18期生の卒業研究発表会が開催されました。
次期4回生の19期生の皆さんも司会やタイムキーパーとしてヘルプに入ってくれました。リハーサルの効果もあり、それ以上に大学生活最後のプレゼンテーションという意気込みが功を奏して、これまでにない大成功の卒論発表会となりました（卒業研究ですが、若ゼミでは卒論を書いていますので伝統的に卒論発表会としています）。（ひとりの持ち時間は15分、内、11分を発表、4分を質疑応答、5分を入れ替え）
ただ、この発表会には問題が3点ありました。
1. 発表会場にWifiが通っていない
2. ゼミメンバー数が学科随一のため途中から2会場で同時進行となる
3. イギリス＝日本の時差が8時間、開始時間の午前10時がオックスフォードで午前1時
問題は解決できるものです。
1. ソフトバンクが提供している1日Wifiパックを2会場分、都合3日（前日、当日、返却日）借り上げる→Hさんがピックアップ・返却の労を取ってくれる
2. ゼミメンバーを2会場に分けて、2日以上から同時中継をしてもらい、iPhoneとMacBook Proで同時にオックスフォードで視聴する
3. 一晩徹夜すればいいだけの問題なので気合と体力で乗り切る
実際、スムーズに進めることができたと思っています。
全18名、一人一人に質問もすることができました。音声が聞こえにくい状況では、LINEに質問を上げて、交替で代読してくれました。以下は質問の一例です。
Mxxxx, thank you very much for your nice presentation. I was very impressed with your interesting research.
Based on your research, what advice would you give to Japanese TEACHERS of English at junior high school students? Pick up only one from your research.
Axxx, thank you very much for your nice presentation. I was very impressed with your interesting research.
Could you tell us why you were interested in this topic, debate class?
Nxxxx, thank you very much for your nice presentation. I was very impressed with your interesting research.
After graduation, I know you will start teaching English at junior high school somewhere in Kyoto prefecture. How would you like to use the results of your research for your job?
Cxxxx, thank you very much for your nice presentation. I was very impressed with your interesting research.
As you showed, in general Type 2 grammatical items are most difficult. For Japanese high school students, what advice can you give? Should they give up learning prepositions? Or is there any good way to deal with prepositions?
One more question to Cxxxx ... (if there is time)
After graduation, I know you will teach Japanese in Australia. How would you like to use the results of your research for your job starting this April?
Yxxx, thank you very much for your nice presentation. I was very impressed with your interesting research.
As you showed, teacher has a big influence on learning English for foreign language learners.
After graduation, I know you will start teaching English at junior high school somewhere in Nara prefecture. How would you like to use the results of your research for your job starting this April?
Mxxx, thank you very much for your nice presentation. I was very impressed with your interesting research.
After graduation, how would you like to use the results of your research for yourself? For example, how can people improve confidence in speaking English in a working situation like a company?
Nxxxx, thank you very much for your nice presentation. I was very impressed with your interesting research.
Based on your research, to make students enjoy English class, what advice would you give to Japanese TEACHERS of English at junior high school? Give them one advice.
Mxxx, thank you very much for your nice presentation. I was very impressed with your interesting research.
You proposed that for Japanese students who have a big gap, they need to achieve some small tasks, step by step to bridge the gap. For that purpose, what small task should be the first task to be given, in the case of junior high school students?
Rxxx, thank you very much for your nice presentation. I was very impressed with your interesting research.
You showed us the results of participants of Japanese majors. Their motivation remains in simple instrumental motivation. They might be the typical example of average Japanese people. Based on your research, how can we change their image of English?
Sxxx, thank you very much for your nice presentation. I was very impressed with your interesting research.
It is a very interesting result, indeed. Like Australian participants, how can Japanese students have more positive attitudes toward using English?
One more question
After graduation, I know you will teach Japanese in Australia. How would you like to use the research results for your job starting this April?
Rxxx, thank you very much for your nice presentation. I was very impressed with your interesting research.
Based on your research, to make students have more successful experience, what advice would you give to Japanese junior high school students in Japan?
One more question to Rxxx
Could you tell us why you were interested in this topic in relation to your twin sister
Axxx, thank you very much for your nice presentation. I was very impressed with your interesting research.
It is a very interesting result, indeed. Could you tell us why you were interested in this topic?
One more question to Axxx
If you suggest one movie for learning English with English subtitle, what movie would you recommend
Mxxx, thank you very much for your nice presentation. I was very impressed with your interesting research.
It is an interesting result. Could you explain more about affable learning environment? What is important for making the affable learning environment?
Hxxx, thank you very much for your nice presentation. I was very impressed with your interesting research.
After graduation, I know you will teach Japanese in Australia. How would you like to use the research results for your job starting this April?
Nxxx, thank you very much for your nice presentation. I was very impressed with your interesting research.
After graduation, I know you will start teaching English at junior high school somewhere in Sakai-shi. How would you like to use the results of your research for your job starting this April?
Mxxx, thank you very much for your nice presentation. I was very impressed with your interesting research.
You showed us the unique aspect of confidence. After graduation, how can you use this result of your research for yourself?
Hxxx, thank you very much for your nice presentation. I was very impressed with your interesting research.
According to your research, what can we or Japanese people learn from Asian college students?
発表や質疑応答を聞きながら胸が熱くなる想いでした。担当者がその場にいなくとも、いやいなかったからこそそれぞれが出し惜しみすることなく、力を十二分に発揮した姿をインターネット越しでしたが目の当たりにすることができました。
素晴らしいゼミに成長出来たと思います。
まさに世界一のゼミだと誇ることができます。
★今回の教訓：苦難を乗り越える度に人や集団は成長出来る。
(2019.1.12)
