Bilingualism for Language Teaching:30 Years of Reflections

Steve McCartyProfessor, Osaka Jogakuin College and University

JALT Matsuyama Chapter 30 th Anniversary Meeting12 January 2014

30th Anniversary of the JALT Chapter founding Activities in Matsuyama and later international family Reflections on scanned Chapter documents from 1984

Founding philosophy: bilingual, community service Audience reflections / questions on Chapter history

How Bilingualism Informs Language Teaching A developmental bilingual perspective Meanings of the word “Bilingualism” Levels of Bilingualism – in daily life and academically Types of Language Acquisition – informed by bilingualism Conclusion – how bilingualism informs language teaching Audience comments / questions

Presentation Outline

1984 in Matsuyama

available at http://www.waoe.org/steve/haiku.html

Married in 1988

Kiley = 海里 (25 on 1/29/14) Nikki = 新輝 (22 on 1/21/14)

Grandparents in NagoyaNowadays: our mailbox

Matsuyama Chapter founding in 1984:Some scanned documents

First bilingual meeting notices in JALT history

Chapter officers and events

Chapter meetings

A justifiable reprinting on the open Web of articles published

JALT 10th Anniversary collection of papers in Japanese - 1985

A justifiable reprinting on the open Web of articles published

A justifiable reprinting on the open Web of articles published

Your reflections, comments or questionson Matsuyama Chapter history?

Various meanings of the word “Bilingualism”

Four Levels of Bilingualism in daily life plus an academic or Disciplinary Level

Taxonomy of Bilingualism

Disciplinary Level of Bilingualism

Types of Language Acquisition from a bilingual perspective

Conclusions on how bilingualism informs language teaching

Questions or Comments?For further info see the author’s

bilingual Website of publications:http://www.waoe.org/steve/epublist.html

or in Japanese:http://www.waoe.org/steve/jpublist.html

Thank you!