Name: Rodney Biddle
Place of Birth: London, England
Marital Status: Married
Date of Birth: 2/9/61
Our daughter Sarah,サラ, was born on October 19th. 2003, and our second daughter Emma, イマ, was born on May 16th, 2010.
Associate Professor: Gunma Prefectural Women's University, Gunma, Japan
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
The University of Wolverhampton, England. 1981-1984: B.A. Degree in the Social Sciences, (I majored in Psychology and Sociology).
The University of Edinburgh, Scotland. 1992-1997: M. A. Degree in Japanese, (International Christian University, Tokyo. 1994 -1995 for one year as an exchange student).
Brighton University 1997-1998: M. A. Degree in Teaching English as a Foreign Language.
Royal Society of Arts, Cambridge Certificate in Teaching English. 1992.
Aikido 2nd Dan.
UNIVERSITY LEVEL TEACHING EXPERIENCE.
Meikai University, assistant professor, 2001-2003.
Chuo University, part-time lecturer, 2002-2004.
Kyorin University, part-time lecturer, 2001-2002.
Kanagawa University, part-time lecturer, 2001-2002.
PUBLICATIONS
Politeness in Japanese, Some Cultural and Cognitive Aspects. The Japanese Learner, Vol. 23, March 2001, Oxford University (pp. 2-5).
Japanese and Politeness, a Cultural Perspective. The Journal of Selected Research Papers in Applied Linguistics, 14, 2002. Graduate School of Applied Linguistics, Meikai University (pp. 27-41).
Developing Japanese learners’ reading: decoding and vocalisation. Japanese Learner, 27, July 2002, Oxford University (pp.2-5).
Metacognition and Metamemory for the Classroom: Areas of Learning. The International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language Journal IATEFL Issues, 169, October 2002 (pp.9-10)
The Japanese Learner and Reading English. The Development of the Decoding and Vocalisation Skills in the Classroom. The Journal of Selected Research Papers in Applied Linguistics, N0.15, 2003. Graduate School of Applied Linguistics, Meikai University, (pp. 27-43).
The Library. Gunma Prefectural Women's Library Journal. 2003. No.36.
Inferring Meaning from Texts. The Language Teacher. September, 2004. 28.9.
Politeness-Groupism, Individuality, and Japanese Students in K. Bradford-Watts, C. Ikeguchi, & M. Swanson (Eds.) JALT 2004 Conference Proceedings. Tokyo:JALT
What makes a good English Class? Perceptions of individuality and the group among Japanese EFL students. The Language Teacher August, 2005. 29.8.
Memory Mnemonics, a Working Memory Perspective. Bulletin of Gunma Prefectural Women’s University, No. 27. February, 2006.
Female Japanese Students: A Visuo-Spatial Divide. Bulletin of Gunma Prefectural Women's University, No. 29. February 2008.
Key Elements of the 1960's in America. Bulletin of Gunma Prefectural Women's University, No. 31. February 2010.
The Notion of Institutional Racism. Bulletin of Gunma Prefectural Women's University, No. 32. February 2011.
PRESENTATIONS
Gunma Women's Prefectural University, November 4th 2003. Language and Culture-Looking at Japan.
JALT November 20th, 2004. Nara. Politeness-Groupism, Individuality and Japanese Students.
Gunma Prefectutal Women's University, December 22nd, 2008. Aspects of American Culture-The Sixties
Gunma Prefectutal Women's University, July 27th 2010. Aspects of British Culture.
DEMONSTRATION EFL CLASSES
2007
Hitachikita High School （茨城県立日立北高校）
2008
Sano Girls' High School （栃木県立佐野女子高等学校）
Fujioka-Chuo High School (群馬県立藤岡中央高等学校）
Tatebayashi Girls' High School (群馬県立館林女子高等学校）
2009
Issesaki High School (群馬県立女子高校)
2010
Tatebayashi Girl's High School (館林女子高等学校)
2011
Issesaki high school 県立伊勢崎高校
CURRENT RESEARCH
I am currently investigating the nature of institutional rascism, and distributing a questionnaire to foreign EFL teachers in Japanese universities.
INTERESTS
I like to do as much skiing as possible during the winter here in Gunma.
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