LET Kansai Fundamental Theory SIG

We would like to thank Kaori Sugiura sensei for leading the meeting's group reading circle, Satoshi Kurokawa sensei for his presentation, and all the participants who contributed to a successful meeting!  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-event announcement below ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 日本語の情報は： http://www.let-kansai.org/htdocs/index.php?page_id=74 Date & Time: Sunday January 24th (13:30 ~ 16:30) *Japan Standard Time (JST): UTC+9 Location: Zoom online space Please use to link to register: https://forms.gle/xDQFNpA4NpGAnYr67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The first part of the meeting will be a presentation and discussion of the following paper: Kachlicka, M., Saito, K., & Tierney, A. (2019). Successful second language learning is tied to robust

We would like to thank Shuhei Kadota sensei for leading the meeting's group reading circle, Shoma Aota sensei for his presentation, and all the participants who contributed to a successful meeting!  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-event announcement below ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 日本語の情報は： http://www.let-kansai.org/htdocs/index.php?page_id=74 Date & Time: Saturday December 12th (13:30 ~ 16:30) *Japan Standard Time (JST): UTC+9 Location: Zoom online space Please use to link to register: https://forms.gle/ZbxM2R947fgdbe186 The first part of the meeting will be a presentation and discussion of the following paper: Hervais-Adelman, A., Moser-Mercer, B., Michel, C. M., & Golestani, N. (2015). fMRI of simultaneous interpretation reveals the neural basis of extreme language control. Cerebral Co

On October 1st 2020, we published the following academic book based on our six years of research project:

  To commemorate the publication of the following book based on our 6 year research project,

We would like to thank Louis Lafleur for leading the meeting's group reading circle, Noriko Matsuda for her presentation, and all the participants who contributed to a successful meeting! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-event announcement below -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  日本語の情報は： http://www.let-kansai.org/htdocs/index.php?page_id=74 Date & Time: September 13th (13:30 ~ 16:30) Location: Zoom online space Please use this link to register for the meeting: https://forms.gle/6ySbNizYw5jrx2Gv5 The first part of the meeting will be a presentation and discussion of the following: Kapp, K. M. (2017). Gamification designs for instruction. In C. M. Reigeluth, B. J. Beatty, & R. D. Myers (Eds.), Instructional-design theories and models, volume IV: The learner-centered paradigm of education (pp. 351-

日本語の情報は： http://www.let-kansai.org/htdocs/index.php?page_id=74 Date & Time: July 5th (13:30 ~ 16:30) Location: Zoom online space Please use to link to register: https://forms.gle/euPkBiBn11abVh6s9 The first part of the meeting will be a presentation and discussion of the following: Jiang, N. (2018). Second Language Processing. New York, NY: Routledge. The latter half of Chapter 6 Sentence Processing in L2: Parsing (pp. 244-285) will be led by : Mayu Hamada (Kobe University) https://researchmap.jp/read0406808?lang=en The second part of the meeting will be a presentation by: Yohei Hirano (Kobe City College of Technology) https://researchmap.jp/y-hirano?lang=en Title: Revisiting the Acceptability Judgement of English-Motion Constructions and  Resultative Constructions (Upcoming Meetings Information) ・Saturday - September 12th, 2020 (venue = Osaka or online depending on the COVID-19 situation)

日本語の情報は： http://www.let-kansai.org/htdocs/index.php?page_id=74 Date & Time: May 30th (13:30 ~ 16:30) Location: Zoom online space (*pre-registration required) Pre-registration form: https://forms.gle/z8qNxkU1FyvARJDNA The first part of the meeting will be a presentation and discussion of the following: Adelman, J.S., & Estes, Z. (2013). Emotion and memory: A recognition advantage for positive and negative words independent of arousal. Cognition, 129, 530-535. will be led by : Yu Kanazawa (Kwansei Gakuin University) https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yu_Kanazawa The second part of the meeting will be a presentation by: Yukari Isobe (Kyoto Seika University) and Kohei Miki (Otemon Gakuin University) https://kyoto-seika.academia.edu/YukariIsobe https://researchmap.jp/7000012383/published_papers?lang=en Title: Japanese EFL learners' processing of formulaic sequences: A psycholinguistic study using auditory grammaticality judgement task (Upcoming Me

***CANCELLED (This meeting h as been cancelled due to the ongoing  COVID-19 (coronavirus) situation. We thank you for your understanding.)***  Date & Time: March 7th (13:30 ~ 16:30) *Project members should arrive by 10:30 Location: Kwansei Gakuin University (Umeda Campus)  Room 1401 (14th floor)  The first part of the meeting will be a group reading and discussion of: Jiang, N. (2018). Second Language Processing. New York, NY: Routledge. The latter half of Chapter 6 Sentence Processing in L2: Parsing (pp. 244-285) will be led by : Mayu Hamada (Kobe University) https://researchmap.jp/read0406808?lang=en The second part of the meeting will be a presentation by: Yohei Hirano (Kobe City College of Technology) https://researchmap.jp/y-hirano?lang=en Title: Revisiting the Acceptability Judgement of English-Motion Constructions and Resultative Constructions (Google map) Kwansei Gakuin University (Umeda Campus),  Room 1401 (14th floor)  Address: 19-19 Cha

We would like to thank Hiroki Watanabe for leading the meeting's group reading circle, Satoshi Kurokawa for his presentation, and all the participants who contributed to a successful meeting! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-event announcement below ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date & Time: February 22nd (13:30 ~ 16:30) *Project members should arrive by 10:30 Location: Kwansei Gakuin University (Umeda Campus)  Room 1401 (14th floor)  The first part of the meeting will be a group reading and discussion of: Jiang, N. (2018). Second Language Processing. New York, NY: Routledge. The latter half of Chapter 2 Phonological Processing in L2: Concepts, Methods, and Models (pp. 33-72) will be led by : Hiroki Watanabe (CiNet: Center for Information and Neural Networks) https://res

We would like to thank the presenters, Dr. Daisuke Yokomori and Dr. Miwa Morishita, and all the participants who contributed to the meeting's success! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-event announcement below -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Due to the hospitalization of the original invited lecturer, the next meeting will be a special two-part lecture by Dr. Daisuke Yokomori and by Dr. Miwa Morishita. Date & Time: January 26th (14:00 ~ 16:40) Location: Ryukoku University (Umeda Campus) Please refer to this poster for more information.