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OLE NL 83 Dec. 22, 2017

- OLE events 2018, Jubilee Issue CfP, OLE at JALT 2018 and PanSIG, others -

Table of contents Page

Newsletter editor’s preface 2

New coordinator self-introduction: Bertlinde Vögel 2

JALT OLE SIG AGM Election results 2

Updated OLE SIG Coordinator’s Report (Abbreviated Version)

for 2016-7 3

OLE 2018 Timeline: OLE SIG Related Conferences 9

Call for papers for the OLE SIG jubilee issue 10

OLE at PanSIG 2018 and OLE SIG Forum at PanSIG 2018 12

JALT 2018 INFO 13

Call for papers for OLE at 2018 14

The conference theme in various languages German, Spanish, Chinese, Thai, French, Bahasa Melayu

OLE Language policy 17

Visual evidence from OLE at JALT 2017 18

Coordinator contact Bertlinde Vögel

Graduate School of Language and Culture

Osaka University 大阪大学 言語文化研究科

1-8 Machikaneyama-cho 〒560-0043

560-0043 Toyonaka-shi, 大阪府豊中市待兼山町 1-8

Osaka-fu

bvoegel (at) lang.osaka-u.ac.jp

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Newsletter editor’s preface

With JALT 2017 in Tsukuba and its wide variety of OLE presentations just one month behind us

and our new coordinator Bertlinde Vögel guiding us, we already have less than two months to

submit proposals for JALT 2018 in Shizuoka at the Granship. This NL gives all important

information on pgs. 13 to 17 as well as translations of the theme in 6 languages, which will also be

on the JALT homepage very soon.

And yet, there are two even more urgent deadlines for OLE:

If you are interested in contributing to the jubilee issue, see the information on pages 10 & 11 and

send an e-mail to jaltolesig@gmail.com. Ditto until Jan. 15th to http://pansig.org/cfp, if you want to

present in the OLE-SIG Forum at PanSIG 2018 (information on p. 12 below). Even more deadlines

are included in the OLE timeline for 2018 on p, 9.

In order to prove that OLE has been using its resources meaningfully, an updated coordinator’s

report is also included (p. 3 to 9).

Nevertheless we wish all OLE members, officers and all interested in what OLE does a well-

deserved rest at the end of 2017 and or the beginning of 2018.

Your newsletter editor for OLE NL 83

Rudolf Reinelt

New coordinator self-introduction: Bertlinde Vögel Since childhood I have been interested in languages. I majored in German Literature and History

and studied French and Spanish at the University of Vienna before coming to Japan in 1999. Since

my arrival, I have been teaching at Osaka University focusing on teaching German and working on

teaching materials for speaking classes with beginners. At times, I help organizing readings of

Austrian authors.

Currently I am working on a PhD about fluency and automatization of chunks. I am not progressing

as fast as I wish to, but the project itself helps me to become more focused in my research.

Working as a coordinator for OLE is a new challenge for me, and I feel lucky that I am surrounded

by and look forward to working with a wonderful team of officers. Many thanks to all officers, and

especially to Rudolf, who helps me with lots of detailed information to keep things going.

JALT OLE SIG AGM Election results (thanks to Monika Szirmai)

This is the result of the elections:

Coordinator: Bertlinde Vögel (Oska U)

Co-coordinator: Rudolf Reinelt (Ehime U)

Treasurer: Gabriela Schmidt (Tsukuba U)

Membership: Andreas Kasjan (Kyushu U, Fukuoka)

Program: Eric Fortin (St. Mary, Kurume)

Publications: Monika Szirmai (International U, Hiroshima)

Officers at large: Margit Ono-Krause (Muroran IT, Hokkaido); Pornsri Wright (Kanda U, KUIS,

Chiba); Bruno Jactat (Tsukuba U); Katrin Niewalda (Sophia/ Joshi U, Tokyo)

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Updated OLE SIG Coordinator’s Report (Abbreviated Version) for 2016-7

Dear OLE members

2016-2017 was again an eventful year for OLE. The main event was the sixth OLESIG conference, held

on September 15th and 16th together with Hiroshima JALT at Hiroshima International University in

Hiroshima. We thank Prof. Monika Szirmai and her group for perfectly organizing this truly international

event with participants from five countries representing at least five languages. We especially enjoyed Prof.

Nishiyama’s main presentation on the revision of the CEFR.

OLE was also involved in Pan-SIG 2017 with its own symposium and presentations. Preparations for next

year have already begun.

OLE is planning a 20th year jubilee volume. A call for papers has appeared in NL 82 and is attached at the

end of this report.

Not this year: OLE at JALTCALL; Chinese and French Workshop; flyers in all languages, but in some.

Conference theme translations have appeared on the conference homepage at

https://jalt.org/conference/jalt2017:

Content also available in English, 日本語, Français, Deutsch, Español, Bahasa Indonesia

Highlights:

- almost all available JALT conference OLE compendiums are now on http://web.iec.ehime-

u.ac.jp/reinelt/katudouhoukokuProcConfPapComps3.html . The coordinator apologizes for any

inconveniences the delays may have caused. Make frequent use of the resources, please.

Alas, we have not been able to gather the OLE at JALT 2016 papers.

- OLE 6 SIG event with Prof. Nishiyama. For details see below!

Continued from last year

- OLE serves as the main distributor for the Cervantes Institute and has translated and distributed all

important JALT materials into French, Spanish, Korean, Chinese and German.

- It has published its obligatory 3 newsletters (80 to 82 and the special newsletter for the German Teachers

Association)

- OLE was asked to serve as UALs contact, which we gratefully accepted, but not much has happened since

the May 2012 Skype conference.

Officers (Note: For an update since Nov 2017 see p. 2 of this NL 83)

These were the officers for this year:

Coordinator: Rudolf Reinelt

Co-coordinator: Margit Krause-Ono

Treasurer: Maria Gabriela Schmidt

Membership: Andreas Kasjan

Program: Eric Fortin

Publications Chair: Monika Szirmai

Public Relations: Alexander Imig

Officers at large:

Bertlinde Vögel, Bruno Jactat, Katrin Niewalda

Thank you and we hope you are willing to stand again when the elections come!

JALT 2016/2017

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OLE encourages all presenters to write up their papers and submit them e.g. to the conference proceedings. This has been met with mixed results: Some years, there were as many as 11, others as few as none. This year we have no information about proceedings submissions. OLE SIG Membership (According to the report submitted by the membership officer Andreas Kasjan on Nov. 4th)

2016年 12月 27名; 2017年 1月 28名; 3月 24名; 5月 24名; 6月 25名;9月 28名; 10月 27名

Reminders have been sent regularly to all former members.

OLE as SIG

OLE has been fulfilling many criteria for a full SIG including voting rights etc. (this was the condition of its

existence right from the beginning!). We are waiting for the recognition process results!

Newsletters

Newsletters are still a unique way to reach people and keep them informed. OLE sends its newsletters out,

and it pays. Its conference slots are usually filled in a few hours. OLE Newsletters can be consulted at

http://web.iec.ehime-u.ac.jp/reinelt/katudouhoukokuProcConfPapComps3.html(OLE NL 80 to 82) and are

distributed as pdf, if we know the address, otherwise by mail. Before long we should be able to save

considerably on mailing costs. An example is given here below.

Numbers

The change from snail mail to e-mail or informing members of a page that has been made available for

downloading is almost finished. As a most recent example, OLE NL was sent by mail to 23 of its members,

officers, presenters or other interested persons. E-mails were sent to 102 such persons. The NL is availabe

for downloading on the homepage of the coordinator for 2016/7 at http://web.iec.ehime-

u.ac.jp/reinelt/katudouhoukokuProcConfPapComps3.html

and an information mail has gone out to 25 addresses.

At the moment we have no way of knowing how many have indeed downloaded the OLE NL.

OLE NL: One example

OLE NL 80 December 31, 2016

Coordinator’s Report- OLE in 2017 - OLE at

PanSIG, JaltCALL

and JALT 2017

Table of contents Page

Coordinator’s preface: Brief overview of OLE activities in 2016

Forthcoming events for OLE in 2017 2

New officers 2

Overview/ Calender OLE-related events in 2017 3

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JALT2017 Information

General Conference Information - Call for Presentation Proposals - The conference

theme in other languages - For you and your colleagues: please spread widely! - OLE-

organized events 4

PanSIG 2017

General Information - Call for papers and proposal submission information 9

JALTCALL 2017 10

OLE6SIG: Sept. 15 & 16 11

Coordinator’s Report 2015 - 2016 11

Study scenes from OLE at JALT 2016 24

Flyers etc. ＯＬＥ Ｎｅｗｓｌｅｔｔｅｒ Special Edition

Sonderausgabe anlässlich der Frühjahrstagung der Japanischen Gesellschaft für

Germanistik 2017: Die Fachgruppe “Weitere Fremdsprachen” bei der 42.

Jahreskonferenz der Japanischen Gesellschaft für Fremdsprachenlernen und –lehren

heisst Sie willkommen zu gleich zwei Konferenzen:

- Der sechsten Jahreskonferenz der Fachgruppe “Weitere Fremdsprachen” am 15

und 16．September an der Hiroshima International University ganz in der

Naehe des Bahnhofs Hiroshima

- Der 43. Jahrestagung der Japanischen Gesellschaft fuer Sprachen Lehren und

Lernen (JALT) vom Freitag, den 17. Nov. bis Montag, den 20. Nov. im

Tsukuba International Congress Center (Epochal Tsukuba) in Tsukuba,

Ibaraki, Japan. Mhr Informationen finden Sie hier: http://jalt.org/conference

and http://jalt.org/conference/jalt2017/conference-venue-access.

In dieser Sonderausgabe finden Sie einige Informationen zu diesen Tagungen und

besonders zu der Fachgruppe “Weitere Fremdsprachen”, die wiederum mit einem

interessanten Programm aufwarten kann. Interessant sind sicherlich nicht nur die

Beitraege fuer Deutsch, sondern auch die fuer noch weitere Fremdsprachen.

Bitte informieren Sie auch ihre Kollegen ueber OLE und JALT.

Neueste Informationen, über Zeiten und Räumlichkeiten kommen in der nächsten

Zeit raus und Sie erhalten die neuesten immer beim Co-coordinator Rudolf Reinelt

unter reinelt.rudolf.my@ehime-u.ac.jp oder unter 089-927-9359.

Wir hoffen, Sie dann in Hiroshima und dann in Tsukuba zu sehen.

JALT 2017 info

The JALT2017 International Conference will take place on November 17-20 at Tsukuba International

Congress Center (Epochal Tsukuba). The contents is also available in other languages too. Ample information

can be found here: https://jalt.org/conference and you can configure your own schedule here:

https://jalt.org/conference/jalt2017/full-schedule.

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More information on OLE events at JALT2017can be found in OLE Newsletter 81, downloadable from

http://web.iec.ehime-u.ac.jp/reinelt/OLENL81.pdf . The OLE and main speaker information schedule is given

here below.

Saturday

Content 9:45-10:45 10:55-12:25 14:25-15:25 15:30-16:15 16:55-18:25

Room

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Main Convention

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884 Shaping the Way

We Grow: Teachers

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(Gabriel Diaz

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371

Multilingualism

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886 Cosmopolitan

Citizenship and

Language Learning

(Hugh Starkey)

729 The OLE

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269 Spanish

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407 B Main Convention Hall 304 Main Convention Hall 201 B

647 Edward

Sanchez

882 Mandates, Myths, and

the Bananarama Principle

(Barbara Hoskins

Sakamoto)

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SIG Forum

888 Data & Devices:

The 4th Industrial

Revolution (Nick

Saville)

595 The German

Workshop

Details of OLE related events at JALT 2017, Nov. 17 - 20

＜371 The Multilingualism Forum＞Nov 18 (Sat) 10:55AM - 12:25 PM Room: 402

Title: Shaping Media Use for 2FLL

Bruno Jactat, “Le lien graphie-phonie mis en jeu : le cas des nasale”

Pornsri Wright, “Using Folktales to Promote Cultural Awareness and Langage Skills”

Markus Gunske von Koelln, “Brief video presentations for partner university information exchange”

Martina Gunske von Koelln, “Extended tandem skype communications”

Rudolf Reinelt, “Adequate media use in various areas of language learning”

＜729 The OLE AGM＞ Nov 18 (Sat) 15:30PM - 16:15 PM Room: 202 A

Rudolf Reinelt, Eric Fortin, Alexander Imig, Andreas Kasjan, Margit Krause-Ono, Maria Gabriela Schmidt,

Bertlinde Vögel and others

All OLE SIG members and those who are interested are kindly invited to take part in the OLE AGM 2017.

＜269 Spanish Workshop＞ Nov 18 (Sat) 16:55PM - 18:25 PM Room: 407 B

Title: Building and shaping students’ learning

Cecilia Silva, “Description of a portfolio project as a contextual support for oral skills”

Adiene Roque, “Students’ evaluation of their portfolios regarding oral communication”

Cecilia Silva and Adiene Roque, “Discussion about scaffolding resources and contents in portfolios”

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<647 Edward Sanchez> Nov 19 (Sun) 9:50AM - 10:15AM Room: 407 B

Title: Teaching the language of physics

Abstract: Mathematics is pure language (aka the language of universe). Alfred Adler said that it is unique

among languages because unlike other languages, mathematics has an ability to provide precise expressions

for every thought and concept that can be formulated. In my spring semester course, students began to think

about how the world moves, using the language of mathematics. Students learned the terminology used in

physics, as well as practice translating this terminology into the language of mathematics. The number one

cause of mistakes in physics problems occurs in the translating of a spoken language (in this case English)

into the mathematical language and not in the calculation of numbers or equations. Therefore, considerable

time was spent in understanding and translating the spoken or written language of physics into numbers and

equations. This presentation will explain how this translation process is the same as translation from English

to any language, as well as how studying physics can help teachers teach translation better. Examples of how

teaching translation was scaffolded will be provided. Lastly, this presentation will show how the language of

mathematics defines how languages are learned.

Summary: This presentation will explain how this translation process is the same as translation from English

to any language, as well as how studying physics can help teachers teach translation better. Examples of how

teaching translation was scaffolded will be provided. Lastly, this presentation will show how the language of

mathematics defines how languages are learned.

＜733 The OLE SIG Forum＞

Nov 19 (Sun) 12:25PM - 13:55 Room: 304

Title: Theory to practice in shaping OLE classrooms

Bruno Jactat, “ Impedance acoustique et langues étrangères”

HO Fuk-chuen, “Using Cooperative learning to Teach Primary School Children Reading Comprehension in

Hong Kong”

Pornsri Wright, “Study Tours: A Boost to Language Skills and Motivation”

Effendy Ahmadi, “Sharing the Malay language”

Monika Szirmai, “Word games in multiple languages”

＜595 The GermanWorkshop＞ Nov 19 (Sun) 16:30PM - 18:00PM Room: 201 B

Title: Shaping German classroom for the world

Maria Gabriela Schmidt, “Schreiben auf A1: Gedichte (Writing on A1 level: Poems)”

Bertlinde Vögel, “Flüssigkeit trainieren mit Audiogeräten. Gibt es einen messbaren Unterschied?”

Axel Harting, “Förderung der sozio-pragmatischen Kompetenz japanishcher Deutschlernender durch

Facebook”

Margit Krause-Ono, “Auf GER basierend und lernerzentriert -Deutsch als Modell für andere

Fremdsprachen?-”

Rudolf Reinelt, “Shaping classrooms beyond the first year”

Events 2017:

The Past, Present and Future of Second Foreign Languages in Japan

September 15-16, 2017

Hiroshima International University, Hiroshima Campus

Organizers: JALT OLE SIG, and JALT Hiroshima Chapter

Venue: Hiroshima International University

LINK TO REGISTRATION (PRESENTERS AND PARTICIPANTS)

PLEASE REGISTER BY SEPTEMBER 5TH, 2017

OLE 6 HIROSHIMA REGISTRATION

PROGRAMME OVERVIEW

CLICK HERE FOR THE COMPLETE PROGRAMME BOOKLET

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The future:

- OLE is planning for 2018. We would like to participate in the following conferences and your

contributions are very welcome:

-- OLE7SIG provisionally in Eastern Japan (more on this at the EBM? )

-- PanSIG 2018 will be held at Toyo Gakuen University (Hongo Campus) in Tokyo on the weekend

of May 19-20, 2018. http://pansig.org/ OLE is already participating in the preparations committee.

-- JALTCALL 2018 will be held at Meijo University, Nagoya, June 8-10, https://jaltcall.org/

- and many others.

Special note

As the present coordinator, Rudolf Reinelt, is running a new second to fourth year program for

students who want to continue their 2nd foreign language German (each class twice a week, all by

the coordinator) learning, the coordinator has reached his limits, and we are looking for a new

coordinator. Of course, the present coordinator and all officers will be ready to help at any time.

humbly submitted by

Rudolf Reinelt, OLE Coordinator for 2016/2017

OLE Timeline (public parts only): OLE SIG Related Conferences

After the successful OLE 6-conference in cooperation with the Hiroshima JALT chapter in September 2017,

the Executive Board of OLE SIG has decided to organize upcoming OLE SIG conferences more spread out

in various regions throughout Japan.

Further planning

OLE 7 is planned for September-October 2018 in the northern region of Japan (Tohoku area). Sendai was

suggested as a place, but is not yet confirmed.

OLE 8 is planned for September-October 2019 in the Kyushu area. Eric Fortin suggested Kurume as a

possible place.

If you have any suggestions or might want to hold the conference, please contact the coordinator Bertlinde

Vögel with the title/subject line OLE7SIG. Please consult forthcoming OLE NLs for further information.

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Call for papers for the OLE SIG jubilee issue

CALL FOR PAPERS FOR JALT OLE SIG

SIG MEMBERS AND PRESENTERS

TITLE: Second Foreign Language Education in Japan and beyond

Subtitle: Commemorating 20 years of the JALT OLE SIG

In Honor of Rudolf Reinelt (OLE SIG Coordinator 1996/1997 -- 2017)

Editors: Margit Krause-Ono, Monika Szirmai and Gabriela Schmidt

Range of content: JALT Other Language Educators: German, French, Spanish, Chinese, Russian, Thai and

many more languages; especially languages of current JALT OLE members.

CALL FOR PAPERS

The Other Language Educators (OLE) Special Interest Group (SIG) of NPO the Japan Association for

Language Teaching (JALT) invites papers for publishing in an online edited volume in commemoration of

the 20 years of the OLE SIG, and in honour of Rudolf Reinelt (Ehime University), who has been the

coordinator of the group for 20 years.

Contributors should satisfy one of the following requirements:

1. current members of the JALT OLE SIG

2. have presented at any of the OLE Conferences

3. have presented at any OLE Forum

The editors may invite additional papers.

The contribution should be submitted in English with a summary in the language dealt with.

Each contribution should be checked before submission by a native speaker of English. The individual

authors are responsible for having their papers checked by a native speaker before submission (March 31,

2018), and after the revision of their paper.

Every contributor agrees to be a referee for one other paper submitted (peer-review).

CALL FOR REFEREEs = Editorial Board Members

You can become an Editorial Board member with agreeing to peer-review at least two contributions.

CALL FOR SUPPORTERS of OLE = Table of Congratulation

If you are not a member of JALT or/and OLE SIG and you want your name to be included in a Table of

Congratulants “Supporters of OLE SIG” by donating 2000 Yen or more for the use of supporting the

activities of OLE SIG.

Show your support for OLE and for Second Foreign Language Education in Japan!

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Restrictions

Papers submitted to this edited volume should not have been previously published, nor should they be under

consideration for publication elsewhere. The rights are with the authors. If accepted, the editors reserve the

right to edit all copy for length, style, and clarity without prior notification to authors.

Schedule in brief:

Submission deadline for the full paper: March 31st, 2018.

Papers should follow the style of the JALT Journal style sheet: downloadable at

https:// jalt-publications.org/downloads/jj-styleguide.pdf

Length of papers: About 3000 - 4000 words (excluding Appendices and bibliography).

Review period: April, May

Rewrite period for authors: June, July

Final check and layout: August, early September

We are planning to finish the project by OLE7 (provisionally scheduled: Sept. 2018 ).

For contacting the editors: jaltolesig@gmail.com

Already announced contributions at OLE6-2017 and at JALT 2017 OLE SIG AGM

(as of December 16th, 2017)

Invited

Noriyuki Nishiyama, Kyoto University OLE6 Main, J/F

Intention stated

Monika Szirmai, Hiroshima International University OLE6 E/F/Hn

Yumiko Akagi, Hiroshima University OLE6 D/J

Ryoma Matsumoto, Hiroshima University OLE6 F/E

Julia Tanabe, University of Pecs, Hungary OLE6 E/J/Hn

Miguel Campos Tejero, Tohoku University OLE6 Sp/E

Maria Gabriela Schmidt, University of Tsukuba OLE6 D/E

Margit Krause-Ono, Muroran Institute of Technology OLE6 D/E/J

Eric Fortin, St. Mary’s College OLE6 E/F

Rudolf Reinelt, Ehime University OLE6 D/E/J

Bruno Jactat, University of Tsukuba, SIG Forum F/E/J

Martina Gunske von Kölln, University of Fukushima, D

Bertlinde Vögel, Osaka University, D/E

How about you? Declare your interest in writing a contribution to the OLE Jubilee Issue by sending an abstract to

jaltolesig@gmail.com by Dec. 31st, 2017

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OLE at PanSIG 2018 and OLE SIG Forum at PanSIG 2018

OLE is also active in PanSIG. Please see here for general information

PAN SIG 2018: Toyo Gakuen University, Hongo Campus, Tokyo

May 19-20, 2018

For Information on the JALT PanSIG Conference consult http://pansig.org/

PanSIG is an annual conference held in May, and organized by many of the Special Interest Groups

(SIGs) of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT). The conference brings together

leading scholars and practitioners in language education from Japan, Asia, and throughout the

world. It is meant to be a smaller, more intimate conference than the annual international JALT

conference (which is held each fall), and is a place where SIG members can network with each

other.

Venue: Toyo Gakuen University (Hongo Campus), Building 4/5

Location: Near Tokyo Dome (access / map)

1-26-3, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan (+81) 3-3811-1696

Call for papers: http://pansig.org/cfp

Proposals must be submitted by January 15, 2018. Notifications of final

OLE at PanSIG 2018

Together with various other SIGs, OLE will be participating again in this PanSIG Conference. The

Call for Proposals is currently underway, and all proposals must be submitted by January 15, 2018.

In addition to English, presentations in Japanese as well as other languages are also warmly

encouraged. Notifications of final acceptance of proposals will be sent via email between mid-

February and early March, 2018.

OLE SIG Forum at PanSIG 2018

Develop your language and intercultural competences

This forum’s presentations will explore the teaching and education of other foreign languages on

the university level in Japan. The latter has to undergo constant changes caused by G-N-L-

university reform(s). Invariably, questions such as ‘What does Monkasho expect of this change and

the forthcoming implementation of the CEFR?’ arise. In a globalized world, the following points

need also to be addressed: ‘What are the advantages of (even very basic) multilingualism?’ and

‘How to integrate intercultural communication into language teaching?’

Contributions for languages such as German, Spanish, French and Chinese are already confirmed. If

you are interested in taking part in the OLE SIG Forum, please contact Margit Krause-Ono at k-

ono@mmm.muroran-it.ac.jp or Rudolf Reinelt at reinelt.rudolf.my@ehime-u.ac.jp with the

title/subject line PanSIG18OLE before January 15, 2018.

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JALT 2018 INFO

Preface

JALT 2017 is barely over and we are already starting to prepare for the next annual JALT

conference in Shizuoka. OLE had presentations on all three days at JALT 2017, and presenters are

still writing up their papers for the conference volume, or sending their presentations to the co-

coordinator at reinelt.rudolf.my@ehime-u.ac.jp for the OLE at JALT2017 compendium.

OLE hopes to show a similarly strong presence at JALT 2018. Submissions have already started with a

final deadline of February 12th, if you want to submit to JALT directly. Please consult the call for papers

below.

If you want OLE to handle your presentation proposal for example for the OLE Sig forum or any of the

Multilingualism, German, French, Spanish, Chinese or other workshops, you will have to send your

proposal, its title and your affiliation to the coordinator at bvoegel (at) lang.osaka-u.ac.jp by Sunday,

February 4th with the subject line ForOLEatJALT2018.

In order to help you prepare as well as anyhow possible, this NL contains the official theme in English as

well as the relevant parts from the official Call for Papers. This is followed by translations in various

languages. Please use them to spread the information among your colleagues.

JALT 2018:

Diversity and Inclusion

44th Annual International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning & Educational

Materials Exhibition

Shizuoka Convention & Arts Center (Granship) Shizuoka City, Shizuoka, Japan

Friday, November 23, to Monday, November, 26, 2018

Call for presentation proposals: https://jalt.org/conference/call-proposals

Deadline: Monday, February 12, 2018 11:59 pm, JST

“To everything there is a season.” And a reason. Now is the season for inclusion, to embrace the

incredible diversity within our profession. Although there seems to be much diversion, division, and

exclusion in the wider world, the time is now ripe for us to look at the diversity within our practices

and ask, “How can we be more inclusive?” In order to support inclusion and create a more level

playing field for our students, we need to better understand the evolving language learning and

teaching landscape, become aware of the work that is being done in new areas and heed the call

from our learners, teachers, and institutions to play our parts in a brighter future.

JALT2018 will provide a platform for new ideas and hitherto unheard voices to be heard. It will

provide avenues to open up our classrooms and challenge existing ideas about what we language

teachers and our learners need in order to usher in an era of change. We aim to address the concerns

of teachers, learners, and leaders and show how “inclusion” provides a place from which

multiplicity of thought and action can flourish.

Ann Mayeda and Catriona Takeuchi

JALT2018 Conference Co-chairs

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Call for Presentation Proposals: JALT2018

... Please read the following carefully to ensure there are no problems with your submission.

Deadline for Vetted Proposals and SIG Forums: 11:59pm, Japan Standard Time, Monday,

February 12, 2018

[ For OLE proposals February 4, 2018]

Late submissions will not be accepted

1. SIG Forums (one per SIG is accepted unvetted)

2. Featured Speaker Workshops (sponsored by SIGs/Chapters/AMs – vetted)

3. Technology in Teaching Workshops (vetted)

4. All other Regular Vetted Proposals (i.e. most of the submissions to JALT2018)

Notification of acceptance or rejection of vetted proposals will be sent by email in mid-May

2018.

Note: Only proposals received on or before the deadline that meet all guidelines will be reviewed.

Advice Regarding Proposals, Submission Guidelines, Frequently-asked Questions

For more information please consult the website https://jalt.org/conference/call-proposals

Translations of the conference theme in various languages Please use these translations to inform your other languages teaching and learning colleagues and

students. Please also spread them in your institution and among all others possibly interested.

(In order of arrival at OLE)

Deutsch (Katrin Niewalda)

„Für alles gibt es seine Zeit.“ Und einen Grund. Nun ist die Zeit für Inklusion, um der

unglaublichen Vielfältigkeit innerhalb unserer Profession gerecht zu werden. Obwohl es Diversität,

Teilung und Exklusion in der Welt gibt, ist nun die Zeit reif, um die Diversität in unseren

Lehrpraktiken genauer zu betrachten und uns zu fragen, „Wie können wir inklusiver

unterrichten?“ Um Inklusion zu unterstützen und mehr Wettbewerbsgleichheit für unsere

Studierenden zu erreichen, müssen wir die entstehenden Fremdsprachenlehr- und –lernlandschaften

besser verstehen; müssen uns bewusst werden, welche Arbeit in den neuen Bereichen geleistet wird

und die Rufe unserer Lernenden, Lehrenden und Institutionen beherzigen, um unseren Teil für eine

bessere Zukunft beitragen zu können.

JALT2018 wird eine Plattform für neue Ideen und bislang ungehörter Stimmen bieten. Die

Konferenz wird Wege erschließen, um unsere Unterrichtsräume zu öffnen und bestehende Ideen

über die Bedürfnisse von uns Fremdsprachenlehrenden und die unserer Lernenden in Frage zu

stellen, um so in eine Ära der Veränderung voranzugehen. Unser Ziel ist es, uns der Anliegen der

Lehrenden, Lernenden und Führungskräften anzunehmen und zu zeigen, wie Inklusion einen Ort

bietet, an dem sich die Vielfalt der Gedanken und Handlungen entfalten kann.

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Spanish (Cecilia Silva)

JALT2018 Información https://jalt.org/conference/jalt2018 Congreso Internacional JALT2018

Diversidad e Inclusión

• Evento: Cuadragésimo Cuarto Congreso Internacional Anual sobre Enseñanza y

Aprendizaje de Lenguas & Exhibición de Materiales Educativos

• Dónde: Shizuoka Convention & Arts Center (Granship) Shizuoka City, Shizuoka, Japón

• Cuándo: Desde el viernes 23 de noviembre al lunes 26 de noviembre de 2018

“Hay un momento para todo”. Y una razón. Ahora es el momento para la inclusión, para

abrazar la increíble diversidad en nuestra profesión. Aunque parezca que hay desviación,

división y exclusión en el mundo, ahora es el momento en que hemos de observar la

diversidad en nuestra práctica y preguntarnos: “ ¿Cómo podemos ser más inclusivos?”. A

los fines de apoyar la inclusión y crear un campo de juego para todos nuestros estudiantes,

necesitamos comprender mejor el campo, siempre en evolución, de la enseñanza y el

aprendizaje, considerar el trabajo que se hace en nuevas áreas y responder al llamado de

estudiantes, educadores e instituciones y orientar nuestros roles hacia un futuro más

brillante.

JALT2018 proporcionará la plataforma para nuevas ideas y para escuchar voces que hasta

el momento no se han escuchado. Proporcionará avenidas para abrir nuestras aulas y

desafiar las ideas existentes sobre qué necesitan educadores y estudiantes para adaptarse a

una era de cambio. Nuestro objetivo es abordar las preguntas de educadores, estudiantes y

líderes y mostrar cómo la “inclusión” proporciona un lugar en el cual pueden florecer la

multiplicidad de ideas y la acción.

Ann Mayeda y Catriona Takeuchi Comité de organización de JALT 2018

Chinese (Ming Qu)

Jalt 2018: 多样性和包容 第 44 届 日本语言教学年度国际大会和教学资料展览会

地点：日本静冈县静冈市会议艺术中心

时间：2018 年 11 月 23 号（星期五）到 11 月 26 号（星期一）

万物有时节。还有原因。现在对我们来说正是包容我们职业领域里出现的那些难以置信的多

样化的时节。虽然在更广阔的世界里存在着很多的转移，分开，和排除。但是现在对我们来

说却是一个很好的时机来问问我们自己，我们怎么样才能变得更加包容？为了能给学习者提

供更多层次的施展空间，我们需要更好的理解和整合语言教学中的各种状况，充分理解新领

域里的新情况，感知学习者，教师，和教育机关的需求，让我们的研究工作走向一个新的未

来。

JALT2018 将给所有的新思想，以及那些迄今为止没有被听到的声音提供平台。我们将打开

教室的大门，挑战那些关于教师，学习者所需的既有思想，以迎接改革的新时代。

我们将致力于解决所有教师，学习者，和领导者们所关心的问题，

并且向大家展现思想和行动的多样化所带来的繁茂而广阔的空间。

Ann Mayeda and Catriona Takeuchi JALT2018 大会主席

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Thai (Pornsri Wright)

ความหลากหลายและการอยรวมกน การประชมวชาการนานาชาตครงท 44 : การเรยนการสอนภาษา & วสดการเรยนการสอน Shizuoka Convention & Arts Center (Granship) Shizuoka City, Shizuoka, Japan

วนศกรท ๒๓ พฤศจกายน ถง วนจนทรท ๒๖ พฤศจกายน พ.ศ. ๒๕๖๑ "ทกอยางมฤดกาล" และเหตผล ตอนนเปนฤดกาลส าหรบการมารวมตวกนเพอเรยนรความหลากหลายทนาท งในสายอาชพของเรา ถงแมวาในโลกกวางของเราจะมความแตกตาง การแบงแยก หรอแมแตการกดกนกน ถงเวลาแลว ทเราควรจะมองความแตกตางทหลากหลายซงอยในสายงานของเราและถามวา "เราจะท างานรวมกนไดอยางไรใหดขน" ในการทจะสนบสนนการท างานรวมกนเพอสรางสนาม และเวททดขนใหกบนกเรยนของเรา เราจ าเปนตองท าความเขาใจกบการเรยนรและการสอนภาษา ทพฒนาและกาวไปอยางไมหยดย ง เราตองตระหนกถงงานทก าลงศกษาอยในขอบขายใหม ๆ จงฟงเสยงจากผเรยน ผสอน อกทงองคกรสถาบนตางๆเพอท าในสวนของเราอยางเตมท อนจะน ามาซงอนาคตทสดใส JALT 2018 จะเปนเวทของความคดใหม ๆ และเสยงไมเคยไดยนมากอน มนเปนโอกาสทจะเปด หองเรยนของเราเพอทาทายความคดททงผ สอนและผเรยนตองการน าไปสยคของการเปลยนแปลง เรามงมนทจะแกปญหาความกงวลของผสอน ผเรยน และผน า โดยแสดงใหเหนวา "การอยหรอท างานรวมกน" ท าใหเกดความคดทหลากหลายและการกระท าทจะน าไปส ความเจรญรงเรอง Ann Mayeda and Catriona Takeuchi JALT2018 Conference Co-chairs

French (Bruno Jactat) JALT2018 : Diversité et inclusion

44e Conférence internationale annuelle sur l'enseignement et l'apprentissage des langues et

exposition de matériaux éducatifs

Centre des congrès et des arts de Shizuoka (Granship) Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japon

Du vendredi 23 novembre au lundi 26 novembre 2018

Appel pour des propositions de communication : https://jalt.org/conference/call-proposals

Date limite: lundi 12 février 2018 23h59, JST

"Pour tout, il y a une saison." Et une raison. C'est maintenant la saison de l'inclusion, pour

embrasser l'incroyable diversité au sein de notre profession. Bien qu'il semble y avoir beaucoup de

diversion, de division et d'exclusion dans le monde, le moment est venu pour nous d'examiner la

diversité de nos pratiques et de nous demander: «Comment pouvons-nous être plus inclusifs?». Afin

de promouvoir l'inclusion et créer un terrain de jeu plus équitable pour nos élèves, nous devons

mieux comprendre l'évolution des contextes d'apprentissage et d'enseignement des langues, prendre

conscience du travail effectué dans de nouveaux domaines et répondre à l'appel de nos apprenants,

enseignants et institutions pour jouer notre rôle à l'élaboration d'un avenir meilleur.

JALT2018 fournira une plate-forme pour de nouvelles idées et pour faire entendre des voix inédites.

Elle offrira des moyens d'ouvrir nos salles de classe et de remettre en question les idées existantes

sur ce dont les enseignants en langues et les apprenants ont besoin pour inaugurer une ère de

changement. Nous visons à répondre aux préoccupations des enseignants, des apprenants et des

dirigeants et à montrer comment «l'inclusion» offre un lieu à partir duquel la multiplicité de la

pensée et de l'action peut s'épanouir.

Ann Mayeda et Catriona Takeuchi Les coprésidentes de la conférence JALT2018

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BAHASA MELAYU (Effendy Ahmadi)

Persidangan Tahunan Antarabangsa ke 44 tentang Pengajaran dan Pembelajaran Bahasa, dan

Pameran Alat dan Bahan Pendidikan

Pusat Persidangan dan Seni Shizuoka (Granship) Bandar Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Jepun

23 Nov (Jumaat) hingga 26 Nov (Isnin) 2018

Bagi setiap sesuatu pasti ada musim dan sebabnya.

Kini adalah masanya untuk merangkumi dan mencakupi segala kepelbagaian dalam bidang kita.

Walau nyatanya terdapat penyimpangan, pembahagian dan penyingkiran di mana-mana, sekarang

adalah masanya untuk melihat pada kepelbagaian dalam bidang kita dan bertanya, “Bagaimanakah

kita boleh bersikap lebih terbuka dan menerima segala kepelbagaian yang ada?”

Untuk menyokong proses perangkuman dan menyediakan platfom yang saksama bagi para pelajar,

kita perlu lebih faham akan lanskap pembelajaran dan pengajaran yang semakin berkembang, dan

lebih peka akan perkembangan yang sedang berlaku dalam bidang-bidang baru dan menyahut

seruan para pelajar, pengajar dan institusi untuk memainkan peranan kita secara lebih aktif bagi

masa depan yang lebih cerah.

JALT 2018 akan menyediakan wadah untuk idea-idea baru dikongsi sama khususnya daripada

suara-suara yang jarang kedengaran. JALT akan menyediakan saluran untuk membuka bilik-bilik

darjah kita dan mencabar idea-idea yang sedia ada tentang keperluan para pelajar dan pengajar

untuk menghadapi era yang sentiasa berubah. Matlamat kami adalah untuk membincangkan

cabaran-cabaran pengajar, pelajar dan para ketua dan menunjukkan bagaimana perangkuman dapat

menyediakan sebuah wadah di mana kepelbagaian pemikiran dan cara pembelajaran dan pengajaran

dapat berkembang dengan baik dan sihat.

Pautan untuk butiran lanjut : https://jalt.org/conference/jalt2018

OLE Language policy

As lingua franca, English is widely but NOT exclusively used, e.g. for getting things accepted. In

case of language problems, call the coordinator R. Reinelt any time at 089-927-9359 (T/F).

Workshops and forum contributions are usually in the language concerned or in Japanese. There,

teachers not familiar with the language of presentation are also very welcome and will be helped by

OLE members.

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Visual evidence from OLE at JALT 2017

Mulling over how to apply an approach to the teaching of other languages (left) and the

small but intensive OLE AGM (right)

And all participants at the OLE Annual General Meeting: