hunter's final kut lecture

Design every moment Final lecture Lawrie Hunter Kochi University of Technology

Gratefulfor so many

things

Gratefulto so many

people

No need to take notes (:^0)

All materials can be downloadedfrom Hunter’s SlideShare:

http://slideshare.net/rolenzo/

What can we learn from life?Mothers know

Reading level < intellectual level until age 10!

Mothers know

We have much to learn from children.

Children know

Mathematics teacher training,St. Pauls College, VunakanauRabaul, Papua New Guinea1986

We have much to learn from children.

Locals know

Mathematics teacher training,Gaulim College, East New BritainPapua New Guinea1985

What can we learn from life?Koshida sensei knew

We made a UNIVERSITY!We made a UNIVERSITY!

いい研究、いい教育いい研究、いい教育

いい研究、いい教育いい研究、いい教育 いい夫婦いい夫婦

Don’t becometoo Japanese,

eh?

Don’t becometoo Japanese,

eh?えええ？えええ？

Hunter’s research paradigm研究目標

What I learned at UBC

Deutsch 1 year

Español 1 year

Ital iano 1 year

Mathematics 6 years

What I learned at UBC

What I learned at UBC

What I learned in 1973

Mirror 14 racing dinghy

What I learned at KUT

What I learned at KUT

What I learned at KUT:Always design

Make a thing as good as it can be.

Ask: is this the best way?

And what does ‘best’ mean?

Sandbox: a safe place to experiment

KUT, my sandbox

KUT Press, 1999 Asahi Press, 2002

KUT, my sandbox

KUT Press2004

Cengage Press2007

KUT Press2005

KUT Press2006

KUT, my sandbox

KUT Press2004

Cengage Press2007

KUT Press2005

KUT Press2006

南の風社の細迫社長、ありがとうございます。

Thanks so much to Mr. Hososako

of Minaminokazesha

KUT, my sandbox

KUT Press2008 2013

KUT Press2010 2012

*SSP program started in 2003,bringing PhD students from all over Asia.

Hunter: French learner 1959-1965

-grammar translation-good reader-fear of speaking

KUT students: English learners 1997~

-grammar translation-OK reader/writers-fear of speaking

My lovely students 2002

微妙

びみょうbimyō = subtle

My lovely students 2002

微妙

びみょう= “I don’t want to speak.”

Language learningis often delayed

1959-1965: LH study French very HARD1965-1999: LH afraid to speak French

1959-1965: LH study French very HARD1965-1999: LH afraid to speak French1999: LH and Kyoko go to Luang Prabang, Laos.

Language learningis often delayed

1959-1965: LH study French very HARD1965-1999: LH afraid to speak French1999: LH and Kyoko go to Luang Prabang, Laos.

Language learningis often delayed

How can we test language learning?

The teacher is the servant

of the learner

Learn from our students

Shouldn’t that be true?

The learneris the client

of the teacher

Learn from our students

The learner pays the teacher, right?

The teacher should do what?

Help the learner to feel he’s learning.

Learn from our students

The teacher should do what?

Help the learner to forget she’s learning.

Learn from our students

KUT English curriculum*1st and 2nd year students

Re-motivationUse current knowledge

Get experience

*Hunter’s design

KUT English curriculum

Learning something is easy:

-if you are ready for it

-if you laugh when doing it

KUT English Task cycle

Thinking in English course: textbook, Asahi, 2002

1 Input1 Input

2 Usage practice2 Usage practice

3 Authentic task3 Authentic task

4 Expression4 Expression

Authentic tasks

SEQUENCE informationstructure

Authentic tasks

INFERENCEInformationstructures:

-Sequence-Probability

Authentic tasks

INFERENCEInformationstructures:

-Sequence-Probability

What’s the

hidden agenda*?

*意図

Authentic tasks

INFERENCEInformationstructures:

-Sequence-Probability

What’s the

hidden agenda?Help the learner to

forget she’s learning.

Authentic tasks

INFERENCEInformationstructures:

-Sequence-Probability

What’s the

hidden agenda?Help the learner to

forget she’s speaking English.

Simple ideascan be very useful.

Educational design discoveries

Thinking in English:

Grammar is not the key.

Design discovery #1

Thinking in English:

Grammar is not the key.

Design discovery #1

Thinking in English:

Pattern recognition is the key

Design discovery #1

Pattern recognition

Design discovery #1

I think we should get a new car, because our car is getting old.

I don’t agree. Our car is running fine.

That’s true, but the tires are bald and the paint is faded. It looks bad.

You’re right, but we can get new tires and a paint job, cheaply.

I guess you’re right. We should save money and get a new car when we need one.

Thinking in English, info structure 6: pro-con (賛成ー反対 )

Pattern recognition

Design discovery #1

new car getting old

running fine

tires bald paint faded

new tires paint job, cheaply

save money get when we need

PhD writing:

Grammar is not the key.

Design discovery #2

PhD writing:

Readabilityis the key.

Design discovery #2

PhD writing:

Uncodedgrammarfeedback.-no learning

Design discovery #2

Editor marks

PhD writing:

Codedreadabilityfeedback.-big learning

Design discovery #2agr mistake with subject-verb agreement

awk A phrase or sentence is awkward (awkward = not smooth)

cas This language is casual, not formal.

comb Combine sentences.

conj This is a conjunction (don’t start a sentence with it).

gr grammar mistake

non-std this phrasing is not standard

par mistake with parallel structure

red redundant (some information has been repeated, e.g. The temperature was also recorded as well.

ref pronoun reference problem (what is the reference? is it correct form?)

rep repetitive

rephr Rephrase this.

run-on This is a run-on sentence; it's too long to be readable.

sp spelling mistake

S-V The subject and verb in a sentence do not agree in some way.

tense You have used the wrong verb tense (past/present/future) e.g. Yesterday I am going to Tokushima.

vag This phrasing is vague or ambiguous.

voice Change from the passive voice to active voice, or vice versa. e.g. The ball was hit by the batter. ('voice' means change to “The batter hit the ball.”)

windy This writing is run-on, it could and should be much shorter.

word Find a better word for your meaning.

Add something here (often an article).

verb

Add a verb here.

Mentor marks

Codedreadabilityfeedback.

Big learning!

Design discovery #2Hunter’s 2-page system

PhD presentation:

Powerpointis not the key.

Design discovery #3

PhD presentation:

Argumentis the key.

Design discovery #3

PhD presentation:

Argumentis difficult to write.

Design discovery #3

For mapping approaches to summarizing and argument, graphics software and mapping software in general are preferable to pencil and paper because of ease of revision and restructuring. Among those software, Cmap Tools freeware has the further distinct advantage that it forces the user to specify the relations between links and thus reveals rhetorical structure or orchestration (or their absence) that is not visually apparent in text.

What structure can you see?

Argumentis easy to map.

Argumentis easy to map.

This PhD studentmakes mapsbefore writing.

See the trees: Concept mapping for text analysis

Lawrie HunterKochi University of Technologyhttp://www.core.kochi-tech.ac.jp/hunter

5th Symposium on Writing Centers in AsiaApril 20, 2013

language information<important

Design discovery #4

languageinformation >important

Englishinformation >important

Language is a disguise for information

Many ways to show information

Graphic: thank you Bret Victor

What does language show us

about information?

Information structures-are signaled in language

What does language show us

about information?

Information structures-are signaled in language

Vancouver is bigger than Kochi.Then I peeled it and ate it.It melted because it was hot.A buntan is a kind of citrus.

Structures that do not varyacross languages

Classification Cause-effect Value

Description Sequence Choice

Mohan, B.A. (1986) Language and Content. Addison and Wesley.

Mohan's 'knowledge structures'Argument structures

Information organization

Knowledge structures

Syntax structures

Grammar structures

1999 Information Systems

Hunter’s firstseminar onISmapping.

<broad

correspond toinformationstructure elements

Hunter’s ISmaps

havegraphical

links

ISmaps

syntacticmapping

semanticmapping

ISmaps

transcendpragmatic

barriers

ISmaps’range

pragmatics’miniworld

ISmaps: information structure mapping

ISmaps: information structure mapping

Thinking in English course: textbook, Cengage, 2007

Unique signs for plural utterances: alleviating doubt in the language learner

Lawrie HunterKochi University of Technology, Japan

http://lawriehunter.comlawrie@ace.ocn.ne.jp

PhD presentation:

Powerpointis not the key.

Design discovery #4

Design example 1:Pechakucha presentation style

What is it?

Design example 1:Pechakucha presentation style

What is it?

20 slides x 20 secondsNo wordsNo control

http://www.pechakucha.org/

Design example 1:Pechakucha presentation style

Hunter’s pechakucha:

7 slides x 15 seconds6 slides x 20 secondsNo wordsNo control!

Design example 1:Pechakucha presentation style

Hunter’s pechakucha

7 slides x 15 seconds6 slides x 20 secondsNo wordsNo control!

Design example 1:Pechakucha presentation style

Show us, Hunter!

Design example 1:Pechakucha presentation style

http://www.pechakucha.org/

What’s the

hidden agenda?

Design example 2:Rewriting to perfection

The only way to become a master

Learner takes control of her learning

Design example 2:Rewriting to perfection

L studies awriting

skill

L writesHW

Teachermarks

the errors

Learner sees hererrors

Design example 2:Rewriting to perfection

L studies aWriting

skill

L writesHW

Teachermarks the

errors(coded)

Learner rewrites

Teachermarks the

errors(coded)

Learner rewrites

Teachermarks the

errors(coded)

…again and againuntil perfect.

Design example 2:Rewriting to perfection

Design example 2:Rewriting to perfection

L studies aWriting

skill

L writesHW

Teachermarks the

errors(coded)

Learner rewrites

Teachermarks the

errors(coded)

Learner rewrites

Teachermarks the

errors(coded)

…again and againuntil perfect.

What’s the

hidden agenda?

Design example 3:Video of learnerperformance

Learners perform a drama that they have written

Teacher watches, evaluates, AND makes a VIDEO!

What’s the

hidden agenda?

My lovely students

Thank you so much.You made my life rich.I will never forget you.Please don’t forget me!

lawriehunter@gmail.com

My lovely students

What about your life?

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Dimensions of Media Object Compehensibility

Lawrie HunterKochi University of Technologyhttp://www.core.kochi-tech.ac.jp/hunter/

KUT

Island of Shikoku

わからん

My lovely students 1999

My lovely students 1999

Anti-fascist slogan,Madrid, 1937.Spanish Civil War.

Why does Hunter read

?

Why does Hunter read

?

BECAUSEevery

country’s news is biased.

Juniorhigh

Seniorhigh

KUTyears1-4

The restof your life

Advanced

Intermediate

Beginner

Plan your English future (Think Big!)

English is your door to the world.Go through the door!

Future Hunter?

Contemporary art gallery

tirnanogtokyo.com

Future Hunter?

Setagaya Writing Center

lawriehunter.com

Gratefulto you all!一期一会