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J-GLOBAL ID:200901055349568460   Update date: Dec. 14, 2003

Plain William

プレイン ウィリアム | Plain William
Affiliation and department:
Research field  (2): Literature - European ,  Science education
Research keywords  (3): Wide Area ,  English Language & Literature ,  Curriculum Studies
Research theme for competitive and other funds  (3):
  • Trans-disciplinary paradigm theory,exploration of alternatives in inter-disciplinary studies as a basis for creativity in university teaching
  • A theory of Natural Learning for language Teaching : The rediscovery of learning skills through the development of awareness and responsibility in the learning process
  • Pair Group Teaching (PGT) for communicative content-based classroom management
MISC (22):
  • Research Reports: William Plain,'A New Theory of Language Learning to Encourage the Adoption of a Communicative Curriculum in Japanese Universities: Silence in the Classroom'. Japanese Ministry of Education Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Individual project report. 2003. 150
  • 日本の大学におけるコミュニカティブなカリキュラムの適用を奨励する言語習得新理論. 文部省科学研究費補助金 研究成果報告書. 2003
  • Research Reports: William Plain,'A New Theory of Language Learning to Encourage the Adoption of a Communicative Curriculum in Japanese Universities: Silence in the Classroom'. Japanese Ministry of Education Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Individual project report. 2003. 150
  • William Plain, 'A Teaching Method for Content Classes: Pair Group Teaching', IN 'University-based Perspectives on English Curriculum Development'. Japanese Ministry of Education Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, group project report,. 1998. 19-27
  • William Plain, 'Adapting Traditional Language Teaching Methods for a New Communicative Curriculum in Japanese Universities'. Japanese Ministry of Education Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, individual project report. 1998. 89
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Books (4):
  • Teaching Abroad : an adventure in culture and curriculum-a look at aid projects in EFL with particular emphasis on autonomy and its implications for curriculum development.
    Edizioni il Capitello, Torino 1991
  • Awareness Training in Learning and Teaching : the role of awareness and paradigms in learning theory and the university classroom
    Edizioni il Capitello, Torino 1991
  • Teaching Abroad : an adventure in culture and curriculum-a look at aid projects in EFL with particular emphasis on autonomy and its implications for curriculum development.
    Edizioni il Capitello, Torino 1991
  • Awareness Training in Learning and Teaching : the role of awareness and paradigms in learning theory and the university classroom
    Edizioni il Capitello, Torino 1991
Education (2):
  • - 1989 University of Reading Centre for Applied Linguistics Teaching English as a Foreign language(TEFL)
  • - 1969 University of Sydney Faculty of Arts English Language and Political Science
Professional career (2):
  • Master of Arts(TEFL)
  • Bachelor of Arts
Association Membership(s) (3):
IATEFL(International Association for Teaching of English as a Foreign Language ,  JALT(Japanese Association of Language Teachers) ,  JACET(Japanese Association of College English Teachers)
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