2nd International Symposium on Academic Writing and Critical Thinking
21st February, 2015 Nagoya University, Japan
Location: Auditorium, ILAS Building 4/F
Programme
(Morning Sessions)
09:00 ~
Registration
09:20 ~ 09:30
Symposium opening By Prof. Kazuhisa Todayama
Plenary & Invited Talks (Chair: Prof. Chad Nilep)
Location: Auditorium, ILAS Building 4/F
09:30 ~ 10:45
Plenary Talk
How to be Clear and Convincing in Research Writing:
The Mei-Writing Approach
By Prof. Paul W. L. Lai & other Mei-Writing Faculty Members
Director, Mei-Writing, Nagoya University
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11:00 ~ 11:45
Short Break ------
Invited Talk
Critical Thinking and English Education in Japan
By Prof. Christopher J. Long
Professor, Department of English, Tohoku Gakuin University
11:45 ~ 12:30
Invited Talk
Developing a Graduate Writing Curriculum:
A Ten-Year Journey
By Prof. Katerina Petchko
Director, Academic Writing Center,
National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
12:30 ~ 14:00
Lunch
(Ask a conference staff for a list of restaurants around the campus).
2nd International Symposium on Academic Writing and Critical Thinking
21st February, 2015 Nagoya University, Japan
Location: Auditorium, ILAS Building 4/F
Programme
(Afternoon Sessions)
Oral Presentation in English - Session 1 (Chair: Prof. Mark Weeks)
Location: C40, ILAS Building 4/F
14:00 ~14:25
Beyond Formulas and the 5-Paragraph Essay: Towards
Sophisticated Academic Writing in English
By Paul Wadden
International Christian University
14:30 ~14:55
Colorful POWER Cubing:
Three Powerful Tools for Academic Writing
By David Kluge
Nanzan University
15:00 ~15:25
Six Steps to Critical Thinking Skills
By David Gann
Tokyo University of Science
15:30 ~ 15:55
The Necessities for Building a Thesis Statement
By Nathan Hamlitsch
Nagoya University
Oral Presentation in English - Session 2 (Chair: Prof. Chad Nilep)
Location: C42, ILAS Building 4/F
14:00 ~14:25
Friendly Writer, Friendly Reader
By Cássio Sozinho AMORIM
Nagoya University
14:30 ~14:55
Writing Support in Higher Education:
Why Native Checking Services Do Not Help Improve the Quality of
Research Writing
By Thomas Kabara
Nagoya University
2nd International Symposium on Academic Writing and Critical Thinking
21st February, 2015 Nagoya University, Japan
Location: Auditorium, ILAS Building 4/F
Programme
15:00 ~15:25
Statistics – A Way to support or weaken One’s Argumentation?
By Miriam Seel
Nagoya University
15:30 ~ 15:55
Plagiarism in Academic Writing
By Gavin O'Neill
The National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
Oral Presentation in Chinese (Chair: Prof. Jian Lu)
Location: C30, ILAS Building 3/F
14:00 ~15:30
语言的对比研究与问题意识
「言語の対照研究と問題意識」
By 楊凱栄
東京大学総合文化研究科
15:30 ~16:00
General Discussion
Chair: 盧 建
名古屋大学 Mei-Writing
Oral Presentation in French (Chair: Prof. Nicolas Baumert)
Location: C31, ILAS Building 3/F
14:00 ~14:05
Introduction
By Nicolas BAUMERT
名古屋大学
(Nagoya University) Mei-Writing
14:05 ~14:35
Apprendre l’art d’écrire à la française, c’est hériter des trois
traditions intellectuelles européennes.
By Tatsuya Ito
名古屋外国語大学
(Nagoya University of Foreign Studies)
2nd International Symposium on Academic Writing and Critical Thinking
21st February, 2015 Nagoya University, Japan
Location: Auditorium, ILAS Building 4/F
Programme
14:35 ~15:05
Incompréhensions culturelles et méthodologiques -- Des
difficultés rencontrées par les apprenants japonais dans
l’apprentissage des productions argumentées orales et écrites du
français
By Julien Menant
アリアンス・フランセーズ愛知フランス協会
(Alliance Française de Nagoya)
15:05 ~ 15:35
Communication interculturelle et logique textuelle dans le monde
académique : des difficultés rencontrées concernant l’évaluation
des articles lors de la direction d’un numéro franco-japonais
d’une revue à comité de lecture.
By Nicolas Baumert
名古屋大学 (Nagoya University) Mei-Writing
15: 35 ~ 16:00
General Discussion
Chair: Prof. Yumi Takagaki
大阪府立大学(Osaka Prefecture University)
Oral Presentation in German* (Chair: Prof. Markus Rude)
Location: C32, ILAS Building 3/F
14:00 ~14:30
Ein Schritt zum wissenschaftlichen Schreiben auf Deutsch
By Miho Isobe
Universität Shinshu
14:30 ~15:00
The Consecutive Interpreting Approach and its potential for
academic presentations and writing (* auf English)
By Hideki Iizuka
Jichi Medical University
15:00 ~15:30
Akademische Kommunikation: Grundelemente Akademischen
Schreibens und ein Plädoyer für interdisziplinäre Transparenz
By Markus Rude
Universität Nagoya Mei-Writing
2nd International Symposium on Academic Writing and Critical Thinking
21st February, 2015 Nagoya University, Japan
Location: Auditorium, ILAS Building 4/F
Programme
15:30 ~16:00
General Discussion
Chair: Markus Rude
Universität Nagoya Mei-Writing
16:00 ~ 16:30
Coffee Break
Round Table Discussion (Chair: Prof. Kazuhisa Todayama)
Location: Auditorium, ILAS Building 4/F
16:30 ~ 18:30
Academic Writing & Critical Thinking Education
Discussants:
Paul Lai (Nagoya University)
Christopher Long (Tohoku Gakuin University)
Katerina Petchko (The National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies)
Yumi Takagaki (Osaka Prefecture University)
Hiroshi Yama (Osaka City University)
18:30
Symposium Closing
19:00
Dinner