PROGRAM
(All oral presentations: Room 102 of B-Building; Poster presentations: Lobby of B-Building)
8:30am〜
Registration starts
9:00am〜9:15am
Opening and Welcome Speech by Professor Kenji Yura, Head of Education Committee of UEC Tokyo
9:15am〜9:45am
Invited Presentation 1: Laurence Anthony, Waseda University (Japan)
“From model building to corpus analysis to ESP materials creation: A three-step procedure with application in mathematics research article writing instruction”
Chair: Keiko Fujita (Tokai University)
9:45am〜10:15am
Invited Presentation 2: Stefan Gries, UCSB (USA)
“Corpus-linguistic applications for teaching and research”
Chair: SHI Jie (UEC Tokyo)
10:15am〜10:45am
Invited Presentation 3: Moonsub Han, Hanyang University (South Korea)
“Globalizing English education in South Korea: Linking the university English education with the leading companies”
Chair: Paul McKenna (UEC Tokyo/Tama Art University)
10:45am〜11:00am
Tea Break
11:00pm〜11:30pm
Invited Presentation 4: CAI Jigang, Fudan University (PRC)
“ESP in the mainland China: Barriers and opportunities”
Chair: YU Yan (UEC Tokyo/Tama University)
11:30pm〜12:00pm
Invited Presentation 5: Winnie Cheng, Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PRC)
“Approaches and methods: ESP research and teaching”
Chair: Uma Maheswari Rajagopalan (UEC Tokyo/Riken)
12:00am〜1:30pm
Lunch Break (Sponsored by Cambridge University Press Japan)
1:30pm〜2:00pm
Invited Presentation 6: Theron Muller, Toyama University (Japan)
“Teacher development and writing for academic publication: The case of Japan-based language teachers”
Chair: Suwako Uehara (UEC Tokyo)
2:00pm〜3:30pm
Poster Session
3:30am〜3:45am
Tea Break
3:45pm〜4:15pm
Presentation 7: SHI Jie, the University of Electro-Communications (Japan)
“Curriculum design of an EST program for undergraduate students at UEC: Successes and dilemmas”
Chair: Leigh McDowell (Nara Institute of Science and Technology)
4:15pm〜5:25pm
Panel Discussion: Anthony, Gries, Han, Cai, Cheng, and Muller
“ESP in globalizing higher education: The current practices in Asia”
Chairs: Shinichi Watanabe & Yasuhide Hobara (UEC Tokyo)
5:25pm〜5:30pm
Closing Remarks by Professor Katsumi Tanaka, Councilor of UEC Tokyo
6:00pm〜8:00pm
Banquet (MC: Paul McKenna, UEC Tokyo/Tama Art University)