2021 Symposium on Teaching China and Japan: Pedagogical Collaboration across Languages, Disciplines, Communities and Borders
February 20, 2021
DePaul University
9:10am - 9:20am, Opening Remarks
Dr. Guillermo Vásquez de Velasco, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Science
Dr. Nobuko Chikamatsu &
Dr. Li Jin, Department of Modern Languages
DePaul University (Chicago, U.S.A.)
9:20am - 10:10am, Keynote Address
Dr. Wei Li, Institute of Education, University of College London
"Language Teaching and Learning as Cultural Translation"
10:15am - 11:30am, Panel I: International Collaboration I
Cross-Unit Collaboration in Advanced Online Chinese Language Curricula at a Sino-US Joint-venture University
Presenter: Xin Zhang (Duke Kushan University)
Building an Engaging Virtual-Exchange Curriculum through International Pedagogical Collaboration
Presenter: Sharon Guan (DePaul University)
Japanese as Lingua Franca in COIL (Collaborative Online International Learning) for Global Learning
Presenter: Keiko Ikeda (Kansai University)
Affordances of Collaborative Online International Learning in the Time of Limited Mobility
Presenters: Tomoe Nishio (University of North Georgia), Chie Fujikake, & Masataka Osawa (Nanzan University)
11:35am - 12:50pm, Panel II: Interdisciplinary Collaboration I
Promoting Translingual, Transcultural and Intermedial Literacies in a Content-based Japanese Classroom: Collaborative Subtitling as Pedagogy
Presenters: Saori Hoshi & Ayaka Yoshimizu (University of British Columbia)
Translanguaging in Environmental Ethics: Translating Languages, Crossing over Discourses, and Expanding the Horizons
Presenter: Yuki Miyamoto (DePaul University)
Mandarin Chinese FLAC Courses and the Chinese Curriculum Development: Potentials and Challenges
Presenter: Yan Liu (Duke University)
Language Study as a Window to Inner Peace: A Dialogue Among Science, Psychology, and Buddhism
Presenter: Qinghong Cai (Northeastern University)
12:50pm - 1:30pm, Lunch Break
1:30pm - 2:45pm, Panel III: Community Collaboration
Furthering Chinese Language Learning: Curriculum Design & Instruction for Chinese Immersion Students Taking College Courses
Presenter: Li Xiang (Western Michigan University)
Reciprocal Institutional Relationships: An Integrated Model of Study Abroad
Presenter: Zhini Zeng (University of Mississippi)
Through the Looking-Glass Called JCHIP—Internship Experience in Japan and Participating Interns’ Views and Growth
Presenter: Nobuko Koyama (University of California, Davis)
Community-based Collaboration with Local Japanese Companies in Ohio
Presenter: Etsuyo Yuasa (The Ohio State University)
2:50pm - 4:05pm, Panel IV: Interdisciplinary Collaboration II
Why Literature?: Translating literature in an advanced Japanese language classroom
Presenter: Miho Matsugu (Independent Scholar)
Reading & writing between Linguistic Lines: Exploring the Potential of Exophony
Presenter: Jeffrey Angles (Western Michigan University)
Experiential Learning through Dream in the Red Chamber: A Chinese Novel as a Bridge to Linguistic and Intercultural Competence
Presenters: Jinai Sun & Stuart Patterson (North Central College)
Interdisciplinary Teaching to Facilitate Students Learning Content in an Intensive Study Abroad Program
Presenter: Hong Zhan (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University)
4:10pm - 5:25pm, Panel V: International Collaboration II & Cross-language Collaboration
Learning about (G)local Issues for Working towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): the US-Japan Telecollaborative Online Magazine Project
Presenter: Yuri Kumagai (Smith College)
Teaching Behavioral Culture through Chinese-American Telecollaboration
Presenter: Han Luo (Lafayette College)
Reimagining Chinese Characters and East Asian Modern History: Collaborative Activities Connecting Online College Classrooms of Chinese and Japanese
Presenters: Noriko Sugimori & Leihua Weng (Kalamazoo College)
A Pan-East Asian Perspective in Language Teaching
Presenters: Lin Deng (Carleton College) & Koji Tanno (University of Kentucky)
5:25pm - 5:30pm, Closing Remarks
Dr. Nobuko Chikamatsu & Dr. Li Jin, Department of Modern Languages
DePaul University (Chicago, U.S.A.)