Kip A. Cates has a B.A. in Modern Languages (French, German, Japanese) from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, and an M.A. in Applied Linguistics from the University of Reading, England. He is the coordinator of the "Global Issues In Language Education" Special Interest Group (GILE SIG) of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT) and is past president of the international TESOLers for Social Responsibility (TSR) Caucus.
He is a professor in the Faculty of Regional Sciences at Tottori University, Japan where he teaches courses on Globalization, Global Issues, International Exchange and English Communication. He also teaches graduate courses on Global Education for the MA-in-TESOL program of Teachers College Columbia University (Tokyo campus). He publishes a quarterly "Global Issues in Language Education" newsletter and has given presentations on global education in the UK, US, Canada, Australia, Hungary, Malaysia, Vietnam, Greece, Egypt, and Korea. He has worked, lived or travelled in 50 countries and speaks nine languages.
His current projects include global education teacher training for the Japanese NGO Peace Boat and organizing a bi-annual “Asian Youth Forum” (AYF) which brings together college students from countries such as Japan, Korea, Thailand, Taiwan, Vietnam, Russia and the Philippines for workshops promoting international understanding through the medium of English as an Asian language.
Personal
- NAME: (Mr) Kip A. CATES (Full name: Alexander Kippen CATES)
- NATIONALLITY: Canadian
- DATE OF BIRTH: May 24, 1953
- WORK ADDRESS: Tottori University, 4-101 Minami, Koyama-cho, Tottori City, Japan 680-8551
- CONTACT: Work Tel/Fax: 0857-31-5650 E-mail: kcates@rstu.jp
- TRAVEL: Extensive travel to over 50 countries
- LANGUAGES: English, French, German, Japanese, Arabic, Russian, Chinese, Spanish, Korean
- WEB PROFILE: Tottori University profile - www.rs.tottori-u.ac.jp/bunka/cates.html
On-line profile - www.english-hsg.gsn.ed.jp/gunma/biodataadvisers.htm
Academic
Professor, Dept. of Regional Culture, Faculty of Regional Sciences, Tottori University
Current Post Specializatin: Global Education
The integration into foreign language education (methods, materials, curriculum design, teacher training) of teaching approaches, ideas and activities from the fields of global education, peace education, human rights education, development education, environmental education and education for international understanding.
Undergraduate Teaching
- 2005-present: Full Professor, Faculty of Regional Sciences, Tottori University, JAPAN
- 1985-2005: Foreign Instructor, Faculty of Education, Tottori University, JAPAN
- 1983-1985: EFL Instructor and Program Coordinator, Yarmouk University, JORDAN
- 1979-1982: Instructor of English, Kobe YMCA English College, Kobe, JAPAN
Graduate Teaching
- 1990-present: Instructor, "Global Issues and Cooperative Learning" Course, MA-in-TESOL Program, Teachers College, Columbia University, Tokyo
Teacher Training
- July 1998: Instructor, 1998 Summer Academy: Peace, Global Issues, EFL (Lebanon)
- July 1995: Instructor, 1995 TESOL Peace Education Summer Institute (USA)
- 1992-2005: Lecturer, National JET Renewer’s Conference (Japan)
- 1993-2005: Lecturer, Nagano Prefectural Seminars for English Teachers (Japan)
- 1986-1994: Lecturer, Tottori Prefectural Seminars for English Teachers (Japan)