Research keywords (25)：
Extensive Reading builds a basic vocabulary foundation and gives opportunities to notice grammar. Weekly 10-minute practice 3 times a week with learners writing comments in Japanese have promoted 1st language fluency. Data of pages read in 10 minutes pre-Midterm and Post- Midterm show increased reading speed.
, Applying the above to ourselves by personal storytelling, the characters in the 4 books that we read in the class, lyrics of songs, short YouTube documentaries, and the movie that we watch.
, Increasing awareness of Emotional intelligence by directly interacting with The Map of Consciousness.
, Understanding the 8 qualities of Human’ness to increase the awareness and appreciation of diversity in: Relational, Emotional, Volitional, innovative, Physical/Physically challenged, Spiritual, Significant and Integrated. Including an exploration of these and 3 Intelligences in a Self Introduction.
, Understanding the 8 Multiple Intelligences by Gardner to increase the awareness and appreciation of intelligences Diversity, not the status quo physical diversity that (American) social media tends to focus on.
, Drawing Portraits by rolling a dice and innovating to make a Self Portrait - increasing awareness of both understanding one’s identity and “losing one’s identity”.
, Conscious Breath and Conscious Movements using BrainDance: 8 Moves that support conscious movement that are found in human dance. This activity supports Kinesthetic Intelligence as well as overall health and well-being.
, Development of a student created Contemporary Issue Power Point Library. Self-selected groups of students research and create contemporary Issue Power Points to gain more understanding of contemporary issues and their inter-relatedness between Japan and other countries. Examples include Climate Change, Gender Equality and Child Abuse. Research is guided by Meaningful Communication Protocol.
, Increasing conscious choice-making in Extensive Reading: Randomly choosing a book and places to read in a book and intentionally selecting a book to read or places to read by table of contents and by pictures in the book.
, Research and discussion questions for Visual Map presentation and the relationship to Autonomy. Do students’ sense of empowerment increase through meaningful communication research and discussion related to a favorite. Meaningful communication includes: Facts/History, Personal Opinions/Personal Experiences and Contemporary Issues/Innovative Connections.
, Promoting Emotional Intelligence awareness by Map of Consciousness based Personal Stories to increase Emotional Intelligence awareness of oneself and others.
, Diversity: Diversity is not just related to physical factors (male-female, skin color, eye color, hair and weight). Diversity is the range of neural-diversity, multiple intelligence diversity and diversity of life experiences including trauma.
, Visual arts teach English communication I learners about color, balance of lines and spaces and layout. Viewing Art and creating, for example, Visual Maps, learners exercise motor skills, decision-making, risk-taking, and inventiveness. All of these techniques are necessary in visual and digital presentations of academic work
, Promoting 1st language fluency in English Communication I classes is a radical step towards developing fluency about contemporary issues, hot topics and relevant conversations (new for many learners) in local and international society. On these topics 1st language fluency is helpful to developing authentic English communication.
, Promote a paradigm shift in higher education to include Mind-Body-Spirit awareness. These three are recognized as being integral to Personhood. Knowledge of our two nervous systems: parasympathetic (stimulates relaxation and restoration) and sympathetic nervous system (prepares the body for action) we practice conscious thought, conscious movements/breaths and meditation.
, The important connection between Free Speaking and Brain Research related to the non-linearity of our voice(s), research by Rebecca Kleinberger. Individual holistic voice development may impact on understanding personal and cultural biases and negative and self-destructive thought and voice messages, outer voice and inner voice.
, Raising awareness about the important conversations around HAIR (Spike Lee) that ultimately are related to the historical discrimination of Minorities, primarily Black people, and of “other’ing” and the contemporary conversations and demonstrations against Police Brutality and Black Lives Matter.
, Inclusivity in class materials of the history of Colonization of the Ainu-gene in Hokkaido and Okinawan Uchinanchu or Ryukyuan people, in order that participation in conversations of Colonization of Indigenous people in Canada, the United States, Australia and Brazil (the Japanese diaspora) can be participated in.
, The profound connection between Pina Bausch’s process of creating and choreographing Dances and the English Communication instructor developing new class materials
, Fluency practice using 2 minute focus and 2 minute awareness training
, Integrating Mindfulness and Aesthetic Appreciation to Mind Mapping Experience using Zentangles
, Maslow's Hierarchy applied to Communication
, Questionng Approach
, Meaningful Communication: Intelligent, Emotional, Innovative Connections
, Holistic - Multiple Intelligences; Aural, Visual and Kinaesthetic
