Finding Opportunities for SAC Bridge-Building
Expanding a Self-Access Center’s Contact: Finding Opportunities for Bridge-Building on Campus Lucius Von Joo Ryutsu Keizai University vonjoo@rku.ac.jp Robert J. Werner Ryutsu Keizai University rjwerner@gmail.com Suzune Suga Ryutsu Keizai University ssuga@rku.ac.jp
Author Biographies Lucius Von Joo is a teacher and learning advisor at Ryutsu Keizai University. He has taught deaf education, elementary education and EFL/ESL in California, Japan and New York. His research interests include computer assisted learning, media literacy, learning approaches, video-cued multivocal ethnography, and family and communities as educators. Robert J. Werner is a teacher and learning advisor at Ryutsu Keizai University, and he helped to start the self-access center there. He has taught EFL/ESL at elementary schools, junior high schools, and universities in Japan and the US. His research interests include self-directed learning, autonomy, and motivation. Suzune Suga is a self-access center (SAC) administrative staff member at Ryutsu Keizai University. She used to work as a computer applications instructor at the same university and held workshops for thirteen years before being transferred to the SAC. She is a newcomer to the field of self-access learning and continues to work to become more skilled at giving advice to her students.
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