Welcome to Hiro's Computer-Assisted Language Learning Laboratory !

Hiro's CALL LAB

Japanese Version is HERE.

Hiroshi Shimatani

Kumamoto University.

Lecture on CALL (July 12, 2002)

• On-line Resources for CALL & CMC

Presentations at International Conferences:

At The First Asia TEFL International Conference (Nov. 7, 2003)

• Shimatani, H., Kinoshita, M., Yamamoto, H., & Laskowski, T. High School Students' Impressions and Perceptions of Some Attributes of Each Reading Subtest in the National Unified Exam English Tests of Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan.

At 13th World Congress of Applied Linguistics (Dec. 17, 2002)

• Kinoshita, M., Shimatani, H., Laskowski, T., Otsu, A., Okuda, Y. and Yamamoto, H. Comparing the Reading Sections of Three National Unified Exam English Tests: Characteristics of , and Test-takers' Reactions to Each Reading Section Format.

At FLEAT IV (Aug. 1, 2000)

• Shimatani, H., and Laskowski, T. Washback Effect of the Introduction of a Listening Test into a National University Entrance Examination.　(All comments on the survey questions).

At LTRC '99 (Jul. 30, 1999)

• Kinoshita, K., Shimatani, H., Laskowski, T., Yamamoto, H., and Takemura, M. (1999). The Analysis of English Listening and Reading Comprehension Concerning Japanese and Korean High School Students.

At FLEAT III (Aug. 14, 1997)

• Kinoshita, M., Ishii, K., 0htsu, A., Kawajiri, M., Shimatani, H., Takanashi, Y., and Laskowski, T. (1997). An Analysis of Listening Comprehension Abilities of Japanese and Korean High School Students.

Major publications in English:

• Shimatani, H. (1988). An Examination of the Monitor Model. JACET Bulletin, 19, 67-82.
• Tabuki, M., and Shimatani, H. (1995). Conversational Analysis: Connectives in Simplified Speech. Kitao, K., Kitao, S. K., Miller, J. H., Carpenter, J. W., and Rinnert, C.(Eds.) Culture and Communication. Yamaguchi Shoten,107-120.
• Kinoshita,　M., Ishii, K., 0htsu, A., Kawajiri, M., Shimatani, H., Takanashi, Y., and Laskowski, T. (1998). An Analysis of Listening Comprehension Abilities of Japanese and Korean High School Students. Proceedings of the Foreign Language Education and Technology Conference皿, 233-242.
• Kinoshita, K., Shimatani, H., Laskowski, T., Yamamoto, H., and Takemura, M. (2000).　A Comparative Study on English Listening and Reading Comprehension between Japanese and Korean High School Students. Annual Review of English Learning and Teaching, 5, 131-144.
• Shimatani, H., Kinoshita, M., Otsu, A., Laskowski, T., Okuda, Y., & Yamamoto, H.. (2003). Comparing the Reading Sections of the National Unified English Tests of Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. The JACET Kyushu-Okinawa Chapter Annual Review of English Learning and Teaching, 8, 1- 17.
• Shimatani, H. & Stockwell, G. (2003).　An Evaluation of a Self-Study CALL Environment: Language Development and Learner Attitudes. Language Education & Technology, 40, 1-13.
• Shimatani, H., Kinoshita, M., Yamamoto, H., & Laskowski, T. (2004).　High School Students' Impressions and Perceptions of Some Attributes of Each Reading Subtest in the National Unified Exam English Tests of Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. The Journal of Asia TEFL, 1(1), 47-73.
  

On-line Resources in English:

• Shimatani, H. and Kitao, K. (1996) Computer Assisted Instruction: A Bibliography. The Archives of the TESL-L Electronic Discussion Forum for teachers of English as a second or foreign language.

Links

For ESL/EFL Students:

• Self-Study Quizzes for ESL Students (A Project of the Internet TESL Journal)
• Crossword Puzzles for ESL Students (A Project of the Internet TESL Journal)
• Hypertext English Language Practice (By Richard Side & The Eckersley School of English)
• Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab

For ESL/EFL Teachers and Researchers:

• The Internet TESL Journal
• On-line Resources and Journals: ELT, Linguistics, and Communication (By KITAO Kenji & KITAO Kathleen)

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