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ProfessorMACGREGOR, Laura
While in the ISS, you will have many opportunities to think, learn, challenge, and be challenged. You will be exposed to different ideas, gain new abilities and learn new skills. I will help you develop them all and put them into action - in projects, in writing, in presentations, and in discussions with your classmates. Let's work together to take advantage of thoese opportunities to help you become a competent, confident, and capable internationalized person.
Courses
- Issues in the World
- Advertising and the Media
- CLIL Seminar: Economy and Society through Film I
- CLIL Seminar: Economy and Society through Film II
CLIL Seminars (Content and Language Integrated Learning) use CLIL, an integrated learning approach that combines content learning (e.g. subjects and themes) with language learning (e.g. English). In CLIL Seminar: Economy and Society in Film I and II, students will learn about film as it relates to the economy and society by focusing on the industrial and artistic aspects of film. We will cover several areas, including the history of film, the impact of television, film promotion and advertising, film festivals, music videos, and others. Students will be encouraged to share what they know about film and its related areas, and to build on their knowledge of film as it relates to the economy and society at large through research, discussion, writing, and of course film viewing.
Profile
| 2016 | Professor, the Faculty of International Social Sciences, Gakushuin University |
| 2008 | Professor, Gakushuin University, Foreign Language Teaching and Research Centre |
| 2006 | Diploma in Japanese Language and Society, University of Sheffield |
| 2002 | Associate Professor, Gakushuin University, Foreign Language Teaching and Research Centre |
| 1999 | Instructor, Sophia University |
| 1997 | Associate professor, Seishu Junior College |
| 1993 | Instructor, Seishu Junior College |
| 1991 | Part-time instructor, various universities, Sapporo area (-1992) |
| 1989 | Assistant English teacher, JET Program Atsuma-cho Board of Education, Hokkaido(-1991) |
| 1989 | Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester New York, MA Music Theory |
| 1987 | University of Toronto, Hon. B.A. Music |
Fields of Specialization
English EducationFilm StudiesCross-cultural CommunicationAdvertising StudiesResearch content
My research is mainly in two areas: media studies and culture, and teaching English to speakers of other languages. The first area covers advertising, film, Japanese society and culture, and the second area covers CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning), EMI (English Medium Instruction), test-taking, and note-taking.
Major Publications
- Irie, K., MacGregor, L., Marchand, T., O’Neill, T., & Fujita, R. (2020). Report on EMI, CLIL, and Bridging Programmes in Higher Education in Asia: Application and Practice. In Occasional Papers No. 69, pp. 1-132. Tokyo: Research Institute for Oriental Cultures, Gakushuin University.
- CLIL in Japan: University Teachers’ Viewpoints. (2016), In P. Clements, A. Krause, & H. Brown (Eds.), The Proceedings of the JALT 2015 International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning: Focus on the Learner, pp. 426-432. Tokyo: JALT
- Contemporary Film Festivals in Japan: Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia. Foreign Language Teaching and Research Centre Bulletin, 12 (2014) Gakushuin University.
- Contrasts in Japanese Society and Culture in Advertisements: 1960s and 1990s. Foreign Language Teaching and Research Centre Bulletin, 6 (March, 2008)Gakushuin University.
- Advertising Case Study: An Analysis of JR Tokai's "Ambitious Japan!" Campaign. Stanford Journal of East Asian Affairs, 7 (1), (2007).
- Readability in English Entrance Examinations. Foreign Language Teaching and Research Centre Bulletin, 2 (March, 2004). Gakushuin University.
- The Language of Shop Signs in Tokyo. English Today (January 2003).
- English in Japanese TV Commercials. SIETAR Japan Journal (March 2003).
Contact
Office : South 2-409