ATJ Seminar - March 22, 2001 - Program

Seminar A: Pedagogy: Japanese as a Heritage Language (JHL)--Pedagogical Issues from Global Perspectives - 10:30-12:10 - Chicago Ballroom 8
Chair: Kazuko Nakajima, University of Toronto

• "JHL Classes in Hawaii and Brazil: Their Differences and Similarities"
  Michiko Sasaki, National Language Research Institute
• "Interpretation, Presentation, and Dramatization Skills in Secondary School Heritage Language Classes"
  Kazuo Tsuda, United Nations International School
• "Individualized Learning: A Course for Japanese Heritage Learners at the College Level"
  Masako O. Douglas, University of California, Los Angeles
• "Losing Heritage Language while Learning Japanese: Portugese-speaking Children in Japanese Schools"
  Kazuko Nakajima, University of Toronto

Discussant: Yoko Pusavat, California State University, Long Beach

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Seminar B: Pedagogy - 10:30-12:10 - Sheraton Ballroom 3
Chair: Mari Noda, Ohio State University

• "Computer Assisted Language Learning in Katakana"
  Maki Hirotani, Purdue University
• "Study of Japanese Input Method Editor (IME) for Learners of Japanese"
  Kazumi Hatasa, Purdue University
• "Japanese Language Teaching and the Internet: Authentic Information without Information Overload"
  Christopher Bolton, University of California, Riverside
• "Developing a Web-based Language Proficiency Test for College-level Learners of Japanese: Purpose and Research Agenda"
  Sachiko Matsunaga, California State University, Los Angeles
  Yukio Kataoka, Kapiolani Community College
  Yasuyo Sawaki, University of California, Los Angeles

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Seminar C: Linguistics - 10:30-12:10 - Chicago Ballroom 9
Chair: Masakazu Watabe, Brigham Young University

• "'Prospective indexicals' in Japanese Conversation: On the Use of Distal Demonstratives as a Resource for Collaborative Action during Word Searches"
  Makoto Hayashi, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
• "A Diachronic Account of Synchronic Behavior of Japanese Coordinative Particles"
  Kaori Kabata, University of Alberta
• "The Role of Morphology in Classifying Japanese Adjectives"
  Miho Fujiwara, Willamette University
• (Subjects and Topics with No Particles)
  Mutsuko Endo Hudson, Michigan State University
  Junko Kondo, Columbia University

Seminar D: Pedagogy - 1:00 - 2:30 - Chicago Ballroom 8
Chair: Ryuko Kubota, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

• "Japanese Across the Curriculum"
  Masako O. Douglas, Masako Tamanaha, and Shoichi Iwasaki, UC, Los Angeles
• "Japanese Individualized Instruction: Goals and Issues"
  Etsuyo Yuasa, Ohio State University
• "Teaching Authentic Japanese: the Case of Particle o"
  Kiri Lee, Lehigh University
• "Paragraph Discourse in Spoken and Written Japanese: Pedagogical Implications for Post-Intermediate Levels"
  Suwako Watanabe, Portland State University

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Seminar E: Pedagogy: Teaching Japanese in the Internet Era - 1:00-2:30 - Sheraton Ballroom 3
Chair: Keiko Schneider, Saboten Web Design
Panel:

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  (Teacher Support and Four Skills Development with the Internet)"
  Yasuhiro Omoto, University of California, Berkeley
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  (Implementation and Evaluation of a Testing System for Listening and Speaking Skills in Japanese Using Information Technology)"
  Jouji Miwa, Iwate University
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  (Implementation and Evaluation of a Japanese Language Tutorial System for Reading Using Information Technology)"
  Yoshiko Kawamura, Tokyo International University
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  (Realization of the National Standards with the Internet)"
  Keiko Schneider, Saboten Web Design

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Seminar F: Second Language Acquisition - 1:00-2:30 - Chicago Ballroom 9
Chair: Yukiko Abe Hatasa, University of Iowa

• "An Analysis of Rater Factors in Measuring Japanese L2 Writing Performance"
  Kimi Kondo-Brown, University of Hawaii at Manoa
• "Does the JSL Environment Have the Advantage of the JFL Environment?: A Case of Acquisition of Backchannels"
  Sachie Miyazaki, Michigan State University
• "Pedagogical Decisions in Grammar Teaching: Impact of Second Language Acquisition Research on Language Pedagogy"
  Mariko Moroishi, Purdue University
• "The Development of the Japanese Language Exhilaration Scale"
  Kenji Takahashi, University of Texas, Austin

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Seminar G: Linguistics - 3:10-4:50 - Chicago Ballroom 8
Chair: Naomi McGloin, University of Wisconsin - Madison

• "Topic-developing Strategies and Politeness in Japanese Women's Lunchtime Conversation"
  Michiko Todokoro Buchanan, University of Minnesota
• "Japanese Passives in Casual Conversations and Japanese Textbooks"
  Tomoko Takeda, University of Oregon
• "American Learners' Judgments of Imposition of Requests in Japanese"
  Miho Tokuda, University of Hawaii at Manoa
• "Function of Connective Suffix te in Japanese Conversations"
  Harumi Yamaji, University of Arizona

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Seminar H: Literature - 3:10-4:50 - Sheraton Ballroom 3
Chair: Ann Sherif, Oberlin College

• "East and West Modern and Traditional: Okamoto Kanoko and Her Pursuit of Japanese Modernism in Prose Fiction"
  Junko Ikezu Williams, University of Tennessee
• "Epiphanies in the Novels of Natsume Sôseki and the Aestheticization of Women"
  William Ridgeway, University of Hawaii at Manoa
• "Tales of Shûnen: Kaidan Ugetsu Monogatari"
  Noriko T. Reider, Miami University
• "The Other Side of Eroticism: "Love of Love" by Hagiwara Sakutarô"
  Ken-ichi Miura, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Seminar I: Pedagogy - 3:10-4:50 - Chicago Ballroom 9
Chair: Virginia Marcus, Washington University in St. Louis

• "Teaching an Innovative Strategy for Reading Comprehension: First (Intonation/Prosodic Phrase) Comes, First Interpreted/Comprehended"
  Poong-Ja Toyoko Kang, University of Guam
• "Evaluating Performance: The Oral Interview Test at Washington University"
  Masayuki Itomitsu, Washington University in St. Louis
• "Expressing Opinions in Japanese: Case Studies of Native and Non-Native Speakers"
  Yasuko Sasaki, Ochanomizu University
• "Japanese Language Learners' Perception of Error Correction"
  Noriko Fujioka-Ito, University of Cincinnati

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Seminar Keynote - 5:00-6:00 - Chicago Ballroom 9
Chair: Laurel Rasplica Rodd, University of Colorado at Boulder

• "The Marriage of True Minds: Reflections on Teaching Japanese Language and Literature"
  Thomas Rimer, University of Pittsburgh