Publications

Conference papers 

Poster presentations

Publications:

Bonn, Suzanne:

Bonn, S. (2012). From reading circles to culture circles: Meeting curricular and departmental goals. Academia: Journal of the Nanzan Academic Society, Literature and Language 92, 175-184.

Bonn, S. (2012). Prediction practice through internet news headlines. In R. R. Day (Ed.), New ways in teaching reading, revised. Alexandria, VA: TESOL International Association, 91-.93

Bonn, S. (2011). The reflective portfolio. OnCUE Journal 5 (2/3), 34-48.

Quasha, S., & Bonn, S. (Eds.). (2011). Portfolios [Special issue]. OnCUE Journal 5 (2/3).

Bonn, S. (2011). Reflective portfolios in the EFL classroom: Rationale and implementation. Academia: Journal of the Nanzan Academic Society, Literature and Language 90, 121-140.

Boon, Andrew:

Boon, A. (2012). Here we are, now motivate us. Modern English Teacher 21 (1), 56-61.

Boon, A. (2011). The reflective teacher: Towards self-actualization. The Language Teacher 35 (4), 27-30.

Boon, A. (2011). Developing Instant Messenger Cooperative Development. Bulletin of Toyo Gakuen University 19, 109-120.

Boon, A. & Woods, C. (2011). Setting up an internship program at a Japanese university: Part Two. Modern English Teacher 20 (2), 49-55.

Boon. A. (2011). Negotiated syllabuses: Do you want to? In I.S.P. Nation and J. Macalister (Eds.), Case studies in language curriculum design. New York: Routledge, 166-177.

Boon, A. & Woods, C. (2011). Setting up an internship program at a Japanese university: Part One. Modern English Teacher 20 (1), 54-58

Grandon, Marcus:

Grandon, M. (2013). Design choices and issues in Likert-item questionnaires. Studies in International Relations. 33(2), 55-59.

Grandon, M. (2012). Interviewing EFL teachers. Studies in International Relations, 32(2), 69-75.

Siegel, Joseph:

Siegel, J. (2012). Second language learners' perceptions of listening strategy instruction. Innovation in language learning and teaching. DOI:10.1080/17501229.2011.653110.

Siegel, J. (2011). Learner development through listening strategy training. In K. Irie & A. Stewart (Eds.), Realizing autonomy: Practice and reflection in language education contexts. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 78-93.

Siegel, J. (2011). Thoughts on L2 listening pedagogy. ELT Journal, 65 (3), 318-321.

Siegel, J. (2011). A review of Teaching Second Language Listening. JALT Journal, 32 (2), 213-215.

Wielander, Elisabeth:

Wielander, E. (2013). CLIL Project 3: European Geography (introducing Austria and Switzerland). In: Watts, C. / Forder, C. (eds). Living Languages. An Integrated Approach to Teaching Foreign Languages in Secondary Schools. London / New York: Routledge, 228-233.

Barkowski, H. / Krumm, H.J. (Hrsg.) (2010). Fachlexikon Deutsch als Fremd- und Zweitsprache. (UTB 8422). Tübingen: A. Francke. Reviewed in "Für Sie gelesen", Info-DAF 38 (2/3), April/Juni 2011, 147-149. Available at: http://www.iudicium.de/InfoDaF/downloads/InfoDaF_2011_Heft_2-3.pdf#page=27&view=Fit

Butzkamm, W. / Caldwell, J.A.W. (2009).The Bilingual Reform. A Paradigm Shift in Foreign Language Teaching. (narr studienbücher). Tübingen: Narr. Reviewed in "Für Sie gelesen", Info-DAF 38 (2/3), April/Juni 2011, 181-183. Available at: http://www.iudicium.de/InfoDaF/downloads/InfoDaF_2011_Heft_2-3.pdf#page=27&view=Fit

Wielander, E. (2009). ILT-Independent Listening Task: Hör-Sehverstehen im Selbststudium. ÖDaF-Mitteilungen 25 (1), 59-61

Zhang, Qiaochao:

Zhang, Q. (2012). ‘Investigation on Chinese Simultaneity’. In: Huang, Dian and Minjie, Xing, (eds.). Innovations in Teaching and Learning Chinese as a Foreign Language: Applied Chinese Language Studies III. London: Sinolingua, 239-247.

Conference papers and seminars:

Bonn, Suzanne:

• "A Story to Tell: Teacher Personal Narrative Use in Japanese Universities". Aston Graduate Student Showcase, JALT 2012, Japan, October 13, 2012.

• "Teacher Personal Narrative Use in the EFL Classroom: A Brief Outline". Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Conference, Aston University, UK, June 28, 2012.

• “From Reading Circles to Culture Circles”. Invited Speaker, JALT Ibaraki, Japan, December 11, 2011.

• “Professional Teaching Portfolios”. Invited Speaker, JALT Nagoya, Japan, September 25, 2011.

• “Culture Circle: Creative Jump from Reading Circle”. JALT 2010, Nagoya, Japan, November 19-22, 2010.

Boon, Andrew:

• “Negotiated syllabuses: Do you want to?”. JALT Osaka, Japan, April 7, 2012.

• “The illusion of synonyms”. JALT Nagasaki, Japan, December 10, 2011.

• “Setting up an extensive reading course”. JALT Nagasaki, Japan, December 10, 2011.

• “Here we are now, motivate us”. JALT, Fukuoka, Japan, November 27, 2011.

• “The reflective learner: Towards self-actualization”. Featured Speaker, JALT International Conference, Tokyo, Japan, November 21, 2011.

• “The reflective teacher: Towards self-actualization”. Featured Speaker, JALT International Conference, Tokyo, Japan, November 19, 2011.

• “Instant Messenger Cooperative Development: Journeys of discovery”. JALT Toyohashi, Japan, November 12, 2011.

• “Voices in the crowd: Strategies for teaching large classes”. Tokyo ELT Expo, Japan, October 1, 2011

• "Ain't no mountain high enough, is there?". JALT CUE Conference, Tokyo, Japan, July 2, 2011.

• "Discovering fluent thinking via IMCD". JALT Pan-SIG Conference, Shinshu, Japan, May 21, 2011.

• "Helping students discover the news". TESOL Annual Convention, New Orleans, USA, March 17, 2011.

• "Motivation, motivation, motivation". Pearson Kirihara Spring Teachers' Conference, Tokyo, Japan, February 27, 2011.

• "Instant Messenger Cooperative Development: Journeys of discovery". Aston University English Research Seminar Series, Birmingham, UK, February 15, 2011.

Grandon, Marcus:

• "Student beliefs toward a cross-cultural analysis of manga in a CLIL course". ISHCC Domestic Conference, Atami, Japan. April 27, 2013

• "The Effect of Video-based Lessons on the Oral Proficiency of Japanese EFL Students". Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Conference, Aston University, UK, June 28, 2012.

• "Digital Video Day Videos in the EFL Classroom and Their Effect on Speaking". JALT 2011, Tokyo, Japan. November 20, 2011.

• "Innovative Use of Video for EFL Speaking Activities". ISHCC  (International Society for Harmony and Combination of Cultures) 17th Domestic Conference, Atami, Japan.  November 13, 2011.

• "Multimedia in EFL Textbooks". JALT 2010, Nagoya, Japan. November 20, 2010.

Siegel, Joseph:

• "Process-based listening instruction". JALT 2012 International Conference, Hamamatsu Japan 14 Oct 2012.

• "Advancing L2 listening pedagogy: Process-based listening instruction". British Association for Applied Linguistics Conference, Southampton, UK 7 Sept 2012.

• “Listening strategy training: A preliminary report”. JALT 2011 National Conference, Tokyo, Japan 20 November 2011.

• “Refashioning L2 listening pedagogy”. JACET International Conference, Fukuoka, Japan 31 August 2011.

• “Listening pedagogy: New directions”. Asia TEFL 2011 Conference, Seoul, Korea 29 July 2011.

• “Listening strategy use beyond the classroom: Evidence of transfer”. AAAL 2011 Conference, Chicago, USA 27 March 2011.

• “Creativity and collaboration in curriculum design” (forum). JALT 2010 National Conference, Nagoya, Japan 27 November 2010.

Wielander, Elisabeth:

• 'CLIL in UK Higher Education: Converging with and diverging from European models'. ICLHE 2013 conference, University of Maastricht, Netherlands, 11-13 April, 2013.

• ‘Integrating content and modern foreign language learning in British higher education: The example of German’. English Language research seminar series, Aston University, 20 February, 2013.

• ‘Integrating Content and Language: An alternative approach to undergraduate language teaching and learning’. LLAS conference Language Futures: Languages in Higher Education, University of Edinburgh, 5-6 July, 2012.

• ‘Transition to Higher Education: support materials for KS5 and undergraduate students’ (with Angela Morris). Transitions in Languages conference, Aston University, 3 July, 2012.

• ‘Integrating Content and Language in UK Higher Education’. 1^st Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Conference, Aston University, Birmingham, 28 June, 2012.

• 'CLIL in UK Higher Education: A case study in German'. 2^nd International Conference on Bilingual Teaching in Educational Institutions at the Rey Juan Carlos University of Madrid, Spain, 20-22 October, 2011.

• 'CLIL in UK Higher Education'. LTS PhD Colloquium, Aston University, May 2011.

• 'LSS Teaching Fellow Film Project: Using visual media in teaching' (with Dr Claudia Gremler). CLIPP Best Practice Day (Centre for Learning, Innovation and Professional Practice), Aston University, June 2010.

• 'ILT - Independent Listening Task: Hör-Sehverstehen im Selbststudium'. Annual Conference of the Austrian Association of Teachers of German as a Foreign Language (title: "Opening the classroom: virtual learning environments, project-oriented learning, alternative learning spaces"), Vienna, Austria, November 2008.

Zhang, Qiaochao:

• ‘Developing a Pedagogical Framework for teaching the Chinese aspect marking system – a comparative study of translation and communication approaches’. Eurosla PhD workshop, Poznan, September 2012

• ‘Simultaneity in L2 Chinese - Insights into English-speaking adult learners’ learning’. Chronos 10, UK, April 2011

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