Robert MacIntyre (ロバート マッキンタイヤー) 准教授, (サバティカル、２０２２ー２０２３）
学歴 Academic background |
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| As an undergraduate I studied History and American Studies and wrote my theses about Colonialism and the Scramble for Africa and McCarthy and the Hollywood Ten. After I graduated I was a salaryman for 4 years before I decided it was not for me and I trained to be an English teacher. I subsequently worked in England, Italy, and Japan teaching English to a variety of different age groups. Having decided I did enjoy this I studied for a Masters in Education at Manchester University in the UK in 2002, and a PhD. in Linguistics at Essex University, also in the UK. |  |
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専門分野 Academic interests
- I am interested in how writers write, the thoughts and processes that a writer experiences as they produce their composition. There are a variety of terms which are used to express these ideas, such as stance, voice, identity, or metadiscourse, but what they all have in common is the idea that writing is not just about the product and that the writer, their purpose, audience and the society in which they exist are elements which writers are expected to take in to account when they represent themselves in their writing.
In order to encourage the writers to ‘look for’ their identities as a writer I am also interested in materials and curriculum design which help to facilitate this process.
担当科目 Courses provided at Department of English Studies
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Composition
The primary objective of this course is to enable students to write effectively at the college level. The emphasis is on the composition of well-organized, coherent, and fully developed paragraphs and essays. By the end of the course, students should have developed the composition skills and writing strategies needed to deliver their thoughts clearly and logically.
Cultures of the English Speaking World
The objective of the course is to introduce and give background information to topics and issues that have helped to shape, and continue to do so, the lives of people living in current American and British society.
Thesis Writing
This course looks at the different aspects of writing a thesis. On the macro level we discuss the traditional IMRD (Introduction/ Methodology/ Results/ Discussion) structure of a thesis and on the micro, we look at the different language writers use to express their identity and to signal their membership of their respective disciplinary communities.
Discussion of Contemporary Issues
This course will provide you with the opportunity to develop your reading, listening and speaking skills through discussing current issues in news articles.
Business Communication
The course will focus on spoken and written communication in business. Students will be provided with opportunities to practice relevant language and communication skills, which will help them if they chose to enter the business world.
主な著書、その他 Publications, Others
MacIntyre, R. (2017). The Use of Personal Pronouns in the Writing of Argumentative Essays by EFL Writers. RELC Journal, 003368821773013. doi:10.1177/0033688217730139
MacIntyre, R. (2017). Review of the book Integrating video into pre-service and in-service teacher training, Pier Giuseppe Rossi, Laura Fedeli (Eds.). System (66), 180-182
MacIntyre, R. (2017). Should I boost or should I hedge: the use of hedges and boosters in the writing of argumentative essays by Japanese university students. In Hatipoglu, C, Akbas, E., Bayyurt, Y. (Eds.), Metadiscourse in Written Genres: Uncovering Textual and Interactional Aspects of Texts (pp.57-84). Frankfurt: Peter Lang
MacIntyre, R. (2015). New Challenge: Speaking and Listening (S&L) Course Development for Stream 4 Students. Language Research Bulletin. Retrieved from http://lrb.info.icu.ac.jp/home/lrb-volume-30-2015.
MacIntyre, R. (2013). Lost in a forest all alone: the use of hedges and boosters in the argumentative essays of Japanese university students. Sophia International Review, 01-24.
MacIntyre, R. (2010). How do they stand? Research into the representation of stance in academic writing and its implications for pedagogy. Sophia International Review, 19-26.
MacIntyre, R. (2010). Pedagogy, Practice and Personal Pronouns: the Use of “I” and “We” in Academic Writing. Bulletin of the Faculty of Foreign Studies, 31-45.
MacIntyre, R. (2007). Revision of a criterion-referenced rating scale used to assess academic writing. Studies in Linguistics and Language Teaching, 203-219.
MacIntyre, R. (2007). Noticing: Developing Grammar Awareness in the Teaching of English at Japanese High Schools. The Journal of Kanda University of International Studies, 347-366.
MacIntyre, R. (2006). Applying a Genre-based Approach: Promoting Learner Autonomy in the EFL Academic Writing Classroom. Working Papers in Language Education, 55-60.
