Anthony Robins

I was born in London but grew up in Eastbourne, on the south coast of England.

I have been in Japan between 1983 and 1991 and from 1995. Before working in Japan, I also worked in England and Greece.

I have now been working at AUE (Aichi University of Education) for more than twenty years. I am now involved with the
Educational Governance Course, but I am also the final coordinator of the former International Culture Course. Some
students will continue to graduate from this course in 2021.

My previous positions in Japan were at International Language Centre in Tokyo, Toyohashi University of Technology,
and NIT (Nagoya Institute of Technology). I like to keep in touch with students and teachers past and present.

Colleagues and I worked on a CLIL project, using Kaken funds. Read about related events here:

My most recent publications have been:

2021:  The suitability of types of digital learning for a situation such as the Covid-19 crisis, with reference to both Japan and overseas.
in 'Gaikokugo Kenkyuu' (54) (Aichi University of Education)

2020:  The Role of Age Appropriacy with particular reference to elementary school education
and
An Encounter with CLIL in Argentina
in 'CLIL in Diverse Contexts' (Aichi University of Education)

2019:  How inbound international students can help shape the classroom environment through successful interaction
with Japanese students. 
in 'Gaikokugo Kenkyuu' (52) (Aichi University of Education)

Find out about my other publications 

In both December 2017 and 2018, I did a two days' intensive course for elementary school teachers,
with more than 'a little help from my friends'. Find out more here.

My most recent presentations have been:

Students' reflections on an overseas teaching practice program (with Tony Ryan)
Online on 28th August 2021 organised at Shandong University, Jinan, China.

World Education: Creating a Learning Community. A poster presentation at the JALT International Conference 2020 (Online).
See the poster here.

Focussing on Content in University Language Classes to provide a more diverse learning environment for both Japanese
and International students.
on 20th September 2019 at Shandong University, Jinan, China.

Helping International Students to Bring the World into the Language Classroom
on 18th May 2018
and
Teacher-Trainees and Overseas Teaching Practice in Australia (with Tony Ryan)
on 19th May 2018
at the 2018 International Conference on English Teaching and Learning at National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.

Inbound and Local, Shaping the Classroom Together! (with Takayuki Nagamine)
on 20th November 2017 at the 2017 JALT International Conference in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture:

Other past presentations include:

Made in Hong Kong  The Organization of Elementary School English in Hong Kong - Can Japan learn from Hong Kong's experience?
on 21st April 2019 at Aichi University for the Toyohashi Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT).

Encouraging Learning with an Online Video Resource  with James Venema at the annual JALTCall conference at Kyushu Sangyo University in Fukuoka, on 6th June 2015.

Administrative Tools for Making Tests, Tracking Homework, Grading...... with other JALT Toyohashi members at Aichi University, Toyohashi, on 13th July 2014.

A Taste of Teaching in Australia - The Great Adventure  for the JALT PanSig Conference at Nanzan University, Nagoya, on 18th May 2013, with Tony Ryan.  We described the organisation of this Australian teaching practice opportunity in Summer 2012.

A Taste of Teaching more than 7,000 kilometers from home to the JALT Toyohashi chapter meeting on 17th February 2013, where three students and I reflected on our experiences of overseas teaching practice in Australia in late summer 2012:

Presentations in 2011: Three were concerned with CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning) at the 2011 JALT CALL Conference at Kurume University in Kyushu, at Toyohashi JALT Chapter, and in Manila at Glocall 2011.   One was a workshop on 23rd December with Tony Ryan on the topic of using 'big books' with elementary and junior high English classes.

I am a long-time member of JALT (Japan Association for Language Teaching) and have been active in the organisation.
I am currently Chapter President of JALT Toyohashi Chapter.

I have attended three Glocall conferences.  As well as joining its 2011 conference in Manila, I also joined its conference in Nanjing in 2006 - see pictures

and in Ho Chi Minh City in 2007 - see pictures

I am a member of the Japan Society which is based in London and has published a number of book reviews for the society.

I am particularly concerned about environmental activities and am interested in transport, especially their combination - environmentally friendly transport.  See some examples from California.

With students from NIT in July 2001

Find out about my publications

Interesting books Updated!

Travel experiences 

Teaching at AUE gives me the opportunity to work with groups of cheerful and enthusiastic students and to supervise graduation reports on a wide variety of topics. I am supervising three undergraduate students' theses in the 2021-2 academic year. Find out about students and their theses over the years.