農学部 教養・基礎教育部門
Thomas Koch 准教授(M.Ed. Education)
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どんな研究をされていますか?
Language Education: My major area of study is the use of extensive reading to develop student language skills through the Start with Simple Stories (SSS) method.
大学生活でどんなことを学んで欲しいですか?
そのためにどんな取り組みや工夫をされていますか?
I encourage students to read easy English reading books (Graded readers). The SSS method presents the goal of reading 1 million words of English. Students should only read easy and interesting books. No book is too easy. If the book is “too” easy, I ask the students to read the book quickly.
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Students should try to read for 10 – 15 minutes two or three times a day. A few of my students have increased their TOEIC scores by 100 points by reading just 10 minutes a day over a three month period.
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学歴
(大学~) |
学校名 |
学部・学科・専攻名 |
| Indiana University |
BS - Business |
| Temple University |
M.Ed. – Education (English language education) |
職歴
(主要な職歴) |
職務内容 |
| English Language Education – Kinki University 1993 - Present |
| English Language Education – Kansai University 1992 - Present |
| 担当講義科目 |
Oral English 1.2.3.4 |
| 現在の専門分野 |
Extensive Reading |
| 現在の研究課題 |
Extensive Reading;
Language learning through agricultural projects |
| 主な研究活動 |
活動内容 |
Papers:
“Expanding the Power of Extensive Reading: Avoiding the Rabbit Hole” Workshop on Learning and Teaching Strategies for Autonomy at the 18th International Symposium on Theoretical and Applied Linguistics. Thessaloniki, Greece.
“Production vs. Process: Introducing Extensive Reading into the Classroom” International Language Conference (ILC 2008). March 2008.
Textbooks:
“Global Transformation" Co-author Seibido Publishing Company
“You Can Read the News in English” Co-author Sanshusha Publishing Company |
所属学会
(主要な所属学会) |
Japanese Association of Language Teachers (JALT); JALT Extensive Reading Special Interest Group; Japanese Association of College English Teachers (JACET) |
| クラブ・同好会 |
Wish to start a Square-foot Gardening Club and a Chess Club |
| 自己紹介HP |
uyg.me Under construction New moodle web site to provide students with exercise. |