Dr. Melvin R. Andrade Professor of English Language Education & Applied Linguistics Sophia Junior College, Japan

• I am compiling and editing the Proceedings of the Linguapax Asia Second International Symposium on Language in Society and the Classroom. A preliminary version is now online. Click here (PDF).

• I served as the Program Chair and gave a presentation on "Helping Immigrant Students in the United States Learn English in Main-stream Classrooms: The SIOP Approach" at the Linguapax Asia Second International Symposium on Language in Society and the Classroom: Preserving Heritage and Supporting Diversity, Canadian Embassy, Tokyo, June 11, 2005. Abstract    Power Point    References

• Annual Faculty Development Symposium on University English Teaching, April 9, 2005. Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo. I gave a presentation entitled "Peer Revision in Academic Writing: One Teacher’s Experience."  
  Summary (PDF)  Power Point

• Junior College English Education Research Group, December 11, 2004, Aoyama Gakuin Women's Junior College. I gave a presentation on "Teaching English Through Content vs. Teaching Content Through English."  Abstract   Power Point

• 20th World Congress on Reading, International Reading Association, (IRA) July 26-29, 2004,  Manila, Philippines.  I gave a presentation on "Dual Skills Approaches to Reading Instruction: Reading-Writing vs. Reading-Listening vs. Reading-Speaking."   Abstract (PDF)   Power Point  
  OHP materials   References
  　

• Linguapax Asia 2004 First International Symposium on Language Diversity and Language Ecology, April 17, 2004, United Nations University, Tokyo. I gave a presentation on "Language Minorities and ESL/ Bilingual Education in California Schools."  Abstract   Power Point  References  È
  
  

• The 43rd National Conference of the Japan Association for Language Education and Technology (LET): Strategies for the Future of Foreign Language Education, August 2, 2003, Kansai Gaidai Nakamiya Campus. I co-presented a paper on "Classroom-Language Lab Integration: Handling Diversity in Student Abilities and Interests." Summary   Power Point

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