JACET 52nd International Convention Symposium
Session 1 Recommendations for English education from Japanese academic organizations
Panelists:

Otsu, Yukio(The English Linguistic Society of Japan (The ELSJ); Meikai University)
Sasaki, Toru
(The English Literary Society of Japan (ELSJ); Kyoto University)
Nagano, Kazuo(Japan Society for Educational Technology (JSET);
University of the Sacred Heart Tokyo)
Yamauchi, Hisako(The Japan Association of College English Teachers (JACET);
the University of Nagasaki, Siebold)

Moderator: Morizumi, Mamoru(The Japan Association of College English Teachers (JACET);J. F. Oberlin University)
Foreign language education, especially English language education, has become increasingly more important
recently with the acceleration of globalization. While the main demand is for English education that is “useful,”arising from an immediate practical need, there is also the more broadly based aim of English education that is “ofvalue” to the individual and society. Keeping these two aims in sight has become difficult. Under suchcircumstances, this symposium of the presidents of three associations that have great impact on English educationin Japan will present ideas and advice related to English language education in general.
From Yukio Otsu, former vice president of The English Linguistic Society of Japan, we anticipate ideas forEnglish education from the viewpoint of English linguistics, especially in relation to how suitable choices canmodulate communication to express strength and kindness as well as fear. Toru Sasaki, president of The English
Literary Society of Japan, can show us how literature, which expresses the very foundations of human spirit andexistence, appears in the English used for communication. We look forward to suggestions for reading and dialoguematerials for English textbooks and also how to restore the use of literature in English language education. Kazuo
Nagano, former president of the Japan Society for Educational Technology, can inform us about the advancementof ICT (information and communication technology), information processing and educational technology and how
they have been contributing to English language education. We also should know about the issues that need to beconsidered when using such technology.
Representing JACET, Vice President Hisako Yamauchi will describe the issues facing English language
education at the tertiary level today and explore the possibilities at hand. Yamauchi will introduce each panelist anddescribe the purpose of the symposium (10 minutes). This will be followed by 15-minute presentations by thepanelists, 35 minutes of discussion, and then concluding remarks and an overall summary. Ample time will beallotted for feedback and opinions in this “feast of words.”

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大津由紀雄（日本英語学会；明海大学）

Yukio Otsu is professor of psycholinguistics at Meikai University, Chiba and professor emeritus at
Keio University, Tokyo. In addition to his academic interest in the cognitive science of language, L1acquisition in particular, he has been extensively involved in the betterment of English education inJapan佐々木徹（日本英文学会；京都大学）

Toru Sasaki, professor of English Literature at Kyoto University, is president of the English LiterarySociety of Japan. His publications include an edition of Hardy’s The Hand of Ethelberta (Dent),
contributions to Oxford Reader’s Companion to Hardy and Charles Dickens in Context (CUP), and atranslation of Dickens’s Great Expectations.
永野和男（日本教育工学会；聖心女子大学）

Kazuo NAGANO
Professor, University of the Sacred Heart Tokyo. Director, Multimedia Center for Active Learning.
President of JSET. His research fields are curriculum development, design and development ofcomputer application system for students. He has been several committees’ member for the politicaldecision making for ICT in education since 1990s.

He drew up the ground design for the ICT

curriculum which is conducted in Japan.
山内ひさ子（大学英語教育学会；長崎県立大学）

Hisako Yamauchi, Ph. D. is a professor of English at the University of Nagasaki, Siebold. Her
specialties include ESP, English communication, intercultural communication and phonetics. She iscurrently serving for JACET as a vice president. She is one of the editors of ESP in the 21st Century,
Vol 4 of A Series of Studies on English Education.
森住衛（大学英語教育学会；桜美林大学）

MORIZUMI Mamoru is a professor of Obirin (or J. F. Oberlin) University and a professor emeritus ofOsaka University. He was the immediate ex-president of JACET and is currently the president ofJALP (Japan Association for Language Policy). His main interests are language and culture
education and foreign language policy.