The Japan Association of College English Teachers

July 2008

No.164

Let’s make 2008
a Momentous Year for JACET!
Hisatake Jimbo
Vice-President of JACET(Waseda University)

The New JACET Status

be held from August 20 to 23 at Kusatsu in

As our president, Professor Mamoru Morizumi,

Gunma Prefecture on the theme Perspectives

wrote in the October, 2007 issue of the JACETon Language Teacher Development. The mainNews, we expected our association to be

lecturer, Dr. Simon Borg, the University of Leeds,

recognized by the government as an incorporated

will give four 90-minute lectures. The invited

body as of April, 2008. However, we have notspeakers will be Professor Tsuneo Takanashi,

received any response yet, and hope that formal

who taught at Hirosaki University and Kyoto

recognition will be granted soon. Then JACET will

Notre Dame Women’s University, and Professor

become an Incorporated Association for Public

Timothy Murphy of Kanda University of Foreign

Interest (shadan-houjin).

Studies. In addition to the stimulating lecturesand presentations, you will be able to enjoy an

The following are the major activities of JACET

internationally renowned classical concert and

2008.

spa.

Chapter Conventions

National Convention

Each chapter will hold its annual convention

The 47th annual convention will be held atin either June or July except for the Kanto

Nishiwaseda campus of Waseda University,

Chapter, which will be responsible for the national

Tokyo on September 11–13, 2008. The theme

convention.

of the convention will be What is Global

Summer Seminar

E n g l i s h C o m mu n i c a t i v e C o m p e t e n c e ?
A Reconsideration of English Education

The 36th JACET Summer Seminar will
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in Japan. Plenary speakers will include Dr.
Jennifer Jenkins, the University of Southampton,

VolumeNo.

U.K., Dr. Salikoko Mufwene, the University of1

University English education (personcentered education, foreign language
education, English education and views on
language)

Titles of presentations are as follows:

2

ESP (in comparison to EGP and EAP)

Dr. Jenkins English as a Lingua Franca

3

English education and international
understanding/cooperation, cross-culturalcommunication abilities, sociolinguistics

4

Expected roles of English teachers,
pre-service teacher training, in-service
teacher training, university English teacher
education, training of English teachers atelementary school

5First/second language learning,
neurolinguistics, second language learningand bilingualism

6

The theory and practice of listening, thetheory and practice of speaking, selfexpression in the English class, taskbased language teaching

7

The theory and practice of reading,the theory and practice of writing, selfexpression in the English class, taskbased language teaching

8

Integration (task-based language teaching,collaborative learning, content-based
language teaching)

9

Language studies and English education,
generative grammar, cognitive linguistics,
English literary studies, pragmatics, corpus
linguistics, vocabulary/grammar teaching,teaching how to use dictionaries

10

Media-based English teaching, e-Learningand the development of the four skills,
CALL to NBLT

11

Learner motivation, English learning
strategies for university students,
autonomous learning

12

English language education policies inJapan, other Asian nations, and the restof the world, International English, World
Englishes, the link between elementary
school, high school, and university

13

Measurement and assessment(assessment of the four skills, university
entrance examinations)

Chicago, U.S.A., and Dr. Yasukata Yano, Waseda
University, Japan.

Dr. Mufwene Global English vs. English as a
Global Language
Dr. Yano Globalization of English and its
Education
The President of Waseda University, Dr. Katsuhiko
Shirai, will give a special talk on the first day.
Representatives from RELC, IATEFL, ETAROC, KATE, ALAK and a new affiliate MELTA( M a l a y s i a n E n g l i s h L a n g u a g e Te a c h i n g
Association) will be invited speakers.
Dr. Guiboke Seong (ALAK) Teaching English
through English
D r. N o r m a l a S o n g ( M E LTA )Te a c h i n g

Mathematics and Science in English in Malaysia
Dr. Yue Weng Chan (RELC)

Grammar in

Communicative Teaching
Dr. Yiu-nam Leung (ETA-ROC) The Role of
Reading in an EFL Writing Class
50th Anniversary Publications
JACET celebrates its fiftieth anniversary
in 2012. We are going to make the most of
our human resources, and publish a thirteenvolume commemorative series of books toshare with those interested in English language
education, the results of research in the field andtheir successful application to the classroom.
Our intention is to help lay the foundations ofuniversity English education studies in Japan. We
are planning on publishing three volumes in 2009,
five volumes in 2010, and five volumes in 2011,
though the publication schedule may be subject tominor changes.

(The chair for the publications committee is Professor

Planned topics to be discussed in the thirteen

Nobuo Okada.)

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50th Memorial International Convention

II. Goals

We have begun preparations for the 50th

The goals of our program are threefold.

convention. It will be held at Seinan Gakuin

First, the program aims to improve general

University in Fukuoka in late August, 2011. We

communicative competence of the students.

welcome any suggestions for the theme andGiven the fact that English is the lingua franca ininvited speakers for this convention.

the field of natural science, it is essential that our(The chair for the 50 convention preparation

students acquire a good command of English incommittee is Professor Hisatake Jimbo.)

all four skills in order to become active membersth

in their future areas of work. Second, the programaims to motivate our students and help them
become independent learners of English. After
finishing the two-year required English courses,

English Programat the School of
Science and Technology

they are strongly encouraged to continue andfurther improve their English on their own.
Third, the program aims to foster the students’
understanding of different cultures and attitudes

Naoya Hase

toward intercultural understanding so that they

Kwansei Gakuin University

can be active members in the international arena.

I. BackgroundFor science-track students both in highschool and in college, English enjoys relatively
low priority in the curriculum due to the heavyemphasis placed on science courses. In highschool, the number of English courses is typicallysmaller for science-track students than for thoseof the non-science track because science courses
occupy a large part of the curriculum. This trend

III. Featurescontinues as students enter college. Compared

1. Curriculum and Class

with students of other disciplines, science majors

For freshmen and sophomores, three different

are in a less favorable situation to study English;

courses meet once a week: Reading, Writing andthey are simply too busy with demanding science

Communication. In principle, each of these threecourses and time-consuming experiments. On thecourses comprises the same group of students

other hand, it is a known fact that English is theand is taught by the same teachers who are

lingua franca in the borderless world of natural

native speakers of English. The only exception

science. Our English program has been designed

is the Freshman Reading course which is taught

to compensate for our students’ less favorable

by Japanese teachers of English. The Japanesesituation, and to produce graduates with strong

teachers are assigned here in order to help bridge

English skills, many of whom will continue working

the gap between high school English and college

the areas of science and technology.

English taught by the native speakers. All threecourses use the same in-house materials to

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promote a deeper understanding. The students

Language Center (LC) houses all the computerare also assigned to each class according to theirservers and other equipment for preparing

major so that any given class consists of students

teaching materials, such as a printing machineof the same major, which makes it possible toand a copy machine. The LC also serves as

tailor teaching materials to the students’ needs

an office for the seven contract teachers. The

and interest. For those who wish to continue

glass walls between the LC and the two LLLs

their English study, Sci-Tech English courses

help create an atmosphere that is conducive toare offered at the junior and senior levels. The

the students’ learning English in an open andcontent of these courses is more science-oriented

friendly setting. Furthermore, the teachers are

and is designed to further meet the needs of themore visible and accessible to the students. The

students. In addition to the Sci-Tech courses

concept behind this design is for the teachersoffered during the semesters, an intensive English

and the students to share the same space, to becourse, called The Field Training in Sci-Techmutually approachable, and to interact with eachEnglish, is offered every year in early September.

other on a daily basis. This is also the rationale forApproximately 70 students participate in thisthe name of the two LLLs.

course, where they have a chance to study
English in a less traditional manner with sevennative speakers of English.

IV. Evaluation
To evaluate the effectiveness of the program,
TOEFL-ITP has been adopted. All the students
2. Facultytake the first TOEFL-ITP as a pre-test upon

The faculty includes two tenured Japaneseentering the School as freshmen and they take it

professors of English and eight native speakers

again as a post-test upon finishing the two-yearof English, one of whom is tenured while theEnglish program. For those who continue theirothers are full time contract teachers at Kwansei

English study by taking Sci-Tech English courses,

Gakuin. All the faculty have a broad experience of

they have the opportunity to take TOEIC twice ateaching English as a foreign language.

year. This test is also available to other students

3. Facilities

not enrolled in any of the Sci-Tech classes.
V. Future

There are two language laboratories ofidentical design, which are called Living Language

One limitation in the program is the lack ofLaboratory (LLL), as well as a VC room equipped

collaboration between the English and science

with a video conferencing system. The two LLLs

faculty. In the future, it is expected that more effort

have a computer-assisted language learning

will be made to promote such collaboration in(CALL) system and are equipped with 50

order to better meet the needs of our students.

notebook computers available to students. The

For example, science teachers can be invited

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to freshman and sophomore English classes tomember meetings and two seminars on language

give a short lecture on the importance of studying

teacher cognition. We are sure that the academic

English and thus motivate students. We are also

year 2008 will see further progress in language

looking at the possibility of teaching some ofteacher cognition research in Japan. We are very

the science courses in English. Another area ofdelighted to introduce our activities to those who

possible collaboration is materials development.

are interested in English teacher education. Many

Here the English and science faculty canthanks indeed to the JACET newsletter editors forwork together and prepare teaching materials,

allowing us to report on our work.

incorporating English skills needed in each

■ What we did:academic discipline.

1) The 1st LTC discussion seminar in Yamanashi
on November 24th
Coordinator: Takao Furuya
Agenda: What do English teachers really want

SIG Introduction

university English teacher educators to do for(Kanto Chapter)

student teachers before, during and after the

SIG on Language
Teacher Cognition

teaching practicum?
Ms. Hideko Kuwahata, Ms. Ikuko Koshimizu, Ms.
Naoko Sakamoto, and Mr. Kimio Shimizu gave
presentations about the issues of preservice

Chair: Shigeru Sasajima

education programmes and teaching practices
from their own practical viewpoints. Participants
shared practical ideas and this has resulted in

Now is the time to know what we English

more frequent opportunities to communicate withteachers believe, think and do!

each other.

Reflection has been important in language

2) Study seminar on December 15thteacher education and many English teacher

Speaker: Professor Kiyomi Akita of the University

educators have come to focus on reflection-in-of Tokyoteaching, reflection-on-teaching, and reflection-

Professor Akita is a well-known researcher offor-teaching. We, English teacher educators, areteacher cognition in Japan. In order to betterinterested in teacher cognition, which “refers tounderstand teacher cognition research inthe cognitive processes and structures which

education, we had a cross-disciplinary study

influence, and are influenced by, what teachers

seminar to discuss the current research trendsdo” (Borg, 2006). We are concerned about theand issues about teacher cognition. We realized

beliefs, knowledge, thoughts and reflections thatthat English teacher educators should further

EFL teachers have.

discuss English teaching with other teacher

In 2007, we established the SIG to researcheducators in terms of English teaching.

teacher cognition among EFL teachers in Japan

3) Summary of activities

in order to focus more on teachers’ mental lives,Thanks to the above two main events, we clarified

such as their beliefs, perceptions, thoughts,

our ideas for language teacher cognition research.

knowledge, and learning rather than on teachingThis has prompted greater interest in English

theories, methods, skills, ideas, or materials.

language teaching in Japan.

Since we started the work, we have had several■ What we are going to do:

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At present, our study continues to focus
on both theories and practices of language
teacher cognition. We plan to hold several
events to encourage more English teachers andMeisei Summer School
Project

researchers in Japan to be interested in language
teacher cognition research. Members have theirown research field related to teacher cognition,

Meisei University

such as decision-making processes in theclassroom, teaching methods, preservice teacher
education, teaching practicum, induction periods,
and in-service teacher education. The following

Responding to students’ anxiety about

events are scheduled in 2008:
1) The 2nd LTC discussion seminar in Chiba onteaching practice, Professor Hiromasa Tanaka of

14th Junethe Department of International Studies, working

Coordinator: Kyoko Oi

together with his colleague Associate Professor

Agenda: How must newly employed teachers

Yoshifumi Fukada, conceived of a one-weekdevelop from teaching practices in preservice

English summer school in which students could

teacher education?

develop their teaching skills prior to their formal

2) Dr. Simon Borg’s talk at Kyoritsu Women’steaching practice. This led, in 2002, to the Meisei

University, Kanda, August 23rd

Summer School Project (MSSP). It has since3) JACET annual conference:grown into a program that attracts undergraduate

Symposium: Research issues on language

and graduate students from various departments

teacher cognition in EFL teaching in Japanand involves local communities, international

4) The 3rd LTC discussion seminar in Kanagawa

volunteers, and NGOs. This diversity is based5) Others

on a broad theoretical framework that addresses

If you are interested in our activities, feel freecommunicative language teaching, communities

to contact us at sasajima@saitama-med.ac.jp,

of learners, learners’ identities, and World

please.

Englishes. In addition, the MSSP provides datafor research projects at the undergraduate and(Shigeru Sasajima, Saitama Medical Univ.)

graduate levels.
A key feature of the MSSP is its emphasison World Englishes. Working through NGOs, theMeisei students invite ten international volunteers
to Japan for two weeks. Most are, themselves,
EFL/ESL speakers. During the first week, theywork with the student teaching teams on preparing
the lessons that are given in the second week.
The actual week of teaching has two daily
sessions, morning and afternoon. Each teachingteam consists of five or six members, including aninternational volunteer. As one member teaches,the others assist. Teachers are rotated to provide

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everyone with an opportunity to teach. Eight tothe main difficulties.

twelve children are in a class and the levels range

The MSSP focuses on using English to buildfrom elementary to high school. In 2002, there

and communicate with communities inside andwere 38 pupils. By 2007, there were 137, many ofoutside of the university. This, together with thewhom had enrolled in previous years.

ability to provide different levels of engagement
for a wide variety of participants, is the basis of
the project’s success.

The MSSP has proved popular not only withlocal communities, but also with Meisei University
students. The project has now become part of(Reported by Kate Allen, editor)a credit bearing course, Fieldwork. Working
in teams, students design their own syllabus
and prepare teaching materials for the summer
school during the first semester. They are also
responsible for advertising the project andFollowing the summer project, in the second

Report from the JACET
Headquarters

semester, the students prepare presentations,

Secretary General: Hajime Terauchi

which are an important way of reviewing the

Takachiho University

choosing the applicants from local schools.

project and attracting new participants. To
widen access to the MSSP, students from otherdepartments can also participate as members of

I would like to extend special thanks to thosethe support teams that make the arrangements

who have been involved in preparing for bothfor the international volunteers.

the 36th JACET Summer Seminar to be held at

Those involved in the MSSP agree it isKusatsu Seminar House, Gunma from August 20

invaluable, but also hard work. For instance, one

to 23, and the 47th Annual Convention of JACET

team designed a course that compared Japanese

to be held at Waseda University in Tokyo fromand German history. The team included a German

September 11 to 13. I believe that these twovolunteer and together they prepared eighteen

JACET events will be successful and help leadclasses. The Meisei students are also responsible

us to the next step regarding the future of English

for all the communication with the international

language teaching and learning not only in Japan

volunteers and this means learning to write

but also in the world.

appropriate emails and helping the volunteers,such as shop for food and find their way about

The JACET Headquarters consists of two

Tokyo. Indeed, a student leader stated thattypes of committees: ten main committees

cultural issues rather than actual teaching wereand ad hoc committees. The main committees

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i n c l u d e G e n e r a l A ff a i r s , F i n a n c e , A n n u a l

Tohoku Chapter President: Mr. KOJIMA, Hideo

Convention, JACET Bulletin, JACET Newsletter,

Kanto Chapter President: Ms. NAKANO, Michiko

Seminar, Networking, International, JACET-

C h u b u C h a p t e r P r e s i d e n t ; M r. K I M U R A ,SIGs Support, and JACET Prize Committees.

Tomoyasu

The ad hoc committees are Chapter Presidents,

Kansai Chapter President: Mr. KIMURA, Hiroshi

Houjinka Preparation, and ICT (Information andC h u g o k u - S h ik o k u C h a p te r P r e s id e n t: M r.

Communication Technology) Committees.

NISHIDA, Tadashi
Kyushu-Okinawa Chapter President: Ms.

As has been repeatedly stated in the previous

YAMAUCHI, Hisako

JACET Newsletters, in the spring of 2008, JACET

Directors from Chapters: Ms. HARADA, Sonoko;

should have been transformed into the “JACET

Mr. ISHIDA, Masachika; Mr. KIMURA, Matsuo;

Incorporated Association for Public Interest”

Mr. MIKAMI, Akira; Ms. MINAMIDE, Yasuyo; Mr.

(shadan-houjin in Japanese). Unfortunately, the

SHIBAGAKI, Shigeru; Mr, SHIOZAWA, Tadashi;

final acceptance by the government has not yet

Mr. YAMAGISHI, Nobuyoshi

arrived. JACET Headquarters is still preparing
for the shift from the present voluntary JACET

1.2 JACET 2008 Controllers:

corporation to this future public association. It

Mr. TSUBAKI, Tadao and Mr. YADA, Hiroshi

is certain that the final move will be made by
the middle of 2008. The Houjinka Preparation

2. JACET 2008 Annual Calendar

Committee has already submitted all documents

April 19, 2008

for this change to the Ministry of Education. We

Monthly Business Meeting (Headquarters)

are now waiting for the final acceptance by the

May 17, 2008

government.

Monthly Business Meeting (Headquarters)
June 7, 2008

In the Spring meeting of the JACET Board

Kansai Chapter 2008 Spring Conventiono f D i r e c t o r s o n M a r c h 2 3 – 2 4 a t Wa s e d a(Setsunan University)

University, the JACET 2008 calendar, the 2008

Tohoku Chapter 2008 Convention (L-Sola Sendai)budget, the 2008 Headquarters personnel, theJune 14, 2008

2008 Committees’ plans and other issues were

Chubu Chapter 2008 Convention (Chukyo

proposed and formally approved.

University)
June 21, 2008

1. JACET 2008 Headquarters Members:

Monthly Business Meeting (Headquarters)

1.1 JACET 2008 Board Directors:

2007 Auditing (Headquarters)

President: Mr. MORIZUMI, Mamoru

July 5, 2008

Vice-Presidents: Mr. JIMBO, Hisatake and Mr.

Kyushu-Okinawa Chapter 2008 Convention

OKADA, Nobuo(Miyazaki Prefectural Nursing University)

Senior Managing Director and Bureau Chief: Mr.

July 5, 2008

TANAKA, Shinya

Hokkaido Chapter 2008 Convention (Hokkai-Managing Director and Secretary General: Mr.

Gakuen University)

TERAUCHI, Hajime

July 6, 2008

Hokkaido Chapter President: Ms. NISHIHORI,

Chugoku-Shikoku 2008 Annual Convention

Yuri

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July 19, 2008

The 18th JACET Spring Seminar

Monthly Business Meeting (Headquarters)
August 9, 2008
Monthly Business Meeting (Headquarters)

Reports from
Chapters

August 20–23, 2008
The 36 th JACET Summer Seminar (Kusatsu
Seminar House)
September 10, 2008
Chapter Presidents Meeting (Waseda University)<Kyushu-Okinawa Chapter>2008 Fall Meeting the JACET Board of Directors

April 15
Kyushu-Okinawa Chapter Newsletter, No. 24 was(Waseda University)
September 11–13, 2008

published.

The 47 Annual Convention of JACET (Waseda

April 19th

University)

The 1st Steering Committee Meeting (Venue:

September 11, 2008

Seinan Gakuin Univ.)

2008 Advisory Meeting (Waseda University)

SIG East Asia English Education 78th Seminar

September 11, 2008

(Venue: Seinan Gakuin Univ.)

2008 Members Meeting (Waseda University)

Speaker: Reiko Mori (Fukuoka Prefectural Univ.)

September 20, 2008

Topic: Validating local knowledge in language

Monthly Business Meeting (Headquarters)

teaching in Japan

October 12, 2008

May 17

Kansai Chapter 2008 Spring Convention (Kobe

SIG East Asia English Education 79th Seminar

Kenkyu Gakuen Toshi UNITY)(Venue: Seinan Gakuin Univ.)

October 18, 2008

Speaker: Judy Yoneoka (Kumamoto Gakuen

Monthly Business Meeting (Headquarters)

Univ.)

November 15, 2008

Topic: The Kumamoto Yogakko and L.L. Janes:

Monthly Business Meeting (Headquarters)

Japan’s first English immersion school?

December 20, 2008

May 31Monthly Business Meeting (Headquarters)

Deadline for submission to the Chapter journal

Chapter Presidents Meeting (Headquarters)

Annual Review of English Learning and Teaching,

January 17, 2009

No. 13Monthly Business Meeting (Headquarters)

June 7

February 21, 2009

The 1st Chapter Journal Editorial Board Meeting

Monthly Business Meeting (Headquarters)(Venue: Seinan Gakuin Univ.)

March 14, 2009

The 2nd Steering Committee Meeting (Venue:

Monthly Business Meeting (Headquarters)

Seinan Gakuin Univ.)

March 22, 2009

June 21

Chapter Presidents Meeting (Headquarters)

Spring Special Lecture (Venue: Seinan Gakuin

2008 Spring Meeting the JACET Board ofUniv.)

Directors (Waseda University)

Speaker: Masao Aikawa (Kyoto Univ. of Foreign

2008 Members Meeting (Waseda University)

Studies)March 25, 2009

Topic: To be announced

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SIG East Asia English Education 80th Seminar

Place: Hiroshima University(Venue: Seinan Gakuin Univ.)

Items on the agenda:

Speaker: Masayoshi Kinoshita (Fukuoka

1. The accounts for the 2007 fiscal year and theInternational Univ.)

budget for 2008

Topic: To be announced

2. 2007 annual reports

July 4

3. Plans for 2008: the annual convention and

The 3rd Steering Committee Meeting (Venue:

block meetings

Hotel Merieges)

4. Change in chapter executives

July 5The 22nd Chapter Conference and General

Activities from July to November, 2008

Meeting (Venue: Miyazaki Prefectural Nursing

1. Annual Chapter Convention

Univ.)

Date: July 6, 2008

Conference Theme: English Education andPlace: Hiroshima International University

International Programs: Possibilities and Problems

2. Hiroshima-Yamaguchi-Shimane Block Meeting

See http://www.n-junshin.ac.jp/jacet/ for theDate: November 8

conference program.

Place: Hiroshima Kokusai Gakuin University

July 19

3. Okayama-Tottori Block Meeting

SIG East Asia English Education 81st Seminar

Date: November 22(Venue: Seinan Gakuin Univ.)

Place: Tottori University

Speaker: Koji Mizushima (Minami Kyushu Junior(Hidetomo Torigoe, Takuma NCT)

College)
Topic: To be announced<Kansai Chapter>August 30

Activities of the Kansai Chapter during the last

The 3rd Chapter Journal Editorial Board Meeting

quarter of 2007 and scheduled activities for early

The 4th Steering Committee Meeting2008 include the following:

September 20
SIG East Asia English Education 82nd Seminar2007 FALL Conference(Venue: Seinan Gakuin Univ.)

Date: October 13, 2007

Speaker: Akiko Tsuda et al. (Nakamura Gakuen

Place: The University of Shiga Prefecture

Univ.)• Session 1: [Workshop]

Topic: An analysis of TOEIC learners andWhat Can We Learn from Primary School English

recommendations for better English instruction in

Education in Asia?

Japanese universities: From the joint perspectives

Presenters: Toshiaki Kawahara (Kyoto Koka

of Japanese and native-speaker English

Women’s Univ.), Matsuharu Kawabata (Kanazawa

instructors

Gakuin Univ.), Yuko Gotoda (Hokuriku Gakuin

Official Chapter Homepage: http://www.n-junshin.

Junior College), Nobuyuki Tsuji (Elementaryac.jp/jacet/

School Affiliated with the Department of Education(Toshihiro Shimizu, Kyushu Univ.)of Wakayama Univ.), Kiyoshi Naka (Kyushu
Women’s Univ.)<Chugoku-Shikoku Chapter>• Sessions 2 & 3 [Individual Presentations]

The 2nd Steering Committee Meeting

Session 2

Date: March 1, 2008

Writing Assignments for ‘Discovery Learning’ in

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Undergraduate English Courses with Graduate

Presenter: Shigeo Uematsu (Setsunan Univ.)

Students as TAs, Atsuko Umesaki (Ritsumeikan

Title: The Present Situation and Problems of Early

Univ.), Gordon Ratzlaff (Ritsumeikan Univ.), andChildhood English Teaching in Taiwan

Hideo Hirao (Ritsumeikan Univ.); Development

3. Third Chapter Lecture of the 2007 Academicof Authoring System for Creating Vocabulary

Year

Courseware, Junko Takefuta (Osaka Univ.);

Date: March 2, 2008

Needs for English in the Japanese Workplace: A

Place: Kwansei Gakuin University, Osaka Umeda

Survey of Economics Graduates, Yuko Shimizu

Campus(Ritsumeikan Univ.)

Presenter: Yukio Ikari (Osaka City Univ. )• Session 3

Title: Language Acquisition from a

The Effect of Different Latencies on the Utterance

Neuropsycholinguistic Perspective

for Japanese EFL Learners: A Psycholinguistic

4. 11 th Annual Graduation-Master ’s Thesis

Study Based on Repeating and Open Question

Seminar, co-sponsored with the Kansai English

Tasks, Miwa Morishita (Graduate Student, Kobe

Language Education Society (KELES), was held

Univ.); The Influence of Task Mode Differencesat the University of Marketing and Distribution

on the Use of English Articles: An Analysis of

Sciences on February 16, 2008.

Japanese EFL Learner Output, Mari Fukuda

5. The 2008 Spring Conference will be held at(Graduate Student, Kobe Univ.) and Junko

Setsunan University on June 7, 2008.

Tanaka (Graduate School of Intercultural Studies,2008 SPRING Conference

Kobe Univ.); The Omission of Reflexive Pronouns

Date: June 7, 2008

and Semantic Study, Takashi Inoue (Graduate

Place: Setsunan University . Neyagawa Campus

Student, Kwansei Gakuin Univ.)

Morning Session[Keynote Lecture]• Session 1: [Workshop 1]

Lecturer: Nobuo Okada (Osaka Univ.)

Foreign Language Education Policies of the

Title: Grammar Liberates Communication

Original EU Member States: Germany, France,

Moderator: Keiko Hayashi (Hiroshima Jogakuin

Belgium and the Netherlands

Univ.)

Keiko Hayashi (Hiroshima Jogakuin Univ.),
Masako Sugitani (Kansai Univ.), Kyoko Matsuura

Seminars & Lectures(Kyoto Sangyo Univ. Jr. & Sr. High School), Yuriko

1. First Chapter Lecture of the 2007 Academic

Nishio (Kyoto College of Economics)

Year• Session 2: [Workshop 2]

Date: July 29, 2007

Various Ways to Use Literature in a Language

Place: Takatsuki City Lifelong Learning Center

Classroom: From Picture Book to Shakespeare

Presenter: Tetsuya Kagata (Osaka Univ. of

Sae Matsuda (Setsunan Univ.), Aiko Saito

Commerce)(Setsunan Univ.), Fumie Tamai (Doshisha Univ.),

Title: English Teaching in Neyagawa City Aiming

Cheena Fujioka (Kyoto Univ. of Foreign Studies)for a Proper Bridge between Primary and Junior

Afternoon Session

High Schools• Session 1: [Workshop 3]

2. Second Chapter Lecture of the 2007 Academic

Language Education Policies of New EU States:

Year

Estonia, Slovenia, and Malta

Date: December 16, 2007

Takeshi Hashiuchi (St. Andrew’s Univ.), Hirofumi

Place: Co-op Inn Kyoto

Wa k i t a ( R y u k o k u U n i v. ) , M i c h i Yo n e s a k i

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Current and back issues of the newsletter can• Sessions 2 & 3: [Individual Presentations]be accessed at http://www.jacet-kansai.org/kako.

Session 2

html#kako

The Effect of Input-Enhancement on Word

2. JACET-Kansai Journal, Vol. 9 was published in

Acquisition through Text Reading for Second Year

April, 2007 with the following contents.

College Students[Papers]

Naoki Furuhi (Tsuyama National College of

Title: Beginning Extensive Reading: A Qualitative

Technology); Student Needs and Motivation for

Evaluation of EFL Learner Perceptions

Learning English Pronunciation—What Kind of

Author: Matthew T. Apple (Doshisha Univ.)

English, and Why?—, Noriko Nakanishi (Kobe

Title: Interpretation of the English Past Tense

Gakuin Univ.)

Marker by L1 Japanese Learners

Session 3

Author: Tokiko Ohkuma (Osaka Univ.)

Standards for English Teachers in Japanese

Title: Exploring the Assessment of English

Elementary Schools and an Outline of Instruments

Pronunciation Using GENOVA and FACETS

to Measure Teachers’ CompetenceA u t h o r : H i r o k o Yo s h i d a ( O s a k a U n i v. o f

Mai Matsunaga (Kinki Univ.); A Study on EFL

Economics)

Homework-assigning Strategy with the Supportof Learners and Teachers, Masayuki Takahashi

Information on Chapter SIGs

(Osaka Prefectural Yamada High School);

The Kansai Chapter has 10 special interest

Alive & Attentive in Large Classes: Keeping

groups that conduct research in a wide range ofAll the Students on Track!, Louis Butto (Hyogo

fields. For more information, please refer to thePrefectural Univ.)

following web page: http://www.jacet-kansai.org/[Symposium]

kenkyukai.html

Title: Cycling, Skateboarding, and English: All
about Them Based upon 101 Questions

Announcements

Moderator: Masayuki Kato (Kobe Univ.)

For further information on the conference and all

Panelists: Tetsuhito Shizuka (Kansai Univ.),

other chapter activities, please refer to the Kansai

Masayasu Aotani (Kyoto Univ.)

Chapter Web site at http://www.jacet-kansai.org/

6. First Chapter Symposium of the 2008 Academic(Takaichi Okuda & Eiichi Yamamoto, Kansai Univ.)Year
Date: July 27, 2008
Place: Campus Plaza Kyoto<Chubu Chapter>

Moderator: Takaichi Okuda (Kansai Univ.)

The report in this issue covers the period from

Panelists: Takaaki Kanzaki (Kwansei Gakuin

January to March 2008. We had three executive

Univ.), Eiichi Yamamoto (Kansai Univ.), Masayuki

committee meetings, two steering committee

Kai (Kyoto Women’s Univ.)

meetings, and one study meeting.

Title: English Language Teaching & English
Executive Committee Meeting

Grammar

1. Date: January 12
Publications

Place: Chubu University, Nagoya Campus

1. JACET-Kansai Chapter Newsletter, Numbers

Agenda: Language Assessment Study Group36 and 37 were published in calendar year 2007.

(a new study group of Chubu Chapter), March’s

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Study Meeting speaker, Chapter personnel,<Kanto Chapter>

Chubu Chapter Convention

Board Meeting

2. Date: February 9

The board meetings of the Year 2008 are

Place: Chubu University, Nagoya Campus

scheduled as follows:

Agenda: Reports from the JACET head office,

1. The 1st Meeting: April 19, 2008, 16:00–16:30,

Chubu Chapter 25th memoir, JACET 50th memorial

JACET Officeconvention in 2011, Chubu Chapter Journal,

2. The 2nd Meeting: May 17, 2008, 16:00–16:30,

2007 activity report, 2008 schedule, 2007 finance

JACET Officereport, budget for 2008, board members

3. The 3rd Meeting: June 21, 2008, Time (TBA),

3. Date: March 8

Place (TBA)

Place: Chubu University, Nagoya Campus

4. The 4th Meeting: July 19, 2008, 16:00–16:30,

Agenda: Attending members of JACET

JACET Officeincorporation meeting, Chubu Chapter 25

5 . T h e 5 th M e e t i n g : O c t o b e r 1 8 , 2 0 0 8 ,thmemoir, MCs for the national convention,

16:00–16:30, JACET Office

Chubu Chapter convention, steering committee

6 . T h e 6 th M e e t i n g : N o v e m b e r 1 5 , 2 0 0 8 ,members, budget, study group subsidies from the

16:00–17:00, JACET Officeheadquarters

7 . T h e 7 th M e e t i n g : D e c e m b e r 2 0 , 2 0 0 8 ,16:00–16:30, JACET Office

Steering Committee Meeting

8 . T h e 8 th M e e t i n g : J a n u a r y 1 7 , 2 0 0 9 ,1. Date: January 12

16:00–17:00, JACET OfficePlace: Chubu University, Nagoya Campus

9 . T h e 9 th M e e t i n g : F e b r u a r y 2 1 , 2 0 0 9 ,Agenda: Call for papers, vetting, publishers

16:00–17:00, JACET Officebooths, symposium speakers

10. The 10th Meeting: March 21, 2009, 16:00–

2. Date: March 8

16:30, JACET OfficePlace: Chubu University, Nagoya Campus
Agenda: Vetting, program, feature speaker,

Business Meeting

symposium speakers

The 2008 Business Meeting is scheduled asfollows:

Study Meeting

Date: June 21, 2008

Date: March 8

Time: 16:00–18:00

Lecture by Prof. Harumi Ohishi (Gifu Shotoku

Venue: Waseda University

Univ.)
Title: Effective English Teaching Method—

Monthly Meeting

Evidence from Optical Topography on the Brain

1. Speaker: Dr. Edward Schaefer (Ochanomizu

Presentations by Chubu ESP Group

Univ.)“Technical English: Its history and development”

Title: “A Many-Faceted Rasch Analysis of aby Keiko Baba (Chubu Univ.)

Graduation Thesis Assessment”“Learning English for Dietetics—Problems

Date: Saturday, March 19, 2008of Developing Reading Strategies” by Keiko

2. Speaker: Prof. Yukio Otsu (Keio Univ.)

Takikawa (Nippon Bunri Univ.)

Title: 言語教育としての英語教育−ことばへの気(Yasumi Murata, Meijo University)

づきを基盤としてDate: Saturday, May 17, 2008

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3. Speaker: Prof. Ken Tamai (Kobe City Univ. of

Postwar Japan: To Establish the Autonomy ofForeign Studies)

College English Teachers”

Title: To be announced on the website of JACET[Paper Presentations]

Kanto Chapter

1. Sanae Kurauchi (Aomori Public College),

Date: Saturday, July 19, 2008

“Practicing Study-Group Activities in the

4. Speaker: Prof. Shuhei Kadota (Kwansei Gakuin

Classroom to Trigger Students’ Sense ofUniv.)

Responsibility”

Title: To be announced on the website of JACET

2. Yoshio Narisawa (Tohoku Gakuin Univ.),

Kanto Chapter“Creation of the Universe and Co-occurrence ofDate: Saturday, October 18, 2008

Antonymy”(Detailed information is available on the website
Study Meetingsof JACET Kanto Chapter.)

Two study meetings will be held in October and in
Study Meeting

December. Details will be announced in JACET-The 9 study meeting on English vocabulary is

Tohoku Newsletter No. 34.

scheduled as follows:

1. October 11, 2008: Paper Presentations andTi t l e : T h e 9 t h S t u d y M e e t i n g o n E n g l i s h

LectureVocabulary

12:00–18:00, at Tohoku Institute of Technology

Date: Saturday, July 19, 2008

(Sendai Ichibancho satellite campus)

Time: 14:00–17:00

2. December 6, 2008: Paper Presentations andPlace: Tokyo Denki University

Lecture(Detailed information is available on the website:

12:00–18:00, at Tohoku Institute of Technology

http://members.at.infoseek.co.jp/jacetvoc/)(Sendai Ichibancho satellite campus)th(Norifumi Ueda, Mejiro Univ.)
Committee Meetings<Tohoku Chapter>

Our committee meetings were held at Tohoku

Tohoku chapter activities in 2008–2009 are as

Institute of Technology (Sendai Ichibancho

follows:

satellite campus) on March 10, and at Sendai
Civic Auditorium on May 10. Three more are

Annual Chapter Convention

scheduled as follows:

June 7, 2008, L-Sola Sendai, 13:30–16:50

1. June 7, 2008:

The Annual Chapter Convention will be held

12:00–13:20, at L-Sola Sendai

at L-Sola Sendai on June 7. We will have the2. October 11, 2008

privilege of having Professor Morizumi Mamoru,

12:00–, at Tohoku Institute of Technology (Sendai

President of JACET, at the convention to provide

Ichibancho satellite campus)

a special lecture for the members present.

3. December 6, 2008

Annual Chapter General Meeting

12:00–, at Tohoku Institute of Technology (Sendai

Annual Chapter Convention

Ichibancho satellite campus)[Special Lecture]
Mamoru Morizumi (President of JACET, J. F.

Publications

Oberin Univ.), “An Analysis of the Curriculum and

The TOHOKU TEFL (A collection of papers

Course of Study for Foreign Languages in thecompiled by the Tohoku Chapter) No. 2 and The

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JACET-Tohoku Newsletter No. 33 were published

her school’s English writing course that won thein March. To be published in 2008–2009 are:

MEXT Good Practice merit prize. The title of

1. JACET-Tohoku Newsletter No. 34, 2008

her presentation was “The Establishment and2. JACET-Tohoku Newsletter No. 35, 2009Management of an English Writing Laboratory:
The Future of a Writing Tutor Program.”(Marie Aizawa, Shokei Gakuin Univ. and Kumiko

May 10: The first lecture meeting for 2008 was

Okazaki, Miyagi National College of Technology)

held at Fuji Women’s College. There were two
research presentations. Hiroya Tanaka (Hokkaido<Hokkaido Chapter Report>

Institute of Information and Technology) presented

Lecture Meetings“The Development of an Electronic Device,

December 15, 2007: The second lecture meeting

Vocab Retriever 2, which Facilitates the Use offor 2007 was held at Fuji Women’s College.

Vocabulary Learning Strategies.” In addition,

Masashi Sasaki (Hokkaido Musashi Women’s

Yasushi Kawai (Hokkaido Univ.) presented

Junior College), a member of the Discourse“Popular and Unpopular Teacher Training

Analysis Circle of Hokkaido (DACH), discussed

Programs: a Qualitative Analysis of Questionnaire“Teaching Reading Using Halliday’s Functional

Comments.”

Grammar.”February 2, 2008: The third lecture meeting was

Publications

held at Fuji Women’s College. Kyoko Morikoshi

The Research Bulletin of English Teaching(Hokusei Gakuen Junior College) presented

No. 5 was issued on January 30, 2008. This広J A C E T 通信

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issue includes three articles. The first is “Aninterest, that is, “JACET Incorporated Association

Interaction Analysis of a Communication-

for Public Interest” (shadan-houjin in Japanese).

Oriented English Course Using COLT PartAs of April 1, all the necessary documents for

B” by Chikako Aoki (Hokkai Gakuen Univ.),

the change have been submitted to the Ministry

Hironori Ishizuka (Hokkaido Tokai Univ.), Yoshiki

of Education, Culture, Sports, Science andYokoyama (Hokkaido Univ. of Education), Yuko

Technology and we are now waiting for the final

Sakai (Hokkaido Erimo Senior High School) andacceptance by the government.

Yasushi Kawai (Hokkaido Univ.). The second

In April 2008, the management of membership

article is “An Analysis of Middle and Highand membership fees of JACET was returned to

School ESL Textbooks: From the Perspectives

JACET office from Daigaku Seikyo Gakkai Shienof Sociolinguistic, Discourse, and Strategic

Center. For details, please ask the JACET officeCompetence” by Chiharu Egusa (Hokkaido Rishiri

staff.

High School) and Yoshiki Yokoyama (Hokkaido

As for personnel affairs in the JACET office,Univ. of Education). The third article is “An

JACET employed two full-time office workers from

Analysis of Self-initiated Repair in a Story Telling

April 1, 2008.

Task” by Yoshiki Yokoyama (Hokkaido Univ. ofThe number of members (as of May 9, 2008)

Education) and Chiharu Egusa (Hokkaido Rishiri

is 2531 regular members and 112 supporting andHigh School).

institutional members, making the total number of

The 21st issue of the Chapter Newsletter wasmembers 2643.

published on March 31, 2008.
Annual Chapter Convention

Requestfrom the JACET Office

The 2007 Hokkaido Chapter convention isscheduled for July 5, 2008 at Hokkai Gakuen
Univ. The keynote speaker will be Yasukata Yano
(Waseda Univ.) There will also be a symposium
and research presentations.
(Yasushi Kawai, Hokkaido Univ.)

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Please use the payment slip that is sent in April.
In case we cannot confirm your payment, we will

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not be able to send you the JACET publications.
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payment by the end of the fiscal year (March 31,2009), you will lose your membership of JACET.

For the past two years, JACET has been

2. Changes to the information concerning yourpreparing for the change from the present

membership (Address, Affiliation, E-mail address,

voluntary corporation to an association for public

etc.)

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how you wish us to contact you, name of theconcerning your membership (Address, Affiliation,

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JACET Members’ Directory“Daigaku Eigo Kyoiku Gakkai “.

The JACET Members’ Directory will be(Akiko Arakawa, Office Senior Staff)

published at the beginning of December. For theprotection of personal information, the contents of
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essentially the following:

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＝ 速報 ＝2008 年 6 月 9 日に文部科学省から社団法人化の3、『2008 年度大学英語教育学会（JACET）
名簿』

内諾を得られました。会員の皆様のご協力に改めて感記載情報

謝申し上げます。なお、この内諾を受けて 6 月 29 日

2008 年 度 も『2008 年 度 大 学 英 語 教 育 学 会（日）に早稲田大学において設立総会を開催し、9 月の全国大会の会員総会で改めてご報告申し上げます。

（JACET）名簿』を作成いたしますが、個人情報

会長 森住 衛・法人化準備委員会委員長 神保尚武

保護法の問題もあり、会員の皆様の掲載情報は原則として昨年度版と同じ、氏名・NAME・〒・連絡先住所・連絡先 TEL・連絡先 FAX・E メール・Editor’s Note所属・所属 TEL・専門分野（ 英語教育学、英語・言語学、応用言語学、英米文学、その他）にさせWe are most grateful to Professor Naoya Haseていただきます。昨年度の名簿をご参照の上、今

for describing the English program for science

年度の名簿記載項目の変更を希望される場合にstudents at Kwansei Gakuin University. We alsoは、以下の方法で 8 月 15 日（金）まで（必着でextend our sincere thanks to Professor Shigeru

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(Part-time Lecturer, Aoyama Gakuin Univ.)
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Naoko Osuka (Meiji Univ.)
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