (“islanders”)

the teachers can monitor their activities. The

include part-time clerical workers and part-teachers check the records and give necessary

time advisors on English learning. The Island

guidance.

provides various activities, both regular and

The students on the course have different

irregular. Among them are discussion sessions

majors and generally they are very active thanks

in English, seminars on international jobs andto the “incentive given by well-motivated andsocial activities, video-conferences with overseas
institutes, and so on.
The mission of the Island is twofold. First, it is
an English-training center and regular discussion
sessions in English are conducted by both fulltime contract teachers and part-time instructors
on such topics as daily issues, social problems,international relations and so on. The advisors
also give occasional sessions on TOEIC/TOEFL
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enthusiastic classmates.”
III Characteristics

My Class

Because our school is a liberal arts college,
this program does not aim at teaching technicalHaruhiko Shiokawa

English skills needed for special areas such as

Hokkai-Gakuen University

medicine or engineering. Rather, our goal isimproving communicability, as well as the ability

1 Sogo-Jissen Eigo

to think, talk and write logically, which, we think,is the very basis of English skills in “businessI teach in the Faculty of Business Ad­min­is­situations.” This is the reason why the program

tra­tion of Hokkai-Gakuen University. Our faculty

incorporates critical thinking as an essential part.

places an emphasis on English education and it
has its own EFL teaching program called Sogo-

IV Evaluation and Future

Jissen Eigo (SJE). My main responsibility is to

The effectiveness of the program will beteach several courses in the SJE program.

measured by the jobs and courses which the

Before describing my teaching practices,

students take after graduation, as well as thelet me explain the SJE program. The program,

scores of English tests such as TOEIC or STEP

which started in 2003, has several special

BULATS. The first students graduated lastfeatures, including (1) English content geared tospring and the rate of those who found posts inthe needs of the students majoring in businessforeign–affiliated firms and managerial tracks isadministration, (2) the integrative teaching of thesignificantly higher compared with that of otherfour language skills, and (3) computer-assisted

graduates.

language learning.

The financial support from Mombu-kagaku-sho

The program has several courses such as

ended last year and the program is now being run

Communication Strategies, Reading Strategies,on university funding. Fortunately, the program

Writing Strategies, Research and Presentation,

is functioning well owing to the efforts of theand so forth. These courses are designed toteachers, the staff members, and the enthusiasm

inter-relate and are offered at various levels.

of the students. Next year, the Island will move toa larger location, and 2009 is expected to be aneven better year for CEI.

2 EAP/ESP Material Development
In this environment I have broadened myhorizons as a teacher of English. Firstly, I

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became more involved in EAP and ESP. In

their future work environment. However, in theirorder to offer English content geared to thepersonal lives, there may be some situations inneeds of the students majoring in business

which they need to use English as consumers.

admin ist r a t io n , I have devel oped several

Therefore, I included consumers’ viewpoints

business-related textbooks. One of them is ain some activities in this textbook (e.g., online

reading textbook featuring basic concepts of

shopping). (This textbook is also commerciallybusiness administration and its related areas,

published by MacMillan Languagehouse.)

and this is used in my reading class for secondyear students. This textbook covers 12 important
areas, ranging from management to marketing,economics, business ethics, globalization, andso forth. These are taught as core subjects inbusiness schools in many countries. More than adozen introductory-level business administration
textbooks were used as sources in order to write
this textbook. Moreover, in the process of editing
this textbook, comments and advice were given
by my colleagues who are experts in various
3 Course Management System and CALL

areas of business administration.
Needless to mention, this textbook is for

I learned a lot of teaching techniques andundergraduate students. It limits its scope toideas from my colleagues. Since consistency

introducing key concepts which are considered

across the class sections for the same course

basic in this subject area. I give lectures on theseis required in the SJE program, unified

topics in English. Some people may comment,

assessment systems based upon the same

“You are a layman in business administration,

textbooks are implemented by the instructors

aren’t you?” However, I would reply that I

in several courses. This fact has necessitatedhave and use EFL-teacher techniques, suchthe instructors exchanging information about

as paraphrasing, repetition, giving examples

their teaching practices, and therefore this has

if necessary, and fill-in-the-blanks-type study

helped me improve my teaching methods. One

sheets. (This textbook is commercially publishedexample is computer-assisted language learning

by MacMillan Languagehouse.)(CALL). I now use two different internet-based

Another example is a writing textbook focusing

course management systems (CMS), Moodle

on business e-mail, which is used in a classand Jenzabar. I learned about CMS from myfor fourth-year students. I wrote this textbook,colleagues.

considering some advantages of teaching

CMS is an internet-based software platformbusiness e-mail: 1) Business e-mail is simplerthat sequences Instructional activities for students

than conventional business writing; and 2)

and provides the interface for students’ access to

Business e-mail can be composed of set phrases

the class-related activities. By using a CMS, an

to a certain extent. Therefore, business e-mailinstructor can establish his/her class web page,

writing is suitable for beginners who are interested

and the students enrolled can do most of theirin acquiring business writing skills. Certainly,class-related activities on the class web page,

not all of the students are going to use English insuch as checking course schedules, receiving

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homework assignments, joining online discussions

to tailor them for Japanese students. Our mission(forums), answering online quizzes, submitting

is to apply our accumulated knowledge and thereports, and so forth. Needless to say, listening

fruit of our research to actual classrooms.

activities are also carried out on a class web page

Members met regularly, and we started byfacilitated by the CMS.

discussing each of our teaching environments,

Learning activities outside the classroom canEnglish programs and problems. When dealing

also be enriched by CMS: Students can study

with ESP, it is necessary for foreign language

online when no class session is scheduled.

teaching to be based on a thorough needs

These learning activities can be tracked by the

analysis. Considering this, we made a plan for

instructor. By changing some in-class activities

achieving our aim and mission. We needed toto outside-class ones, more time can be spent

investigate what our target students have to learn,

on face-to-face and interactive communicationin other words, what we need to teach in class.

activities in classrooms. This is the greatest

We chose a survey to collect data for a needs

benefit of using CMS.

analysis from several different available methods.

In some courses, students are required to

At first, a paper questionnaire was used withbring their lap-top computers to the classroom forgraduates of Hokkaido Institute of Technology toevery lesson. CMS, especially Moodle, is a very

examine their needs. The reason for conducting

helpful learning aid in the classroom, too.

this survey was to find out how English is usedin the workaday world our students might inhabit

As described above, I have expanded myafter graduation in the future. Questions wereexperiences and expertise through working for the

carefully selected and phrased while taking

Sogo-Jissen Eigo Program. I am grateful for that.

respondents into consideration. This selection
process and the process of sending out thequestionnaires were very time-consuming. In fact,
our experience here helped us to structure the

SIG Introduction

next phase, which was an Internet-based survey.

SIG on ESP

To pursue our further research of a needs
analysis, we were granted financial support from

Hokkaido Chapter

the Hokkaido Development Association for two
consecutive years, 2005 and 2006. We conducted

Chair: Hisashi Naito

two kinds of surveys, one of which was a paper(Asahikawa Medical College)

questionnaire about companies in Hokkaido andthe other an Internet-based survey of employers
in Hokkaido. Data was collected from 1,085

ESP Hokkaido is still a new study grouppeople for the Internet-based survey and from 409

compared with the other SIGs. It was establishedcompanies for the paper questionnaire. Resultsin 2004 with seven teachers and one postgraduate

from an Internet-based survey have sometimes

student, dedicated to English education and to

been regarded as unreliable. After a comparison

finding an effective method of English teachingof the Internet-based survey’s results with thosefor students not majoring English. An aim of theof the paper questionnaire, both findings weregroup is to acquire knowledge of ESP throughfound to be very similar. We held a workshop in

reading materials and hands-on researches andSapporo to introduce the research results and

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got various kinds of helpful opinions, advice andThanks to many people’s support, we moved

knowledge from the participants who included

on to the next survey of companies in Hokkaido.

specialists in statistics and management. We

Based on the two main bodies of researchowe our success with the cooperating companies

mentioned above, we wanted to know what kindto the Federation of Hokkaido Chamber ofof English was used in the workplace and how/Commerce and Industry that kindly made written

when people used it. We focused on companies

requests to those companies.

that would allow us to visit them and conduct

The two surveys showed some tendencies thatinterviews. We actually interviewed 27 people inmight differ from other parts of Japan. 10% of the

11 companies.

employees actually used English in their working

We have had opportunities to conduct

environment, but 30% recognized the potential

symposiums at the JACET conferences in 2006

importance of English in the future. When weand 2007 and thus present the research results.

looked at the results of surveys on companies,

In addition, we analyzed comments on English

it is evident that only very few companies haveteaching and education in Japan and presented

their own English training programs. In mostour findings this year. The results showed thatcompanies, workers have learned specificmost of the people who commented harshly, forvocabulary related to their fields through actual

example, “The English I learned at school was

working activities, without taking any English

useless,” “Students should learn English fromclasses. This would be one aspect of on-the-job-

native English speakers, not Japanese English

training (OJT).

teachers,” or “Grammar is not necessary,” do not

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use English in their daily lives at all or only a few
times a year. If the target students do not havewant to learn in English classes could depend on

Report from the JACET
Headquarters

their favorite learning styles. If people do not use

Secretary General: Hajime Terauchi

English, they might try to find the “royal road to

Takachiho University

a clear purpose for studying English, what theylearning.” It is important to listen to various voices,
but it is also essential to focus on what English
users say.

I would like to extend special thanks to those
who have been involved in conducting both theAccording to the Internet-based research,

36th JACET Summer Seminar held at Kusatsuquite a few people who do not use English on a

Seminar House in Gunma from August 20 to 23,

daily basis mentioned the “importance of practicaland the JACET 47th Annual Convention held atEnglish”; however, people who often use English

Waseda University in Tokyo from September 11 toin their working environments did not. These

13. These two JACET events were successful andfrequent English users said that they needed

will surely help lead us to the next step regarding

a general basis in English to use English forthe future of English language teaching andwork. Now we are working on the next issue oflearning not only in Japan but also in the world.

what a “basis in English” or “basic English” is.

The JACET Headquarters consists of two

This present focus emerged from our previous

types of committees: ten main committees andresearch.

ad hoc committees. The main committees include

Recently we have been listening to the voices

the General Affairs, Finance, Annual Convention,of other researchers, not only ESP groups. We

JACET Bulletin, JACET Newsletter, Seminar,

hope we will be able to share our findings andNetworking, International, JACET Prize, andideas with various people and discover aims for

JACET-SIGs Support. The ad hoc committees areteaching English. This will enable us to prepare

Chapter Presidents, Houjinka Preparations, ICT

useful educational materials for students in the(Information and Communication Technology), thenear future.

JACET 50th Memorial International Convention(Hiroko Miura and Toshiyuki Sakabe, Hokkaido

Preparations and the JACET 50th Anniversary

Institute of Technology)

Publication Preparations.
As has been previously stated by President
Morizumi, JACET was formally transformed into
the “JACET Incorporated Association” (shadanhoujin) on August 15, 2008.
In the fall meeting of the JACET Boardof Directors on September 10 at Waseda
University, the JACET 2008 calendar, the 2008
budget, the 2008 Headquarters personnel, the2008 Committees’ plans and other important
issues including, for example, the new JACET
regulations were proposed and formally admitted.
These items were also formally reported at themembership meeting on September 11 at Waseda

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University.

(Venue: Seinan Gakuin Univ.)
Speaker: Katsumi Kiyonaga (Iizuka Nisshinkan
Junior High School)

Reports from
Chapters

Topic: Education Policy in South Korea
November 30
Annual Review of English Learning and Teaching<Kyushu-Okinawa Chapter>

No. 13 to be published.

September 20

December 13

SIG East Asia English Education 82nd Seminar

The 7th Steering Committee Meeting (Venue:(Venue: Seinan Gakuin Univ.)

TBA)

Speakers: Akiko Tsuda (Nakamura Gakuen

December 20

Univ.), Miki Tokunaga (Nakamura Gakuen Univ.),

SIG East Asia English Education 84th Seminar

Wakako Pennington (Seinan Gakuin Univ.), Jane

(Venue: Seinan Gakuin Univ.)

Harland (Fukuoka Univ.), Randall Pennington

Speaker: Shinichiro Ishikawa (Kobe Univ.)(Fukuoka International School)

Topic: L2 Use of Japanese Learners of English: A

Topic: An analysis of TOEIC Learners andCorpus-based Approach

Recommendations for Better English Instruction

January 17

i n Ja p a n e se U n i versi t i es: From t he Joi nt

SIG East Asia English Education 85th Seminar

Perspectives of Japanese and Native-speaker(Venue: Seinan Gakuin Univ.)

English Instructors

Speaker: Kazuhito Ishii (Fukuoka Univ.)

October 11

Topic: TBA

Chizuko Suzuki (Nagasaki Junshin Catholic

February 6

U n i v. ) a n d N o r i k o K a w a k a m i ( K a g o s h i m a

The 8th Steering Committee Meeting (Venue:

Immaculate Heart Univ.) participated in PKETA

TBA)

International Conference 2008 (Pusan, Korea)

February 20

as representatives of JACET Kyushu-Okinawa

SIG East Asia English Education 86th Seminar

Chapter.

(Venue: Seinan Gakuin Univ.)

November 1

Speaker: Yuzo Kimura (Toyama Univ.)

The 6th Steering Committee Meeting (Venue:

Topic: TBA

Seinan Gakuin Univ.)

March 13

The 1st Steering Committee Meeting of Chapter

The 9th Steering Committee Meeting (Venue:

Annual Conference (Venue: University of the

TBA)

Ryukyus)

March 21

November 8

SIG East Asia English Education 87th Seminar

Fall Special Lecture (Venue: Seinan Gakuin Univ.)(Venue: Seinan Gakuin Univ.)

Speakers: Hiromi Imamura (Chubu Univ.), Akiko

Speaker: Jan Stewart (Chikushi Jogakuen Univ.)

Takagi (Osaka Kyoiku Univ.)

Topic: TBA

Topic: The Teacher Certification Renewal System
and its Issues: An Analysis Based on a Nationwide

Official Chapter Homepage:

Surveyhttp://www.n-junshin.ac.jp/jacet/

November 22(Toshihiro Shimizu, Kyushu Univ.)

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<Kansai Chapter>

Atsushi Mukuhira (Osaka Institute of Technology)

2008 FALL Conference

and Ryo Kirimura (Osaka Institute of Technology)

Date: October 12, 2008

[Research Paper 2]

Place: Kobe University

Investigating the Construct of Productive

Theme: Dealing with Diversified English-

Vocabulary: Comparing Different Measures

proficiency Levels among University Students

Jon Clenton (Osaka Univ.)(Morning Session)[Research Paper 3][Workshop 1]

Some Problems with Prepositions: A Corpus-

Towards a University Curriculum for Teacher

based Analysis of Errors in Academic Papers

Education in Teaching Elementary School English

Atsuko Umesaki (Ritsumeikan Univ.)

Presenters: Nobuyuki Tsuji (Fuzoku Elementary[Research Paper 4]

School Attached to the Faculty of Education,

Enhancing Communication Skills with Bodily-

Wakayama Univ.), Masaki Makino (Kansai Univ.

Kinesthetic Intelligence in Multiple Intelligencesof International Studies), Yoshitaka Tanabe (Kinki

Theory: A Case of AICJ Junior High School

Univ.), Judy Noguchi (Mukogawa Women’s Univ.),

Yoshihiro Nigo (Graduate School, Hiroshima

Keiko Figoni, (Mukogawa Women’s Univ.)

Jogakuin Univ. )[Workshop 2][Symposium]

ICT-oriented English Education - Workshop on

Title: Dealing with Diversified English-proficiency

e-Learning

Levels among University Students

Presenters: Eiichi Yamamoto (Kansai Univ.), Ikuko

Moderator: Shigeo Uematsu (Setsunan Univ.)

Kashiwabara (Osaka Electro-Communication

Panelists: Emiko Izumi (Kyoto Univ. of Education),

Univ.), Kazunori Nozawa (Ritsumeikan Univ.),

Masayuki Kato (Kobe Univ.), Eiko Kawagoe (Kobe

Naoki Sugimori (Ritsumeikan Univ.)

City College of Nursing) and Eiichi Yamamoto(Afternoon Session)(Kansai Univ.)[Workshop 3]
Improving Good Communication Skills

Seminars & Lectures

Presenters: Yuko Oguri (The Univ. of Shiga

1. First Chapter Lecture of the 2008 Academic

Prefecture), Etsuko Sasai (St. Andrew’s Univ.),

Year (Special Symposium — English Education

Hiromi Murakami (Kansai Gaidai College)

and English Grammar)[Report on Classroom Activities 1]

Date: July 27, 2008

Self-centered English Remedial Class Using a

Place: Kyoto Campus Plaza

Computer Classroom

Panelists: Masayuki Kai (Kyoto Women’s Univ.),

Hideo Hirao (Ritsumeikan Univ.) and Megumi

Takaaki Kanzaki (Kwansei Gakuin Univ.) Eiichi

Tokumoto (Ritsumeikan Univ.)

Yamamoto (Kansai Univ.)[Report on Classroom Activities 2]

2. Second Chapter Lecture of the 2008 Academic

Enhancing Students’ Presentation Skills inYear (Special Symposium — Progress in English

Reading & Writing Classes

Education through the Use of ESP

Chizuru Nakamoto (Kyoto Notre Dame Univ.)

Date: December 14, 2008

[Research Paper 1]

Place: Sannomiya Training Center

Company Website Information as a Source ofLecturer: Judy Noguchi (Mukogawa Women's

Business ESP Materials and as an Introduction to

Univ.)

the Business Mind

Title: Why Study ESP?

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Reporter: Minoru Moriguchi (Hiroshima

3. July 12 at Nagoya Institute of Technology

International Univ.)

Agenda: Report on the Central Board Meeting,Title: Establishing an ESP Archive

Annual Journal, Newsletter, Reflection on the

3. Third Chapter Lecture of 2008 is scheduled on

JALT-JACET joint conference.

March 1, 2009.
Chapter Conference 2008
Publications

This was the 25th memorial chapter conference,

1. JACET-Kansai Chapter Newsletter, Numbers

jointly conducted with JALT Gifu, Nagoya and42, 43 and 44 were published in calendar year

Toyohashi.

2008. Current and back issues of the newsletter

Date: June 14, 2008

can be accessed atPlace: Chukyo University

http://www.jacet-kansai.org/kako.html#kako

Theme: Toward a Synergistic Collaboration in
English Education

Information on Chapter SIGs

Keynote speech: Dr. Hideo Kojima (Hirosaki Univ.)

The Kansai Chapter has 10 special interest

on “Promoting Learner and Teacher Autonomy

groups that conduct research in a wide range ofthrough Collaborative Learning and Teaching”

fields. For more information, please refer to the

Symposium: Prof. Sanzo Sakai, Prof. Nancy

following web page:

Graves and Juanita Heigham on the conference

http://www.jacet-kansai.org/kenkyukai.html

theme
Presentations: 27 papers and workshops

Announcements
For further information on the conference and allSpecial Publication

other Chapter activities, please refer to the Kansai

On June 14th, we published a collection of 13

Chapter website at

papers to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the

http://www.jacet-kansai.org/

chapter. The book also contains reflections from

(Eiko Kawagoe, Kobe City College of Nursing)

the past chapter presidents and congratulatory
remarks from six chapter presidents, as well

<Chubu Chapter>as current president and vice-presidents of the

The report in this issue covers the period from

JACET, Inc.

April to October 2008.
Newsletter
Executive Committee Meeting

Chubu Chapter Newsletter 20 was sent out to the

1. April 19 at Chukyo University

350 members on May 14.

Agenda: Annual conference program, Newsletter,and sending out information to chapter members

Lectureelectronically.

Date: Oct. 25, 2008 at Nanzan Junior College.

2. May 10 at Chukyo University

Lecture: Professor Yukio Ootsu on “Reasons

Agenda: Annual conference program andwhy I am constantly against teaching English at

conference planning. We also had an advisory

elementary school.... and my alternative plan”

board meeting (hyougi iinkai) on the same day(Tadashi Shiozawa, Chubu Univ.)and discussed the budget and programs for 2007
and 2008.
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<Kanto Chapter>

The Co-hosting Special Meeting was held

Board Meeting

according to the following schedule:

The board meetings of the Year 2008 are

Speaker: Dr. Joan McConnell

scheduled as follows:

Title: The Future of English: World Language or

1.	The 5th Meeting: October 4, 2008, 14:30~

Communication Tool?

16:30, JACET Office

Date: 17:00~18:00, October 25, 2008

2.	The 6th Meeting: November 15, 2008, 16:00~

Venue: Tokyo Denki University

17:00, JACET OfficeThis meeting was co-hosted by JACET Language

At the meeting on October 4, 2008, thePolicy Special Interest Group and Monthly

schedule for the next annual conference ofMeeting Organization Committee.

JACET Kanto Chapter was fixed as follows:(Norifumi Ueda, Mejiro Univ.)

Date: Sunday, June 21, 2009

<Tohoku Chapter>

Venue: Aoyama Gakuin University
Detailed information is to be announced on the

Annual Chapter Convention

website of the JACET Kanto Chapter.

June 7, 2008 (13:30~16:50) at L-Sola Sendai
The Annual Tohoku Chapter Convention was

The board meetings in 2008 are scheduled asheld at L-Sola Sendai on June 7. We had thefollows:

privilege of having Professor Mamoru Morizumi,

1) The 7th Meeting: December 20, 2008, 16:00~

President of JACET, at the convention to provide

16:30, JACET Officea special lecture for the members present. The

2) The 8th Meeting: January 17, 2009, 16:00~

convention was preceded by the annual chapter

17:00, JACET Officegeneral meeting.

3) The 9th Meeting: February 21, 2009, 16:00~

Annual Chapter General Meeting

17:00, JACET Office

Annual Chapter Convention

4) The 10th Meeting: March 21, 2009, 16:00~[Special Lecture]

16:30, JACET Office

Mamoru Morizumi (President of JACET, Obirin
Univ.) “An Analysis of the Curriculum and Course

Monthly Meetingof Study for Foreign Languages in Postwar

The Monthly Meeting was held on October 18,

Japan: To Establish Autonomy of College English

2008:

Teachers”

Speaker: Prof. Shuhei Kadota, Kwansei Gakuin[Paper Presentations]

University

1) Sanae Kurauchi (Aomori Public College) “Prac­

Title: シャドーイング・音読の効果：インプット

tic­ing Study-Group Activities in the Classroom to

処理の自動化とアウトプットへの転化

Trigger Students’ Sense of Re­spon­si­bility”

Date: Saturday, October 18th, 2008

2) Yoshio Narisawa (Tohoku Gakuin Univ.) “Cre­a­t ion of the Universe and Co-occurrence ofWe scheduled two more monthly meetings on

Antonymy”

December 20th, 2008 and on March 21, 2009.
Detailed information is to be announced on the

October Regular Meetingwebsite of the JACET Kanto Chapter.

October 11, 2008 (14:00~16:30) at Sendai Civic
Auditorium

Special Meeting

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Sendai Civic Auditorium on October 11. We had

Institute of Technology (Sendai Ichibancho

a guest lecture and two paper presentations.

satellite campus)[Guest Lecture]

March Executive Committee Meeting

Kyoko Oi (Chiba Univ.) “English Writing

March 14, 2009 (time and place to be determined)

Instructions Aiming at Fostering Students’

Publication

Thinking, Judging, and Expressing Abilities”

JACET-Tohoku Newsletter, No. 35, to be published[Paper Presentations]in March, 2009.

1) Emi Tada (Aomori Public College) “Providing(Kumiko Okazaki, Miyagi National College ofReal-life Experience in the Classroom — An EFL

Technology)

Class with Contemporary Artists”
2) Yuka Kusanagi (Akita Prefectural Univ.)<Hokkaido Chapter Report>“Activating English Learners’ Confidence andAnnual Chapter Convention

Participation through Reading”

On July 5, the 2008 Hokkaido Chapter
convention was held at Hokkai Gakuen University.

Executive Committee Meetings

In the general meeting, the 2007 financial and

The regular executive committee meetings wereactivity report, as well as the 2008 budget andheld at Sendai Civic Auditorium on May 10 andschedule were approved. The agenda also

October 11, and at L-Sola Sendai on June 7.

included the introduction of new committee
members, the change of the editors of The

Publication

Research Bulletin of English Teaching, and the

JACET-Tohoku Newsletter, No. 34, was publishedcontinuation of chapter awards commemoratingin September, 2008. It includes reports of theits 20th anniversary. Research presentations

annual chapter convention held in June.

included “Identifying and Categorizing Spoken
English Grammar” by Toshihiko Kobayashi (Otaru

Schedule for November 2008 - March 2009Univ. of Commerce) and “How to Conduct Trial

December Regular Meeting

Lessons Effectively toward Practice Teaching:December 6, 2008 (14:30~17:00) at Tohoku

Utilizing a Lesson Analysis Approach BasedInstitute of Technology (Sendai Ichibancho

on COLT” by Akinobu Shimura (Asahikawa

satellite campus)

Jitsugyo Senior High School). A lecture entitled

Our next regular meeting is scheduled for“International Exchanges and English Teaching”

December 6. Details will be announced later.

by Yasukata Yano (Waseda Univ.) was given[Paper Presentations]after the presentations. A symposium entitled

1) Mari Katori (Aomori Public College) “Re­la­“Changing College English through Internationaltion­s hip Between the Summarizing Process of

Exchanges: Attractive English Education

Japanese Speakers and their Reading Sub-score

Curriculums” was followed by a lecture. The

of TOEIC”

chairperson was Toshiyuki Sakabe (Hokkaido

2) Shaoling Cai (Yamagata Univ.) “An Examination

Institute of Technology). Five other lecturers wereof the Applicability of the Bilingual Asymmetry

Akira Nakaya (Hokusei Gakuen Univ.), Haruhiko

Model to Japanese: Insight into Kanji-to-English

Shiokawa (Hokkai Gakuen Univ.), Masashi Sasaki

and Kana-to-English Translation”(Musashi Women’s Junior College), Masatsugu

December Executive Committee Meeting

Ono (Tomakomai National College of Technology),

December 6, 2008 (13:00~14:30) at Tohoku

and Osamu Takai (Otaru Univ. of Commerce).

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Lecture Meeting and Publications
On May 10, the first lecture meeting for訃

2 0 0 8 w a s h e l d a t F u j i Wo m e n ’s C o l l e g e .

報本学会会員（元評議員） 河合忠仁先生（関西

Hiroya Tanaka (Hokkaido Information Univ.)

大学・関西支部）が 2008 年 6 月 16 日逝去さpresented his research entitled, “Development

れました。謹んでご冥福をお祈り申し上げます。

of ‘Vocab Retriever 2’: An Electronic Notebook
Facilitating Employment of Vocabulary Learning
Strategies.” Yasushi Kawai (Hokkaido Univ.)
was another lecturer. He discussed “Favorable

Editors’ Noteand Unfavorable Training: Qualitative Analysis ofOpen-Ended Questionnaires.”
The Research Bulletin of English Teaching
No.5 was issued on January 30, 2008. The 21stissue of the Chapter Newsletter was published on
March 31, 2008.
(Tomohiko Oda, Sapporo Univ.)

We are most grateful to Dr. Sook Kyung Jungfor her contribution to our newsletter. We also
extend our sincere appreciation to the authors of
the special articles: Professor Akira Mizokoshi,
Professor Haruhiko Shiokawa, and the Hokkaido
Chapter members of the SIG on ESP.

JACET News

Reportfrom JACET Office

DIRECTOR IN CHARGE
Nobuyoshi Yamagishi(Part-time Lecturer, Aoyama Gakuin Univ.)
CHIEF EDITOR

Bureau Chief : Shinya Tanaka

Naoko Osuka (Meiji Univ.)
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Etsuo Taguchi (Daito Bunka Univ.)

JACET was officially recognized by theKate Allen (Meiji Univ.)

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Scienceand Technology（文部科学省）as an incorporated

EDITORS

association for public interest (shadan-houjin) on

Midori Kimura (Tokyo Women's Medical Univ.)

the 15 of August, 2008. We very much appreciate

Yukie Endo (Part-time Lecturer, Meiji Univ.)

your cooperation. Hereafter, we expect and lookforward to a steady growth and expansion in our
Published December 1, 2008

activities. If further information is necessary, we

The Japan Association of College English
Teachers(President: Mamoru Morizumi)

will be glad to comply.

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