7thAnnualShikokuJALTConference-MatsuyamaDate:Saturday,June18,2016(1:00-6:00)Venue:EhimeUniversity(RoomM23/M24,2FMuseBuilding,JohokuCampus)Sponsors:MatsuyamaJALT,EastShikokuJALT,OxfordUniversityPress Website:EastShikokuJALT-http://esjalt.orgJALTMembersandstudents:freeOne-DayMemberFee:1000yen

7thAnnualShikokuJALTConferenceSaturday,June18,2016(1:00-6:00)

EhimeUniversity(M23/M24,2FMuseBldg,JohokuCampus)

ConferenceSchedule

12:30–12:50:Registration(RoomM24)

1:00-1:45 MatsuyamaJALT/EastShikokuJALTFeaturedSpeaker

M24-JohnAdamson(UniversityofNiigataPrefecture)ResearchintoAcademicPublishing:EmergingTrendsandPracticesThispresentationexploresresearchdirectionssurroundingacademicpublishinginEFLandAppliedLinguistics.Researchinourfieldrequiresareexaminationofperspectivesofthejourneyintoacademicpublication.MultilingualscholarspursuingEnglishforResearchPublicationPurposes(ERPP)struggletonegotiatethenormsofpublicationincenterjournals,necessitatingresearchabouthowjournalstaffinteractthroughpeerreviewwithbothAnglophoneandmultilingualauthorswritingfromnon-centercontexts.ThispresentationwillexaminetheseemergingcomplexitiesinpublicationpracticeandsuggestthatERPPmustgobeyondtraditionalissuesofethnicityandjournalprestige.

1:45-2:30 OxfordUniversityPressFeaturedSpeakerM24-StephenRyan(WasedaUniversity)EmbracingUnpredictabilityintheLanguageClassroomLanguageclassroomscanbehighlyunpredictableplaces.Materialsthatworkwellforonelearnermaynotworkforanother;anactivitythatstimulatesonegroupmayfailtoexciteinterestinanother.Acceptingandunderstandingthisunpredictabilityisanimportantpartofbeingalanguageteacher.Conventionalapproachestothestudyofvariationinlanguagelearnershavetendedtoproblematizethisunpredictability,butsuchaviewappearsinconsistentwiththerealitiesofmostteachers’professionallivesand,assuch,beoflittlepractical,pedagogicvalue.However,inrecentyears,newapproaches,basedineducationalpsychology,havebroughtamoreoptimistic,pedagogicallygroundedoutlook.Inthistalk,Idiscusssomeofthesenewapproaches,showinghowtheydepartfromestablishedtheoryandillustratingsomeoftheirpracticalclassroomapplications.

2:30-3:00**BREAKRoomM215**2:30-3:00

Parallelpresentationsessions:

3:00-3:30 LauraKawaguchi(M23) MichaelSharpe(M24)3:30-4:00 PhilipHead(M23) IanBrownandTimKnight(M24)

4:00-4:15 **BREAKRoom215** 4:00-4:15

4:15-4:45 RonMurphy(M23) BruceLander(M24)4:45-5:15 GordonBateson(M23) HarryCarley(M24)

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5:30-6:00 Steeringcommitteemeeting:8thShikokuJALTConference(Kochi,2017)

7:00-9:00 Party:SennenWashokuGINJIROMatsuyama-Nibancho3-7-15:4000yen(Nomihodai)

千年和食銀次郎 松山市二番3-7-15

ParallelPresentationSessionsRoomM23LauraKawaguchi(EhimeUniversity,FacultyofEducationFuzokuElementarySchool)Title:ProjectScarecrow3:00-3:30–Elementaryschool;InternationalexchangeEhimeUniversityFacultyofEducationFuzokuElementarySchoolandStAndrewsofAustraliahaveenjoyedaninternationalexchangerelationshipsince2009.LettersandSkypesessionsbetweenFuzoku’sInternationalStudiesstudentsandStAndrews’Japaneselanguagelearnersarestandardexercises,andincreasinglyinventiveactivitieshavebeendevised,suchasparticipationinaruralcommunity’sannualscarecrowcontest.Studentsinbothschoolslearnedaboutscarecrowsandnamesofbodypartsintheirtargetlanguages,designedtheirownscarecrows,andpresentedthemtotheirpeers.Awinningdesignfromeachschoolwaschosenandscarecrowscreatedfromthemwereenteredintothecontest.Theconceptofthisinternationalexchangeofdesign,friendship,andcooperationevolvedfromthepresenter’sdesiretobeoutdoorsandinvolvedinartisticpursuitstocounterthepressuresofworkinginJapan.Thesatisfyingprocessofplanning,designing,execution,andoutcomesofthisprojectwillbesharedinthispresentation.RoomM24MichaelSharpe(KochiUniversity,InternationalEducationProgram)Title:TextmodificationpracticesinEFLreadingmaterials3:00-3:30-All;L2Reading/MaterialsdevelopmentThispresentationwillfirstexaminetwomodificationpractices-simplificationandelaboration-thatarecommonlyusedtoimprovecomprehensibilityofEFLreadingtexts.Bothpracticesareconsideredfromtheoretical,pragmaticandpedagogicalstandpoints,andacomparisonmadeoftheirrelativemerits/demerits.InthesecondpartofthepresentationIwilllookatthedigitalanalysistools(readabilityindices,wordprofilers)thatmaterialsdevelopersusetomodifytexts,andreportonarecentcross-comparativestudyontheconsistencyofbasictextstatisticsandreadabilityestimatesthatcanbegeneratedusingthesetools.ThepresentationwillbeofinteresttoL2materialsdevelopers,teachersandwriterswhoproduceorselecttextsforstudents,andthosewhoincorporateextensivereadingprogramsintheircurricula.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------RoomM23PhilipHead(UniversityofKochi)Title:Theeffectoftopicselectionontimedwritingfluency3:30-4:00–Highschool;WritingTherehavebeenmanystudiesexaminingtheeffectoftopicselection(teacherselected(TS)versusstudentselected(SS)topics)onwritingfluency.Howeverpreviousresearchhasfocusedonuniversitystudentsoverthecourseofasinglesemester.Thisstudyexaminesthewritingfluency(asmeasuredusingCarroll’slexicaldensity)offirstyearJapanesehighschoolstudentscompletingweeklytimedfree-writingactivitiesoverthecourseofayear.Atthebeginningoftheyear,nosignificantdifferencewasdetectedbetweenthefluencyscoresforTSandSStopics.However,attheendoftheyearTStopicshadasignificantlyhigherscorethanSStopicwriting.Also,theaveragefluencyscoresignificantlyincreasedbetweenthefirstandthirdsemesters.Inaddition,therewasnosignificantdifferenceinscoreswhenstudentsknewthattheirspellingandgrammarwouldbecorrectedbytheteacher.RoomM24IanBrown(MatsuyamaUniversity)andTimKnight(ShirayuriUniversity,Tokyo)Title:MoxtratheMagicMobileapp3:30-4:00-All;CALLandMALL(MobileAssistedLanguageLearning)ThispresentationwillintroducethefreeapplicationMoxtrathatallowsstudentstoelectronicallysubmit,shareandcommenton,textassignments,voicerecordings,videosorotherpresentations.Teachersareabletocollectstudents’workandgivewrittenorspokenfeedbackeitherforfinalevaluationsorforprogressforresubmission.Itcanbeusedaseasilyonmobiledevices,suchassmartphones,asoncomputers,allowinguseinregularclassroomswithoutCALLequipmentorforhomework.Userscanaddvoicethroughadevice’smicrophonetoonlineslideshowswithpictures,documentsand/orvideo.Allassignmentscanbeshareddirectlythroughtheapp,orviaanemailorwebsitelink.Viewerscanleaveaudioortextcomments.Studentscanworkindividuallytocreateportfoliosorcollaborativelyingroupassignments.Ittrulyistheidealmagictoolforteacherstransformingandenhancingmanydifferentteachingopportunitiesinonesimple-to-useapplication.Notes:

ParallelPresentationSessionsRoomM23RonMurphy(EhimeUniversity)Title:RaisingAccountabilityLevelsinGradedReadingEnvironments4:15-4:45–University;ReadingAkeyfactorforteacherswhoassigngradedreadingintheircoursesisstudentaccountability.Theywanttoknowthatstudentshavereadandunderstoodtheirchosenorassignedbook.Buthaveteachersheldthemselvesaccountableinthisprocess?Havetheytakenstepstopreparetheirstudentstomaximizethepotentialbenefitsthatgradedreaderuseoffers?Anddoteachersconsiderthevarioustools,freelyorotherwiseavailable,forlevel-checking,tracking,assessmentandotheraspectsofgradedreaderuse?ThispresentationreportsonthefindingsofatrialstudyusingtheXReadingsystem,aswellasreadinghabitsdatacollectedinaseparatestudy.Thefindingsrevealsomestartlingreadinghabitsofstudentsandtheconsequencesofaninadequateframeworkforstudentstoperformwithin.Thepresentationwillsuggestwaysthatteacherscanholdthemselvesandtheirstudentstoahigherlevelofaccountabilitythantheymighthaveotherwise.RoomM24BruceLander(MatsuyamaUniversity)Title:LearningVocabularywithQuizlet:AQualitativeDataAnalysisOutcome4:15-4:45-University;VocabularyThankstotheincreasingpopularityofQuizlet,apopulare-learning,digital-flashcardtool,manyemergingeducationalprogrammesareprovidinglinkstolearnvocabularyinnewinnovativeways.Therearemanydigitalflashcardtoolsavailabletoday,butbyfartheeasiesttouseandmostpopularbynumberisQuizlet.Thisshortpresentationwillintroduceanempiricalstudyconductedover2yearswith818studentsinanintroductoryTOEICclass.QualitativedataobtainedwillbeintroducedtosuggestacollectiveopinionofthisgrouptowardsusingQuizlettolearnvocabulary.ResultsindicatearesoundingpositivewiththevastmajorityinfavouroflearningwithQuizlet.Thispresentationwillbeofinteresttoanyoneplanningtouse,orwithpreviousexperienceinusingQuizletorotherflashcardtoolsintheirteachingrepertoire.Alternativelyifyouareinterestedinqualitativedataanalysisthisalsomaybeofinterest.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------RoomM23GordonBateson(KochiUniversityofTechnology)Title:GamifyingaReadingCourse:Why?How?4:45-5:15–University;Reading,CourseDesign,CALLThispresentationwillexaminetheuseofgamificationtechniquestooverhaulauniversityreadingcourse.Thecoursewasoriginallybasedonatextbookthathadprovedunpopularwithteachersandstudentsalike.AreplacementcoursewasdevisedcenteredonmaterialsmadeavailableviatheMoodlelearningmanagementsystem(LMS).Thenewcourseincorporatesseveralgamificationfeatures.Firstly,thegradesforindividualactivitiesaredisplayedonthecoursepage,sothatstudentscanseehowfartheyhaveprogressedthroughthecourse.Secondly,thegradecategoriesfromthegradebookarealsodisplayedonthecoursepage,sothatstudentscanseehowfinalgradeisprogressing.Finally,theextensivereadingprogramisadministeredviatheReadermoduleinwhichstudentsaccumulatebookcoversastrophiesastheyworktowardtheirreadinggoal.Thecoursewillbedemonstratedalongwithfeedbackfromthestudentsabouttheirimpressionsofthecourse.RoomM24HarryCarley(MatsuyamaUniversity,SaibiSeniorHighSchool)Title:CriticalThinkingforJapaneseSeniorHighStudents4:45-5:15–University,HighSchool;CriticalThinking,CulturalAwareness,CALL,EducationTechnologyTheInternethasaffordedanexcellentopportunityforstudentstobecomefamiliarwithnewseventsthataffecttheworldtheylivein.Forseniorhighschoolstudentstheaccessionintotheadultworldmayonlybeoneortwoyearsaway.CurrentlyagroupofstudentsinaJapaneseinternationalstudyprogramareabletotakeanelectiveclassthatintroducescurrentnewsissuesforreviewinJapanesealongwiththeircenterofstudy,English.TheJapanesetelevisionbroadcaster,NHKhasteamedwiththeAmericanbroadcasterCNNtoallowshortnewstopicsofroughly5minutestobeviewedinJapaneseandEnglish.InthismannerJapanesestudentsareabletofullyunderstandthetopic,learnnewEnglishvocabulary,andpracticethewordsandphrases.NativeEnglishandJapaneseteachersarepresenttohelpguidethestudentsinfurtherdiscussion,orexpandthetopictootherissues.Notes:

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EhimeUniversity-Johoku(城北)Campus,MuseBuildingM23/M24,2ndfloor

(M215isalsoreservedforrestandrelaxation)

EhimeUniversityatthemaingate

Address:JohokuCampus,3Bunkyo-cho,Matsuyama,Ehime-ken(愛媛県松山市文京町3)

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DINNER PARTY Date: June 18th (Sat.) After the Shikoku JALT

19:00 (Please come by 18:50)

Place: Sennen-Washoku GINJIRO 千年和食 銀次郎

3-7-15, Nibancho, Matsuyama, Ehime

TEL: 050-5265-5034

(About ten minutes on foot from University)

Fee: 4,000 yen (Nomihodai)

Party information:

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JALT2016ConferenceInfo:

42ndAnnualInternationalConferenceonLanguageTeachingandLearning&EducationalMaterialsExhibition

Aichi Industry & Labor Center – WINC Aichi, Nagoya, JapanNovember 25th - 28th, 2016

JoinJALThere:http://jalt.org/main/membership

ConferenceCo-Chairs:DarrenLingleyandMikeDelve

MatsuyamaJALTOfficers:KiyoshiShioiri(ChapterPresident)-kshioiri@opal.ocn.ne.jpYumikoKawabata(MembershipChair)-yumiko-kawa1700@gem.e-catv.ne.jpJunkoYamamoto(PublicityChair)-juyama@cc.matsuyama-u.ac.jpLukeDraper(ProgramChair)-Luke.draper@yahoo.co.ukJaeheeRyu(Treasurer)-treasurer.matsuyama@gmail.com*MikeDelve(OutgoingProgramChair)-mikedelve@gmail.com

EastShikokuJALTOfficers:PaulDaniels,KochiUniversityofTechnology(President)daniels.paul@kochi-tech.ac.jpGordonBateson,KochiUniversityofTechnology(MembershipChair)bateson.gordon@kochi-tech.ac.jpTakahiroIoroi,UniversityofKochi(Publicity)ioroi@el.u-kochi.ac.jpDarrenLingley,KochiUniversity(Treasurer)lingley@kochi-u.ac.jp(080-5661-6158)SeanBurgoine,KochiUniversity(ProgramChair)seanburgoine@gmail.comGerryMcCrohan,KagawaUniversity(KagawaPrefecturalRepresentative)mccrohan@cc.kagawa-u.ac.jp