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Books by Susan L Sullivan

Women of a Certain Age - Fremantle Press, Mar 2018

Fifteen life stories from women on the other side of forty. Co-edited with Jodie Moffat and Maria... more Fifteen life stories from women on the other side of forty. Co-edited with Jodie Moffat and Maria Scoda.
ISBN:
9781925591149
192559114X

Journal and Proceedings of the Gender Awareness in Language Education Special Interest Group of the Japan Association for Language Teaching, Vol 15,, 2023

Journal and Proceedings of the Gender Awareness in Language Education Special Interest Group of t... more Journal and Proceedings of the Gender Awareness in Language Education Special Interest Group of the Japan Association for Language Teaching, Vol 15, 2023
Main Editor: Gwyn Helverson
Assistant Editor: Susan Laura Sullivan

Journal and Proceedings of the Gender Awareness in Language Education Special Interest Group of the Japan Association for Language Teaching, 2022

Journal and Proceedings of the Gender Awareness in Language Education Special Interest Group of t... more Journal and Proceedings of the Gender Awareness in Language Education Special Interest Group of the Japan Association for Language Teaching, Volume 14, 2022
Main Editor: Gwyn Helverson
Assistant Editor: Susan Laura Sullivan

Journal and Proceedings of the Gender Awareness in Language Education Special Interest Group of the Japan Association for Language Teaching, Vol 13, 2021, 2021

the Journal and Proceedings of the Gender Awareness in Language Education SIG, Volume 13, 2021 M... more the Journal and Proceedings of the Gender Awareness in Language Education SIG, Volume 13, 2021
Main Editor: Gwyn Helversen
Assistant Editor: Susan Laura Sullivan

Book Reviews by Susan L Sullivan

Journal and Proceedings of the Gender Awareness in Language Education Special Interest Group of the Japan Association for Language Teaching, Vol 15, 2023

Review: Our Women on the Ground: Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World. Zahara Hankir (Editor)... more Review: Our Women on the Ground: Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World. Zahara Hankir (Editor). Harvill Secker, 2019. 278 pp. Reviewed by Susan Laura Sullivan Tokai University for the
Journal and Proceedings of the Gender Awareness in Language Education Special Interest Group of the Japan Association for Language Teaching, Vol 15, 2023

Journal and Proceedings of the Gender Awareness in Language Education Special Interest Group, 2022

Review of Women of a Certain Rage. Liz Byrski, Ed. Fremantle Press, 2021. 232 pp. for the Journa... more Review of Women of a Certain Rage. Liz Byrski, Ed. Fremantle Press, 2021. 232 pp.
for the Journal and Proceedings of the
Gender Awareness in
Language Education
Special Interest Group
of the
Japan Association for Language Teaching, Voume 14, 2022

GALE NEWSLETTER: Gender Awareness in Language Teaching: Autumn , 2021

Review of The Thinking Woman. Julienne van Loon. US: Rutgers University Press, 2020. 256pp by Sus... more Review of The Thinking Woman. Julienne van Loon. US: Rutgers University Press, 2020. 256pp by Susan Laura Sullivan for the GALE Newsletter, Autumn, 2021
Newsletter editor: Jane Joritz-Nakagawa
Cover photo: Susan Laura Sullivan

Plumwood Mountain Vol 6, No 1 , 2019

Great poets take the intensely personal and render it universal without losing intimacy. Their in... more Great poets take the intensely personal and render it universal without losing intimacy. Their intimacy becomes a shared or understood experience through their interpretation. Tracy Ryan’s work has always been like this. Precise, exact words highlight the simplicity and complexity of existence. Humans live, eat and breathe, or try to—these are fairly simple facts of life even if execution can be complicated. Ensuring we do this, our earth does this, our families, communities, and friends do this, is also simple and not. Instinct and love for family is not always innate, but survival is hardwired into most organisms, so there must be general aspects that are.

Plumwood Mountain Volume 4, No 1, 2017

On Remembrance Day, we stood in the classroom, jarrah floorboards underneath, something that both... more On Remembrance Day, we stood in the classroom, jarrah floorboards underneath, something that both state housing and state schools had in those days. Had we listened on the radio to the stories of Simpson and his donkey? As part of the legacy of World War One, Gallipoli was told as a tragedy from teachers and historians of the right age to have had parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts, sisters and brothers participate. At least in my experience, though it is not necessarily the experience of Robyn Rowland, the author of This Intimate War (McBride 2015).

Plumwood Mountain Volume 3, No 1, 2016

A review on Plumwood Mountain Eco Poetry blog for Jane Joritz-Nakagawa's, "Distant Landscapes".

Papers by Susan L Sullivan

Journal and Proceedings of the Gender Awareness in Language Education Special Interest Group of the Japan Association for Language Teaching, Vol 15, 2023

Avril Haye-Matsui Speaks for Herself: Interview and Profile by Susan Laura Sullivan for Journal a... more Avril Haye-Matsui Speaks for Herself: Interview and Profile by Susan Laura Sullivan for Journal and Proceedings of the Gender Awareness in Language Education Special Interest Group of the Japan Association for Language Teaching, Vol 15, 2023

Journal and Proceedings of the Gender Awareness in Language Education, Volume 12, 2020

Within Japan, resources exist for foreign women in English language academic circles wishing to a... more Within Japan, resources exist for foreign women in English language academic circles wishing to advance their careers. However, there are also obstacles to progress, as much of the workforce system favours male employees over female. While this disparity is not limited to Japan, many female educators within the country may not be aware of support groups, networking opportunities, methods to strengthen curriculum vitae (CV) and help for women with families—among other forms of assistance—all of which can contribute to professional development. Systemic gender bias can affect utilisation of such resources by way of limited information and availability, thereby adding to disparity. This essay reviews some of the long-lasting causes and effects of gender inequality in Japan and, by highlighting useful materials and services for female academics, it addresses and attempts to remedy some of this imbalance. The paper suggests that knowledge of support systems and bolstering confidence at personal, specialist and networking levels can help women progress in their careers despite the continued existence of gender bias.

Westerly Magazine, Nov 15, 2018

The act of creation, and the act of creating Women of a Certain Age. Do we have more of a chance ... more The act of creation, and the act of creating Women of a Certain Age. Do we have more of a chance to develop creativity as we age and time is freed up, or is it an innate and inherent part of us all? A reflection on the act of creativity by the editors of Women of a Certain Age: Jodie Moffat, Maria Scoda and Susan Laura Sullivan

Literature in Language Teaching Journal, Volume 7, Issue 1, Summer 2018, 2018

Summary and review of anthology, Women of a Certain Age (Fremantle Press) for Literature in Langu... more Summary and review of anthology, Women of a Certain Age (Fremantle Press) for Literature in Language Teaching Special Interest Group members.

A report on the collaborative writing process of "Alice Campion", pp. 50-55.

Literature in Language Teaching Journal, Jun 2015

Creative writing, creative projects, and projects involving creativity incorporate high personal ... more Creative writing, creative projects, and projects involving creativity incorporate high personal investment from students. The work generated from this input can be used as a “springboard” to deepen general learning. When conducted in English Medium Instruction classes (EMI), or in classes with related forms of teaching, the learning of English as an Additional Language (EAL) can be enhanced as a by-product (as implied by Allwright, 2013, p.6). As part of an EMI course designed by the author, second-year undergraduate comparative culture majors at a Japanese university explored aspects of creativity by researching elements of twentieth century art movements, including writing methods. From these literary guidelines students produced their own creative work, which ultimately appeared as part of a whole-class poster presentation. Among other features, students focused on the history and certain literary personalities of the movements as part of their research. The main interests of this article are learner autonomy, agency and growth generated a) from using this creative student-produced work, and b) from engagement with the research and creative material. It shares details of class activities and evaluations from the yearlong course, including examples of student literature. Learner rather than language development holds the stronger focus of the paper. However, as the lessons were conducted in a foreign language (English), aspects of language development are touched upon.

Peace as a Global Language: Peace and Welfare in the Global and Local Community, Peace as a Global Language Peace and Welfare in the Global and Local Community. Eds., Tina Ottman, Zane Ritchie, Hugh Palmer and Daniel Warchulski,, Jul 21, 2016

Is empathy a necessary part of communicative competence, in both a native or other language? Can ... more Is empathy a necessary part of communicative competence, in both a native or other language? Can exercises be developed to encourage the connection that can lead to empathy, and is developing empathy necessary for healthy global interaction? First-year comparative culture students at Aichi University use the Putumayo World Music website as a resource when learning both research and presentation skills. The classes are taught in English, and by using technology, music content and research, intercultural awareness is raised and linguistic skills are developed. At a basic level these exercises address and ameliorate some of the ethnocentric stages of Bennett’s Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity (DMIS) (2004, 1986/2011), and work towards alleviating some of the conscious and unconscious defences students might have in recognising the value of different cultures. The exercises can work coincidentally in the direction of raising self-awareness of the students’ own culture, particularly at a personal level. All of this can contribute to the ability to “ . . .engage in empathy . . .” in relation to other cultures (Bennett, 2004, p. 70). This chapter will discuss some of the linguistic, pedagogic and cultural benefits of exploring non-main stream music in a Japanese classroom setting, using English as the means of instruction

Civilization 21, 34, pp.31-39. Aichi University, Nagoya/Toyohashi , Mar 2015

Memory and experience are often seen as key elements of creativity (OʼConnor, 1969). In attempts ... more Memory and experience are often seen as key elements of creativity (OʼConnor, 1969). In attempts to define the process, observers and practitioners also feel that metacognition and being prepared are important components (Harnad, 2007; McMahon, 2012). These features can rally with and against views of creativity as being filtered through and stemming from “sensory and affective knowledges”, movement and corporeal actuality (Gibbs, 2005, ¶20; Krauth, 2008, 2010; MacFarlane, 2005). The hypothetical aspects of creativity touched on above are in no way exhaustive or exclusive of one another, nor are they the only elements, views and areas researched. However, this essay will particularly focus on the notion of the body, including memory, as a nesting place for creativity and “dimly-remembered melodies” (¶20). Its main focus is in the area of creative writing

Civilization 21, 32, pp. 1-23. Aichi University, Nagoya/Toyohashi , Dec 2014

Exploring the role an EMI class focusing on the writing aspects of twentieth century art movement... more Exploring the role an EMI class focusing on the writing aspects of twentieth century art movements can play in encouraging CALP and plurilingualism among Japanese tertiary level students.

Women of a Certain Age - Fremantle Press, Mar 2018

Journal and Proceedings of the Gender Awareness in Language Education Special Interest Group of the Japan Association for Language Teaching, Vol 15,, 2023

Journal and Proceedings of the Gender Awareness in Language Education Special Interest Group of the Japan Association for Language Teaching, 2022

Journal and Proceedings of the Gender Awareness in Language Education Special Interest Group of t... more Journal and Proceedings of the Gender Awareness in Language Education Special Interest Group of the Japan Association for Language Teaching, Volume 14, 2022
Main Editor: Gwyn Helverson
Assistant Editor: Susan Laura Sullivan

Journal and Proceedings of the Gender Awareness in Language Education Special Interest Group of the Japan Association for Language Teaching, Vol 13, 2021, 2021

Journal and Proceedings of the Gender Awareness in Language Education Special Interest Group of the Japan Association for Language Teaching, Vol 15, 2023

Journal and Proceedings of the Gender Awareness in Language Education Special Interest Group, 2022

GALE NEWSLETTER: Gender Awareness in Language Teaching: Autumn , 2021

Plumwood Mountain Vol 6, No 1 , 2019

Plumwood Mountain Volume 4, No 1, 2017

Plumwood Mountain Volume 3, No 1, 2016

A review on Plumwood Mountain Eco Poetry blog for Jane Joritz-Nakagawa's, "Distant Landscapes".

Journal and Proceedings of the Gender Awareness in Language Education Special Interest Group of the Japan Association for Language Teaching, Vol 15, 2023

Journal and Proceedings of the Gender Awareness in Language Education, Volume 12, 2020

Westerly Magazine, Nov 15, 2018

Literature in Language Teaching Journal, Volume 7, Issue 1, Summer 2018, 2018

A report on the collaborative writing process of "Alice Campion", pp. 50-55.

Literature in Language Teaching Journal, Jun 2015

Civilization 21, 34, pp.31-39. Aichi University, Nagoya/Toyohashi , Mar 2015

Civilization 21, 32, pp. 1-23. Aichi University, Nagoya/Toyohashi , Dec 2014

Working Papers From The Near Language Education Conference , Oct 2014

Is empathy a necessary part of communicative competence, in both a native or other language? Can ... more Is empathy a necessary part of communicative competence, in both a native or other language? Can exercises be developed to encourage the connection that can lead to empathy, and is developing empathy necessary for healthy global interaction? First year comparative culture students at Aichi University use the Putumayo World Music site as a research tool when learning both research and presentation skills. The classes are taught in English, and by using the Internet, music content and research, intercultural awareness is raised and linguistic skills are developed. At a basic level these exercises address and ameliorate some of the stages of Bennett’s Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity (2011), and work towards alleviating some of the conscious and unconscious defences students might have towards recognising the value of different cultures. Concurrently, the exercises incidentally work towards raising self-awareness of the students’ own culture, particularly at a personal level.

Global Issues in Language Education Newsletter (GILE), #91, Tottori, Japan , Apr 2014

According to the Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity (Bennett, 1986/2011), there are... more According to the Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity (Bennett, 1986/2011), there are many defenses that students can display towards developing an awareness of both their own culture and other cultures. Activities designed to overcome these defenses are sorely needed in a world where ‘accidental’ drone victims are officially regarded as “bugsplats” (Robinson, 2011), and where many global policies cultivate the existence of “unpeople”, that is, people who are ‘dispensable’ amongst the world’s population (Curtis, 2004 in Chomsky, 2012).

Civilization 21, 32, pp. 139-145. Aichi University, Nagoya/Toyohashi, Mar 2014

There are many pieces of advice given to students and practitioners of creative writing aimed at ... more There are many pieces of advice given to students and practitioners of creative writing aimed at improving and developing their craft. One of the most confusing, but most often uttered piece of advice is, “Show, don’t tell”. A quick search of this term on Google will return more results than inhabitants of Australia. Three and a half times more. For beginning writers in particular, it is a valuable piece of advice. Yet, if the beginning writer cannot understand or apply the advice, it is useless. The following lecture explores three points of this concept in detail, those being:
1. Express the abstract through the concrete 2a. Avoid over-summarisation and
2b. Show the story through scenes where necessary
3. Be wary of overusing the passive and indirect voice,
The lecture attempts to ‘show’ how not to ‘tell’ by providing examples and explanation which will hopefully decode and illuminate this ironically ‘hard to pinpoint’ concept.

Civilization 21, 30, pp. 25-35. Aichi University, Nagoya/Toyohashi , Mar 2013

This paper will undertake the viewpoint that to define or discuss any notion of current understan... more This paper will undertake the viewpoint that to define or discuss any notion of current understandings of proficiency in the field of second language learning (particularly focusing on English), one needs to inspect it from both the point of view of the stakeholders who need to use a second language as a long-term prospect (whether that be in an instructional or learning role) in one of the countries that Kachru (2005) determines as “Inner Circle” (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the U.K., or the U.S.), and also from the point of view of the stakeholders (students, instructors, institutions and policy makers, among others) whom he determines as “Expanding Circle” users of English (generally speaking, those in countries in which English is studied as a foreign language [p. 165]).

Bulletin of Institute of Language Education, 27, pp.79-97, Aichi University: Toyohashi, Jul 2012

This paper studies the use of authentic materials in the classroom. It introduces the concepts of... more This paper studies the use of authentic materials in the classroom. It introduces the concepts of what defines authentic materials, and presents various points of view of researchers, teachers and academics on their usefulness. In addition, it defines and illustrates cognitive learning concepts such as schema and ways of processing thought and knowledge. These concepts and points of view are practically applied to an EFL class, and the process and results are discussed. The effect of using authentic materials is also explored throughout.

Publication Name: Bulletin of Keiwa College,17, pp. 109-123 , Feb 2008

Schumann’s Acculturation model is classed by some as sociolinguistic, (Mangubhai, 2005) and other... more Schumann’s Acculturation model is classed by some as sociolinguistic, (Mangubhai, 2005) and others as sociocultural (Ellis, 1997; Mitchell & Myles, 1998; Pavlneko, 2000; Spolsky 1996; Thorne, 2000). Ellis specifies sociocultural models as those concentrating on the environments when and where communication in the target language (TL) is commonplace, and where the social conditions of these environments control the engagement of learners with the TL, which in turn governs the degree to which they acquire it (Ellis, 1997, p42). In the case of the Acculturation Model, the individual learner aspects of motivation and ego-permeability (aspects which will be explored further in this essay) also play a part (Schumann, 1986, p. 384).

GALE Newsletter, Autumn, 2022

GALE-Newsletter-Autumn-2022 Editor and main layout: Susan Laura Sullivan Layout and editorial ass... more GALE-Newsletter-Autumn-2022
Editor and main layout: Susan Laura Sullivan
Layout and editorial assistant: Terry Tuttle

Limina: a Journal of Historical and Cultural Studies, 2023

Poem: suviving the artillery of snow Limina: a Journal of Historical and Cultural Studies Volume ... more Poem: suviving the artillery of snow
Limina: a Journal of Historical and Cultural Studies
Volume 28, Issue 1 July 2023
ISSN 1833-3419

Limina: A Journal of Historical and Cultural Studies, 2023

poem, "the sale is not complete" for Liminia Volume 28, Issue 1 July 2023 ISSN 1833-3419 Susan La... more poem, "the sale is not complete" for Liminia Volume 28, Issue 1 July 2023
ISSN 1833-3419
Susan Laura Sullivan

Argotist Online Poetry, 2023

GALE NEWSLETTER Gender Awareness in Language Teaching Autumn 2021, 2021

the applicant review: poem for the GALE SIG Newsletter (Ed. Jane Joritz-Nakagawa, 2021), pp. 25-26

Going Down Swinging 40-1 40-2, 2020

Hat 1, poem from Going Down Swinging, 40-1, 40-2, originially published in same journal in 1991. ... more Hat 1, poem from Going Down Swinging, 40-1, 40-2, originially published in same journal in 1991.
"A collection of some of our favourites from our thirty-nine year history"
ALSO performed with Blue Peru in Melbourne in 1991, and for the Toyohashi Writers Group 2nd birthday in Toyohashi, 2014.
ISBN: 978-0-9943674-6-4

Glue, Sep 26, 2016

There was a time when Australian leaders cared about everyone being fit, not just the star athlet... more There was a time when Australian leaders cared about everyone being fit, not just the star athletes bringing in gold for the plucky country. From 1977 to 1981 Norm was the government’s beer-bellied mascot, its way of motivating the masses to movement. He encouraged us to participate every day—to be active, to exercise. ‘Life. Be in it’; that was the slogan. The ad played on our televisions, especially during the cartoons and science shows explaining how spiders spin webs and how to glue things to other things. Everyone could hum the theme and we who grew up before the Internet united us in our disparity can recall it still.

Communion Literary Magazine, Jun 1, 2016

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The Font: A Literary Journal for Language Teachers, 2016, Vol 1

I ate a banana like I do every morning. They come from the Philippines here, or Ecuador and it do... more I ate a banana like I do every morning. They come from the Philippines here, or Ecuador and it doesn't take them long to go mouldy in the humidity, so I don't buy too many at any time. Then I wrote out my list. That wasn't easy to do because I was wearing my green rubber gloves, the ones I wash the dishes with. It's not so easy to eat a banana either when you're wearing them.
http://thefontjournal.com/rubber-gloves/

The Font: A Literary Journal for Language Teachers

I spent four days in jail. A little drunk. A little too much to drink. That was down in Missouri.... more I spent four days in jail. A little drunk. A little too much to drink. That was down in Missouri. You know, it was a Friday and the judge didn’t work Mondays. That was the first time I read a book.
http://thefontjournal.com/four-days/

a photo and short poem appearing in the most recent edition of Otoliths (Southern Summer, 2016)

the visitor, the guest has clean sheets to lie on (poem), Rat’s Ass Review– ongoing section, Love... more the visitor, the guest has clean sheets to lie on (poem), Rat’s Ass Review– ongoing section, Love and the Ensuing Madness.

Jane Joritz-Nakagawa edits the 2015 December edition of TRUCK, Halvard Johnson's online poetry mag.

Rat's Ass Review, Volume 3, Issue 1 (2015), Jul 15, 2015

A poem recently published on Rat's Ass Review. Please follow the link below.

Uneven Floor, Apr 2015

A poem publish on Uneven Floor. Please follow the link below.

The Font: A Literary Journal for Language Teachers, Apr 2015

Prose - Excerpts from Reasons for Song. Please follow the link below.

In their branches: Stories from ABC RN’s trees project, (p.76). ABC Books/Harper Collins: Sydney., Mar 2015

Prose, available through the link below, or scroll down for the ABC link/radio drop.

The Font, Vol 1, 2014. A literary journal for language teachers, Apr 2014

Prose published in The Font: A Literary Journal for Language Teachers. Please follow the link below.