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【Event report】PAGE Special Guest Workshop ② Teaching in English

＜About＞
Friday, December 13th, 2019, 14:00-16:00 @Galllery 1, B1, Ito International Research Center, Hongo Campus

Professional and Global Educators’ Community (PAGE) organized a workshop “Teaching in English <Introductory Course>.” We invited Dr. Michal Mazur (Assistant Professor, Nitobe College for Graduate Students, Institute for the Advancement of Higher Education, Hokkaido University) as an instructor. A total of 12 participants consisted of graduate students and faculty members at the University of Tokyo.

The workshop was intended for those who were likely to or had just begun to teach in English.
It started with a lecture on the three elements of teaching in English: language skills, educational skills, and culture. The participants learned that instructors do not necessarily have to become a perfect English user.
They also learned simple English expressions which are easy to understand for students, and deepened their understanding of the differences in the way of thinking and studying caused by the variety of student background through case studies.

Here are some of the feedback we received from the participants after the workshop:
“It was very helpful and informative.”
“I noticed that there are many cultures of learning.”
“The part of Active Learning overlapped with the UTokyo Future Faculty Program.”

 

 

PAGE will continue to hold workshops focusing on the improvement of academic communication skills in English. We sincerely look forward to your participation.

 

※Click here for a free online program provided by the PAGE project: English Academia.↓
https://utokyo-ea.com
※※Click here for more details of the PAGE project. ↓
https://www.he.u-tokyo.ac.jp/activities/page/

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【Event report】PAGE Special Guest Workshop ① Workshop on International Communication in Educational Activities

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Thursday, December 12th, 2019 @93B, 9F, Faculty of Engineering Building 2, Hongo Campus

Professional and Global Educators’ Community (PAGE) organized “Workshop on International Communication in Educational Activities.” We invited Dr. Michal Mazur (Assistant Professor, Nitobe College for Graduate Students, Institute for the Advancement of Higher Education, Hokkaido University) as an instructor. A total of 15 participants consisted of graduate students and faculty members at the University of Tokyo.

The workshop started with a talk on the culture unique to Japanese higher education, followed by tips on understanding cultural differences and dealing with typical issues students may encounter such as culture shock. In the last session, the participants actively exchanged opinions through group discussions and shared solutions to the problems that actually occurred in the classroom.

 

Here are some of the feedback we received from the participants after the workshop:

“I realized that I have always been communicating in a high-context Japanese style without noticing it.”

“It was useful that I could understand how we should perceive cultural differences. The discussion with the participants was also fun. However, I wanted to know more cases.”

“I learned about what kind of feedback should be given, especially for students, and I was able to know about misunderstandings and problems resulting from cultural differences.”

 

PAGE will continue to hold workshops focusing on the improvement of academic communication skills in English. We sincerely look forward to your participation.

※Click here for a free online program provided by the PAGE project: English Academia.↓
https://utokyo-ea.com

※※Click here for more details of the PAGE project. ↓
https://www.he.u-tokyo.ac.jp/activities/page/

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【Event report】Workshop on English for Academics: Lectures and Presentations Essentials

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1) Saturday, November 30th, 2019 @K401, 4F, 21KOMCEE WEST, Komaba Campus I
2) Saturday, January 11th, 2020 @Fukutake Learning Studio, B2, Fukutake Hall, Hongo Campus

Professional and Global Educators’ Community (PAGE) organized “Workshop on English for Academics: Lectures and Presentations Essentials” in collaboration with the British Council. Since the last workshop was highly appreciated by the participants, we decided to hold two workshops for this fiscal year on both Komaba and Hongo campuses. In total, there were 23 participants consisting of graduate students and faculty members at the University of Tokyo. The research fields of the participants were diverse, such as cognitive science, nursing science, sociology, and astronomy.


In these workshops, we invited an instructor from the British Council to learn about logical structuring of lectures and presentations in English, effective use of English expressions and visuals, and how to use body language. With the use of workbook and through discussions in English, participants were actively engaged in learning.

 

Here are some of the feedback we received from the participants after the workshops:
“I am glad that the instructor gave advice to each of us and also helped us give feedback to other members.”
“It was helpful that the workshop allowed me to practice many times to give presentations on my research. I was able to improve my English presentation skills.”
“The workshop was well structured by the instructor. Teaching materials were good, so I never got tired.”

PAGE will continue to hold workshops focusing on the improvement of academic communication skills in English. We sincerely look forward to your participation.

Click here for a free online program provided by the PAGE project: English Academia.↓
https://utokyo-ea.com

Click here for more details of PAGE project. ↓
https://www.he.u-tokyo.ac.jp/activities/page/

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[PAGE] A new massive open online course on English medium instruction


We are delighted to announce the launch of a new MOOC on EMI, entitled “UTokyo English Academia 3: English Medium Instruction in Higher Education (EA3: https://utokyo-ea.com/en)”. EA3, which was developed by the University of Tokyo in close collaboration with the University of Edinburgh, covers a wide range of topics shown below.

Module 1　 Introduction
Module 2　 What is EMI?
Module 3　 Where is EMI conducted?
Module 4　 Why is EMI conducted?
Module 5　 How is EMI conducted?
Module 6　 Teachers
Module 7　 Students
Module 8　 Administrators and Universities
Module 9　 Policymakers
Module 10　Conclusion
Module 11　Final assignment

Anyone can sign up for EA3 and can use it free of charge to teach or learn about EMI. We hope many people will benefit from EA3.

Contact:
Professional and Global Educators’ Community
Center for Research and Development of Higher Education
The University of Tokyo
page-ea [at] tree.ep.u-tokyo.ac.jp (please replace [at] with @)

 

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【Event report】PAGE Seminar: Researching local realities in the growing global phenomenon of English Medium Instruction (EMI) in higher education

＜About＞Saturday, February 16th, 2019

Professional and Global Educators’ Community (PAGE) invited Dr. Nicola Galloway from the Moray House School of Education, University of Edinburgh, and organized a seminar to discuss English medium instruction (EMI: teaching academic subjects in English) in higher education. It was held at the Ito International Research Center, Hongo Campus on February 16th.

A total of 19 participants consisted of graduate students and faculty members from the University of Tokyo and other universities. Dr. Galloway gave a lecture entitled “Researching local realities in the growing global phenomenon of English Medium Instruction (EMI) in higher education,” followed by a discussion among the participants. They shared their ideas based on their own experiences, and the discussion proceeded in a friendly atmosphere. The participants deepened their learning of the findings of EMI and how it is practiced and also the bonds of the EMI community through the lecture and discussion.

The seminar was live-streamed on the YouTube channel of PAGE / English Academia. The archive is available below.

PAGE will continue to hold workshops focusing on the improvement of skills in teaching academic subjects in English. We sincerely look forward to your participation.

Click here for a free online program provided by the PAGE project: English Academia.↓
https://utokyo-ea.com

Click here for more details of the PAGE project. ↓
https://www.he.u-tokyo.ac.jp/activities/page/

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【Event report】Overcoming the challenges in English Medium Instruction (EMI) in higher education

＜About＞Wednesday, February 13th, 2019

Professional and Global Educators’ Community (PAGE) invited Dr. Nicola Galloway from the Moray House School of Education, University of Edinburgh, and organized a workshop to discuss English medium instruction (EMI: teaching academic subjects in English) which was entitled “Overcoming the challenges in English Medium Instruction (EMI) in higher education.” It was held at the Ito International Research Center, Hongo Campus on February 13th.

A total of 8 participants consisted of graduate students and faculty members at the University of Tokyo. Dr. Galloway, a specialist in EMI, explained the background of an increasing interest in EMI in higher education and course design used in EMI, along with group discussions. Since she was well informed of higher education in Japan, she also referred to the present situation of the Japanese universities facing globalization. The participants deepened their learning of the current state of EMI and course design related to it through lectures and discussions.

PAGE will continue to hold workshops focusing on the improvement of skills in teaching academic subjects in English. We sincerely look forward to your participation.

Click here for a free online program provided by the PAGE project: English Academia.↓
https://utokyo-ea.com

Click here for more details of the PAGE project. ↓
https://www.he.u-tokyo.ac.jp/activities/page/

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【Event report】Workshop on English for Academics: Lectures and Presentations Essentials

＜About＞Saturday, December 8th, 2018

Professional and Global Educators’ Community (PAGE) organized “Workshop on English for Academics: Lectures and Presentations Essentials” in collaboration with the British Council. It was held at Sanjo Conference Hall, Hongo Campus. A total of 12 participants consisted of graduate students and faculty members at the University of Tokyo. They came from diverse academic fields such as biology, economics, and German literature.

We invited an instructor from the British Council to learn about the logical structuring of lectures and presentations in English, useful English phrases for introduction/main issue/conclusion, the effective use of visuals, and how to use body language. With the use of a workbook and through discussions in English, participants were actively engaged in learning.

Here are some of the feedback we received from the participants after the workshop:
“Frequent practice helped me learn the contents easily.”
“Each lecture was followed by a practice session, which made it easier for me to absorb what I learned.”
“Frequent group work with the active use of English was a good learning environment for me.”

PAGE will continue to hold workshops focusing on the improvement of academic communication skills in English. We sincerely look forward to your participation.


Click here for a free online program provided by the PAGE project: English Academia.↓
https://utokyo-ea.com

Click here for more details of the PAGE project. ↓
https://www.he.u-tokyo.ac.jp/activities/page/

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【Event report】Teaching in English: Polishing Your Discussion Facilitation Skills

【Event report】Teaching in English: Polishing Your Discussion Facilitation Skills
＜About＞ Tuesday, September 18th, 2018

Professional and Global Educators’ Community (PAGE) organized a workshop “Teaching in English: Polishing Your Discussion Facilitation Skills.” The purpose of the workshop was to help the participants learn useful English phrases and a teaching method for facilitating discussions.

The workshop was held at the Faculty of Engineering Building 2, Hongo Campus.

A total of 9 participants consisted of graduate students and young faculty members at the University of Tokyo. They came from diverse academic fields such as econometrics, educational psychology, immunology, insect virology, and community development. The participants were asked to work on two assignments before the workshop: 1) to learn “Module 7: Facilitating Group Discussions” of an online course “English Academia 1” (https://utokyo-ea.com) and 2) to prepare slides to give a mini-lecture that involves a discussion.

The main programs of the workshop were the mini-lectures given by the
participants themselves. Firstly, they were divided into groups of three. Each of them gave a 15-minute mini-lecture in English and received 10-minute feedback. They were challenged to facilitate a discussion in English while giving lectures. The mini-lectures covered a wide variety of interesting themes such as “Should higher education be free?” “Why don’t bats die of Ebola virus infection?”

“What are the roles and effects of community cafés toward regional
revitalization?”and “What can you do to realize SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals)?” Through playing the role of an instructor, they seemed to face the difficulty not only in facilitating the discussion in English but also in providing the other participants with prior knowledge required for the discussion in easy-to-understand English.

In the next session, the participants listened to a brief lecture on how to design discussions and worked on improving their mini-lectures.
They discussed the issues such as “how to support students who have difficulty in using English” and “how to intervene in a discussion when there are students who are not willing to speak or who speak too much,” and practiced speaking English phrases that could be used in such situations.

Finally, the participants gave a second try on their mini-lectures. They all seemed to refine their lectures by adopting the English phrases and the teaching method they had learned in the previous sessions. Some of them drastically changed the structure of their lectures from the first ones.

Here are some of the feedback we received from the participants after the workshop:

    • “Making a presentation twice made it easier for me to realize the specific points I needed to improve. The group size was also appropriate.”
    • “What I learned here was not only the facilitation skills but also skills in speaking English and preparing PowerPoint slides and how to structure the class.”
    • “It was very good. I haven’t used English for a while, so it was a nice opportunity. I am also satisfied with the chance to interact with people from other fields!”

 

PAGE will continue to hold workshops focusing on the improvement of academic communication skills in English. We sincerely look forward to your participation.

Click here for a free online program provided by the PAGE project: English Academia.↓
https://utokyo-ea.com

Click here for more details of the PAGE project.↓
https://www.he.u-tokyo.ac.jp/activities/page/

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【Event report】Teaching in English: Polishing Your Skills

【Event report】Teaching in English: Polishing Your Skills
＜About＞Monday, June 18th & Tuesday, June 19th, 2018

Professional and Global Educators’ Community (PAGE) organized a workshop “Teaching in English: Polishing Your Skills.”
In recent years, English medium instruction (EMI) has been increasing its significance with the globalization of higher education. In response to such demand, PAGE planned a workshop where the participants could learn useful English phrases and a teaching method for delivering classes in English.

The workshop was held at the Pharmaceutical Sciences Education and Research Building, Hongo Campus. A total of 11 participants consisted of graduate students and young faculty members at the University of Tokyo. They came from diverse academic fields such as the Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, the Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, the Graduate School of Education, the Graduate School of Medicine, the School of Engineering, and the School of Science.

The workshop was held at the Pharmaceutical Sciences Education and Research Building, Hongo Campus. A total of 11 participants consisted of graduate students and young faculty members at the University of Tokyo. They came from diverse academic fields such as the Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, the Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, the Graduate School of Education, the Graduate School of Medicine, the School of Engineering, and the School of Science.

Firstly, the participants were divided into groups of two or three. Each of them gave afive-minute mini-lecture in English and received feedback from

the instructor and other participants. The mini-lectures covered a wide variety of themes such as molecular biology, life science, education policy, and Jewish history.

In the next session, the participants listened to a lecture on a teaching method (instructional design). It described the importance of designing classes effectively/efficiently to make them attractive in addition to the instructor’s own English language skills by stressing three points: clarifying

the learning objectives, structuring the class, and motivating the learners. The participants then learned useful English phrases and tips for teaching in English through an online learning course “English Academia” and handouts.

Finally, the participants individually worked on improving their presentation method, followed by their second try of giving mini-lectures. They all seemed to refine their mini-lectures by adopting the English phrases and the teaching method they had learned in the previous sessions.https://utokyo-ea.com

Here are some of the feedback we received from the participants after the workshop:
“It was extremely helpful. I would like to apply what I learned here to the classes for A semester right away.”
“The whole workflow (the first try on giving a mini-lecture → evaluation → a lecture on a teaching method → the second try on giving a mini-lecture) made it easier for me to recognize my own progress and how to improve my lecture specifically.”
“The staff members kindly gave me thorough comments and feedback, so I was able to learn a lot.”

PAGE will continue to hold workshops focusing on the improvement of academic communication skills in English. We sincerely look forward to your participation.

Click here for a free online program provided by the PAGE project: English Academia.↓
https://utokyo-ea.com

Click here for more details of the PAGE project. ↓
https://www.he.u-tokyo.ac.jp/activities/page/