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From 9:00
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Registration |
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9:30-9:40
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Opening Remarks |
Greeting by Dr. Kazuko Hirota, President of NIC International College in Japan and Board Member of Lakeland College Japan |
| 1A |
9:50-11:10
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Perspectives on Culture |
Carmen Sapunaru Tamas |
Kobe University |
Aristocrats, Communism and Everything After: Historical and Social Models of Learning |
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Robert J. Lowe |
Tokyo Kasei University |
Finding the Connections Between Native-speakerism and Authenticity |
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John Rucynski, Jr. |
Okayama University |
"You Speak Japanese Very Well!": Conversation Starter or Microaggression? |
| 1B |
9:50-11:10
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Internationalization of the Japanese University |
Wayne Malcolm |
University of Fukui |
Training the Future and Meeting Challenges Through a Systems Approach |
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Robin Sakamoto |
Kyorin University |
A Japanese Research Agenda for Adapting to Changes in Internationalizing Higher Education |
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David A. Gann |
Tokyo University of Science |
Critical Thinking Skills Instruction through Deception |
| 1C |
9:50-11:10
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The Classroom: From Theory into Practice |
Wade Carlton |
Lakeland College Japan |
Dialogue Journals: Developing the Ability of Our Global Citizens to Think and Write Freely |
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Jonathan Derr |
Lakeland College Japan |
Using Debate in the Low to Intermediate Level ESP Classroom |
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John Blake |
Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology |
Developing statistical literacy through textual analysis |
| 2A |
11:25-12:45
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Welcoming Diversity |
Brian David Berry |
University of Tokyo |
The Globalizing Voice of Graduate Students at a Japanese University ETP |
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Brett R. Walter |
Hiroshima University |
Elementary Teacher Education: Adapting for a Multicultural Workplace |
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Christopher G. Haswell |
Kyushu University |
Viewing International Student TAs as a Valuable Resource |
| 2B |
11:25-12:45
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Fostering Active Learning |
Andrew J. Lawson |
NIC International College in Japan |
Choose Your Own Motivation |
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Guy Cihi |
Lexxica R&D |
Gamification - The Future of Education? |
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Valerie Hansford |
Soka University |
Effective Use of Active Learning in Global Higher Education |
| 2C |
11:25-12:45
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Embracing Technology |
Anderson Passos |
Miyazaki International College |
A case study of e-Portfolio implementation in and out of the classroom |
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Debra J Occhi |
Miyazaki International College |
Benefits and challenges in the campus-wide introduction of an e-portfolio system: a PDCA-based analysis of the first year |
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Harunori Miyagi |
Soka University |
Global Competency through E-Portfolios |
| 2D |
11:25-12:45
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Curriculum Changes and Challenges |
John Nevara |
Kagoshima University |
The Impact of Globalization on Japanese Higher Education |
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Laura MacGregor |
Gakushuin University |
What is this thing called CLIL? |
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Anthony Fenton & Stephen Jennings |
Tokyo University of Science |
Internationalisation, quality assurance, and curriculum change at an elite Japanese private university: Confounding complexities |
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12:20-13:35 |
Lunch |
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| 3A |
1:55-3:15
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Studying Abroad |
Sylvain Bergeron |
Gunma University |
Closing the Circle: A Proposal to Redefine the Meaning and Understanding of Quality of Education within the Sphere of International Education |
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Antonija Cavcic |
Asia University |
Addressing "Anshin Anzen" Anxiety: Tackling Issues in Studying Abroad in an Age of Insecurity |
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Howard Brown |
University of Niigata Prefecture |
The Internationalization of Higher Education in Japan: An Historical Perspective on the Process of Innovation |
| 3B |
1:55-3:15
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The Global Classroom |
Luke Lawrence |
Yokohama City University |
Re-assessing translation skills for the global age |
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Sachie Banks |
Bunkyo University |
Global Perspectives through Joint Presentations of Japanese and International Students |
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Sarah Sanderson |
International Christian University |
Teaching for Global Citizenship: Understanding and using the Global Peace Index (GPI) in the higher education classroom as a tool for critical thinking and international awareness |
| 3C |
1:55-3:15
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Questions of Culture |
Mario Leto, Michael Tasseron |
Meiji University, University of Tsukuba |
Beauty and the beast: Japanese student ideologies and perspectives on Ariana Miyamoto and mixed race heritage in Japan |
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Michael Hollenback |
Konan University |
Critically Evaluating Cultural Content in EFL Materials |
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Kevin Watson |
University of the Ryukyus |
Teaching Culture in an Integrated Assessment Context |
| 3D |
1:55-3:15
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Beyond the Classroom |
Adam Tompkins |
Lakeland College Japan |
The "Struggle" Within: Using Public History and Community Outreach to Empower Students |
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Anthonette Gibson |
Lakeland College Japan |
Work! Work! Work!- Exploring the Relationship between Changing Economic Social Conditions and the Life Course Decisions of Japanese and Non-Japanese Private University Students. |
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Rumiko Nakano |
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Search for Ways to Help Enhance Students' Wellbeing in HE - from the viewpoint of preventive medicine in confronting challenges |
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3:25-4:25
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Student Symposium |
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| 4A |
4:35-5:55
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Student Motivation and Self-Efficacy |
Todd Leroux |
Temple University |
Self-efficacy & Reading Speed: Think Global, Act Local |
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Mehtap Bekhan |
Bezmialem University- Istanbul-TURKEY |
FACTORS CAUSING LANGUAGE ANXIETY FOR EFL LEARNERS IN SPEAKING A TARGET LANGUAGE |
| 4B |
4:35-5:55
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Instituational Challenges |
Matthias Hennings |
Hitotsubashi University&Saitama University |
Promoting Global Human Capital in Japanese Higher Education - A Case Study on Special Programs for International and Japanese Students |
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Eugenie Tiu |
Osaka University |
An Overview of the Current State of International Branch Campuses in Singapore and Japan |
| 4C |
4:35-5:55
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The Changing University |
Charles Laurier and Michael Bell |
Lakeland College |
Measuring Student Information Literacy in an International Two-Year Academic Program |
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Vincent Petrin |
Sophia University |
The Academic - Professional Skills Test (APS) for the CLIL Classroom: An Integrated Genre-based (ESP) Framework for Assessing University (L2) Learners |
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Varun Khanna |
Department of Human Sciences, Osaka University |
International faculty: Experiences of academic life at universities in Japan |
| 4D |
4:35-5:55
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New Strategies for Teaching |
Frederick Bacala |
Yokohama City University |
Content-Based Learning: Japanese Culture in English |
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Keith Lane |
Wenzhou Kean University, China |
Team Authored In-Class Student Compositions |
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Michael Short |
Lakeland College |
"Word-Scape", the vocabulary building app, its in-class use, and the results of a small field trial. |
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6:05-6:15
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Closing Remarks |
Closing Remarks by Dr. Alan Brender, Dean of Lakeland College Japan |
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From 6:45
Il Piccione
Restaurant |
Reception |
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