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『96時間』(Taken, 2008)における英語の「脅し文句」

小泉勇人(東京工業大学)

『96時間』(Taken, 2008)で役者リーアム・ニーソンが捲し立てる脅し文句を耳にして震え上がらない観客がいるでしょうか。『96時間』は、周りから心優しく無害だと思われていた人間の劇的な変貌を描いた傑作活劇だと言えましょう。中年男ブライアン・ミルズ(ニーソン)は離婚した後、溺愛する娘キムのパリ旅行をハラハラして見送ります。心配性の彼は、パリに到着し次第、彼が住むアメリカの自宅に電話をかけるようキムに頼みます。ところが、キムがパリのホテルからミルズに電話をかけたまさにその時、誘拐犯が侵入しキムを闇の売春組織の元へ連れ去ろうとするのです(原題がTakenなのはこれが由来)。キムが連れ去られた後、携帯を拾い上げた犯人の息遣いがミルズの耳に伝わります。ミルズがそこで取った行動は、1ミリも怯むことなく、退官した鬼のCIA工作員としての冷酷な脅し文句を誘拐犯に突きつけることだったのです:

Bryan Mills:

If you’re looking for ransom, I can tell you I don’t have money but what I do have are a very particular set of skills. Skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my daughter go now, that will be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don’t, I will look for you, I will find you and I will kill you. (参考YouTube動画:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZOywn1qArI)

映画は時に強烈な「脅し文句」を教えてくれます。このわずか1分程で、ミルズは誘拐犯に自分の意思・能力・条件・宣告を誘拐犯の耳に叩き込むのです:

①身代金を払う余裕はない点(I don’t have money)

②誘拐犯を追い詰める能力がこちらにはある点(Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you)

③娘を返せば不問にする点(I will not look for you, I will not pursue you.)

④娘を返さないなら絶対に追い詰めて、殺すという揺るぎない決意(I will look for you, I will find you and I will kill you.)

この脚本術の骨子は、ミルズが何百回となく修羅場を乗り越えてきた人物であることを観客(と誘拐犯)に瞬時に理解させることにあります。強烈なのは①-③から続く④の宣告、話者の決意表明と、これから怒涛のように展開される鬼の追跡劇を予告する発言だと言えるでしょう。事実『96時間』は、優しい優しい好人物を絵に描いたような俳優リーアム・ニーソンが鬼と化し、愛娘を救出せんと拷問と破壊の限りを尽くしながらパリを激走する物語なのです。

 ところで本作は、ミルズを演じるリーアム・ニーソンの役者傾向が鮮やかに戯画化された映画でもあります。ニーソンが演じる役は、喜怒哀楽で言えば哀と怒の振り幅が異常に大きい傾向にあるのです。確かにニーソンと言えば『シンドラーのリスト』(Schindler’s List, 1993)でユダヤ人救出に命をかける静かなる男を演じたことでも、よく知られた名優です。『ラブ・アクチュアリー』(Love Actually, 2003)での、死別した妻の連れ子の世話を焼く優しい継父も記憶にあります。『スター・ウォーズ エピソード1/ ファントム・メナス』(Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, 1999)にて弟子を導く雄大なジェダイを演じてもいました。

 一方、キレる役者芸もニーソンの強みだったに違いありません。『ロブ・ロイ/ロマンに生きた男』(Rob Roy, 1995)では静かに怒りをために貯めこんでついには爆発させるスコットランドの英雄を演じたのもニーソンです。サム・ライミ監督作『ダークマン』(Darkman, 1990)で、心根の優しい科学者が異常なまでの怒りを爆発させる難役を嬉々としてこなしていたのも、ニーソンです。(参考動画:景品のぬいぐるみをくれない意地悪な射的場の店員にキレるニーソン。https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbdeAhpIPhE&ab_channel=Movieclips)。つまりニーソンは研究を重ねてきていたのです、一見穏やかで実際にそうなのだけれと一度キレると止まらない男の役を・・・。その一つの到達点こそが他ならぬ『96時間』だったのではと、今になって見れば納得も行こうものです(振り返れば『シンドラーのリスト』ですら、ホロコーストに無関心だった男がやがてユダヤ人の救世主へと変貌していくという、「豹変する怒りのニーソン」的話型として読めてしまうから不思議なものです)。

 改めて『96時間』は、役者リーアム・ニーソン固有の十八番演技をこれでもかと生かした活劇であり、その口から発せられる「脅し文句」は、2000年代ジャンル映画史上において絶大なインパクトを残しました。この台詞に込められたニーソンの揺るがない意思を読み取り、音読し、暗唱しましょう。力強い英語です。あなたが何かと闘わなければならない時、心の中の鬼のニーソンがきっと背中を押してくれることでしょう。

第12回 ATEM東日本支部      オンライン大会プログラム           12th ATEM Higashinihon       Chapter Online Conference                              2022年3月13日(日)                March 13, 2022                                                  

以下のGoogle Formで3月12日までに登録ください。           後日ZoomのURLをお知らせします。

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 *12:30 ~ Zoomのリハーサル(*発表者のみ)
     Zoom Rehearsal (*Presenters only)




   1.13:00~13:25 開会挨拶と支部総会(Opening & General Meeting)

2.13:30~13:50 

  Ryan SPRING (Tohoku University), 

  Shizuka SAKURAI (Tohoku University), 

Sachiko NAKAMURA (Tohoku University)

        Use of interactive videos in university EFL learning

   Interaction in the target language is one of the key elements in improving speaking

proficiency. However, EFL classrooms sometimes provoke Foreign Language Anxiety

(FLA), which may make learners feel reluctant to communicate in the target language

and lead to lack of willingness to communicate. To lower students’ anxiety, we

attempted a pedagogical solution that would give them ample opportunities to practice

English communication by themselves in advance and prepare for the real use of

English in class. By doing so, we hoped their affective filter would be lowered, and they

could feel more confident, which would in turn encourage them to interact more with

other students in class. The pedagogical solution we implanted was interactive videos

for self-practice of communication.

    We created interactive videos, with which students can practice English discussions by themselves. In the videos, two L1 English speakers talk to each other and the camera, making the students feel that they are a part of the conversation and must respond. Students speak their response to a speech recognition system, which types out what they say. Through this process, students can learn how they should respond properly in English and practice comprehensible pronunciation without any societal pressure. In this presentation, we demonstrate how each of us used the videos in and out of class. We also introduce students’ reactions to the use of interactive videos.  

                           ≪Q&A: 13:50~14:00≫ 

3.14:05-14:25  

Satomi YOSHIMUTA (Kwassui Women’s University)

The Color Purple (1985): A Woman’s Self-Realization and the American Women’s History around the early 20th Century      [SIG]

     The Color Purple (1985), a film based on a novel authored by Alice Walker, depicts a life of an African American woman and sisterhood in the South about 40 years spanning from the 1900s. The time was amid the very first wave of feminism in the United States. In 1920, the 19th Amendment was ratified, and it has guaranteed all American women’s rights to vote. Celie, the main character of the story, connects with three women, who represent relationships with society and the changing women’s status and inspire her to change.

     One of them is described as an iconic flapper girl, who is a representative of a liberal woman in the 1920s. She can express herself as she likes and never gives herself to a man. As a flapper, she is engaged in a nightlife activity as a jazz singer in a glittering costume.

   Another woman whom Celie encounters represents the dilemma between an African American’s freedom and the harsh reality that surrounds an African American woman without backing. Sophia talks back on a street to a white lady, which puts her into lifelong persistent adversity. The paradox in creating interracial sisterhood is included in her episode.

     In this presentation, posterior to discussing the author’s point of view toward the setting and the era, I will illustrate a model of teaching how Celie experiences transformation through encountering three women based on the American women’s culture and history through this film.

      ≪Q&A: 14:25~14:30≫ 

4.14:35~14:55  塚田三千代(翻訳・映画アナリスト)

映画 『ラスト・クリスマス』(Last Christmas, 2019)に観る文化諸相 [SIG]




1980年代に世界中で大ヒットした“Last Christmas”のメッセージが、現在も人々の心の奥底まで響くWHAM!のGeorge Michael作詞作曲と同名の映画である。 “Heal the Pain” “Last Christmas” “Praying for Time” などをBGMに流し、英国のEU離脱に直面する移民家族(旧ユーゴスラヴィアを脱出)、多様国籍のロンドン在住者が英語習得に苦労…、主役歌手オーディションに挑戦するケイトは心臓移植後に情緒不安定になるが、不思議なアジア系の青年トムとの出会いが鍵となって他者を認識するVR(Virtual Reality)などが描かれる。映画全体に明るいユーモアと痛恨の極みが漂う。

研究で考察した知見は語学教育現場の手引きとなり、授業で活用できて適切な教材になる。MCDBキーワード検索: 異文化理解、文化差異、英国の贈答文化、VR(Virtual Reality)

[The movie “Last Christmas” (2019) in view of Cultural Aspects

 The message of the film “Last Christmas” comes from the song of the same name written by George Michael of WHAM! It was a worldwide hit in the 1980s and still resonates deep in people’s hearts today. Many George Michael songs including “Heal the Pain,” “Praying for Time,” and a previously unreleased single, play as background music, and the title song is performed in the finale. The film is about an immigrant family who fled the breakup of Yugoslavia and now live in London as the UK faces the exit from the EU, focusing on an aspiring singer Kate, who is emotionally unstable after a heart transplant. Her encounter with a mysterious young British-Asian man, Tom, is the key to her growing self-maturity. We see as well life among diverse nationalities in London including struggles with learning English. The whole movie has a cheerful humor and a poignant reveal. ]

      ≪Q&A: 14:55~15:00≫ 

5.15:05~15:25  呉春美(神奈川大学)

  映画『グラン・トリノ』に見る異文化理解と社会的背景

【授業実践例】

異文化理解の授業で、映画『グラン・トリノ』を副教材として導入しています。主人公は、元フォード車の組立工で、一人暮らしのイタリア系移民の白人男性です。隣家に引っ越してきたモン族との交流を通して、ノンバーバル・コミュニケーションなどの相違点が浮き彫りになり、その文化的背景について考察します。またこの映画は銃の所持、人種差別や貧困、退役軍人のトラウマなどの社会問題を提示しており、アメリカ文化の理解にも有効な教材であるとも言えます。最後に、映画を使った語学学習とコンテクストラーニングがいかに効果的であるか、マルチモーダリティの観点から検証します。

[In this presentation, I would like to discuss how the film, “Gran Torino,” is effective for cross-cultural understanding.  The film shows how the main character, a white Italian immigrant and retired Ford car assembler, came to accept the Hmong family living next door and made them a part of his life. Themes of racism, immigrants, poverty, war trauma and so forth are also broached, and students can learn about these social problems in American culture. Finally, the effectiveness of multilingualism and multimodality in film-based language learning is considered.]

       ≪Q&A: 15:25~15:30≫

 

6.15:35-15:55  山本五郎(法政大学 現代福祉学部) 

 辞書開発の観点から見たCOVID-19の語法分析

本発表では、2019年の年末から現在に至るまでニュースメディア等で高頻度に用いられているcoronavirus と COVID-19に注目する。COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019)と上位語であるcoronavirusは同様に用いられることが多いため,これらの語法分析を目的として,英語雑誌メディアの記事と医学系を中心とした学術論文に基づくコーパスを新たに構築した。

本発表では、 まずBiber(1995)等に触れながら、コロナウイルスに焦点をあてて開発された既存のコーパス(The Coronavirus Corpus)と本研究で構築したコーパスの違いについて述べる。その上で、使用頻度、コロケーション、それぞれの語が用いられる文脈などについて比較分析し、語彙特性を明らかにする。これらの語彙は,Wisdom4版(2019)のような比較的新しい英和辞典を含め,多くの辞書では見出し語項目としては扱われていないものであるため,辞書開発の観点から,今後出版される英和辞典で見出し語として収録する際の語義や用例,サインポスト等について考察し,提示法を提案する。

[This presentation focuses on the usage of “COVID-19” and “coronavirus.” These two synonymous vocabulary items have been frequently used in a variety of media since the end of 2019, but they have yet to be listed in many English dictionaries. To shed light on the common features and differences between these two items, the presenter developed a corpus based on English journal articles and academic research papers. This presentation first gives some insights about the existing corpus, the Coronavirus Corpus (Davies, 2021), and the corpus newly developed for the purpose of this research. Second, definitions, example phrases, and a signpost of these two vocabulary items for inclusion in a future dictionary will be proposed.]

      ≪Q&A: 15:55~16:00≫ 

   

7.16:05~16:25  日影尚之(麗澤大学)

 石油、家族、血ーPaul Thomas AndersonのThere Will Be Blood (2007) を英語・リベラルアーツの授業で教える場合について     [SIG]

Paul Thomas Andersonの There Will Be Blood(2007)を英語・リベラルアーツ専攻の授業で教える場合について考えている。主人公Daniel Plainviewの掘削と埋葬のパターンに病理的内面を読むGeorge Toles(2015)のようなアプローチもあるが、Daniel Worden (2012)は、石油と家族の密接な関係およびその断絶として読む。主人公は “I’m a family man, and I run a family business. This is my son and my partner, H.W. Plainview.”というが、DanielとH.W.の関係は本当の血縁ではなく「石油縁」である。Danielとの血縁を騙る男が登場し、採掘中の事故で聴力を失うH.W.はやがてDanielの言うことを聞かなくなり、最終的には独自に石油ビジネスを始めると言って2人は縁を切る。アメリカの生命線(lifeblood)である石油と血(血縁/暴力)そして宗教の物語は、父、息子とも大統領として米軍主導で中東での戦争を指揮したGeorge Bush 親子およびその背景の大手石油資本の話になる。石油と家族と戦争を扱うGeorge Stevens監督のGiant (1956 )と比較しながら扱うのも良いだろう。授業で教える場合を想定して気をつけるべき点などについて検討したい。

[Oil, Family, and Blood: Approaches to Teaching Paul Thomas Anderson’s There Will Be Blood (2007) in an English and Liberal Arts Major Class

 I’m thinking of teaching Paul Thomas Anderson’s There Will Be Blood (2007) in an English and Liberal Arts Major class. In this presentation I would like to focus on the narrative web of oil, family, and blood in this film based on Daniel Worden (2012) because this approach leads to another important subject of American studies—presidency, oil and religion (George W. Bush and George H. W. Bush). Another approach is to compare George Stevens’ Giant (1956) and TWBB. What and how do we need to teach TWBB in order to promote discussion in a class?]

                                   ≪Q&A: 16:25~16:30≫ 

8.16:30~16:35  閉会挨拶 (Closing)

Informal Virtual Get-together (~17:00)ドキュメント設定を開く公開パネルを開く

  • 文書

通知投稿を下書きに戻しました。

第12回 ATEM(映像メディア英語教育学会)東日本支部 支部大会発表募集

日時:2022年3月13日(日)
会場:オンライン(Zoom予定)
発表募集期間:2021年12月25日~2022年1月25日
内容:例会テーマは特に固定はしておりません。「映像メディア英語教育学会」と
いう学会名が示す通り、各種映像/音声メディアと英語教育が関連していれば受け付
けます。領域も授業実践、教材開発、英語教育論(異文化理解教育等を含む)と幅
広く捉えていただければと思います。ご不明な点などあればご相談ください。
発表時間:発表20分+質疑応答5〜10分を予定しておりますが、発表数によっては
多少調整する場合があります。なお、発表のお願い(採否)については、応募締め
切りから1週間程度でご連絡します。
応募方法:以下の必要事項を電子メール本文に掲載し、ATEM東日本支部宛(ej-
seminar@atem.org)にお送りください。なお、送信後3日経っても返信がない場合
は、再度ご連絡いただけますようお願いいたします。
1.メール表題に「ATEM東日本支部発表申し込み」と記載
2.発表タイトル
3.発表者の氏名(複数名で1つの発表の場合はそれぞれの氏名)
4.発表者の所属(複数名で1つの発表の場合はそれぞれの所属)
5.連絡先(メールアドレス; 複数名で1つの発表の場合はその発表の代表者の連絡
先)
6. 使用言語
7.発表概要(日本語の場合は400字程度、英語での発表は200-300 words)(日本
語発表の場合は、簡潔な英語の説明文をお願いできれば幸いです。)
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Call for Presentations at the 12th ATEM Higashinihon Chapter Conference
Dear ATEM Members:
ATEM Higashinihon Chapter will hold the 12th Chapter Conference (via Zoom)
on March 13, 2022.
We are calling for presentations on English education (language education)
that uses visual and/or audio multimedia including movies, TV dramas,
Youtube, etc. Your presentation should focus on class activities, the
development of language teaching materials, theoretical or empirical
studies, or cross-cultural communication studies, etc.

Each presentation will be 20 minutes with 5 to 10 minutes of Q and A.
We will contact you about the details later.
Application Period: December 25, 2021 to January 25, 2022
Acceptance notice will be sent by email around a week after the application
deadline.
When submitting a proposal, please provide the following information by an
attached Word file to the ATEM Higashinihon Chapter Office
(ej-seminar@atem.org).
1 Please title your email as “ATEM Higashinihon Presentation Proposal.”
2 Presentation title
3 Name
4 Affiliation
5 Email address
6 Language of presentation
7 Abstract (400 letters in Japanese or 200 to 300 words in English; As for
a presentation in Japanese, we would apprecaite a very brief description
in English.)

東日本支部特別企画     A special webinar from the UK based academic association FILTA (Film in Language Teaching Association) and FLAME (Film, Languages and Media in Education)

Speakers

Dr Carmen Herrero (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK)

Dr Isabelle Vanderschelden (co-director of FILTA)

 

Date (日時): Sunday, October 3rd, 2021 / 2021 年10 月3日(日)

Time (時間)17:00-18:10 (Japan time) Starts at 9am UK time

Venue (会場) Online Zoom conference・オンライン形式 (ZOOM)

The webinar will be held in English / 使用言語:英語

Audience capacity: limited to 100 and based on registration order

定員:100名(先着順)

Registration deadline: September 30th

参加申込締切り:2021年9月30日

Register here / 参加申込先 ↓

参加申し込みフォーム ・Registration form

【Program】

Opening Ceremony / remarks (開会式) 17:00-17:05

Professor Hisayuki Hikage (Reitaku University)

Chapter chair of ATEM Higashinihon (ATEM East Japan)

 

Chair / Host: Barry Kavanagh (Tohoku University)

17:05­­ -17:45  

 

The Film in Language Teaching Association (FILTA) and the research Group Film, Languages and Media in Education (FLAME). Presentation, networking and collaborative projects

 

Dr Carmen Herrero and Dr Isabelle Vanderschelden

 

This session will offer a brief overview of the Film in Language Teaching Association (FILTA) and will introduce some of the case studies and research carried out over the last five years by the Manchester Metropolitan research group Film, Languages and Media in Education (FLAME). Taking into account the growing significance of visual cultures in education, especially the increased popularity of streaming services and the video sharing site YouTube since the start of the pandemic, this session will pay particular attention to the project Transmedia in Education: New Approaches to Transmedia and Language Pedagogy. The final part of this talk will invite participants to discuss possible collaboration opportunities.

 

17:45-18:05

Q&A and discussion

質疑応答/ ディスカッション

 

Closing ceremony / remarks (閉会式) 18:0518:10

Barry Kavanagh (Tohoku University)

 

 

Speakers biodata

 

Dr Carmen Herrero is Principal Lecturer in Spanish in the Department of Languages, Information and Communications at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. She is director of the research group Film, Languages and Media Education [FLAME] (www2.mmu.ac.uk/languages/ flame/). Carmen is the co-founder and co-director of the Film in Language Teaching Association (www.filta.org.uk). Her research focuses on educational research, film pedagogy, and Screen studies.She has published widely on Spanish film and the use of film in language teaching, including the book Using Film and Media in the Language Classroom, eds. Herrero and Vanderschelden (Multilingual Matters, 2019).

 

 

Dr Isabelle Vanderschelden is an independent researcher. She has published widely on French cinema and use of film in language teaching, including Amelie (IB Tauris, 2007) and Studying French Cinema (Auteur, 2013). She is a co-founder of FILTA and a member of FLAME. With Dr Herrero, she has been involved in the AHRC Open World Research Initiative Cross-Language Dynamics: Reshaping Community with a project on Language Teaching Training and Transmedia Pedagogy (www.transmediaineducation.com)

 

 

 

Enquiries

Please contact Barry Kavanagh (ATEM East Japan committee member) at

kavanagh.barry.e7@tohoku.ac.jp

 

問い合わせ先

ご質問は以下にお願いします。

バリー・カヴァナ(ATEM東日本大会企画担当)kavanagh.barry.e7@tohoku.ac.jp

2021年度 東日本支部活動計画

2021年

3月21日(日曜)ZOOM東日本支部春季例会(終了)

9月12日(日曜)ZOOM東日本支部秋季例会(秋季開催予定だった支部例会については、10月3日の東日本支部特別企画Webinarオンラインセミナーで代替させていただきます。どうぞご了承ください。)

10月3日(日曜)東日本支部特別企画 A Special Webinar from The UK Based Academic Association Filta (Film in Language Teaching Association) and FLAME(Film, Languages and Media in Education) オンライン 実施、参加募集中

2022年3月(日程未定)東日本支部大会(予定)

 

2021年3月21日 ATEM東日本支部春期オンライン例会 ATEM East-Japan Branch Spring Online Meeting 3/21/2021

 

以下のGoogle Formで3月19日までに登録ください。後日ZoomURLをお知らせします。

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You are kindly asked to register through the following Google Form by March 19 in order to join the meeting. You will be informed of Zoom ID & Pass later.

https://forms.gle/1Vtm3zm7JDqzFxG66

 

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*12:30 ~ Zoomのリハーサル(*発表者のみ)
Zoom Rehearsal (*Presenters only)

 

1.13:00~13:05 開会挨拶 (Opening)

 

2.13:05~13:25 Mio Sekiguchi & Aaron Jasny

(University of Maryland Global Campus)

 

How to demonstrate culture gaps between Asia and America in East Asian language courses

 

University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) offers university classes on U.S. military bases around the world. Recently, UMGC Asia had a three-day faculty workshop by Zoom. The faculty members in East Asian Studies discussed the topic ‘formative/summative assessments for can-do statements’ in a break out room. In this process, all faculty members found culture gap difficulties between America and Asia when they teach languages. The faculty members discussed the importance of cultural behavior and non-verbal expressions in communication. This presentation focuses on Japanese and Korean as representative languages in the Asian community and reports the instructors’ opinions on the virtual classroom. It also reports the results of formative and summative assessments in Japanese and Korean languages.

      ≪Q&A: 13:25~13:35≫ 

 

 

 

3.13:40~14:00 Thiri Soe1, Chris Aiezza2, & Ryan Spring1

(Tohoku University1, Miyagi-ken Tomiya-shi BoE2)

 

Using digital storytelling and project based learning with elementary school EFL learners

 

Speaking often doesn’t receive enough attention in Japanese EFL classrooms. One way suggested to overcome this in younger learners is the use of digital storytelling and related technology (e.g. Liu et al., 2018), which has been theorized to be engaging and cause students to become more active learners (Ohler, 2013), but has not been tied to specific gains in speaking ability. Another method of encouraging more active speaking is project-based learning (PBL) (e.g. Spring, 2020), although this is generally conducted with older students. This study looks at how a dual method (digital storytelling and PBL) approach to teaching elementary school L1 Japanese EFL students affects speaking ability, and how students react to each of these methodologies, using pre and post speaking tests and surveys. The results of the speaking tests indicate that the use of both digital storytelling and PBL is effective in training young learners’ speaking. Furthermore, the results of the survey show that learners were generally positive towards the digital storytelling, and that a short project can be used as an effective activity to help young students to practice their speaking. It also serves as a starting point for finding the factors that have the most impact on successful speaking acquisition for young Japanese EFL learners.

      ≪Q&A: 14:00~14:10≫ 

 

 

 

4.14:15~14:35 Iwasaki Hirosada

(University of Tsukuba)

 

Retelling semi-academic talks in English classes

 

The purposes of the presentation are to show (a) how the 1st-year university students’ productive skills can be improved by retelling English semi-academic speeches, and (b) what kind of skills must be learned to cope with problems relating to the activities. This presentation focuses on what kind of collocations are overlooked as well as what measures can be taken to prevent it, and why paraphrasing low-frequency words is important as well as what kind of training is necessary to learn it to the practical level.

The materials used for retelling are TED talks and TED Ed videos both available on the Internet. The research first observed English wording used by student presenters, which showed failure to notice critical collocations and to paraphrase difficult words; this often led to the audience’s misunderstanding. It then shows a step-by-step technique for students to make wording much less difficult, while still keeping the message intact.

The findings are practically effective for those teachers wishing to promote learners’ productive skills in English classes for academic or semi-academic purposes.

 

Iwasaki, H. (2019). Putting CLIL into practice in a Japanese university context. Proceedings from the J-CLIL TE Seminar. 85-88.

磐崎弘貞(2019) 「リサーチ・ユニバーシティにおける語学教育改革:筑波大学における英語教育改革3つの柱」『IDE現代の高等教育』2019年6月号.

Willis, J. (1981). Teaching English through English: A course in classroom language and techniques.  Longman.

      ≪Q&A: 14:35~14:45≫ 

 

 

 

5.14:50~15:10 野中辰也

(新潟青陵大学短期大学部)

映画および関連ネット・サイトを利用しての授業実践

[Introducing a Class Using a Movie and Related Web Pages]

 

大学を含む学校教育の目的の一つに、生涯学習につながる学習スキルを身につけさせるということがあげられる。この目的を目指し、発表者は短大生を対象に、映画『ファインディング・ニモ』とインターネット・サイトInternet Movie Database(IMDb)を利用して、英語を聞き、話し、読む力を養成する演習授業を過去15年ほどに渡って実践している。

授業内容は大きく2つに分けられる。1つは映画を利用してのリスニング、スピーキング活動、もう1つはIMDbを利用してのリーディング活動である。特にスピーキング活動では、グループワークとして英語による映画のアフレコ活動を行っている。

発表では、授業実践の具体的内容や工夫、学習者の反応について情報提供を行う。今回の発表内容は短期大学レベルの学生を対象としているが、高校生レベルからも十分実践可能と考えられるため、より多くの学習者の学習スキルの獲得へ結びつけられればなによりである。

This presentation introduces a college-level English class entitled “Learning English with Movies.” The class aims to foster lifelong learning skills for learners and focuses on activities that enhance three English skills such as reading, listening, and speaking. In order to fulfill the aims above, we use an animation film Finding Nemo and a website “Internet Movie Database” (IMDb) in class. The class mainly consists of two parts: reading activities using the website IMDb, and listening/speaking activities using the movie “Finding Nemo.” I would like to share with you the actual activities and their impact on the learners in the presentation.

      ≪Q&A: 15:10~15:20≫ 

 

 

 

6.15:25~15:45 小泉勇人

(東京工業大学リベラルアーツ研究教育院)

 

コロナの時代の英語教育-007映画で学ぶアカデミックライティング

[English Education in The Time of COVID-19: Academic Writing for Film

Analysis of Skyfall (2012)]

 

本発表の狙いは、コロナ禍におけるオンライン英語教育を踏まえ、映画を用いた英語教育の有り様について、映画分析を行う英語アカデミックライティング教育に焦点を当てて検証することにある。対象となるのは、発表者が2020年度秋学期に担当した英語ライティング授業である。本授業では、映画について論じるという主題の下、学習者はパラグラフ・ライティング、序論・本論・結論の組み合わせによる構成、そしてブロック引用の技術を学び、最終的に800語以上の映画批評を合計3本書き上げる。本発表はこの授業の事例検証を行い、教場でのDVD鑑賞が封じられる遠隔授業の下、ネット上の資料を利用する重要性を主張する。具体的には007映画Skyfall(2012)の活用方法を取り上げつつ、学習者がネット上の映画批評、脚本、関連資料を英語原文で読みこなし、アカデミックライティングを実践するプロセスを提示したい。

With regards to online English courses due to the COVID-19 situation in Japan, this presentation focuses on my class in which I teach English academic writing for film analysis to first and second-year university level students. Students learned paragraph writing, structure (Introduction, body paragraphs, conclusion), and block quotation, writing three academic essays more than 800 words each. With the analysis of the students’ learning process in the course, this research argues the importance of using free and prosperous internet resources in distance learning due to the coronavirus. The presentation also discusses how “The National Gallery, London scene” in Skyfall (2012) works to encourage students to use film criticism, screenplay, and other related sources available on the Internet for learning academic writing skills.

      ≪Q&A: 15:45~15:55≫ 

 

  

7.15:55~16:00 閉会挨拶 (Closing)

 

16:00 ~ Informal Virtual Get-together

ATEM(映像メディア英語教育学会)東日本支部2021年3月21日(日)          オンライン例会発表募集

 

日時:2021年3月21日(日)                        

会場:Zoom等のオンライン(後日アナウンスします。)

発表募集期間:2021年2月2日(火)~2月23日(火)

内容:例会テーマは特に固定はしておりません。「映像メディア英語教育学会」という学会名が示す通り、各種映像/音声メディアと英語教育が関連していれば受け付けます。領域も授業実践、教材開発、英語教育論と幅広く捉えていただければと思います。ご不明な点などあればご相談ください。

1件の発表時間20分+質疑応答10分の予定ですが、発表数に応じて時間を調整する場合があります。

発表のお願い(採否)については、応募締め切りから1週間程度でご連絡します。

応募方法:以下の必要事項を電子メール本文に掲載し、ATEM東日本支部宛(ej-seminar@atem.org)にお送りください。なお、送信後3日経っても返信がない場合は、再度ご連絡いただけますようお願いいたします。

1.メール表題に「ATEM東日本支部例会申し込み」と記載

2.発表題目(日本語発表の場合は日本語および英語、英語発表の場合は英語で)

3.発表者の氏名(複数名で1件の発表の場合はそれぞれの氏名)

4.発表者の所属(複数名で1件の発表の場合はそれぞれの所属)

5.連絡先(すぐ連絡のつくメールアドレスまたは携帯電話番号;複数名で1つの発表の場合はその発表の代表者の連絡先)

6.発表概要(日本語発表の場合は400字以内の日本語および50~100 words程度の英語での簡単な説明Brief description、英語での発表は200 words程度の英語)

なお、オンラインに伴う制限も考慮し、映像(動画)は使用しない原則で発表のご準備をお願いします。

北海道支部より支部大会(2021年3月6日土曜日午後)発表募集のお知らせ

ATEM会員の皆様

 

オンライン北海道支部大会が来年202136日土曜日午後に二つのミーティングルームを使用して開催されます。

 

日本語または英語を使用した20分間のプレゼン、5分間の質疑応答の形式の研究発表または授業実践報告を募集します。

 

発表をご希望の方は、私小林敏彦宛toshi84123@res.otaru-uc.ac.jpに今年1231日までに氏名、所属支部、使用言語、発表タイトル、100文字程度の和文または同量の情報量を有する英文の要約を添えてご連絡ください。1月3日までに発表の確認の連絡を差し上げます。発表枠に余裕があるため、基本的に発表全員者全員に発表いただけると存じます。ご連絡をお待ちしております。

 

ATEM北海道支部長

小林敏彦

 

 

Call for Presentation at Hokkaido chapter conference on Saturday,  March 6, 2021

 

Dear friends,

The ATEM Hokkaido Chapter is calling for your online presentation at our annual

chapter conference on Saturday,  March 6, 2021. Each presenter is asked to speak for 20 minutes with a following 5-minute Q&A time. Please contact me at

toshi84123@res.otaru-uc.ac.jp by December 31 with your name, affiliation, title of the presentation, and an abstract of up to 150 words in English. We are looking

forward to hearing from you soon.

 

Sincerely yours,

 

Prof. Kobayashi Toshihiko

ATEM Hokkaido Chapter President

 

2020年度 第11回 ATEM東日本支部大会(Zoom)のお知らせ

 

日時: 20201220日(日)13:3016:00 (研究発表は 14:0016:00) 

参加予定の方は1218までに以下のフォームから登録してください。後日ZoomのIDやパスをメールでお伝えします。

 

支部大会参加登録用のGoogle Form

https://forms.gle/unHbE7vYDXUYsk5J8

*機器のリハーサル(*発表者のみ)13:00-13:20

 

開会の挨拶 13:30

支部総会  13:35-13:55

 

研究発表  14:00-16:00 (それぞれ発表20分+Q & A 15分)

 

第一発表  14:00-14:20

題目: The effects of student camera usage in synchronous courses: Student views

 

発表者:

Ryan Spring (Tohoku University)
Sachiko Nakamura (Chuo Gakuin University)

 

使用言語:英語

 

発表概要:

Due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, many schools suddenly found themselves having to implement online courses. Some studies have shown that for foreign language learning, video synchronous education can be beneficial (e.g. Entzinger et al., 2013; Spring et al., 2019), and others have suggested students who turn on their video cameras during synchronous sessions of non-foreign language classes report better engagement (Park & Bonk, 2007; Giesbers et al., 2013). However, it is still unknown how L1 Japanese students in EFL courses during the COVID-19 crisis react to turning their cameras on during synchronous video online courses. This study conducted a post-course student survey on a class that included students who did and did not turn on their cameras, finding that though most students didn’t mind turning on their camera, some didn’t want to because of feelings of embarrassment or internet trouble. Furthermore, there did not seem to be a strong relation between whether or not students turned on their camera and how much they claimed to have participated in the class. It also revealed that while students don’t mind having some of their courses online, they prefer English classes take place in person.

 

Q & A   14:20-14:35

 

第二発表 14:40-15:00

題目: A Study of Be-Verbs Based on Movie and Picture Book Corpus: A Case-Study Research of Developing English Learning Method for Children

 

発表者: Atsuko Otsuki (Senshu University

使用言語:英語

 

発表概要:

We have studied and explored an alternative English teaching method to the conventional rote learning method which may place a high load on English learners. Our study applies a verb-centered approach on teaching English from a linguistic point of view. In this study, we built up a theory that producing a be-verb sentence is difficult not only for small children of English native speaker, but also for English learners of Japan, especially for Japanese elementary school children. To support the theory, we gathered the be-verb data from several English movies and children’s picture books. Be-verbs are polysemous and have the most abstract meaning of all verbs. Logically speaking, this implies that producing a be-verb sentence is difficult for children of both native and non-native English children. Furthermore, Japanese language doesn’t have any words which are equivalent to be-verbs of English. In our presentation, we discuss the semantic and functional roles of be-verbs from the linguistic point of view, show our data of be-verbs from movies and children’s picture book corpus, and examine them. Finally, reconsideration how to teach be-verb sentences to children as a second language in our English classes is suggested.

 

Q & A    15:00-15:15

 

第三発表  15:20-15:40

題目辞書開発における重要低頻度語の語義の提示法について

発表者山本五郎(法政大学)

 

使用言語:日本語

 

発表概要

ESL/EFL辞書の開発における課題の一つは,使用者にとって有益な情報を効率的かつ効果的に取り入れ提示することである。日本人英語学習者を対象としたWisdom 4版の開発にあたっては,3版までは取り上げられていなかった新機軸として日常生活語彙項目に焦点を当て,英語学習者の視点に重きを置いた内容の充実を図った。通例,頻度レベルの低い語は,使用例などを省略するが,Wisdom4版では日常生活語として重要である項目に関して,新たなサインポストを付与し,約2,000の項目について語義に合わせて典型例を提示している。ところが,このような工夫を取り入れても,近年のニュースや新聞などのメディア英語で注目すべき語彙について充分な記述がなされないケースがある。本発表では,メディア英語での実例やコーパス(COCA)のデータを基にして,注目すべき低頻度語の語義記述の重要性について論じる。

 

Q & A     15:40-15:55

 

閉会の挨拶 15:55-16:00

Zoom懇談会

 

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Invitation to the 11th ATEM Higahinihon Chapter Conference (Zoom)

Date & Time: December 20 (Sun.), 2020  13:30-16:00 JST

(Presentations 14:00-16:00)

 

You are kindly asked to register through the form https://forms.gle/unHbE7vYDXUYsk5J8 by December 18 in order to join the meeting. You will be informed of the Zoom ID and Pass later.

 

Please enter a few minutes before the beginning of the presentation(s) you plan to attend and indicate your full name (and turn on your video camera if you don’t mind) for security reasons.

 

*Rehearsal(*Only presenters)13:00-13:20

 

Opening Remarks  13:30

ATEM Higashinihon Chapter General Meeting  13:35-13:55

 

Presentations 14:00-16:00 

20 minutes for each presentation and 15 minutes for each Q & A

 

First Presentation  14:00-14:20

Title: The effects of student camera usage in synchronous courses: Student views

Presenters:

Ryan Spring (Tohoku University)
Sachiko Nakamura (Chuo Gakuin University)

 

Language: English

 

Abstract:

Due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, many schools suddenly found themselves having to implement online courses. Some studies have shown that for foreign language learning, video synchronous education can be beneficial (e.g. Entzinger et al., 2013; Spring et al., 2019), and others have suggested students who turn on their video cameras during synchronous sessions of non-foreign language classes report better engagement (Park & Bonk, 2007; Giesbers et al., 2013). However, it is still unknown how L1 Japanese students in EFL courses during the COVID-19 crisis react to turning their cameras on during synchronous video online courses. This study conducted a post-course student survey on a class that included students who did and did not turn on their cameras, finding that though most students didn’t mind turning on their camera, some didn’t want to because of feelings of embarrassment or internet trouble. Furthermore, there did not seem to be a strong relation between whether or not students turned on their camera and how much they claimed to have participated in the class. It also revealed that while students don’t mind having some of their courses online, they prefer English classes take place in person.

 

Q & A   14:20-14:35

 

Second Presentation  14:40-15:00

Title: A Study of Be-Verbs Based on Movie and Picture Book Corpus: A Case-Study Research of Developing English Learning Method for Children

 

Presenter: Atsuko Otsuki (Senshu University)

Language: English

 

Abstract:

We have studied and explored an alternative English teaching method to the conventional rote learning method which may place a high load on English learners. Our study applies a verb-centered approach on teaching English from a linguistic point of view. In this study, we built up a theory that producing a be-verb sentence is difficult not only for small children of English native speaker, but also for English learners of Japan, especially for Japanese elementary school children. To support the theory, we gathered the be-verb data from several English movies and children’s picture books. Be-verbs are polysemous and have the most abstract meaning of all verbs. Logically speaking, this implies that producing a be-verb sentence is difficult for children of both native and non-native English children. Furthermore, Japanese language doesn’t have any words which are equivalent to be-verbs of English. In our presentation, we discuss the semantic and functional roles of be-verbs from the linguistic point of view, show our data of be-verbs from movies and children’s picture book corpus, and examine them. Finally, reconsideration how to teach be-verb sentences to children as a second language in our English classes is suggested.

 

Q & A  15:00-15:15

 

Third Presentation    15:20-15:40

Title: A Corpus-Based Investigation of a Low-frequency Vocabulary Item from the Viewpoint of an EFL/ESL Dictionary Development

 

Presenter: Goro Yamamoto(Hosei University)

Language: Japanese

 

Brief description:

This presentation focuses on the semantic extension of a low-frequency vocabulary item for the purpose of EFL/ESL dictionary development. Giving an overview of the prominent features of Wisdom 4th, an English-Japanese dictionary published in 2019, a promising way to enrich the contents of a modern EFL/ESL dictionary will be discussed particularly focusing on the corpus-based investigation of the semantic extension of ‘snowflake’.

 

Q & A   15:40-15:55

 

Closing Remarks  15:55-16:00

Online informal social gathering