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Publishing house primarily focused on high quality materials for language education. https://t.co/v0bJTAoGZA
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Joined March 2024
In this week's blog post, I look at a discussion topic that emerged during last weekend's JASELE conference.
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Last weekend, I participated in the JASELE conference in Saitama. This is a conference I attend every year, and usually I give a presentation. This year, I spoke about self-confidence and self-dete...
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We are ready to rock and roll! Looking forward to catching up with old friends and making new ones. My presentation is tomorrow morning at 11:00. I expect at least 100 people! .#JASELE2025
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This week's blog covers a short seminar I did this week.
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I have mentioned in previous blog entries that I sometimes visit a local high school to give workshops on presentation skills. Every year, some students from that same high school visit me in my...
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In this week's blog post, I take a look at how AI can make us fall in love with ourselves: .
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I often like to listen to the Australian radio station, Triple J. It can be streamed live and they play a lot of good music, more often than not, promoting Australian artists and up-and-coming...
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This week, I take a look at how I assess my students' speaking skills.
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We are almost at the end of the semester here in Japan, which means it’s time for tests and final assignments. Throughout the course using the Dictogloss in Action textbooks, I’ve been able to assess...
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RT @MizumotoAtsushi: すべての英語の先生に朗報です！.弘前大学の佐藤剛先生（@SatoTsuyoshi1）が作成された、現行の小・中・高の検定教科書に出てくる単語を検索できるWebアプリ「TeachLex Scope」が公開されました。無料でご利用いただけま….
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In this week's blog, I give a brief overview of my presentation this weekend and upcoming paper.
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This weekend at JALTCALL 2025, I’m presenting findings from a study I conducted last year with my university students on the use of speech-to-text (S2T) technology in English pronunciation instruct...
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I’ll be running my first-ever exhibition booth at next month’s JASELE Saitama Conference! I’ll also be giving a presentation on self-determination theory and L2 confidence. If you’re attending, stop by and say hello. The SielpA Books banner and fans for visitors arrived today!
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来月開催される全国英語教育学会・埼玉研究大会で、初めて展示ブースを出します。もちろん、研究発表（自己決定理論とL2コンフィデンスについて）もあります。参加される方はぜひ遊びに来てください！ブースに飾るSielpA Booksの旗とうちわ（配布用）も今日届きました。
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Talking about emotions in language education is this week's blog.
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In this week's class with my second-year students (around 20 years old), we explored the topic, “When was a time that you were sad?” The lesson included a pre-class reading about different types of...
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Didn't get a chance to put this on social media yesterday. But here's my blog post on incorporating heavy metal music into teacher training.
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Earlier this week, I led a workshop for students at my university who are preparing for the 教員採用試験 (teacher employment examination) for English teachers. While I’ve been involved in training students...
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In this week's blog, we look at bringing metacognition into the language classroom. #dictogloss.
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In this week’s classes with my second-year students, we moved into Module 2, Lesson 5 — the tenth lesson in this course and the final lesson of Module 2. We’ve explored a range of topics already, but...
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This week's blog post (I didn't get around to sharing the link until now): Looking at an unfortunate recent experience that is unfortunately becoming more commonplace in academia.
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For over fifteen years, I’ve served as a reviewer and editor for a range of academic journals. I’ve experienced the satisfaction of helping authors shape promising manuscripts into publishable...
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A bit about using role plays in this week's blog post.
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Having students do role plays or skits in their second language is a popular way to get them using language in relatively authentic situations. There are various approaches to doing role plays,...
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This week, I take another look at the Self-Worth Theory and reasons why students might not do their best in class, even if they are motivated.
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As I’ve mentioned many, many times, I’m very interested in motivation—why students might not feel motivated and how we can help increase it. But it wasn’t always this way. Before I came to Japan, I...
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In this week's blog post, I give a preview to my short presentation on Sunday about living in Japan for a long time.
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This Sunday, along with seven other people who have been living in Japan long-term, I’ll be giving a short ten-minute presentation in Sendai on my experiences living in Japan and some tips for those...
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In this week's blog post, I walk through my process and philosophy as a peer reviewer. #PhDChat #AcademicWriting #PeerReview.
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One of the responsibilities of being a university professor is reviewing research papers submitted to academic journals in the hope of getting published. I’ve done countless reviews over the years—...
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This week’s blog explores how adding.twists to a classic quiz show can liven up your classroom! Includes free, ready-to-use materials. Give it a try!. #ELT #EdTech #TeachingTips #QuizShow #ClassroomFun #FreeResources.
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When I was still living in Australia before I started living in Japan, there was a popular quiz show called Sale of the Century. You can find episodes on YouTube if you are interested. The host was...
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In this week's blog post, I take a look at how the game karuta could be used in language learning. #ELT #YoungLearners #Karuta #EnglishTeaching #EFL #ESL #LanguageLearning .
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Although I have never been a permanent elementary school teacher, I’ve had several opportunities to teach younger learners over the years. Probably the most meaningful time was when I had the chance...
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