Thursday, September 11, 2003
-Gender Awareness in Language Education
TokyoProgressive is now hosting the GALE website: Gender Awareness in Language Education.
http://gale.tokyoprogressive.org.uk
Articles archived there include:
Beebe, Jacqueline D.: Gender-related Professional Activity and Research in Japan, Nihon University
Harper, Michael Lee: Empowerment Through English, A Reflective Analysis
Jacobs, George M.: Asian Englishes—Ripple Effects: The Case Of Gender-Inclusive Language
Joritz-Nakagawa, Jane: Celebrating poetry by and about women in the ESOL classroom
Joritz-Nakagawa, Jane: Gay identity in university EFL courses in Japan
Joritz-Nakagawa, Jane: Why i love suede
Mathis, Mihoko Takahashi: Exploring Gender Issues in the Foreign Language Classroom: An Ethnographic Approach (PDF format)
Ottman, Tina: Gendertalk: Masculinity in Transit: A GALE Interview with Professor Michael Bamberg
Rising Suns, Rising Daughters - Gender, Class and Power in Japan Book Release Notice
Sunderland, Jane: Jane Sunderland bibliography
Vandrick, Stephanie: Examining the New Backlash: Pitting Male Disadvantage against Female Disadvantage in Educational Settings
All at
http://gale.tokyoprogressive.org.uk/article_newslmenu.html
Newsletters include the following (downloadable PDF format)
Fall 2003
Editor’s notepad
SPECIAL FEATURE: Student Voices . . . . . .
Ayami Ando: The reason why there is still sex discrimination
Sayaka Ando: Women and Eating Disorders
Remi Ito: Older people in Japan
Rieko Nakagawa: Japanese of Korean descent
Schoolhouse: In this issue, a description of Spencer Kagan’s approach to cooperative learning
Gathering Place: Gender issues-related presentations at Peace as a Global Language 2003 in Tokyo
Summer 2003
(Click on the links below to access the articles in HTML format)
Featured articles:
Need a Laugh? by Kay Hammond
Alice Walker at Yokohama Women’s Forum by Kris Mizutani—NEW FEATURE: GALE goes out ‘n about!
Gender and Contemporary Japan (Course Syllabus) by Tamah L. Nakamura
Teaching Gender For Our Lives by Tamah L. Nakamura
DVD/video resources for gender studies classes by Kathy Riley
Osaka Women’s Clinic opens by Barbara Summerhawk
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Winter 2002 Download
Featured articles:
Making Feminism Meaningful: Organizing Opportunities for Student Involvement in Social Change by Debby Lunny
What¹s Love Got to Do with It? Explorations into Masculine Identity by Kathy Riley
Some Reflections on Being a Gay Uncle by Alan McCornick
MacKinnon Speaks to Anti-porn Group by Barbara Sumerhawk
The Textbook Let¹s Talk about Women¹s Issues in English! by Reiko Yoshihara
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Fall 2002
Featured articles:
Gender, human rights, peace, ecology: PGL Conference sparks interdisciplinary dialogs by Tina Ottman
GALE SIG Info
JALT Preview
EPA Association Formed
PGL Conference Reports:
Peace begins in the classroom
Life-link
Sexual Identity Positioning by Tina Ottman
Independence through English by Michael Lee Harper
WELL conference information
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Summer 2002
Featured articles:
Reconstructing Social Identity: Two Scholars Reflect on Patterns and Process by Tamah Nakamura
Representations of Women: Some Criteria for Choosing an EFL Text by Jeff Hatter
Women and Trade Unions in Kazakhstan by Roza Kalenova
Story of Queer as a Second Language: A Journey from Sapporo to Salt Lake City, from theory to theatre by Cynthia Nelson
PGL Conference
Call for Contributions
PGL Conference Presentations
JALT Shizuoka Preview
How to join GALE
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Fall 2001
Featured articles:
Teaching Peace - Kathy Riley, ed.
Kano examines women’s roles in war at WELL/GALE Miniconference by Kathy Riley
What’s happening at JALT/PAC Kitakyushu to deal with Gender by Simon Cole
Teacher-traveler reaches out to Asia by Kathy Riley
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Spring 2001
Featured articles:
Student-Centered Reading and Discussion of Gender and Sexual Orientation Issues by Jane Joritz-Nakagawa
Students Write About Gender by Jane Joritz-Nakagawa
A Mannequin Called Anne by Yoshiko Sato
My SweEEeet Memory in Holland by Kaoru Fujita
Flexible Masculinity - masculinity with sociological approach by Yoshifumi Nakagawa
Hokkaido Conference 2001 Update by J. Sean Curtin
All at http://gale.tokyoprogressive.org.uk/newsletters.html
Also see the site for Gender-related links.
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