{"id":313,"date":"2016-11-30T12:44:13","date_gmt":"2016-11-30T12:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jameslab.edublogs.org\/?p=313"},"modified":"2025-04-14T15:19:54","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T06:19:54","slug":"mid-term-presentations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/logos.edu.iwate-u.ac.jp\/jhoffice\/mid-term-presentations\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 Mid-term presentations"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_319\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-319\" style=\"width: 584px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jameslab.edublogs.org\/files\/2016\/11\/P_20161130_162905_vHDR_Auto-COLLAGE-13ke2ya.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-319\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-319 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/jameslab.edublogs.org\/files\/2016\/11\/P_20161130_162905_vHDR_Auto-COLLAGE-13ke2ya-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Our seven presenters and audience\" width=\"584\" height=\"584\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-319\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our seven presenters and audience<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>(1) Penelope:<\/strong> Teaching Speaking Skills in the Active Learning Classroom<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q:<\/strong> Do high level students use different strategies with students at lower levels?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Y sensei&#8217;s advise<\/strong> is to describe the conversation partners of the students who were recorded.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(2) F<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">u<\/span>ka:<\/strong> A Study on the Foreign Language Activity in Japanese Elementary School: How should &#8220;CULTURE&#8221; be Treated at the time of Globalization?<\/p>\n<p>Key points<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u5c0f\u5b66\u6821\uff1a4\u5272\u304c\u82e6\u624b\u610f\u8b58<\/li>\n<li>\u4e2d\u5b66\u751f\uff1a\u300c\u306a\u305c\u82f1\u8a9e\u3092\u5b66\u3076\u304b\uff1f\u300d<\/li>\n<li>Global: \u7d4c\u6e08\u3001\u6587\u5316\u3001\u74b0\u5883\u3001\u653f\u6cbb<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>James&#8217; advise:<\/strong> Support your opinions<\/p>\n<p><strong>(3) Cinderella: <\/strong>Using English Diaries as a Means to Understand Students and Improve Their Writing Skills<\/p>\n<p><strong>Big Finding: <\/strong>English diaries might have encouraged student interaction between students and the teacher.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Y sensei&#8217;s advise:<\/strong> Think of the meaning of &#8220;Diary.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>(4) Superwoman: <\/strong>A Study of University Students&#8217; Attitudes towards English Pronunciation and Their Pronunciation Instruction at High School<\/p>\n<p><strong>Highlight: &#8220;<\/strong>I want hot coffee!&#8221; All English Department students want native-like pronunciation but feel anxious when they speak English.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(5) Rocky: <\/strong>&#8220;A Comparison of the Primary School English Curricula in China, Korea, and Japan&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Highlight: <\/strong>The goals of the countries do not change so much but contents are quite different.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q:<\/strong> What do you want to achieve from the findings?<\/p>\n<p><strong>A: <\/strong>From the findings we can learn the reasons for the characteristics of the different curricula and search for ways to improve them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(6) Ishigu: <\/strong>&#8220;Current Japanese English Education for Global Competence and a Look to the Future&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Highlight: <\/strong>NNS outnumber NS 1.4 billion to 300 million!<\/p>\n<p>Ishigu wants to research the core part of each country&#8217;s research.<\/p>\n<p>Blending:<\/p>\n<p><strong>(7) Honda-san: <\/strong>A comparative Study on the Posters of Japanese Films and English Films<\/p>\n<p><strong>Highlight: <\/strong>In Japanese they tend to leave out the &#8220;I,&#8221; for example \uff08\u79c1\u306f\uff09\u5b09\u3057\u3044\u3067\u3059. 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