I'm visiting my Mom in #Ottawa this weekend. Her MP has been handing out flag posters sporting the slogans "Strong and Free / Fort et Libre" and while I understand that "Il sait porter la croix" probably doesn't fit exactly, was a direct #translation the best move?
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I was filling out a survey when I encountered this question: "Is English the language you're most comfortable reading in?" I said yes, but it really depends on the genre/content. For example, I'm more comfortable reading manga in Japanese.
#Bilingualism
From here in Japan I was honored by this tribute from The Worthy Educator in the U.S.: "Steve McCarty gets celebratED for receiving the second annual Veteran Teacher Voices Interview from The College and University Educators research group of the Japan Association for Language Teaching! We celebrate Steve for this recognition of his impressive career in higher education!"
The Web page with links is at https://www.get-celebrated.com/post/steve-mccarty-receives-second-annual-veteran-teacher-voices-interview-from-jalt
Or I suggest that you go straight to the interview, available to non-members of ResearchGate by just scrolling down, at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/386424805_Interview_with_Steve_McCarty_on_his_professorial_accomplishments_in_Japan
The interview is not just about my project initiatives and publications but also about foreign language issues such as the long-term effects of AI on language acquisition.
#Japan #Education #HigherEducation #interview #bilingualism #English #ForeignLanguages #LanguageLearning #career #publications
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Feliz Navidad a todos ^^ Quería recordaros que ayer subí vídeo nuevo a YT ^^ Espero que os guste <3
https://youtu.be/l_5GaelGQL4?si=JfEWryAyqPO0BYla
#librorecomendado #opinion #opinions #booktoker #booktok #booktokespanol #libro #bookhaul #navidad2024 #booktube #ingles #bilingual #booktoker #bookreview #librosfavoritos #reseña #librorecomendado #lecturas #normalpeople #gemavadillo #alicekellen #sallyroonie #mercedesron #trilogia #trilogía #libro #bookhaul #chill #cozy #navidad2024 #2024 #love #narrar #booktube #español #espanol #ingles #bilingual #bilingualism #booktoker #booksummary #contentcreator #content #bookreview #librosfavoritos #series #favourite #reseña #carrieleighton #lectora #lectoescritura #series #bookstagram #booklover #lofi #aesthetic #aesthetics #aestheticstatus #book #librosparaleer #regalosnavidad #regalo #reflexiones #saludmental #university #universidad #librosenyoutube #librosenespañol #librosinglés
Buenas bonitos ^^
Hoy os traigo un vídeo muy especial para mí de qué lecturas llevo estos meses antes de acabar el año <3
#librorecomendado #trilogia #trilogía #libro #bookhaul #navidad2024 #booktube #ingles #bilingual #booktoker #bookreview #librosfavoritos #reseña #librorecomendado #lecturas #normalpeople #gemavadillo #alicekellen #sallyroonie #mercedesron #trilogia #trilogía #libro #bookhaul #chill #cozy #navidad2024 #2024 #love #narrar #booktube #español #espanol #ingles #bilingual #bilingualism #booktoker #booksummary #contentcreator #content #bookreview #librosfavoritos #series #favourite #reseña #carrieleighton #lectora #lectoescritura #series #bookstagram #booklover #lofi #aesthetic #aesthetics #aestheticstatus #book #librosparaleer #regalosnavidad #regalo #reflexiones #saludmental #university #universidad #librosenyoutube #librosenespañol #librosinglés
New in our electronic #collection and available #OpenAccess thanks to the @universityofgroningen OA Book Fund:
Mutual Intelligibility between Closely Related #Languages
https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/94343/1/9783111134697.pdf
A comprehensive study of how closely related languages understand each other, exploring measurement, challenges, and practical implications across linguistic, cultural, and policy domains.
New publication: "Interview with Steve McCarty" [on his professorial accomplishments in Japan].
The College and University Educators research group of the Japan Association for Language Teaching has honored me with their second annual Veteran Teacher Voices interview on my teaching career in Japan. I critique the foreign language teaching profession, discuss future trends of increasing foreigners in Japan, the need for English, and long-term effects of AI on language acquisition.
I believe educationalists will find this article interesting: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/386424805
和訳 - Japanese translation which I edited: スティーブ・マッカーティとのインタビュー（日本での教授としての業績）: https://researchmap.jp/waoe/misc/48628107/attachment_file.pdf
Publications on bilingualism and language teaching: https://japanned.hcommons.org/bilingualism
#TEFL #Japan #Japanese #LanguageEducation #LanguageTeaching #LanguageLearning #bilingualism #InterculturalCommunication #FacultyDevelopment #career #retirement #InternationalMarriage #OnlineEducation
Don't tell the CAQ!
#Bilingualism good for your brain. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/bilingualism-brain-montreal-research-results-benefits-multilingual-1.7378179
CBCIs bilingualism good for your brain? Montreal researchers are seeing tangible results | CBC NewsResearchers in Montreal are pointing to the benefits of bilingualism for the brain's health and efficiency — suggesting it could even help prevent diseases associated with aging, including Alzheimer's.
Bilingualism could have tangible health benefits.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/bilingualism-brain-montreal-research-results-benefits-multilingual-1.7378179
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Le bilinguisme pourrait avoir des bénéfices tangibles sur la santé.
// Article en anglais //
CBCIs bilingualism good for your brain? Montreal researchers are seeing tangible results | CBC NewsResearchers in Montreal are pointing to the benefits of bilingualism for the brain's health and efficiency — suggesting it could even help prevent diseases associated with aging, including Alzheimer's.
The challenges of being bilingual and posting bilingually.
Read an article in French and decide to share it. Write a short note for it in English, wrongly mention that its only version is English in French without even realizing and then post. Go back and correct yourself.
I seem to have reached the point where people can identify that I am an anglophone but they no longer switch to English when they hear my French
Via #CityNews #Montreal @ 1:06pm EDT on Aug 19, 2024
#CanadaPost will soon offer more services in #English in #Quebec, as per consultation on #bilingualism in post offices across country
Fed Crown corp says it→“legally required”..to assess state of bilingual services..under #OfficialLanguagesAct
“..Official #Languages Regulations determined some o [the] unilingual post offices must become bilingual. In identified areas, services will need 2 b offerd in both languages"
https://montreal.citynews.ca/2024/08/19/canada-post-more-english-quebec/
CityNews Montreal · Canada Post to offer more services in English in Quebec | CityNews MontrealCanada Post will soon offer more services in English in Quebec, according to a consultation on bilingualism in post offices across the country. The federal Crown corporation says it is “legally required” – every 10 years – to assess the state of bilingual services in its network of post offices under the Official Languages Act. […]
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@jeffjarvis Thank you for calling attention to linguistic issues. As a longtime bilingualism researcher, I was surprised to see code-switching mentioned in a political context, as it means switching languages syntactically in a conversation, which I often do between English and Japanese strategically.
The video you shared clarifies that people switching ethnic dialects, registers, or accents should not be called code-switching but rather some alternative like style switching. As she emphasizes, everyone does it. Here in Japan where identity forefronts a person's role more than what they identify with, someone like my wife can have a different voice with each individual or type of interlocutor, like a bicycle with 50+ gears.
My publications on bilingualism are accessible and easy to understand, with my educational background also in journalism: https://japanned.hcommons.org/bilingualism
#bilingualism #language #languages #linguistics #syntax #politics #Japan
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UPDATE: already seven scholars on ResearchGate have formally recommended "English Education and Bilingual Education in Japan" (June, 2024): https://www.researchgate.net/publication/381519445
#bilingualism #BilingualEducation #bilingual #English #education #EFL #Japan #Japanese #culture #society #communication #JALT #ResearchGate #article #recommendations
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My new article "English Education and Bilingual Education in Japan" is now a Research Spotlight article at ResearchGate, such that members may add comments or questions -- after reading the article -- at https://www.researchgate.net/spotlight/66797ca826fd1df03709c0d1
Shorter ABSTRACT: The Japan Times quoted the author extensively in a recent article on bilingual education. This full interview with references briefly defines bilingual education, cites a successful example in Japan, and gives deep insights into the changing society as well as cultural barriers to English education.
Members of Academia Edu can most easily access the article at https://www.academia.edu/121211569/English_Education_and_Bilingual_Education_in_Japan
For those who prefer or would have no difficulty downloading the PDF, the article is available also in the open access Knowledge Commons repository directly from https://hcommons.org/deposits/download/hc:67274/CONTENT/bilingual_edu.pdf
#bilingualism #BilingualEducation #bilingual #English #education #EFL #Japan #Japanese #culture #society #communication #JALT
Who’s maybe trying to skew your views on bilingualism by misrepresenting a poll? Global News and the Canadian Press!
“only 43% of respondents across Canada said they held a positive view of federal bilingualism”
Poll data: only 18% have a negative view of it!
“49% [outside Quebec] said it exists only to satisfy a minority”
Poll: the *only other option* was to choose “is at the heart of Canadian identity”
Data: https://leger360.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Leger-x-CP-_Bilingualism-in-Canada.pdf
Before the 3rd and 4th interview articles on bilingual education and my academic career come out, here are my recent works:
"Film Review: 'Snack Sakura' Reflects Ambiguity of Japan’s Vintage Nightlife" (including a link to watch the documentary for free). Unseen Japan: https://unseen-japan.com/review-snack-sakura-documentary
[1st interview] Quoted extensively in the Japan Times article "The language of opportunity: Bilingual education is on the rise in Japan": https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2024/05/27/language/bilingual-education-schools-japanese-language-english
[2nd interview] "Healing Symbolism in the Japanese Legend of the Woman Diver."
Just the story and analysis: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/381003736
Story and analysis plus photos, links, and more about woman divers by the interviewer Ms. Solis:
https://sydneyinosaka.wordpress.com/2024/05/30/healing-symbolism-in-the-japanese-legend-of-the-woman-diver
Follow me or see publications on Japan: https://japanned.hcommons.org/japanology
Unseen Japan · Film Review: “Snack Sakura” Reflects Ambiguity of Japan’s Vintage Nightlife - Unseen JapanThe new short documentary Snack Sakura embraces the retro charm and social ambiguity of Japan's ubiquitous snack bars.
The Japan Times interviewed me for a May 27, 2024 article on #bilingual #education (1st picture).
While the newspaper article is for paying subscribers, the reporter Eric Margolis agreed that the publication Bilingual Japan of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (#JALT) #Bilingualism SIG may publish the full interview. After that issue comes out next month, I will make the article available in research repositories.
The article is subtitled "Japan wants its next generation to be fluent in English. Culture and economic inequality stand in the way." What it means by #culture getting in the way is treated in my answer as to why the #English level in #Japan is relatively low (2nd picture).
The conclusion quotes part of my response to the common opinion that #foreign #languages are not needed in Japan (3rd picture). My complete answer also predicts that the increasing influx of foreign #tourists and #residents will change that complacent attitude.
Good news on open access to my works on bilingualism, the research area related to my teaching, child-raising, and using Japanese for over 40 years. I was interviewed by The Japan Times on #bilingual #education for a forthcoming paywalled article. It was a long interview, and usually a newspaper article uses only short passages from one individual. However, the #Japan Association for #Language #Teaching Bilingualism Special Interest Group (#JALT #Bilingualism SIG) would like to publish the full interview in its newsletter Bilingual Japan. Everyone should be able to read that as I back it up in research repositories. The tentative title is "English Education and Bilingual Education in Japan."
My publications on bilingualism have been backed up mostly at Academia Edu, which is not so easy to access anymore [any comment?], so I've added links to the original sources of articles, which are open access, at https://japanned.hcommons.org/bilingualism
Surprised at over 23,000 downloads of my publications at Humanities Commons, with something for everyone, such as:
"Understanding Intelligence and Genius" (1,236 downloads)
https://hcommons.org/deposits/download/hc:50812/CONTENT/intelligence_and_genius.pdf
"Taxonomy of Bilingualism series" (1,767 downloads)
https://hcommons.org/deposits/download/hc:26570/CONTENT/taxonomy_of_bilingualism_series.pdf
"Symbolism of Fire and Air in Greco-Roman and Japanese Creation Myths" (1,451 downloads)
https://hcommons.org/deposits/download/hc:43446/CONTENT/fusion_essays.pdf
"Series on What is the Academic Life?" (971 downloads)
https://hcommons.org/deposits/download/hc:26460/CONTENT/academic_life_series.pdf
"Web 2.0 Technologies for Research and Mobility" (2,155 downloads):
https://hcommons.org/deposits/download/hc:25296/CONTENT/wireless_ready_keynote_address_proceedings.pdf
"Newspaper articles in Japanese" [by or about the author] (1,540 downloads):
https://hcommons.org/deposits/download/hc:25230/CONTENT/newspaper_articles_in_japanese.pdf
"Bilingual Haiku Scroll" [published haiku by the author, in seasonal order, with Kyoto photos] (865 downloads)
https://hcommons.org/deposits/download/hc:24806/CONTENT/bilingual_haiku_scroll.pdf
#academia #bilingualism #Japan #Japanese #technology #intelligence #mythology #haiku
@hello @mythology @academicchatter