Self-Introduction

Beniko Mason（南木紅子）

学歴

１９６７年３月 私立親和女子高校卒業（兵庫県神戸市）

１９６７年４月 独協大学外国語学部ドイツ語科入学（埼玉県草加市）

１９７０年７月 オーストリア、ウイーン大学夏期大学、ドイツ、ゲーテインステイチュート、

１９７２年３月 独協大学外国語学部ドイツ語科卒業（埼玉県草加市）

１９７５年５月 アイオワセントラルコミュニテｲｰカレッジ入学（米国アイオワ州）

１９７６年６月 コロラド州立大学教育学部、編入学（米国コロラド州）

１９７８年５月 同大学同学部教師免許課程修了。ドイツ語教師免許取得

１９７８年８月 コロラド州立大学大学院英文科修士課程進入学（米国コロラド州）

１９８１年８月 同大学大学院同学部同課程修了（文学修士）

１９８７年７月 ブリガムヤング大学、大学院言語学部修士課程入学（米国ユタ州）

１９８８年７月 同大学院同学部に於いて統計学等の授業を受講、単位取得

１９９５年９月 テンプル大学、教育学博士課程入学（米国ペンシルベニア州、日本校）

２００３年８月 同大学院博士課程卒業（英語教育）


職歴

１９７２年-２月 札幌冬季オリンピックドイツ語通訳（北海道札幌市）

１９７８年ー８１年 米国コロラド州立大学インテンシブイングリッシュプログラム非常勤講師

１９８１年ー８３年 ECC外語学院 英語講師（大阪）

１９８３年ー８４年 国際外語専門学校 英語講師（大阪）

１９８５年ー８９年 四天王寺国際仏教大学 非常勤講師（羽曳野市）

１９８６年ー８８年 大阪樟蔭女子大学 非常勤講師（東大阪市）

１９８９年ー９３年 四天王寺国際仏教大学 特任講師（羽曳野市）

１９９３年ー９７年 四天王寺国際仏教大学 専任講師（羽曳野市）

１９９８年ー９９年 帝塚山学院大学 非常勤講師（大阪狭山市）

１９９６年ー現在 四天王寺国際仏教大学 助教授（羽曳野市）


資格

ドイツ語　教員資格　　　　　（１９７８年　コロラド州立大学）

日本舞踊若柳流名取（若柳吉千紅）　　 （１９６７年　京都、若柳吉千歳師匠）



賞

平成７年９月　大学英語教育学会（ＪＡＣＥＴ） 実践賞　『私の授業』



出版論文

Mason, B. (in press). Free voluntary reading and autonomy in second language acquisition: Improving TOEFL scores from reading alone. International Journal of foreign Language Teaching.

Mason, B. (2005). Extensive Reading; Why do it, how to do it, how not to do it. ELT News, June, 2005　http://www.eltnews.com/home.shtml

Mason, B. (2005). Vocabulary acquisition through storytelling, TexTESOL Newsletter III. February, 3-5.

Mason, B. (2004). The Effect of Adding Supplementary Activities in and ER program. International Journal of foreign Language Teaching, 1(1)1, 2-16.

Mason, B. & Krashen, S. (2004). Is Form-Focused Vocabulary Instruction Worth While? RELC Journal 35(2),179-185.

Mason, B. (2003). A Study of Extensive Reading and the Development of Grammatical Accuracy for Japanese University Students Learning English. Doctoral dissertation, Temple University, Japan.

Mason, B. (1999). Review article on “Non-Native Educators in English Language Teaching” in TESOL Reporter, 32(2), 41-42.

Mason, B. (1998). The effect of different output activities in an extensive reading program on low intermediate Japanese EFL learners' writing accuracy and fluency. Temple University Japan Working Papers in Applied Linguistics, 12, 32-46.

Mason, B. & Krashen, S. (1997a). Extensive reading in English as a foreign language. System, 25(1), 91-102.

Mason, B. & Krashen, S. (1997b). Can extensive reading help unmotivated students of EFL improve? ITL Review of Applied Linguistics, 117-118, 79-84.

Mason, B. & Pendergast, T. (1997). Tadoku program at International Buddhist University. Language Teacher, 21(5), 27-29, 49.

Ikeda, M. & Mason, B. (1994). The practice and effect of an extensive reading program at university. Bulletin of the Chubu English Language Education society, 24, 229-234.

Mason. B. & Pendergast, T. (1993). Taking a cloze look. In R. Day (Ed.), New Ways in Teaching Reading (pp. 16-17). Alexandria, Virginia: TESOL.

Mason, B. and Pendergast, T. (1993). Getting the point. In R. Day (Ed.), New Ways in Teaching Reading (pp. 18 -19). Alexandria, Virginia: TESOL.

Mason, B. (1992). Teaching reading to EFL learners in Japan, using an extensive reading approach. TESOL/EFL Newsletter, 13(1), 10-11.

Mason, B. and Pendergast, T. (1992). Good news for reading teachers. Teacher to Teacher, 1, 1.

Mason, B. and Pendergast, T. (1991). Do cloze exercise make pleasure reading more effective?　Shitennoji International Buddhist University Junior College Kiyo, 31, 14-24.


口頭発表　(1986~2005)

"The importance of low affective filter in a reading class", 12th JALT National Conference, Hamamatsu, November, 1986.

"The effect of self-selected reading program on the results of the TOEIC", 26th JACET National Conference, Kyoto, October, 1987.

"My class - the introduction of the extensive reading program at IBU", 27th JACET National Conference, Kagawa, September, 1988.

"Failures can be successful with extensive reading program" 15th JALT National Conference, Okayama, November, 1989.

"Extensive reading with skill building exercises more effective?" 23rd TESOL International Conference, San Antonio, Texas, March, 1989.

"Is extensive reading for everyone?” 16th JALT National Conference, Omiya, November, 1990.

“Is extensive reading superior to intensive reading?” 35th Japan Reading Association Conference, Tokyo, July, 1991.

"How to set up and run an extensive reading program", 18th JALT National Conference, Kawagoe, November, 1992.

"The effect of extensive reading on writing" 27th TESOL International Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, April, 1993.

"Details of Extensive Reading Program at IBU" 33rd JACET National Conference, Nagoya, 1993.

"Storytelling and vocabulary acquisition" 20th JALT National Conference, Matsuyama, October, 1993.

"Sustained silent reading: is comprehensible input adequate?” AAAL 1995 Annual Conference, Longbeach, California, March, 1995.

"The influence of an Oregon student storytelling festival in Japan", 30th TESOL International Conference, Chicago, Illinois, March, 1996.

"Extensive reading program at IBU: curriculum evaluation" JACET Kansai Chapter, Kwansei Gakuin University, November, 1996.

"The effects of extensive reading on other skills", JALT Nara Chapter, Nara, December, 1996

"Comprehensible input and 'rival' alternatives: an inclusive investigation", 31st TESOL International Conference, Orlando, Florida, March, 1997.

"Extensive Reading" JALT Kobe Chapter, January, 1998.

"Extensive Reading" JALT '98 Annual Conference, Omiya, November, 1998.

"Extensive Reading" Workshop for the IEP staff at Kwansei Gakuin University, February, 1999.

"Researching in Extensive Reading" JALT '99 Annual Conference, Maebashi, Gunma, October, 1999.

"Extensive Reading Workshop" Kansai University, February, 2000

"Setting up and running extensive reading programs" 34th TESOL International Conference, Vancouver, Canada, March, 2000.

“The Effects of Extensive Reading.” Takakura High School, Nagoya, April, 2000.

“Is Input Alone Sufficient for Vocabulary Acquisition?” AAAL Annual Conference, St. Louis, Kansas, March, 2001.

“The Evidence of sufficiency of extensive reading on the development of grammatical accuracy” AAAL Annual Conference, Arlington, VA., March, 2003.

“A study of extensive reading and the development of grammatical accuracy for Japanese university students learning English”, 2003 PKETA Annual International Conference, Busan, Korea, September, 2003.

“Vocabulary Acquisition through Storytelling” The Fifth Pan-Asian Conference on Language Teaching at FEELTA, Vladivostok, Russia, June 25, 2004.

“The effect of adding supplementary activities in an extensive reading program” in FORUM, “The Power of Extensive Reading: Evidence, new directions, and controversies” ETA ROC, November 2004. Taipei, Taiwan.

“Storytelling is an Efficient Method for Vocabulary Acquisition for Different Levels of Japanese Learners Learning Different Foreign Languages” JALT Annual Conference, November 2004, Nara, Japan

“The effect of adding supplementary activities in an extensive reading program” in FORUM, “The Power of Extensive Reading: Evidence, new directions, and controversies” JALT Annual Conference. November 2004, Nara, Japan.

“Effective Test Preparation” 14th World Congress of Applied Linguistics. July, 2005. Madison, Wisconsin.

“Vocabulary acquisition through storytelling” Kita-Kyushu JALT, October 15, 2005.

“Vocabulary acquisition through storytelling” OGU Storytelling Festival, October 22, 2005.

“Acquiring vocabulary through storytelling: Are supplementary activities worthwhile?” ETA ROC, November.