Learning Learning ʲָस͹ָसʳ 29(1): GREETINGS AND NEWS UPDATESIN THIS ISSUE: LEARNING LEARNING, VOLUME 29, ISSUE 1
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Welcome and warm greetings to all of you,our readers at Learning Learning. By the time you
receive this issue, spring will be in the air andperhaps the cherry blossoms will be in bloom. I am
excited to bring to you our first issue of the yearthat will surely brighten your day. Heartfelt thanks
go out to my co-editors who have diligently
worked with many authors to check and polisheach article.
Starting us off in the right direction is our newco-coordinator, Tim Cleminson, who has alreadybeen involved in Learner Development events thisyear, such as the monthly LD SIG Get Togethers.
He will introduce upcoming events andpublications as well as invite everyone to join avariety of opportunities. Please keep in mind that
if you or someone you know might be interested inco-coordinating the LD SIG with Tim, to let him or
any one of us know at <ld@jalt.org>.
In our previous issue last autumn, I mentioned
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where members can share a short piece about
what interests, puzzles, and/or intrigues themabout learner development. We warmly welcome
Emily Choong, who joins us from chilly Niigata as afirst-year member of our LD SIG and tells us about
her ALT work and podcast. Our second Mini-profile
was sent to us by Henry Foster, a longtime Kyoto
resident with research interests in task-basedlearning and the role of technology and materials
in language education.
Megumi Uemi LVIHDWXUHGLQ0HPEHUV·9RLFHVwriting about the role of self-esteem in language
learning. She spent many of her childhood years in
Bangkok, Thailand, where she first began to learn
English, then continued her university studies inthe United States. Megumi went full circle byreturning to Bangkok as a teacher and describes
her impressions in working with the students
there. Following this experience, she moved toTokyo and her observations on Thai and Japanese
students in the area of self-esteem has become animpetus for her further studies. We eagerly
encourage Megumi in her work and hope that shewill continue to publish with us in the future.
Our own editor, Ken Ikeda, has contributed a
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VHQVHRIP\IDWKHU·VOLIHDQGODQJXDJHWUDXPDVµKen has come to realize that what his university
students share about themselves might be from an
unexpected place not seen by our eyes. His
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experiences in WW2, return to Japan, andeventual immigration to the United States take us
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language history and and may change ourperspective on what students are willing to reveal
about themselves in our classes.
Looking back at the 2021 CCLT7 last December,
we have nine participants who have submitted
their reflections with us. Thank you to Sungyeon
Kim, Yuki Kinoshita, Arisa Minami, KaoriMoriizumi, Makoto Namiki, Saki Ogawa, Izumi
Sekiguchi, Ririka Takami, and Huiyan Zheng forsharing your impressions with us and we hope thatyou will visit us again in a future CCLT and orpublication!
Next, Blair Barr has compiled three JALT
Learner Development SIG Forum presentation
abstracts and six reflections for us from the JALTInternational Conference last year. The theme for
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LGHQWLWLHVµAnother Looking Back event from this year isthe monthly LD SIG Get Togethers from January,February, and March that are reported on by ourco-coordinator Tim Cleminson and LD members
Tim Ashwell, Ken Ikeda and James Underwood.
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finding and developing reading groups.
As we Look Forward, we will continue to havethe usual monthly LD SIG Get Togethers. Then,from the 17th-19th of June we can hear LDⷵ剡劔ኤኀ኶ዊኴኾዐእ䪣䴅捷↩ <http://ld-sig.org>

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Learning Learning ʲָस͹ָसʳ 29 (1): GREETINGS AND NEWS UPDATES
members at the JALTCALL Forum (hybrid) in Kyoto
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the classroom: Innovative approaches to learner
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language education in a post-SDQGHPLFZRUOG"µ,Q
the autumn is our annual JALT International
Conference that will be at the Fukuoka
International Congress Center from November
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and will be announced when (and if!) details arefinalized.
Many thanks go out to our LD Treasurer,Patrick Kiernan, who has prepared our latest
financial report. In spite of the fact that JALT has
suffered from an overall loss in membership,
resulting in all SIGs experiencing a sharp budget
cut, LD continues to have a good balance of funds
and is able to continue to keep up its vibrantcalendar.
May I close by once again thanking all the hardworking editors on this Learning Learning teamand the many contributors to this spring issue. Iwould like to encourage our readers to consider
submitting your own article in our next issue andour editors will happily assist you to tell yourstories of learner development that you areexperiencing. If you would like to join our group ofeditors yourself, please send us a message at<LLeditorialteam@googlegroups.com>. We thankyou all for your generous participation and lookforward to an exciting year.

Learning Learning Editorial Team
<LLeditorialteam@gmail.com>
Those working on Learning Learning share acommitment to working together in small teams.
We aim to learn together about writing, editing,responding, and/or translating, for our sharedpersonal and professional development. Someareas where we would like to encourage SIG
members to take part and work together on
Learning Learning include:ವ Layout and Design

ವ 0HPEHUV· Voices
ವ Looking Back
ವ Research and Reviews
If you are interested in any of these areas ofworking together (or have other areas ofinterest) and would like to discuss your interestand ideas, please email the Learning Learning
editorial team <LLeditorialteam@gmail.com>

Lorna Asami, lead editor for 29.1, on behalf of theLearning Learning editorial team:Ken Ikeda, James Underwood, Mike Kuziw,
Hugh Nicoll
Tokyo, March 2022

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Learning Learning ʲָस͹ָसʳ 29(1): GREETINGS AND NEWS UPDATESCO-COORDINATORS' GREETINGS FOR SPRING 2022 |ነዙኤኀኪዙኜዙ㖷㖅
2. JALTCALL - Exploring Creative Play in theClassroom: Innovative approaches toLearner Development
3. JALT International - Reflecting on challenges
and achievements in diverse learningenvironments

HHOOR,·P7LPCleminson hailing fromOkayama, land of Momotaro,
your peachy new Cocoordinator for 2022 ;-)Although, as I pen this intro,
the peach branches are barein the depths of a chilly February. I dRQ·WNQRZDERXW\RXEXWUHFHQWO\,·YHFDXJKWP\VHOI
thinking about Spring. Because winter has been adrag. A sea of masked faces at uni, or unblinking
screens of black boxes on Zoom. Got to admit, at
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So, you know, thoughts of blue skies, cherry
blossom, groups huddled together on bright, blue
tarps toasting the ephemeral beauty of EHLQJ«WKDW
gives me a sense of hope and joy. Transitions tosomething good and uplifting, yes please, double
helpings. And that transition starts here, with theSpring version of Learning Learning. ,W·V a chance
to hear about all the wonderful work ourcommunity makes possible, and all theopportunities to get involved. So, come on, OHW·V
dive in and get a shot of ¶FROOHJLDO JRRGQHVV· in thearm!
But firstly, ,·G like to thank you and all theSIG officers who make the SIG such a vibrant andsupportive community. Given all the challenges
we are facing, LW·V amazing that we have kept theSIG so strong. ,W·V not something we should evertake for granted. This SIG lives because we careand take the time to connect with and support
each other. And this year is no exception.

2022 Events
In 2022, we have real, live face-to-faceconferences with fascinating (hybrid) forums tolook forward to:
1. PanSIG - Challenging Conventions: Opening
up New Spaces in Learner DevelopmentWe have monthly online Get-Togethers toboost well-being by connecting, sharing, andgetting professional support. Hopefully, we canget back to more regional GT events too.
We will be planning another Creating Community:
Learning Together spectacular for students andpractitioners to come together and learn.

2022 Publications
Our publishing teams will be working on finalizing
the Learner Development Journal 6 on learnerdevelopment issues outside the classroom. At thesame time, another team is initiating the Learner
Development Journal 7 on challenging conventions
on learner development research.
And all the while the Learning Learning teamis documenting this great work. They are theheartbeat of the SIG. LL creates newopportunities to connect, share experiences,publish ideas, and offer thanks. In short, all thethings that make us feel human and a community
become strong.
So, ,·P sending out massive high-fives to all
the volunteers working hard to develop the SIG.
And ,·P sending out a big welcome to members
who want to join our teams this year. There isstill a space for a co-coordinator to work with me.
And there are always opportunities to join theprogram, publicity, and members teams.
Send me an email at <ld@jalt.org> anytime, ,·Glove to chat. In the meantime, KHUH·V a toast toyou all, underneath the cherries, on your blue
tarps drinking in the here and now - to you and LD
adventures, and the coming of Spring (capital ¶6·intended).

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Learning Learning ʲָस͹ָसʳ 29 (1): GREETINGS AND NEWS UPDATESAnd, finally, a big thank you to Sayaka Karlinfor checking the Japanese translation - \RX·UH astar!

ᙺဨࡢⓙࡉࢇ࡟ឤㅰࡋࡓ࠸࡜ᛮ࠸ࡲࡍࠋ ⚾ࡓࡕࡀࡈᣵᣜࡲ࡛ᙉࡃಖ࡚ࡓࡇ࡜ࡣ⣲ᬕࡽࡋ࠸ࡇ࡜࡛ࡍࠋ ࡇࢀ┤㠃ࡋ࡚࠸ࡿ࠶ࡽࡺࡿㄢ㢟ࢆ⪃࠼ࡿ࡜ࠊSIG ࢆࡇࡇࡣỴࡋ࡚ᙜࡓࡾ๓ࡢࡇ࡜࡛ࡣ࠶ࡾࡲࡏࢇࠋ ⚾ࡓࡕࡇࢇ࡟ࡕࡣࠊ᱈ኴ㑻ࡢᅜࠊᒸᒣ࠿ࡽࡸࡗ࡚ࡁࡓࡀ࠾஫࠸ࢆẼ㐵࠸ࠊ᫬㛫ࢆ࠿ࡅ࡚ࡘ࡞ࡀࡾࠊࢧ࣏࣮

2022 ᖺࡢ᪂ࢥ࣮ࢹ࢕ࢿ࣮ࢱ࣮ࡢ Tim Cleminson ࡛ࢺࡋྜࡗ࡚࠸ࡿ࠿ࡽࡇࡑࠊࡇࡢ SIG ࡣᏑ⥆ࡋ࡚࠸ࡿࡍࠋ ௒ࠊࡇࡢᩥ❶ࢆ᭩࠸࡚࠸ࡿࡢࡣࠊ⫙ᐮ࠸ 2 ᭶ࡢ࡛ࡍࠋ ࡑࡋ࡚ࠊ௒ᖺࡶ౛እ࡛ࡣ࠶ࡾࡲࡏࢇࠋࡢ༙ࡤ࡛ࡍࠋ ⓙࡉࢇࡣ࡝࠺࠿ࢃ࠿ࡾࡲࡏࢇࡀࠊ⚾2022 ᖺ࢖࣋ࣥࢺࡣ᭱㏆ࠊ᫓ࡢࡇ࡜ࢆ⪃࠼ࡿࡼ࠺࡟࡞ࡾࡲࡋࡓࠋ ࡜௒ᖺ௨ୗࡢ㏻ࡾᑐ㠃࡟ࡼࡿ఍㆟࡜⯆࿡῝࠸࠸࠺ࡢࡶࠊ෤ࡀ㛗ᘬ࠸ࡓ࠿ࡽ࡛ࡍࠋ ෤ࡣࡘࡽ࠸ࡶ㸦ࣁ࢖ࣈࣜࢵࢻ㸧ࣇ࢛࣮࣒ࣛࡀᐇ᪋ࡉࢀࡲࡍࠋࡢ࡛ࡍࠋ኱Ꮫ࡛ࡣ࣐ࢫࢡࡋࡓ㢦ࡢᾏࠊZoom ࡛ࡣࡲ㸯㸬PanSIG - Challenging Conventions: Ꮫࡤࡓࡁࡶࡋ࡞࠸㯮࠸⟽ࡢ⏬㠃ࠋ ṇ┤࡞࡜ࡇࢁࠊࣉ
⩦⪅⫱ᡂ࡟࠾ࡅࡿ᪂ࡓ࡞㡿ᇦࢆษࡾ㛤ࡃࣛࢵࢺࣇ࢛࣮࣒ࡀ࡝࠺࡛࠶ࢀࠊᩍ࠼ࡿ࡜࠸࠺ࡇ࡜ࡀ
㸰㸬JALTCALL - ᩍᐊ࡛ࡢ๰㐀ⓗ࡞㐟ࡧࢆ᥈࠿࡞ࡾࠕ࣮ࣜࣔࢺ࡛ࠖ࠶ࡿ࡜ឤࡌࡿࡇ࡜ࡀ࠶ࡾࡲࡋồࡍࡿࠋ Ꮫ⩦⪅⫱ᡂࡢࡓࡵࡢ㠉᪂ⓗ࡞࢔ࣉ࣮ࣟࢳ
ࡓࠋ
㸱㸬JALT International - ከᵝ࡞Ꮫ⩦⎔ቃ㟷࠸✵ࠊᱜࠊࣈ࣮ࣝࢩ࣮ࢺࡢୖ࡛⫪ࢆᐤࡏྜࡗ࡚஝ᮼࡋ࡚࠸ࡿேࡓࡕࡢࡇ࡜ࢆ⪃࠼ࡿ࡜ࠊᕼᮃࡀ‪࠸࡚ࡁࡲࡍࠋ ఱ࠿Ⰻ࠸ࡇ࡜ඖẼࡀฟࡿࡇ࡜ࠊࡑ
ࡋ࡚ࡑࡢ୧᪉ࡣ࣮ࣛࢽࣥࢢ࣮ࣛࢽࣥࢢࡢ᫓∧࠿ࡽጞࡲࡾࡲࡍࠋ ⚾ࡓࡕࡢࢥ࣑ࣗࢽࢸ࢕ࡀᐇ⌧ࡋ࡚࠸ࡿ⣲ᬕࡽࡋ࠸Ꮫ⩦⎔ቃ࡜ࠊཧຍࡍࡿᶵ఍࡟ࡘ࠸࡚▱ࡿࡇ࡜ࡀ࡛ࡁࡿࢳࣕࣥࢫ࡛ࡍࠋ ࡛ࡣࠊ┠࠿ࡽ࠺ࢁࡇ
ࡀⴠࡕࡿヰ࡟㣕ࡧ㎸ࡳࡲࡋࡻ࠺ࠋࠋࠋ

࡟࠾ࡅࡿᣮᡓ࡜ᡂᯝࡢ᣺ࡾ㏉ࡾ⚾ࡓࡕࡣẖ᭶ࠊ࢜ࣥࣛ࢖ࣥ᠓ぶ఍ࢆ㛤ദࡋࠊࡘ࡞ࡀࡾࠊඹ᭷ࡋࠊᑓ㛛ⓗ࡞ࢧ࣏࣮ࢺࢆཷࡅࡿࡇ࡜
࡛ࠕwell-beingࠖࢆ㧗ࡵ࡚࠸ࡲࡍࠋ ࡛ࡁࢀࡤᆅᇦࡈ࡜ࡢ GT ࢖࣋ࣥࢺࡶ෌㛤ࡋࡓ࠸࡛ࡍࠋ
ࡲࡓࠊCreating Community: LearningTogether ࢆ௻⏬ࡍࡿணᐃ࡛ࡍࠋᩍဨࡸᏛ⏕ࡀ㞟ࡲࡾࠊඹ࡟Ꮫࡪࡓࡵࡢ࢖࣋ࣥࢺ࡛ࡍࠋ

ࡲࡎ᭱ึ࡟ࠊSIG ࢆࡇࡢࡼ࠺࡞άẼ࠶ࡿࠊ༠ຊⓗ࡞ࢥ࣑ࣗࢽࢸ࢕࡟ࡋ࡚ࡃࢀ࡚࠸ࡿⓙࡉࢇ࡜ SIG

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Learning Learning ʲָस͹ָसʳ 29(1): GREETINGS AND NEWS UPDATES2022 ᖺࡢฟ∧≀Learning Learningʲָस͹ָसᇺ⚾ࡓࡕࡢฟ∧ࢳ࣮࣒ࡣࠊᩍᐊእ࡛ࡢᏛ⩦⪅⫱<LLeditorialteam@gmail.com>
ᡂࡢၥ㢟ࢆᢅࡗࡓࠗLearner Development Journal
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Learning Learning ࢳ࣮࣒ࡣࡇࢀࡽࡢ⣲ᬕࡽࡋ࠸௙஦ࢆᩥ᭩໬ࡋ࡚࠸ࡲࡍࠋ ᙼࡽࡣࠊSIG ࡢ୰ᚰⓗᏑᅾ࡛ࡍࠋ LL ࡣࠊࡘ࡞ࡀࡾࠊ⤒㦂ࢆඹ᭷ࡋࠊ

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ฟࡋ࡚࠸ࡲࡍࠋ せࡍࡿ࡟ࠊ⚾ࡓࡕࡀே㛫ࡽࡋࡉࢆᏛ⩦ࡢᏛ⩦ࡢࢫࢱࢵࣇࡣࠊᑡேᩘࡢࢳ୍࣮࣒࡛⥴࡟௙஦ࢆࡍࡿࡇ࡜࡟ࢥ࣑ࢵࢺࡋ࡚࠸ࡲࡍࠋ⚾ࡓࡕࡣࠊಶே࡜ࡋ࡚ࠊࡲࡓᑓ㛛ᐙ࡜ࡋ࡚ᡂ㛗ࡍࡿࡓࡵ࡟ࠊᇳ➹ࠊ⦅㞟ࠊᅇ⟅ࠊ⩻ヂ࡟ࡘ࠸࡚ඹ࡟Ꮫࡪࡇ
࡜ࢆ┠ⓗ࡜ࡋ࡚࠸ࡲࡍࠋSIG ࣓ࣥࣂ࣮ࡀࠗLearning Learning࠘࡟ཧຍࡋࠊ୍⥴࡟௙஦ࢆࡍࡿࡇ࡜ࢆዡບࡋࡓ࠸ศ㔝ࡣ௨ୗࡢ㏻ࡾ࡛ࡍࠋ
- ࣞ࢖࢔࢘ࢺ࡜ࢹࢨ࢖ࣥ- ఍ဨࡢኌ- ᣺ࡾ㏉ࡾ- ◊✲࣭ࣞࣅ࣮ࣗࡇࢀࡽࡢศ㔝ࡲࡓࡣࡑࡢ௚ࡢศ㔝࡟⯆࿡ࡀ࠶ࡾࠊヰࡋྜ࠸ࡓ࠸᪉ࡣࠊLearning Learning ⦅㞟㒊
<LLeditorialteam@gmail.com> ࡲ ࡛ ࣓࣮ ࣝ ࢆ ࠾ ㏦ࡾࡃࡔࡉ࠸ឤࡌࠊࢥ࣑ࣗࢽࢸ࢕ࡀᙉࡃ࡞ࡿࡓࡵࡢࡍ࡭࡚ࡢࡇ࡜࡛ࡍࠋ⚾ࡣࠊSIG ࡢⓎᒎࡢࡓࡵ࡟ᠱ࿨࡟ാ࠸࡚࠸ࡿ࣎ࣛࣥࢸ࢕࢔ࡢⓙࡉࢇ࡜ࠊ኱ࡁ࡞ࣁ࢖ࢱࢵࢳࢆࡋ࡚࠸ࡲࡍࠋ ࡑࡋ࡚ࠊ௒ᖺࠊ⚾ࡓࡕࡢࢳ࣮࣒࡟ཧຍࡋࡓ࠸࡜ᛮ࠺࣓ࣥࣂ࣮ࢆ኱Ḽ㏄ࡋࡲࡍࠋ ⚾࡜୍⥴࡟ാ࠸࡚ࡃࢀࡿࢥ࣮ࢹ࢕ࢿ࣮ࢱ࣮ࢆᘬࡁ⥆ࡁເ㞟ࡋ࡚࠸ࡲࡍࠋ ࡲࡓࠊࣉࣟࢢ࣒ࣛࠊᗈሗࠊ࣓ࣥࣂ࣮ࡢྛࢳ࣮࣒࡟ཧຍࡍࡿᶵ఍ࡶᖖ࡟࠶ࡾࡲࡍࠋ࠸ࡘ࡛ࡶ ld@jalt.org ࡲ࡛࣓࣮ࣝࢆࡃࡔࡉ࠸ࠋࡐࡦ࠾ヰࡋࡓ࠸࡛ࡍࠋࡲࡎࡣ࠶࡞ࡓ࡜ LD ࡜᫓ࡢゼࢀ࡟ࠊ஝ᮼ㸟ⷵ剡劔ኤኀ኶ዊኴኾዐእ䪣䴅捷↩ <http://ld-sig.org>

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