Rebecca Schmidt

Rebecca Schmidt U.S.A.

Field

English as a Foreign Language

Degree

M.A. (Macquarie University)

Message to Applicants

If you believe you can do it, you can do it. There might be challenges, but you will succeed. I teach with this belief of ‘self-fulling prophesy’: all my students are capable of success.

Research Topics	CEFR and language portfolios Language Learning Motivation in and outside the classroom Ludic language practices CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning)
Research Achievements	Development and Evaluation of a CEFR-J Based Classroom Activity.Rebecca Schmidt (Hiroshima Bunkyo Women’s University Journal. February 2018) Aligning a Japanese University’s English Language Curriculum and Lesson Plans to the CEFR-J.Jack Bower, Judith Runnels, Arthur Rutson-Griffiths, Rebecca Schmidt, Gary Cook, Lyndon Luske Lehde, and Azusa Foale. Book chapter in Critical, Constructive, Assessment of CEFR-informed Language Teaching in Japan and Beyond. (September 2017) The Key Questions at Bunkyo.Jack Bower, Arthur Rutson-Griffiths, Gary Cook, Rebecca Schmidt, Lyndon Luske Lehde, Azusa Foale, and Judith Runnels. Book chapter in Critical, Constructive, Assessment of CEFR-informed Language Teaching in Japan and Beyond. (September 2017) From Rural Elementary Schools to the Modernized National University: Students and Teachers abound with Enthusiasm to Meet Visiting Teachers.Rebecca Schmid. (Teaching Helping Teachers Lao Program Newsletter. November 2016) Collaborative Learning: Building English Learning Communities Mathew Porter, Rebecca Schmidt and Kelly Rose (Hiroshima Bunkyo Women’s University Journal. December 2014) What Can You Do to Make an Exceptional Classroom? (Rebecca Schmidt – Teachers Helping Teachers – JALT SIG Post-Conference Issue. Fall 2013)
Courses Taught	Oral Communication Academic Writing
Associations	JALT- / JALT Special Interest Groups: CEFR and Language Portfolio, Critical Thinking, CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning), THT (Teaching helping teachers)

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