Jared Michael Kubokawa
Aichi University
Jared Michael Kubokawa is an assistant professor in the department of humanities at Aichi University where he teaches EFL courses in literacy and communication. His research interests include second language and multilingual writing, composition research and pedagogy, communities of practice, multilingual creativity, and writing teacher education. Jared has traveled abroad extensively as an EFL teacher and teacher mentor as well as presented at national and international conferences in L2 writing, multilingual creativity, and creative writing. More information can be found here: https://jaredkubokawa.wordpress.com/.
Sessions
Anyone Can Write a Shinhaiku
This presentation will address the place of second language creative writing (SLCW) in EFL curricula by first providing an updated understanding of SLCW and the Japanese form shinhaiku—a nontraditional haiku. Shinhaiku differs from traditional haiku in that it does not utilize the 5-7-5 syllable form. Secondly, I will consider misconceptions as well as pedagogical implications of SLCW and thirdly, offer a classroom approach to SLCW (poetry writing). This is taken from my action research and teaching practices, underpinned by Spiro’s (2014) reading-to-writing cycle where learners 1) choose SLCW poems which they admire from an EFL literary journal; 2) articulate reasons for appreciation of said poems; 3) apply these ideas to their SLCW; and 4) reflect on the process. I will provide a demonstration of this teaching practice, which can cater from elementary school to advanced learners, and present results in the form of examples from student work as well as present a case for why shinhaiku is an accessible form in the Japanese context.