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In this seminar, students will discuss and explore the process of second language learning and teaching by studying textbooks and research articles. Students will learn how to conduct research such as how to develop research themes and research questions, how to design research and data analysis, as well as how to write a research paper. Students will work on their individual studies, giving each other feedback in weekly discussions.

This lab usually has 20-25 students including graduate students, and many of them have had experience living or studying abroad and are proficient speakers of English.

Discussions can be conducted in both English and Japanese, and I am hopeful that both Japanese and international students can improve their English and Japanese proficiency respectively by being in this seminar. We have guest speakers.

I normally do not accept students who are already in the second semester of the third year since it takes a long time to understand the field of second language acquisition unless students have taken my 'Introduction to SLA and Foreign Language Teaching' lecture.

New students will be expected to find out what they want to investigate by the end of the semester. They need to submit the research proposal including the purpose of the study, research questions, and the research design at the end of the semester. Continuing students should submit a paper that includes the results and discussion of their pilot study at the end of the semester.

Previous students' thesis themes include the following:
* English learning and teaching at the primary school level
* CLIL teaching at primary school
* Effectiveness of group work on English learning within the framework of Socio-Cultural Theory
*Conversation analysis of Japanese/English bilingual speakers
* Code-switching of bilingual speakers and multilingual speakers
* Pragmatic investigations of failure in making the audience laugh: 'Owarai' in Japanese
* Motivation in English language learning
* Comparative analysis of sarcasm between Japanese and Americans
* Lost in translation? Humour translated in Japanese subtitles in American movie
* Responses to compliments in Japanese
* Differing perspective settings between Japanese and English in storytelling
And many more!

If needed, reference books will be recommended for the new students before the beginning of the semester.

This class aims to develop an environment for learning foreign languages - especially Chinese - against the backdrop of the increase in remote classes due to the expansion of Covid-19 infection, and the demand for digitalization of teaching materials is increasing in foreign language education as well. What is required of digital teaching materials in the future is the creation of an individually optimized learning environment in which each learner can proceed with learning according to his/her own level of proficiency and understanding, rather than one that is uniformly applied to all learners.
In addition, second language education in Japan to date has focused on grammar translation and reading, with emphasis on vocabulary and grammar acquisition, and even if students earn credits, they often fail to reach a level where they can use the foreign language. In recent years, teaching methods aimed at enhancing learners' communicative competence have been tested, particularly in English and Japanese language education. We will consider how these findings can be applied to second language education, together with the direct teaching method, which is a characteristic of SFC's foreign language education.
Based on this awareness of these issues, this study group will conduct individual or group research with the following four points in mind

(1) Investigation and research on learning strategies
(2) Critical examination of existing teaching methods and materials
(3) Development of teaching materials
(4) Evaluation of teaching materials

We discuss on the coalesce of the Linguistic Inquiry and its flanking region, and how to make use of that in the area of social creation.

We discuss on the coalesce of the Linguistic Inquiry and its flanking region, and how to make use of that in the area of social creation.

In this seminar, students will discuss and explore the process of second language learning and teaching by studying textbooks and research articles. Students will learn how to conduct research such as how to develop research themes and research questions, how to design research, and data analysis, as well as how to write a research paper. Students will work on their individual studies, giving each other feedback in weekly discussions.

This lab usually has 20-25 students including graduate students, and many of them have had experience living or studying abroad and are proficient speakers of English.

Discussions can be conducted in both English and Japanese, and I am hopeful that both Japanese and international students can improve their English and Japanese proficiency respectively by being in this seminar. We have guest speakers.

I normally do not accept students who are already in the second semester of the third year since it takes a long time to understand the field of second language acquisition unless students have taken my 'Introduction to SLA and foreign language teaching' lecture.

New students will be expected to find out what they want to investigate by the end of the semester. They need to submit the research proposal including the purpose of the study, research questions, and the research design at the end of the semester. Continuing students should submit a paper that includes the results and discussion of their pilot study at the end of the semester.

Previous students' thesis themes include the followings:
* English learning and teaching at the primary school level
* CLIL teaching at primary school
* Effectiveness of group work on English learning within the framework of Socio-Cultural Theory
*Conversation analysis of Japanese/English bilingual speakers
* Code-switching of bilingual speakers and multilingual speakers
* Pragmatic investigations of failure in making the audience laugh: 'Owarai' in Japanese
* Motivation in English language learning
* Comparative analysis of sarcasm between Japanese and Americans
* Lost in translation? Humour translated in Japanese subtitles in American movie
* Responses to compliment in Japanese
* Differing perspective settings between Japanese and English in storytelling
And many more!

If needed, reference books will be recommended for the new students prior to the beginning of the semester.

In this seminar, students will discuss and explore the process of second language learning and teaching through studying textbooks and research articles. Students will learn how to conduct research such as how to develop research themes and research questions, how to design research, and data analysis, as well as how to write a research paper. Students will work on their individual studies, giving each other feedback in weekly discussions. Many of the students in this seminar have had experiences living or studying abroad and are proficient speakers of English.
Discussions can be conducted in both English and Japanese, and I am hopeful that both Japanese and international students can improve their English and Japanese proficiency respectively by being in this seminar. We have guest speakers and lectures have been given in English most of the time.
Reference books will be recommended for the new students.
The new students in this seminar are expected to think about their research themes by conducting thorough literature reviews. They will then design their studies, and (ideally) conduct pilot studies.
Those students who continued from last semester will conduct pilot studies and summarise the results.

Themes of previous students' graduation theses include but not limited to:
Teaching English to elementary school students (chants and storytelling).
Usage of CLIL for teaching English to elementary school students.
The effect of group work on English language learning from the perspective of sociocultural theory.
Analysis of Japanese and English conversations by bilingual speakers.
Investigation of the effect of peer learning in speaking tasks with the use of fMRI.
Pragmatic analysis of 'suberi' in 'owarai' (comedy) in Japanese.
Code switching of Japanese and English.
Language and identity.
Study of motivation in English language learning.
The differences between men and women in terms of laughter.
The differences of English sarcasm and Japanese 'hiniku'.
Self-deprecation speech acts by Japanese speakers.
Speech act of compliment by Japanese college students.

This seminar aims at introducing students to the contemporary Indonesia. It will cover the recent changes in Indonesian society, heritage tourism and local empowerment. We will take a look from library research how Indonesia undergoes the empowerment programs in tourism and its issues.

The theme of this study group is " Culture and Society in Korea". The cultural and social events of Korean people would be viewed and analyzed by the various points such as language, education, community, media and so on to reveal the characteristics in the region at the same times. It should be noted that although the title points "Korea", as far as it relates with Korean people, the region for the detail analysis will not only limited in the Korean Peninsula, but it is applicable to cover the many different regions such as Japan, China, USA, Russia and so on. The objectives of this study group is to comprehend Korean people in more macro by synthesizing the various view points and region studies. By synthesizing the various view points and region studies, to comprehend Korean people in more macro is the objectives of this study group.

This seminar will focus on different issues of environment, disaster and development in Asia

In this course, after constructing your own questions and hypotheses on various topics related to the Korean-speaking world, you will gather appropriate research literature, conduct fieldworks, surveys and analyze them. Moreover, you will come up with effective ways to output findings obtained from the methods above. By making full use of your advanced linguistic ability, you will be able to understand the culture and society of the Korean-speaking world in depth.

In this course, after constructing your own questions and hypotheses on various topics related to the Korean-speaking world, you will gather appropriate research literature, conduct fieldworks, surveys and analyze them. Moreover, you will come up with effective ways to output findings obtained from the methods above. By making full use of your advanced linguistic ability, you will be able to understand the culture and society of the Korean-speaking world in depth.

In this course, after constructing your own questions and hypotheses on various topics related to the Korean-speaking world, you will gather appropriate research literature, conduct fieldworks, surveys and analyze them. Moreover, you will come up with effective ways to output findings obtained from the methods above. By making full use of your advanced linguistic ability, you will be able to understand the culture and society of the Korean-speaking world in depth.

In this course, after constructing your own questions and hypotheses on various topics related to the Korean-speaking world, you will gather appropriate research literature, conduct fieldworks, surveys and analyze them. Moreover, you will come up with effective ways to output findings obtained from the methods above. By making full use of your advanced linguistic ability, you will be able to understand the culture and society of the Korean-speaking world in depth.

In this course, after constructing your own questions and hypotheses on various topics related to the Korean-speaking world, you will gather appropriate research literature, conduct fieldworks, surveys and analyze them. Moreover, you will come up with effective ways to output findings obtained from the methods above. By making full use of your advanced linguistic ability, you will be able to understand the culture and society of the Korean-speaking world in depth.

This seminar will focus on different issues of environment, disaster and development in Asia

This seminar will focus on different issues of environment, disaster and development in Asia

We are always in communication. Understanding the notion of communication is to think about when, where, and with whom we get together, and what and how we talk to each other. In other words, an interest in communication inevitably leads to an interest in "place" and "place-making. In this Kenkyukai, we are conducting practical research on the "movement (mobility)" of people, the nature of "places" where people gather, and "place-making" from the perspective of communication and media studies.

Last fall semester, we read empirical studies and classics of qualitative research in sociology, and this spring semester, we read articles and books on quantitative research on gender order with a focus on regime theory. 2023 fall semester, we will lecture and discuss theories for "qualitative research" in a broad sense, reading Pushkala Prasad, Crafting qualitative research : beyond postpositivist traditions (Routledge, 2018). In addition, students will practice applying the theory they have learned by reading an introductory book that introduces many examples of fieldwork that can be conducted at the thesis level. The textbook is unique in that it not only covers a full range of sociological theories, but also provides many examples of research that apply the theories to practical fields such as management and labor.
　Each class consists of a 20-minute presentation by one student, followed by an additional lecture by the instructor, and discussion by all participants. The assigned textbook is dense, but the contents can be read and understood if the students have read "Contemporary Social Theory" by the teacher. Assuming that all students have read the assigned book, the course will emphasize discussion among students and question-and-answer session with the instructor.

In this seminar, we will read contemporary sociological works and discuss the topics of them.

In the fall semester of 2024, we will read sociological classics primarily from the perspective of changes in time-space perception and self-recoginition in the modern era. Time management, planning about the future, and the self acting on those plans, which is often required in modern society, is by no means an inherent form of perception in humans. It is something that has spread in the modern era and has brought both possibilities and oppressions to human beings. This issue has been a problematic concern of many 20th century sociologists, and a rereading of the classics from this perspective will deepen our understanding of the classics.
　Each class consists of a 20-minute presentation by one student, followed by an additional lecture by the instructor, and discussion by all participants. The assigned textbook is dense, but the contents can be read and understood if the students have read "Contemporary Social Theory" by the teacher. Assuming that all students have read the assigned book, the course will emphasize discussion among students and question-and-answer session with the instructor.

We are always in communication. Understanding the notion of communication is to think about when, where, and with whom we get together, and what and how we talk to each other. In other words, an interest in communication inevitably leads to an interest in "place" and "place-making. In this Kenkyukai, we are conducting practical research on the "movement (mobility)" of people, the nature of "places" where people gather, and "place-making" from the perspective of communication and media studies.

This is a new research seminar ("kenkyu-kai") commencing in Fall 2023. This seminar is suitable for students who wish to pursue a social scientific study of international population movements and related social phenomena. In the seminar, a strong emphasis will be placed on mastering the techniques and abilities necessary for conducting sociological research, whilst fostering an understanding of international migration and multicultural societies.

Throughout the semester, students will be expected to attend weekly seminars, having completed the assigned readings beforehand. In these sessions, both the instructor and students will discuss the readings in depth. Additionally, students will learn tools and methods of writing papers and conducting social scientific analyses.

Students will be expected to undertake independent (or group) research projects and share their progress periodically throughout the semester. While the expectation is that these individual or group research projects will focus on topics such as international population movements, migration and refugees, ethnicity, multiculturalism, etc., students may choose to research a topic that is not directly related to the aforementioned areas with the instructor's approval.

The instructor specializes in sociology and demography with a strong focus on quantitative approaches. However, students are welcome to pursue other approaches.

The books listed below are examples of what might be assigned to students throughout the semester. The final decision regarding the required readings will be made in October, after considering the specific interests and needs of the enrolled students:

例）研究方法に関するもの
・毛塚和宏, 2022, 『社会科学のための統計学入門――実例からていねいに学ぶ』講談社．
・小熊英二, 2022,『基礎からわかる論文の書き方』講談社現代新書.
・Salganik, M.J., 2018, Bit by Bit: Social Research in the Digital Age, Princeton: Princeton University Press. (瀧川裕貴・常松淳・阪本拓人・大林真也訳, 2019, 『ビット・バイ・ビット――デジタル社会調査入門』有斐閣.)

例）テーマに関わるもの
・樋口直人・稲葉奈々子, 2023, 『ニューカマーの世代交代――日本における移民2世の時代』明石書店.
・Liu-Farrer, G., 2020, Immigrant Japan: Mobility and Belonging in an Ethno-Nationalist Society. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
・永吉希久子, 2020,『移民と日本社会――データで読み解く実態と将来』中公新書.

Please be aware that alterations to the course content or schedule may occur, depending on the number and the composition of students enrolled.

NPO/NGO and Social Business in Japan originate from the volunteer movement in the Hanshin-Awaji great earthquake in 1995. The situation surrounded by NPOs in Japan has been changed since then. The activities have been diversified and empowered (influential) not only in the field of disaster relief but in the field of community design, human service and new business development. Social entrepreneurs and social business, CSR, social consumption and dynamic collaboration beyond sectors have been occurred for these years.

What is in common is that these activities in public aspect have been done based on the principle of networking and making community, and the significance has been more important to solve the various social issues.

In this seminar, you will learn the current situation, challenges, significance and possibility of the activities in "social sector" with the theoretical and practical approach. Group work (project) and individual research will be proceeded in parallel. You will discuss the theme and the case in group work and will put together what you learn in a paper as a graduation thesis.

NPO/NGO and Social Business in Japan originate from the volunteer movement in the Hanshin-Awaji great earthquake in 1995. The situation surrounded by NPOs in Japan has been changed since then. The activities have been diversified and empowered (influential) not only in the field of disaster relief but in the field of community design, human service and new business development. Social entrepreneurs and social business, CSR, social consumption and dynamic collaboration beyond sectors have been occurred for these years.

What is in common is that these activities in public aspect have been done based on the principle of networking and making community, and the significance has been more important to solve the various social issues.

In this seminar, you will learn the current situation, challenges, significance and possibility of the activities in "social sector" with the theoretical and practical approach. Group work (project) and individual research will be proceeded in parallel. You will discuss the theme and the case in group work and will put together what you learn in a paper as a graduation thesis.

We are always in communication. Understanding the notion of communication is to think about when, where, and with whom we get together, and what and how we talk to each other. In other words, an interest in communication inevitably leads to an interest in "place" and "place-making. In this Kenkyukai, we are conducting practical research on the "movement (mobility)" of people, the nature of "places" where people gather, and "place-making" from the perspective of communication and media studies.