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Directed Research and Faculty Members | GSICCS18Writing Studies and EducationSADOSHIMA, SaoriPh.D. in Education (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)RESEARCH FIELD:Writing Studies, EducationInterpretation StudiesSATO, AzusaPh.D. in International Studies (Waseda University)RESEARCH FIELD:Communication Studies,Interpretation Studies,Interpreter Training Methods, Communication and Language Industry StudiesTeaching English As a Second LanguageSTOCKWELL, GlennPh.D. in Applied Linguistics (The University of Queensland)RESEARCH FIELD:Foreign Language EducationSecond language acquisition is a complex process affected by a number of related factors. This seminar will focus on the range of phenomena that occur in the course of second language acquisition, considering them alike from social, psychological, and cultural perspectives, and exploring how the insights gained can be applied to the factors that make it possible to learn a second language and their role in education. Furthermore, conducting research in applied linguistics depends on having a clear understanding of the underlying theories associated with second language acquisition, as well as a solid foundation in the various research methods which can be employed to examine how languages may be taught and learned. Participants will learn how to interpret and undertake research in applied linguistics, starting with formulating appropriate research questions, designing a research methodology, structuring a literature review, and identifying what to include in the discussion. Participants are expected to develop skills both in teaching a second language and also carrying out research into how to improve or understand the teaching and learning process.This course examines interpretation between English and Japanese, in both directions. The aim of this course is for the students to develop practice and understanding in the skills of accurate consecutive interpreting and listener-friendly simultaneous interpreting. We will examine the basic skills and factors that enable effective interpreting such as listening comprehension, paraphrasing, summarizing, appropriate choice of words, and modes of split attention. The students will be encouraged to analyze and seek insight into other factors that affect interpreting performance. Peer reviews constitute an important part of the class. Students will be required to do preparation so that they will come to the classes alert and informed to give fair and constructive appraisals of their peers’ work. I also welcome a functional research approach to interpreting, such as the study of the roles and responsibilities of interpreters in the historic and contemporary setting. In studying the functions of interpreters, we will look into the skills necessary for particular forms and functions of interpreting as well as societal expectations regarding interpreters’ roles and responsibilities. Language competency and uency in both English and Japanese are required. This seminar, where Master’s and Doctoral students study alongside each other, focuses on both theoretical and practical aspects of writing and the teaching of writing. We discuss the social, cultural, and rhetorical contexts of composition, as well as the instructional contexts in which student writing occurs. Seminar students take turns presenting their research to seek advice from peers. In addition to pursuing their research projects, students are assigned to read two articles or a book chapter each week followed by class discussion. During the Spring semesters, we read and discuss substantial articles in the various subelds of writing studies. The articles are organized chronologically and by major issues in the research eld. The reading materials in Fall semesters are particularly centered on methodological issues where we mainly discuss various qualitative approaches to pursue writing study research. Students, so far, have used methods such as discourse analysis, narrative research, class observation, constructivist grounded theory analysis, eldwork, personal attitude construct analysis, etc. ProfessorProfessorAssociate Professor※Not in charge of directed research due to sabbatical leave from April 2021 to March 2022.

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