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Performance in Education #155

Sat, Jun 20, 13:30-14:50 JST | Zoom G
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The Performance in Education (PIE) SIG Forum will be a panel discussion on the various facets of Performance in Education. The panellists will discuss topics such as their reasons for choosing a performance-assisted or performance-based pedagogy, some examples of successful classroom activities, potential challenges in using these activities, tips for beginners, and their thoughts on performance in education in the time of Emergency Remote Teaching (ERT) during the current COVID-19 pandemic. The panel will feature PIE practitioners who specialize in various genres of PIE activities such as roleplay, improvisation, public speaking, debate, discussion, process drama, readers theatre, living newspapers, oral interpretation, radio drama, radio show, film, music and rap, and kamishibai.

Vivian Bussinguer-Khavari

Vivian Bussinguer-Khavari

Kwansei Gakuin University
Vivian Bussinguer-Khavari is an associate professor at Kwansei Gakuin University in Hyogo. She has a Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics and her research interests include Performance in Education (PIE), Heritage Language Education (HLE), and TESOL, to name a few. She is currently the program chair for the PIE SIG.
Gordon Rees

Gordon Rees

Yokkaichi University
Gordon Rees is an associate professor at Yokkaichi University in Mie Prefecture. He is also the Coordinator of the Performance in Education (PIE) SIG. Currently, he is doing research on PAL (performance-assisted learning) and utilizing radio drama and reader's theater in presentation and reading classes.
David Kluge

David Kluge

Nanzan University
David Kluge (Professor, Nanzan University) has been teaching English in Japan for 35 years. He is a founding officer of the CALL SIG and founding coordinator of the Performance in Education (PIE) SIG. His research areas of interest are speech, drama, debate, oral interpretation/readers theatre, oral communication, material writing, and composition. He has co-written three composition textbooks (POWERwriting series, Cengage Learning) one oral communication book (In My Life, Macmillan LanguageHouse), and one chapter in a CLIL textbook (Asahi Press).
Chhayankdhar Singh Rathore (CD)

Chhayankdhar Singh Rathore (CD)

Soka University
Chhayankdhar Singh Rathore is an Assistant Lecturer at Soka University. He currently serves as the Publicity Chair of the Performance in Education (PIE) SIG. His areas of interest include performance in education, language acquisition, TESOL, CLIL, sociolinguistics, and World Englishes. Within performance in education, he is involved in the use of process drama, roleplays, debate, and presentation in English language classrooms.
Ashley Ford

Ashley Ford

Nagoya City University
Ashley Ford is a language lecturer at Nagoya City University in Nagoya, Japan. Her areas of interest include Creative Project-Based Learning and Performance in Education, especially through film-making and music performance activities. Her current research activities focus on the role of showcasing student work. She is currently organizing a film festival for English language learners, which she hopes you will encourage your students to enter!
Eucharia Donnery

Eucharia Donnery

Shonan Institute of Technology
After graduating with a PhD in Drama and Theatre Studies from the National University College of Ireland (NUI) in 2013, Eucharia Donnery currently works as a drama practitioner and computer-assisted language learning (CALL) lecturer in the Department of Applied Computer Sciences, Shonan Institute of Technology, Japan. She applies process drama pedagogies in combination with Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) to help students improve Intercultural Communicative Competence (ICC), as well as to understand concepts behind mother language and second language acquisition (SLA).
E Von Wong

E Von Wong

Soka University
E Von Wong is an assistant lecturer at Soka University. Her research areas of interest include public speaking, oral presentation, and drama in ELT. Coming from an ESL background, public speaking activities in English played an indispensable role in increasing her confidence and motivation towards English speaking. She later stumbled upon the wonder of role playing and started implementing it in some of her lessons.
斉木ゆかり

斉木ゆかり

Tokai University
I am teaching at Tokai University. I organize ”Minna no Impro“ in Yamanashi lifelong learning. She loves Shigin, tea ceremony and making games.
George MacLean

George MacLean

University of the Ryukyus
George MacLean is a professor at the University of the Ryukyus. He has taught at primary-junior high and university levels in Japan and in the International School system. His research interests include SLA and ICT implementation. He is active in the Japan Association of Language Teachers (JALT) at a local and national level, and also serves on review boards for several conferences and journals.
Chelsea Schwartz

Chelsea Schwartz

Juntendo University
I have been teaching in Japan for the past 6 years. Currently, I work for the FILA department at Juntendo University. I have previously worked as an assistant lecturer at Soka University. My research interests include: performance in education, academic advising and bilingual education.