{"id":230,"date":"2016-07-14T06:00:33","date_gmt":"2016-07-14T06:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jameslab.edublogs.org\/?p=230"},"modified":"2016-07-14T06:00:33","modified_gmt":"2016-07-14T06:00:33","slug":"july-7-2016-graduate-seminar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/logos.edu.iwate-u.ac.jp\/jhoffice\/july-7-2016-graduate-seminar\/","title":{"rendered":"July 7, 2016 Graduate Seminar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Teddy&#8217;s outline:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Literature Review:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Situation of English teaching in Japan<\/li>\n<li>JHS English in Iwate<\/li>\n<li>Discussion of EE system in Japan<\/li>\n<li>The Eiken Exam<\/li>\n<li>The Iwate JHS textbook<\/li>\n<li>Possible theories: testing, reading ability, vocabulary ability, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>RQ: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Can JHS textbooks prepare students to take the HS entrance exam and third level Eiken?\n<ol>\n<li>What is the lexical composition of vocabulary for text in the tests and textbooks?<\/li>\n<li>What is the nature of writing tasks in the textbook and tests?<\/li>\n<li>(There are many small questions you will need to ask and answer to provide an answer to the main research question)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>How does the (vocabulary size, reading difficulty, question types)\u00a0 of third level eiken compare with that of high school entrance examination&#8217;s ?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Methodology<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(You can talk about how you will answer the big research question. This includes the smaller questions and how you will answer them)<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Explain tools of analysis<\/li>\n<li>Explain how the textbooks and tests will be compared<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Findings<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Comparing the textbook and Eiken<\/li>\n<li>Comparing the textbook and HS entrance exam<\/li>\n<li>Comparing HS Entrance exam and Eiken<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Discussion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>To Do: <\/strong>Look at the tests and the textbook and think about criteria for comparison. The criteria you want to use will need to be supported by theory in your literature review.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Wanda<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Observation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He considers his observation grounded theory. He has not participated, he plays a small part. 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