My research interests include English for Specific Purposes (ESP), discourse analysis of learner language, and spoken discourse of procedure and instruction-giving, especially for creative industries involved with art, craft, and design.
Hands-on Kogei: A guide to help Japanese practitioners of traditional craft develop hands-on workshops in English
Mark Hammond
Sep 2018
This 34-page book was published to promote using English language in hands-on craft workshops, in the context of creative-tourism. The guide was used to support public lectures, as a final outcome of the Kakenhi funded project: Analysis of English...
Kanazawa in Photos and Words, E-Learning Development Project
Mark Hammond
2009
Working with faculty of the Foreign Language Institute in 2009, I created on-line language learning materials that describe life, culture, and traditions of living in Kanazawa. I wrote twelve passages, contributed original photography, narrated au...
Hironobu Tsujiguchi, Story of the Kaga Tea Ceremony
Mark Hammond
2006
Translated interviews and script, as well as recorded narration for 30-minute DVD program highlighting a tea ceremony created by master pâtissier Tsujiguchi.
Oshale Messe, Kanazawa Gonomi, Fashion Week in Kanazawa Trade Show
Mark Hammond
2005
Translation of program guides for annual trade show included event descriptions, art and craftwork descriptions,and Ishikawa based company profiles.
Kanazawa Salon Design Forum, Kanazawa College of Art
ESP for Artist Talks by Japanese Ceramic Practitioners
Mark Hammond
JALT 2019 Teacher Efficacy, Learner Agency 2 Nov 2019
Supporting the English Language Needs of Traditional Craft Industries in Japan: The Significance of Procedural Discourse[Invited]
Mark Hammond
ABCJ-2019: 2019 Annual Meeting of Association for Business Communication in Japan 17 Jul 2019
Reflections of a Kaken-Grant Recipient
Mark Hammond
JALT PanSIG Conference 30 May 2019
Procedural Discourse in EFL: Case Studies of Japanese Traditional Craft Artists
Mark Hammond
54th RELC International Conference (SEAMO) 13 Mar 2019
Hands-on Kogei Talk[Invited]
Mark Hammond
Public Talk: Wajima Museum of Lacquer Art Nov 2018
Focusing on the traditional craft of urushi, his public lecture aimed to support artists and creative-tourism professionals to plan hands-on workshops in English. The guidebook "Hands-on Kogei" was distributed to attendees.
Public Talk: Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Traditional Arts and Crafts Oct 2018
The goal of this public lecture is to support craft artists and creative-tourism professionals to plan hands-on workshops in English. The guidebook "Hands-on Kogei" was distributed to attendees.
The small group-learning environment presents the opportunity for students to use vocabulary in context, promotes negotiating of meaning, lowers inhibitions, and encourages risk taking and spontaneous production of language. It has also fostered friendships between students of the college and visiting students from the Royal Academy University of Gent (Belgium), and the Valand Art Academy of Göteborg University (Sweden).
