LET Kansai Fundamental Theory SIG

Date & Time: April 21st (13:30 ~ 16:30) *Project members should arrive by 10:30
Location: Kwansei Gakuin University (Umeda Campus) Room 1005 (10th 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.
Chapter 5  Processing complex words, multiword units, meaning in L2
(pp. 196-243)

will be led by :

Isobe Yukari
(Kyoto Seika University)
https://kyoto-seika.academia.edu/YukariIsobe



The second part of the meeting will be a presentation by:

Yu Kanazawa
(Kwansei Gakuin University)
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yu_Kanazawa

Title (tentative): A Critical Examination of the Dominant Mental Trichotomy Ontological Theory



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Kwansei Gakuin University (Umeda Campus), 
Room 1005 (10th floor) 
Address : 19-19 Chayamachi, Kita-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 530-0013

In the first part of the meeting,

Mayu Hamada (Momoyama Gakuin University)



led a group reading of:
Schütze (2017). Language Learning and the Brain.
Chapter 9  Learning and teaching  (pp. 152-163)


In the second part of the meeting,
Satoshi Yamagata (Kansai University Dai-ichi Senior High School / Junior High School)



presented about the following:
Title: A Comparative Study of Two Reading-aloud Techniques in Verb-noun
in Collocation Learning: Gap-fill Exercise Versus Textual-enhancement Exercise

We thank both presenters for their great presentations!

Date & Time : February 24th (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:





Schütze (2017). Language Learning and the Brain.
Chapter 9  Learning and teaching  (pp. 152-163)

will be led by :

Mayu Hamada
(Momoyama Gakuin University)





The second part of the meeting will be a presentation by:

Satoshi Yamagata
(Kansai University Dai-ichi Senior High School / Junior High School)

Title : A Comparative Study of Two Reading-aloud Techniques in Verb-noun
in Collocation Learning: Gap-fill Exercise Versus Textual-enhancement Exercise



(Google map)
Kwansei Gakuin University (Umeda Campus), 
Room 1401 (14th floor) 
Address : 19-19 Chayamachi, Kita-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 530-0013

In the first part of the meeting,

Satoshi Kurokawa (Graduate student at The University of Tokyo)

presented about the following:
Title : A Study on Analytical Method of Open-Ended Questions





In the second part of the meeting,

Professor Shuhei Kadota (Kwansei Gakuin University)
http://researchers.kwansei.ac.jp/view?l=en&u=322






led a group reading of:
Schütze (2017). Language Learning and the Brain.
Chapter 8 Word Analysis (pp. 136-151)

A big thank you to the presenters for their great work, and all the participants who braved the cold weather outside!

Date & Time : January 26th (13:30 ~ 16:30) *Project members should arrive by 10:30
Location: Kwansei Gakuin University (Umeda Campus) Room 1403 (14th floor) 

The first part of the meeting will be a presentation by:

Satoshi Kurokawa
(The University of Tokyo, Graduate Student)


Title : A Study on Analytical Method of Open-Ended Questions

The second part of the meeting will be a group reading and discussion of:




Schütze (2017). Language Learning and the Brain.
Chapter 8 Word Analysis   (pp. 136-151)

will be led by :

Shuhei Kadota (Professor at Kwansei Gakuin University)
http://researchers.kwansei.ac.jp/view?l=en&u=322




(Google map)
Kwansei Gakuin University (Umeda Campus), 
Room 1403 (14th floor) 
Address : 19-19 Chayamachi, Kita-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 530-0013

In the first part of the meeting,

Louis Lafleur (Lecturer at Ritsumeikan University)
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Louis_Lafleur2
led a group reading of:
Schütze (2017). Language Learning and the Brain.
Chapter 7 Spacing (pp. 116-135)
















In the second part of the meeting,

Jason Gold
(Kwansei Gakuin University, Instructor of EFL)
https://www.kwansei.ac.jp/s_is/s_is_206266.html#40
















conducted a workshop:

Title : NeuroEducation Strategies for Increased Learner Engagement and Success

Moreover, great crowd participation throughout the presentations made the meeting memorable!