Introduction and overviews
第1週:Introduction to the seminar, student interests and goals; our linguistic repertoires; overview of language issues in Japan and other societies: language diversity, standard languages, minority languages, nationalism
第2週:Overview: impacts of colonization, endangered languages, language protection
第3週:Overview: multilingual societies, language laws and policies, living multilingually, questions of identity
Research Cycle 1 Multilingual societies and living multilingually
第4週:Research cycle 1 - Getting started, individual stories and news stories, raising questions
第5週:Research cycle 1 - Developing basic knowledge and identifying issues
第6週:Research cycle 1 - Focusing on specific problems and making connections
第7週:Research cycle 1 - Exploring the positions of key actors
第8週:Research cycle 1 - Presentation-discussions; review; self-evaluation
Research Cycle 2 Impacts of colonization, endangered languages, and language revitalization
第9週:Getting started, individual stories and news stories, raising questions
第10週:Research cycle 2 - Developing basic knowledge and identifying issues
第11週:Research cycle 2 - Focusing on specific problems and making connections
第12週:Research cycle 2 - Exploring the positions of key actors
第13週:Research cycle 2 – Presentation-discussions
Review and feedback
第14週:Feedback and final reflections; semester review
Research and fieldwork
第1週:Student interests and goals for Autumn semester: Language issue case-study projects – discussing possibilities and getting started
第2週:Raising questions and planning your project
第3週:Developing your case study
第4週:Identifying issues and sharing ideas for fieldwork
第5週:Focusing on specific problems/doing fieldwork
第6週:Reviewing and making your research clear + agreeing day and time for individual consultations
Presentation-discussions
第7週:First round of case-study presentation-discussions
第8週:Second round of case-study presentation-discussions
Report planning
第9週:Sharing reflections; planning your research report
Report writing, development, and finalisation
第10週:Report writing: Reading and discussing first drafts
第11週:Report writing: Reading and discussing second drafts
第12週:Report writing: Reading and discussing final drafts
Video recording and semester review
第13週:Reviewing your research and development over the semester
第14週:Feedback and final reflections; semester review