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January 24 (2021) Meeting

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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 ...

December 12 Meeting

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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...

An edited academic book "Formulaic Sequences in Foreign Language Learning and Education: An Introduction" published on October 1st, 2020

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

Publication Launch Symposium (October 11th, 2020)

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

September 13th Meeting

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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-...

July 5th Meeting

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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)

May 30th Meeting

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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...