The 12th Research Roundtable for
Bilingualism as a First Language (BiL1)
Co-sponsored by The Master’s Program in Language Sciences,
Graduate School of Intercultural Communication, Rikkyo University
“Language acquisition and attrition in bilinguals”
(I) Date: Oct. 17th 2015 (Sat.) 12:50-17:30
(II) Place: Place: Room M301, Makim Hall (Building 15), Ikebukuro Campus, Rikkyo University
3-34-1 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo, Japan 171-8501
http://english.rikkyo.ac.jp/access/ikebukuro/direction
*We have arranged sign language interpreters.
(III) Programme
M.C. TAURA, Hideyuki (Ritsumeikan University)
1. Opening Address 12:50 YAMAMOTO, Masayo (Kwansei Gakuin University)
2. Guest Lecture 13:00-14:00
“Language Dynamism: A Case of a Returnee’s English Language Acquisition and Attrition”
TOMIYAMA Machiko (International Christian University)
Break 14:00
3. Presentations
14:10-14:50
“Successful English-Japanese bilingualism: Parents' language ideologies and practices”
NAKAMURA, Janice (Sagami Women’s University)
14:50-15:30
“How do they acquire their home language? Respecting bilingual children's rights to language choice”
OH, Heesu (Nagoya University)
Break 15:30
4. Post-graduate Presentations
15:40-16:15
“Facets of the identity formed by adolescent Japanese L2 learners shifting between cultures”
MASUYAMA, Miyuki (Ritsumeikan University)
16:15-16:50
“A structural approach to balanced bilinguals' code-switching using Systemic Functional Grammar”
NAKAGAWARA, Risa (Kwansei Gakuin University)
5. Group discussion 16:50-17:20
6. Closing address 17:20
IKARI, Yukio (Osaka City University)
(IV) Fee : 1000 yen (members : free)
(V) Participation: Simply turn up on the day. There is no need to RSVP.
(VI) Dinner party: We're planning dinner after the research roundtable at a restaurant nearby (18:00-20:00 at a cost of about 5,000 yen). Details will be announced later, but let us know by e-mail tomorisato(a)rikkyo.ac.jp by Wednesday, Oct. 7th if you'd like to come to the dinner. In the e-mail message, please write 1) your name, 2) affiliation, 3) e-mail address and put the title of the message as “Application for BiL1 dinner party”.