JALT2009
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For JALT2009 we have received koen meigi from:
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and
Technology
Japan Science Council
Japan Foundation
Shizuoka-ken Board of Education
Shizuoka-shi Board of Education
Shizuoka Mayor
JALT2009は下記の機関より後援を頂いています: 文部科学省 日本学術会議 国際交流基金 静岡県教育委員会 静岡市教育委員会 静岡市長General Conference Information
Welcome Messages ...2
JALT2009 Conference Highlights ...5
Plenary Speakers ...6
Featured and Guest Speakers ...8
Special Events ... 12
JALT Junior ... 15
Green Tea and a Green Tea Tasting Event ... 16
JALT2009 Shizuoka Sake Events ... 16
The International Food Fair ... 17
Annual JALT Meetings and Forums ... 18
Conference Information ... 19
JALT2009 Conference Team, Officers and Staff ... 21
JALT2009 Reading Committee ...22
Call for Presentations: JALT2010 ...22
Job Information Center (JIC) ...23
JALT2009 Conference Proceedings ...23
Site and General Information ...24
Associate and Commercial Members ...25
Educational Materials Exhibition (EME) ...26
Presentation Summaries and Indexes
Featured Speaker Workshops ... 27
Saturday Presentations ...28
Sunday Presentations ...49
Monday Presentations ... 74
Graduate Student Showcase ...85
Presentations by Content Area ...88
Presenter Index ...99
Block Schedule ... 103
JALT2009
The 35th JALT International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning
The Teaching-Learning Dialogue: An Active Mirror
2 JALT2009
Welcome Messages
W
elcome to JALT2009, Asia’s biggest
language teaching and materials
conference! Whether you have come
from down the street or from the other
side of the world, we are extremely
happy that you are here.
We’ve been meeting annually like
this in Japan for 35 years now. This could be your
first JALT or your fifteenth; whatever the case, please
make yourself at home! Granship is a great venue for
a conference: It’s big enough to host a variety of talks
and presentations, but small enough to feel cozy from
the minute you arrive until the time you head home.
The venue offers small meeting areas, spacious rooms,
friendly exhibition halls and an international food fair
where you can stop and refuel. Look around, enjoy the
sessions, relax in the breaks, talk to new people, and
sign up for the social events.
We are very proud of our rich and diverse
line-up of presentations this year. Our invited speakers
include five, count ‘em, five plenary speakers, all
renowned figures in the world of applied linguistics
and language pedagogy. There are also five sponsored
featured speakers, a guest speaker in the Technology
in Teaching series, the Balsamo Asian Scholar from
the Philippines and—last but certainly not least—
hundreds of colleagues, friends, and peers giving the
concurrent sessions.
Because of its size, a conference like JALT requires
a little pre-planning and some careful pacing. We
encourage you to tailor the weekend in a way that
suits your own interests and rhythms. Take a look
through the conference handbook and sketch out a
rough schedule for the weekend. You will be reminded
of those must-see and don’t miss sessions that you’ve
already flagged, but take some chances, you may
surprise yourself! Show up for a talk that you didn’t
intend to see; it may turn out to be the one you
wouldn’t have missed for the world. Even if you’re not
familiar with an invited speaker’s work, stop by and
give a listen; it could open new doors for you! Plan
ahead, but leave room for a little serendipity. Schedule
changes and reminders will be prominently posted
around the venue. You can also get the latest news by
checking the Twitter updates that will be available on
the big screen in the EME.
This conference is about dialogue; always has
been, always will be. When it comes to helping people
learn—including learning how to teach well—there
are no one-way streets. Researchers, scholars, teachers
and administrators all talk to each other. Our invited
speakers will spark conversations in their areas of
specialization across a wide range including: language
teaching, textbook authorship, teacher education and
research.
Teaching is a funny mix of intellectual heft,
managerial skill, content knowledge and practical
routine. This multiplicity is what gave rise to
our conference theme: “The Teaching-Learning
Dialogue: An Active Mirror.” At first
glance, a mirror may seem to be a
passive reflection of reality. Mirrors,
however, are active tools that help
us extend, expand, and experience
our connection with the world from
different angles which give rise to new
dimensions and forms of activity. As you attend the
plenary sessions you will hear how the speakers attend
to concerns of dialogue and dialectic differently.
We hope that those who manage to get to all the
plenary talks will receive the fully refracted, reflected
experience that comes with hearing a theme explored
from five very different perspectives. (And yes, if you
detect a hint of “Vygotskyan theory” reflected in our
theme this year, you are right! But don’t worry, even
if you’ve never heard of the guy, we think that you’ll
come away from JALT2009 knowing a lot about his key
ideas.)
We, your conference co-chairs and MCs this
weekend, are colleagues, frequent writing and
teaching partners in life and online and find ourselves
contemplating issues that turn out to be more complex
and multi-faceted than they appear to be at first. We
have found that dialogue makes everything so much
more interesting. We encourage you to get out there
and talk to people, listen to what they have to say, and
don’t be too quick to form your opinions or make your
decisions. Let some ideas live and breathe new life into
your experience. This year’s theme grew out of our
mutual belief in the power of reflection, collaboration,
and instruction. In turn we invited some of the best
speakers and most generous educators we know of
to come and share their thoughts on “The
Teaching-Learning Dialogue.”
What most of us do for a living is amazingly
complicated! Striking the balance between theory and
practice in the classroom is a complex and challenging
task, but one that offers great rewards when it all
comes together. This weekend will allow you to take
a fresh look at your bread and butter job and to gain
a new appreciation for how impressive the daily task
of teaching really is. In addition to new theories and
ideas, we hope that this weekend will also provide you
with some practical tips and techniques that you can
take home and use in the classroom.
There is a daily bustle in the Education Material
Exhibition (EME) where you will find a non-stop
food fair and entertainment stage and a chance to
meet, mix and chat with many of the key players in
our community. You will encounter authors you’ve
read recently, the writers who wrote the books you
have been using, trainers you’ve taken classes with
and professors you would like to study with. The EME
is where you can flip through books to your heart’s
content, buy software and testing materials, win prizes
in daily draws and just shoot the breeze with friendly
reps. Buy a new book, make a new friend or taste a new
dish. Granship is the place to make it all new again.
Welcome to JALT2009!
JALT2009
Welcome Messages
to add a heart-felt note of thanks and to express our
profound gratitude to the members of the committee,
whose work is reflected in every aspect of this
conference!
In addition, we would like to acknowledge the hard
work and gracious contribution of our student interns.
These friendly folk are visible all over Granship, and
they are eager to answer questions and help you
find your way. Other conference staff members can
be identified by our “mirror badges”; we’re ready to
help as well. Finally, at the end of the day, Monday,
or whenever you leave, please fill in a Conference
Evaluation Form and give it to an intern or put it in
the box at the JALT Information Desk. Conference 35
should be a zinger, and with your feedback, 36 and
beyond could be even better!
Welcome to Shizuoka, to Granship, and to
JALT2009!
Cordially,
Steve Cornwell and Deryn Verity
Co-chairs
Special attractions and events? We’ve got ‘em! Early
registration begins on Friday and you can catch the
“Technology in Teaching” workshops, a special guest
talk by Garr Reynolds and the Welcome Reception.
On Saturday, a moving film by award-winning
Canadian, Linda Ohama, is featured. After a full day
of sessions, stop by the Rendezvous Space and look for
announcements about all the social events, dinners
and parties that are happening offsite. Attend a sake
tasting or stop by the book signing party sponsored
by Oxford University Press on Sunday. On Monday,
Aya Matsuda’s bilingual event, of special interest to
families raising bilingual and bicultural children
is happening and finally, there will be a brief but
entertaining closing ceremony.
The annual JALT National conference is organized
by a fantastically hard-working group of people who
put in countless volunteer hours for months leading up
to the conference. As co-chairs this year, we have been
constantly impressed and buoyed up by the quality of
the thinking, the discussion, the decision-making, and
the sheer creativity of the organizing committee. On
top of this welcome to all here at Granship, we’d like
祝辞
第３５回全国語学教育学会年次国際大会が、国内外からの
多くの皆様のご参加のもと、平成１７年に引き続き５回目の開
催となります静岡市において、盛大に開催されますことを、心よ
りお祝い申し上げます。
この全国語学教育学会年次国際大会には、例年、数多くの
語学教育者の皆様が参加され、研鑽を積まれているとうかが
っております。本年のテーマである「教育と学習の対話：多様
な鏡像」に沿った様々な学会発表、ワークショップ等は、語学
教育に携わる皆様にとって、教育について考察し、知識を深
め、教育分野の流れをとらえる、実り多い、素晴らしい機会と
なることと存じます。
本市でも、
「世界に開かれた共生社会・静岡」の実現に向け、
日頃より各種国際化施策の推進に努力しているところで、本
年のテーマは多様な市民が交流する本市の施策と通ずるとこ
ろがあると感じております。こうしたなか、本市において、語学
教育と学習環境の新たな可能性を探り更なる発展を目指す
この国際大会が開催されますことは、大変意義深いことであ
り、今後の語学教育及び国際的な文化交流に、大きく貢献さ
れるものと期待いたしております。
結びに、今大会のご成功と、全国語学教育学会の益々のご発
展を心よりお祈りいたします。
静岡市長 小嶋善吉
Welcome from Zenkichi
Kojima, Mayor of Shizuoka
I
would like to offer a warm welcome
to everyone participating in the
35th Annual JALT International
Conference, JALT 2009, in Shizuoka
City—the fifth JALT conference to be
held in our city.
Under the theme, “The Teaching-Learning
Dialogue: An Active Mirror,” I believe the great many
research presentations and workshops given during
this conference will provide wonderful opportunities
to think deeply about language education and to
increase understanding of the field.
Shizuoka is making progress in realizing its
ideal of building a better city for all its citizens—of
various backgrounds—to live and work together
under the banner of “Shizuoka: Cooperative Society
Open to the World.” I am certain that our city will
receive the benefit of many new ideas through this
conference and that the results of this conference will
further language education in Japan and promote
international, cultural interaction.
From the bottom of my heart, I offer my sincere
wishes for a successful conference and the continued
prosperity of the Japan Association for Language
Teaching.
Zenkichi Kojima
JALT2009
Conference Events
Friday, November 20
•
TnT (Technology and Teaching Workshops) ... 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
•
Onsite registration ...3:00 pm – 7:00 pm
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Garr Reynolds Special Event – AV Hall ...5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
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Welcome Reception supported by Oxford University Press ... 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Saturday, November 21
•
Onsite registration ...
9:00 am – 5:00 pm
• Opening Ceremony followed by Plenary I – Scott Thornbury ...10:00 am – 11:00 am
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Concurrent sessions ...11:10 am – 6:30 pm
• JALT Junior – Rooms 901-905 ...11:10 am – 6:30 pm
• Graduate Student Showcase – Room 908 ...11:10 am – 6:30 pm
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Education Materials Exhibition (EME) ...9:00 am – 6:00 pm
•
International Food Fair (IFF) ...9:00 am – 9:00 pm
• Featured Speaker Workshops
A:
Extensive reading or intensive skills practice—Two sides of the same coin? – Miles Craven ...11:10 am – 12:40 pm
B:
A global view from your classroom window – Kristin Johannsen ...11:10 am – 12:40 pm
C:
Introducing corpora into the language classroom – Nicholas Groom...11:10 am – 12:40 pm
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Garr Reynolds Book Signing – Nellie’s English Bookstore booth, EME area ... 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
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Poster Sessions – Tenji Gallery ...1:05 pm – 3:05 pm
• Plenary II – Aya Matsuda ...2:15 pm – 3:00 pm
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Movie Showing – Obaachan’s Garden – AV Hall ...4:30 pm – 6:45 pm
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SIG Forums ...4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
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SIG AGMs ... 5:45 pm – 6:45 pm
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JALT Sake Bar – Dai Hall ...From 5:00 pm
Sunday, November 22
•
Onsite Registration...9:00 am – 5:00 pm
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Education Materials Exhibition (EME) ...9:00 am – 6:00 pm
•
International Food Fair (IFF) ...9:00 am – 9:00 pm
•
Concurrent sessions ... 9:20 am – 6:45 pm
•
JALT Junior – Rooms 901-905 ... 9:20 am – 6:45 pm
• Graduate Student Showcase – Room 908 ... 9:20 am – 6:45 pm
• Plenary III – James P. Lantolf ... 10:00 am – 11:00 am
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Teaching World Englishes in Japan – Wind Hall ... 11:10 am – 12:10 pm
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Featured Speaker Workshops
D:
Business English and TOEIC: Similar goals, similar methodologies – Grant Trew ...11:10 am – 12:40 pm
E:
Building students confidence through simple step-by-step activites – Angela Buckingham ....11:10 am – 12:40 pm
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Poster Sessions ... 11.10 am – 1:10 pm
• Plenary IV – Merrill Swain ...2:15 pm – 3:00 pm
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NPO JALT Executive Board Meeting ... 3:10 pm – 4:10 pm
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NPO JALT Ordinary General Meeting ... 4:35 pm – 5:35 pm
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James P. Lantolf Book Signing Event sponsored by Oxford University Press ... 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
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Movie Showing Ginjo Oukoku-Shizuoka ...5:45 pm – 6:30 pm
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JALT Sake Tasting Event - Dai Hall ... From 4:30 pm
Monday, November 23
•
Onsite Registration ...9:00 am – 12:40 pm
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Education Materials Exhibition (EME) ...9:00 am – 12:00 pm
•
International Food Fair (IFF) ... 9:00 am – 2:00 pm
• Plenary V – Christine Pearson Casanave ... 10:30 am – 11:30 am
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Poster Sessions – Tenji Gallery ...10:30 am – 12:30 pm
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Graduate Student Showcase – Room 908 ... 9:20 am – 1:15 pm
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Bilingual Family Event – Koryu Hall ...11:40 am – 12:40 pm
• Closing Ceremony ... From 1:45 pm
JALT2009
Plenary Speaker Sessions
Aya Matsuda
Globalization and English
language teaching:
opportunities and
challenges in Japan
Saturday 2:15 pm – 3:00 pm, Chu Hall
T
he global spread of English and its extensive use
as an international language has made English a
popular foreign language option across the world. The
national curriculum in Japan, for instance, specifies
that English be taught as the required foreign language
in middle schools because it is an international
language. English is also the de facto foreign language
offering in senior high schools and continues to play
important roles in college and beyond. However, the
linguistic, cultural, and functional diversity of English
today complicates ELT practice by challenging some of
its most basic assumptions. In my talk, I first present
the current sociolinguistic landscape of the English
language and illustrate how traditional ELT— that
focuses exclusively on US/UK English and culture—is
not adequate in preparing effective users of English as
an International Language. Specific changes that can
be incorporated into a traditional English curriculum
are also suggested.
Scott Thornbury
Seven ways of looking at
grammar
• Sponsored by Cambridge
University Press
Saturday 10:15 am – 11:00 am, Chu Hall
W
hat is grammar and how is it internalised in
the mind? Is it symbolic code or is it neural
connection strengths? Is it the sedimented trace
of previous conversations or is it an innate human
capacity? However we answer these questions
obviously has an impact on the way we go about
teaching second languages. In this talk I will review
some of the key models of grammar—often couched
as metaphors—and look at their implications in
terms of classroom practice. In so doing, I will suggest
that models grounded in both sociolinguistics and
psycholinguistics offer a more valid basis for teaching
than do purely linguistic descriptions.
Plenary Speakers
文法とは何か？そして文法はどのように精神において内面化
されるのか？文法とは象徴的なコードなのか？それとも神経
連絡の強さなのか？文法とは以前の会話の堆積した跡なの
か？それとも先天的な人間の能力なのか？我々がこれらの問
いにどのように答えるにせよ、それは第2言語の教え方に影響
を及ぼすのは明らかである。本発表では、文法の重要なモデ
ルのいくつかを時に比喩で包みながら取り上げ、その影響を
教室での実践について見ていく。こうする中で、純粋に言語学
的な記述よりも、社会言語学および心理言語学の両方に根ざ
したモデルの方が有効な教授基盤を提供することを示す。
Scott Thornbury
has an MA (TEFL) from the
University of Reading and is currently Associate
Professor of English Language Studies at the New
School in New York City, where he teaches on an
online MATESOL program. His previous experience
includes teaching and training in Egypt, UK, Spain,
and in his native New Zealand. His writing credits
include several books for teachers on language and
methodology, including About Language, Conversation:
From Description to Pedagogy (with Diana Slade),
and The CELTA Book (with Peter Watkins), all for
Cambridge University Press. He is series editor for the
Cambridge Handbooks for Teachers.
英語は地球規模で広まっており、国際語として広範に使用さ
れているため、英語は世界中で一般的な外国語の選択肢とな
っている。たとえば日本における国の教育課程では、英語は国
際語であることから、これを中学校における必須外国語として
教えなければならないと定められている。また英語は、高等学
校における事実上の外国語科目であり、大学以上でも重要な
位置を占めている。しかしながら、今日の英語の言語学的、文
化的および機能的多様性から、ELTの実践は、その最も基本
的な前提のいくつかが揺らいでいるため困難になっている。
私の発表では、まず英語の現在の社会言語学的状況を呈示
し、それから米英の英語と文化にのみ焦点を当てた「伝統的」
ELTが国際語としての英語の有能な話者の育成に不適切で
あることを明らかにする。また、伝統的な英語課程に組み込む
ことのできる具体的な改革案も提案する。
Aya Matsuda
is Assistant Professor of Language
& Literacy and Applied Linguistics at Arizona State
University, where she teaches undergraduate and
graduate courses in applied linguistics. Her research
interests include the pedagogical implications of the
global spread of English, integration of the World
Englishes perspective into US education, and the role
of Japanese heritage school for Japanese families in the
US. Her work focusing on these issues has appeared
in various books and journals including JALT Journal,
TESOL Quarterly
, and World Englishes. Dr. Matsuda is
originally from Japan, speaks English and Japanese
fluently, and is raising her child bilingually.
Interpretation provided courtesy of the Bilingualism SIG
JALT2009
Plenary Speaker Sessions
James P. Lantolf
The dialectics of instructed
second language
development
Sunday, 10:00 am – 11:00 am, Chu Hall
T
his presentation emerges from an ongoing project
on the implications of dialectics in Vygotsky’s
theory of consciousness for instructed second language
development. Although most L2 research informed by
sociocultural theory asserts that mediation through
social interaction and cultural artifacts forms the
foundational concept of the theory, I will argue that
the real key to the theory is found in the notion of
praxis—a notion that Vygotsky appropriated from
Marx. The crucial feature of praxis in its contemporary
version is the dialectic unity of consciousness
(knowledge/theory) and action that gives rise to new
forms of understanding and behaving. In making the
case for praxis and language education I will explain
dialectics, i.e., the unity or fusion of opposites, with
specific examples and will then discuss evidence from
several studies that sustain the effectiveness of a
praxis-based pedagogy for promoting language development.
本発表は、教授される第２言語の発達のためのヴィゴツキー
の意識の理論における弁証法の関わり合いに関して現在行
われているプロジェクトに由来するものである。社会文化理論
に立脚した第２言語の研究のほとんどにおいては、社会的相
互作用および文化的産物による仲介が同理論の基本概念を
形成するとの主張がなされているのに対し、私は、同理論への
本当の鍵はプラクシスの概念―ヴィゴツキーがマルクスから借
用した概念―にあると主張する。現代版プラクシスにおける重
要な特徴は、意識（知識・理論）と行動の弁証法的統一性であ
り、これにより理解と振る舞いの新たな形態が生じる。プラクシ
スおよび言語教育を推進するにあたり、私は具体的な例を用
いて弁証法（対立するものの統一または融合）を説明し、次に、
言語発達の促進におけるプラクシスに基づいた教授法の効果
を立証するいくつかの研究からの証拠について論じる。
James P. Lantolf
is the Greer Professor in
Language Acquisition and Applied Linguistics in the
Department of Applied Linguistics at Pennsylvania
State University. He is director of the Center for
Language Acquisition and co-director of CALPER
(Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education
and Research). He has served as president of the
American Association for Applied Linguistics,
and his publications include numerous papers on
sociocultural theory and L2 learning, a coauthored
book with S. Thorne and three edited or co-edited
books on sociocultural theory:
Lantolf, J. P. (Ed.) (2000). Sociocultural theory and second
language learning. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Lantolf, J. P. & Appel, G. (Eds.). (1994). Vygotskian
approaches to second language research. Norwood, NJ:
Ablex.
Lantolf, J. P. & Thorne, S. (2006). Sociocultural theory
and the genesis of second language development.
Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Lantolf, J. P. & Poehner, M. (2008). Sociocultural
theory and the teaching of second languages. London:
Equinox Press.
Merrill Swain
Languaging and second /
foreign language learning
Sunday, 2:15 pm – 3:00 pm, Chu Hall
T
he goal of this talk is that the audience leaves with an
understanding of the concept of languaging and why
it is important for second/foreign language teachers,
and learners, to know about. Languaging is a concept
that has emerged from Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory
of mind. For Vygotsky, language is not just a means of
social communication, but a tool of the mind: language
mediates our thinking and cognition. Languaging is
the use of language to mediate cognitively complex acts
of thinking. It is “the process of making meaning and
shaping knowledge and experience through language”
(Swain, 2006). In it, we can see learning in progress.
Students who engage in more languaging learn more
than those who engage in less languaging. This has been
demonstrated over many knowledge domains, including
biology, mathematics, and language. In this talk, I will
illustrate the power of languaging with excerpts from
students who are learning a second or foreign language.
本発表の目的は、
「ランゲージング」の概念と、第2言語・外国
語の教師（および生徒）がこの概念について知っておくことが
なぜ重要なのかを聴衆に理解してもらうことである。ランゲー
ジングとは、精神に関するヴィゴツキーの社会文化理論に由来
する概念である。ヴィゴツキーによれば、言語とは単なる社会的
意思疎通手段ではなく、精神のツールである。すなわち、言語は
我々の思考・認識を媒介するのである。ランゲージングとは、言
語を用いて思考という認識的に複雑な行為を媒介することで
ある。ランゲージングは、
「言語を通じて意味を形成し、知識と
経験を形作るプロセス」
（Swain、2006年）である。ランゲージン
グにおいて、我々は学習の進行過程を観察することができる。
ランゲージングを行っている生徒ほど学習効率は高い。これは
たとえば生物学、数学および語学といった多くの知的領域で
示されている。本発表では、第2言語・外国語を学んでいる生
徒からの引用によってランゲージングの力を明らかにする。
Merrill Swain
is Professor Emeritus in the
Department of Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning at
OISE/University of Toronto. Author of over 150 articles
and many book chapters on bilingual/immersion
education in Canada and communicative L2 learning,
teaching and testing, Dr. Swain is an award-winning
educator, writer and scholar. She frequently gives
workshops and lectures internationally, recently in the
Asia Pacific region, Europe, and North America. Recent
books of interest to JALT readers are the co-edited
collections Researching Pedagogic Tasks: Second Language
Learning, Teaching and Testing (with Bygate and Skehan,
2001, Pearson) and Immersion Education: International
Perspectives (with Johnson, 1997, CUP).
Miles Craven
Extensive reading or
intensive skills practice—Two
sides of the same coin?
• Sponsored by Macmillan
LanguageHouse
Saturday, 11:10 am -12:40 pm
T
his workshop will serve as a forum to compare
and contrast the merits of extensive reading and
intensive reading as a basis for helping our students
develop reading competence. Participants will work
together to examine the two approaches and review
their respective merits. Participants will then focus
not on the tensions between extensive and intensive
reading, but on their mutual strengths and then
explore ways in which one approach can act as a
complementary mirror for the other. There will be
plenty of time to share common experiences and swap
ideas on how to overcome the challenges that teaching
reading presents. Finally, participants will draw up a
list of key principles which can act as guidelines for
teachers of reading classes.
Featured and Guest Speakers
本ワークショップは、多読と精読それぞれの利点を比較対照
し、それに基づいて生徒の読解力を伸ばすことを助ける場とな
るものである。参加者は両方のアプローチを共同で検討し、そ
れぞれの利点を確認する。次に参加者は、多読と精読の対立
関係ではなく、これらの極めて現実的な相互補完性に焦点を
当て、それぞれのアプローチが互いに相補的な鏡として働くこ
とのできる方策を探る。共通の経験を共有したり、
「読解の教
授」の際に生じる諸問題をどう克服するかについてのアイデア
を交換する時間を十分に設ける。最後に参加者は、読解のク
ラスの教師のための指針となるような重要な諸原理の一覧を
作成する。
Miles Craven
, sponsored by MacMillan
LanguageHouse, has over 20 years of experience in
English language teaching. Miles is author or
co-author of many ELT publications, especially those
for Asian learners including: Get Real!, Reading
Keys, English Grammar in Use CDROM, Cambridge
English Skills, and Breakthrough. He has written
many articles and online materials and presents
regularly at conferences and workshops. Miles also
helps coordinate the Business English Programme
at the Møller Centre, Churchill College, University
of Cambridge. His recent research has focused on
developing skills and strategies to help learners
improve their reading ability, for Macmillan’s new
edition of Reading Keys.
Christine Pearson Casanave
Perspective taking
• Sponsored by JALT Teacher
Education SIG
Monday, 10:30 am -11:30 am, Chu Hall
I
n this talk I discuss perspective taking: the ability
to see the world through someone else’s eyes. This
can happen if people actually experience something
that another person or group has experienced, or if
they imagine themselves in the shoes of another. In
my talk, I refer to both types of perspective taking.
In particular, I discuss the following: 1) what it might
be like to be a student in our own classrooms; 2)
what insights we can glean from our own language
learning experiences; 3) what it might be like to be
a reader of our own writing; and 4) what it is like to
do scholarly reading and writing in an L2. Reflecting
on our teaching, learning, and professional writing
from diverse perspectives can help us expand how
we understand our students and our work as second
language educators.
本発表では、パースペクティブ・テイキング、すなわち他人の眼
で世界を見る能力について論じる。これが行われるのは、別の
人や集団が経験したことを実際に経験した場合や、他人の身
になって想像する場合である。私の発表では両方の種類のパ
ースペクティブ・テイキングについて言及する。特に以下の点に
ついて論じる。
（１）私たち自身のクラスの生徒になってみると
いうのはどのようなものなのか。
（２）私たち自身の言語学習経
験からどのような洞察を得ることができるのか。
（３）私たち自
身が書いたものの読者になってみるというのはどのようなもの
なのか。
（４）第２言語で学術的な読み書きをするというのはど
のようなものなのか。私たちの教授、学習および職業的執筆に
ついて様々な視点から反省することによって、私たちが生徒を
理解したり、第２言語教育者としての自分の仕事を理解したり
する幅を広げることが可能となる。
Christine Pearson Casanave
lived and worked
in Japan for over 15 years, most of them at Keio
University’s Shonan Fujisawa Campus, and also as
adjunct at Teachers College Columbia University and
visiting professor and adjunct at Temple University
Japan. She has a special fondness for writing (reflective
and essay writing, academic writing, writing for
publication), for professional development of language
teachers, and for narrative, case study, and qualitative
inquiry. One of her long-term goals is to help expand
the accepted styles of writing in the TESOL field,
and another is to argue for more humanistic, less
technology-driven second language education.
JALT2009
Plenary and Featured Speaker Sessions
Please note that the Featured Speaker Workshops on Saturday and Sunday from 11:10 am are limited to
40 participants each. Registration for these workshops is through the sponsors. Please drop by the sponsoring
organization’s booth in the EME for further information and to get a ticket to attend one of these workshops.
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Featured Speakers
Kristin Johannsen
A global view from your
classroom window
• Sponsored by Cengage Learning
Saturday, 11:10 am -12:40 pm
W
ithin the language classroom, cross-cultural
communication is too often framed in terms
of differences, a catalog of troublesome national
quirks. Instead, true culture teaching explores both
differences and similarities—the fascinating diversity
of cultures and the common humanity that unites us.
Such a perspective gives learners a window through
which to understand the world and a mirror by
which to perceive themselves. This practical,
hands-on workshop will present ways that teachers can
bring cross-cultural learning and communication
into their own classrooms. Participants will look at
different views on cross-cultural communication
and build their own definitions. They will then
take part in a number of classroom activities using
language to investigate different cultures and to build
understanding. Such activities give students a sense
that culture is a fascinating field to explore and build
students’ confidence in their own ability to have
successful and enjoyable cross-cultural encounters.
語学クラスの中では、異文化コミュニケーションは往々にして
相違点、すなわち問題を引き起こしがちな奇妙な国民性の一
覧という枠組みで語られがちである。これに代えて、真の文化
教授法は、相違点および共通点－各文化の魅力的な多様性
および我々を結びつける共通の人間性－の両方を探るもので
ある。このような視点から学習者は、世界を理解するための窓
と、自分自身を認識する鏡とを得ることになる。今回の実践的
なワークショップにおいては、教師が異文化学習およびコミュ
ニケーションを自分のクラスに導入する方法が呈示される。
参加者は、異文化コミュニケーションに関する様々な意見に
接し、自分自身の定義を構築する。次に、言語を用いたクラス
活動にいくつか参加して、異なる文化について調べ相互理解
を築く。このような活動によって、生徒は文化というものが探究
すべき魅力的な分野だとの感覚を持つようになり、円滑で楽
しい異文化交流を行なう自分自身の能力への自信が生徒に
植え付けられる。
Kristin Johannsen
is a language teacher, materials
writer, and a life-long cross-cultural traveler. She has
taught English at universities in the United States,
France, South Korea, the United Arab Emirates,
and Japan. She has served as author, coauthor, and
contributing writer for a number of EFL textbook
series, most recently, World English (Heinle). Her
travels have taken her to more than 70 countries, and
her travel writing has appeared in newspapers and
magazines from Tokyo to Bahrain to Trinidad. Her
presentation is sponsored by Cengage Learning.
Nicholas Groom
Introducing corpora into the
language classroom
• Sponsored by David English House
Saturday, 11:10 am – 12:40 pm
A
lthough electronic text corpora and the new
discipline of corpus linguistics have had a
profound impact on the design and content of second
language dictionaries, grammars, and course books,
very few teachers or learners are directly accessing
corpora for themselves, either within or beyond the
confines of the language classroom. This workshop
begins by briefly considering why this is so and why
it matters, before tackling the central question of
what can be done about it. Participants will try out a
range of classroom activities whose aim is to convince
learners of the value and viability of studying corpus
data inductively and of the value and viability of
learning how to use corpus software in order to access
and manipulate such data. The aim of the workshop is
thus to provide participants with both the inspiration
and the practical means with which to introduce
corpora successfully into their language classrooms.
電子テキストコーパスおよびコーパス言語学という新たな分
野は、第２言語の辞書や文法書、教科書の構成や内容に多
大な影響を及ぼしてきたが、教師や学習者の中で、語学クラス
の枠内または枠外で自らコーパスに直接アクセスしている人
は極めて少ない。本ワークショップはまず、この現状の原因と
その重要性について簡単に考察した後、その対策という中心
課題に取り組む。参加者は多種多様なクラス活動を試みるこ
とになる。その目的は、帰納的にコーパスデータを研究する価
値および実現性、ならびにコーパスソフトウエアを用いてその
ようなデータにアクセスしこれを操作する方法を学習する価
値および実現性について、学習者に納得してもらうことである。
したがって、本ワークショップの目的は、参加者に、自分自身
の語学クラスにコーパスをうまく導入するための動機と実際
上の手段とを提供することである。
Nicholas Groom
is a lecturer at the Centre for
English Language Studies, University of Birmingham,
UK. He is the Academic Coordinator for the Centre’s
distance MA programs in TEFL/TESL, Applied
Linguistics, and Translation Studies. His research
interests focus on the application of corpus linguistics
to issues in ELT, second language acquisition research,
and discourse analysis. He is sponsored by David
English House.
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Featured and Guest Speakers
April Alcazar
Functional literacy and
contextual learning theories
英語学習に応用された場合の機
能的識字理論及び文脈学習理論
• Balsamo Asian Scholar
Saturday, 1:05 pm – 2:05 pm
T
he paper explores the application of two learning
theories, functional literacy theory and contextual
learning theory, as applied to English language
learning. The author hypothesizes that using these
two approaches can increase the English language
proficiency of students in Japan. The author cites
her own case in comparing the learning of English
with Japanese and the techniques with which
greater proficiency can be achieved. She will discuss
more methods and techniques using these two
methodologies during the conference as she presents
her paper and asks the participants about how their
Grant Trew
Business English and TOEIC:
Similar goals, similar
methodologies
• Sponsored by Oxford University Press
Sunday, 11:10 am – 12:40 pm
A
lthough the TOEIC was specifically designed to
assess workplace English ability, business English
and TOEIC preparation have generally been seen
as requiring different skills and often dramatically
different teaching methodologies. In this workshop,
the presenter will show how the goals of practical
business English and effective TOEIC® preparation
classes are largely similar, and will demonstrate that
the same interactive and communication-focused
techniques can and should be applied in both types of
classes.
TOEICがビジネス英語能力の判定を目的としている一方で、
TOEICとビジネス英語は違ったスキルおよび指導法が必要
であると考えられてきました。このワークショップでは、実践的
なビジネス英語と効果的なTOEIC対策クラスの共通点に着
目し、どちらの指導にも効果的なコミュニケーション重視の指
導テクニックを紹介します。
Grant Trew
has 20 years of EFL experience in the
UK, Asia, and the Middle East. He has particular
interest in language assessment and has designed
oral and written test instruments for a number of
institutions. He has designed training courses and
written preparation materials for the TOEIC® test,
TOEFL® test and EIKEN tests and has been an oral
examiner for the Cambridge exams. He is the author
of the Tactics for TOEIC® Speaking and Writing Tests and
Tactics for TOEIC® Listening and Reading Tests for Oxford
University Press. Grant is the series advisor for the
forthcoming Business Venture 3rd edition.
Angela Buckingham
Building students’ confidence
through simple, step-by-step
activities
• Sponsored by Oxford University Press
Sunday, 11:10 am – 12:40 pm
I
n this day and age of frequent travel, an increasing
number of people find it necessary to be able to
communicate—at least on a basic survival level—in
English. Japanese students are no exception, but they
can often be reticent when it comes to speaking out
in class. Together with the participants and through
her own experiences of teaching beginner and
false beginner level students, Angela Buckingham
will examine why this might be so. Then, under
the conference theme of “The Teaching-Learning
Dialogue: An Active Mirror,” she and the participants
will explore ways in which proven classroom activities
and techniques provide students with the tools they
need in order to participate in everyday situations
using English—be it at home, with a foreign homestay
student, or overseas on a business trip or holiday.
国際化が進み海外との交流が活発な昨今、最低限必要とさ
れる基本的な英語によるコミュニケーション力が重要視され
ています。日本人学習者もその例外ではないにもかかわらず、
会話中心のレッスンとなると無口になってしまう人々が多いの
も現状です。この問題について、入門レベルや初級レベルの
学習者を教えた豊富な経験をもとに、アンジェラ・バッキンガ
ム氏が参加者の方々に解説します。そして‘The
Teaching-Learning Dialogue: An Active Mirror’という本会議のテ
ーマに基づき、外国人留学生との交流や海外旅行および出
張などの実生活において、学習者が必要とする英語力を指導
するための効果的なクラスルーム・アクティビティとテクニック
を紹介します。
Angela Buckingham
is a very experienced teacher,
teacher trainer and materials developer in the field
of EFL. Her areas of expertise lie particularly in
English for Specific Purposes. Based largely on her
experience as a teacher in Japan at a travel senmon
gakko, Buckingham co-wrote At Your Service (Oxford
University Press) for students of travel and tourism,
followed by the Japan-specific Passport series. She
also co-wrote Get Real (Macmillan Language House).
More recently, in 2009, she has just published the new
second edition of Passport and the new third edition of
Business Venture with Oxford University Press.
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Featured and Guest Speakers
own teaching methods are related to these theories.
She cites empirical research that has been conducted
and how it will assist in professional teacher
development using these two theories. She concludes
that these theories can help English language teachers
achieve their objectives in teaching English courses
that are relevant, current, and interesting to students.
本講演は、機能的識字理論および文脈学習理論という2つの
学習理論の英語学習への応用を探るものである。講演者はこ
の2つのアプローチを用いることで日本の生徒の英語熟達度
を向上させることができると仮定する。自らの事例を引用して
日本語と英語の学習を比較し、熟達度を向上させる諸手法に
ついて論じる。また、自らの論文を提示し、参加者自身の教授
方法がこれらの理論にどのように関係しているかを問いかけ
ながら、さらにこの2つの方法論を用いたメソッドや手法を論
じる。また、これまで行われてきた経験的な研究を引用し、それ
がこの2つの理論を用いてどのように専門性の高い教師の育
成に寄与するかを論じる。結論としてこれらの理論は、生徒に
とって意味があり、最新かつ興味深い英語の授業を教師が行
う上での諸目標を達成する助けとなると論じる。
Amihan April Mella-Alcazar
, or April, has a very
strong affinity to Japan, and spoke at Sendai JALT in
2004. From 2000 to 2006, she was a scholar of the
Japanese Government at Tohoku University, where
she graduated with a PhD in Business Administration,
majoring in Business Management, and a Masters
in Business Administration. She graduated with a
Bachelor of Laws degree and a Bachelor of Science
in Business Administration (cum laude), from
the University of the Philippines. She is currently
the Teachers Helping Teachers coordinator in the
Philippines and is Adjunct Professor at the Asian
Institute of Management.
Amihan April Mella-Alcazar （April）は日本に極めて縁
が深く、2004年には仙台JALTでも講演を行う。2000年から
2006年まで、東北大学で日本政府奨学生となる。経営学（ビ
ジネス管理専攻）で博士号を取得、ビジネスアドミニストレー
ションで修士号を取得。University of the Philippines に
おいて法学学士号及びビジネスアドミニストレーションの理
学士号（優等）を取得。現在、フィリピンのTeachers Helping
Teachersのコーディネーターで、且つAsian Institute of
Managementの非常勤教授である。
Garr Reynolds
Design, Zen, & the art of
presenting naked
デザイン、禅と裸でのプレゼンテーシ
ョン美学
Friday, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
O
ver the years, presentation software programs
such as PowerPoint and Keynote have gotten
better, but presentations have not. Why? Part of the
problem has been a focus on only the tools themselves,
not on how to clarify our ideas and messages through
fundamental design and storytelling principles. In
this workshop, Garr explores techniques from some
of the world’s top business leaders. His Presentation
Zen approach challenges the conventional wisdom
of making “slide presentations” and encourages
thinking differently and creatively about the
preparation, design, and delivery of presentations.
Incorporating cognitive science, principles of graphic
design, visual communications, and Zen aesthetics,
Garr dispels popular myths about presenting, and
offers alternatives for designing and delivering better
presentations. The lessons are not about dressing
up the presentation or decorating slides; they are
about understanding and embracing concrete design
and delivery principles to make presentations clear,
powerful, and memorable.
長年にわたり、パワーポイントやキーノートなどのプレゼンテ
ーションソフトは向上しているが、プレゼンテーション自体は
良くなっていない。なぜか？問題の一部はツール自体にのみ
重点が置かれ、基本的なデザインと話術の法則を通じてどの
ように我々のアイデアやメッセージを明確にさせるかに重点が
置かれていない点である。本ワークショップではReynolds 氏
が数人の世界のトップビジネスリーダーの技術を研究します。
Reynolds 氏のPresentation Zenアプローチは、広く受け入
れられている「スライド式プレゼンテーション」に疑問を投げ
かけ、プレゼンテーションにおける違った、また独創的な考え
方や、デザインとプレゼンテーション方法を奨励します。認知
科学、グラフィックデザインの原理、視覚的情報伝達、禅の美
学など、Reynolds氏がプレゼンテーションについての一般的
な通説を払拭し、違ったプレゼンテーションのデザインと、より
良いプレゼンテーション方法を提案します。このレッスンはプ
レゼンテーションをどのように飾り立てるか又はスライドをど
のようにきれいに見せるかについてではなく、プレゼンテーシ
ョンを明確で迫力があり、印象的なものにする為に、具体的な
デザインと話術を理解し受け入れるものです。
A writer, designer, musician, and life-long student
of the Zen arts,
Garr Reynolds
is author of the
internationally best-selling Presentation Zen (3rd out
of Amazon’s top 10 business titles for 2008). Honored
for “outstanding book design” at the 38th Annual
Bookbuilders West Book Show and Awards Ceremony
in 2009, Garr is the Director of Design Matters Japan.
His popular website, presentationzen.com, features
regular insights on presentations, communication,
and creativity. Currently Associate Professor of
Management at Kansai Gaidai University, Garr is
frequently invited to speak internationally (recently to
Microsoft, Google, Hewlett Packard, P&G, and
Ritz-Carlton). Garr lives in Osaka, Japan.
著者、デザイナー、音楽家、また生涯、禅を学び続ける
学生でもあるGarr Reynoldsは国際的なベストセラー
本：Presentation Zen（2008年のAmazonトップ10ビ
ジネスタイトルで3位）の著者でもある。2009年、第38回
Annual Bookbuilders West Book Show and Awards
Ceremonyにおいて「きわめて優れた本のデザイン賞」を受
賞。またDesign Matters Japanのディレクターでもある。Garr
Reynoldsの有名なウェブサイトであるpresentationzen.
comでは、プレゼンテーション、コミュニケーション、創造性に
関して、様々な洞察力溢れる話題を取り上げている。現在、関
西外大経営学部准教授を職務とし、国際的な会議で講演者
として招かれている（最近ではMicrosoft, Google, Hewlett
Packard, P&G, Ritz-Carlton）。 大阪に在住
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Conference Events
Special Events
Welcome Reception
Friday, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Refreshments provided by Oxford University Press
Coming to Granship early to catch a TnT workshop or hear the special lecture by Garr Reynolds, or just to settle
in before things get busy? You are invited to join the VIPs (our invited plenary and featured speakers), conference
organizers, the President and other officers of JALT, and your fellow early-birds at our Welcome Reception on Friday!
Thanks to OUP there’ll be some tasty snacks and drinks. Stop by and say “Hello,” and start your conference
weekend with a friendly chat over a free drink.
Special Panel: Teaching World Englishes in Japan
Panelists:
Aya Matsuda
, Arizona State University;
Nobuyuki Hino
, Osaka University
Moderator:
Deryn P. Verity
, Osaka Jogakuin College
Sunday, 11:10 am
–
12:10 pm, Wind Hall
The panel will collaborate to explore the question of what should be taught in English as an International
Language (EIL) classrooms, and how. World Englishes (WE) has attracted much attention in Japan, but the
discussion has remained on a theoretical, abstract level. We seek possible pedagogical practices informed by our
current understanding of WE studies that will meet the needs of our students. Aya Matsuda will explore issues
related to instructional model(s). By considering local educational contexts, she will discuss why “an appropriate
model” is a better goal than “the correct model.” She will also argue for teaching not only linguistic aspects of
language but also communicative strategies. Nobuyuki Hino, responsible for standardizing the word yakudoku
with his classic 1988 JALT Journal article, will also discuss locally appropriate approaches for teaching EIL/WE.
He will present examples of actual teaching practices in EIL/WE and offer suggestions for how EIL can be
implemented and taught in EFL classrooms in Japan.
本パネルのテーマは、
「『国際英語』(EIL)のクラスにおいては何をどう教えるべきか」である。今日、World Englishes (WE)の概念
は日本においても多くの関心を集めるに至っているが、これまでのところ、その議論は抽象的な理論のレベルにとどまる傾向があ
った。このセッションでは、現在のWE研究の知見を生かしながら学習者のニーズに適合した教育を実践するための方法を探る。
まず、松田文は教育モデルの問題について分析する。当該地域の教育環境の考察の上に立ち、単一の「正しいモデル」を想
定するのではなく、その地域に応じた「適切なモデル」を求めることが望ましいと論じる。松田はさらに、言語的側面だけでなくコ
ミュニケーション方略を教えることの重要性を指摘する。次に、1988年のJALT Journal の論文によって日本の「訳読」の文化
を世界に知らせるきっかけを作った日野信行が、
「国際英語」教育の観点から、やはり当該地域の社会的・文化的環境に適合
したアプローチの意義について論じる。さらに、EILの理念を反映した授業例について分析し、
「国際英語」教育の具体的な教
授法について考察する。パネリストの上記の発題をもとに、さらに参加者と一緒に議論を深めていくことを願う。
Bilingual Family Event
Raising children in two languages and two cultures: A bilingual family discussion
Monday, 11:40 am
–
12:40 pm, Koryu Hall (Open to the public)
Aya Matsuda
, renowned scholar of bilingualism and second-language identity, is a Japanese national who
works and lives in a second culture (USA), and raises a bilingual/bicultural child. This special event is a forum
for interested teachers, parents, and scholars on the issues and challenges of bilingual and bicultural families.
Research information and personal experience will be used to inform attending participants about how these
challenges are being met in various settings and contexts. This event will be held in Japanese and English, with
translations provided as necessary.
Interpretation support provided courtesy of the Bilingualism SIG as required.
2009 Four Corners Tour
Amihan April Mella-Alcazar
, this year’s Balsamo Asian Scholar, arrived in Japan prior to the conference to
take part in the Four Corners Tour. The tour consisted of doing presentations at four JALT chapters in western
Japan before arriving at the conference venue in Shizuoka. This year the four chapters/corners of the Four
Corners Tour were: Okayama, Hiroshima, Nagasaki and Kitakyushu. Following the conference, April has been
invited to speak at her alma mater, the Tohoku University International Cultural Studies graduate school.
The tour will be rounded out by visits to Wakayama, Kobe and Himeji JALT chapters before her return to the
Philippines on November 30th.
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JALT2009
Conference Events
Try to attend April’s presentation at the conference or if you are unable to make it you can hear her speak at
one of her chapter presentations. Please contact the chapters directly for details of place and time.
The Balsamo Asian Scholar and the Four Corners Tour speakers are fully funded by donations from JALT
chapters. This year the Tokyo and Nagasaki chapters have made the 2009 Balsamo Asian Scholar and Four
Corners Tour programmes possible through their generous donations—thank you very much!
Balsamo Asian Scholar
The Balsamo Asian Scholar program invites a worthy scholar to attend and present at JALT’s international
conference on language teaching and learning. This year, JALT welcomes Amihan April Mella-Alcazar of the
Philippines as the 2009 Balsamo Asian Scholar. April has a very strong affinity for Japan, and spoke at JALT in
Sendai in 2004. From 2000 to 2006, she was a student at Tohoku University where she graduated with a PhD
in Business Administration majoring in Business Management. She is currently the Teachers Helping Teachers
coordinator in the Philippines and an adjunct Professor at the Asian Institute of Management.
The Asian Scholar program was renamed last year in memory of the late Bill Balsamo. Bill was the former
president of Himeji JALT and was instrumental in forming the Teachers Helping Teachers (THT) group which is
now a JALT SIG. Bill had been working with Dr. Mella-Alcazar to plan the THT events in the Philippines for this
year.
As a lawyer, teacher, and NGO worker, April has been active in government, research, teaching, and
development work in the Philippines, and has been an advocate for better English language teaching in the
Philippines through organizing joint seminars with the Department of Education and Teachers Helping
Teachers.
Prior to the conference she participated in the Four Corners Tour. Following the conference April will address
her alma mater in Tohoku University in Sendai and do three more chapter visits prior to her departure for the
Philippines on November 30th. For details of the chapter visits, please see the Four Corners Tour.
April’s JALT2009 presentation is scheduled for
Saturday at 1:05 pm in Room 907
.
Graduate Student Showcase
The JALT Graduate Student Showcase (GSS) is in its 3rd year and is bigger and better than ever! This year nearly
30 masters and doctoral level students from 10 graduate school programs will have the opportunity to present
their cutting edge research in this unique forum. The presenters represent graduate programmes from Aston
University, Birmingham University, Kansai University, Kobe University of Foreign Studies, Kwansei Gakuin
University, Macquarie University, Meikai University, Meisei University, Teacher’s College Columbia, and Temple
University Japan. The GSS has become a vital part of JALT outreach to the teaching community by encouraging
the participation of highly talented and motivated educator/researchers who in many cases have never had the
opportunity to attend a JALT conference before.
If you want to catch a glimpse of some of the best and brightest researchers in today’s teacher training
programs be sure to visit the Graduate Student Showcase.
All Graduate Student Showcase events are being held in Room 908
Special Film Event:
Obaachan’s Garden
, Saturday, 4:30 PM – 6:45 PM
Linda Ohama, acclaimed Canadian filmmaker, will screen her poignant documentary, Obaachan’s Garden.
The film recreates and interprets the long life of her grandmother who emigrated from Hiroshima prefecture
to Canada in the early 1900s, and died just a few years ago at the age of 105. As Linda says on her homepage,
(http://www.lindaohama.com), the film “gently peel[s] back the layers of her grandmother’s life,” revealing
a “painful, buried past.” There will be time before and after the screening for audience members to talk with
Linda.
JALT2009
Conference Events
James P. Lantolf Book Signing
Hosted by Oxford University Press
Time: Sunday, 5.30 pm -6.30 pm Room: Above the EME
Join JALT Plenary Speaker James P. Lantolf for an informal reception and book signing hosted by Oxford
University Press.
オックスフォード大学出版局は、JALT総会の講演者James P. Lantolfを招いての懇親会とサイン会を行います。
Mingle with fellow JALT delegates, enjoy some light refreshments and bring along your copy of one of Dr.
Lantolf’s books to be signed by the author. You can also purchase his books below, from the award-winning
Oxford Applied Linguistics Series on the day.
当日は軽食とお飲み物をご用意してお待ちしております。この機会に、ぜひJALT参 加者の方々同士で親睦を深めていただけ
れば幸いです。Lantolf氏の著書をお持ちいただければサイン会にもご参加いただけます。各賞を受賞した Oxford Applied
LinguisticsシリーズからのLantolf氏の著書（下記参照）を当日ご購入いただくことも可能です。
Sociocultural Theory and Second Language Learning
Sociocultural Theory and the Genesis of Second Language Development (with Steve Thorne)
Here’s Your Chance—SIG CHAT2009!!
Meet and talk to the JALT2009 plenary speakers. We are very pleased to be able to offer conference participants
this opportunity to speak informally with the plenary speakers. We welcome your participation and wish
to thank the plenary speakers for their time and interest in providing this special opportunity for JALT2009
delegates.
The following times have been confirmed for SIG CHAT2009:
Christine Casanave
Sunday, 11:10 am – 12:10 pm (SIG Area)
Aya Matsuda
Saturday, 11:10 am – 12:10 pm
(in the JALT Junior area – 9th floor)
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Scott Thornbury
Monday, 9:20 am – 10:20 am (SIG Area)
James P. Lantolf
Saturday, 11:10 am – 12:10 pm (SIG Area)
Merrill Swain
Saturday, 1:05 pm-2:05 pm (SIG Area)
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JALT Junior
“A complete parallel conference for teachers of children”
Traditionally, the JALT Junior Conference has focused on topics and issues associated with teaching children
and was sponsored by the JALT Teaching Children Special Interest Group. However our young learners are
getting older, so this year the Junior Senior High Special Interest Group will join us and be a part of JALT
Junior. Everyone registered for JALT2009 is welcome to attend any JALT Junior presentation on November 21
& 22 and to network and exchange ideas. This 2-day event is filled with demonstrations, discussions, forums,
and workshops given by professionals skilled in teaching young or very young learners or junior/senior high
school students. The presentations also include publisher-sponsored sessions featuring well-known authors
and presenters. Other not-to-be-missed sessions include the Teaching Children Swap Meet, the JHS SIG forum,
and a panel discussion about successful English programs in public elementary schools (in Japanese). Japanese
teachers of children are especially welcome at JALT Junior as many presentations are bilingual. JALT Junior
presentations take place on the 9th floor of the conference building.
JALT Junior listings in the daily presentation summary section are indicated by this mark:
New for JALT Junior 2009! Coffee with the plenary speakers . . .
We are excited to offer conference delegates the following opportunities to share a moment and a cup of coffee
with many of our plenary speakers. Thank you to our plenary speakers for your time and willingness to make
JALT Junior “extra special” this year for our conference participants!!
Aya Matsuda
: Saturday, 11:10 am – 12:10 pm
Christine Casanave
: Sunday, 12:30 pm – 1:00 pm
Merrill Swain
: Saturday, 3:35 pm – 4:00 pm
James P. Lantolf
: Sunday, 4:10 pm – 4:30 pm
Scott Thornbury
: Saturday, 3:35 pm – 4:00 pm
JALT2009
Conference Events
Green Tea and a Green Tea Tasting Event
Tou-cha Tea Tasting Times
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
12:30 pm – 1:00 pm
12:30 pm – 1:00 pm
11:30 am – 12:00 pm
3:35 pm – 4:00 pm
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm
12:45 pm – 1:15 pm
5:30 pm – 6:00 pm
5:30 pm – 6:00 pm
JALT2009 Shizuoka
Sake Events
Don’t miss this great chance to fully explore and experience
the flavors of Shizuoka sake with knowledgeable representatives
from local sake breweries who will personally introduce their lines. Plus, why not take the opportunity to watch
GinjoOukoku – Shizuoka, a documentary that will take you deep into the heart of several breweries and features all
aspects of sake brewing—from the rice field all the way through to the bottling line!
JALT2009 Shizuoka Sake Events…not to be missed!
And now for a little local colour—
green to be precise! Shizuoka is
famous for green tea, and we are
pleased to welcome the folks from
the
Tamura-no-en
tea farm
to JALT2009. The
Tamura-no-en tea farm is a family farm that
has been in operation for many
generations. They are very proud
of the fine tea that they grow and
wanted to share their knowledge
and love of green tea with everyone
here at the conference as a special
“Welcome to Shizuoka.”
The tea grower himself and
other representatives from the
Tamura-no-en tea farm can be
found in the main lobby Saturday,
Sunday and Monday. Along with
a shop where you can buy green
tea to take home, you will have
the opportunity to watch and/or
participate in a traditional
tea-tasting
闘茶
tou-cha game.
The origin of this game can be
traced back to China. It came to
Japan around 1200 and became
popular in the late Kamakura
period, around 1300. The tasting
game,
闘茶
tou-cha, literally
means “tea fight.” Of course it’s
not actually a fight; it is a way that
tea growers have traditionally
entertained themselves while they
evaluated green tea. During the
tou-cha game, volunteer “tasters”
will taste three kinds of green tea
and try to choose the best grade or
quality. The grower will explain
how to tell the difference between
fine quality green tea and the
lesser grades.
GinjoOukoku – Shizuoka
•
Special early viewing of the documentary
under production
•
Sunday 5:45 pm – 6:30 pm
•
Location: 2F AV Hall
Saturday
Shizuoka Sake Bar from 5:00 pm Dai Hall
•
1,000 yen for 3 servings (approximately
50-60 ml per serving)
•
10 kinds of carefully selected nihonshu
•
Hard to find bottles in other regions &
globally popular brands
Sunday
Shizuoka Sake Tasting Night from 4:30 pm Dai Hall
•
Ticket in advance: 1,000 yen.
•
Admission at the event: 1,200 yen
•
With one ticket you will be able to taste over
20 different kinds of local sake.
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Plus bottle sales to let you take your memories
from the conference back and enjoy
