Kumamoto University International Symposium on Corpus and English Education: Exploring the Interface between Corpus Research and English Education The purpose of the symposium is to explore the interface between corpus research and English education to apply corpus linguistics to the development of English education (particularly university English education) and ESP/EAP teaching in Japan because it is becoming more important for Japanese students to develop effective academic writing and presentation skills in each discipline.
We are to invite to the symposium Dr. Ute Romer who has played a central role in the development of academic English corpora, such as MICASE (the Michigan Corpus of Academic Spoken English) and MICUSP (the Michigan Corpus of Upper-level Student Papers) at the English Language Institute, University of Michigan.
Date and time: 13:00 P.M. ー17:00 P.M.
October 25th (Saturday), 2008
Venue: Reception room of Kusunoki Kaikan,
Kurokami North Campus, Kumamoto University
Organizer: MA and Doctoral TESOL Program
Graduate School of Cultural and Social Science
Kumamoto University
Registration fee: free
Enquiry: Center of Support for Continuing Education, Graduate School of Cultural and Social Science, Kumamoto University
TEL 096-342-2390
Program
Keynote speech
Dr. Ute Romer (Director, Applied Corpus Linguistics Unit, English Language Institute, University of Michigan)
"Using Spoken and Written Corpora in University English Education and EAP Teaching: The Example of MICASE and MICUSP"
Panel discussion: Application of Corpus Research to English Education and ESP/EAP Teaching, and Its Future Directions
Coordinator: Toshihiko Uemura (Nagasaki Prefectural University)
<Presentation by panelists>
Ute Romer "The Corpus and the Teacher: Relevant and Required Research and Resources"
Shinichiro Ishikawa (Kobe University) "Learner's Corpus and TEFL"
Atsuko Umesaki (Ritsumeikan University) "The Use of Specialized Corpora in English for Oral Presentations"
Shozo Yokoyama (Miyazaki University) "Genre Specificity in Academic Corpora: A Cross-sectional Analysis of Distinctive Words in Medical Research Articles"
<Questions and discussion>
Detailed information about the symposium can be obtained from the following webpage which is to be updated:
http://www.gsscs.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/info/01.html#symposium
