12th Annual Shikoku JALT Conference (Online; Zoom) Date: Saturday, June 19, 2021 (12:00-6:00) Venue: (Online Conference; Zoom) Sponsors: Matsuyama JALT, East Shikoku JALT, Oxford University Press East Shikoku JALT - http://esjalt.org Matsuyama JALT: https://sites.google.com/view/matsuyamajalt/ JALT Members and students: free One-Day Member Fee: 1000 yen

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12th Annual Shikoku JALT Conference

Saturday, June 19, 2021 (12:00-6:00) Online Conference; Zoom

Conference Schedule: 12:00 – 12:50: Meet and Greet in Zoom; Presenter Preparation; Zoom Room Explanation (Zoom Room 1) 12:50-1:00: Conference Opening (Gordon Bateson, Kochi University of Technology) 1:00-2:00 Zoom Room 1

Oxford University Press Featured Speaker: Scott Douglas (Okanagan School of Education, University of British Columbia, Canada)

Content and Context: Growing Language Skills with Vocabulary Teaching and Learning Vocabulary knowledge is vital for developing learners’ overall English language proficiency. In this presentation, we’ll have a look at the importance of vocabulary and some of the lexical thresholds that facilitate understanding and use across the four skills of reading, writing, listening, and speaking. We’ll then explore activities within a five-stage vocabulary teaching and learning cycle. In particular, we will review templates for designing lexical input and tasks for showcasing lexical output. Examples from the new Q: Skills for Success 3e (Oxford University Press) illustrate these points. 2:00-2:15 Short break 2:15-3:15 Zoom Room 1

Keynote Speaker: David Barker (Director, Gifu University English Center, Japan)

Mind the Gap: Fantasy vs. Reality in Language Education For people who want to excel in any field, picturing success is the first step on the road to achieving it. To be effective, however, the visions that we create need to be tempered by realism and a thorough understanding of the nature of the challenge we face. Nothing is more likely to demotivate than the pursuit of pie-in-the-sky goals in unrealistic time frames with insufficient resources. In this session, I will examine some of the gaps between fantasy and reality that affect each of the principal stakeholders in language education, namely teachers, students, and administrators. I will also discuss how what we know about language learning and education can keep us grounded and help us to develop realistic goals that are more likely to lead to positive outcomes for everyone.

3:15-3:30 3:15-3:30

Parallel presentation sessions:

Zoom Room 1 Zoom Room 2 3:30-3:55 Aya Yamasaki Gregory Chindemi 4:00-4:25 Sean Burgoine Eleanor Carson, Julia Kawamoto, Ian Willey 4:30-4:55 Adam Brod Michelangelo Magasic 5:00- Conference Closing (Gordon Bateson) ******************************************************************************************** 5:00-5:30 Steering committee meeting: 13th Shikoku JALT Conference (Venue TBA, 2022) 5:30 - Otsukare Toast/Online Zoom Nomikai

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Parallel Presentation Sessions (3:30-3:55) Zoom Meeting Room 1 Aya Yamasaki (Kochi University of Technology) Title: Implementing English Central in a Presentation Class: A Pilot Study 3:30-3:55 – University/Technical College; CALL, Speaking, Pronunciation, Motivation Speaking and presentation skills are becoming increasingly important in the competitive job-hunting environment that Japanese graduates are facing. Government, business and educational sectors are exploring innovative approaches to improve Japanese students’ oral communication skills. However, opportunities for Japanese students to interact in English are limited. This presentation will introduce a presentation class, with seven graduate students and one undergraduate student, that offered extensive in-class speaking opportunities including pronunciation and presentation skills. To foster students speaking skills, English Central (EC), an online language learning app, was introduced as an out-of-class assignment. Two sets of 25-minute EC speaking sessions were assigned each week. At the beginning and end of the course, the students took an online speaking test via EC to assess their speaking abilities. The results of the pre and post speaking tests revealed that the students’ speaking abilities improved over the course of the semester, including pronunciation and listening skills. * Bilingual presentation (Presenter will use both English and Japanese) Zoom Meeting Room 2 Gregory Chindemi (Chugoku Gakuen University) Title: Edu-tainors: A Discourse on Trained and Untrained Foreign Teachers in Japan 3:30-3:55 – University/High School; TESOL, TEFL, Education Whether it be Assistant Language Teacher, Native Teacher of English, or an educator in upper academia, at all levels of education in Japan, foreigners play a role in the Japanese classroom. However, many foreigners, unlike their qualified Japanese co-workers, do not have a background in education or an official teaching license that allows them to instruct young people. In my research, I am looking at the qualifications of various sectors of Japanese education, and exploring the concept of what makes a "good teacher". What role do qualifications play in teacher efficacy, if any, and are unqualified teachers doing more harm than good in the classroom?

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Parallel Presentation Sessions (4:00-4:25) Zoom Meeting Room 1 Sean Burgoine (Kochi University) Title: Improving Public Speaking Skills: Mirroring in the EFL Classroom 4:00-4:25 - University; Pronunciation; Public Communication Presentations in English are a fundamental aspect of many language classes and provide the presenter with a structured means of conveying research or information. Personal classroom experience has shown, however, that while students are competent with organizing content and creating graphics in the form of PowerPoint slides, delivery is often lacking. The reasons for this may be cultural, or that students lack confidence working in their second language. To address this situation a technique called “mirroring” was introduced into an English Public Communication class at Kochi University. Although the technique was originally created to develop the pronunciation skills of L2 English speakers, this presentation will outline how it was successfully adapted to improve the verbal and non-verbal public speaking skills of Japanese university level students working in English. Zoom Meeting Room 2 Eleanor Carson (Matsuyama University) Julia Kawamoto (Ehime University) Ian Willey (Kagawa University) Title: Does Distance Learning Affect Teachers’ Medium of Instruction? 4:00-4:25 - University; Teacher Development University English instructors differ in their beliefs about how much, and for what purposes, they should use their students’ language (L1, or Japanese) and English (L2) in class. What happens, then, to instructors’ medium of instruction (MOI) when classes move online? To find out, we conducted a survey using online questionnaires and interviews of English instructors at three universities in Shikoku. Questions concerned instructors’ perceived L1/L2 use on learning management systems (e.g., Moodle) and interactive systems (e.g., Zoom). Responders (n=58) included 30 Japanese and 28 non-Japanese instructors. Non-Japanese instructors reported a significantly greater increase in Japanese than Japanese instructors, but changes in English use were nonsignificant. Japanese was used by all teachers to help students with problems on learning management systems. Surprisingly, both groups reported greater use of their own L2 on Zoom. Interviews revealed that technology can both frustrate and provide new options for English instructors’ MOI use.

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Parallel Presentation Sessions (4:30-4:55) Zoom Meeting Room 1 Adam Brod (Notre Dame Seishin University) Title: Using Corpora in English Language Teaching: A Teacher's Experience 4:30-4:55 – University/High School and JHS School; Corpus Linguistics and ELT This paper recounts the process of using corpus data from on-line corpora (COCA and Google n-gram viewer) to answer questions asked by high school and middle school students of English in Japan as well as English teachers who are Japanese. My own successes and challenges in these experiences can provide insights for other English language teachers to use corpora and data driven learning as a practical tool with their students. Zoom Meeting Room 2 Michelangelo Magasic (Kochi University of Technology) Title: Toward Flowing Conversations in English 4:30-4:55 – University; Speaking, Oral Communication Research has reported that secondary and tertiary level Japanese students have more difficulty with oral communication relative to other English language skills. Implicit in this scenario is the issue of implementing speaking activities that engage and challenge students from a language viewpoint, yet which are approachable and valuable in relation to speaking practice. Drawing on Csíkszentmihályi’s well-known concept of “flow”, this presentation introduces a two-sided model for speaking tasks which utilises both hard (communication practices) and soft (classroom strategies) skills. Hard skills include speaking competencies such as follow-up questions that aim to reduce perceived difficulties for communicating orally, while soft skills such as turn-taking and using note paper frame tasks in a way that supports student comfort and engagement. Focusing on the activity of conversation in particular, novel ways for building speaking participation and confidence are presented.

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Presenter Bio Statements: Scott Douglas, OUP Featured Speaker: Dr. Scott Roy Douglas is an associate professor in the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan School of Education. His focus is on English as an additional language teaching and learning, with a particular interest in short-term study abroad, materials development, and English for academic purposes. He is the co-author of Q: Skills for Success Reading and Writing 5 (Oxford University Press) and the editor of the BC TEAL Journal. David Barker, 12th Shikoku JALT Keynote Speaker: David Barker is the director of the English Center at Gifu University in Japan. Originally from Wales, he became a language teacher after working for two years as a police officer in Liverpool, England. He has a PhD in language education and has taught English in Singapore, New Zealand, and Japan, where he has lived for 25 years. He is the founder of BTB Press and the author of a wide range of bilingual textbooks. He is also the author of four Japanese language books about learning English, two of which became national bestsellers. His main areas of interest are cross-linguistic interference and materials development. Aya Yamasaki: Aya Yamasaki is a lecturer at Kochi University of Technology in Japan. She has an MA in TESOL. Her research interests include Computer/Mobile-Assisted Language Learning, learner motivation, and learner development. Gregory Chindemi: Gregory Chindemi is a lecturer in the International Liberal Arts Department at Chugoku Gakuen University. Sean Burgoine: Sean Burgoine is a Lecturer in Applied Linguistics in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Kochi University, Japan. His research interests include Pedagogic Phonetics and Phonology, World Englishes, and the use of English as a Lingua Franca. Eleanor Carson: Eleanor Carson is an English lecturer at Matsuyama University. She has an MA in Philosophy from Brock University in Canada and a PhD in Applied Linguistics from Hiroshima City University. Her research interests include medium of instruction, WTC, self-efficacy, and student autonomy. Ian Willey: Ian Willey is an associate professor at Kagawa University. He has an MA in TESL from Kent State University and a Ph.D. in International Studies from Hiroshima City University. His research centers on English for specific purposes, teacher identity, and classroom language use. Julia Kawamoto: Julia Kawamoto, associate professor at Ehime University, has been teaching in Japan for twenty-seven years. She received her BA at the University of Utah, her MA at Sheffield University in the UK, and her Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics at Hiroshima City University. Her research interests are focus-on-form, teacher training, MOI, and willingness to communicate. Adam Brod: Adam Brod teaches at Notre Dame Seishin University in Okayama and at Kagawa University. He is also helping to start a writing program at Okayama University. His academic interests include metaphorical awareness, translation in language teaching and using corpora in ELT. He is a member of The Jewish Literary Society of Japan. Michelangelo Magasic: Michelangelo Magasic holds a BA (Hons) in Cultural Studies and a MA and PhD in Internet Communications. His research is influenced by the broader humanities. He works in the L2 English education field in Kochi, Japan.

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Registration Information: Date: Saturday, June 19, 2021: (12:00-6:00, Osaka, Sapporo, Tokyo Venue: (Online Conference; Zoom) Sponsors: Matsuyama JALT, East Shikoku JALT, and Oxford University Press JALT Members and students: free One-Day Member Fee: 1000 yen Non-member presentation fee: 5000 yen No public link will be provided, so if you’re interested in joining the 12th Shikoku JALT Conference, please register in advance at the following link: https://forms.gle/muVEc34WjBumF56r9 After registering, you will receive a conformation email containing information about joining the meeting via Zoom and payment of fees (for non-members). The first part of the Conference will be held in the Main Zoom Room (Room 1), but we will have other Zoom rooms for the concurrent sessions (Room 2), for Oxford University Press (Room 3), and a Hangout Room (Room 4) where people can meet in smaller groups. We are looking forward to meeting the challenges of holding an online virtual Conference for the first time. This annual local Conference is made possible through the continued collaboration between Matsuyama JALT, East Shikoku JALT and Oxford University Press. Please consider attending the 12th Shikoku JALT Conference. We have excellent Keynote and Featured Speakers lined up, and our slate of concurrent sessions offers something for everyone. We hope to welcome a large audience of language teachers from across Japan, and all over the world!

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JALT2021 Conference Info: 47th Annual International Conference on Language Teaching

and Learning & Educational Materials Exhibition Granship Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan

November 12th - 15th, 2021

Join JALT here: http://jalt.org/main/membership

12th Shikoku JALT Conference Chair: Darren Lingley

East Shikoku JALT Officers: Darren Lingley, Kochi University (President)

Paul Daniels, Kochi University of Technology (Treasurer) Gordon Bateson, Kochi University of Technology (Membership Chair)

Davey Leslie, Kochi University (Publicity) Sean Burgoine, Kochi University (Program Chair)

Gerry McCrohan, Kagawa University (Kagawa Prefectural Representative)

Matsuyama JALT Officers: Kiyoshi Shioiri (Chapter President)

Yumiko Kawabata (Membership Chair) Junko Yamamoto (Publicity Chair)

Linda Kadota (Program Chair) Jaehee Ryu (Treasurer)

Rudolf Reinelt (Member-at-Large) Matsuyama JALT Officer Contact Page: https://jalt.org/groups/chapters/matsuyama