Hobbs, James

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Affiliation

School of Medicine (Hiyoshi)

Position

Professor
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Career 【 Display / hide 】

  • 1995
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    2002

    Iwate University, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

  • 1995.04
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    2002.03

    Part-time instructor, Iwate University

  • 1997
    -
    2002

    Morioka University, Faculty of Humanities

  • 1997.04
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    2002.03

    Part-time instructor, Morioka College

  • 2002.04
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    2009.03

    Iwate Medical University, Department of English, School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Lecturer

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Academic Background 【 Display / hide 】

  • 1987.10
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    1991.06

    University of Kent at Canterbury, Humanities and Social Sciences, BA(hons) Economics with French

  • 1999.12
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    2003

    Aston University, Language Studies Unit, MSc in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)

    United Kingdom

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Research Areas 【 Display / hide 】

  • Humanities & Social Sciences / Linguistics

  • Humanities & Social Sciences / Foreign language education

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Research Keywords 【 Display / hide 】

  • Computer-assisted language learning (CALL)

  • Text and discourse analysis

  • Teaching materials and methodology

  • Task-based learning

  • Medical English Education

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Books 【 Display / hide 】

  • Task-based language teaching in foreign language contexts (Ed. A. Shehadeh & C. Coombe). Chapter 6: Task structure and patterns of interaction: What can we learn from observing native speakers performing tasks? (pp. 109~133).

    James Hobbs, John Benjamins B. V., 2012

  • Teachers exploring tasks in English language teaching (Ed. C. Edwards & J. Willis). Chapter 12: Interactive lexical phrases in pair interview tasks. (pp. 143~156).

    James Hobbs, Palgrave MacMillan, 2005

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Papers 【 Display / hide 】

  • An English teacher's perspective on English questions in the Japanese National Medical Licensing Examination

    James HOBBS

    Annual Report of Iwate Medical University Center for Liberal Arts and Sciences 57   47 - 55 2022.12

    Lead author, Last author

  • Necessity is the mother of invention: Facilitating learner interaction in university English courses during the COVID-19 pandemic

    James HOBBS

    Annual Report of Iwate Medical University Center for Liberal Arts and Sciences 56   21 - 27 2021.12

    Lead author, Last author

  • The chimp brain and public speaking: Lessons for teachers and learners

    James Hobbs

    Annual Report of Iwate Medical University Center for Liberal Arts and Sciences 52   31 - 30 2017.12

    Lead author, Last author

  • Working Together: Clinicians and English teachers

    Alan Hauk, Kazutoshi Shibuya, James Hobbs, Walter Davies, Ruri Ashida

    Journal of Medical English Education (メジカルビュー社)  15 ( 3 ) 84 - 87 2016.10

    Lead author, Last author, Accepted,  ISSN  1883-0951

  • A proposed core curriculum for dental English education in Japan

    Omar M. M. Rodis, Edward Barroga, J. Patrick Barron, James Hobbs, Jayanetti A. Jayawardena, Ikuo Kageyama, Bukasa Kalubi, Clive Langham, Yoshizo Matsuka, Yoichiro Miyake, Naoko Seki, Hiroko Oka, Martin Peters, Yo Shibata, Roxana Stegaroiu, Kazuyoshi Suzuki, Shigeru Takahashi, Hironori Tsuchiya, Toshiko Yoshida, Katsuhiko Yoshimoto

    BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION (BIOMED CENTRAL LTD)  14 2014.11

    Lead author, Last author, Accepted,  ISSN  1472-6920

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    Background: Globalization of the professions has become a necessity among schools and universities across the world. It has affected the medical and dental professions in terms of curriculum design and student and patient needs. In Japan, where medicine and dentistry are taught mainly in the Japanese language, profession-based courses in English, known as Medical English and Dental English, have been integrated into the existing curriculum among its 83 medical and 29 dental schools. Unfortunately, there is neither a core curriculum nor a model syllabus for these courses.
    Methods: This report is based on a survey, two discussion forums, a workshop, and finally, the drafting of a proposed core curriculum for dental English approved by consensus of the participants from each university.
    Results: The core curriculum covers the theoretical aspects, including dental English terms and oral pathologies; and practical aspects, including blended learning and dentist-patient communication. It is divided into modules and is recommended to be offered for at least two semesters.
    Conclusions: The core curriculum is expected to guide curriculum developers in schools where dental English courses are yet to be offered or are still in their early development. It may also serve as a model curriculum to medical and dental schools in countries in Asia, Europe, Africa, and Central and South America, where English is not the medium of instruction.

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Presentations 【 Display / hide 】

  • Sowing the seeds of CLIL in a Japanese medical school—The story of Skills Lab English

    James Hobbs

    Symposium & Workshop: The praxis of teaching, learning, and assessment with CEFR and CLIL, 

    2020.10
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    Oral presentation (general)

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Awards 【 Display / hide 】

  • The 8th Kenichi Uemura Award

    James Hobbs, 2012.07, Japan Association for Medical English Education (JASMEE)

  • Best of JALT 2008 (Iwate)

    James Hobbs, 2008.11, Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT)

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    Certificate for best Iwate JALT presentation in 2008.

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Courses Taught 【 Display / hide 】

  • ENGLISH 4

    2025

  • ENGLISH 2

    2025

  • ENGLISH 4

    2024

  • ENGLISH 2

    2024

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