Curriculum Innovation, Testing and Evaluation:
Proceedings of the 1st Annual JALT Pan-SIG Conference
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Introduction to the Proceedings of the 1st Annual JALT Pan-SIG Conference
by Alan S. Mackenzie and Tim Newfields
7
Developmental reform stages in the Japanese national university curriculum
by Richard Blight
13
Themes to content: Curriculum innovation at Ritsumeikan University
by Anna Seabourne
23
The evaluation of change: The role of evaluation in the curriculum renewal process
by Greg O'Dowd
41
Strawberry picking in Japan: Management, leadership, and change in a national university
by Neil Cowie
53
Caring for teachers in uncaring schools
by Charles Kowalski
59
EFL curriculum reform in Thailand
by Alan S. Mackenzie
71
Emancipatory student higher learning: The role of autonomy, authenticity, and criticality
by Alan Brady
79
Teaching autonomy: Exploring the paradox
by Stacey Vye, et al.
83
Video and learner enthusiasm: Stimulating personal interest as the first step toward autonomy
by Ikuko Kondo
87
Bringing religion and worldviews into a college EFL curriculum: Some personal insights
by Carolyn Obara and Robert Kirkpatrick
95
English language entrance examinations: A progress report
by James Dean Brown
107
Assessing speaking in junior high school: Issues for a senior high school entrance examination
by Tomoyasu Akiyama
114
Tokai University's Foreign Language Center
by Deborah Bollinger
116
Curriculum Change and Streaming in the Department of English at Kyoto Sangyo University
by Amanda Gillis-Furutaka and Nobuko Sakurai
120
Keisen University's Center for English Education and Research
by Alan S. Mackenzie
125
Improving test performance through a language test evaluation cycle
by Richard Blight
133
Developing an EAP test for undergraduates at a national university in Malaysia: Meeting the challenges
by Mohd. Sallehhudin Abd Aziz
155
Communicative assessment in a personal curriculum at Kanda University of International Studies
by Alistair Van Moere and Francis C. Johnson
163
Annotated cloze: A viable alternative to verbal reports in data-elicitation?
by Bob Gibson
168
How C-tests work
by Ellen Head
171
An application of a many-faceted Rasch model to writing test analysis
by Yuji Nakamura
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