1. 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

2. 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

3. 1984 in Matsuyama

4. available at http://www.waoe.org/steve/haiku.html

5. Married
in 1988

6. 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)

7. Matsuyama Chapter founding in 1984: Some scanned documents

8. First bilingual meeting notices in JALT history

9. Chapter officers and events

10. Chapter meetings

11. JALT 10th Anniversary collection of papers
A justifiable reprinting on the open Web of articles published
JALT 10th Anniversary collection of papers
in Japanese

12. A justifiable reprinting on the open Web of articles published

13. A justifiable reprinting on the open Web of articles published

14. Your reflections, comments or questions on Matsuyama Chapter history?

15. Various meanings of the word “Bilingualism”

16. Four Levels of Bilingualism in daily life
plus an academic or Disciplinary Level

17. Taxonomy of Bilingualism

18. Disciplinary Level of Bilingualism

19. Types of Language Acquisition from a bilingual perspective

20. how bilingualism informs language teaching
Conclusions on
how bilingualism informs language teaching

21. For further info see the author’s bilingual Website of publications:
Questions or Comments?
For further info see the author’s
bilingual Website of publications:
or in Japanese:
Thank you!