{"id":48570,"date":"2022-05-12T10:04:37","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T14:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=48570"},"modified":"2022-05-12T11:32:23","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T15:32:23","slug":"48570","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2022\/05\/12\/48570\/","title":{"rendered":"JETAA-sphere Ep 15: Takaaki Hiratsuka on his new book about ALTs in the JET Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">**In <a href=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/jetaa-sphere-podcast\/episodes\/Ep-015-JETAA-sphere-JET-Professional-Identity--Interview-with-author-Takaaki-Hiratsuka-e1i718i\" class=\"aioseop-link\">Episode 15 of the JETAA-sphere podcast<\/a>, we interview <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/akitajalt.org\/2021\/10\/18\/narrative-inquiry-into-alts-in-the-jet-program-takaaki-hiratsuka\/\" class=\"aioseop-link\">Professor Takaaki Hiratsuka<\/a><\/strong>, author of the new book <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/Narrative-Inquiry-into-Language-Teacher-Identity-ALTs-in-the-JET-Program\/Hiratsuka\/p\/book\/9781032164762\" class=\"aioseop-link\">Narrative inquiry into language teacher identity: ALTs in the JET program<\/a><\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/jetaa-sphere-podcast\/embed\/episodes\/Ep-015-JETAA-sphere-JET-Professional-Identity--Interview-with-author-Takaaki-Hiratsuka-e1i718i\" height=\"102px\" width=\"400px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfU_HWRE9GrNvfv98AuobLP88uLw_jssx4I8gvBvaBSrEZE5g\/viewform\" class=\"aioseop-link\">Click this link<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfU_HWRE9GrNvfv98AuobLP88uLw_jssx4I8gvBvaBSrEZE5g\/viewform\" class=\"aioseop-link\"><strong><em>http:\/\/bit.ly\/VBL-Register<\/em><\/strong><\/a> to register for the <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/VBL-Register\" class=\"aioseop-link\">May 28 book launch event!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"472\" height=\"712\" src=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/NarrativeGeneric-Screenshot-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/NarrativeGeneric-Screenshot-1.png 472w, https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/NarrativeGeneric-Screenshot-1-199x300.png 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">**Co-hosts: <strong>Steven Horowitz (Aichi, 1992-94)<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Mark Frey (Kumamoto, 2002-2006)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>**About Prof. Takaaki Hiratsuka:<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/researchmap.jp\/7000013872?lang=en\">List of Prof. Hiratsuka&#8217;s writings and presentations<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bio: <\/strong>Takaaki Hiratsuka is an associate professor in the Department of Global Studies at Ryukoku University, in Kyoto where he teaches a range of applied linguistics courses and supervises master&#8217;s and PhD students in related fields of language teacher education and narrative inquiry. He has a PhD in Language Teaching and Learning from the University of Auckland, New Zealand. And an avid futsal player.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>**Other JET Alumni or Friends of JET mentioned in this episode:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brucefeiler.com\/\"><strong>Bruce Feiler<\/strong><\/a><strong> (Tochigi-ken, 1988-89)<\/strong>, author of numerous best-sellers including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brucefeiler.com\/books-articles\/learning-to-bow\/\"><strong><em>Learning to Bow<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/David-L-McConnell\/e\/B001IYTQ6Q?ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vu00_tkin_p1_i0\"><strong>David L. McConnell<\/strong><\/a>, author of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B003AU4HDI\/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0\"><strong><em>Importing Diversity: Inside Japan&#8217;s JET Program<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/li><li><strong>Earth Bennett (Aomori-ken, 2000-03)<\/strong>, author of the JET cartoon strip series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.angelfire.com\/comics\/esid\/archive.htm\"><strong><em>Every Situation Is Different<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/davidnamisato\/\"><strong>David Namisato<\/strong><\/a><strong> (Aomori-ken-2002-04)<\/strong>, author of the cartoon book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.namisato.org\/comics\/life-after-the-b-o-e\/\"><strong><em>Life After the B.O.E.<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/khalid-birdsong-53a32339\/\"><strong>Khalid Birdsong<\/strong><\/a><strong> (Osaka-fu, Shimamoto-cho, 2003-05)<\/strong>, author of the cartoon series <a href=\"http:\/\/friedchickenandsushi.com\/\"><strong><em>Fried Chicken &amp; Sushi<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">****************************<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Special thanks to USJETAA and CLAIR for their support for the JETAA-sphere!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>**In Episode 15 of the JETAA-sphere podcast, we interview Professor Takaaki Hiratsuka, author of the new book Narrative inquiry into language teacher identity: ALTs in the JET program. 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