Greetings Everyone, ≧◉◡◉≦

Happy New Years everyone and I hope everyone has had a great start to the year thus far. ᕙ(^▿^-ᕙ) I am here to present information about our first meeting for the new year. Hope to see you all there. (•◡•) Our distinguished presenter will be Howard Brown, a professor at Niigata University. He will be presenting about the growth of English-medium instruction programs at Japanese universities and the role that language teachers can have at these institutions. ?

Biographical Information:
Howard Brown is a professor at the University of Niigata Prefecture, where he is the coordinator of EMI programs. He has been working in and researching EMI programs in Japan for more 10 years, with a special focus on program-level planning and implementation. He has written more than 20 papers on EMI-related issues and coedited the book ‘English-medium Instruction in Japanese Higher Education: Policy, Challenges and Outcomes’ from Multilingual Matters. ᕙ(`▿´)ᕗ

Meeting Information:
Sunday, March 21, 2021 – 1:30pm, Online by ‘Zoom’.
In Japan, more and more universities are offering courses taught in English. On nearly 50% of campuses in Japan, students are studying economics, political science, history, chemistry, literature, linguistics, and more in English. This is an exciting new role for English on Japanese campuses but it also brings with it new challenges. In this presentation / workshop we will talk about the shifting definitions of EMI and the current realities of EMI implementation in Japan. Then we will focus on the role that language teachers are playing and can play in EMI programs. We will look at the specific needs that EMI students have and examine strategies that have been shown to be effective for supporting students as they make the transition from learning English to learning in English. (?≖‿‿≖)? ?(≖‿‿≖?)

If you wish to attend the meeting, please contact JALT Toyohashi through the provided links and we will send you the information to access the meeting.
https://jalt.org/events/toyohashi-chapter/21-03-21 ☜(ˆ▿ˆc)

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