Vocabulary Learning and Testing Colloquium, 2015
Presented by JALT Vocabulary SIG, and TUJ
Date: September 13th, 2015 Location: Temple University, Japan, Osaka. http://www.tuj.ac.jp/tesol/maps/osaka.html Entry Fees and Registration Form Schedule 09:15 ~ Registration 10:00 ~ Session 1: 10:00 – 10:25 Brandon Kramer, Momoyama Gakuin University Differences in knowledge of aural and written receptive vocabulary forms among Japanese learners 10:30 – 10:55 Atsushi Mizumoto, Kansai University Developing and evaluating a computerized adaptive version of Word Part Levels Test 11:00 – 11:25 Stuart McLean, Kansai University An investigation of the appropriateness of using the word family unit with Japanese university students: Implications for teaching and testing ****Break 11:25 – 11:40**** 11:40 – 12:05 Rob Waring, Notre Dame Seishin University Time for state models of vocabulary acquisition? 12:10 – 12:35 Tohru Matsuo, Kinki University Rasch-based validation of WAT: Does the format matter? 12:40 – 13:10 Panel ****Lunch 13:10 – 14:00**** 14:00 ~ Session 2: 14:00 – 14:25 James Rogers, Kansai Gaikokugo University How to help ESL students achieve collocational fluency 14:30 – 14:55 Dale Brown, Osaka University, Cardiff University Determinants of cue difficulty in a test of productive knowledge of collocations 15:00 – 15:25 Tomoko Ishii, Meiji Gakuin University Visual features in semantic clustering issue ****Break 15:25 – 15:40**** 15:40 – 16:05 David Coulson & Ben Thanyawatpokin, Ritsumeikan University Changes in lexical skill through large input from hand-held video games 16:10 – 16:35 David Beglar, Temple University, Japan Teaching and learning foreign language vocabulary using insights from educational psychology 16:40 – 17:10 Panel ****Dinner: 18:00**** We will eat a nearby Izakaiya which is 6 minutes from Osaka Station To reserve a place at the Izakiaya please use the Registration Form (contact: Stuart McLean stuart93 [at] me.com) The cost of the dinner (all you can drink and course) is ¥4,000. Colloquium Committee Colloquium Coordinator: Stuart McLean Treasurer: Phil Bennett |
Poster for Colloquium
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