Here is some information about a conference which will be held on May 22nd and 23rd at Purdue campus. We will welcome some notable professors and have some interesting presentations and discussions. Some of the presentations will be done in English, so you might be interested in them:
9:15 am | Takako Akiha (Tohoku University) 投射モデル(the Projection Model)」の格助詞「で」の学習・指導への応用 ―韓国人日本語学習者を対象とした教授実験を通して― |
9:45 am | Michael Dixon (Indiana University) The effects of computer-assisted text input in early JFL learning |
10:15 am- 10:30 am | Break |
10:30 am | Kiyomi Fujii (University of Arizona), James Elwood (University of Tsukuba) & Barron Orr (University of Arizona) Collaborative mapping: Google Maps for language exchange |
11:00 am | Keiko Schneider (South Methodist University) iTunesU integrated Japanese program |
11:30 am | Keiko Kuriyama (Indiana University) 日本語未習者・既習学習者ダイナミックを考慮した情意要因の研究 (Anxiety and motivation in first-year Japanese: How true beginners and advanced beginners affect each other) |
12:00- 1:30 pm | Lunch (delivered) |
1:30 pm | Tomohisa Machida (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Foreign language anxiety among intermediate-level university students of Japanese |
2:00 pm | Yukari Nakamura (University of Florida), Kiyomi Fujii (University of Arizona) & Hiroko Fudano (Kanazawa Institute of Technology) Everybody in a circle now: Developing intercultural competence through Japanese college club activities |
2:30- 2:45 pm | Break |
2:45 pm | Misumi Sadler (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) & Jung Sun Kim (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Developing an intercultural competence: The culture-learning discussion forum for first-year Japanese language courses |
3:15 pm | Guohe Zheng (Ball State University) Authentic Materials for the Teaching of Spoken Japanese: Implications of Hirata Oriza’s Theory on Contemporary Colloquial Theatre |
3:45 pm- 4:00 pm | Break |
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Keynote Speech 1 Mutsuko Endo-Hudson (Michigan State University) 昨今の日常日本語、およびその日本語教育への含み |
6:30 pm | Dinner at a local Japanese restaurant for interested participants |
Sunday, May 23
9:00 am– 10:00am | Keynote Speech 2 Nobuko Chikamatsu (DePaul University) Preparing students for life-long learning of Japanese: Content-based language instruction with integrative curriculum development approaches |
10:00 am | Sadatoshi Tomizawa (Ball State University) 日本語習得とオーセンティックコミュニケーションを目的 としたロールプレー |
10:30 am | Naofumi Tatsumi (Purdue University) American learners’ compliment responses in Japanese |
11:00 am - 11:15 am | Break |
11:15 am | Shoko Watarai (University of Michigan) & Eiko Hirakawa (University of Michigan) 『日本語文法辞典:A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar』に準拠したワークブックの開発:中級以降の学習者による初級文法の正確な運用を目指して |
11:45 am | Yoshitomo Yamashita (Seton Hall University) 第二言語学習者の読解におけるマルティ・コンピテンス:回想ミス キュー・アナリシスと眼球移動研究は何を示してくれるか |
12:15 pm | Koji Tanno (University of Washington) How do learners of Japanese describe mental states in personal stories and how can we help them? |
12:45 pm | Closing Remarks Mariko Moroishi Wei (CATJ 22 Organizing Committee Chair, Purdue University) |