*****************************************************************************The 2023 ONLINE Conference of the Japanese Society For Mother Tongue, Heritage
Language, and Bilingual Education (MHB) August 3-6, 2023*****************************************************************************
May 4, 2023
The purpose of the Japanese Society for Mother Tongue, Heritage Language, and Bilingual
Education (MHB) is to explore language education methods, theories, and research methods
related to how infants, children, students, and other learners in multilingual environments inJapan and abroad acquire multilingual skills.
The 2023 conference will be held under the theme "In Search of Equity in Language Education:
Reconsidering Bilingual Deaf Education" and will be held online from August 3 to 6, 2023.
In MHB's research areas of language education, including teaching Japanese as a heritage
language overseas, Deaf and hard-of-hearing children, CLD children in Japan, and minority
languages, securing information accessibility, language rights, and the right to education forlearners are not always guaranteed. This is because providing "Equality" of opportunity for all
learners does not guarantee "Equity" of results. This year's MHB conference will focus on thetheme of "Equity in Language Education". We hope you will join us in discussing bilingualism
in Deaf Education.
Professor Professor Ruth Swanwick (University of Leeds), Dr. Daniel Fobi, and Mr. Richard
Doku, all specialists in deaf education, will deliver the keynote address on the theme, "BiMultilingual early childhood deaf education: cross-context conversation."
In addition, Dr. Soya Mori (Institute of Developing Economics) will give a special lecture titled"A Deaf person’s self-advocacy: Life strategies related to Sign Language." This special lecture
will be open to those who have not registered to attend the conference.
Other sessions will include the panel, two workshops, research presentations by MHB members,
and a special roundtable. For more information, please see the conference outline.
Since MHB has members in many parts of the world, we will try to make it possible for as manypeople as possible to participate. We will also do our best to guarantee information for allparticipants. We will announce how to register for general participation at a later date. We lookforward to your active participation.
The 2023 MHB Conference Organizing Committee
taikai@mhb.jp【Outline of the Conference】
Date: Thursday, August 3, 2023 - Sunday, August 6, 2023, Online
Theme: In Search of Equity in Language Education: Reconsidering Bilingual Deaf Education

【Program】
Thursday, August 3
15:00-18:00 Workshop I [pre-shared recording with Japanese subtitles +live discussions]
Title: Introduction to ethnography: As a research method of everyday language practices
Lecturer: Dr. Makoto Shibayama (Otsuma Women’s University)

Friday, August 4
16:00-18:30 Keynote Speech [pre-shared recording with Japanese subtitles + live session withsimultaneous translation into Japanese and Japanese Sign Language
Professor Ruth Swanwick (University of Leeds), Dr. Daniel Fobi, and Mr. Richard Doku, allspecialists in deaf education, will deliver the keynote address on the theme, "Bi-Multilingual earlychildhood deaf education: cross-context conversation."

Saturday, August 5
9:30-12:00 Panel Session [with Japanese Sign Language Interpreting]
Theme: “Language and Identity”
Speakers：(1) Dr. Mokotuna Kitahara (Hokkaido University)(2) Ms. Nozomu Tomita (Framingham State University)(3) Dr. Ohri Richa (Chiba University)
10:30 Announcement of the publication of a special issue of the Research Journal from theSociety
11:00 General Meeting [with Japanese Sign Language Interpreting]
13:00 Special Lecture [with Japanese Sign Language Interpreting]Speaker: Dr. Soya Mori (Institute of Developing Economies)
Title: "Self-Advocacy of the Deaf: Life Strategies related to Sign Language
15:00-17:00 Research presentations by members [with Japanese Sign Language Interpreting inone room]16:00-17:00 Special Roundtable “Deaf youth discuss Deaf education” [with Japanese Sign
Language Interpreting]
August 6 (Sunday)
13:00-15:30 Research presentations by members [with Japanese Sign Language Interpreting inone room]
16:00-18:00
Workshop II
Lecturer: Dr. Naomi Kano (Kokugakuin University)
Title: "Language Teaching Methods Utilizing Multiple Languages - A Practical Session forDeveloping Literacy【How to register】 Wix is used for conference registration. Wix user registration is required inconjunction with conference registration. Registration will be made via the conference site, anddetails will be provided later.
※ Non-members of the MHB are also welcome to attend the conference, but those who wish toparticipate in the MHB2023 conference at the general (student) member price must first pay theMHB annual membership fee for the year 2023. If you wish to become a new member, pleaseapply for membership at "Membership Information" https://mhb.jp/admission You can registerfor the cloud service called MiiT+ first, then pay the annual membership fee by credit card there.
※ If you are currently an associate member and wish to change your membership status to ageneral member, please do the same through MiiT+. Please note that the payment methods forthe annual membership fee and conference registration fee are different for MHB members.
※ The MHB Conference Organizing Committee will make every effort to provide the best
possible environment for the online conference. However, please note that we cannot guaranteethat there will be no problems due to issues such as poor internet connection.
※ Applications to the conference will close when the number of participants reaches themaximum capacity.

【Registration and Participation Fee】
・Period: Sometime in July

・Pre-registration is required for all events, and no on-site registration is permitted.
・ The fees are as follows. The "Special Lecture" is free of charge and does not require conference
registration.

MHB2023 Conference Registration Fee

General members and student members: 3,000 yen
Associate members and non-members: 4,000 yen
If you need a receipt and certificate of participation issued by the MHB Society, please contact
the MHB Society 2023 Conference Organizing Committee.
Please note that we will not accept any payment cancellation for any reason.

【Application Guidelines for Research Presentations】
1. Details of the application
Research related to the research areas of the MHB Society that have not yet been published. It isnot limited to this year's research topics.
For the objectives and subject areas of the MHB Society, please refer to the Society's Regulations
at https://mhb.jp/kaisoku.

2. Language of presentation
Japanese, English, and Japanese Sign Language (however, words in other languages may be
included for illustrative purposes).

3. Deadline
Deadline: May 31, 2023 (Wed.) 23:00 (Tokyo time: UTC+9)
Applications are open only to MHB members (general members and student members) (*Yearlymembership fee for 2023 must have been paid). All co-presenters and the first presenter must bemembers of the society. Please refer to https://mhb.jp/admission for information on how toregister as a member of the society and where to pay the annual membership fee.
All co-presenters as well as the first presenter must register for the conference.
One person cannot be the first presenter for more than one presentation.
The time slots for oral presentations cannot be selected.

4. Presentation categories(1) Oral presentation (research presentation/practical report)(2) Short presentation (research presentation, practice report, demonstration)

5. Presentation format and time(1) Format
Oral presentation: The main focus is on providing information on a coherent body of researchand practice reports. For the first 18 minutes, the presenter will give a one-way presentation tothe participants using the ZOOM meeting, and this will be followed by 10 minutes of Q&A.
Short presentation: The purpose of short presentations is to deepen the discussion on emerging
research, practice reports, teaching materials, etc. in an exchange of ideas. (Please refrain frompresenting at the planning stage before data collection.) The first 8 minutes of the presentation
will be given by the presenter using a ZOOM meeting in one direction to the participants, followed
by a 20-minute exchange of opinions.
(2) Presentation time
Oral presentation: 18 minutes for presentation + 10 minutes for Q&A, total 28 minutes
Short presentation: 8 minutes for presentation + 20 minutes for Q&A, total 28 minutes

6. Application Procedures
Please download the following three documents (click to access the documents when you areconnected to the Internet).
(1) 2023MHB_AppForm(2) 2023MHB_guide(3) 2023MHB_template
Please fill in (1), follow the instructions in (2), prepare your application manuscript using (3), andsend (1) and (3) by the specified method. 9.

7. Acceptance/rejection criteria
Oral presentation:(1) Whether the theme is appropriate for MHB(2) Whether the research/practical theme contributes to the advancement of practice and researchin mother tongue, heritage language, and bilingual education.
(3) If it is a research presentation, whether it clearly states the motivation for the research, a review
of previous research, and the position of the research, and if it is a report of practice, whether itclearly states the significance of the practice, together with the research theme and methods, theresults and discussion.

(4) Whether the presentation's content is recognized as unique, original, and significant comparedwith previous research.
Short presentation:(1) Whether the theme is appropriate for MHB(2) Whether the contents of the presentation are unique, original, and significant in comparison
with previous studies, practices, and teaching materials

8. Notification of acceptance or rejection
The notification of acceptance will be notified by e-mail by Monday, June 19, 2023.

Contact: The 2023 MHB Conference Organizing Committee taikai@mhb.jp