Message from the Editor
Dear readers,
These Conference Proceedings provide a retrospective account of the CUE
ESP Symposium—Hokuriku 2013, Getting Published in English: Opportunitiesand Obstacles, held at the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
in Ishikawa, Japan September 7, 2013. The event was jointly sponsored by theCollege and University Educators (CUE) SIG of the Japan Association forLanguage Teaching and the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology.
Participating in the symposium were instructors from colleges, universities
and academic and research institutions throughout Japan teaching students ofscience, technology, engineering and medicine as well as educators concernedwith the current state of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) in Japan.
The event featured four invited presentations, including a plenary presentationfrom two of the foremost experts in ESP and English for Academic Purposes(EAP) publishing in Japan; workshops and research presentations addressing
some of the barriers faced by non-native speakers seeking to publish in English;over 15 concurrent poster presentations describing ongoing ESP-related researchin the areas of needs analysis, data-driven learning, corpus linguistics, materials
development and methodology; and a closing round-table discussion which
focused on how instructors can help students overcome the difficulties they facein having their work published in English.
This conference is significant in several ways. First, it is a follow-up andextension of the work begun by colleagues at our sister institution, the Nara
Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, in 2012. Second, it carries on
the tradition begun at the first Japan Conference on ESP, held on the campus ofAizu University, Fukushima Prefecture over ten years ago. Third, the experience,
knowledge and contacts gained in hosting this symposium have helped pave theway for a third symposium, The JALT CUE SIG ESP Symposium – Kanto 2014,
to be held at Waseda University in Tokyo on September 13.
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While it is encouraging that ESP-related conferences have become more
frequent and that ESP in Japan has become more firmly established, it is in many
ways still in the shadow of English for General Purposes (EGP). Thus, if weare to raise awareness for the need for ESP, communication and collaboration
among those with an interest in ESP is vital, so that individuals working inacademic and research institutions throughout Japan are able to share theirknowledge, experience and insights and discuss advances in various affiliatedfields of linguistics and language teaching. As we seek to devise and implement
pedagogically sound strategies that will help our students reach their personal,
professional and academic goals, such continued collaboration will encourage thedevelopment of long-term, mutually beneficial relationships which will in turnraise the profile of ESP in Japan.
In closing, I`d like to thank everyone who participated in the conference,
particularly our invited speakers, those involved in the planning and logistics,
and the CUE SIG which made the symposium possible. Special thanks to Leigh
McDowell of NAIST, John Blake and Dubhgan Hinchey of JAIST, and Juanita
Heigham of CUE for their assistance in making the symposium possible.
Sincerely,Wm. R. Holden III
Director, English Language Programs
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