Date:
October 2009
PAC7 at JALT2008 Proceedings
Contents Listing
Here are the articles available in the PAC7 at JALT2008 Conference Proceedings. They have been divided into 9 categories as listed below. Clicking the title will take you to the PDF file for that article.
| Issues in the profession | The learner | The language | Approaches to instruction |
| Teaching with technology | Of global importance for learners and teachers | Reading and writing |
| Testing and evaluation | Teaching languages other than English |
PAC7 at JALT2008 Plenary Speaker article
- Myth and reality in foreign language education for young learners
—Yuko Goto Butler, PAC7 at JALT2008 Plenary Speaker
PAC7 at JALT2008 Featured Speaker article
- Developing intercultural competence: Expanding the goal of foreign language education
—Alvino E. Fantini, PAC7 at JALT2008 Featured Speaker
Issues in the profession
- A case of an equal role-sharing relationship in team teaching
—Kyoko Miyazato - Asian based teacher development
—Hector Luk Gerald Williams Jonathan Aliponga Midori Sasaki Keiko Yoshida - Collaboration as the new Professional Development
—Mark deBoer Steven Herder - Collaborative Action Research for Teacher Learning
—Nancy Mutoh Kazuyoshi Sato Aki Hakamada Hiromi Tsuji Seiji Shintani - Conventions and writing styles of RIREKISHO (Japanese resumes)
— - Encouraging Teaching-Practice Learning-Communities
—Sakae Onoda Yosuke Chiba Mayumi Shibata Tim Murphey - Evaluation in the Curriculum Development Process
—Brent Jones Martin Weatherby - Japanese public junior high school policy and reality
—Douglas Rapley - Managing the collaborative curriculum
—Ben Fenton-Smith - Part-time Teachers Developing their Coordinators
—Brad Deacon Graham Taylor - Shogakko English learning Environments: ALT role
—Kaori Nakao - Taiwanese English teachers' perception of and attitude toward NESTs
—Li-Yi Wang - Trends in Willingness to Communicate Research
—Christopher Weaver - Utilizing Statistics in Research: A Case Study
—Josh Norman
The learner
- A Change of Heart: Motivation and Studying Abroad
—Douglas Meyer - A Study of Foreign Accent in EFL Speech
—Huei-Chun Teng - Analysis of elementary school students' motivation
—Ron Martin - EFL Students' Educational Preferences in Korea and Japan
—James Life Joseph Falout Tim Murphey - FL Anxiety Studies of Japanese EFL Learners: A Critical Review
—Tomoyuki Kawashima - Helping students bring about a revolution in their out-of-class learning
—Takeshi Ishikawa - Helping students repack for remotivation and agency
—Christopher Carpenter Joseph Falout Tetsuya Fukuda Maria Trovela Tim Murphey - Japanese University Students' Awareness of Learning English Outside of Class
—Howard Doyle - Motivating non-English majors in English classes
—Paul Moritoshi - Motivation, learning style, and foreign language anxiety
—Junko Carreira Matsuzaki - Personality and Study Abroad Success
—Omar Karlin Megumi Nishikawa - Scaffolding: Looking Through Learners' Eyes
—Ellen Head Amanda Bradley Naoko Harada Hideo Kojima Kayo Ozawa Etsuko Shimo Alison Stewart - Statistical analyses of imagined communities
—Yoshifumi Fukada - The Teacher's Role in Learner Autonomy
—Alice Lee
The language
- Justifications for teaching irony in the language classroom
—Steven Pattison - Linguistic Strategies In Discourse About Russia
— - Part-of-speech shift in English loanword adoption
—Kayoko Ishikawa Brian Rubrecht
Approaches to instruction
- Benefits of Outdoor Education for second/foreign language learning
—Kevin Mueller - Bridging the Language Learning Expectation Breach: Learning Contracts
—luke fryer Christine Kuramoto - Cohesion: Interweaving Threads in the Classroom
—Steven Paydon - Conceptual and Lexical Buildup in Strategic Oral Production
—Chiaki Iwai - Content-Based Instruction: A Tale with Two Flavors
—Stephen Shucart Mamoru Takahashi - Conversational Storytelling in the Classroom
— - Counterbalance hypothesis: practical or impractical in the classroom?
—Julia Kawamoto Chiaki Iwai - Desperate Housewives in an EFL classroom
—Sybil Armstrong - Discussing the Leader Method
—Liz Wade - English Intensive Immersion Programmes - Design and Management Considerations
—Te Mana Potaka-Dewes Steve Paydon Forrest Nelson - Enhancing business language skills through editorial reading: A genre analysis approach
—Ai-Ying Yang Li-yu Chen - Explicit instruction of the narrative genre
—Steven Taro Suzuki - Facilitating noticing through transcription
—Dirk MacKenzie - Form-focused instruction (FFI) and its effect on student learning
—Kazuyoshi Sato Reiko Iwai Mie Kato Miwako Kushiro - Forming a Framework & Language Portfolio SIG
—Fergus O'Dwyer Alexander Imig Bernd Jacob Noriko Nagai Naoyuki Naganuma - Freshmen Academic Skills and Teacher Collaboration
—Evelyn Naoumi Manami Suzuki - Genre-based approach to teaching acadamic writing
—Napasup Lerdpreedakorn - I can do Canada: SCL and Student Autonomy
—William Baber - Implementing curriculum change: A bottom-up approach
—Tanya McCarthy - Input flooding and learner performance of focused tasks
—Jeremy Boston - Interactive Feedback in the PUT! Tutorial
—Troy Miller - Learning centers in large, multi-level university EFL classes
—Jean-Pierre Chretien Ellen Scattergood - Literature Circles for Critical Thinking in Global Issues Classes
—Howard Brown - Making the most use of one feature film
—Akiko Kondo - Measuring Involvement Load -'Evaluation'
—Matthew Walsh - Negotiating a contract of sale for low-level English proficiency students
—Alan Stoke - Preschool EFL: From songs, to games, to crafts
—Elizabeth Yoshikawa - Pronunciation Incorporated: Incorporating Pronunciation Practice into Speaking Courses
—Donald Cherry - Proper Prior Planning Prevents Pitiful Projects
—John Rucynski, Jr. Todd Rucynski - Re-thinking pragmatics for the classroom
—Neil Murray - Student Projects, World Englishes and Attitudes
—Ivan Brown - Teach To Reach: Multi Sensory Interactive Teaching
—Kate Cope Stephen Cope - Teaching Momotaro to children using English
—Chizuko Aiba Machiko Fujiwara Brian Byrd - Teaching Pragmatics for Test Preparation
—Jill Murray - The Benefits of Total Dictations in the Writing Classroom
—Peter Hoare Paul Tanner - The L1 in the L2 classroom : University EFL teacher perceptions
—Brian McMillan Damian Rivers Tony Cripps
Teaching with technology
- CALL effect on time outside class practicing English
—Danny Minn - Customizing reading texts using software
—Mark Alberding - Game consoles for English
—Danford Chun Ian Robinson - Global issues �EOnline and face-to-face discussion
—Jennifer Claro - Implementing a Student Management System
—Malcolm Swanson Paul Collett - Online English practice for Japanese University students: Assessing Chatbots
—Luke Fryer Kaori Nakao - Pocket CALL: No Cost and Little Preparation
—Sharif Mebed - Portable applications � authenticity on a stick?
—Myles Grogan - Student Perceptions on the Use of Blogs in a Writing Course
—Adam Murray - Teaching High Frequency Vocabulary Online
—Keiko Mori Joseph Poulshock Frank Tuzi - The utility of shadowing
—Nicholas Bovee Jeffrey Stewart - Virtual Language Labs: A Four Year Curriculum and Implementation Process
—Mike McKay - Wikis in hybrid classes as instruments for language learning opportunities
—Peter Longcope
Of global importance for learners and teachers
- Conversation with art using multiple intelligences
—Yoko Munezane - El uso de la literatura en la clase de LE/L2
—Maria del Mar Jorge de Sande - English only in a three-week study abroad program
—Izumi Kanzaka - First year teachers' self-efficacy beliefs
—Quint Oga-Baldwin - GILE SIG form: Sharing ideas, lessons, and resources
—Tim Grose Robert Taferner Naoko Harada Brian Cullen George Higginbotham - Japanese pre-service teachers' attitudes toward ALTs
—Miki Shibata - Personality as a factor in bilingual development
—York Weatherford - Some psycho-social factors in bilingual education
—Kazuko Okazaki-Luff - Student ideas about classroom democracy
—Eric Hauser - Teaching Islamic culture in English writing classes
—Yuko Itoi Masae Inose
Reading and writing
- An online system for assessing extensive reading
—Mark Brierley Tomonori Wakasugi Hiroki Sato - Can students jump to bridge the vocabulary gap?
—Toru Otsuka - Checking the 'native check'
—Ian Willey Kimie Tanimoto - Cooperative Learning for Argumentative Writing
—Ching-ya Chiu Shu-chuan Chung Feng-cheng Chiang - Effective Writing and Responding Online
—Frank Tuzi Michael Lynn - Effects of Text Structures on Children's Reading Comprehension
—Feng-lan Kuo Heien-kun Chiang - Folge unzulänglichen Schrifterwerbs: Beispiel DaF-Unterricht in Japan
—Elke Hayashi-Mähner - Methods of Simplication in a Graded Reader
—Martin Hawkes - Peer Collaboration within the EFL Writing Context in Japan
—Robert Taferner - Peer Teaching in Skills-Based Reading Courses
—Raymond Wong Rob Higgins - Phonics as gateway: EFL reading in primary school
—Cadmus Kyrala - Promoting teacher and student involvement through writing portfolios
—John Howrey Paul Tanner - Revisiting the extensive reading effect on TOEFL scores
—David Williams - Sentence Combining for Japanese University Students
—Mami Ishikawa - The bidirectional role of lexis in extensive reading
—Jennie Kern - The pleasures and pains of extensive reading
—Minami Kanda - Transferability of L1/L2 writing competence
—Carol Rinnert Hiroe Kobayashi - Two contrasting approaches to Extensive Reading
—Rory Rosszell Dale Brown
Testing and evaluation
- Investigating Multiple-choice Discourse Completion Tasks on Japan's Center Exam
—Eric Setoguchi - Measuring learner autonomy: A pilot study
—Fumiko Murase - Monolingual and bilingual versions of the vocabulary size test: comparisons
—Jeffrey Stewart - The Influence of Task Structure on Oral Accuracy
—Heien-kun Chiang Feng-lan Kuo Hui-jun Chen
Teaching languages other than English
- A1- Sprechziele im nachhinein erfüllt
—Rudolf Reinelt - Access to Japanese Mimetic Words
—Mio Maeda - Analytic/Experiential Concept-Based Materials for Teaching Italian at Japanese Universities
—Chiara Zamborlin Ruki Mizuno - Co-construction of JSL roleplays
—Junji Izumi - Composition of German and Japanese Email Requests
—Axel Harting - Japanese-English child-rearing practices in Australia
— - Motivación y enseñanza de español en Japón.
—Bernardo Astigueta - Procesos cognitivos y estrategias en el aprendizaje de lenguas extranjeras
—Margarita Foster Tadashi Hirata