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Digital Campus Consortium (DCC)
Report on the Waseda-RELC International Student Seminar
(February 6-10, 2006)
(SEAMEO RELC, February 10, 2006)
March 2006
Digital Campus Consortium
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― Table of Content ―
Ⅰ. Introduction …………… 2
(1) Outline of the Seminar …………… 2
(2) Schedule and Programs …………… 3
(3) List of Participants …………… 5
Ⅱ. Reports on each program …………… 7
(1) Seminars Provided by RELC …………… 7
(2) Special Lectures/Workshops by W.E. Instructors …………… 8
(3) World Englishes Special Lecture at NUS …………… 9
(4) Group Work/Student Presentation …………… 10
Ⅱ. Conclusion …………… 11
Appendix
(1) Comments from Participating Professors
(2) Student Essays
(3) Student Presentation Materials
(4) Result on the Student Evaluation of the Seminar
(5) Program on "World Englishes Special Lecture at NUS"
(6) Handout of the Keynote Speech by Mr. Matsukawa
Ⅰ. Introduction
(1) Outline of the Seminar
Dates: February 6-10, 2006
Venue: SEAMEO Regional Language Centre (RELC)
Sponsor: Waseda University
Support: Digital Campus Consortium
Participating Universities:
Chulalongkorn University (Thailand),
De La Salle University (Philippines),
Fudan University (China),
Hong Kong Baptist University (China),
Korea University(Korea),
Namseoul University (Korea),
University of Malaya (Malaysia),
Waseda University (Japan)
Aim of the Seminar:
This seminar was designed to deepen the understandings of the features and cultural
background of each variety of Asian Englishes that students studied through the joint
online course, "World Englishes and Miscommunications." The course was operated as a
part of the projects called "Cyber University Consortium" supported by Digital Campus
Consortium. The seminar was also intended to accelerate the further development and
expansion of the joint online course in the future.
[RELC]
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(2) Schedule and Programs
Monday, 6th February:
8:30-9:00 Orientation at Room 602, 6th Floor of the RELC building
9:00-10:30 Seminar A: English in Singapore (Lecturer: Dr. J. Foley)
11:00-12:30 Seminar B: Terms of Address in Asian Societies
(Lecturer: Dr G. Poedjosoedarmo)
12:30・ 14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:00 Group work
15:00-16:00 Special lecture 1 (Lecturer: Prof. Tony T.N. Hung)
"Speaking English as a World Language"
16:00-17:00 Special lecture 2 (Lecturer: Prof. Hikyong Lee)
"Identity and Identification of Asian Englishes"
17:00-18:00 Break
18:00-20:00 Welcome party at Room 603 (Malay food is served)
Tuesday, 7th February:
9:00-10:30 Seminar A: English in South-East Asia (Lecturer: Dr Lim B.S.)
11:00-12:30 Seminar B: English in the Rest of the World (Lecturer: Dr G. Cane)
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-14:40 Special lecture 3 (Lecturer: Prof. Azirah Hashim)
"Language and Culture in Advertisements"
14:40-15:15 Workshop 1(Lecturer: Prof. Xiong Xueliang)
"A Construction Grammatical Approach to the Chinese English"
15:30-16:00 Workshop 2 (Lecturer: Prof. Bok-Myung Chang)
"World English Acquisition through NWCCDL Project"
16:00-16:30 Workshop 3 (Lecturer: Ms. Sydney Gonzales-Villegas)
"World Englishes: The Philippine Experiences"
16:30-17:00 Workshop 4 (Lecturer: Prof. Michiko Nakano)
"What 1st year Waseda University Students Have Learned"
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Wednesday, 8th February:
9:00-10:30 Seminar A:Global Varieties of English: Which English do you want to speak?
(Lecturer: Dr J. Foley)
11:00-12:30 Seminar B: Politeness Strategies in Intercultural Communication
(Lecturer: Dr Lim B.S)
*For the participating professors of World Englishes
10:30-12:00 "World Englishes and Miscommunications" Faculty Meeting at Room 601
12:30-14:00 Lunch
Move to NUS by bus
14:00-16:30 World Englishes Special Lectue at NUS
(Place:University Scholar Program's(USP) Conference Room, Block ADM)
Mr. Yoshihiro Matsukawa, Director, Panasonic Asia Pacific Pte Ltd (PA)
"Requirements for Corporate Communications toward "Global Excellence
Company"
Dr. Anne Pakir, Dept. of English Language & Literature, Faculty of Arts
& Social Sciences, National University of Singapore
"English as a World Language"
Dr. Takashi Terada, Department of Japanese Studies, Faculty of
Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore
"Cultural dimensions in East Asian Community"
16:30-17:15 NUS Campus tour
17:15-17:45 Return to RELC
Thursday, 9th February:
9:00-10:30 Seminar A:Interpreting Body Language: Cross-cultural differences
(Lecturer: Dr G. Cane)
11:00-12:30 Seminar B: Cultural Factors in Personal Interaction
(Lecturer: Dr G. Poedjosoedarmo)
Friday, 10th February:
9:00-12:30 Preparation for Group presentation
12:30・ 14:00 Lunch
14:00-17:15 Student presentation
18:30-20:00 Farewell party at Changi Sailing Club
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(3) List of Participants
University Name
1 Chulalongkorn University Ms. Wannapa Trakulkasemsuk Student
2 De La Salle University Ms. Sydney Gonzales Instructor
3 De La Salle University Mr. Ariane Macalinga Borlongan Student
4 De La Salle University Ms. Carissa Anna A. Carino Student
5 Fudan University Prof. Xiong Xueliang Instructor
6 Fudan University Ms. Chen Xinyin Student
7 Fudan University Mr. Xiong Hui Student
8 Hong Kong Baptist University Prof. Tony T.N. Hung Instructor
9 Hong Kong Baptist University Ms. Zhang YanYan Student
10 Korea University Prof. Hikyoung Lee Instructor
11 Korea University Ms. Kim Jung Hwa Student
12 Korea University Ms. Lee Kinam Student
13 Korea University Ms. Lee On Soon Student
14 Korea University Ms. Seo Eun Kyeong Student
15 Korea University Ms. Song Jiyeon Student
16 Namseoul University Prof. Bok-Myung Chang Instructor
17 Namseoul University Mr. Hong Kyu Yoon Student
18 Namseoul University Mr. Seung Hyeok Lee Student
19 Namseoul University Ms. So Young Paik Student
20 University of Malaya Prof. Azirah Hashim Instructor
21 University of Malaya Ms. Rachel Tan Instructor
22 University of Malaya Mr. Abdul Hakim bin Abdullah Student
23 University of Malaya Ms. Payal Bhupatrai Student
24 University of Malaya Ms. Leena Wong Mei Chan Student
25 Waseda University
Prof. Michiko Nakano
Director, Distance Learning Center,
Waseda University
Supervising Director, Digital Campus
Consortium
Instructor
26 Waseda University Ms. Chie Watanabe Student
27 Waseda University Mr. Hiroki Tada Student
28 Waseda University Ms. Hiromi Hanawa Student
29 Waseda University Ms. Kana Akiyama Student
30 Waseda University Mr. Kenichi Ashina Student
31 Waseda University Ms. Masayo Kajitani Student
32 Waseda University Ms. Remi Shimada Student
33 Waseda University Mr. Shun Takagi Student
34 Waseda University Mr. Shunpei Toida Student
35 Waseda University Mr. Takeshi Kawase Student
36 Waseda University Mr. Tomohiro Yamazaki Student
37 Waseda University Mr. Toshihide Kawai Student
38 Waseda University Mr. Tsunehiro Ono Student
39 Waseda University Mr. Kazuharu Owada Observer
40 Waseda University Mr. Norifumi Ueda Observer
41 Waseda University Mr. Ryo Yoshimoto Observer
42 Waseda University Mr. Yusuke Kondo Observer
43 Panasonic Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
Mr. Yoshihiro Matsukawa
Director, Corporate Communications
Group
Guest
44 Panasonic System Solutions
Marketing Co., Ltd
Mr. Suguru Tanaka
Group Manager, Educational System
Group
DCC
45 Panasonic System Solutions
Marketing Co., Ltd Mr. Norio Osaki DCC
46 Waseda University Mr. Naoji Takagi
Executive Director, Waseda University
DCC
Chairman
47 Waseda University
Mr. Susumu Nemoto
Administrative Director, Media
Network Center, Waseda University
DCC Staff
48 Waseda University Mr. Kozo Okubo DCC Staff
49 Waseda University Mr. Yoshinori Omata DCC Staff
50 Waseda University Mr. Yukihisa Nakao DCC Staff
51 Waseda University Ms. Mika Shirota DCC Staff
52 Waseda University Ms. Naoko Haraguchi DCC Staff
[Group picture at RELC]
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Ⅱ.Reports on Each Program
(1) Seminars Organized by RELC
Time & Date Title of the seminars Name
A 2/6 09:00-10:30 English in Singapore Dr. J. Foley
B 2/6 11:00-12:30 Terms of Address in Asian Societies Dr G. Poedjosoedarmo
C 2/7 09:00-10:30 English in South-East Asia Dr Lim B.S.
D 2/7 11:00-12:30 English in the Rest of the World Dr G. Cane
E 2/8 09:00-10:30 English as an International Language:
Which English Do You Want to
Speak?
Dr J. Foley
F 2/8 11:00-12:30 Politeness Strategies in Intercultural
Communication
Dr Lim B.S
G 2/9 09:00-10:30 Cultural Factors in Personal
Interaction
Dr G. Poedjosoedarmo
H 2/9 11:00-12:30 Interpreting Body Language:
Cross-Cultural Differences
Dr G. Cane
[RELC seminar provided by Dr. Foley]
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(2) Special Lectures/Workshops by W.E. Instructors
Time & Date Title of the Lectures/Workshops Name
1 2/6 15:00-16:15 Speaking English as a 'World Language' Prof. Tony T.N. Hung
2 2/6 16:15-17:00 Identity and Identification of Asian
Englishes
Prof. Hikyong Lee
3 2/7 14:00-14:45 Language and Culture in Advertisements Prof. Azirah Hashim
4 2/7 14:45-15:15 A Construction Grammatical Approach
to the Chinese English
Prof. Xiong Xueliang
5 2/7 15:30-16:00 World English Acquisition through
NWCCDL Project
Prof. Bok-Myung
Chang
6 2/7 16:00-16:30 World Englishes: The Philippine
Experience
Ms. Sydney
Gonzales-Villegas
7 2/7 16:30-17:00 What 1st year Waseda University
Students Have Learned
Prof. Michiko Nakano
[Group discussion with Prof. Nakano] [Q&A session during the special lecture]
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(3) World Englishes Special Lecture at NUS
14:00~14:10 Opening Address
Prof. Tony T.N. Hung, Hong Kong Baptist University
14:10~14:50 Keynote Speech
“Requirements for Corporate Communications toward ‘Global Excellence
Company‘“
Mr. Yoshihiro Matsukawa, Director, Panasonic Asia Pacific Pte Ltd (PA)
14:50 ~15:00 Break
15:00 ~15:40 Special Lecture (1)
"English as a World Language: Global Issues and Local Responses“
Dr. Anne Pakir, Dept. of English Language & Literature, Faculty of Arts &
Social Sciences, National University of Singapore
15:40~16:20 Special Lecture (2)
"Cultural dimensions in East Asian Community"
Dr. Takashi Terada, Dept. of Japanese Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social
Sciences, National University of Singapore
16:20~16:30 Closing Address
Prof. Azirah Hashim, University of Malaya
[Mr. Matsukawa]
[Dr. Anne Pakir]
[Dr. Takashi Terada]
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(4) Group Work/Student Presentation
Group work was conducted during the seminar in order to prepare for the group presentation
on February 10th. Participating students were divided into groups based on their choice of the
research topics from the following:
1. What are common grammatical deviant features in
Asian Englishes?
2. What are common pronunciation features in Asian
Englishes? Which features are unique in each variety?
3. What are common pragmatic features (such as
Apologizing, Compliments, Thanking, Refusal or
Requesting) in Asian Englishes?
4. Which varieties can be included in Asian Englishes or
Interlanguage? [Student presentation]
During the presentations, each group made a presentation
on the topic for 20 minutes and spent 5 minutes for Q&A.
Each group member was responsible for a part of the
presentation by using the PowerPoint.
[Videoconfenrence (RELC-Waseda)]
<List of Group Members>
Group A Wannapa Trakulkasemsuk (CU), Carissa Anna A. Carino (DLSU), Lee On Soon (KU),
Toshihide Kawai (WU)
Group B Ariane Macalinga Borlongan (DLSU), Zhang Yanyan (HKBU), Kim Jung Hwa (KU),
Takeshi Kawase (WU)
Group C Chen Xinyin (FU), Song Jiyeon (KU), Abdul Hakim bin Abdullah (UM),
Chie Watanabe (WU), Hiromi Hanawa (WU), Masayo Kajitani (WU), Remi Shimada (WU)
Group D Seo Eun Kyeong (KU), Hong Kyu Yoon (NU), Payal Bhupatrai (UM), Shun Takagi (WU),
Shunpei Toida (WU), Tomohiro Yamazaki (WU)
Group E Lee Kinam (KU), So Young Paik (NU), Leena Wong Mei Chan (UM), Hiroki Tada (WU),
Tsunehiro Ono (WU)
Group F Xiong Hui (FU), Seung Hyeok Lee (NU), Kana Akiyama (WU), Kenichi Ashina (WU)
*Chulalongkorn University (CU), De La Salle University (DLSU), Fudan University (FU), Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU),
Korea University (KU), Namseoul University (NU) University of Malaya (UM), Waseda University (WU)
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Ⅱ. Conclusion
The 1st RELC-WASEDA International Seminar, February 6-10, 2006
Michiko Nakano
Director, Distance Learning Center, Waseda University
The first joint international seminar for World Englishes and Miscommunications (World
Englishes for short) was held outside Japan for the first time in Singapore. Most professors
who had been involved in establishing World Englishes I and II joined this seminar and three to
five students representing each participating university gathered together at RELC. Thanks
to Panasonic, DCC staff, DLC staff, we concluded our first seminar highly successfully on the
10th of February.
Every morning, two lectures by RELC professors were given to the students and
accompanying professors. 30 students were divided into 6 groups and groupings were made
as multi-lingual as possible, in which Tagalog, Korean, Malay, Chinese, Thai and Japanese
speakers of English are equally distributed. In each group, either participating graduate
students or Waseda University instructors are assigned as mentors. Some professors
volunteered to act as mentors on occasions. We had given four topics to the students from
which each group chose the topic of interest.
1. What are the common grammatical features in Asian Englishes which are deviant
from Standard English?
2. What are the common pronunciation features in Asian Englishes? What is unique
to each variety?
3. What are common pragmatic features such as thanking, apologizing, requesting,
complimenting, and refusing in Asian Englishes? What is unique to each variety?
4. Which varieties can be included in Asian Englishes or Interlanguage?
30 students had studied these topics and discussed among themselves for five days, in order
to prepare for their Power Point presentations on the last day of the seminar. During these
processes, they had been exposed to a variety of Englishes and they had used English for
authentic interactions. It was apparent that they also deepened mutual understandings and
feelings of intimacy through their heated discussion and bonding activities in the evening.
On Wednesday afternoon, we visited National University of Singapore. We listened to
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Keynote address by Panasonic Director in Asia-Pacific region, Special lectures by Professor
Anne Pakir and Professor Takashi Terada. Since their lectures reflected their first-hand
experiences in multi-lingual and multi-cultural societies in Asia, we began to think of the use of
English in the larger context, encompassing our future pedagogical directions. Firstly, the
students have repeatedly learned the following points in our on-demand Internet courses.
o English is denationalized. It does not belong to any nation-state. Since English
users in Asia outnumber Native speakers, some say that it is an Asian language.
o English can be used as a culturally neutral tool of communication: We do not need to
internalize NS cultural norms.
o Spoken English can be judged as adequate if it conforms to the criteria of Intelligibility,
Comprehensibility and Interpretability.
Our students’ experiences in Singapore promoted their awareness in the following issues:
o On the assumption that we have an Asian community, it is necessary for us to
promote awareness of an Asian identity; if it is a community we need to defend human
rights in the community; we have other issues such as parliamentary democracy and
the rule of law, and how to standardize various countries’social and legal practices.
o We have a common consensus that in our networked education, through authentic
collaboration via Network, which is our interpersonal activity in Asia, we should
develop inter-subjectivity in our students’ mind-set, which is an essence of Social
Constructivism in Asia.
o Learning takes place as a result of social interactions and sharing information.
o In the face of hybrid, changing and conflicting cultures and socio-economic policies,
real-world problems cannot be solved through native-like communication skills in
English nor Anglo-American norms; we Asians have to think independently.
o We need a lot of Cross-Cultural Cyber Seminars (CCCS) in which our understanding
and our relationship to our own culture and society can be transformed in light of the
other cultures and society in contact.
o CCCS can create a cultural third place outside the domain of the markets and national
and ethnic communities.
The student presentations on the last day of the seminar clearly illustrated the following
points:
o They have realized our common heritage in the Asian community.
o They strengthened and raised their awareness of the sense of belongings to the Asian
community, and they experienced how to be co-operative in the community.
As a result, I felt that our educational objectives for World Englishes I and II were not only to
improve linguistic skills, but also to educate our students as Active and Intellectual individuals
who can cope with real problems in the world. In fact, the former objective is negligible in
comparison to the latter broader objective. With the increasing globalization of markets and
international migration, we ought to notice that no stable knowledge can be passed on from
one generation to the next. Each generation has to discover each solution to each problem on
its own, because each set of circumstances is different in each generation. But this
discovery can take place only in dialog with others. With Globalization comes the opportunity
to create other communities beyond the borders of nation-state. We should help our students
expand their Asian personalities.
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[Computer Lab at RELC]
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-- Appendix –
1. Comments from Participating Professors
2. Student Essays
3. Student Presentation Materials
4. Result on the Student Evaluation of the Seminar
5. Program on "World Englishes Special Lecture at NUS"
6. Handout of the Keynote Speech by Mr. Matsukawa