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The 2023 ONLINE Conference of the Japanese Society
For Mother Tongue, Heritage Language, and Bilingual Education (MHB) August 3-6, 2023
Call For Papers
Deadline: May 31, 2023 (Wed.) 23:00 (Tokyo time: UTC+9)
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May 4, 2023
The 2023 conference will be held under the theme "In Search of Equity in Language Education: Reconsidering Bilingual Deaf Education" and will be held online from August 3 to 6, 2023.
In MHB's research areas of language education, including teaching Japanese as a heritage language overseas, Deaf and hard-of-hearing children, CLD children in Japan, and minority languages, securing information accessibility, language rights, and the right to education for learners are not always guaranteed. This is because providing "Equality" of opportunity for all learners does not guarantee "Equity" of results. This year's MHB conference will focus on the theme of "Equity in Language Education". We hope you will join us in discussing bilingualism in Deaf Education.
Professor Ruth Swanwick (University of Leeds), Dr. Daniel Fobi, and Mr. Richard Doku, all specialists in deaf education, will deliver the keynote address on the theme, "Bi-Multilingual early childhood deaf education: cross-context conversation."
In addition, Dr. Soya Mori (Institute of Developing Economics) will give a special lecture titled "A Deaf person’s self-advocacy: Life strategies related to Sign Language." This special lecture will be open to those who have not registered to attend the conference.
Other sessions will include the panel, two workshops, research presentations by MHB members, and a special roundtable. For more information, please see the conference outline.
Since MHB has members in many parts of the world, we will try to make it possible for as many people as possible to participate. We will also do our best to guarantee information for all participants. We will announce how to register for general participation at a later date. We look forward to your active participation.
The 2023 MHB Conference Organizing Committee
taikai@mhb.jp
【Outline of the Conference】
Date: Thursday, August 3, 2023 – Sunday, August 6, 2023, Online
Theme: In Search of Equity in Language Education: Reconsidering Bilingual Deaf Education
【Program】
Thursday, August 3
15:00-18:00 Workshop I [pre-shared recording with Japanese subtitles +live discussions]
Title: Introduction to ethnography: As a research method of everyday language practices
Lecturer: Dr. Makoto Shibayama (Otsuma Women’s University)
Friday, August 4
16:00-18:30 Keynote Speech [pre-shared recording with Japanese subtitles + live session with simultaneous translation into Japanese and Japanese Sign Language]
"Bi-Multilingual early childhood deaf education: cross-context conversation."
Professor Ruth Swanwick (University of Leeds), Dr. Daniel Fobi, Mr. Richard Doku
Saturday, August 5
9:30-12:00 Panel Session [with Japanese Sign Language Interpreting]
Theme: "Language and Identity”
Dr. Mokotuna Kitahara (Hokkaido University)
Dr. Nozomi Tomita (Harvard University)
Dr.Ohri Richa (Chiba University)
10:30 Announcement of the publication of a special issue of the Research Journal from the Society
11:00 General Meeting [with Japanese Sign Language Interpreting]
13:00 Special Lecture [with Japanese Sign Language Interpreting]
Title: "Self-Advocacy of the Deaf: Life Strategies related to Sign Language
Speaker: Dr. Soya Mori (Institute of Developing Economies)
15:00-17:00 Research presentations by members [with Japanese Sign Language Interpreting in one room]
16:00-17:00 Special Roundtable “Deaf youth discuss Deaf education” [with Japanese Sign Language Interpreting]
August 6 (Sunday)
13:00-15:30 Research presentations by members [with Japanese Sign Language Interpreting in one room]
16:00-18:00 Workshop II
Title: "Language Teaching Methods Utilizing Multiple Languages – A Practical Session for Developing Literacy
Dr. Naomi Kano (Kokugakuin University)
【Application Guidelines for Research Presentations】
1. Details of the application Research related to the research areas of the MHB Society that have not yet been published. It is not limited to this year's research topics. For the objectives and subject areas of the MHB Society, please refer to the Society's Constitution at https://mhb.jp/kaisoku.
2. Language of presentation Japanese, English, and Japanese Sign Language (however, words in other languages may be included for illustrative purposes).
3. Deadline Deadline: May 31, 2023 (Wed.) 23:00 (Tokyo time: UTC+9)
For more information, please see this link. (大会概要リンク)
Contact: The 2023 MHB Conference Organizing Committee taikai@mhb.jp