{"id":3980,"date":"2026-04-17T16:42:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T07:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/logos.edu.iwate-u.ac.jp\/jhoffice\/?p=3980"},"modified":"2026-04-24T17:23:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T08:23:27","slug":"graduate-school-2026-2028","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/logos.edu.iwate-u.ac.jp\/jhoffice\/graduate-school-2026-2028\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate School 2026 &#8211; 2028"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Planning our way forward<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">James&#8217; Research<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Mentoring student teachers in how to do focus on form instruction<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Are skills and knowledge developed in teaching abroad programs transferable?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Using focus on form in my own instruction<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Exploratory practice (Teachers and students research how to improve teaching and learning together)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Hiroki&#8217;s Research Interests<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">CLIL: Not only using English for entrance exams but also as a tool &#8220;to have fun, for hobbies, or for enjoyment\/ personal leisure&#8221; 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spontaneous interaction skills<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Can students&#8217; speaking level (fluency) be enhanced through interacting after listening and reading about a topic?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Big Days\/ Schedule<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">May 1: Fuzoku JHS<br>May 8: (Monday)<br><strong>May 15: Seminar<\/strong> (Focus on form practice lesson, Yuiko)<br><strong>May 22: Seminar <\/strong>(Possibly Wakana and Yuichiro introducing their pre-test\/ post test)<br>May 23: Lecture by Dr. Shintani on Focus on Form, 13:30 &#8211; 15:00<br>May 29: Fuzoku JHS Open class<br><strong>June 5: Seminar<\/strong> (Eunice decides research question and research instruments)<br>June 12: Yuiko does her focus on form lesson in the morning at Fuzoku JHS<br>June 19: Fuzoku ES Open School<br><strong>June 26: Seminar<\/strong> (Hiroki discusses CLIL with us)<br>July 3: Keynote address to HS teachers<br><strong>July 10: Seminar<\/strong> <br><strong>July 17: Seminar<\/strong><br>July 24: James in Aomori for a talk<br><strong>July 31: Seminar, Wakana and Yuichiro Practice<\/strong>, James and Yuiko practice for Okayama<br>August 7: Wakana and Yuichiro Mid-term presentation<br>August 22 &#8211; 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