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ZZ Contents • 目次
Message from the LD SIG Coordinator – Hugh Nicoll• コーディネータからのメッセージ — ヒュー・ニコル .  .  .  . 1About this issue of Learning Learning 今号について .  .  . 3

ZZ Voices • 読者の声
Introducing LD SIG Members –Colin Rundle • LD SIG メン
バー紹介 — コリン・ランドル .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 5Making Connections: 「つながり」
を求めて • “A Dialogue
with Chikahiro Tsue of Grassroots Teachers’ Group, Alterthe Status Quo” reported by Ellen Head • 津江親博 先生とのインタビュー：ＡＳＱ研究会について - エレン・ヘッド  .  . 6

ZZ Articles • アーテイクルズ“What Advisors Do” – Tanya McCarthy • 親愛なるアドバイザー
へ：言語学習相談とは － ターニャ・マッカーシー .  .  .  .  .  .  . 8
“Analysis of Japanese Books for English Self Learning”
Atsushi Iida • 英語学習本を通じて見られる学習ストラテジー：学
習者自律への影響 – 飯田 敦史 .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 15
Pedagogy for Autonomy and Educational Success – What
Relation? A Multi-Disciplinary School Project - Isabel
Barbosa • オートノミーと教育上の成功：どんな関係？学際的学校
プロジェクト - イザベル・バルボサ .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 23

ZZ Reviews • 書評
“Lessons from Good Language Learners”
by Carol Griffiths – Reviewed by Kay Irie
• 書評 －入江 恵  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 30

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“Language and Education in Japan: Unequal Access to Bilingualism” by Yasuko Kanno Reviewed by Alison Stewart • 書評 - アリソン・スチュワート  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 32

ZZ THE ADVENTURES OF MAGENTA M. マジェンタMの冒険
Episode 3 - Dinner for Two – Steve Davies • 第三話：スパムはお好き？ ― スティーブ・デイヴ
ィス  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 35

ZZ Looking Back 報告
JALT LD SIG FORUM 2008 – Ellen Head • JALT LD SIG フォラーム 2008 - エレン・ヘッド . 38
Local Get-Together Reports from Greater Tokyo and Hiroshima – Kay Irie & Alison Stewart
and Jim Ronald • 東京 広島エリア ミーティング レポート – 入江恵、アリソン・スチュワート、ジム・ロナルド  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 39

ZZ Looking Forward 今後のイベント
Book Proposal: Up Date - Alison Stewart and Kay Irie
• 新刊：アップデート - アリソン・スチュワート 入江 恵  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 43
Nakasendo 2009 Conference – Stacey Vye, Steven Herder, and Hiromi Sakamoto• 中仙道 ２００９ – ステシイー・ヴァイ、スティーブン・ハンター、坂本ひろみ  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 44
JALT LD SIG FORUM 2009 - Masuko Miyahara, Alison Stewart, and Martha Robertson• JALT学習者デイベロプップメント研究部会フォラーム２００９－宮原万寿子、アリソン・スチューワー
ト、マーサー・ロバートソン  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 46
ILA Hong Kong Conference 2009 – Jo Mynard • ＩＬＡ 香港 ２００９ － ジョー・マイナード
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ZZ Acknowledgement 感謝
Acknowledgement to Teachers College, Columbia University, Japan Campus •TCコロンビア大学日本校のMA TESOLプログラム紹介 .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 49

ZZ Business Matters インフォーメーション
LD SIG Financial Report — Hiromi Furuzawa • LD SIG財務報告 — 古澤弘美 .  .  .  .  . 51
Learner Development SIG Officers 2009 • 学習者ディベロップメント研究部会
2009年度 委員リスト  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 53
Contributing to Learning Learning「学習の学習」原稿募集  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 54

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ZZ Coordinator's message

コーディネータからのメッセージ 2009年3月

かろうかと思います。また、役に立ちそうな参考文
献やダウンロード可能なＰＤＦファイルも最後に掲載されています。著者のO’Dwyerさんは新しく立ち
上るFramework & Language Portfolio SIGのコーディネーターでもあります。この研究会はわたしたちのグループと共有するテーマが多かろうと考えます。

ヒュー・ニコル
皆様、こんにちは。ＬＤ
ＳＩＧコーディネーターとして、まずは、皆様が良い春
休みをとられ、新学年の良いスタートを切ったことを願っております。ご挨拶の皮切りとして、大阪で2月7日、8日の週末に行われましたＪＡＬＴ全国語学学会
理事会の簡単なご報告から始めさせていただきたいと思います。

最後に、今回の編集テームが行いました新たな試みをご紹介させていただきます。これはいかに｢学習の学習｣ を読者の皆さんとインターアクテイ
ブするかという考えの元に行われました。今号の主な掲載文に対して皆さんのコメントや質問をLDSIG.ORGブログを通して、より有意義に、また幅広くご意見をいただきたいと思います。この機能により、各々のテーマについて、より深く内容の濃いディ
スカションが、時間、場所を越えた空間で行えればと考えます。どうぞこの機会をお見逃しなく！ 皆様からのフィードバックを楽しみにしております。

明るい話題としては、新旧役委員の交代がスムーズに行われ、新メンバーシップのデーターベースが整い、11月21日から23日に行われる静岡でのＪＡＬＴ全国大会について話し合われました。しかし、2010年の大会の場所についての決定までには至りません
でした。これに対し少し暗い話題としては、昨年の大会での利益が思いのほか伸び悩み、従って、ＪＡＬ
Ｔは財政的な難局に直面しているということです。
私も全国の支部や研究会役員と協力して、財政確保に回り、例えば、来年度の主賓講演者の渡航費等を支援するなどして、バランスの良い予算のもとに今
年度の活動を行えるよう、努めていきたいと思います。
次に、最近読んだ（または読み直した）書物をご紹介させていただきます。私が今、関心を持っているreflective practiceについてです。これらの書物は大変興味深く、共感の持てるものばかりですので、
是非、ご一読されることをお薦めします。

Allford, D. and Pachler, N. (2007) Language,
Autonomy and the New Learning
Environments. Oxford: Peter Lang.
Carter, Beverly-Anne (2006) Teacher/Student
Responsibility in Foreign Language Learning.
New York: Peter Lang.
Raya, M. J. and Sercu, L. (2007) Challenges in
Teacher Development: Learner Autonomy
and Intercultural Competence, Oxford: Peter
Lang.

また、The Language Teacher 2008年3月号に掲載のFergus O'Dwyer著、 "Supplementing a taskbased curriculum with European Language Portfolio"
をまだご覧になっていない方には、これもお薦めしたい読み物です。自己評価チェックリストやアセス
メント基準についての具体例が豊富に盛り込んであり、我々ＬＤ ＳＩＧメンバーにも興味深い内容でな

ヒュー・ニコル

Coordinator’s message
March, 2009
Hugh Nicoll
Greetings all!
I’ll begin this coordinator’s message withthe hope that everyone has had a bit of a welldeserved spring break, and that your planningfor the new academic year has been satisfying.
I also want to share a brief report with youfrom the February Executive Board Meeting(EBM), held in Osaka over the weekend of 7-8
February.
The good news from the EBM is that thetransition to the new team of directors has
been smooth, the last kinks are being workedout of the new membership database, and wehave a bang-up looking conference coming up
in Shizuoka, 21-23 November. At last report,
the conference site for JALT2010 was still under discussion. The less good news is that revenues from JALT2008 were disappointing, and
JALT faces budget constraints. I will be working with chapter and SIG officers to develop
fund-raising efforts and come up with waysthat SIGs and chapters may donate funds tohelp support the conference plenary speakers,
for example, to help us get through the yearwith a balanced budget.
During the last few weeks, I’ve been reading (and re-reading) several challenging books
which I’m convinced will segue well into my

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reflective practice, and may prove useful tomany of you. The citations are:Allford, D. and Pachler, N. (2007) Language,
Autonomy and the New Learning
Environments. Oxford: Peter Lang.
Carter, Beverly-Anne (2006) Teacher/Student
Responsibility in Foreign Language Learning.
New York: Peter Lang.
Raya, M. J. and Sercu, L. (2007) Challenges in
Teacher Development: Learner Autonomy
and Intercultural Competence. Oxford: Peter
Lang.
Please look for a review of these titles in aforthcoming issue of the JALT Journal.
Also, if you haven’t seen Fergus O’Dwyer’s“Supplementing a task-based curriculum with
European Language Portfolio” in the March issue of The Language Teacher, please do give it
a good look. The article includes descriptionsof the use of checklists and self-assessment

protocols that I suspect many interested inlearner autonomy will find helpful. It includes
a number of useful references, and offers a setof appendices for downloading in pdf format.
Fergus is the coordinator of the Framework &Language Portfolio SIG, a new forming SIG
with whom many LD members will surely findcommon ground.
Finally, I’d like to commend our editorial
team for their plan to make Learning Learning
an even more interactive publication by including links to discussion pages on our LD-SIG.
ORG blog. I hope this initiative will stimulate
more group discussions and inspire many of us
to do more writing and sharing of our efforts tobecome reflective practitioners in a more dynamic, ever developing community of practice.
Hugh Nicoll

Getting Your Copy ofMore Autonomy You Ask

J

ALT2006 saw the official launch of More Autonomy You Ask (MAYA),
edited by Eric Skier and Miki Kohyama, and featuring 13 research chapters exploring learner and teacher autonomy in a Japanese context, withguest chapters by Stephen Krashen, Chitose Asaoka, and Terry Lamb. Clickhere for more details.

More Autonomy You Askのご購入についてM

ore Autonomy You Ask(MAYA)はJALT2006において公式に出版されました。MAYAの特徴はEric Skier とMiki Kohyamaによる編集、そして日本における学習者と教師の自律性を探る13章にわたる研究論文とStephen
Krashen, Chitose Asaoka とTerry Lambが書いたゲストチャプターです。購入方法についてはここをクリックしてください。

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ZZ About this issue

Learning Learning 学習の学習
１６（１）２００９ 春
16 (1) Spring 2009W

elcome, once again, to Learning
Learning, the Learner Development
SIG’s biannual online newsletter! Thereis a wide range of contributions to this Spring issue – some will cause you to review, reflect, andtake stock, and others, we hope, will inspire, motivate and stimulate. What’s more, starting thisissue, there is a new dimension to the newsletterthat may provide further opportunities for reflection and development: Learning Learning has
become INTERACTIVE!! Or, at least, it will be assoon as someone clicks on the link to the LD-SIG
blog provided next to the English title, and leaves
a comment or question. As an initial attempt,
links to the blog will be provided for the threemain articles and for the science fiction serial,
The Adventures of Magenta M. We look forward
to meeting you in this common “virtual space”.
Now, as for the contents of this issue, theVoices section introduces Colin Rundle, an active joiner (or welder?) of the Tokyo get-togethers, and Chikahiro Tsue, who tells us about the
intriguingly named ASQ teachers’ group.
This issue contains three very different, andvery informative, articles. Tanya McCarthy tells
about her job working as an advisor with language learners, both offering a glimpse into what
“they” do and into what the rest of us may bear inmind when advising language learners ourselves.
Atsushi Iida reviews and analyses Japanese selfhelp guides to learning English beyond the classroom. The third article, by Isabel Barbosa, gives
an account of a project fostering collaborative
commitment to the development of learner autonomy among language teachers at a Portuguese
secondary school. We are very glad to publish thispiece, which originally appeared in Independence(Issue 45), the newsletter of IATEFL’s Learner
Autonomy SIG. It is published here with LA-SIG’sand the author’s permission as part of a reciprocal agreement between Learning Learning andIndependence. Please don’t forget the link we haveprovided for these featured articles.
Kay Irie and Alison Stewart have provided
two great book reviews that you will want to

こんにちは！「学習の学習」へようこそ。本誌
は春と秋、年に２回発行されるＪＡＬＴ学
習者ディベロップメント研究会（ＬＤ ＳＩ
Ｇ）のオンライン・ニュースレターです。
今回の春号も豊富なライン アップで様々なテーマについて掲載いたします。これが皆さんに考え直す機会になったり、また、刺激になったりすればと願っております。今回からの新たな試みとしては、なんといっても｢学習の学習｣をＬＤ ＳＩＧブログにリンクさせたことです。これはたくさんの方々が意見交換することで、よりインターアクティブなニュースレターを目指そうとするものです。今号では四つの掲載文に限定させていただきましたが、今後はこれを全誌面にわたるようにしていきたいと考えております。でも、実際に皆さんがクリックしない限り、インターアクティブにはなりませんので、是非、試してみてください。時間、空間を越えたスペースで多いに皆さんと語り合えたらと思います。
今号の概要を説明します。｢読者の声｣VOICESでは東京エリア ミーティングで活躍されています人徳の持ち主、コリン・ランドル, そして熊本県でＡＳＱ研究会というユニークなグループを立ち上げた津江親博 先生をご紹介いたします。
「アーティクルズ」AＲＴＩＣＬＥＳでは全く違った刺激的なものを三つ掲載しました。タニャー・マ
ッカーシーは多くの教育者にとって未知な存在である学習アドバイザーの役割や研究について語ってもらいます。飯田敦史さんには英語学習本を通じて見られる学習へのストラテジーと自立学習に及ぼす影響について述べてもらいます。三つ目はＩＡＴ
ＥＦＬ Learner Autonomy 研究会の発行物である
INDEPENDENCE からイザベル・バルボサがポルト
ガルの高等学校で、語学教師による共同プロジェクト
で、オートノミーを促進する新たな試みについて報告
しています。
「学習と学習」とINDEPENDENCEとは兼ねてから、お互いの掲載文を交換し合う取り組みができており、今回、この論文は皆さんにとって興味深いのではないかということで掲載いたしました。
「書評」BOOK REVIEWでは入江恵とアリソン・
スチュワートが最近の刊行物から話題性のあるもの
を二冊紹介してくれました。考え深い、手ごたえのある論文ですので、是非、お読みください。今回が第三段になりますが、本誌のサイエンス フィックション
小説 「マジェンタ Ｍの冒険」をお読みください。
さらに、これにはＬＤ ＳＩＧ ブログのリンクが貼ってありますので、皆さんのコメントをお寄せください。
「報告」LOOKINGBACKではエレン・ヘッドが昨年のＪＡＬＴ ＬＤ ＳＩＧ フォーラムの様子を生き生きと報告しております。また、最近の東京 及Learning Learning 2009 • Vol 16.1

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read, for two great books you shouldn’t miss.
Following these, Steve Davies’ sci-fi Adventuresof Magenta M. continues with a humorous yet
thought-provoking swipe at e-learning – andanything else at hand! Your comments via thelink to the LD-SIG blog would be welcome.
In the Looking Back section, Ellen Head looks
back at the LD Forum at JALT 2007. We also hearmore from recent LD get-togethers, with Kay
Irie and Alison Stewart covering the meetings inTokyo and Jim Ronald reporting from Hiroshima.
Finally, as you can see from this issue, especially the Looking Ahead section - there is a lot
happening: a call for papers for a new LD-SIG
book, an announcement about the next LD
Forum, and two conferences. So look at what’s
coming up – and start planning!
As new lead co-editors for this issue, this wasa steep learning experience for us. But through it
we have come to realize how much this is a teameffort, and would like to especially thank all ourcontributors and supporters for their time andcommitment to Learning Learning. Many thanks
to Yoko Wakui, Kay Irie, Etsuko Shimo, Kayo
Ozawa, Stacey Vye, Ellen Head, Alison Stewart,
and Tanya McCarthy who helped us diligently
with numerous translations, proofreading, and, insome cases, both! And very often at short notice.
We would also like to thank Hugh Nicoll for his
advice and help in setting up the link to the LD
SIG blog. Special thanks also go to all contributors of this issue who toiled many hours with us
in trying to meet our “requests”. Without the cooperation of those involved, this issue would nothave been possible, and we are indebted to themfor their dedication.
Finally, many many thanks to Malcolm
Swanson for his care and dedication with thelayout and design of this issue of Learning
Learning.
Masuko Miyahara(MasukoM AT MARK aol.com)
Jim Ronald(jamesmartinronald AT MARK yahoo.co.jp)
Co- editors
Learning Learning

び、広島エリア ミーティングについては東京からは
入江恵 とアリソン・スチュワート、広島からはジム・ロナルドソンがそれぞれの地域の最新の活動を伝え
ています。
また、
「今後のイベント」LOOKING AHEADでは
ＡＹＡ， ＭＡＹＡに続く、 ＬＤ ＳＩＧの新刊行物の進行状況、今年のＪＡＬＴ ＬＤ ＳＩＧフォー
ラムについての詳細や募集情報、さらに今後、行われますカンファレンスいついての情報を紹介しましたので、今から予定に入れておきましょう！
新しいエディターとして、わたしたちはいろいろと学ぶことがありました。特に感じたのは｢学習の学習｣の発行にあたっては、チームワークが最も大切であること。 多くの時間をさいてくれた翻訳者、校正者〈時には両方〉を引き受けてくださった方々（湧井陽子、
下絵津子、入江恵、小沢佳代、エレン・ヘッド、アリソ
ン・スチュワート、ステイシー・ヴァイ、タニャー・マッカーシー）には深く感謝しております。また、今回のブログへのリンクの件ではヒュー・ニコルにお世話になりました。さらに、いつも本誌のレイアウトを担当してくれているマルコム・スワンソンとPukeko Graphics社にも感謝の気持ちを述べたいと思います。

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共同責任編集者
宮原万寿子とジム・ロナルドZZ People: Self Introductions

Self-Introduction by new members
メンバー自己紹介

Colin Rundle
Foundation for Advanced Studies on
International Development (FASID) /National Graduate Institute for Policy
Studies (GRIPS) , Joint Graduate Program
Email: crundleAT MARKfasid.or.jp
I’ve been interested in LD SIG for quite a while, so I’ll use theoccasion of an education-anniversary to introduce myself. It
was exactly 30 years ago that I decided against college and instead signed my indentures as an engineering trade apprentice.
I did not even know what a graduate school was at that time,
so nothing could have been further from my mind than one
day becoming a teacher, preparing graduate students, to study
economics in English, in Tokyo. That is what I’ve been doing fornine years now, and with that unlikely beginning I guess it is no
coincidence that I am drawn to a group that emphasises diversity, identity, community, learning by doing, and even the notion of apprenticeship. I really findthe LD SIG very welcoming, supportive, and stimulating, so I look forward to participating morein the local get-togethers, as well as in the SIG generally. I work in a hectic one-year masters program, where I spend a lot of time trying to exploit the mutually constitutive relationship of language, content and learning, and convincing others that such a relationship exists. The generous
and knowledgeable members of LD SIG are helping me to develop my ideas, and I look forward
to a lot more productive sharing. And if anyone needs any welding or machinery repairs, …

コリン・ランドル（国際開発高等教育機構

政策研究大学院大学

連携大学院プログラム）

LD SIGに以前から興味を持っていたので、私の「教育記念日」を機に自己紹介をしたいと思います。私が大学を拒否しエンジニアの見習いとなったのがちょうど３０年前のことでした。その時には大学院とはどんなものかも知りませんでした。それが東京で教員になり、大学院生に英語を教え、彼らが将来、経済を学ぶた
めの準備をさせる仕事にかかわっていくことになるとは夢にも思いませんでした。そしてこの仕事について９
年が経ちました。そんな予想外の始まりを持つ私が多様性、アイデンティティ、コミュニティ、「なすことによる学習」(learning by doing) や「従弟制」の概念を大切に思うLD SIGに惹かれたのは偶然ではないはずです。今後は、私をいつも歓迎し、サポートし、そして刺激を与えてくれるLD SIGのローカル・ミーティングには
むろん、SIG活動全般にもっと参加していくことを楽しみにしています。私は慌ただしい１年間の修士プログ
ラムにたずさわる中で、言語とコンテンツと学習が相互的に作り上げる関係を見いだし、それを広く訴えようと思います。LD SIGの寛大で博識なメンバー達はいつも私の考えを発展させてくれます。これからもさらに創造的な分かち合いができることを望んでいます。そして皆さんが溶接作業や機械修理が必要な時は．．．

Please send in your own self-introduction with a photo for the next issue of Learning
Learning in October 2009!

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ZZ Voices: Making Connections

A dialogue with
Chikahiro Tsue ofgrassroots teachers’
group ASQ (“Alter the
Status Quo”)
津江親博 先生（熊本県 芦北町
立 田浦中学校）とのインタビュ
ー：ＡＳＱ研究会について
Chikahiro Tsue (Taura JuniorHigh School)
EMAIL: TSUE000ATMARKDREAM.OCN.NE.JP
Ellen Head (Poole Gakuin
University)
エレン・ヘッド (プール学院大学)
Email:ellenkobeAT MARKyahoo.com
三年前ほどからＪＡＬＴメンバーとして活躍されている津江親博先生（熊本県 田浦中学校）が県内で同僚と共に始めた研究会、Alter the Status Quo（ＡＳＱ）の発足にまつわる話しをエレン・ヘッドがレポー
トします。これはエレンと津江先生とのメールのやり取り、及び、ＡＳＱのニュースレーターから再現し、インタビュー形式にまとめたものです。

We introduce Tsue Chikahiro, who teaches
at a junior high school in Kumamoto. Tsue
Sensei joined JALT three years ago. Below hedescribes how he and others founded a local
teachers study group with the inspiring name
ASQ – “Alter the Status Quo”. This report draws
on Tsue Sensei’s ASQ newsletters together withrecent e-mail exchanges with Ellen Head.
Ellen Head: Please tell me about ASQ!
Chikahiro Tsue: ASQ is the name of our study
group, whose main goal is to improve our teaching ability in English education. There are nine
members, mainly junior high school (JHS)
English teachers in the Minamata-Ashikita district in Kumamoto Prefecture, but now threemembers live outside of this district and areparticipating only by writing for the newsletter. ASQ is an abbreviation for “Alter the Status
Quo” and is pronounced as “ask” with the connotation that “We can ask each other anything

without hesitation,” as we would like to keep
this relaxed and anti-authoritarian atmospherein our meetings. If you ask “what aspects of
the “status quo” do you want to alter?” I would
say, altering the status quo is not any special
behavior. Personally I am not comfortable withmy present ability in using English. So I want toalter myself. Gathering once a month may seeman easy task, but actually getting to meet is very
challenging for busy junior high school teachers.
We are trying to alter ourselves by discussing
various matters in our regular meetings.
Ellen: How did the group start?
Chikahiro: We have a pre-history prior to beginning ASQ four years ago. It was on the 4thof December in 2000 when some teachers in the
Minamata district voluntarily
gathered to study
English teaching and decided
to keep goingwith it. So wehave continued
our study meetings for morethan eight years
in this way. In
2004, a big conference of JHS
English teachers in Kumamoto Prefecture was held in the
Minamata-Ashikita district and all JHS English
teachers here had to contribute to it as staff
members, so we had to stop having our regularmeeting for some months in order to concentrate on preparation. After the conference,
which was successful, the members of the former study group reunited and decided to start
regular study meetings with the newly created
name, ASQ.
The first meeting of ASQ was held in
February, 2005. We set some simple rules at thattime: 1) Anyone can join us any time; 2) Anyone
can leave any time; and 3) Every member has
to be a reporter at least once a year. Four fullyears will have passed by this February since
ASQ was created. There have not been so many

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participating members in each meeting, usually
only two to four, but we are proud that we havecontinued holding regular meetings and issuing
newsletters every month.
Ellen: What kind of thing do you talk about inmeetings?
Chikahiro: Typical topics at meetings include:
warm-up activities, effective ways to increase
students’ vocabulary, how to enhance students’motivation, etc. For example, the most recent
topic was “A big change of my teaching style”.
I found that my Small Talk activities and mylesson style that used a lot of pair-work weresometimes too stressful for some students. In
my Small Talk activities, there were a lot ofscenes for students to decide what they should
do. In pair activities, students are given a chance
to build positive relationships with their partners, so most of the students liked it, but it may
have been difficult for some types of students
to have to pay attention to their partners during
a lesson. It was my first experience, at least in
my ‘English’ lessons, to see my students rudely
disobey my instructions or even escape frommy classes as an expression of resistance to myteaching. After discussion with one of my coworkers who is in charge of the class for handicapped students at my school, I have recently
adopted a lesson style in which I control theflow of the lesson, trying to keep the students’thoughts in line with the schedule as much as
possible. These strategies have worked very well,
I believe. Now I feel all the students are following my lessons, more or less. You can see fromthis example the kind of honest and practical
discussion we enjoy at ASQ meetings.
Ellen: This may seem a little abrupt but I would
like to ask you another question about somethingthat has been in the news recently. What do you
think of recent MEXT policy initiatives suchas teaching “English through English” at highschools?
Chikahiro: I have not read the new guidelines for high schools, but if it is advocating“English through English” policy, it apparently contradicts the contents of the guideline for junior high schools. The new guideline for junior high schools is encouraging
us (junior high teachers) to teach English
sentence structures through comparing themto Japanese sentence structures. This means, I
think, an “English through Japanese” policy.
This leads to a conclusion that the two sets
of guidelines were made by different groupsof people with very different policies inEnglish education.

Ellen: Do you think this will have any effect onjunior high schools in the future?
Chikahiro: Yes, I do, but only if this teachingstyle is practiced as MEXT expects. I agreewith the teaching method, English throughEnglish, but it has to be adopted from thefirst stage to the last. I mean from elementary school to college this is unrealistic fromthe point of view of status quo.
Ellen: I suppose it depends on individual schools
how this will play out in practice. Thank you
for telling me and LD members about ASQ. I
feel that our group shares some of your aims
in relation to free and honest communicationand learner-centered teaching. Since many ofour members are, like me, NESTS working inJapanese universities we can really benefit fromyour perspective.

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DEAR ADVISOR: A
Look into theWorld of Advising
親愛なるアドバイザーへ：
言語学習相談とはTo join a discussion on this piece,
click here. “LL6.1_McCarthy”

Tanya McCarthy(Kanda University ofInternational Studies)
ターニャ・マッカーシー
語大学)

( 神田外

Email: tanya-mAT MARKkanda.
kuis.ac.jp

過

去2年間
で言語
学習相
談の仕事は活動範囲を拡げ、EFLの分野においてより認められる職種になりつつあります。こ
れはおそらく自律学習の促進に対して関心が高まってきたことと、一生涯使えるスキルの発達を奨励する方針が多く見られるようになってきたためでしょう。日本の高等教育機関には相談を受けられる数多くの自習センターがあり、そこでは自律的な言語学習の促進において学習アド
バイザーが中心的な役割を担っています。しかしながら、多くの教育者にとってまだこの分野はやや未知な存在です。というのもこの分野における学習アドバイ
ザーや研究が増えつつあるとはいえ、まだ数に限りがあるからです。この論文では言語学習相談の仕事の概要と、相談に用いられるカウンセリングの技術と実践について紹介します。言語学習アドバイザーになりたいと考えている教師やこの新しい分野についてさらに知識を深めたい読者にとって、この論文は最適な入門となることでしょう。

Introduction: A plea for help
Dear Advisor
I have to give a presentation at the end of thesemester for my Freshman English class. I don’t
like to speak in front of the class because my
English is not good. But, I try hard. Usually, we
have to present in pairs. This is okay because thelast time, my friend Paddle* helped me. But, thistime, I have to present by myself. Advisor, I feelstressed. I don’t want to fail the class, but it is really difficult to stand in front of my friends andspeak English. What should I do?
-Up a Creek*
Dear Up a Creek
I understand how nerve-racking it is to stand in
front of people to give a presentation. It’s greatthat you try hard and are eager to do well. That’s
most important! First of all, you need to take a
deep breath and relax. You will perform better
if you feel less anxious. Giving presentations is
not that difficult if you really enjoy the topic. Are
you passionate about the topic? Is it something
you would talk to your friends about in your own
language? Try to imagine talking to your friend
about your presentation, and then practice infront of the mirror. This should help you to feel
more confident. Maybe you can ask Paddle tohelp you? Good luck with your presentation Up a
Creek. If you still have questions, please make areservation to see me.
- Advisor*Names changed to protect the identity of thelearners.
The Role of the Advisor
Before coming to Kanda University ofInternational Studies (KUIS) to work as a learning
advisor, I first worked as an Assistant Language
Teacher (ALT) at elementary, junior and seniorhigh schools and later, as a lecturer at a university. As ALT, my role was that of motivator,‘edutainer’ and live tape-recorder. As lecturer, I
retained some of my ‘talents’ as an ALT, but myrole switched to more of facilitator of learningand support for students. Since starting my job asa learning advisor, I find that I have had to change
hats yet again, but this time it has been a bit more

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challenging trying to adjust to the fit. Over the
past year, I have been asked countless times bycolleagues, “So, what exactly do you do?” As the
position of learning advisor is rather new to thefield of EFL, it has been difficult providing a quickanswer to this question. Many teachers and students perceive advisors to be experts across disciplines and to be able to provide answers to any
problem. Others find us quite useful as resources
when trying to find specific study materials.
However, there is more to the advisor than that ofproblem-solver or resource-finder.
The role of the advisor is a complex one, further confused due to the variety of terms used
to describe it. Mozzon-McPherson (2002) andGardner and Miller (1999) have identified terms
such as ‘facilitator’, ‘mentor’, ‘counsellor’, ‘adviser’,‘helper’, ‘learner support officer’ and ‘consultant’,
which have often been used to characterize therole of the advisor. Regardless of the terminology, the central idea is that learning advisorsserve as guides or facilitators of self-directed
learning, usually within self-access systems. Thismeans, in effect, that the advisor’s job functions
directly correlate with the self-access centre andin particular, the promotion of learner autonomy. In our capacity as advisors, we help learners reflect on their learning, try to narrow theirfocus to decide on an achievable goal and thenguide them through a process of self-discovery
towards that goal, so they can become moreautonomous learners. How then should advisors
respond to queries by learners? Do you think
the advisor’s response to the learner’s query in
the letter above was appropriate? Did it help thelearner to exercise more autonomy?
Advising 101
The “Dear Advisor” letter is fictional but a clear
example of how NOT to do advising. A letter
format was used to highlight one of the major
problems that advisors currently face, and thatis learners approaching us for a quick one-off
solution to their language learning problems. As
advising usually takes the form of an on-going
dialogue, giving advice through the medium ofa letter in this one-off format is far from what
would be considered the ideal advising situation.
The discourse between advisor and learner is instrumental in advising, and is key to unravellingor deciphering the learning problem. Although
the situation presented in the letter can be seen
as typical of what learners approach us with on a
day-to-day basis, the response given is not reflective of our role as advisors. First of all, there isinsufficient information on which to give advice.
The response written by the advisor is pretty
general, and with the information presented by
the learner, many other responses were possible.
According to the learner, the problem is that his
English is not good and he feels stressed. The advisor assumed it was a matter of confidence, butmaybe the problem was with his pronunciation,or lack of vocabulary, or maybe even his inability
to do research and write up a presentation. Here,
we can only guess at the nature of the problem.
However, in order to understand the precise
needs of the learner, it would be best to sit andhave a one-to-one dialogue to get a deeper understanding of his learning experience.
Advising is a skill that many teachers have anduse to a certain degree in the classroom. It may
be more difficult within the time allotted to alesson, or in a classroom with a large numberof students, but all teachers give some form ofadvice: when giving students feedback about
their work, when supporting learners in theirlanguage learning efforts, or when helping students to improve specific skills such as writing,reading, etc. The main distinguishable feature ofadvising however is that it is the learner who isin control of the interaction. Whereas teachers
usually react to a group of learners in a unified,structured manner (Gardner and Miller, 1999:180), the advisor is reactive to an individual
learner’s needs and should be prepared to offer
advice on a variety of levels in as non-prescriptive a manner as possible. Using various advisingtechniques, advisors can then engage in a purposeful dialogue with learners, helping them toidentify their learning problem and then guidingthem to possible solutions or alternative study
methods through self-reflection.
Let’s examine the learner’s problem again, but
this time putting it into an advising context (SeeAppendix 1). This is only a hypothetical advisingsituation, but after having a session with an advisor,
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finally, a concrete goal to work on. This lays thefoundation for a follow-up session where the advisor can check how the learner is progressing.
Advising Skills
Although not an exhaustive list, Kelly (1996: 9596) provides us with a table of macro- and mi-

cro-skills frequently used in advising discourse(See Table 1). Not all these skills will necessarily
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but ideally, the advisor should try to incorporate most of them into
the discourse. Now, let’s examine the dialogue
in closer detail to see which of Kelly’s skills were
employed by the advisor (See Appendix 2).

Table 1: Kelly’s macro- and micro-skills of language counselling
Macro Skills
Initiating
Goal-setting
Guiding
Modelling
Supporting
Giving feedback
Evaluating
Linking
Concluding

Description
Purposeintroducing new directions and options to promote learner focus and reduce
uncertainty
helping the learner to formulate specific to enable the learner to focus on a mangoals and objectives
ageable goal
offering advice and information, direction and ideas, suggesting
demonstrating target behaviour

to help the learner develop alternative
strategies
to provide examples of knowledge andskills that the learner desires
providing encouragement and reinto help the learner persist; create trust;forcement
acknowledge and encourage effort
expressing a constructive reaction toto assist the learner’s self-awareness andthe learner’s efforts
capacity for self-appraisal
appraising the learner’s progress andto acknowledge the significance of theachievement
learner’s effort and achievement
connecting the learner’s goals and tasks to help establish the relevance and value
to wider issuesof the learner’s project
bringing a sequence of work to a conto help the learner establish boundaries
clusionand define achievement

Micro Skills
AttendingDescription
Purposegiving the learner your undivided atten- to show respect and interest; to focus
tion
on the person
Restatingrepeating in your own words what theto check your understanding and tolearner says
confirm the learner’s meaning
Paraphrasing
simplifying the learner’s statements by to clarify the message and to sort our
focusing on the essence of the message conflicting or confused meanings
Summarizing bringing together the main elements of to create focus and direction
a message
Questioning
using open questions to encourage self- to elicit and to stimulate learner discloexploration
sure and self-definition
Interpreting
offering explanations for learner experi- to provide new perspectives; to help
ences
self-understanding
Reflecting feel- surfacing the emotional content of
to show that the whole person has beenings
learner statements
understoodEmpathizing
identifying with the learner’s experience to create a bond of shared understandand perception
ing
Confronting
surfacing discrepancies and contradic- to deepen self-awareness, particularly oftions in the learner’s communication
self-defeating behavior

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Discussion
As we can see from the discourse in Appendix 1,
the learner’s problem was not a matter of lacking confidence after all, and so the advice given
to the learner initially may or may not have been
useful. By using a series of elicits (or questioning), the advisor was able to help the learner
uncover the real learning problem and help
the learner take steps towards finding a solution. Although this in itself does not guarantee
success, the learner is more aware of his learning and has taken steps to becoming a more
responsible learner (Dickinson, 1987; 1992). Of
the eighteen proposed macro- and micro-skills,
more than half were used in the discourse. As
this is only a fictional example, and shorter thana typical advising session would be, other commonly used skills such as initiating, goal-setting
and interpreting were not seen and more probing questions would have been asked. My sole
purpose here was to introduce readers to therole of the advisor, and to provide a view into theworld of advising. Basically, the function of thelearning advisor in an advising session is to constantly elicit to help the leaner gain more insight
into his/her learning while at the same time,
avoiding being too prescriptive or direct.
Conclusion
Learners cannot be expected to become autonomous learners overnight, but they can betransformed into autonomous language learners more quickly by reflecting on their learningwith the help of an advisor. The role of the advisor also has wider implications for life beyond
the classroom, as learners should become more

confident and motivated about their learningand less dependent on external instruction.
Presently, KUIS is the only self-access centre in
Japan to employ such a large number of full timeadvisors. This shows that there remains a strong
belief in the concept of the self-access centeras envisioned by Lucy Cooker seven years ago
and that is to provide a service to help learners
to become more proficient, life-long learners ofEnglish and other languages (Cooker, 2004: 16).
References
Cooker, L. and Torpey, M. (2004). From theclassroom to the self-access centre: A chronicle of learner-centred curriculum development . The Language Teacher, 28(6): 11-16.
Dickinson, L. (1987). Self-instruction inlanguage learning. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press.
Dickinson, L. (1992). Learner autonomy 2:
Learner training for language learning. Dublin:
Authentik.
Gardner, D. and Miller, L. (1999). Establishingself-access: From theory to practice.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Kelly R. (1996) ‘Language counselling forlearner autonomy’, in Pemberton R. et al.
(eds.) Taking Control: Autonomy in Language
Learning. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University
Press: 93-113.
Mozzon-McPherson, M. (2002). ‘Language
advising’. Subject Centre for Languages,
Linguistics and Area Studies Good Practice
Guide. Retrieved 29 July 2008, from http://
www.llas.ac.uk/resources/gpg/93.

Appendix 1: A fictional dialogue between learner and advisor
L = Learner A = Advisor
1. L

I have to give a presentation at the end of the semester for my Freshman English class.
I don’t like to speak in front of the class because my English is not good. But, I try hard.
Usually, we have to present in pairs. This is okay because the last time, my friend Paddle*
helped me. But, this time, I have to present by myself. Advisor, I feel stressed. I don’t
want to fail the class, but it is really difficult to stand in front of my friends and speak
English. What should I do?

2. A

Well, Up a Creek, it’s wonderful that you are working so hard. You seem to be very eager
to do well in English. Can you tell me why you are so nervous to speak in front of class?

3. L

I can’t speak English well.
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4. A

Do you feel the same when you are speaking Japanese in front of class? Or is it only when
you give presentations in English?

5. L(Thinks about it) um. A little the same. I…I don’t like presentation.

6. A(Waits to respond to allow the learner to say more…silence…) Okay. Can you think of asituation when you are doing a presentation (pause) Okay? Now, can you tell me what
the problem is?

7. L

mm, I don’t remember all the words sometimes. I don’t want to make mistake.

8. A

So, you have difficulty trying to remember the words for your speech.

9. L

Yes. (silence)

10. A

Can you tell me how you prepare for your presentation?

11. L

uh? one more?

12. A

When you have to speak in front of people, how do you practice?

13. L

I, I write down the presentation and memorize it. But I forget words sometimes and get
nervous. Then I have to read the paper and I lose points because the teacher want eye
contact.

14. A

So, is memorizing your presentation helpful?

15. L(Thinks) Yes…No…Sometimes it’s difficult

16. A

Okay, so memorizing is not very useful to you. Can you think of a better way to prepare
for presentations?

17. L

Eh?...eeeh?

18. A

What can you do to remember words?

19. L(Silence) …

20. A(Waits) …

21. L(More silence) …

22. A

How do you study vocabulary?

23. L

I make vocabulary cards and write sentence and I review the cards on the train.

24. A

That’s an excellent idea! Can you think of how you can do the same thing for your presentations?

25. L

I write my presentation on cards and study it?

26. A

You could do that. But wouldn’t it be difficult to write the whole presentation on cards?

27. L(Thinks) eeh?..what should I do then?

28. A

Well, how about making note cards?

29. L

Note card?

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30. A

When I have to give a speech, I find it useful to make small note cards with important
points written on it. This way, I can remember what I want to say easier. Do you knowwhat I mean?

31. L

Mm, maybe

32. A(Shows learner how to make a note card and demonstrates how to use it) Does this seem
useful to you?

33. L

Ahh. I think useful. I can try.

34. A

How about we make one now, okay? (Makes sample with learner using information frompresentation). Now, let’s see if it works for you. Can you do a one-minute presentation
for me?

35. L

Eh? Now?

36. A

Yes, just one minute. Use the card for reference.

37. L(Gives one minute presentation)

38. A(Listens attentively) Well done Up a Creek. Do you think this will help you to remember
words for your presentation?

39. L

mm, I think useful. I will try. I can practice with Paddle.

40. A

Sounds good! Please come and see me again and let me know if the note cards helped
you.

41. L

Okay. Thank you

Appendix 2: An examination of the macro- and micro-skills used in the advising session
Line

Skill

Comment2

Supporting
Questioning

The advisor starts of with a positive comment to create trust. Then, immediately begins questioning to encourage the learner to think about the
problem.

4

Linking

The advisor seeks to discover if it is a language problem or an affective issue. The learner’s response does not add much clarity.

6

Attending
Questioning

The advisor waits for the learner to speak rather than filling the empty
silence. When there is no response, the advisor resumes the same line ofquestioning

8

Restating

The advisor confirms the problem ensuring that both parties are working
towards the same goal.

10

Questioning

The advisor resumes the line of questioning to try to get to the root of
the problem.

12

Paraphrasing

Simplifying the question but remaining focused on the message. The
learner offers a more substantial reason for not liking presentations than“My English is not good.”

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Questioning
Guiding

The advisor tries to help the learner explore past study habits to see how
effective they are. It is important for the learner to understand for himself if the learning strategy is useful. Only then can he be open to newexperiences.

16

RestatingGuiding

By repeating this, the learner is committing himself to a new or different
study method. The advisor tries to help the learner develop a new learning strategy.

18

Questioning

The learner having abandoned his method of learning is at a loss as towhat to do next. The advisor continues the questioning strategy in thehope that the learner discovers a new way of learning.

20

Attending

The advisor gives the learner time to formulate a reply. When there is
still no reply, the advisor tries yet another line of questioning.

22

Questioning

The advisor tries to provide a connection to the learner’s present study
habits and the learning problem, in the hope that the learner can find away to study before the advisor makes a suggestion.

24

Givingfeedback/
Supporting /Guiding

The advisor acknowledges and praises the effort the learner is making.
The advisor continues to elicit to try and get the learner to formulate a
new strategy

26

Supporting

Even though the learner has not arrived at a manageable goal, he isthinking of a new method showing a new self-awarenessThe advisor continues the questioning to encourage deeper thought

Guiding
28

Guiding

As the learner seems to be getting frustrated, the advisor makes a suggestion

30

Empathizing

This shows the learner that the advisor understands and shares his experience

32

Modeling

This helps the learner to understand how to employ the new method

34
&
36

Modeling

It is important for the learner to leave a session with something concrete.
It could be just a list of points raised by the learner during the session,
but it helps the learner to feel a sense of accomplishment.

38

AttendingSummarizing

To focus attention on the learnerTo bring the learner back to the main focus of the discourse

40

Conclusion

Bringing the session to an end and encouraging the learner to come backfor a follow-up to check progress.

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survey of Japanese books for English self-study.
An analysis of
The paper begins by reviewing the literaturelearner strategies and learner autonomy belearner strategies onfore presenting a survey of 30 self-help guides
to learning English published in Japan. The
and learnersurvey found that, similar to previous researchautonomy inon learner strategies, an emphasis on selfstrategies was a common feature
Japanese books for management
in all the self-study guides. However, the survey
also revealed that the Japanese self-study guides
English study
shared some approaches that are particularly apfor fostering learner autonomy in the
英語学習本を通じて見られ propriate
Japanese context. The paper ends by discussing
approaches and considering measures forる学習ストラテジー：学習 these
introducing strategy training in Japanese classroom settings.
者自律への影響

To join a discussion on this piece,
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Atsushi Iida
(Indiana Universityof Pennsylvania,
Pennsylvania,USA)
飯田 敦史
Email:a.iidaAT MARKiup.edu

本

研究の目的は、日本で出版されている英語学習本を通じ、日本のコンテクストにおける英語自律学習の動向を明らかにすることである。
本稿では、学習ストラテジーと学習者自律に関する先行研究に言及し、30人の著者による英語学習本の中で紹介されている学習方法や学習
ストラテジーを検討する。この結果、すべての英語学習本は、self-management ス
トラテジーの重要性を主張するという点で一致する
一方、日本のコンテクストにおいて英語学習者の自律心を育成するのにふさわしい日本特有の学習方法があることが明らかになった。本稿は、これらの結果を踏まえ、日本の英語教育における学習ストラテジー訓練の導入について議論する。

The aim of this study is to investigate learnerautonomy in the Japanese context through aIntroduction
English language teaching (ELT) in Japan has
been gradually changing. With a goal, set by the
Ministry of Education, of cultivating ‘Japanesewith English Abilities’ (MEXT 2002), the focus
of ELT has shifted from teaching the grammatical aspects to developing communicative language proficiency. However, Japanese teachers ofEnglish in middle and high schools are inclined
to use traditional approaches such as GrammarTranslation or Audiolingual methods because
they believe that success in the university entrance examinations hinges on accurate memorization of vocabulary and discrete grammaticalitems rather than language use. The pressure exerted on students and teachers to succeed in entrance examinations leads to the situation where
teachers are unwilling to change their teachingpractice and relinquish control over their students’ learning and students are also reluctant toassume control themselves.
At the same time, the fact is that, even in thisenvironment, some Japanese learners of English
do become successful autonomous learners.
The concept of learner autonomy is very important in considering the time currently given to
English education. Classes present some limitations to what students can learn, but autonomous language learning ability fostered througha class is unlimited. Developing learner autonomy enables students to be more self-directed
and to understand how they can learn English
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From this viewpoint, understanding successful
learners’ strategy use can provide students withpossibilities to gain success in language learningand more specifically, to learn to listen to, speak,
read, and write the target language for communicative purposes even in an unsupportive
environment where English is taught as a meansfor passing entrance examinations.
This study starts with a review of research into
learner strategies and considers the importanceof particular strategies for learner autonomy.
Next, a survey of 30 Japanese self-help guides tolearning English is presented and the strategies
for learning that are introduced in these guides
are analyzed and discussed. Lastly, this study
provides suggestions regarding how Japaneseteachers of English can introduce strategy training in classroom settings.
Relationship between Learner
Strategies and Learner
Autonomy
Learner strategies facilitate language learningand contribute to L2 development. Richards andSchmidt (2002) state that an L2 learning strategy
is an intentional or potentially intentional behavior implemented with the goal of learning. In
addition, Wenden (1991) defines learner strategies as “mental steps or operations that learners
use to learn a new language and to regulate theirefforts to do so” (p.18) and develops her argument: active or successful language learners are
inclined to be willing to use these strategies inlanguage learning, but what strategies can beused varies according to the learner. In short,strategy use is determined by individual differences including attitudes, aptitudes, preferencesor learning styles, and it has positive impacts on
L2 learning.
Previous studies have indicated the importance of developing metacognitive strategies tofoster learner autonomy (e.g. Thanasoulas, 2000;
Wenden, 1991). Wenden (1991) categorizes
learner strategies into two groups: cognitive(select input, comprehend input, store input andretrieve input); and self-management (planning,monitoring and evaluating), and highlights thesignificance of developing the latter strategies
to encourage learners to become self-directed.
Metacognitive strategies, which can allow learn-

ers to use any appropriate strategies for tasks ortheir goals, are regarded as one of the most important factors in language learning. Success inlearning very much depends on learners having
a responsible attitude toward their own learning(Sharle & Szabo, 2000). Therefore, learners areencouraged to develop a sense of responsibility
and have positive attitudes in making decisions
regarding their learning so as to become autonomous.
Autonomous learners have a capacity touse metacognitive strategies and utilize otherstrategies appropriate for their purposes inlanguage learning. Wenden (1991) points out
two attitudes necessary for promoting learnerautonomy: “willingness to take responsibility for
one’s learning and confidence in one’s ability asa learner” (p.59). As has been mentioned above,
Japanese high school classrooms tend not to foster these attitudes in students, due to an anxiety
about university entrance examinations which
discourages both teachers and students fromadopting a more learner-centered approach. It isinteresting, therefore, to examine a body of literature that has been produced in the Japanesecontext which advocates autonomous learning.
In this study, two questions will be addressed:• Do Japanese self-study guides for English
share a common view of learner strategies
and learner autonomy with that defined byscholars?
• What strategies do these guides advocate todevelop communicative language proficiency in an unsupportive environment where
success depends largely on their individual
efforts and initiative?
SurveyIn order to investigate the relationship between
learner strategies and learner autonomy, 30 selfstudy guides of English were randomly selectedon the basis of the title of books such as ‘this is
how I learned English’ or ‘this is how I mastered
English’ (see Appendix 1). The approaches toEnglish learning presented in the books were associated explicitly with the authors who are assumed to be highly successful or communicative
English learners. They had some commonalities

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they began to study English, in earnest, after theage of 11 or 12; they had studied English primarily in Japan without studying abroad in English
speaking countries; they had few situations
where English could be used in their daily lives;
and they currently worked using English.
Data were collected by extracting descriptionsof learning styles from each book. Since all the
books were published in Japanese, data presented in this study have been translated fromJapanese to English. Data analysis consisted of
the grouping of similar descriptions of learnerstrategies given by 30 authors and counting how
many of them used each category of learnerstrategies so as to clarify common strategy-use
among them.
Results
Self-management strategies
Table 1 shows the 30 authors’ English learning approaches. Their approaches varied from
author to author, but all of them reported theintentional creation of opportunities for themselves to use English in their daily lives and describe how they found their own ways to learn

the language by trial and error. In addition,
almost all authors report becoming responsible
for their own learning by setting up short-termand long-term goals and keeping a strong motivation to achieve their goals. In short, a commonality among these learners was the use of
self-management strategies in their learning.
Most of the authors seemed to regard language learning as a long process, indicating thatthey studied English everyday with continuation
and repetition. In a series of learning processes,
they emphasized the significance of keeping abalance between input and output. Specifically,
one author recommended focusing on ‘input’ inthe early stages of language learning, and thenputting a special importance of generating output of what was learned. In addition, keeping
an equal balance among the four skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing, rather thanfocusing on just one skill was also an important
strategy in their language learning,
Along with these learning approaches, minor
and unique views included: ignoring strange‘superstitions’ or ‘delusions’ (e.g. it is impossible to learn English without studying abroad
for a long time); or working on English learning

Table 1: Learning strategies in 30 Japanese self-study guides to English (n=30)
Learning Strategies

NumberIntentionally creating one’s own opportunities to use English.

30

Finding one’s own way to learn English (with trial and error).

30

Studying English with a strong motivation while setting up short term and long term goals.

26

Studying English every day (with continuation and with repetition).
Regarding English study as a habitual action.

26

Putting a special emphasis on ‘quantity’ rather than ‘quality’.

18

Spend much time on input at the beginning stage and then focus more on output.
Keep a balance between input and output in learning

17

Making errors work. (Studying English without being worried about mistakes)

15

Studying listening, speaking, reading, and writing equally, not focusing on just one
skill.

6

Selecting teaching materials appropriate for one’s own ability by taking TOEFL or
TOEIC.

5

Finding weak points in English learning and resolving.

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while imagining oneself as a successful language
learner.
One of the principal findings is that the authors of the self-study guides that were surveyed
all presented themselves as autonomous learners
who have a positive attitude towards language
learning and take charge of their learning. As
the above table illustrates, authors were inclined
to find and apply their own approaches to theirEnglish learning and to study the target language with a strong motivation while setting up
not only short-term but also long-term goals intheir language learning. These features mirror
the theory of autonomy and learner strategies:
successful or active learners are those who take“responsibility for one’s own learning and confidence in one’s ability as a learner” (Wenden,
1991, p. 59). They also support the concept
which considers autonomy as “learner’s internal
attitude” (Usuki, 2002, p.1).
Japan-specific learning strategies
While the findings in this study support theresults of previous studies of learner autonomy,
they also reveal a variety of unique learner strategies or learning approaches among this groupof successful Japanese learners of English which
related specifically to English learners in theJapanese context (see Appendix 2).
For instance, all the guides advocated intentionally creating situations where they had touse English for their self-study. This approach is
closely related to one of the typical features oflanguage learning in EFL Japanese contexts: alimited opportunity to use the target language intheir daily lives. Textbooks are the primary mediator between learners and English in and outof class, and this limitation restricts their development of English proficiency in EFL contexts(Iida, 2009). A major reason why Japanese learners have been so dependent on the textbooks is
not simply because the use of textbooks issued
by the Ministry of Education is mandatory inpublic schools, but because the content of textbooks (e.g. grammatical structures and vocabulary items) and that of the nationwide university
entrance examination, the National Center Test
for University Admissions, are inseparable.
Hence, Japanese learners must study English primarily using the textbooks to earn high scoresand pass the examination. From this viewpoint,
it was crucial for authors to find ample opportunities to use English by going beyond classroom
settings and to incorporate their English use into
their lives in order to compensate for the limited
time and opportunity to use the target language.
This perspective is also associated with the concept of ‘quantity’ rather than ‘quality’ in theirself-study. ‘Quantity’ referred to the amount oftime to practice English and thus the word, ‘repetition’, ‘continuation’, or ‘habit’ was the key toEnglish language learning.
Self-study guides advocated a positive attitude toward language learning. Some authors
studied English by making errors work; others
emphasized the importance of ‘forgetting’ anddeveloped a recursive process of ‘memorizingforgetting-memorizing’. They regarded ‘error’and ‘forgetting’ as being necessary in language
learning. This approach provides an interesting relationship between autonomous learning
through self-study and English learning in theclassroom. In general, EFL Japanese students are
not allowed to make mistakes in the classroom,
where ‘accuracy’ is much more focused on than‘fluency’, and those who make many mistakes
and cannot memorize grammatical features
are labeled as less successful learners. On theother hand, the authors of English self-study
books seemed to consider that making errors
or forgetting is a natural process in language
learning which no one can avoid as they try to
improve their language proficiency. That is why
the concept of ‘repetition’ or ‘continuation’ wasimportant to their learning. In this way, situating
language learning as an on-going process could
allow these authors to take a positive attitude
towards their learning while reducing the degreeof negative feelings regarding mistakes and forgetting which affect L2 learning.
In addition, some of the self-study books indicated the significance of equally developing
listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills
through maintaining a good balance of the four
skills in self-study. Developing both receptive
and productive skills in self-study was importantto this group of successful learners, because theEnglish which they had been taught in school
was focused on grammar and translation from
L1 to L2, and language learning was not for

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communicative purposes. For that reason, theyneeded to take approaches different from what
was experienced in preparing for high schoolor college entrance examinations. More specifically, many of them attempted the following:
to listen to authentic English (e.g. NHK [Nihon
Hoso Kyokai] radio programs, AFN, FEN, CNN,
BBC, etc…); to read interesting publications (e.g.
Time, Newsweek, Readers Digest, novels, etc…);
and to speak and write English in the same way
as native speakers of English do. In other words,
imitation is also another crucial strategy. Thus,
finding access to ‘authentic’ English and imitating are the key strategies which could enable
this group of Japanese learners of English to be
successful without studying abroad in English
speaking countries.
Supplementing classroom English
Learner strategies which were described inJapanese books on English study demonstratesome successful models of English learning.
These models are necessary not only for students but for teachers also. Japanese teachersof English are required to teach English within
a limited context, but it is quite difficult toteach every aspect of the target language within
the school curriculum. Hence, the concept oflearner autonomy comes to be important, and
it is necessary to teach students what strategies
are available and how the strategies can be usedin language learning. Strategy-training is one of
the crucial perspectives in EFL contexts to encourage students to become self-directed. While
Japanese books for English study illustrate effective learner strategies and learning styles for EFL
Japanese students, teachers should keep in mind
that these strategies are not everything and thatthey are not always applicable to every student.
It is, therefore, crucial for Japanese teachers ofEnglish to show students as many strategies as
possible and have them choose ones which aremost appropriate for their own language learning.
As long as entrance examinations keep pressure on both teachers and students, few people
from either group are likely to think of the development of learner autonomy as being actuallydesirable and practicable. In addition, it may bedifficult for teachers to change their classroom

practices and approaches to enable students
to become autonomous learners. However, as
this study reveals, there do exist some suitablelearner strategies for developing learner autonomy and some Japanese learners of English
do become self-directed learners even in thisunsupportive environment where English has
been taught as a means for passing entrance
examinations rather than for developing communication skills. Understanding these strategies will provide Japanese teachers of English
with opportunities to gain awareness of theimportance of fostering autonomous learners
and to consider how effectively the teachers canintroduce strategy training in a given context.
Language learning is an on-going process and it
may take a long time for EFL Japanese students
to become autonomous learners; however, it is
crucial for Japanese teachers of English to give
students some clues to become self-directed intheir language learning and help them to develop their autonomy in classroom settings byextending beyond the perspective that they havebeen studying English as a means for passing entrance examinations.
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AppendiX 1
Self-study books (References)
Aoyama, S. (2002). Kosodate shuhuno eigo benkyou hou. Tokyo: Chukei Shuppan.
Chino, E. (1985). Gaikokugo joutatsu hou.
Tokyo: Iwanami Shinsho.
Foresight-Henshubu. (2003). Eigo ga dekiru!
Seikoshita hyakunin ga oshieru “taiken teki”
eigo jotatsu hou. Tokyo: Shinchosha.
Hirata, Y. (1996). Watashi wa kou shite eigo wo
seihuku shita. Tokyo: Goma Shobo.
Ishii, S. (2003). Eigo ga dekiru. Tokyo:
Shinchosha.
Ishii, T. (2000). Eigoryoku wo ageru jissen benkyo
hou. Tokyo: Bere Shuppan.
Kato, K. (1997). Eigo wo manabu nara konna
huni. Tokyo: Nihon Hoso Shuppan Kyokai.
Kobayashi, K. (2001). Eigo no kusuri. Tokyo:
E-frontier.
Matsumoto, M. (1990). Watashi wa koshite eigoo mananda. Tokyo: Seishun Best Shuppansha.
Noguchi, Y. (2004). Cho eigo hou. Tokyo:
Kodansha.
Okamoto, K. (1996). Saikyo no eigo joutatsu hou.
Tokyo: PHP Shinsho.
Ozaki, Y. (2001). Otona no tame no eigo gakushu
hou. Tokyo: PHP Shinsho.
Sasano, Y. (2000). Yonjusai kara no eigo dokugaku hou. Tokyo: Kodansha.
Shiono, M. (2002). Tatta sankagetsu de eigo no
tatsujin. Tokyo: Shodensha.
Shinmyo, M. (1994). Yonjukkakokugo shuutoku
hou. Tokyo: PHP Shinsho.
Tokunaga, T. (2001). Eigo ga joutastu shinai no
niwa wake ga aru. Tokyo: Sunmark Shuppan.
Yamada, A. (2001). Eigo ga kakujitsu ni minitsuku gijyutsu. Tokyo: Kawadeshobo.
Yasui, K. (1999). Onna wa eigo de yomigaeru.
Tokyo: Hamano Shuppan.
Yasukochi, T. (2001). Otona no yarinaoshi eigo
gakushuu hou. Tokyo: Kodansha.
Yoshii, Y. (1996). Eigo cho dokugaku hou. Tokyo:
Nan’un-do.
Yoshida, S. (2001). Sanjugosai kara eigo wo zettai
ni minitsukeru hou. Tokyo: Chukei Shuppan.

AppendiX 230 authors’ learner strategies according to the four skills
Listening strategies
Listening to Japanese radio programs for English learning (e.g. NHK radio program).
• Listening intensively and gaining awareness of pronunciation, rhythm, and intonation.
• Imitating pronunciations of a native speaker of English.
• Memorizing structures by listening over and over again.
Listening to US radio programs (e.g. AFN, FEN etc...)• Listening extensively and focusing on the comprehension of the content rather than themeaning of each sentence.
• Listening for five minutes a day being aware of ‘what is the main point’ in the content.
• Being accustomed to rhythm and speed in English speech.
• Putting an emphasis on speech acts: intonation, speed, pitch, and accent.
• Imitating a MC’s speech acts.

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Watching TV programs. (e.g. CNN, BBC, NHK bilingual news, etc…)• Trying to get accustomed to speed spoken by native speakers of English while studying new
words.
•
Listening extensively.
Watching Hollywood movies.
• Watching movies in Japanese once, and then watching them in English without subtitles.
• Watching same movies over and over again. (Start with subtitles and then take them out.)
Using audio materials sold in book stores. (e.g. ‘English Journal’, ‘Hearing Marathon’)• Shadowing.
• Taking the dictation of 100-200 word descriptions listening by repetition.
Listening to US President’s speech

Speaking strategies
Finding opportunities to speak English:• Attending private conversation school• Making friends with native speakers of English and talking to them.
• Practicing a conversation with Japanese friends who have the same proficiency levels.
• Trying to continue to speak English ignoring correct use of grammar or pronunciation.
Talking to oneself• Imagining a specific situation and a person with whom he/she talks.
• Talking to a wall with consideration of contexts.
• Being conscious of situation, human relationship, and function of language.
• Asking oneself ‘how do you say in English’, and answering the question in daily life.
Imitating the way native speakers of English speak.
• Observing speech acts of native speakers of English.
• Imitating speech acts by asking colleagues from English speaking countries to teach correct
pronunciation and its mouth shape.
Reading aloud of textbooks• Putting a special emphasis on accurate pronunciation.
• Listening to radio program and practicing, by repetition, basic structure of sentences.
• Reading aloud of textbooks used in a middle school and memorizing structures.
• Reading aloud for thirty minutes a day, and trying to change one’s facial expressions, or voice
tones depending on the content of the reading.
• Continuing to read aloud of favorite sentences until he/she memorizes them.
Describing a situation in English.
• Explaining, to oneself, what he/she is doing right now (e.g. cooking)• Describing somebody’s behavior or what is seen in a specific situation.

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Karaoke training• Imitating how a musician sings a song and improving his/her habits in speaking English.
• Being aware of liaison or rhythm rather than speed in songs.
Tape-recording one’s speech and comparing it to that of native speakers of English• Improving pronunciation by recognizing the difference between his/her speech and that ofnative speakers of English.
Debating• Being conscious of logic in speaking English.

Reading strategies
Reading interesting or favorite books:• Trying to comprehend the content in English without any process of translating.
• Reading interesting essays or articles extensively.
• Focusing on the content, not grammar.
• Considering a balance between intensive and extensive reading depending on learning stage.
• Reading same articles twice: Trying to understand the summary (top-down approach) in thefirst reading; and then checking the content word by word (bottom-up approach).
• Guessing meanings of new words
Reading newspapers or magazines• Trying to read English sentences, as they are, without translation to Japanese.
• Trying not to read articles with Japanese translation.
• Guessing meanings of new words from the context, and looking at them in the dictionary.
• Reading an article a day and writing a short summary.
• Reading a newspaper every day.
•Reading Readers Digest for ten minutes every night before going to bed.
Reading English poems or short stories

Writing strategies
Imitating writing styles of native speakers of English• Practicing writing with imitation of writing formats (e.g. business letters)• Increasing repertoires of writing via email exchange with native speakers of English.
Emailing Japanese friends in English• Being aware of writing extensively without being worried about making mistakes.
Keeping diaries in English• Having somebody (Japanese as well as native speakers of English) check one’s writing.
Writing one’s argument about some topics.
Working on free writing about one’s interests.
Studying writing patterns by reading many English articles, and increasing writing repertoires.

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Pedagogy for
Autonomy and
Educational
Success – What
Relation?

開セミナーへとつながっていった。これらの総合的観点から、バルボサは、小さな変化がプロジェクトの初期の成功の中核となったと認識する。調査結果が報告され、2年目にはプロジェクトにさらなる同僚の参加があるということで、本稿は楽観的な兆しのもとにまとめられている。

A Multi-Disciplinary
School Project

オートノミーと教育上の成功：どんな関係？学際的学校プロジェクトTo join a discussion on this piece,
click here.”LL16.1_barbosa”

Isabel Barbosa(University of Minho,
Portugal)
イザベル・バルボサ
Email:isabelmariabarbosaAT
MARKgmail.com

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ルトガル・ブラガ在住のイサベル・
バルボサは1975年に教職に就いた。1993
年にオートノミーのための教育学の研修に参加して以来、この教授法に関心を寄せている。教員そして教員教育者としてミンホ大学に約14年勤務。昨年度、サ・デ・ミランダ高校（Secondary School）に戻り、現在はそこで英語を教えている。本稿では、イサベル・バルボサが、オートノ
ミーのための教育学への取り組みを通した、個人そして専門家としての継続的成長について語る。他の分
野の同僚たちとの協働プロジェクトとして、オートノミ
ー促進を試みる方法を探究し始めたのは、高校での教育に戻ってからのことである。この協働が、教育的革新、大会発表、そして生徒も巻き込んで開催する公Pedagogy for autonomy – amatter of enthusiasm
The development of learner autonomy has been
one of my professional priorities since 1993. If
it is true that I had been a “restless” secondary
school teacher of English and German for about
18 years, I must admit that getting acquainted
with the theory and practice of pedagogy forautonomy (see Barbosa, 2008) didn’t makeme a more “tranquil” teacher. In fact, broader
horizons stimulate the need to go further, andthe further you reach, the more you realise
how much there is to be explored. In my case,personal and professional growth has been the
rewarding result of this process of permanent
search.
Trying to implement a pedagogy for autonomy, either as a language teacher or as a teacher
educator, means focusing on the Other, which
necessarily implies looking at practice in a more
(self-) critical way. As you teach how to learn,
you learn how to teach, developing your own
autonomy while trying to help your students become more autonomous learners and citizens.
In this process, I have learnt that autonomy
development is a collaborative endeavour, rather
than a matter of independence, and the more
I have grown, the more I have needed to shareknowledge and experience with others. This has
been a source of enormous professional satisfaction, and after 33 years of teaching practice I feelas enthusiastic as at the beginning of my career,because I know that I am still growing, and I am
in good company.
Autonomy development – amatter of collaborative
commitment
After working as a Foreign Language Teaching
Methodology teacher and teacher educator at
the University of Minho for 13 years, I returned
to my former secondary school as a teacher ofEnglish. Although I hadn’t lost contact with the

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school reality, as a supervisor of student teachers in training, I was aware of the new challengesof this change in my professional life. It was thesame school, but school wasn’t the same as in1994. Neither was I, and my previous experiencein the field of pedagogy for autonomy made me
feel the need to give continuity to the work I had
been involved in at the university. I started implementing aspects of pedagogy for autonomy
with my 10th year students, but knowing thatmy individual action would bring about very
limited results, I designed a collaborative projectthat might involve other colleagues, from otherdisciplinary areas.
The project, whose objectives were (i) topromote the integrated development of competences, (ii) to promote practice coherence, withreference to curriculum objectives, and (iii) topromote professional dialogue, was approved by
the School Pedagogical Board1 and became partof the School Annual Plan of Activities. All 10thyear teachers were informed about the initiativeat the end of the first term, but some teachers ofother levels heard about it and came to me asking if they could join the project. So, this made it
possible to form a multidisciplinary group of 20
teachers (including 11th and 12th year levels) interested in experimenting what for most of them
was a new pedagogical approach.
In January 2008, we started working as agroup, and the first meetings were dedicated tothe discussion of the concept of autonomy andsome forms of operationalising it. I shared someof the materials I had designed for my classes,
and some of these were analysed according toparameters of pedagogy for autonomy (Vieira,2001: 97-100) (see Appendix 1). Some colleagues
adopted or adapted some of the examples provided, while others designed their own materials, according to the aspects they decided tofocus on.
In the English teaching context, the teachers
involved in the project experimented different
strategies, aiming at the integrated development
1

This Board is formed by the Head of
the Executive Board and all Department
Coordinators, who approve the Annual Planof Activities, in accordance with the School
Educational Project.

of the communicative and learning competences. Although most of the things we did – engaging the learners in systematic experimentation,reflection, negotiation and regulation practices– were not extraordinarily innovative, they were
new to most students, and are not part of mostteachers’ practices in our educational context.
Therefore, I thought that our project deserved
disseminating more widely, and I invited two of
my colleagues to make a joint presentation at theannual conference of the Portuguese Associationof Teachers of English, which was held in May;in July, a Maths colleague accepted my invitation to present with me at the GT-PA (Working
Group-Pedagogy for Autonomy) conference at
the University of Minho. A Philosophy colleague
couldn’t be present, but I represented her, making reference to a paper (Barbosa & Cerqueira,2008) we had written for “Cadernos 5”2, which
was distributed to all conference participants.
We got very positive feedback from colleagues,
who saw this project as an extension of GT-PA.
However, these colleagues, who came fromother schools, found the project a good idea, but
considered it difficult to put into practice, notonly because there is no culture of collaboration in our schools, but also because it hasn’t
been easy for teachers to cope with all the recentchanges imposed on them by the Ministry of
Education.
At the end of the school year, the project wasvery positively evaluated by the team members,
and all the respondents to the evaluation questionnaire (see Appendix 2) stated their willingness to continue this work, despite the difficulties they had experienced and modest results
achieved.
In October we organised a public seminar to
inform the whole community about our work.
The seminar was open to all the school teachers, students, the representative of the Parents
Association, and teachers from all the other secondary schools in Braga. To make this seminar
not only informative but also formative, I invited
my friend Flávia Vieira to make a presentationon the theme of our project, which she kindly
accepted to do. And as students are at the centre
2“Cadernos” is a GT-PA publication, which
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we thought we should give voice to some ofthose directly involved, but only two accepted
the challenge to participate. They took it very
seriously and appreciated the chance to express
their opinions on pedagogical matters in public.
Their presence was considered one of the strong
points of the seminar, and some of the teachers
didn’t miss the opportunity to get the students’perspectives on the project. The students’ views
confirmed our belief that a learner/learningcentred approach is a valuable means to foster
their success as learners, mainly if teachers workin a concerted way.
We’ll try to repeat the experience, engaging
as many students as possible, both as presenters and as participants, because their voices canhave a stronger impact on the most scepticalmembers of the audience.

Barbosa, I. & Cerqueira, B. (2008). Pedagogia
para a autonomia e sucesso educativo – querelação? Testemunhos sobre um projecto multidisciplinar em curso na Escola Secundária
Sá de Miranda. In F. Vieira (Ed.) Cadernos
5 – Grupo de Trabalho - Pedagogia para a
Autonomia. Departamento de Metodologias
da Educação do Instituto de Educação e
Psicologia da Universidade do Minho: Braga.
Raya, M.J., Lamb, T. & Vieira, F. (2007).
Pedagogy for Autonomy in Language
Education in Europe: Towards a Frameworkfor Learner and Teacher Development.
Authentik: Dublin.
Vieira, F. (Ed.) (2001). Cadernos 2 – Grupo deTrabalho - Pedagogia para a Autonomia.
Departamento de Metodologias da Educação
do Instituto de Educação e Psicologia da
Universidade do Minho: Braga

Pedagogy for autonomy towards
educational success – a matter of hope
We are aware that this project is just the
beginning of what may become an importantchange in our professional life, and in the academic life of our students. As many of thesehave started realising that they do play the mostimportant role in the learning process, we all
have become aware that it is up to us to givethem this chance.
After the seminar, a few more colleagues
became members of the team. This gives us
reasons to hope that it is possible to swim
against the tide of professional demotivationand dissatisfaction, making it easier to promotelearner and teacher autonomy. We have come tounderstand this as “the competence to develop
as a self-determined, socially responsible andcritically aware participant in (and beyond) educational environments, within a vision of education as (inter)personal empowerment and socialtransformation” (Raya et al., 2007: 1).

Please note, this article has been reprinted withthe author's permission from Independence 45,
the newsletter of the IATEFL Learner Autonomy
SIG.

References
Barbosa, I. (2008). Getting on the autonomy train – a life-changing experience.
Independence, Newsletter of the IATEFL
Learner Autonomy Special Interest Group, 44:
7.

APPENDIX 1
PLANNING AND EVALUATING A
LEARNER DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY*GUIDING QUESTIONS*
The following questions aim at helping teachersplan and/ or evaluate a Learner Development
Activity (LDA), i.e. any activity that seeks todevelop learning competence (willingness andability to learn = readiness to manage learning).
Sections A-C refer to general characteristics of
the LDA; Section D focusses on the learners’roles in accomplishing it; Section E is a selfregulation checklist for the teacher who seeks todevelop a pedagogy for autonomy.
A. TRANSPARENCY/EXPLICITNESS• WHAT: What aspects of the learning competence are involved in the LDA?
• WHAT FOR: What are the LDA aims/ purposes?
• WHY: What is the rationale of the LDA?
• HOW: What tasks increase the learners'
willingness and ability to learn? How ex-

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plicit are the answers to the above questionsin the learning material? Are there strategies
to compensate for lack of explicitness?

B. INTEGRATION• Is the development of learning competence
articulated with the development of communicative competence, i.e. does the LDA
comprise both learner training and language
training as integrated purposes?
• In case the LDA solely focusses on thelearning competence, what strategies areused to increase the learners’ perception of
the relevance of the activity in terms of language improvement?
C. APPROPRIATENESS TO CONTEXT/MEANINGFULNESSDoes the LDA…
• require a diagnosis of the learners’ readiness to accomplish it?
• Does it respond to the learners’ characteristics, interests and needs?
• Does it build on the learners’ previous
knowledge and experience?
• provide authentic and useful learning experiences?
• involve competences that can be transferred to other learning situations?
• promote progress in the learners’ learningcompetence?
D. LEARNER ROLES TOWARDS SELF-DIRECTION
LDAs may involve learners in a variety of roles.
Each LDA should have a particular focus. The
questions below may help you to determine it.
REFLECTION
Does the LDA allow the learners to develop
language awareness?
• Formal properties of language• Pragmatic properties of language• Sociocultural aspects
Does the LDA allow the learners to develop
learning awareness?

•

Sense of agency (self-control, self-esteem,
self-confidence)• Attitudes, representations, beliefs• Preferences and styles• Aims and priorities• Strategies (cognitive, metacognitive, strategic, socio-affective)• Tasks (focus, purpose, rationale, demands)• Instructional/ didactic process (objectives,
activities, materials, evaluation, roles, …)
EXPERIMENTATION
Does the LDA allow the learners to experience learning strategies?
• Discover and try out learning strategies
in class• Use learning strategies outside class• Explore (pedagogical/ non-pedagogical)
resource materials
REGULATION
Does the LDA allow the learners to regulate
learning experiences?
• Monitor/ evaluate attitudes, representations, beliefs• Monitor/ evaluate strategic knowledge
and ability• Assess learning outcomes and progress• Identify learning problems or needs• Set learning goals• Plan their learning• Evaluate the instructional/ didactic process
NEGOTIATION
Does the LDA allow the learners to co-construct learning experiences?
• Work in collaboration with peers• Work in collaboration with the teacher• Take the initiative, choose and decide

E. TEACHER ROLES TOWARDS LEARNER SELFDIRECTION
The following questions may help teachers become more aware of their readiness and roles indeveloping a pedagogy for autonomy. Although

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the ideal answer to the questions is YES, no
teacher is an ideal teacher. In this sense, thechecklist should be understood as a self-development instrument rather than an assessment
tool. You may select or add questions which are
more appropriate/ relevant in your own professional situation.
AM I WILLING TO… ? AM I ABLE TO…?
• Understand what is involved in language
education and its role in school curricula• Understand the theory and practice of apedagogy for autonomy (assumptions andprinciples; methodological approaches; research studies)• See teaching as an inquiry-oriented, exploratory profession as situations are often
unique, uncertain and problematic• Challenge routines, conventions and traditions (be subversive if necessary)• Share my personal theories and practices
with peers• Encourage the learners to be critical towards social and educational values andpractices, and involve them in finding common solutions which seem appropriate(though not necessarily ideal)• Share responsibilities and decisions with thelearners• Share my pedagogical beliefs with the learners• Accept the fact that the learners may notshare my own expectations, opinions or
beliefs, and that it is not always easy or evendesirable to reach a single conclusion or
point of view
• Articulate the personal dimensions of learning (individual expectations, needs and interests) with the social/ interactive nature of
the classroom culture• Foster interaction where everyone has theright to speak and to contribute towards the
co-construction of meanings• Collect learner data so as to understandlearning processes and their evolution (eg.
through observation, questionnaires, diaries, interviews, checklists, etc.)• Analyse learner data to find relevant cues toimprove teaching and learning•

Find ways to take learning competence into
account when assessing the learners (eg.
through self-assessment)
402849Escola Secundária Sá de Miranda
Direcção Regional de Educação do Norte

APPENDIX 2
Pedagogy for autonomy andeducational success – what
relation?

Questionnaire
The aim of this questionnaire is to collect datathat may enable us to make a global evaluation of the work done within our project.
Please give a sincere answer to all the questions.
A. What motivated you to join this project?

B. To what extent have you got involved in thework done so far? Choose (X) the statementsthat best correspond to your personal case:
1. Team meetings
Took part in all the meetings.
Took part in some meetings.
Took part in only one of the meetings.
Didn’t take part in any meetings, but kept
informed about what was discussed there.

2. Pedagogical intervention
Designed didactic materials focused on thelearning process.
Adopted/adapted materials used by colleagues.
Implemented strategies/activities focusedon the learning process

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If you have chosen any of these statements,
please give examples of the main focus of thework done with the learners.

3. Peer-collaboration
Shared materials/experiences with teammembers
Shared ideas with colleagues about pedagogical issues, within the project.
Other forms of collaboration:
C. In a scale from 1 to 5, indicate your degree ofsatisfaction about the project. Justify your answer briefly.
1 – very dissatisfied 2 3 4 5 – very satisfied

Answers to the questionnaire(N=16)
A. Reasons for joining the project• improve practice / increase knowledge
about pedagogy for autonomy• share/confront practices• need for collaborative work
• reflect on pedagogic issues• improve learners’ active involvement• curiosity/ interest in new approaches andinnovative strategies• participate actively in a relevant and usefulschool project
B Personal involvement
1. Meetings• took part in (almost) all the meetings (8)• took part in some meetings (7)D. Name what you consider to have been thepositive and negative aspects of the project.
••• took part in one meeting (1)		
• didn’t go to any meeting but kept informed
about the work done (0)2. Pedagogical intervention

Positive aspects:
Negative aspects:• Designed learner development materials(3)

E. Would you like to give continuity to this workin the coming year?

• Adopted/adapted materials used bycolleagues (12)YES

• Implemented learner development
activities/strategies (8)NOWhat do you suggest, in order to better meet the
project objectives?

Thank you for your collaboration!
Isabel Barbosa

3. Peer-collaboration• Shared materials/experiences with teamcolleagues (7)• Exchanged ideas with colleagues aboutpedagogic issues (12)
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•

Justifications (positive)• “this project ‘made me’ stop to think andchange attitudes”• enriching project• fill in ‘theory gaps’• sharing of concerns, experiments and materials• personal growth• opportunity for critical reflection (on teaching and learning practices)

Negative aspects• late start• lack of time for meetings• meetings after classes (low motivation andproductivity)• unclear understanding of objectives• “tiredness”• time management

Justifications (negative)• difficulties to meet
• unclear understanding of objectives• irregular participation of team members• low personal involvement
D. Evaluation
Positive aspects• sense of ‘not being alone’• team work
• informal working atmosphere/ good interpersonal relationship• sharing of pedagogic experiments, ideas,materials• meeting colleagues from different disciplinary areas• theoretical support• ‘waking up’ for innovative approaches/ needto innovate

project coordinator’s role (enthusiasm,
availability, sensitiveness, commitment,competence, patience)

E. Willingness to continue• Yes:
16• No
0
Suggestions• start activities at the beginning of schoolyear• early action planning• clearer definition of objectives• definition of common goals• inclusion of the project in the teachers’
timetable• better coordination among team members• more time for the project• inclusion of more teachers from other disciplinary areas• more sharing of materials• more motivation and commitment on thepart of team members• more materials production

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ZZ Book Review

Lessons from
Good Language
Learners, Edited
by Carol Griffiths(2008). Cambridge
University Press.
ISBN: 978-0-521-71814-1

Reviewed by Kay Irie (J.F.
Oberline University)

The book commemorates the 30th anniversary of Joan Rubin’s seminal 1975 article: Whatthe ‘good language learner’ can teach us. The
article was essentially an inventory of learning
strategies used by good language learners that
Rubin discovered through observation. The ideaof identifying common characteristics of goodlearners and trying to nurture them in less successful learners was a revolutionary concept at atime when SLA research was still predominantly
focused on instructional methods. Rubin’s article contributed not only to the developmentof studies on learning strategies and to the exploration of individual difference factors suchas metacognition, motivation, and beliefs, but

入江恵 (桜美林大学)
Email:kayirieAT MARKmac.com

Griffiths編集によるLessons from Good
Language Learners は1975年にTESOL
Quarterlyに掲載されたRubinのWhat the“good language learner” can teach usの30周年を記念して出版された書籍である。この論文がgood
language learnerと言う研究概念を取り上げたことにより、その後、第二言語習得研究の対象がそれまでの教授法や習得メカニズムから学習者中心へと広がった。この本では動機づけ、年齢、学習スタイルと言った11の学習者要因 と語彙、文法、機能などの12の学習要因についてのこれまでの研究の中から見えてきたgood language learnerについて27人が執筆。本論
評では筆者は学習者要因good language learnerと言うコンセプトの曖昧さを指摘しつつも、多くの研究が学習者の柔軟性と自律性について言及していることに注目した。

We all know second language learning is a long
and winding process that requires a tremendous
amount of time, effort, and energy. Many learners simply give up before they reach the level
they hoped to attain. Knowing that there is no
magic in language learning, whenever we meetsomeone who is fluent in their second (or eventhird or fourth), we still can’t help but wonder
what their secret is. So when I saw the title,
Lessons from Good Language Learners (2008), I
couldn’t resist believing that book might reveal
a formula or two that those successful learners
secretly use.

also generally to the shift of research interest in
the field from teaching to learning. According toCarol Griffiths, the editor of the book, the aim of
Lessons from Good Language Learners (2008) is
to look at the development of various researchareas that relate to the concept of ‘good language
learners’ in the 30 years since Rubin’s article first
appeared and to find common threads in thecurrent findings as well as to suggest directions
for future research.
The book is divided into two sections.
Following the prologue by Andrew Cohen andsome opening reflections by Joan Rubin herself,
Part I examines 11 learner variables; motivation(Ema Ushioda), age (Carol Griffiths), learning style (Carisma Nel), personality (Madeline

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Ehrman), gender (Martha Nyikos), strategies (Carol Griffiths), metacognition (Neil J.
Anderson), autonomy (Sara Cotterall), beliefs(Cynthia White), culture (Claudia Finkbeiner),and aptitude (Leila Ranta). Part II deals withlearning variables: vocabulary (Jo Moir and PaulNation), grammar (Margaret Bade), functions(Zia Tajeddin), pronunciation (Adam Brown),
listening (Goodith White), speaking (Yasushi
Kawai), reading (Karen Schramm), writing(Louise Gordon), teaching/learning method(Carol Griffiths), strategy instruction (Anna Uhl
Chamot), error correction (Michael Roberts
and Carol Griffiths), and tasks (Joan Rubin and
Patricia McCoy). The book ends with a helpful summary by Rebecca Oxford and Kyoung
Rang Lee. The content coverage is extensive
and the contributors are well balanced with big
names and fresh faces from various parts of theworld including countries such as Germany,
Japan, Korea, Mexico, Iran, and South Africa.
Each chapter starts with a development andoverview of the particular learner or learning
factor, and moves on to explain buzz words or
key concepts, or an actual study, implications forteaching and learning, and questions for further
research. In the conclusion to each chapter, theauthors comment on findings common among
good language learners or how the construct focused on in the chapter relates to good language
learner studies.
I will limit my review on Part I as the learner
variables discussed are of great interest to most
SIG members. I think most people would agree
that anybody can reach a certain level of attainment in an L2 as long as they are motivated andpersistent. I believe that the issue of motivation
is not which type of motivation (i.e. integrative,
instrumental, intrinsic, or extrinsic) is mostfrequently observed among successful learners.
Rather, it concerns how learners themselves findpersonally meaningful motivation and cope with
its inevitable decline over time. Naturally, motivations that drive them should be individuallydifferent. From the first chapter on motivation,
I was reassured of my belief by Ushioda. The
key issue she discusses is motivational selfregulation which refers to the skills and strategies learners use to get their motivation on line
again. She argues that good language learners
develop these skills. I was also encouraged by

the chapters on such learner factors as autonomy, and metacognition in which the authors recognize that good learners can also vary in these
aspects. Furthermore, flexibility seems to be thekey to successful language learning for factors
such as learning styles, strategies, and beliefs.
Nel, Griffiths, and Anderson are more or less inagreement that it is not a matter of what goodlearners have but how flexible they are in using
them to regulate their own learning.
Overall, the uniformity of the organization
across the chapters is easy to follow and the review of the research on each factor is skillfullysummarized. The coverage of topics is extensive.
Lessons from Good Language Learners functions as a good introduction to current findings
and directions of research in language learningand instruction. However, one thing that concerned me while I was reading the book was that
I kept wondering whom we are referring to by
the expression, good language learners. Each author seems to use the concept differently and theagreement on the loose concept seems to be taken for granted, as there was no discussion of theterm itself or a definition set at the beginning of
the book. For some, good language learners arethose who have scored high on proficiency tests,
and for others, those who continue to make effort and progress regardless of their current
attainment level. However, what many chapterssuggest is that good learners are successful inindividually different ways. The key is in the flexibility that learners bring to bear and exploit in
the process of language learning. It is their ability to mix-and-match what they know and havein order to maximize their learning in a waythat makes most sense to them consciously or
unconsciously. If so, we should define successful
learners are those who are aware of their learning and who can (and do) take control of theirlearning. So, the magic is autonomy! I shouldhave known! After reading the book, I became
even more convinced of the importance of ourrole as classroom teachers in helping learners
become more autonomous.
Reference
Rubin, J. (1975). What the “good language learner” can teach us. TESOL Quarterly 9(1), 41-51.

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Language and
Education in
Japan: Unequal
Access to
Bilingualism.
Yasuko Kanno(2008). Palgrave
Macmillan

and Education in Japan: Unequal Access toBilingualism, Yasuko Kanno contends thatteaching methods and resources on their own
do not account for the relative success of somebilingual schools over others. The idea she presents is “that schools have visions of imaginedcommunities for students, which explicitly or
implicitly guide their pedagogical practices”.
The concept of ‘imagined communities’ hasproved to be extremely fruitful for researchers
who see identity as a key factor in the process

ISBN 1-4039-3732-X

Reviewed by Alison
Stewart (Gakushuin
University)
アリソン・スチュワート (学習院大学)
Email:stewart_alAT
MARKhotmail.com

この書評では、アリソン・スチュワート
が、ヤスコ・カンノの新刊書「Language
and Education: Unequal Access toBilingualism」を紹介する。日本でバイリンガル教育を提供する学校をエスノグラフィー的手法で調査した研究をまとめた著書で、カンノは、英語による部分
的イマージョンを提供する日本の私学、有名な国際学校、華人学校、最近の移民の子どもたちを支援する2つの公立小学校の5つの学校について、洞察力に満ちた詳細な報告をしている。他の学校に比べ、バイリン
ガルの子どもの育成において比較的成功している学校があるが、カンノは、その成功を説明するのは教材や教授法だけでは十分でないとしている。それぞれの学校が児童・生徒のための「想像されたコミュニテ
ィ」をどう認識しているかがより重要な要因であり、その認識が、教育のあり方を直接的、間接的に左右されるという。

What is it that makes some bilingual schools
better than others? In an age when many parents in Japan, both Japanese and non-Japanese,are considering bilingual education for theirchildren for a variety of reasons, this is an important question. In her new book, Languageof language acquisition. First used by Benedict
Anderson (1991) in his study of the mechanismsthat originally contributed to people’s sense ofa national identity, the term was adopted by
Bonny Norton in her seminal work, Identity
and Language Learning (2000), which examined the language development of immigrant
women in Canada. Kanno has worked closelywith Norton, co-editing with her a special issue of the Journal of Language, Identity, and
Education, entitled Imagined Communities
and Educational Possibilities (2003), in which
an article describing this research on bilingual
schools first appeared. Both Norton and Kanno
draw significantly on the work of the French

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social theorist, Pierre Bourdieu, in particular,
his post-Marxist notion that language is a formof cultural and symbolic capital (Bourdieu &Passeron, 1990). Concentrating on individuals,
Norton shows that many immigrants are denied
access to the kind of participation that theyneed, not only to develop their language skills,
thus enhancing their symbolic capital, but also
to become active members of the new society.
Similarly, Kanno seeks to show how schools, farfrom offering all children equal opportunities tosucceed, tend instead to reproduce the class differences into which they are born. Schools takeit for granted that their students are destined
to live at a certain socioeconomic level and it isaround these expectations that they shape theirteaching practices.
There is perhaps nothing new in the critical
notion that schools tend to perpetuate rather
than eradicate class differences. What is new,and what makes this book such a fascinating
read, is the wealth of experience, detail and insight that emerges from her ethnographic studyof five bilingual schools in Japan. Eschewing
more distant approaches, Kanno spent several
months attached to each institution, observing
classes, talking to teachers and parents, playing
with the children, and experiencing the nittygritty of day-to-day life at each school.
The five schools she studied are markedly different in many respects, and Kanno devotes afull chapter to each one. The first, which shecalls Nichirei Immersion School (all the schools
are anonymised), is a private school that offersa partial English immersion program to children in the Japanese mainstream. Although theschool aims to provide children with high-level
English proficiency and intercultural understanding, these children are aiming for university in Japan, and the pressure to succeed in thecompetitive entrance examinations increasingly
takes priority over English immersion. The
second is Zhonghua, a Chinese ethnic school,
mostly catering to the children of Chinese immigrants in Japan. Although the socioeconomic
class of most parents at Zhonghua may not be
as high as that of Nichirei, the school envisions afuture for its students as a bridge between China
and Japan. Brought up in Japan, children arenevertheless encouraged to learn about China’s

traditions and history and to identify themselves as instrumental in its future as a growing
world economic power. The third school, Hal
International, is the most expensive of the fiveschools, and is the school of choice for many
international diplomats and businesspeople, as
well as wealthy Japanese. The schools shares avision of its students as members of the global
elite, where English proficiency is crucial, but
proficiency in other languages, such as Japanese,
is seen as an added advantage. At this school,
the mothers of the Japanese children play a major role in supplementing the school’s teachingof Japanese to ensure that proficiency levels in
English and Japanese remain equally high.
Further down the social scale, two public
elementary schools, Sugino and Midori, caterto relatively large numbers of immigrant children, but have a markedly different view of themerits of bilingualism. Whereas the first threeschools in the study all pursue an ideal of additive bilingualism, both Sugino and Midori seemto view the children’s L1 as an impediment tointegration in Japanese society. Sugino, in fact,claims to value cultural and linguistic diversity
amongst its children, but in practice, Japanese
only is encouraged, seemingly often at the expense of the children’s L1. The final school inthe study, Midori, is located in an area with alarge Brazilian population, many of whom areviewed as migrant workers, rather than permanent residents. With little communication between teachers and mostly working parents, thewell-meaning and often highly skilled teachers
try to encourage the children’s integration into
Japanese society, but in the cases where they
seem not to succeed, console themselves withthe assumption that these children will in any
case probably return eventually to their homecountry.
One of the weaknesses of the comparative approach that Kanno adopts is that it constructs
the erroneous premise that all five schools offer
a bilingual education, whereas in fact, the twoelementary schools do not purport to do so atall; rather, they try to provide L1 support so as
to facilitate children’s acquisition of Japanese.
It could also be argued that Nichirei and Hal
International School also do not claim to offer
a balanced bilingual education. From the junior

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high school on, Nichirei devotes far more time
to study in Japanese, and the students for theirpart, seem increasingly reluctant to speak any
English at all. Hal International, on the otherside of the coin, is English dominant. Although
all non-Japanese students and are expectedto speak Japanese in their Japanese language
classes, overall at this school the onus is on theJapanese students to exhibit the same level ofEnglish proficiency as their non-Japanese peers,rather than the other way around.
The most impressive school in this study, andthe only one which does indeed appear to live up
to its claim to offer a truly bilingual education, is
Zhonghua Chinese Ethnic School. Contrary to
the assumption that money (or economic capital) provides access to cultural or symbolic capital, Zhonghua is a school which struggles financially and lacks many of the resources enjoyedby Nichirei and Hal. Despite that, this is a school
whose teachers share a common and firm purpose in developing high levels of proficiency in
two languages. Significantly, three generations of
its graduates now serve as teachers, suggesting a
degree of commitment, or to use Norton’s term,
investment, in the school and in the Chinese
community that surely exceeds what would bepossible in most other schools.

In the final analysis, it matters little whether
the five schools do or do not provide a bilingual
education, for the implications of Kanno’s study
extend far beyond the specialized schools she
describes in her book. If identity matters in all
instances of language learning, then questions
about our own and our students’ visions of their
imagined community, and about the pedagogicalpractices we adopt to help them to realise them,
are well worth asking.
References
Anderson, B. (1991) Imagined Communities.
(Second Edition) London: Verso
Bourdieu, P & Passeron, J.C. (1990)
Reproduction in education, society and culture.
London: Sage
Kanno, Y. (2003). Imagined communities, school
visions, and the education of bilingual students in Japan. Journal of Language, Identity,
and Education, 2(4), 285-300.
Norton, B. (2000) Identity and language learning; gender, ethnicity and educational change.
London: Pearson ESL

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• book reviews• articles• reports• learner histories• stories of autonomy• letters to the SIG• personal profiles• critical reflections• research interests• poems… and much more!

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An introduction to Exploratory Practice edited by Dick Allwright and Judith Hanks.
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The Adventures of
Magenta M.
Episode 3: Dinner
For TwoマジェンタMの冒険 : 第三話：スパムはお好き？
To join on this discussion piece,
click here. “LL16.1_Davies”

Steve Davies (Miyazaki
International
University)

entitled: ‘‘Eats, Grunts, and Leaves”. Dexter
flicked through a few pages, curiously. “What’s
this about?”“It’s about how to deal with teenagers. Yourson is fourteen now, isn’t he?”“Yes, it seems only yesterday he was a baby.
Now he’s growing a moustache.”“Really?”“Well, he’s got a few straggly hairs at the corners of his mouth; I suppose I’ll have to talk to
him about shaving… and all the other stuff.”“I’m sure you’ll find plenty of good advice inthe book.”“Thanks again,” Dexter said. “Now, how did
your trip to Thrallan go? I expect e-learning wasa hard sell. Did Nazgul College decide to buy
any computers?”

スティーブ・デイヴィス (宮崎国際大学)
Email: sdaviesAT MARKmiyazakimic.ac.jp

はじめに: 宇宙空間における学習者オートノ
ミーを調査する研究員マジェンタMシリーズ第三話。サイバーキャット・カミラの力を借りてなんとか付け焼き刃のプレゼンテーションを乗り切ったマジェンタが、今回は惑星Thrallanの大学にe-learningシステムを売り込みに行った。テクノロジ
ーを軽蔑するとされてきたThrallanでの意外な商談成立にマジェンタの上司・デクスターは驚く。さてその成功の秘密とは．．．
！？デクスターとマジェンタの微妙な関係にも注目！

“That was a lovely meal.”“You can’t go wrong with fillet steaks unless
you overcook them. Fancy a nightcap?”“Yes, that would be nice.”
Dexter and Magenta got up from the table,
walked to the Lounge Bar, and sat down on
comfortable chairs.
Dexter ordered a malt whisky and a brandy.
“Here’s something for you,” Magenta said,reaching into her handbag, taking out a giftwrapped parcel, and handing it to Dexter.
“Thanks very much, ” Dexter said, smiling.
The birthday present was a paperback book

“The journey took nearly two months; by thetime I got there my skin was horribly puffy andflaky. I should have traveled in a cryo tank.”“And risked a pulmonary embolism? Forget
about economy class skin syndrome, the flightcrew might have found you dead at the bottomof your tank.”“You’re exaggerating.”“Maybe, but there’s no sense in taking unnecessary risks on long-haul flights. So tell me
about the Thrallanite students. How was yourpresentation? Are they interested in e-learningat all? Did you manage to convince them?”
Magenta flashed a triumphant smile.
“Absolutely. The college bursar has ordered
100 personal computers, the latest models, andwants them shipped out immediately.”

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Dexter looked surprised. “Are you serious?”“Yes.”“But I thought the Thrallanites had moral objections to technology.”“That was just a hangover from the Missionary
Era. Things are different now.”“Really? When did they change?”“How much do you know about the history of
the planet?”“Just a little. The missionaries were the first to
visit, weren’t they?”“Yes, but the Thrallanites weren’t interested in
the word of God; all they really wanted was thefood the missionaries brought with them.”“Really? What kind of food?”“Cans of meat. Once the Thrallanites got ataste for preserved meat they were totally addicted.”“I see… but what’s that got to do with themnot liking computers?”“Along with the Bible-readings, prayers, andhappy-clappy Jesus songs, the missionaries insisted that computer technology was the Devil’s
work.”
Dexter laughed. “Those fanatics – it all started
with that blockbuster movie ‘Porn Wars’, didn’t
it?”“Yes, all that raunchy business was just too
much for the missionaries; they thought people
should use their computers for balancing thehousehold budget, not for watching pornography. So off they went into Deep Space to try tofind somewhere to live where they could spreadthe word of Christ. But as the years passed they
began to think that all computer technology
was evil. You know their saying: ‘The keyboard
finds work for idle hands.’” That was what they
told the ancient Thrallanites. But things havechanged a lot since then.”“So the modern Thrallanites are happy to use
computers?”“Yes.”“What about pornography? Is it banned?”“No, they like it.”“How do you know that?”“At the start of my presentation, I needed to

get the students’ attention, so I showed thema few clips from ‘Hot Earthling Teen Action’,from the Humanoid Development series. They
were absolutely fascinated. There’s nothing likeshowing aliens groping each other to get the students’ attention. And, of course, the actors werespeaking English in between all the grunting andsquealing.”“I see… So as well as setting up an EAP program, we might try to use PEA.”“PEA?”“Pornography for English Acquisition. I’ll
contact the Materials Department to see if they
have anything suitable. Watching porno flicks isa great way of learning about human behavior,and the grammar in the dialogues is regular andrepetitive. That makes it easy to memorize.”“For example?”“Comparatives.” Dexter pouted his lips, raised
his chin, and closed his eyes. Then he began tomoan softly in a falsetto voice: “Harder… faster…
deeper. Yes… yes… yes.”
Magenta tossed her hair and laughed. She
swallowed some brandy. “Dexter, that was quitea performance. Have you ever considered amateur dramatics?”“You must be joking,” Dexter said. “Sorry, I got
a bit carried away.” Then he said matter-of-factly:“So the Thrallanites are happy with computers.
That’s great. But weren’t there any other problems? I always thought they were a bit difficult
to deal with.”
Magenta considered this for a few moments.
“Well, there were a few issues, but nothing terribly serious.”“Such as?”“Thrallanite society is caste-based. Membersof the different castes – I think there are about
17 of them – aren’t allowed to speak with eachother.”“So that means CALL will be perfect forthem: they can stare at their computer screens
all day without any need for social interaction.
In fact, if we put the computers in separate
booths, the students won’t even have to have tosit next to each other.”“Yes, I realized that CALL would be better
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there was another issue.”“Oh? Was funding a problem?”“No. Nazgul is a private
college with lots of wealthy
alumni and most of the students come from well-off
families.”“Cultural acceptance?”“No, staring at screens is
considered to be an appropriate activity for the leisureclasses. Only the peasants do
any real work. Mainly in theplasma mines. That’s wheremost of the wealth comes
from, you know.”“Technophobia?”“No.”“What then?”“Well, after the students
had understood that they
could study English wherever
there is a learning portal,
they wanted to know if they
could work at home. I told
them, yes, in theory they
could – but only if theyowned their own computers.”“… But then they wouldn’t
need a computer lab.”“Exactly.”“I don’t understand. You
just told me the Thrallanites
wanted us to set up a lab at
the college.”“They do.”“But – ”“I managed to convince thestudents they really ought tocome to the college to study
English.”“How?”“At the end of my presentation I said: ‘You’ll find plentyof spam in the computer lab’.”

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Report on JALT LD SIG
FORUM 2008:

Scaffolding:
Looking throughLearners’ Eyes.
A Forum about
Learner Development
facilitated by Deryn
Verity
学習者ディベロップメント研究部会
フォーラム :

「足場組み」 -学習者の視点からReported by Ellen
Head (Poole Gakuin
University)
エレン・ヘッド(プール学院大学)

Email:ellenkobeAT MARKyahoo.
com

2008年度のLD SIG Forum は大成功に終わりました。デイラン・ウ“エテイの進行、説明のもとに９人のプレゼンターが今回のメイントピック
である、「scaffolding」（足場組み）に関してそれぞれの経験を発表しました。従来、scaffoldingというと、先生側からの立場から語られること多かったのですが、今回は学習者の視点から考えてみることにしました。9人のプレゼンターのポスターを見た後、参加
者はデリンが用意したアクティビティをグループで行い、scaffoldingの概念について探求し、様々な意味を兼ね備えていることを認識しました“In keeping with our understanding that learning and teaching go hand-in-hand as an interactive dialogue, this workshop will try to swing
around from the typical perspective that is
adopted by writers on scaffolding (the teacher)over to that of the learner.”

This was Deryn’s introduction to the forum
at JALT 2008. Colourful posters around thewalls provided examples of nine different stories
about scaffolding in learning and teaching fromdifferent presenters.
After a brief look at the posters, we were asked
to think of our own learning stories using a template designed to elicit a contrast between positive and negative learning experiences:
In my life I have learned two very different
things: [a] ___________and [b]___________.
The way I was taught to do those things wasvery different too….
This template evoked a wide variety of learning experiences, from learning to cook, to playing soccer, to speaking Japanese and Korean.
Deryn then offered brief definitions of scaffolding as follows:• Definition A: Scaffolding is often defined as
help that changes the learner’s understanding of what the task can be.
• Definition B: Scaffolding can be defined as
help that the learner can actually use.
• Definition C: Scaffolding has been defined
as any help that is orientated towards thelearner’s cognition and not towards the correct answer.
Next, Deryn introduced the idea of mediational tools through an ingenious game. Participantsrolled dice to select a piece of information, toolor learning activity. The group had to decide
whether the information/tool/activity could bethought of as scaffolding.Is a packet of cigarettes
bearing a warning logo an example of scaffolding? An umbrella used as a walking stick?
It became clear that almost anything could bea mediational tool depending on the context
and attitude of the learner. A final game asked
participants to imagine associations between alearning goal and a mediational tool picked at
random. For example “How green onions helped
me to learn hula dancing”. This discussion led toa serious point: matching mediational tools togoals is a key of successful scaffolding. Forum
participants were asked then to read the posters,
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Hideo Kojima’s poster, beautifully handwritten
and detailed, explained his use of co-operative
learning and comprehensive program for introducing co-operative group activities in class;next to that, a poster with an eagle soaring
towards the sun, expressed Bruce Lander’s emotional connectivity with learning and teaching;moving round the room, there was my poster,
an attempt to explain my experience of studying
Japanese and difficulties learning “keigo”; then in
the corner Amanda Bradley displayed an elegant
poster focusing on empathetic listening skills,
with interesting comments from students:• Listening is a technique not only of our ears,
but of our whole body and heart. I use myeyes, hands and feelings.
• We need scaffolding to develop. Also helping others will be helpful for us. We willlearn to help.
The next poster was Etsuko Shimo’s, andfocusing on ways to stimulate student to student scaffolding. Next door was a poster many
overlapping ovals like petals: Naoko Harada’s
account of how she used Venn diagrams to in-

terpret data about ethnicity and identity in astudy of Junior High School textbooks. At one
end of the room Alison Stewart’s poster featured
photos of real scaffolding and an account of her
induction as teacher of writing on-line. She washelping her on-line student) and receiving help
herself from trainers who inducted her into theirhouse-style. Then came Kayo Ozawa’s poster
about teaching strategies for the TOEIC. In particular Kayo selected speed reading and listening
as useful strategies.
I began to see that scaffolding could include
some of the messy, sometimes frustrating negotiation of meaning which I engage in every day
with students. Looking at the three definitionsof scaffolding introduced by Deryn above, we
can see that they are all characteristics of scaffolding. If we had to attempt a re-definition, we
could say: scaffolding is any kind of help that is
cognitively useful to and usable by a particularlearner in a particular context, even if the resultof the scaffolded interaction is different from thepredicted outcome of a particular learning task.

Report on theTokyo Get-together(January 2009)
LD SIG 東京エリア
ミーティング（２００９年 １月）〈編〉アリソン・スチュワート
習院大学)

Compiled by Alison
Stewart (Gakushuin
University) and
Kay Irie (J.F. Oberlin
University)(学

Email:stewart_alAT MARKaol.com

入江恵(桜美林大学)

Email:kayirieAT MARKmac.com

L

D SIG東京エリア ミーテイングは２ヶ月に一度の割合で定期的にTeachers College コロンビア大学日本校で行われております。前回は２０
０９年一月に行われ、｢アイデンテイテイ｣をテーマに活発な議論が展開されました。当日、参加された方々のコメントを一部ご紹介します。

The Tokyo Get-togethers continue to offer LD
members a community of fellow teachers interested in development of their students andthemselves and a forum for lively and constructive discussion. Teachers College, Columbia
once again provided a venue for the afternoon
event on January 18th, which was attended bya number of regular participants and by John
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Fanselow, whom we welcome as a new memberof the LD SIG.
Kay Irie and Masuko Miyahara took turns
in chairing the meeting. Kay kicked off by announcing a general aim of the meeting to discussand agree some ideas for the LD Forum at JALT
2009, which we then passed on to the LD SIG
committee for discussion. Since the theme of theconference is “Active Mirrors”, we agreed that
identity might be an appropriate theme. (Pleasesee page 46 for the confirmed details of the forum and a call for proposals.) And since identity
was the topic of the meeting, following on fromour reading of the review article by Masuko andMike Nix (Nix & Miyahara ,2008), this gave our
discussion a focus and an edge.
Here are some reflections sent in from someof the participants.
Stacey Vye said she was inspired by the discussion on the topic of “socializing in schools andhow not only verbal utterances but the physicalset-up of classrooms can influence the identity
construction and formation of students.” The
topic was brought up by John Fanslow in reference to the work by Douglas Barnes (1976) and
Neil Postman (1975). Stacey recalled her own
experiences at an open-concept elementary
school and the Prussian model of sitting indesks in row in junior high school. Reflecting on
identity in the classroom, she is now planning
to revisit the book Deschooling Society by Ivan
Illich (1971).
Yoko Wakui came to the meeting without
much prior knowledge about identity. However,she found it interesting to learn that identity
may change across situations, people we talk to,languages, and over time with age. This madesense to her when she thought of a friend who
seems to put on a different identity when she
switches the language between English andJapanese.
Two topics that resonated with Jodie
Sakaguchi are a) “Real” identities (the way thatpeople see themselves) versus “projected” identities (that institutions may envision for theirstudents, for example) and b) Using snapshots(sketches, photographs, word images, etc) todiscover how students see themselves as English
learners/users, and how this identity comparesto their identities in other settings (e.g in theirclub/circle, at work, home etc).
Colin Rundle commented that the conceptof identity and its multiplicity and malleability“started to come to life” as he was able to actually talk about them with people. He appreciates
the LD SIG as “powerful learning community
where I can assume an identity as a more legitimate professional, in contrast to the peripheral
role I feel as the only English teacher at myschool.” Indeed, as Jodie Sakaguchi observed, it
was another “stimulating and thought-provoking
get-together.”
The Tokyo get-together is a bimonthly meeting held at Teachers College Columbia in
Suidobashi. An announcement email with atheme of discussion will be sent to those whoare in the greater-Tokyo area. However, anybody interested in joining the get-together iswelcome. Please contact Kay Irie (kayirie@mac.
com) or Masuko Miyahara (MasukoM@aol.
com)
References
Barnes, D. (1976). Communication to curriculum. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/CookHeinemann.
Illich, I. (1971) Deschooling Society. New York:
Harper & Row
Morita, N. (2004) ‘Negotiating participation andidentity in second language academic communities.’ TESOL Quarterly, 38, 4 573-603
Nix, M. & Miyahara, M. (2008) ‘Linking identity
and language learning’. Learning Learning 15,
2 (ld-sig.org LL/15-2toc.html)

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Report on the
Hiroshima
Get-together(February 2009)
LD SIG 広島エリア
ミーティング(２００９年 ２月)

are the responses I received, edited for reasonsof space.

What are your specific interests within
learner development/independence?

Compiled by Jim Ronald(Hiroshima Shudo
University)（編）ジム・ロナルド（広島修道大学）
Email: jamesmartinronaldAT
MARKyahoo.co.jp

Ｌ

Ｄ ＳＩＧ広島エリア ミーテイングは通常、月一回のペースで広島駅付近で集まっております。参加者の半分がメンバーでない時もありますが、皆、自立学習というテーマにはたいへん興味をもっており、毎回、活発な議論がされます。先回のミーテイングではＬＤ ＳＩＧの集まりが参加者にとってはどのような意味をもっているのか聞
いてみました。それでは、いくつかご紹介します。

The learner development-related get-togethers
in Hiroshima usually take place once a monthnear Hiroshima Station, recently alternating
between Friday evenings over a meal in a restaurant and Saturday afternoons in the upstairs
room of an old café (Pearl, see below). Fewerthan half of the usual six to eight participants are
LD SIG members, but all are interested in some
aspects of learner development and autonomy.
Main topics for the meeting on February 20th,for example, were developing learner responsibility for task creation and recycling, and thesetting up of intra- and inter-university Scrabble
clubs and contests.
Following the last meeting, I asked participants to tell me their specific interests within
learner development/independence, and what
the local meetings mean to each of them. Here“Students have to learn how to study. In fact,
they should have already learnt that before
going to university. So, what are the best
ways to teach study skills to students? How
can you change their views about learning?...
Dictionary skills are very important if you
want to study on your own, so I am most interested in these.” Monika Szirmai“For me, it’s learner motivation, and materials development.” Simon Capper“I am particularly interested in how instructors can help Japanese learners of English to
become more autonomous learners, to develop metalinguistic awareness, and to takemore responsibility for their own learning.
How to present this advice to large classes oflearners is a conundrum I have been mullingover for some time now.” Ken Fordyce“I am always looking for ways that students
can learn or study English outside of the classroom. I try to introduce activities or books(such as graded readers) or websites which
they can use on their own. Students often ask
what they can do to improve their English,
but I’m not sure how serious they are when
they ask. Do they really act on the suggestions
I give them? This is what interests me.”
Naomi Fujishima“I am interested in several aspects of LD, suchas getting students to use a self-access center, helping students develop an awareness of
their own learning and encouraging students
to continue learning outside of class and after
the course is over.” Tim Buthod“I think language learners should do most of
their learning outside of class, and I think theusual failure of our learners to learn is partly
the result of our own failure to guide themto ways of doing that. With this in mind, I’ve
been trying to put some materials on the web

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environments (such as Japan) to get more access to English content that they can understand.
Gordon Luster

What does our local group mean to you?
Why do you join meetings? What do you
take home?
“It’s a way for me to find out what otherswith common interests are up to. The informal, conversational format allows more direct interaction among participants than thepresentation-centered JALT chapter meetings.”
Gordon Luster
The stimulation of sharing ideas, convivialityof meeting like-minded people.
Simon Capper“Ideally, you should have an intellectuallystimulating atmosphere at your workplace,facilitating finding solutions to problems andsupport for ideas. Unfortunately, I am notin such an ideal situation now. This is really
what I miss. The LD group can ease the pain
by providing that kind of atmosphere andserving as a testing place for ideas.”
Monika Szirmai

It’s nice to have a discussion about teaching issues that is more open-ended than apresentation at a JALT meeting, but more
focused than a simple chat with your friends.
Rather than specific lesson ideas, I enjoy theabstract discussion of how students might get
their heads around the idea that they themselves are responsible for their learning.”
Tim Buthod“Although I am very interested in learnerdevelopment, above all I come to meetings
because it offers the opportunity to talk,share ideas about teaching and research, andsocialize, with fellow teachers. Ken Fordyce“It is smaller and more relaxed than our
JALT chapter meetings, and it is the only
time I can chat with Jim! I really like listening to other people’s experiences with students and hear what things they do in theclassroom. I also like to listen to problems
other teachers have and enjoy helping analyze those problems as a group.”
Naomi Fujishima
So, 10 people 10 colors, as we don’t say in
English. How about me? All of the above!
Photo collage by Florence Nobuko Smith: flogentlyphotography@gmail.com

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Book Project: Update“Developing Learner Autonomy:
Practices and Reflections inContext”
edited by Kay Irie and Alison StewartThe Learner Development SIG’s exciting new book project, which was approved at the Annual General Meeting at JALT2008, is now well underway. The book, which will be edited by Kay Irie and Alison Stewart, willcomprise a collection of articles on classroom practices that teachers actually use
to help their students become more autonomous. In addition to an account of
the activities or approaches, their rationale, and the experience of implementing
them in a specific context, each article will also include a reflective critique by apeer reviewer and a final response by the author. The primary focus of the articles is intended to be on practice, with the theory/reflection emerging out of thatpractice. Proposals from hopeful authors have been coming in steadily over the
past few months, and we can already see that the task of choosing a successful
fifteen will be extremely difficult. The final selection will be announced in early
May on the Learner Development SIG website.

LD SIGの出版プロジェクト：アップ
（編）入江

恵

デート

，アリソン・スチュワート

2

008年のJALT学習者ディベロプップメント研究部会(JALT LD SIG) Annual General
Meetingで承認されたLD SIGの新しい出版プロジェクトは順調に進んでいます。ア
リソン・スチュワートと入江恵によって編集されるこの本は、教員がより自律学習を向上させるために行っている取り組みの実践例集となります。アクティビティやアプロー
チの解説、論理的根拠や導入・実践の状況はもちろんのこと、各章にはクリティカルなピ
ア・レビューとそれに対する筆者の反応が含まれます。焦点はあくまでも実践であり、理論及び内省はその実践に基づいたものとなります。ここ数ヶ月に渡り有望な応募が集まってきており、その中から15本を選ぶのは至難の技となりそうです。選考結果の発表はLD
SIGのホームページにて５月初旬を予定しています。

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Nakasendo
Conference 2009:
Paths to Learning(June 28th, 2009
Tokyo Kasei
University)
Stacey Vye (Saitama
University)
Steven Herder (Seibo
Jogakuin Junior & SeniorHigh School)
Hiromi Sakamoto (ToyoGakuen University)
http://actj.org/nakasendo2009/In this dialogue, Steven Herder from MASH
(Meet, Ask, Share, Help) and Stacey Vye
are going to introduce an exciting and collaborative conference called Nakasendo 2009
being held on June 28th, 2009, at Tokyo Kasei
University.
Stacey: So, why did you get involved in
Nakasendo, Steve?
Steve: For me theexciting thing about
this conference wasthat it brings somany cool people
together: teachers from different
contexts, different
cultures and different educational
backgrounds. We
currently have ninegroups involved in planning the conference, andwe work hard to get as many JTEs and NTs collaborating as possible. I really like the theme,
too.
This year’s theme, “Paths to Learning” offers areally engaging day of professional development
through collaboration. We are also very lucky
to have a great keynote speaker, Dr. Kensaku
Yoshida. He will discuss “MEXT’s New Path
to Learning and its Impact on Japan’s English
Education.” How did you first find out about
Nakasendo 2009?
Stacey: I heard about theconference last year andwas particularly interested
that the Omiya chapter of
JALT was able to reach out
to people from a variety ofEnglish language groups
enough to create this newlearning experience (a focusof the LD-SIG). Nakasendo
offers all teachers of English agreat chance to find common
ground where people work together professionally to create
practical hands-on materials
that teachers can use without
trying to reinvent the wheel,
so to speak.
Steve: Yeah, it seems like the
Nakasendo organization isreally into practical ideas andmaterials. Even the conference planning is extremely
hands-on and clear. Do you
often check the public shared
Google document that the conference team uses
for planning?
Stacey: I try to, but when I don’t have much time
to follow the threads, I look to see if people haveposted questions for me. I think sharing ideas on
one document gives me a feeling of the true collaborative effort involved - similar to the conference theme itself.
Steve: Yeah, so do I. I’ve been amazed at how indepth the collaboration has been.
Stacey: Yeah, one aspect I like is that the Google
document helps keep me organized with deadlines,
and another is that I feel people are really open andwilling to take the time to comment, so the conference is growing and evolving as the dialogue goes;

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it’s as if the conference theme reflects our own learning paths as we create this conference.
Steve: I agree, and yet I found that when thetime came around to propose our ideas: logos,
themes, speakers, etc., it was pretty scary to postideas up and ask for feedback. But by then, I felt
there was enough trust between us to just say“let’s see what happens” And after I posted mylogo idea I was happy because I noticed that fiveor six other ideas popped up suddenly.
Stacey: Suddenly, yeah, I noticed your logo post
(loved your road sign image by the way), andit was great, because other people felt comfortable from your action to jump in and share theirdesigns, so it was like we are co-constructing ourshared paths in making the conference.
Steve: I think this whole thing ties in together
with co-constructing; even what we are doing
now in this dialogue, is what MASH is all about,and what the conference is all about. It’s justabout building trust between people. And thetrust leads to connections and new ideas. I thinkthat’s the beauty of this project. The fact that I
could expand my own network a little more andmeet other cool people is pretty much what got
me interested in Nakasendo.
Stacey: Well, let’s hope lots of people come checkout our homepage and then consider coming to
the conference. We sure have lots to offer.

中仙道 ２００９:「学びへの道」英語教育研究集会についての対話（於 ２００９年6月28日に
東京家政大学）ステイシー・ヴァイ 〈埼玉大学〉
スティーブン・ハーダー ( 聖母女学
院中学・高等学校)
坂本 ひろみ〈東洋学園大学〉

この対話では、MASH (Meet, Ask, Share,Help)という研究会に属するスティーブン・
ハーダーとステイシー・ヴァイが、「中仙道
２００９」というタイトルの英語教育研究集会について紹介をします。これは、みなが共に学び合う活力あ
ふれる大会で、今年の6月28日に東京家政大学で開催されます。
ステイシー：スティーブはどういうわけで「中仙道」に関わるようになったの？
スティーブ：僕にとってこの研究集会のエキサイティ
ングなところは、様々な分野、様々な文化、様々な教育的背景を持つ素晴らしい人たちが一同に会するところだよ。
今、この集会の企画を進めているところだけれど、９つもの団体が参加してくれることになっているので、日本人の英語教員にもネイティブ・スピーカーにも呼びかけて、できるだけ多くの人に来てもらい、一緒に学びたいと思っている。
大会のテーマもとてもいいよ。今年のテーマが「学びへの道」ということで、共に学び合うことを通じて、教師として一段の成長が期待できる充実した一日になると思う。基調講演のスピーカーも素晴らしい先生をお招きすることができた。吉田研作教授で、講演のタイトルは「文部科学省の新しい学びへの道とそれが日本の英語教育に与える影響」というものだ。あなたはどうやって「中仙道２００９」のことを知ったの？
ステイシー：去年、この研究集会のことを聞いたのだ
けれど、ＪＡＬＴ大宮支部のメンバーたちが中心になって、いろいろな英語教育研究グループに呼びかけて、この新しい学びを体験する試みができたということで、とても興味を持ったの。これはまさに、ＬＤ Ｓ
ＩＧのめざすところとかさなっているでしょう？「中仙道」は、すべての英語教員がプロフェッショナルとして一緒に仕事ができる共通の地盤。つまり、一から自分で始めなくても、実際にクラスで役立つ教材を共に作
り出せる場が見つけられる素晴らしい機会を与えてくれることと思うわ。
スティーブ：そうだね。
「中仙道」という組織は、とりわけ実践的なアイデアや教材に関することを重視していると言える。この研究集会の企画進行そのもの
も、とても実践的で具体的でわかりやすいよ。この企
画のティームが使っていて、誰でも見ることができる
グーグル・ドキュメントは見たことある？
ステイシー：なるべく見るようにしているわ。でも、あまり時間がないときは、自分に対する質問などが寄せられているかどうかだけをチェックするの。グーグ
ル・ドキュメントでアイデアを共有するのって、本当にみんなで作り上げているという感じがするわね。これはまさにこの会のテーマそのものよね。
ステイシー：そうね。そして、このグーグル・ドキュメ
ントのもう一ついいところは、ある仕事をいつまでに

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仕上げないといけない、というようなスケジュール管理に関してもきちんとやれるところよ。それに、みん
な、とてもオープンだし、ちゃんと時間をとってコメン
トを書いてくれるのでどんどん議論が盛り上がって、この会も発展続けていると思うの。まるで、この企画を作り上げていくうちに、この会のテーマである「学びへの道」が私たちの学び方にも反映されてくるみ
たいね。
スティーブ：まったく同感だね。協力関係がとても深いレベルにまで浸透していることに驚いているよ。
スティーブ：その通りだよ。でもね、自分たちのアイデ
ア ロゴとかテーマとか講演者だとかを出す期日が近づいたとき、自分のアイデアを表明して、その後みんなから何ていわれるかと考えたとき、ちょっと不安になったことがあった。でも、そのころまでには、お互いの信頼がすっかりできあがっていて、「よし、どういう反応が返ってきてもいいと思えるようになっていた。そして、僕がロゴのアイデアを出したら、その途
端、５つも６つも別のアイデアが次々にポスティングされてきてうれしかったね。

JALT2009 LD SIG
FORUM: CALL FOR
PROPOSALS
学習者ディベロプメント研究部
会 ＪＡＬＴ2009
フォーラム: 発表応募要項
http://jalt.org/conference“SNAPSHOTS: ACTIVE MIRRORS OF
IDENTITY”
This year’s JALT LD SIG FORUM takes thetheme of IDENTITY, exploring teachers’ representations of their students, and students’ representations of their teachers. SNAPSHOTS is a
way to capture and present learner and teacher
identities, both in and out of the classroom, inthe present, past and future, using a variety of
media, such as posters, narrative, graphics, photography, video etc. Through presentations, activities and discussion, we will explore how perception of ourselves and others shape our learn-

ステイシー：ホント、ホント、急にどんどん出てきたわ
よね。あなたのロゴがアップされて（あなたのあの道
路標識のイメージ、とてもいいと思ったわ）、その後ほかの人たちも安心して次々とデザインを出してきたのはすごくよかったわね。こんなふうに、私たちはこの会を作り上げながら、共通の道をみなでさらに構築していっているのよね。
スティーブ：これらすべてのことが、皆で一緒に作り上げることに通じているんだよね。今、こうしてあなたとこのような対話をしていること自体、MASHがやろうとしていることだし、この研究集会がめざしていることだと思う。みなが互いに信頼しあうことがまず最初にある。そして、その信頼が、結びつきや新しいアイデ
アを生み出すことに通じていく。それがこのプロジェ
クトの最も素晴らしいところだね。僕個人としても、自分のネットワークを広げることができて、ステキな人たちとの新しい出会いがあることが、「中仙道」にひかれる一番の理由だよ。
ステイシー：それでは、多くの方々が私たちのホーム
ページを見てくれて６月の大会に来てくださることを期待しましょう。いらしてくだされば、きっと得られるものは多いと思います。

ing experience. Dare to be bold: we are looking
for interesting and innovative ways to represent
and think about learner and teacher identity.
The Forum will consist of presentations which
can be in various ways by using different formsof medium. The presentations will then be followed by a panel for the presenters to explain
their approach and talk through their ideas. The
Forum will conclude with questions, answers,
and open discussion with all participants.
We are now calling for proposals from LD SIG
members. Please send us your proposed title
and short (100 word) description of your presentation by 30th June.
Masuko Miyahara (MasukoM@aol.com)
Alison Stewart (stewart_al@hotmail.com)
Martha Robertson (marrober@alumni.iu.edu)
Facilitators, JALT2009 LD SIG Forum「スナップ・ ショット：アイデンティティとそのアクテイブ 鏡像」
2009度の学習者ディベロプメント研究会発表テー
マはアイデンテイテイです。教師からみた学習者のア
イデンティティ、または学習者からみた教師のアイデ

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ンティティなど、鏡を通してみる像によって、様々な角度からいろいろなことを垣間見ることができます。ス
ナップ・ショットでは教師、生徒の教室内、教室外のアイデンティティだけではなく、現在、過去、未来のア
イデンティティをポスター、写真、ビデオなどの様々な媒介を通して発表していただきます。教師や生徒のア
イデンティティについて、大胆、かつ創造性に満ちたあふれた取り組みをお待ちしています。

応募方法は英語１００語以内で発表概要を書き、下記の研究部会員までご提出ください。締め切りは6月30日です。

フォーラムは各々のプレゼンテーション後、発表者によるパネル・デイスカションという形式をとります。
その後、出席者全員が参加できるインタラクテイブ
な質疑応答の時間等があります。

アリソン

スチュワート(stewart_al@hotmail.com)

マーサー

ロバートソン(marrober@alumni.iu.edu)

2009 ILA Hong
Kong Conference:
Independent
Learning: Building
on experience,seeking new
perspectives(The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong. June 3rd-5th, 2009)http://independentlearning.org/ILA/

Introduced by Jo
Mynard (Kanda
University ofInternational Studies)
Email:mynardjoAT MARKhotmail.com

多数の応募をお待ち申し上げます。
宮原万寿子(MasukoM@aol.com)

Facilitators, JALT2009 LD SIG ForumY

ou might remember the last Independent
Learning Association conference at Kanda
University of International Studies inJapan, and maybe, like me, you have been looking forward to the next one. This year’s event
will be held in Hong Kong and promises to provide, once again, a significant contribution to thefield. The event will feature workshops, posters,
roundtable discussions and talks from presenters from around the globe. There are also plans
to produce a conference book after the event.
Past events have featured some influential speakers, and this year is no exception.
David Little will be talking about how theCommon European Framework of Reference for
Languages (CEF; Council of Europe, 2001) andthe European Language Portfolio (ELP) accommodate the processes and outcomes of learner
self-assessment. Claire Ellen Weinstein discusses the Model of Strategic Learning, which has
implications for the assessment of strategic andself-regulated learning. Philip Benson will examine research into second and foreign language
learners’ use of new literacies (primarily webbased content) and discuss the relevance for thefield of autonomy in language learning. Marina
Mozzon-McPherson will provide an insight into

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language advising. In her workshop, participants
have the opportunity to practice active listening skills and develop an awareness of strategies
for ongoing language learning support. Cynthia
White will provide a brief critical overview oflandmark studies in independent learning andpropose a new paradigm based on emerging
perspectives.
There will also be over 130 concurrent presentations under eight themes related to independent learning. These include teacher education, classroom approaches, life-long learning,e-learning and self-access. Some of the abstracts
have already been posted on the conference
webpage, and so far it looks like there will be anice balance of theoretical perspectives and examples of good practice. I look forward to seeing
you there!
Further information:• The Independent Learning Association:www.independentlearning.org• Early-bird registration (HK$950) closes on
31 March.
• Full registration (HK$1300) closes on 15
May.
• For more information, see http://ilac2009.
elc.polyu.edu.hk/index.php/ILAC/
ILAC2009/schedConf/registration
ReferenceCouncil of Europe, 2001: Common European
Framework of Reference for Languages:
Learning, teaching assessment. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press.

2009年自立学習学会香港
大会：自立学習、体験と新
たなる視点
(於

香港理工大学2009年6月3日-5日)

紹介者：ジョー・マイナード (神田外語大学)

神田外語大学において開催された前回の自立学習学会日本大会を覚えていますか？もしかすると私のように次の大会を楽しみにされていた方も多いかもしれません。自立学習研究
領域に貢献が期待されるこのカンファレンス、今年は香港で開催されることになりました。この大会ではワークショップ、ポスター、パネルディスカッション、そして世界中からの参加者による発表が予定されています。また、大会後には紀要も出版される予定です。
過去の大会同様、今大会も著名なスピーカーによって講演が行われます。David
LittleはCommon
European Framework of Reference for Languages(CEF; Council of Europe, 2001)とヨーロッパ言語ポートフォリオ(European Language Portfolio）が学習者の自己評 価のプロセスとその結果をどのように適用しているかについて話す予定です。Claire Ellen
Weinsteinはストラテジー及び自律学習の評価に関わるthe Model of Strategic Learningについて、Philip
Bensonはインターネットを中心とした新しいリテラシ
ーと第二言語学習における自立学習の関連についての研究を考察します。Marina Mozzon-McPhersonは
言語学習アドバイジングについてのワークショップを開催。参加者は、継続的な学習サポートのためのアク
ティブ・リスニング・スキルとストラテジーに対する認知を体験します。Cynthia Whiteは自立学習に関する代表的な研究をクリティカルに総括し、新たなる視点を加えたパラダイムを提案します。
その他にも教員教育、授業 実 践、生涯学習、e learningとself-accessなどを含む8つの自立学習に関するテーマに分かれ130もの個人発表が行われ、理論と実践がほどよくバランスされています。すでにこの中のいくつかの概要は大会ウェブサイトで閲覧することができます。皆さんと現地でお目にかかれることを楽しみにしています。

詳細：•

自立学習学会•

大会参加費早期申込割引 (HK$950) 3月31日まで。

•

大会参加費 (HK$1300) 5月15日まで。

•

更に詳しい情報はホームページを参照http://
ilac2009.elc.polyu.edu.hk/index.php/ILAC/
ILAC2009/schedConf/registration

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The LD-SIG Thanks Teachers College for
Providing the Meeting Venue for theGreater Tokyo LD Get-togethers forFree!
As a token of our thanks, we are pleased
to recommend the MA TESOL program at TC
Columbia University, Japan Campus:T

he Teachers College, Columbia University Japan Campus has been successfully offering graduate courses in Suidobashi, Tokyo for the past 22 years to provide teachers withthe same quality graduate studies as the New York campus. The campus offers an MA in
TESOL program, providing opportunities to study the theory and practice of teaching English
as a Foreign Language (EFL) in Japan. In addition, students accepted into the Literacy Specialist
and Comparative and International Education & International Educational Development
Programs, at the NY Campus can begin their coursework with summer classes in Tokyo.
The Teachers College Japan Campus was officially designated by the Ministry of Education,
Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT) as a “Foreign Graduate School, Japan
Campus” on September 20th, 2006. As the largest private graduate school of education in
the U.S. (ranked the number one graduate education schools for 2007 by U.S. News Reports),
Teachers College continues todevelop innovative and practicalprograms for teachers.
The M.A. in TESOL programprovides opportunities to earn a
graduate degree part-time by attending weekend classes. This program offers degree concentrations for novice and elementary
school teachers, as part of its generalist degree for teachers in other English teaching contexts.
Applications are accepted throughout the year, allowing students to start in the fall, spring, orsummer semesters. The cooperative nature of the program emphasizes systematic analysis of actual practices, in relationship to key theories in language teaching and learning, and the opportunity
for students to be observed by professors in their schools in order to explore teaching ideas.
Teachers College has an MA in Art and Art Education program in development. The study ofart encompasses the traditions of fine art and the popular arts of mass culture, and a central tenet of the program is the role of the arts in nurturing human growth and development throughout the lifespan. Within this context, courses in art education examine the different environments in which the various art forms reach their audiences: private and public schools, colleges,
museums, arts centers, hospitals and other settings.
Teachers College will hold information sessions in March, June and October for those who
would like to apply for either the Japan or New York campuses. Places are limited, so a reservation is required.
For more information on these and other programs visit www.tc-japan.edu or contact the TC
Office (Phone 03-3221-9771 or Email <office@tc-japan.edu>)
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コロンビア大学ティーチャーズカレッジ日本校
LD-SIGの東京でのミーティングはティーチャーズカレッジ日本校で行なわれています。このコーナーではTCコロンビア大学日本校のMAプログラムについてご紹介します。

コ

ロンビア大学ティーチャーズカレッジ日本校（東京・水道橋）は、２２年間にわたって日本の教員を対象にニューヨーク本校と同等の教育を提供し続けてきました。英語教授法(TESOL)修士課程プログラムでは日本におけるEFL（English as a Foreign Language）教育の理論と実践を学ぶことができます。また、NY本校のLiteracy Specialist, Comparative and International Education &International Educational Development プログラムへの入学が認められた学生は、日本校で夏学期からコースを取る事が可能です。
ティーチャーズカレッジ日本校は、２００６年９月２０日、文部科学省(MEXT)より「外国大学院の日本校」
として正式に指定を受けています。本国アメリカにおいてティーチャーズカレッジは、米国最大の私立教育大学院として、教員を対象とした革新的・実践的な教育を展開してきました。２００７年のＵＳニューズ
レポート紙の評価では、米国の教育大学院部門で第一位に選ばれています。
英語教授法（TESOL）修士課程は、週末に行なわれるクラスに出席することによって修士号を取得できるコースです。通常の課程の一部として、教師経験年数が少ない方々と小学校の教師を特に対象とした単位の取り方も用意されています。出願は１年間を通じて受付けており、秋、春、夏のどの学期からでも入学できます。このプログラムでは、より学習効果の高い授業を創り出すために、教育現場での実践を、語学教育と学習における主要理論に関連付けて分析することを重視しています。また、ティーチングアイデアを探求するために、学生が実際に教鞭をとる学校へ教授が訪問し、授業を見学する機会を設けていることも大きな特長です。
現在日本校で準備が進められているアート＆アート エデュケーション修士課程では、伝統的な美術から
ポップアートまで広い範囲の芸術について研究します。プログラムの中心となる理念は、生涯を通じて人々の成長と発達を育むことにおける芸術の役割です。この理念に基づき、アート エデュケーションコースでは様々な芸術様式が鑑賞される環境 — それは学校・大学・美術館・アートセンター・病院など多岐に渡りますが — について検証していきます。
ティーチャーズカレッジでは、日本校、あるいはニューヨーク本校への出願を考えている方々のために、3月、６月、１０月に説明会を開催しています。席数に限りがあるた
め、事前のご予約をお願いします。詳細につきましては、
ホームページwww.tc-japan.
eduをご覧いただくか、TC
Office (TEL: 03-3221-9771 ま
たは Email：office@tc-japan.
edu

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LD SIG財務報告 2008年9月 - 2009年1月
LD SIG Financial Report Sep 2008 - Jan 2009
Sep 2008

Oct 2008

Nov 2008

Dec 2008

Jan 2009

2008年9月

2008年10月

2008年11月

2008年12月

2009年1月

Balance in bank account
銀行口座の残高193959236886236904235364258383

Reserve liabilities 本部預け金

100000100000100000100000100000Cash on hand 現金

16443

16443

16443

0

0

Balance carried forward 残高

310402353329353347363364358383

0

0

0

0

0

Total revenue 総収入

65019

22

21

5023

2502

Total expenses 総支出

22092

4

4

4

0

Total expense liabilities
総経費負債

0

0

0

0

0

End balance 残高353329353347353364358383360885

Balance in bank account
銀行口座の残高

236886236904253364258383260885Reserve liabilities本部預け金

100000100000100000100000100000Cash on hand現金

16443

16443

0

0

0

LD SIG balance 残高3533293533473533643583833608855000

2500

Total revenue liabilities
収入負債の総額

Major expenses 主な経費 Sep 2008 to Jan 2009
Table Rental for JALT JALTでのテーブル賃借

20000

Withdrawal by JCO for supplies
ordered fiscal 2007 JCOへ消耗品代金支払(2007年度発注分)

2000

Major revenue 主な収入Sep 2008 to Jan 2009
Publication sales by SIG
の書籍販売

SIG

Membership April - July 2008
会費4月-7月2008

60000

Reimbursement from National
JCOからの払戻

5000

We sold a copy of AYA and MAYA in December 2008, and another copy of AYA in January 2009.
２００８年1２月にAYAとＭＡＹＡをそれぞれ１冊、２００９年１月にはＡＹＡ１冊の売り上げがありました。

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Active balance Feb 20th, 2009
可動残高2009年2月20日

260,885

PLANNED EXPENSES March to August 2009
Postage LD materials LD資料

郵送料

LD Retreat (July) honorarium for a speaker with transportation
LDリトリート(7月)TOTAL

謝礼・旅費他

2009年2月- 8月予定経費
15,00080,000

合計

PROJECTED REVENUE March to August 2009

95,0002009年2月-8月予定収入

Publication sales書籍販売

7,500

Membership 40 members 会費 40人分

60,000TOTAL

合計67,500

Projected active balance August 31st 20092009年8月31日予定残高

233,385

LD Reserve liabilities (held by JALT National) August 31st2009 2009年8月31日
LD負債準備金（JALT本部）

100,000

Hiromi Furusawa 古澤
LD SIG treasurer
20 February 2009

弘美

LDSIG財務

２００９年２月２０日

LOCAL GET-TOGETHERS: SHARE, TELL, ASK,CHALLENGE, HELP, LEARN, ENJOY!
For information on local LD meetings that are taking place near you, or for advice and financial support to help start a new local get-together venture, contact us:
Stacey Vye <stacey.vye AT MARK gmail.com>.

エリアミーティング：分かち合い、話し合い、聞き合い、助け合い、そして共に挑戦し、学び、楽しみましょう！
あなたの近くですでに行われているミーティングについて、または地元でのLDミーティング
を始めるにあたってのサポートについて、ステイシー・ヴァイ<stacey.vye AT MARK gmail.com> まで是非お問い合わせください！

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Learner Development SIG Officers 2009
学習者ディベロップメント研究部会 2009年度 委員リスト
Coordinator:
Web and IT
Communications
International Liaison
Treasurer:
Membership:

Hugh Nicoll 		
Hugh Nicoll 		hnicoll AT MARK gmail.com
hnicoll AT MARK gmail.com

Andy Barfieldbarfield.andy AT MARK gmail.com
Hiromi Furusawa admin AT MARK eigoya.com
Jodie Sakaguchi
jodie.jsAT MARKmac.com(Michele Ruhl
micheleAT MARKnet.nagasaki-u.ac.jp)(Stacey Vye stacey.vye AT MARK gmail.com)
Publications:Alison Stewart
stewart_al AT MARK hotmail.com
Masuko Miyahara MasukoM ATMARK aol.com
Jim Ronald		jamesmartinronald AT MARK yahoo.co.jp
Kay Irie 		kayirie AT MARK mac.com
Programme:
Ellen Head 		ellenkobe AT MARK yahoo.com(Martha Robertson marrober AT MARK alumni.iu.edu)(Michele Ruhl
micheleAT MARKnet.nagasaki-u.ac.jp)
Learning Learning
Masuko Miyahara MasukoM AT MARK aol.com
editorial team:Jim Ronald 		jamesmartinronald AT MARK yahoo.co.jp(Ellen Head 		ellenkobe AT MARK yahoo.com)(Tanya McCarthy tanya-mAT MARKkuis.ac.jp)(Alison Stewart
stewart_al AT MARK hotmail.com)(Kay Irie 		kayirie AT MARK mac.com)(Peter Mizuki
peter.mizuki AT MARK nihon-u.ac.jp)
Members at large:
Chris Carpenter
chris AT MARK dokkyo.ac.jp
Etsuko Shimo
etsu321 AT MARK hotmail.com
Greg Rouault
synectix AT MARK hotmail.com
Marlen Harrison scenteur7 AT MARK yahoo.com
Mike Nix 		
mikenix1 AT MARK tamacc.chuo-u.ac.jp
Naoko Aoki 		naoko AT MARK let.osaka-u.ac.jp
Phil Brown 		philza2003 AT MARK yahoo.com
Steve Brown
brown AT MARK konan-wu.ac.jp
Yoko Wakui 		
ywakui AT MARK bu.iij4u.or.jp
Get-Together Coordinator Stacey Vye 		
stacey.vye AT MARK gmail.com
Local get-together coordinators:
Jim Ronald
		jamesmartinronald AT MARK yahoo.co.jp
Hiroshima
Kitakyushu
Malcolm Swanson 		
msswanson AT MARK pukeko.ws
Kobe
Naoko Aoki		naoko AT MARK let.osaka-u.ac.jp
Osaka/Kyoto
Etsuko Shimo 		
etsu321 AT MARK hotmail.com
Miyazaki
Steve Davies 		sdavies AT MARK miyazaki-mic.ac.jp
NagoyaAshurova Umihadon
uzfemida79 AT MARK yahoo.com
Robert Croker 		croker AT MARK nanzan-u.ac.jp
Nara
Ann Mayeda 		
KFA05374 AT MARK nifty.ne.jp
Greater Tokyo
Kay Irie			kayirie@ AT MARK mac.com(Omiya,West Tokyo,
Masuko Miyahara
MasukoM AT MARK aol.com
Tokyo, Ibaraki, Chiba, &the Yokohama)Note: People in ( ) are shadowing and assisting.
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Contributing to
Learning Learning
Learning Learning is your space for continuing to make the connections that interest you. You
are warmly invited and encouraged to contribute to the next issue of Learning Learning in either
English and/or Japanese. We welcome writing in different formats and different lengths about
different issues connected with learner and teacher development, such as:
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articles (about 1,000 to 2,500 words)
reports (about 500 to 1,000 words)
learner histories (about 500 to 1,000 words)
stories of autonomy (about 500 to 1,000 words)
book reviews (about 500 to 1,000 words)
letters to the SIG (about 500 words)
personal profiles (100 words more or less)critical reflections (100 words more or less)research interests (100 words more or less)poems… and much more…

We would like to encourage new writing and new writers and are also very happy to workwith you in developing your writing. We would be delighted to hear from you about your ideas,
reflections, experiences, and interests to do with learner development, learner autonomy andteacher autonomy.
We hope to publish the next issue of Learning Learning in October, 2009. Ideally, we would
like to hear from you well before the final due date but, in reality, the door is always open, so feel
free to contact somebody in the editorial team when you are ready:Alison Stewart
Ellen Head
Jim Ronald
Kay Irie
Masuko MiyaharaPeter Mizuki
Stacey Vye

stewart_al AT MARK hotmail.com
ellenkobe AT MARK yahoo.com
jamesmartinronald AT MARK yahoo.co.jp
kayirie AT MARK mac.com
MasukoM AT MARK aol.com
peter.mizuki AT MARK nihon-u.ac.jp
stacey.vye AT MARK gmail.com

Learning Learning is the newsletter of the JALT Learner Development SIG. We aim to publish twice a year in April and October. All pieces are copyright of their respective authors.
Permission to re-print writing from Learning Learning should be sought directly from theauthor(s) concerned.

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その他(約400字)

これまでにない形式のもの、また新しい方々からのご投稿をお待ちしております。内容についてもぜひ
ご相談ください。みなさまのご意見やお考え、ご経験、そして学習者の発達、学習者の自律性と教師の自律性に関することなど、ぜひお聞かせください。
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ellenkobe AT MARK yahoo.com
jamesmartinronald AT MARK yahoo.co.jp
kayirie AT MARK mac.com.
MasukoM AT MARK aol.com
peter.mizuki AT MARK nihon-u.ac.jp「学習の学習」はJALT学習者ディベロプメントSIGの会報です。年2回4月と10月に出版予定です。全ての原稿の版権はそれぞれの執筆者にあります。
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