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CONTACT Dr. Fotos
Contact Information
e-mail: ssf@uvic.ca
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I have a BA from the University of California, Berkeley, an M.Sc. from the University of Hawaii and an Ed.D. from Temple University Japan. I have been a teacher of English as a second or foreign language for many years and in various countries, and have taught American and Canadian university courses in Second Language Acquisition, Issues in Applied Linguistics, Pragmatics and Problems of International Communication, and Bilingualism. I have also edited a professional journal (the JALT Journal), served on the TESOL Quarterly editorial board, served as Chair and Nominating Committee Chair, for the Applied Linguistics Interest Section of TESOL, and have been additional reader for a number of academic journals and publishing houses. I have presented papers and invited talks at international conferences and published a number of books and articles on teaching, second language acquisition processes, bilingualism and CALL (computer assisted language learning). I taught at Senshu University, Kanagawa, Japan for many years and retired as full professor in 2009. I am in now Victoria, BC, Canada.
Specialties
Curriculum design, e-learning, teaching academic and ESL courses, editing, adult literacy
Selected Works - click to view/hide
BOOKS
1994 |
Grammar in Mind: Communicative English for Fluency and Accuracy. Hong Kong: Logos International. (senior author, with Christopher Poel and Robert Homan) |
1996 |
Multimedia Language Teaching. Hong Kong: Logos International. (editor) |
2000 |
Studies in Japanese Bilingualism. Clevedon, UK: Multilingual Matters. |
2002 |
New Perspectives on Grammar Teaching in Second Language Classrooms. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. (co-edited with Eli Hinkel) |
2004 |
New Perspectives on CALL for the English as a Second Language Classroom. (co-edited with Charles Browne) |
2007 |
S. Fotos & H. Nassaji (Eds.). Form-focused Instruction and Teacher Education: Studies in Honor of Rod Ellis. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. |
2010 |
H. Nassaji & S. Fotos. Teaching Grammar in Second Language Classrooms: Integrating Form-focused Instruction in Communicative Context. London. Routledge. |
BOOK CHAPTERS
1995 |
Problem-solving tasks for teaching If-Conditionals. In M. Pennington (Ed.) New Ways in Teaching Grammar (pp. 83-87). VA: TESOL. |
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1995 |
Communicative tasks for grammar consciousness raising. In M. Pennington (Ed.). New Ways in Teaching Grammar (pp. 181-187). VA: TESOL. (with Christopher Poel) |
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1995 |
Inductive and deductive grammar consciousness raising tasks. In M. Pennington (Ed.) New Ways in Teaching Grammar (pp. 197-202). VA: TESOL. (with Christopher Poel) |
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2000 |
Codeswitching by Japan's unrecognized bilinguals: Japanese university students' use of their native language as a learning strategy. In M. Noguchi & S. Fotos (Eds.) Studies in Japanese Bilingualism (pp. 329-352). Clevedon, UK: Multilingual Matters. |
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2001 |
Cognitive approaches to grammar instruction. In Marianne Celce-Murcia (Ed). Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language. (3rd edition) (pp. 267-284). Boston, MA: Heinle & Heinle. |
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2002 |
From theory to practice: A teacher’s view. In In E. Hinkel & S. Fotos (Eds.). New Perspectives on Grammar Teaching in Second Language Classrooms (pp. 1-12). Mahwah. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. (with Eli Hinkel). |
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2002 |
Structure-based interactive tasks for the EFL grammar learner. In E. Hinkel & S. Fotos (Eds.). New Perspectives on Grammar Teaching in Second Language Classrooms (pp. 135-154). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. |
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2003 |
Multilingual, multicultural Japan: Policies and practices for majority language instruction and heritage language maintenance. In J. Kess, H. Noro & M. Ayukawa (Eds.). Changing Japanese Identities in Multicultural Canada (pp. 431-440). Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives, Victoria, BC: University of Victoria. |
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2004 |
Introduction: The development of CALL and current models (with Charles Browne). In S. Fotos & C. Browne (Eds.). New Perspectives on CALL for Second Language Classrooms (pp. 3-15).Mahwah. NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum |
2004 |
Writing as talking: E-mail exchange for promoting proficiency and motivation in the EFL classroom. In S. Fotos & C. Browne (Eds.). New Perspectives on CALL for Second Language Classrooms (pp. 109-130). Mahwah. NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. |
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2004 |
Creating course-Specific CD ROMs for interactive language learning (with Takashi Iwabuchi). In S. Fotos & C. Browne (Eds.). New Perspectives on CALL for Second Language Classrooms (149-167). Mahwah. NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. |
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2005 |
Traditional and grammar translation methods for second language teaching. In E. Hinkel (Ed.). Handbook of Research in Second Language Teaching and Learning (pp. 653-670). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. |
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2007 |
Introduction: Form-focused and teacher education (with Hossein Nassaji). In S. Fotos & H. Nassaji (Eds.). Form-focused Instruction and Teacher Education: Studies in Honor of Rod Ellis. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. |
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2007 |
Form focused instruction and output for second language writing gains (with Eli Hinkel). In S. Fotos & H. Nassaji (Eds.). Form-focused Instruction and Teacher Education: Studies in Honor of Rod Ellis. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. |
ARTICLES
1981 |
Observations on Chnoospora minima (Hering) Papenfuss (Phaeophyta, Scytosiphonales) in the field and in culture. Japanese Journal of Phycology 29: 101-108. |
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1984 |
The need for a cultural adaptation model in creating a humanistic EFL classroom. JACET Bulletin 15: 147-163. |
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1985 |
The evolution of the Cognitive Approach in ESL education. Studies in Foreign Language Teaching 7. Bulletin of the Foreign Language Center, University of Tsukuba: l-13. |
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1985 |
Adapting the Natural Approach to the college EFL classroom in Japan. Journal of Aoyama Gakuin Woman’s Junior College 39: 39-54. |
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1987 |
Alternatives in teaching English grammar: An overview of approaches and some suggestions for lesson design. Journal of Aoyama Gakuin Woman’s Junior College 41: 1-16. |
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1989 |
Non-native speaker initiated modification and self-correction of second language output: When might it happen? Journal of Aoyama Gakuin Woman’s Junior College 43: 51-65. |
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1990 |
Japanese-English code switching in bilingual children. JALT Journal 12: 75-98. |
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1991 |
The cloze test as an integrative measure of EFL proficiency: A substitute for essays on college entrance examinations? Language Learning 41: 313-336. |
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1991 |
Communicating about grammar–a task-based approach. TESOL Quarterly 25: 605-628. (with Rod Ellis) |
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1991 |
Formal instruction and second language acquisition: Towards a cognitive model of the relationship between explicit and implicit knowledge. Bulletin of Kogakuin University 29: 119-133. |
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1993 |
A grammar consciousness-raising task in the EFL classroom. Temple University Japan Research Studies in TESOL 1: 28-39. |
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1993 |
Consciousness raising and noticing through focus on form: Grammar task performance versus formal instruction Applied Linguistics 14: 126-141. |
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1994 |
Variation in past tense usage in written compositions of Japanese college EFL learners. Senshu University Journal of Foreign Language Education 22: 49-67. |
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1994 |
Motivation in language learning pedagogy: A critical review. Institute of the Humanities, Senshu University. Annual Bulletin of the Humanities 24: 29-54. |
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1994 |
Integrating grammar instruction and communicative language use through grammar consciousness raising tasks. TESOL Quarterly 28: 323-351. |
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1995 |
Communicative task performance and second language acquisition: Do task features determine learner output? Institute of the Humanities, Senshu University. Annual Bulletin of the Humanities 25: 69-96. |
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1995 |
Options for combining grammar teaching and communicative language learning approaches. Senshu University Journal of Foreign Language Education 23: 3-24. |
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1995 |
Japanese-English conversational codeswitching in balanced and limited proficiency bilinguals. Japan Journal of Multilingualism and Multiculturalism 1: 1-15. |
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1998 |
Surface features and sociolinguistic functions of e-mail discourse. Senshu University Journal of Foreign Language Education 26: 17-56. |
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1998 |
Shifting the focus from forms to form in the EFL classroom. ELT Journal 52 (4): 301-307. |
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1999 |
The background of CALL and its impact on second language acquisition. 1998 LL Workshop Proceedings: LL and CALL for Language Teaching and Learning. Institute of Language Education, Senshu University: 9-18. |
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2001 |
A skill-based computer course taught in English. 2000 LL Workshop Proceedings: Understanding Languages Through Cross-Cultural Communication and the Use of Audio-Visual and Computer Facilities. Institute of Language Education, Senshu University: 72-76. |
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2003 |
CALL motivation, learning styles and learning strategies (with Takashi Iwabuchi). Institute of the Humanities, Senshu University: Annual Bulletin of the Humanities 73: 77-97. |
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2004 |
A content-based e-mail and web design course taught in the target language. 2003 LL Workshop Proceedings. Institute of Language Education, Senshu University. |
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2004 |
A descriptive study of the structure and function of the Humanities Computing and Media Centre, University of Victoria. Senshu University Journal of Foreign Language Education 32: 13-37. |
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2004 |
Current developments in the teaching of grammar (with Hossein Nassaji). Annual Review of Applied Linguistics 24: 126-145. |
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2005 |
Output-Based activities for enhancing second language acquisition. 7th LL Workshop Proceedings: Practical Issues in Foreign Language Education. Institute of Language Education, Senshu University: 25-30. |
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REPRINTS OF ARTICLES
1997 |
Communicative task performance and second language acquisition: Do task features determine learner output? Revista Canaria de Estudios Engleses 34, 51-68. |
1999 |
Communicating about grammar. In Rod Ellis (Ed.). Learning a Second Language through Interaction (pp. 189-208). Amsterdam: John Benjamin. (with Rod Ellis) |
BRIEF NOTES, REVIEWS AND INTERVIEWS
1984 |
Teaching academic subjects in EFL: A way to promote language acquisition. Modern Language Teaching 21 (7). Kenkyusha: 18-19. |
1986 |
A review of two English for Special Purposes scientific reading textbooks: Physics by M. S. Noto, & Biological Sciences by V. Kay. The Language Teacher 10 (9). Japan Association of Language Teachers: 21. |
1986 |
A review of Medicine: Developing Reading Skills in English by Luke Prodromou. The Language Teacher 10 (12). Japan Association of Language Teachers: 40. |
1987 |
A review of three ESL composition texts: Please Write by Patricia Ackert; Write It Right by Helen Abdulaziz & Ellen Shenkarow; and Comp One! An Introductory Composition Workbook for Students of ESL by Thomas Sheehan. The Language Teacher 11 (5). Japan Association of Language Teachers: 35-36. |
1988 |
Presentation reviews: Catherine Walter, “Getting beginners and elementary students to talk freely.” and “Writing as a process: making it work in large classes.” Annual Convention of the Japan Association of Language Teachers. October, 1987. Tokyo, Japan. The Language Teacher 11 (4). Japan Association of Language Teachers: 16-17. |
1989 |
Interview: Dr. Charlene Sato. The Language Teacher 13 (12). Japan Association of Language Teachers: 19-21. |
1990 |
Presentation review: Wakako Murakami, “Psycholinguistic Evidence in English Speech.” Annual Convention of the Japan Association of Language Teachers. November, 1989. The Language Teacher 14 (2). Japan Association of Language Teachers: 9. |
1990 |
Interview: Dr. Rod Ellis. The Language Teacher 14 (9). Japan Association of Language Teachers: 27-30. |
1997 |
Publishing in an academic journal. Canadian Content: 7 (5): 4-5. |
1998 |
A review of Japanese/English Codeswitching: Syntax and Pragmatics. By Miwa Nishimura. New York: Peter Lang, 1998. 176 pp. Japan Journal of Multilingualism and Multiculturalism 4: 83-85. |
1999 |
Using e-mail to build communicative competence. EFL-IS Newsletter 19 (2),TESOL: 8-9 (with Takashi Iwabuchi). |
1999 |
From the Applied Linguistics Chair (newsletter column). Applied Linguistics Forum 19 (2). TESOL: 1-2. |
2000 |
From the Applied Linguistics Chair (newsletter column). Applied Linguistics Forum 20 (1). TESOL: 1-2. |
2002 |
A review of Can Threatened Languages Be Saved? Reversing Language Shift, Revisited: A 21st Century Perspective by Joshua Fishman. Japan Journal of Multilingualism and Multiculturalism 8. 99-102. |