The 6th Waseda ELF International Workshop

Part 1: Friday, 11th November 2016

Part 2: Saturday, 12th November 2016

Venue: Room 405, Building 16 (School of Education), Waseda Campus, Waseda University

Part 1: Friday, 11th November 2016 Special Lectures

16:30~18:00

Prof. Maria Kuteeva, Stockholm University,

‘Written ELF and EAP instruction: a North European perspective’

18:00~19:30

Prof. Anna Mauranen, University of Helsinki

Good texts in Bad English? Academic Writing in ELF’

The PDF file of the poster is attached at the end of this page.

Part 2: Saturday, 12th November 2016 (13:45~18:45)

- Focus on Written ELF for Academic and Business Purposes -

Programme

1) 13:15 Opening & Introduction Kumiko Murata

2) 13:20~14:40 Individual Presentation Session 1

13:20~13:40 Yukako Nozawa, Waseda University

‘Pre-empting and repairing non-understanding in medical consultations: interaction between medical students and simulated patients in English as a Lingua Franca’

13:40~14:00 Dr George O’Neal, Niigata University

‘Maintaining mutual intelligibility for six-hours and fifty-minutes: aggregate phonetic changes to segmental phonology in a corpus of ELF interactions’

14:00~14:20 Dr Tomokazu Ishikawa, Southampton University

‘Japanese attitudes towards their English and the possibility of linguistic awareness as multi-lingua franca users’

14:20~14:40 Drs Mayu Konakahara, Kumiko Murata, & Masakazu Iino, Waseda University

‘From academic to business settings: changes of attitudes towards and opinions about ELF’

14:40~14:45 Short Break

3) 14:45~16:30 Individual Presentation Session 2

14:45~15:05

Dr Masuko Miyahara, International Christian University

‘Using a narrative approach in ELF research: developing a reflexive framework’

15:05~15:25

Dr Yasuhiro Fujiwara, Meijo University

‘Nominalization and over-explicitness in ELF discourses: language-specific or universal?’

15:25~15:45

Dr Sayako Maswana, Ochanomizu University

‘Changes in research articles from 1995 to 2015: an analysis from an ELF perspective’

15:45 Questions & Answers, Comments

15:55 Comments on Individual Presentation Sessions 1 & 2

Commentators: Profs. Anna Mauranen and Maria Kuteeva

16:10 General Questions & Answers, and Discussion

16:30-16:45 Coffee/ Tea Break

4) 16:45-18:40 Invited Panel - Focus on Written ELF -

16:45 Introduction Kumiko Murata

16:50 Prof. Saori Sadojima, Waseda University

‘Fostering EFL writers’ independence: challenges and possibilities at Waseda University Writing Center’

17:10 Assoc. Prof. Tim Stewart, Kyoto University

‘Trials of the gatekeepers: striking a balance between widening access and maintaining quality’

17:30 Prof. James D’Angelo, Chukyo University

'Managing an academic journal from an ELF-informed perspective: the case of Asian Englishes’

17:50 Questions & Answers

18:00 Discussants Profs. Anna Mauranen and Maria Kuteeva

18:20-18:40 General Questions & Answers, and Discussion

5) 18:40 Round-up Kumiko Murata

* This workshop is supported by Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (JSPS, Kiban (Foundation) B, No. 26284083).

19:00-21:00 Reception (Atton – an Italian restaurant)

  • Booking needed in advance. Please Click HERE to access the online booking form.

  • You can also access to the booking form from the poster attached to this page (see below).