I have two research things which currently occupy my mind. One is the paper I must submit next month but I have't even started writing. (I planned to start this Monday, but I haven't. I've revised the plan - starting tomorrow!)The other is…

I watched a movie called "Shizumanu-Taiyo" (Unfading Sun) written by Yamazaki Toyoko. I've heard the title and its author before, but I didn't have any idea of what this is about. The film starts by a very shocking scene of the 1985 air cr…

The day for my conference presentation about L2 motivation is approaching. Despite this, I had been occupied by the other research on explicit and implicit learning. As this is currently the most primary topic, it is very difficult for me …

We have a lot of visitors from our partner schools recently. A couple of weeks ago, one came from US, and today we had one from Canada (We will have another visitor from the other Canadian university next week). As I am a member of the Int…

I have been always thinking that I have to resume the blog. I actually tried to write many times, but everytime I tried, I gave up writing up in the middle. I never finished even one entry. I don't know why, but I could keep blogging when …