Diane Lamb-Obara
Rikkyo University
Hello! I'm currently an adjunct lecturer at Rikkyo University, with interests in teaching young learners, bilingual education, and intercultural project-based learning. I'm also serving as the Program Chair for the Bilingualism Special Interest Group and am the editor of the resources column for our SIG's newsletter. Please let me know if you're interested in writing for us, sharing your story, or collaborating on some kind of project! :)
Sessions
Bilingualism SIG Forum and AGM
The Bilingualism SIG is proud to be celebrating 30 years of continuous support for individuals and groups who are regularly using more than one language and who consequently have some claim to multiple cultures. This year’s forum will consist of an open discussion where participants can share stories of their language learning journeys, past and present; both global and local. Discussions will take place in both Japanese and English and the AGM will directly follow.
Project-Based Learning in a Mixed-Level School
In 2015, I presented about a multicultural children’s literature parent-child class I had started in my community using a homeschooling curriculum. This was an attempt to challenge pre-literacy with my bilingual children and their non-native English-speaking friends in the neighborhood. The following year, we expanded to a school with a curriculum focus of project-based learning (PBL). This presentation will highlight several of those projects, in addition to some of the challenges we faced along the way.