英語英文学科

Ken Ikeda

Ken Ikeda （ケン・イケダ）

プロフィール

Ken Ikeda

I am an American-born Japanese from Los Angeles, California. I am interested in English education (English language identities) and Asian American culture (history and media representation).
I want to give students many ways and opportunities to discover relationships between their study, their interests and their lives. It is my hope to help students build communication and critical thinking skills, so that they can become mature and ready for Japanese society and the global community.

［ E-mail ］ikedak@otsuma.ac.jp

主な著書・論文

  • “The Paired Learner Interview : A Preliminary Investigation Applying Vygotskian Insights.” Language, Culture and Curriculum 11:1 (1998) : 70-95.
  • “Eyeing, Adapting Diversity Training Activities to Japanese Settings.” Otsuma Review 44 (2011) 67-78.
  • “Learning about the active element in learner development”. Learning Learning 26 (2019) 43-46.
  • K. Ikeda and S. Shiba. “A Narrative Inquiry into Language Accent Trauma in a Master’s Thesis Supervision Relationship”. Learner Development Journal: Exploring the Supervision Process Across Diverse Contexts: Collaborative Approaches 4 (2020) 32-46.

担当科目

  • Special Topics in English
  • Academic English
  • Speaking (Basic)
  • 英語科教育法1
  • 英語ⅢＡ、Ｂ
  • セミナーⅠ、Ⅱ、Ⅲ、Ⅳ
  • 卒業論文
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ゼミの紹介

教員から

Ikedaゼミ写真In the spring term, students focus on what identity is, personally and socially in groups or communities. Then they look into media representations (movies, TV, internet) of Asians perceived by the English-speaking world (including Hollywood). At the end of the spring term, students do a project to research in media how Asians are viewed abroad.

In the autumn term, students write 2 projects related to research methods: surveys (questionnaires) and interviews. Students will use these research methods to write 20-page graduation theses in English.

学生から

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このゼミでは、アジア人かアメリカ人の歴史と文化について学びます。アメリカへ移民した頃の背景、その後の生活体験、アイデンティティーの葛藤などを根本から探究します。

言葉や外見だけで人を判断する恐ろしさを学びました。 授業はDVDやエッセイなどを使い、アジアン系アメリカンの人々が話す言葉にも触れます。夏には合宿にでかけたりと、広がりもあり、和やかでとても楽しいゼミです。

授業は英語で行われます。特に英語を積極的に使いたい人におすすめです。

過去の卒論タイトル

  • Language and Personality : Does it Really Affect Us?
  • Japanese Female University Students’ Akogare that Motivates Their English Learning
  • Investigating the Value-Action Gap: Motivating People to Practice Pro-Environmental Behavior with James Clear’s Four-Step Process
  • EFL University Students’ Perceptions of Native English Speakers and Preferences of Non-Japanese English Language Teachers