HALL James Meriwether

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Affiliation

IWATE University  Faculty of Education  English Education 

Position

Professor

Laboratory Phone number

+81-19-621-6613

Laboratory Fax number

+81-19-621-6613

Homepage URL

https://logos.edu.iwate-u.ac.jp/jhoffice/james-m-halls-homepage/

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Research Interests 【 display / non-display 】

  • Multicultural Education

  • English Teaching Methodologies

  • Language Teacher Cognition

  • English Teacher Education

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Graduating School 【 display / non-display 】

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    1997.06

    Kenyon College   International Studies   Graduated

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Graduate School 【 display / non-display 】

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    2017.11

    Others  School of Social Sciences  Applied Linguistics  Doctor's Course  Completed

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    2000.06

    Others    International Education  Master's Course  Completed

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Degree 【 display / non-display 】

  • University of Stirling -  PhD in Applied Linguistics  2017.11.16

  •  -  Masters Degree  2000.06.01

  • Kenyon College -  International Studies  1997.06.01

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Campus Career 【 display / non-display 】

  • 2021.04
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    Now

    IWATE University   Faculty of Education   Iwate University   Professor   [Duty]

  • 2006.04
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    2021.03

    IWATE University   Faculty of Education   Iwate University   Associate Professor   [Duty]

  • 2003.04
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    2006.03

    IWATE University   Faculty of Education   English Education   Lecturer   [Duty]

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Research Areas 【 display / non-display 】

  • Multicultural Education

  • Humanities & Social Sciences / Education

  • English Education

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Course Subject 【 display / non-display 】

  • 2012

    Inquiry into teaching English Ⅰ

  • 2012

    Special Research in English Expressions Ⅱ

  • 2012

    Methods of Teaching English as a Foreign Language Ⅲ

  • 2012

    Basic Seminar for the first-year students

  • 2012

    Advanced Japanese G

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Research Career 【 display / non-display 】

  • English Teacher Development

    Periods of research：

    2010.03
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    Now

    Keywords : Language Teacher Cognition

    Style of Research： Individual

    Research Program： The Other Research Programs  

    Contents of Research Career

    I research how English teachers at (mainly) Japanese junior high schools develop and then try to apply these findings to my English Teaching Methodology classes at the university.

  • English Activities Using Picture Books

    Periods of research：

    2006.12
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    Now

    Keywords : Elementary School English Education

    Style of Research： Collaboration in Organization

    Research Program： International Joint Research Projects  

  • Supporting local elementary schools' English activities

    Periods of research：

    2006.04
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    2008.03

    Keywords : TEFL training for Japanese elementary school teachers

    Style of Research： Collaboration in Japan

    Research Program： The Other Research Programs  

  • Internships for teaching English at Thailand secondary schools

    Periods of research：

    2006.03
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    2008.03

    Keywords : teacher education

    Style of Research： International Collaboration

    Research Program： International Joint Research Projects  

  • Inductive and Deductive Approaches to Grammar Teaching

    Periods of research：

    2003.06
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    2004.06

    Keywords : Inductive Approach,Deductive Approach

    Style of Research： Individual

    Research Program： (not selected)  

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Published Papers 【 display / non-display 】

  • Eportfolio post tagging for student-teacher development

    James M Hall

    Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching     １ - 13   2022.07  [Refereed]

    Academic Journal  Single Work

    This paper introduces an innovative practice: post tagging as a way to enhance the use of ePortfolios in foreign language teacher education programs. The ePortfolio system is a WordPress multi-author blog, and a student-teacher’s ePortfolio is a page comprised of the posts they have written. Tags are keywords for a post. In this innovation, ePortfolio post tags are matched with content learning areas in the teacher education program. When student-teachers tag a post, they first choose a relevant content area from the teacher education curriculum, e.g. Methods, and then select an appropriate tag or keyword from that area, e.g. Focus on form. Tagging has the following benefits. First, it can encourage student-teachers to reconcile pedagogical concepts from their teacher education program with their professional goals, teaching practice, and teaching beliefs. Second, tags can be used as a means to understand the types of pedagogical concepts that student-teachers deem important. Lastly, tagging can inform the teacher educators about how to improve their programs. On the other hand, using tags to match one’s reflective writing with pedagogical concepts does not come naturally to student-teachers and needs to be carefully introduced. The paper concludes by presenting some guidelines for using ePortfolios with tagging.

    DOI

  • 外国語活動において中学年児童が感じる「やり取りの楽しさ」と尺度開発の試み

    伊藤 汐里, 小川 春美, ホール ジェームズ, 山本 奬

    岩手大学大学院教育学研究科研究年報   6   109 - 115   2022.03

    Academic Journal  Multiple authorship

  • Teachers' Self Efficacy for Using Classroom English in Foreign-Language-Activity Classes and an In-school Effort to Enhance it

    ITO Shiori, YAMAMOTO Susumu, OGAWA Harumi, HALL James

    Research Journal of the Iwate University Professional School for Teacher Education   6   99 - 107   2022.03

    Others  Multiple authorship

  • An Analysis of JHS Student English Typing Errors

    Kodai Tamura, James M Hall

    岩手大学英語教育論集   ( 24 ) 1 - 14   2022.03

    Academic Journal  Multiple authorship

  • Task-Presentation-Practice-Task: Developing a Methodology to Enhance Students' Abilities in Interaction at Junior High School

    Tamotsu Ariya, James M Hall

    岩手大学英語教育論集   23   2021.03

    Academic Journal  Multiple authorship

    In the 1980s, the Ministry of Education, Sports, Science, Culture, and Technology (MEXT) first made developing students' communicative competence a priority in its secondary school English education policy (Hall, 2017). Since then, the emphasis on communicative ability in foreign language
    education policy has increased. In 2017, MEXT released the new Course of Studies for elementary school and junior high school (JHS), which were scheduled to be enacted in 2020 and 2021, respectively. Among the notable changes was that foreign language activities would start from the 3rd grade of elementary school and the foreign language subject from the 5th grade. Another significant change was a revision of the four-skill areas of listening, reading, writing, and speaking. The last skill was divided into two areas: speaking (presentation) and speaking (interaction). This paper will focus on how students' abilities in interaction can be developed in JHSs.

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Books 【 display / non-display 】

  • Iwate University Faculty of Education & Faculty of Education Affiliated Junior High School

    YAMAKAGE Rie, OTAKI Wataru, YOSHIKADO Junichi, HALL James ( Pages responsible : Chapter 9 Foreign Language Subject:Developing students who can engage in collaborative communication and respect diversity )

    Fukumura Publishers  2022.06 ISBN: 9784571101977

    Scholarly Book

  • Myanmar Primary School First Grade English Textbook

    ミャンマー初等教育カリキュラム改訂プロジェクト

    2016.09

    Textbooks for Children

  • Japan: Facing the 2011 Earthquake, Tsunami, and Nuclear Radiation

    James M. Hall, Moto Suzuki ( Pages responsible : 第１７章：The Role of Volunteering in Post-tsunami Town Recovery: The Experience of All Hands in Ofunato City, Iwate )

    2016.06

    Scholarly Book

  • Adapting English Picture Books to an EFL Context: A Study of Collaboration between Elementary School Teachers and TEFL Practitioners in Rural Japan

    James M. Hall, Tomoko Yamazaki, Chohei Takahashi, Takeru Ishigame

    Palgrave Macmillan  2011.09 ISBN: 978-0-230-301

    Scholarly Book

  • Take it easy!

    James Hall

    Iwate University Committee for the Support of English Activities at Iwate Prefectural Elementary Schools   2007.03

    Textbook

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Review Papers 【 display / non-display 】

  • Japanese are from Venus and non-Japanese from Mars: How to Team Teach more Effectively

    James HALL

    EPIC World   Spring ( 36 ) 59-60   2002.01

    Others  

  • Grading Relative to Classmates Makes for Bad Competition

    James HALL

    Epic World   Spring ( 33 ) ５９－６０   2002.01

    Others  

  • The (Somewhat) Incidental Raising of a Bilingual Child

    James Hall

    バイリンガル通信 ( JALTバイリンガリズム研究会 )  22 ( 3 ) 15 - 17   2014.02

    Academic Journal (Local)  

  • A Pilot Study on Elementary School Foreign Language Activities Which Promote Flow

    James Hall, Aurore Nesme

    岩手大学英語教育論集 ( 岩手大学教育学部英語科 )    15 - 41   2014.03

    University Bulletin  

  • Research and Praxtice to Link Teacher Education with Local Education

    James Hall

    Iwate University Newsletter ( Iwate University )  43   2 - 2   2019.08

    Others  

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Presentations 【 display / non-display 】

  • Cutting Edge Reflective Practice to Promote Teacher Development in Japan and Thailand

    Oral Presentation(General)  James M Hall

    2020.02
    　
    　

  • Language assessment and policy innovation in Myanmanr

    Oral Presentation(General)  Brian Gaynor, James Hall

    2019.12
    　
    　

  • Developing "Problem-solving" Teachers

    Oral Presentation(General)  James M Hall

    2019.11
    　
    　

  • Using WordPress as a Content Management and Comment Site for Teacher Education

    Symposium, Workshop, Panelist (Public Offering)  James M Hall, Simon Townsend, Kodai Tamura

    2019.11
    　
    　

  • Using WordPress as a Tool for Teacher Reflection and Feedback

    Oral Presentation(General)  James M Hall, Simon Townsend

    2019.08
    　
    　

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Preferred joint research theme 【 display / non-display 】

  • Comparing the Learner Beliefs between AETs and JETs

    Joint research form : Cooperative Research with other research organizations including universities.

  • An Inductive Approach to Teaching English Articles

    Joint research form : Cooperative Research with other research organizations including universities.

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Association Memberships 【 display / non-display 】

  • 2021.08
    　
    　
     

    British Association of Applied Linguistics

  • 2018.04
    　
    　
     

    The Japan Association for Language Education and Technology

  • 2003.10
    　
    　
     

    Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT)

  • 2003.04
    　
    　
     

    The Iwate Society of English Education

  • 2003.04
    　
    　
     

    The Japan Society of English Language Education

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Academic Activity 【 display / non-display 】

  • 2019.04
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    The Iwate Society of English Education   President

  • 2007.06
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    The Japan Society of English Language Education   Member of the Editing Comittee of the Tohoku English Society Research Journal

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