As reported in the news, the number of cases of coronavirus from Wuhan has been increasing since December 2019, and the number of cases in other countries including Japan is also increasing.
Due to this situation, we have decided to cancel the two events scheduled for March 6th: Practice Report Meeting for 2019 and the 29th Foreign Language Education Research Meeting. We are very sorry for the inconvenience this may cause you.
日頃から，広島大学外国語教育研究センターの業務，運営にご支援，ご協力賜りありがとうございます。既に各種報道等で周知されておりますとおり，2019年12月以降，中国の武漢市において，新型コロナウイルス感染症の患者が報告され，日本を含む世界諸国でも患者数が増加しています。
昨今の状況を鑑み，本センターが2020年3月6日（金）に開催を予定しておりました「2019年度 外国語教育研究センター教育実践研究報告会」および「第29回広島大学外国語教育研究センター 外国語教育研究集会」を【中止】することといたしました。ご参加を予定されていた方々には，大変申し訳ございませんがご了承のほどお願い申し上げます。
シンポジウム
【English for Specific Purposes: Emerging Challenges and Possibilities in Higher Education】
| 日時： | 令和２年３月６日（金）13:30-17:15（12:30受付開始） |
| 場所： | 広島大学総合科学部 Ｊ棟３階 J307号教室 |
Symposium objectives:
English education at the tertiary level does not end with students completing general English language courses in their first or second year. In the later years of their university studies, students are expected to continue to learn English in accordance with their future academic or occupational needs. Teachers tasked with supporting such students will require an understanding of the theory and practice of English language teaching that meets the needs of learners in a variety of specialized fields.
This symposium invites experts who will help us understand English for Specific Purposes (ESP) from both theoretical and practical perspectives. Yukie Koyama (Professor Emeritus, Nagoya Institute of Technology) will provide a lecture on needs analysis in ESP, and Ken Urano (Professor, Hokkai-Gakuen University) will then speak on the issues of teaching business English in terms of task-based language teaching. The final talk, given by Walter Davies and Simon Fraser from our institute, will be on English language teaching in the medical field. The symposium will conclude with a question and answer session and a general discussion on the role of ESP in higher education. All the talks will be in English.
主旨：
大学における英語学習は，主に1年次・2年次に行われる教養教育で完結するわけではありません。高年次になるに伴い，それぞれの将来の展望や専門分野での必要性に合わせ，学生自身が継続的に英語学習に取り組むことが期待されます。そのような学生たちを指導する立場にある我々教員には，様々な分野の必要性に応じた英語教育への対応にも関心を持ち続けることが求められるでしょう。
そこで本シンポジウムでは，理論と実践，両方の観点から，特定目的のための英語教育（English for Specific Purposes, ESP）についてお話しくださる先生方2名をお招きいたしました。小山由紀江先生（名古屋工業大学 名誉教授）にはESPのためのニーズ分析，浦野研先生（北海学園大学 教授）にはタスク・ベースのビジネス英語指導についてご講演いただきます。さらに本センターからWalter Davies准教授とSimon Fraser教授に医療分野の英語教育についてお話いただきます。最後に，高等教育におけるESPのあり方について質疑応答と全体討論の機会を持ちたいと思います。
（＊講演はすべて英語で行われます）
| Yukie Koyama (Professor Emeritus, Nagoya Institute of Technology) “Needs Analysis of English for Specific Purposes: Theoretical Aspects” |
| English for Specific Purposes (ESP) has been considered as an efficient approach in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) and English as a Second Language (ESL) settings, when compared with English for General Purposes (EGP). According to Dudley-Evans and St. John (1998), absolute characteristics of ESP is stated as “to meet specific needs of the learner”. Likewise, Brown (1995) places needs analysis (NA) as the base of the systematic curriculum development. Thus, NA is indispensable to set an appropriate goal of the curriculum, and to develop materials for the courses as well as to decide teaching method. In this talk, the theoretical framework of NA by Brown (2009), and discussion on methods of NA by West (1994), Brown (1995, 2001, and 2009), and Long (2005) are introduced. Following these theoretical aspects, specific examples of NA conducted at engineering universities are discussed to show the difficulties and benefits of NA. |
| Ken Urano (Professor, Hokkai-Gakuen University) “Designing Task-based ESP Syllabi: Two Cases from an English for Business Purposes Program” |
| Even though the number of people who actually use English in their lives is rather small in Japan, there is a certain demand for training of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) in such fields as engineering, medicine, and business, where communication in English is sometimes unavoidable. An increasing number of universities are offering ESP courses to accommodate the future needs of their students. One way to design an ESP course is to adopt task-based language teaching (TBLT). TBLT is a goal-oriented approach to language teaching, and is therefore compatible with ESP, which is by definition goal-oriented. In this talk, I will report on an ongoing attempt to design and implement task-based syllabi at my workplace, where students learn English for business purposes. I will first introduce theoretical and empirical bases for task-based syllabus design, and show the actual process of syllabus and material design for two of the business English courses I teach, one for business email writing and the other for business presentation. |
| Walter Davies (Associate Professor, Hiroshima University) and Simon Fraser (Professor, Hiroshima University) “English for Medical Purposes (EMP): Materials Design, Development, and Delivery” |
| In this talk, we will introduce an EMP project designed with the main aim of creating a word list embedded in pedagogical materials. We will discuss (1) the evolution of the project, then consider (2) materials design, development, and delivery, including (3) the creation of a glossary for students. Regarding (1), we originally planned to use corpus analysis of medical articles to create a word list, from which we would build materials. However, after conducting interviews with senior medical staff, analysis switched to medical reference books. We also decided to run corpus analysis and materials development in parallel, using the analysis to sharpen the materials and ensure the inclusion of key terms. In addition, we strengthened links with medical specialists to obtain advice on content. In relation to (2), we will look at the actual process of materials development, and how we slowly integrated courses, so that a full EMP syllabus was developed. Regarding (3), we will describe the glossary being produced to accompany the materials, and investigate how the interlocking nature of the teaching materials is reflected at the level of medical terminology. Finally, we will consider the link between general English and EMP. |
| Schedule | |
| 13:30 | Opening address |
| 13:40-14:30 | Yukie Koyama |
| “Needs Analysis of English for Specific Purposes: Theoretical Aspects” | |
| 14:30-14:40 | Break |
| 14:40-15:30 | Ken Urano |
| “Designing Task-based ESP Syllabi: Two Cases from an English for Business Purposes Program” | |
| 15:30-15:40 | Break |
| 15:40-16:30 | Walter Davies and Simon Fraser |
| “English for Medical Purposes (EMP): Materials Design, Development, and Delivery” | |
| 16:30-16:40 | Break |
| 16:40-17:10 | Questions and answers/Discussion |
| 17:10 | Closing address |
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