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Brett Cumming

School of Foreign Studies :
Department of British and American Studies

Brett Cumming
Position	Associate Professor
Degrees	Masters of Applied Linguistics / Masters of Education
Last academic career	2012
Areas of study	English Language Education
Themes of research	Bilingual Education Writing Competence and Characteristic Errors of Japanese EFL Students Japanese Contrastive Rhetoric
Research achievements	Book Review: Collaborative Writing in L2 Classroom by Dr Neomy Storch Japan Association of Language Teaching Journal(2015) Case Study, Bilingual Japan 23(1), Spring / Summer 2014, Special Interest Group on Bilingualism,Japan Association of Language Teaching (pp. 5-7).(2014) Book Review: An Introduction to Bilingual Development by Dr A De Houwer Bilingual Japan 23(1), Summer /Autumn 2014, Special Interest Group on Bilingualism,Japan Association of Language Teaching (p. 4)(2014) The Role of Motivation for Japanese University Students and its Significance in an EFL Context, pp. 77 – 89, Mulberry 63, Aichi Prefectural University, Mar 2014, (ISSN1342-4394).(2014) How to Beat the TOEIC® TEST in 15 Days, (Textbook), Author, Sanshusha Publishers Co. Ltd.(2014)
Academic associations	The Japan Association for Language Teaching
Academic/social activities	2012 Participant in Building Translation Skills, National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters, Brisbane, Qld 2012 Participant in Journeys of Teaching and Learning, Shizuoka JALT & Teacher Education and Development SIG Event 2011 Participant in the Professional Japanese English Conference on Translation 2011 Participant in the 50th Annual Conference of Japan Association College English Teachers, Fukuoka, Japan English Proficiency Test Examiner Justice of the Peace (Qld Government Department of Justice, Australia)
Awards	Australian Representative for the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Former JET Japanese Language Training Course 2006
Mail Address	brettc[at]for.aichi-pu.ac.jp ([at]: replaced by @)
Original Website	brettcumming.weebly.com