Bilingualism for Language Teaching: 30 Years of Reflections Steve McCarty Professor, Osaka Jogakuin College and University JALT Matsuyama Chapter 30th Anniversary Meeting 12 January 2014
Presentation Outline 30th Anniversary of the JALT Chapter founding Activities in Matsuyama and later international family Reflections on scanned Chapter documents from 1984 Founding philosophy: bilingual, community service Audience reflections / questions on Chapter history How Bilingualism Informs Language Teaching A developmental bilingual perspective Meanings of the word “Bilingualism” Levels of Bilingualism – in daily life and academically Types of Language Acquisition – informed by bilingualism Conclusion – how bilingualism informs language teaching Audience comments / questions
1984 in Matsuyama
available at http://www.waoe.org/steve/haiku.html
Married in 1988
Chisato’s parents in Nagoya Nowadays: our mailbox Wife Chisato Chisato’s parents in Nagoya Kiley = 海里 (25 on 1/29/14) Nikki = 新輝 (22 on 1/21/14)
Matsuyama Chapter founding in 1984: Some scanned documents
First bilingual meeting notices in JALT history
Chapter officers and events
Chapter meetings
JALT 10th Anniversary collection of papers A justifiable reprinting on the open Web of articles published JALT 10th Anniversary collection of papers in Japanese - 1985
A justifiable reprinting on the open Web of articles published
A justifiable reprinting on the open Web of articles published
Your reflections, comments or questions on Matsuyama Chapter history?
Various meanings of the word “Bilingualism”
Four Levels of Bilingualism in daily life plus an academic or Disciplinary Level
Taxonomy of Bilingualism
Disciplinary Level of Bilingualism
Types of Language Acquisition from a bilingual perspective
how bilingualism informs language teaching Conclusions on how bilingualism informs language teaching
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