Learning Learning 学習の学習 20 (2): Greetings and News Updates

In This Issue 今号について
Fumiko Murase & Monika Szirmai
Welcome to the Fall issue of Learning Learning『学information about the conference. We look

習の学習』, the Learner Development SIG’s (LDforward to seeing many of you at this special

SIG) biannual online newsletter!

conference!

Firstly, the SIG coordinators, Andy Barfield

Having said that, not everyone can make it to

and Richard Silver, report on the latest news in

the conference -- unfortunately. So, we do have

the SIG. Next, we have reports from local get-a feature article too! Here, Peter Hourdequin

togethers in Kansai, Hiroshima, and Tokyo. In

reports on his action research on exploring thethe “Members’ Voices” section, a number ofeffectiveness of using an online tool, Edmodo,

new SIG members contribute their story offor increasing learning gains and promoting

learner development, which is followed by alearner autonomy of his students at a Japanese

language learning history by Sumie Saito.

university. His article certainly gives a useful
insight to those interested in using technology

The LD SIG offers a number of grants every

for promoting learner autonomy.

year. In this issue, Alison Stewart interviews
one of our 2012 grant awardees, Cory Koby,

In the “Looking Back” section, Jim Ronald

and asks about his research interests.

reports on the joint forum at the JALT PanSIG
conference while Hugh Nicoll reflects on the

From the NGO Outreach team, Colin Rundle

LD Forum at the JALT CALL conference. Jim

and Caroline Ross share their activities andalso shares his experiences at the JACET

experiences with the newly launched Student

annual convention.

Ambassador programme.
At the time of writing, JALT national
In the “Special Feature” section, we offer what

conference in Kobe (25-28 November) is justyou can look forward to at the LD SIG’s 20tharound the corner! In the “Looking Forward”

Anniversary Conference in November.

section, you can see a preview of the LD

Following the interview with Naoko Aoki in

Forum and the list of LD-theme presentations

the last issue, we feature interviews with twocompiled by Ian Hurrell.

of our invited speakers, Richard Smith andKensaku Yoshida, and the special guest

At the start of producing this issue, we had

speaker, Phil Benson. You’ll also find thediscussion on the future directions for theNewsletter of the JALT Learner Development SIG <ld-sig.org/>

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Learning Learning 学習の学習 20 (2): Greetings and News Updates
Learning Learning team and decided tous know. New members and new ideas are

introduce a more organized team, in which thealways welcome.

lead editor and co-editors work closely with ateam of coordinators taking responsibility for

Finally, we hope you will all enjoy reading thiseach section. We would like to thank the

bumper issue!

coordinators: Andy Barfield (Members’ Voices
coordinator), Caroline Ross and Colin Rundle

Best wishes,(NGO Outreach coordinator), and Christopher
Fitzgerald (Grant Awardee coordinator). We’d

From the Co-editors

also like to thank Aiko Minematsu, Andy
Barfield, and Mike Nix for arranging,conducting, and writing up the interviews
with Kensaku Yoshida, Richard Smith, andPhil Benson respectively. Thanks also to Alison
Stewart who conducted the interview with theGrant Awardee, Cory Koby, and also kindly
offered assistance with editing the featurearticle by Peter Hourdequin. Our thanks go to
the great team of translators: Satoko Ebara,
Sayuri Hasegawa, Tomoko Fujita Kawachi,

Fumiko Murase

Kayo Ozawa, and Mayumi Takizawa. Thanks&

also go to Hugh Nicoll for uploading this issue
to the LD SIG Website. Of course, our
gratitude also goes to the contributors: John
Garrett, William Hassett, Peter Hourdequin,
Gareth Humphreys, Brandon Kramer, Jol
Laurier, Rachelle R. Meilleur, Rose O’Loughlin,Ágnes Patkó, Sumie Saito, and Robert J. Werner.

Last but not least, we would like to thank ourlead editor, James Underwood, who has
overseen the whole production process andMonika Szirmai

supported us with great patience. Without his
help (and hard work!), it would not have beenpossible to publish this issue. If you would liketo be involved in Learning Learning, please let
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Learner Development SIG News Update
LD SIG 近況報告
Andy Barfield & Richard Silver
アンディ・バーフィールド ＆ リチャード・シルバー
May 2013 - October 2013

With just a few weeks to go until the JALT2013

and Satomi Yoshimuta, who will jointly take overConference in Kobe in October, we are very happy

the treasury responsibility after the next audit. In

to announce that Caroline Ross (a teacher at a
private high school in Tokyo) and Aya Matsumoto

July Ann Flanagan joined Gretchen Clark,
Stephanie Corwin and Matthew Coomber in(a senior student at Meisei University) are thelooking after SIG membership matters. Our thanks

Learner Development SIG’s JALT2013 Grant

go to the membership team for continuing toAwardees and that Mike Sullivan (an ESP teacher innurture the SIG’s growth in membership from 2012

Kansai at Nippon Steel & Sumikin-Intercom) andTanja McCandie (Nanzan University, Nagoya) arethrough to 2013—and to Rob Moreau, Sayuri
Hasegawa and Mayumi Takizawa for looking after

this year’s Learner Development 20th Anniversary

the SIG's publicity needs and making sure that a

Conference Grant Awardees. For their awards

regular bilingual announcement appears in The

earlier this year, we would also like to congratulate

Language Teacher. On the publications front, inNatacha Piederriere (who teaches at a private highschool in Tokyo) as an LD SIG Subscription

July, James Underwood joined Masuko Miyahara as
publications co-chair, with a specific focus on

Awardee, Brandon Kramer (a teacher at a private

coordinating the production of Learning Learninghigh school in Kobe) and Adrian Wagner (Niigata)from one issue to the next. We are grateful to James

as LD SIG Membership Awardees, and Michi Sakiand Masuko for all the important work they have

(Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto) as the LD SIG 2013
Research Grant Recipient. On behalf of the SIG webeen quietly doing behind the publication scenes.
Our gratitude also goes to Mathew Porter andextend our warmest congratulations to Adrian, Aya,

Chris Fitzgerald for joining the editorial team, toBrandon, Caroline, Michi, Mike, Natacha and Tanja

Fumiko Murase and Monika Szirmai for jointly

and hope that many SIG members will have theediting this issue of Learning Learning. Masuko

chance to meet and talk with them over the coming
year.

herself is involved in co-editing, together with Tim
Ashwell, Steve Paydon, and Alison Stewart, the"

SIG’s anthology of action research papers on

The month of May saw the SIG pass theannual audit of its financial activities. We’d like toCollaborative Learning in Learner Development,

thank Kay Irie for overseeing the SIG’s financial

while Aiko Minemtasu and Andy have beenrecords over the last year, as well as for handlingtreasury matters for the 20th anniversary

tending to the Learner Development Working
Papers Project, Learner Development: Different

conference in November. Kay is being shadowed in

Cases, Different Interests. The plan is for both ofher treasurer’s role by Huw Davies, Mayumi Abe

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Learning Learning 学習の学習 20 (2): LD SIG NEWSthese books to be published later this year/early

about the work of a variety of NGOs from students

next year.

who have been studying about them. There will"
Over the past several months too a numberof SIG events have taken place. We’d like to express

also be a focus on recovery and rejuvenation in
Tohoku with guest speakers from theour thanks to Jim Ronald for organizing the SIG’s

Rikuzentakata community and Sendai. Our thanks

collaborative forum with the Global Issues SIG and

go to Caroline Ross and Colin Rundle for bringing

Pragmatics SIG at the 2013 PanSIG conference attogether many students and teachers for the focus

Nanzan University in May; to Hugh Nicoll for
setting up and running the SIG’s Forum at the 2013

on NGOs in the conference; to Mike Nix and James
Underwood for continuing to develop the

JALTCALL Conference in Matsumoto May 31-Juneconference website, as well as to Rob Moreau for2; and to Ian Hurrell for arranging the LD SIG

designing the eye-catching conference logo.

Forum (with 24 presenters!), Transitions in the

Remember that full-time students can attend theLives of Learners and Teachers, at JALT2013 inKobe. We'd also like to thank all the people taking

conference for free, and for paying attendees, wehave purposely kept the registration costs low topart in these forums. These three di#erent forums

enable as many people as possible to take part. Our

will have involved over 40 presenters in total, andthanks to our SIG sponsors, the Junior / Senior

we really appreciate all the time and effort that Jim,

High School SIG and Teachers Helping Teachers

Hugh and Ian have put in to making these events
such positive professional development experiences

SIG, and our JALT Chapter sponsors, Tokyo
Chapter and Yokohama Chapters, for helping us

for so many presenters and participants.

keep the costs so low. Not only that, but we hope"

you will also make it to the conference party on the

As we write this column in late August,preparations for the LD SIG's 20th Anniversary

Saturday evening!

Conference at Gakushuin University on November
23-4 are going well, and the most up to date"We know that many SIG members are
giving individual and group presentations at

information can be found at <http://

JALT2013, and we wish you every success if you

www.ldsigconference2013.org/>. The event

are. As the SIG moves towards JALT2013, members

promises to be a fantastic collaboration involvingof the committee are already making plans for 2014.

teachers, researchers, students and NGOs, and wehope you will be able to be a part of it. We are

We welcome your participation and continued
involvement in the coming year and hope you will

delighted to have Richard Smith (University of

be able to come along the SIG’s Annual General

Warwick), Naoko Aoki (Osaka University) andMeeting (AGM) in Room 301 at 13.20 on Sunday

Kensaku Yoshida (Sophia University) as invited

October 27 at JALT2013. This meeting is an

speakers, and Phil Benson (Hong Kong Institute of
Education) as a special guest speaker. We were also

opportunity for SIG members to discuss together
different SIG projects and plans, as well as to makethrilled by the response to the Call for Proposals

decisions about SIG activities for the coming year.

earlier in the year which resulted in over 70

We'd like to encourage teachers teaching languages

proposals from within Japan and around the world

other than English and/or from diverse teaching

covering a diverse range of topics and contexts. At
the conference there will be spaces for discussion

and learning contexts (elementary school, juniorhigh school, senior high school, distance learning,

and reflection, as well as opportunities to learn

学習者ディベロプメント研究部会 <ld-sig.org/>

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Learning Learning 学習の学習 20 (2): LD SIG NEWSlanguage school, and university settings) to come

10月に神戸で開催予定のJALT2013大会まで、あとalong and take part.

数週間となりました。2013年度学習ディベ ロプメ"
The AGM will mark two years since the twoof us became co-coordinators of the SIG. Over that
period, it’s been a great pleasure for us to see the
SIG go through different transitions and develop its
team approach, undertake a wide range of different
projects, and welcome a truly impressive number of
new members both to the SIG and to the committee.
The SIG is a wonderful network with many
welcoming learning communities, and we wish theincoming co-coordinators, Fumiko Murase andAlison Stewart—who have been shadowing us forseveral months now—every success in taking
things further with you all.

ント研究部会(LD SIG)のJALT全国大会参加助成金
受賞者はCaroline Ross (東京：私立高校勤務) とAya Matsumoto (明星大学4年生)に決定しました。
また、Mike Sullivan (日鉄住金インターコムの関西
支部ESP教員) と Tanja McCandie (名古屋：南山大学)のお二人が20周年記念大会参加助成金の受賞者と決定しましたことを合わせてご報告いたします。
また今年度の前半期におきまして、Natacha
Piederriere (東京：私立高校勤務) がLD SIG体験入会・会費助成金（非JALT会員向け）受賞者に、Brandon Kramer (神戸：私立高校勤務) とAdrian
Wagner (新潟) がLD SIG体験入会・会費助成金（JALT会員向け）受賞者に、またMichi Saki (京都：立命館大学) が2013年度LD SIG研究助成金受賞者に決定しましたことをお知らせいたします。SIGを代表いたしまして、Adrian, Aya, Brandon,
Caroline, Michi, Mike, Natacha, そして Tanja の皆様に心よりお祝いを申し上げるとともに、SIG会員

Andy Barfield&

Richard Silverの多くの皆様が、来たる年度に向け、彼らと出会い、意見交換の機会を得られますよう、願っております。
"

5月はSIGにとって例年の会計監査月となっています。昨年の会計状況を監査および11月の20周年記念大会に係わる財務関係懸案調整の労をいただ
いたKay Irie に感謝いたします。Huw Davies,
Mayumi Abe , Satomi YoshimutaがKayの業務をシャドーイングしており、次回会計監査以降、財務管理をチームとして引き継ぐ予定です。7月にはLD SIG co-coordinators, 2011-2013

学習者ディベロプメント研究部会 <ld-sig.org/>

Ann Flanaganが Gretchen Clark, Stephanie Corwin,

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Matthew Coomber の担当するSIG会員管理チーム

す。Hugh Nicoll は2013年度 5月31日から6月2日まに加わりました。2012年度から2013年度における当で松本で開催されたJALTCALL 大会でSIGの会場設研究部会会員数の増加を促し、継続的に貢献してく

営および運営をご担当いただき、またIan Hurrell

ださっている会員管理チームに感謝の言葉を申し上はJALT2013年度神戸大会でLD SIG フォーラム

げます。またSIGの出版物に係わり、同時にThe
Language Teacher の出版における定期的な日英での告知文の確認作業をRob Moreau, Sayuri「Transitions in the Lives of Learners andTeachers」（24名もの発表参加者があります！）の計画・手配を担当いただきました。これらのフォー

Hasegawa, Mayumi Takizawa が担当して下さいま

ラムに参加して下さった皆様にも感謝の言葉を申しした。出版に関しては、7月にJames Underwood が上げたいと思います。Jim, Hugh そして Ian が多く

Masuko Miyaharaとともに 出版の共同責任者としの時間や苦労を費やして計画・運営した、これら3て、特にLearning Learning の継続的な出版調整につの異なるフォーラムは総計40名を超える発表者が関して協力をいただきました。JamesとMasuko にあり、内容も非常に前向きで専門的な成長を全てのは、出版の経緯に係わる重要な仕事に継続して寡黙発表者と参加者に提供するものとなりました。彼らに取り組んでいただき、感謝いたします。Mathew
Porter とChris Fitzgerald は編集チームに加わっていただいたことに感謝いたします。Fumiko MuraseとMonika Szirmai は共に今号のLearning Learningの編集を担当しました。MasukoはTim Ashwell,
Steve Paydon, そしてAlison Stewartと共に学習者
ディベロプメントにおける協働学習に関する事例研
究集の共同編集にも携わってくれています。そしてAiko MinemtasuとAndy は学習者ディベロプメン
トについての論文集プロジェクト「Learner
Development: Different Cases, Different Interests」に取り組んでいます。これらの書籍は、今年の後半
もしくは来年初旬に発刊される予定です。
"

過去数カ月に渡り、多くのイベントが開催されてきました。Jim Ronaldは5月に南山大学で開かれた2013年度PanSIG年次大会でGlobal Issuesのご尽力に心よりの感謝の気持ちをお贈りいたします。
"

このコラムを書いている8月下旬現在、11月23日から24日にかけて開催されるLD SIGの創設20周年記念大会の準備が着々と進んでいます（最新の情報についてはhttp://
www.ldsigconference2013.org/をご参照ください）。この大会は教員、研究者、学生、そしてNGOが協働する素晴らしいものになること間違いなしですので皆様のご参加をお待ちしています。光
栄なことに招待講演ではRichard Smith氏（ウォーリック大学）、青木直子氏（大阪大学）、吉田研作
氏（上智大学）を、そして特別講演者としてPhil
Benson 氏（香港教育学院）をお迎えすることになっております。また、本大会における発表の募集に対しては国内外から幅広いテーマ、そして多様な現場についての70以上の応募があったことを大変喜

SIGおよびPragmatics SIGとの共同フォーラムの企

ばしく思っております。本大会では議論や内省の場

画・運営を担当していただき、心より感謝いたしまに加え、様々なNGOの取組みについて、研究して学習者ディベロプメント研究部会 <ld-sig.org/>

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きた学生たちから学ぶ機会があります。さらに、陸"前高田の地域社会および仙台からゲスト講演者を迎てから、今年の年次総会で2年を迎えます。そのえ、東北の復興・再生についても着目します。この場を借りて、本大会開催に際し、NGOに焦点を当てるために多くの学生・教員を結び付けてくれた
Caroline RossおよびColin Rundleや学会ホームペー
ジを継続的に作成・更新してくれているMike Nixお
よびJames Underwood、そして魅力的な会議のロ

私たちがこのSIGのコーディネーターになっ

間、SIGが様々な変化を経験し、チームアプローチを発展させ、幅広く様々なプロジェクトを手掛け、見事な数の新会員をSIGと委員会の両方に迎え入れるのを見届けることができ、大変喜ばしく思います。私たちのSIGは素晴らしいネットワークで、多くの温かな学びのコミュニティーがあります。数かゴをデザインしてくれたRob Moreauに謝意を表明

月間、私達をシャドーイングしてきた新しいコー

します。フルタイムの学生については無料で参加でディネーターとなるFumiko MuraseとAlison

きることをお忘れなく。また、それ以外の参加者にStewartが会員の皆さんと共に、更にSIGを発展さついてもできるだけ多くの方々にご参加頂けるよう敢えて参加費を低く抑えています。この低参加費をせていけるよう成功を祈っております。

実現するにあたってご協力頂いた本SIG、Junior /アンディ・バーフィールド＆リチャード・シルバー

Senior High School SIG、Teachers Helping

2011-2013年

LD SIG コーディネーター

Teachers SIG、東京・横浜JALT支部の各スポンサーにこの場を借りて御礼を申し上げます。また、土曜
日の夜に開催されるパーティーにもぜひいらして下さい！
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JALT2013大会では多くのSIG会員が個人あるいはグループで発表を予定していますが、心よりご成功をお祈りいたします。この秋の大会が近づく
につれ、委員たちはすでに2014 年度の準備に当たっております。来年度もSIGの活動への皆さんのご参加を歓迎いたしますと共に、10月27日（日）午後1時20分より301号室に開催されるLD SIG年次総会へのご参加もお待ちしております。この総会は、SIG会員がSIGの取り組んでいる様々なプロジェク
トや計画について話し合い、そして次年度の活動に

Past issues of Learning Learning
Issues of Learning Learning going all the way
back to 1994 are now available in PDF format
here: <ld-sig.org/LL/archives.html>.
Many thanks to founding co-coordinator Richard
Smith for scanning archival copies, many ofwhich were originally printed on an old
Risograph, collated by hand, and mailed in hard
copy.
Also, thanks to the hard work of Mike Nix, the
LD SIG's first anthology of writing exploring
learner and teacher autonomy within Japanesecontexts: Autonomy You Ask! is now available indigital format, and can be found here: <cfaculty.chuo-u.ac.jp/~mikenix1/ldsig/AYA.html>

ついての決定を行う機会です。英語以外の言語を教えてらっしゃる方、様々な教授法や教育現場で教えていらっしゃる方（小学校、中学校、高校、通信教
育、語学学校、大学等）、是非ご参加ください。

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