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IWATE University Faculty of Education English Education |
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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/ |
HALL James Meriwether
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Research Interests 【 display / non-display 】
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Multicultural Education
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English Teaching Methodologies
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Language Teacher Cognition
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English Teacher Education
Graduating School 【 display / non-display 】
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-1997.06
Kenyon College International Studies Graduated
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
Degree 【 display / non-display 】
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University of Stirling - PhD in Applied Linguistics 2017.11.16
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- Masters Degree 2000.06.01
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Kenyon College - International Studies 1997.06.01
Campus Career 【 display / non-display 】
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2021.04-Now
IWATE University Faculty of Education Iwate University Professor [Duty]
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2006.04-2021.03
IWATE University Faculty of Education Iwate University Associate Professor [Duty]
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2003.04-2006.03
IWATE University Faculty of Education English Education Lecturer [Duty]
Research Areas 【 display / non-display 】
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Multicultural Education
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Humanities & Social Sciences / Education
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English Education
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James Hall's Home Page
https://logos.edu.iwate-u.ac.jp/jhoffice/james-m-halls-homepage/
Course Subject 【 display / non-display 】
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2012
Inquiry into teaching English Ⅰ
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2012
Special Research in English Expressions Ⅱ
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2012
Methods of Teaching English as a Foreign Language Ⅲ
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2012
Basic Seminar for the first-year students
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2012
Advanced Japanese G
Research Career 【 display / non-display 】
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English Teacher Development
Periods of research:
2010.03-NowKeywords : 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.
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English Activities Using Picture Books
Periods of research:
2006.12-NowKeywords : Elementary School English Education
Style of Research: Collaboration in Organization
Research Program: International Joint Research Projects
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Supporting local elementary schools' English activities
Periods of research:
2006.04-2008.03Keywords : TEFL training for Japanese elementary school teachers
Style of Research: Collaboration in Japan
Research Program: The Other Research Programs
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Internships for teaching English at Thailand secondary schools
Periods of research:
2006.03-2008.03Keywords : teacher education
Style of Research: International Collaboration
Research Program: International Joint Research Projects
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Inductive and Deductive Approaches to Grammar Teaching
Periods of research:
2003.06-2004.06Keywords : Inductive Approach,Deductive Approach
Style of Research: Individual
Research Program: (not selected)
Published Papers 【 display / non-display 】
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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Take it easy!
James Hall
Iwate University Committee for the Support of English Activities at Iwate Prefectural Elementary Schools 2007.03
Textbook
Review Papers 【 display / non-display 】
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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
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Grading Relative to Classmates Makes for Bad Competition
James HALL
Epic World Spring ( 33 ) 59-60 2002.01
Others
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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)
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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
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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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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
Preferred joint research theme 【 display / non-display 】
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Comparing the Learner Beliefs between AETs and JETs
Joint research form : Cooperative Research with other research organizations including universities.
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An Inductive Approach to Teaching English Articles
Joint research form : Cooperative Research with other research organizations including universities.
Association Memberships 【 display / non-display 】
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2021.08
British Association of Applied Linguistics
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2018.04
The Japan Association for Language Education and Technology
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2003.10
Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT)
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2003.04
The Iwate Society of English Education
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2003.04
The Japan Society of English Language Education
Academic Activity 【 display / non-display 】
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2019.04-Now
The Iwate Society of English Education President
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2007.06-Now
The Japan Society of English Language Education Member of the Editing Comittee of the Tohoku English Society Research Journal