| Name (click for Bio Data) |
Courses | Institution | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wendy Bowcher | A&HL 4085 Pedagogical English Grammar | Professor, Tokyo Gakugei University | bowcher@u-gakugei.ac.jp |
| Kip Cates | A&HL 4168& 5368 Global Issues | Professor, Tottori University | kcates@rstu.jp |
| Martha Clark Cummings | A&HT 4905 MA Project (A) A&HT 4077 Classroom Practices A&HT 4086 Language Classroom Observation |
Associate Professor, The University of Aizu | cummings@u-aizu.ac.jp |
| Dexter da Silva | A&HL 4178& 5378 Reading | Associate Professor, Keisen University | dasilva@keisen.ac.jp |
| Chris Gallagher | A&HL 4500 Advanced English Study | Lecturer, International Christian University | chris@icu.ac.jp |
| Nanci Graves | A&HL 4175& 5375 Autonomy | Tokyo Women's Junior College | |
| Marc Helgesen | A&HL 4176& 5376 Listening | Professor, Miyagi Gakuin | march@mgu.ac.jp Homepage |
| Kazuko Ikeda | A&HL 4819 Learning from Interpreting Skills | Tokyo University of Foreign Studies | |
| Tatsuya Komatsu | A&HL 4819 Learning from Interpreting Skills | Professor, Meikai University | |
| Masumi Muramatsu | A&HL 4819 Learning from Interpreting Skills | muramatsu-mm@hat.hi-ho.ne.jp http://www.mm-smile.com |
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| Ted Quock | A&HL 4167& 5367 Media-Assisted Language Learning | Associate Professor, Keisen University | thqduck@aol.com, or thq@keisen.ac.jp |
| Stephen Ross | A&HL 4088 Second Language Assessment | Professor, Kwansei University | |
| Yasushi Sekiya | A&HL 4101 Phonetics | Professor, Kanda University of International Studies | 0340516101@jcom.home.ne.jp |
| David Shea | A&HL 4095 M.A. Project (B) | Associate Professor, Keio University | NA |
| Tak Uemura | A&HL 4817 The Silent Way | Associate Professor, Nagoya University of Commerce and Business Adminstration | tuemura@nucba.ac.jp |
Wendy Bowcher is an Associate professor of Linguistics at Tokyo Gakugei University. She received her Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of Liverpool, England. Her research interests primarily involve the application of Systemic Functional Linguistic theory to analyses of varieties of discourse including Australian radio sports commentating.(top)
Kip A. Cates has an MA in Applied Linguistics, and teaches courses in English and global studies at Tottori University. He is the coordinator of the "Global Issues" Special Interest Group (GILE SIG) of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT) and publishes a quarterly "Global Issues in Language Education Newsletter." He is a member of the organization "Educators for Social Responsibility" and is past chair of the "TESOLers for Social Responsibility" Caucus. He conducts workshops and gives presentations on global education and language teaching both in Japan and overseas.(top)
Dr. Martha Clark Cummings has a BA in French literature from New York University, MA and EdD in TESOL from Columbia University, Teachers College. Before moving to Japan in 2002, she taught at the Monterey Institute of International Studies, the New School Online University, as well as at Teachers College in New York. She writes about writing, language classrooms, sociolinguistics, and language and gender. Her current research interests include Computer-Mediated Discourse, first-person narrative in Second Language Acquisition Research, and the changing definition of Academic Writing. She is the author of a collection of short stories, Mono Lake, and co-author of two ESL textbooks, Changes: Readings for Writers and Inspired to Write. She is Courseware Leader for Academic Writing at the University of Aizu.(top)
Dexter Da Silva is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Western Sydney, Australia. His research interests include motivation in TESOL, psycholinguistic processes in language learning, content-based language learning and teaching, and reading theory and its application to the TESOL context. He is Professor of Educational Psychology and English Education at Keisen University.(top)
Chris Gallagher obtained his M.Sc from Aston University in Birmingham (UK) and is currently conducting the research for his Ph.D. at Macquarie University (Australia). His dissertation research interests include the generic analysis of academic writing and speaking using insights from the Systemic Functional Linguistic (SFL) theories of M.A.K Halliday, and Ruqaiya Hasan's work on genre analysis within the same theory. His other research interests include writing and discussion skills in English for Academic Purposes (EAP). He is currently teaching in the English Language Program of the English Department in International Christian University (ICU), Mitaka, Tokyo.(top)
Nanci Graves has taught at various schools in Japan over the past twenty years, including SIMUL Academy, Obirin University, and International Christian University. She is currently teaching full-time at Kobe Steel's in-house English training program. During two lengthy breaks from Japan, she completed an M.A. in Applied Linguistics at Reading University in the U.K. and later worked as an academic course coordinator for SUNY at Buffalo's undergraduate program in Malaysia. She started teaching workshop and practicum courses at Teachers College in 1988 (on several occasions co-teaching with Dr. John Fanselow) and served as the TC Program Coordinator from 1990 to 1993. Recently, she has pursued research in the areas of learner self-assessment, teacher autonomy and motivation, and learner expectations concerning feedback on academic writing. Other interests include language education in developing Asian countries, human rights issues, and Tibetan Buddhism.(top)
Marc Helgesen is Professor in the Dept. of Intercultural Studies, Miyagi Gakuin, Sendai. He is particularly interested in materials design and is an author of the Active Listening series (Cambridge), English Firsthand, Impact and Workplace English. He has been teaching in Japan since 1982 and has taught at many levels including university, junior and senior high, senmon gakko and adults.(top)
Ms. Kazuko Ikeda is a graduate of the Tokyo Teachers College MA in TESOL Program and is a fully qualified simultaneous interpreter, having trained at SIMUL Academy and Monterey Institute of International Studies. Ms. Ikeda obtained her MA in Conference Interpretation from Monterey Institute of International Studies in 1993, is currently teaching interpreting related courses at SIMUL Academy and Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, and works as a conference interpreter.(top)
Mr. Komatsu Tatsuya is Professor at Meikai University and Senior Advisor for SIMUL International . He is widely known as an expert in the field of simultaneous interpretation and has written a number of books on related subjects. Mr. Komatsu, together with Professor Fanselow, is also responsible for founding the MA program in Tokyo.(top)
Mr. Muramatsu Masumi, a founding member of SIMUL International, was active as a simultaneous interpreter from 1956 until recently. He has written five books in Japanese, including the latest "Interpreter's Choice: Best Tales and Anecdotes" (2002) and the classic "I Couldn't Speak English Either" (1978). He is now active as an author, lecturing extensively in Japan and abroad on humor's role in communication.(top)
Ted Quock (M.A. in Language Studies, San Francisco State University) has been teaching English in Japan since early 1979. He served as Program Director/Course Director of SIMUL Academy and Chief Writer for the SIMUL International Department of Research and Development for over 10 years. He is interested in exploring the concept of media and how to exploit various authentic media (such as news media, film, and music) for teaching purposes. Now an associate professor of British & American Studies at Keisen University, he teaches courses on Western Humor, English Through Music and Video and Mixed Media. He has written textbooks based on advanced level speaking skills and learning from CNN and CNBC TV news, and is working on a book based on the comedy of Victor Borge.(top)
Steven Ross obtained his Ph.D. in Second Language Acquisition from the University of Hawaii at Manoa), and is currently professor of educational linguistics at the School of Policy Studies, Kwansei Gakuin in Kobe-Sanda, Hyogo. He has taught research methodology and language assessment courses in Japan (Tokyo, Temple, Kwansei Gakuin Universities and Teachers College), the USA (Hawaii, Hawaii Pacific Universities), and Australia (Macquarie University). Areas of recent research include language assessment, gender bias on language tests, computerized testing, benchmarking, standard setting, and language program evaluation. He has recently served on the editorial boards of the TESOL Quarterly and Language Testing. Dr. Ross is currently involved in bias and language proficiency interview research, and also serves as a research consultant for the Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC) in Japan. His research articles have appeared in the JALT Journal, System, RELC Journal, IRAL, TESOL Quarterly, Second Language Research, Studies in Second Language Acquisition, Prospect, Language Learning, Language Testing, and Applied Linguistics, as well as in a number of edited books on second language acquisition, discourse analysis, and language testing.(top)
Dr. Terry Royce is Program Director at the Tokyo campus of the Teachers College Columbia University MA in TESOL Program and has been appointed by Teachers College (New York) to the Tokyo program. He has a BA in Economics and a Diploma in Education from Macquarie University, a Graduate Diploma in Multicultural Education from Armidale University, an MA in Applied Linguistics from Sydney University (Australia), and a Ph.D. in Linguistic Science from the University of Reading (UK). His research interests include the analysis of multimodality, discourse and cohesion analysis across disciplines (specifically scientific and economics discourse), the application of systemic-functional linguistics to discourse varieties and TESOL education, and the forensic linguistic analysis of police negotiators' discourse.(top)
Dr. Sekiya holds an M.Ed. and doctorate (Ed.D.) from Teachers College, Columbia University (New York), and is currently a full Professor at Kanda University of International Studies. His research interests include the acquisition of English phonology by Japanese L1 speakers and content-based language instruction.(top)
David Shea has taught EFL in Japan for fifteen years, on both secondary and university levels. He received a Ph.D. in foreign language education from the University of Georgia in 1993. Currently, he is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Business and Commerce at Keio University. At TC, David has worked as MA project advisor and taught classes in intercultural communication as well as research design. His academic interests include pragmatics, bilingualism, and intercultural communication.(top)
Tak Uemura currently teaches full-time at Nagoya University of Commerce and Business Administration. He received his B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, and his M.A. in TESOL from Teachers College Columbia University in 1979. His special interest is the practical and research aspects of teaching methods, specifically concerning The Silent Way.(top)