Michael MCDONALD - My portal

Profile Information

Affiliation: Professor, Faculty of Computer and Information Sciences Department of Computer Science, Hosei University

Degree: Bachelor of Arts(Jun, 1975, Cambridge University)
Master of Arts(Mar, 1979, Cambridge University)
Master of Science(Jul, 2008, Aston University)

Researcher number: 50328910
J-GLOBAL ID: 201001082015006248
researchmap Member ID: 1000306227

Research Interests

Research Areas

Humanities & social sciences / Linguistics / APPLIED LINGUISTICS

Research History

Apr, 2000 - Present

Professor, University of Hosei, Japan
Oct, 1994 - Present

External lecturer （Hijokin Koshi), University of Tokyo, Faculty of Science （Rigakubu）, Dept. of Information Science （Joho Kagakuka）. Course title： Writing Technical Papers （Ronbun Koseihou）
Apr, 1995 - Mar, 2000

Rewriter/Personnel Staff member, Yamato Laboratory, IBM Japan, Kanagawa
Jun, 1987 - Mar, 1995

Technical editor/lecturer, Tokyo Research Laboratory, IBM Japan, Tokyo
Apr, 1981 - May, 1987

Business English teacher, Business English Center（BEC）, Tokyo
Mar, 1979 - Feb, 1981

EFL（English as a Foreign Language） teacher, Academy International, London

Education

Oct, 2002 - Mar, 2008

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), School of Languages and Social Sciences, Aston University
- 1975

MUSIC, MUSIC, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY

Committee Memberships

May, 2000

Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, TESOL
Oct, 1998

Member of the Japan Association of Language Teachers, JALT

Awards

Nov, 2009

Best of JALT 2008, Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT)
Jun, 2008

Best overall performance, Aston University
Apr, 1997

Selected to attend IBM Professional Symposium
Apr, 1990

IBM Administration Excellence Award
Dec, 1971

Scholarship to Cambridge University
Jun, 1967

Scholarship to Ampleforth College, various music prizes at Ampleforth College

Misc.

English Training for IT Researchers and Students in Japan

Journal of the IEICE, Vol. J85, No. 9, pp. 696-699, Sep, 2002
Writing and Presenting Papers in English

Tokyo University, Sep, 1996
A Course in Technical Writing Vol. 4

IBM Japan Vol. 4, Aug, 1992
A Course in Technical Writing Vol. 3

IBM Japan Vol. 3, Aug, 1990
A Course in Technical Writing Vol. 2

IBM Japan Vol. 2, Apr, 1990
A Course in Technical Writing Vol. 1

IBM Japan Vol. 1, Apr, 1989

Presentations

Genre Analysis of the Conclusion Section of Computer Science Research Papers

CamTESOL 2015, Feb 28, 2015, TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages)
The Schematic Structure of Computer Science Research Articles Revisited

Fourth Conference of the Asia-Pacific Rim LSP and Professional Communication Association, Jun 8, 2014, Asia-Pacific Rim LSP and Professional Communication Association
Rhetorical Macrostructure of Computer Science Abstracts

Third Conference of the Asia-Pacific Rim LSP and Professional Communication Association, Mar 15, 2012, Asia-Pacific Rim LSP and Professional Communication Association
Extracting Move-Signalling Phrases from a Corpus of Computer Science Abstracts

Second Conference of the Asia-Pacific Rim LSP and Professional Communication Association, Jul 15, 2010, Asia-Pacific Rim LSP and Professional Communication Association
Situating ESP Writing in a Broader Context: An Approach Combining Move Analysis and Clause Relations to Teach Abstract-Writing to Undergraduate Computer Science Students

JALT Pan-SIG Conference, May 23, 2009, Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT)
Move Analysis and Discourse Relations: Could a Synthetic Approach Help Non-Native-English-Speaking Undergraduates to Write Computer Science Abstracts in English?

Inaugural Conference of the Asia-Pacific Rim LSP and Professional Communication Association, Dec 10, 2008, Asia-Pacific Rim LSP and Professional Communication Association
Combining General and Genre-Specific Approaches to L2 Writing Instruction

JALT Miniconference, Oct 30, 2008, Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT)

Professional Memberships

Dec, 2008 - Present

Asia-Pacific Rim Languages for Specific Purposes and Professional Communication Association
Apr, 2000 - Present

Member of the Japan Association of Language Teachers (JALT)
Jun, 2002 - May, 2013

Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)