Recent Happenings
Updates, Presentations & Events
New Article
My most recent article-It's not all about English! The problem of language foregrounding in English-medium programmes in Japan-was published on 30th November. Download a free copy here.
Conference for Higher Education Research
Lingnan University, Hong Kong
We had a great conference about higher education research in Hong Kong in October 2018. I was glad to present alongside Marc Brazzill of Waseda University and Justin Sanders of Osaka University.
Just Out!
October 2018
Teaching English at Japanese Universities: A New Handbook is just out! Order it here. I am honoured to have contributed to a volume with so many leading English language educators
Written by leading English-language educators in Japan, this Handbook provides an in-depth guide for the new generation of teachers at Japanese universities. In clear, accessible prose, it offers practical and detailed advice on effective classroom pedagogy, student motivation, learning styles, classroom culture, national language policy, career opportunities, departmental politics, administrative mindset, and institutional identity. Its four sections—The setting, The courses, The classroom, and The workplace—examine issues faced by university language teachers as well as challenges confronted by the increasing number of scholars teaching English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) and Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) courses. Firmly grounded in contemporary teaching method and theory, the Handbook’s 23 chapters also acknowledge the influence of diverse movements such as World Englishes, global issues, gender, and positive psychology. Its three appendices contain information on organizations, books, journals, and websites particularly useful for Japanese university educators; explanation of types and rankings of schools; ways to learn more about individual institutions for job-hunting; and detailed information on the structure (and Japanese titles) of faculty and non-teaching staff at the typical university. This Handbook is an invaluable resource for anyone teaching, or aspiring to teach, at a Japanese university.
NAFSA, 2018
Philadelphia
Busy with JapanSIG activities NAFSA in May 2018. To find out more about our Japan Special interest group here.
New book series on EMI
Are you interested in writing about English-medium instruction?
Howard Brown from the University of Niigata Prefecture and I are editing a new book series for Routledge. Details can be found here.
My new book about English-medium instruction, edited with Howard Brown, is out now!
November 2017
The book is available here. Information about the contents can be found on this flyer.
English-Medium Instruction in Japanese Higher Education provides a touchstone for higher education practitioners, researchers and policy makers. It enables readers to more clearly understand why policies concerning English-medium instruction (EMI) are in place in Japan, how EMI is being implemented, what challenges are being addressed and what the impacts of EMI may be. The volume situates EMI within Japan’s current policy context and examines the experiences of its stakeholders. The chapters are written by scholars and practitioners who have direct involvement with EMI in Japanese higher education. They look at EMI from perspectives that include policy planning, program design, marketing and classroom practice.
- The Sixth Annual Conference on Global Higher Education
at Lakeland University Japan8th June 2019
NAFSA 2019 Annual Conference & Expo, Washington, DC.| 26th-31st May 2019
ICLHE 2019, Universitat Jaume 1 in Castellón (Spain), October 2019
APAIE 14th Conference and Exhibition, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 25th- 29th March 2019
ICLHE Japan Symposium
Gakushuin University
26th January 2019
Meiji University
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