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I'm a PhD student in the Department of Educational Research at Lancaster and an adjunct lecturer at Chuo Gakuin University in Chiba, Japan. My research interest includes art conversation / art discussion for language education, Visual Thinking Strategies, and multimodality.
Education, career, and publications: https://researchmap.jp/m_takatama?lang=en
ランカスター大学教育研究学部博士後期課程に所属し研究を行いながら、中央学院大学で英語を教えています。教育学修士（TESOL）。ランカスター大学での専門は高等教育です。Visual Thinking Strategiesから出発し、art conversation / art discussionを大学英語教育に生かす研究と実践を行っています。
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Papers: Art Conversation / Art Discussion
Takatama, M. (2019). Fostering Essential Elements of Global Citizenship in an Art Museum. The Journal of Learner-Centered Higher Education, (8), 75-86.
Shirane, T., Takatama, M., & Hiraya, M. (2018). 大学と美術館の連携 Ⅱ─ 創価大学と東京富士美術館の連携事業 「美術館を活用した授業」 報告─ [Educational collaboration between university and museum: A report from Soka University and Tokyo Fuji Art Museum]. Sodai Kyoiku Kenkyu, (28), 15-32.
Takatama, M. (2017). Art discussion in language education (Unpublished master's thesis). Soka University, Tokyo, Japan.
Presentations : Art Conversation / Art Discussion
Visual Thinking Strategies: 英語教育におけるアートの活用. JELES-50: 2020, Tokyo, Japan. 2020/3/1.
Language and skill building through art discussion. JALT 2017 International Conference, Ibaraki, Japan. 2017/11/20.
Visual images as a means to develop language and critical thinking. 2nd GEN TEFL International Conference, Bangkok, Thailand. 2017/7/2.
Art: A tool for creative engagement in language classrooms. 12th International Teachers' Conference, Baku, Azerbaijan. 2017/5/6.
Art discussion for language education. 13th CamTESOL Conference on English Language Teaching, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. 2017/2/19.
Pre-activity ideas for Art Conversation in a language classroom
(Change the number of words, time, etc. in accordance with learner level)
Visual Inventory [individual-pair/group-class]
- Observe a picture for one minute
- Make a list of ten words that correspond to what you see
- Share the list with other students (or other pairs/groups)
Find Someone Who [individual-class]
- Write your answers to questions posed by the teacher in a worksheet (Questions can be about the students' emotional responses to the picture and their identification of a certain object in the picture)
- Ask classmates the questions until you find someone who has / has chosen the same answer(s)
- Have them sign your sheet; collect as many different names as possible
Describe and Draw [pair]
- Make pairs and decide a describer and a drawer
- The describer sits facing a picture and the drawer student sits across the describer
- The describer describes the picture and the drawer draws based on the description given by the describer
- After three minutes, look at the pictures together to compare and contrast between what is drawn on the paper and the original picture
Memory Master [pair]
- Observe a picture for 30 seconds
- Make pairs and decide an examiner and a memory master
- The examiner asks the memory master What did you see in the picture? and record the partner's answers in a worksheet
- Ask follow-up questions such as In what colour? and How many? from time to time
- Ask What more did you see? until the time is up
Three Story Scenes [individual/pair/group]
Outside the Frame [individual/pair/group]