Kevin Ryan works and lives in Tokyo, Japan. He teaches how to use computers in English at Showa Women's University and at the University of Tokyo. His research focuses on Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) and Second Language Acquisition (SLA). He enjoys riding his bike about 12 kilometers to work most days, as well as the short ride to the river where he can fly sports kites or play Frisbee. Summers are usually spent near Denver where all of his family have migrated from Chicago. 

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Currently Reading:
The Confusion (2nd of the Baroque Trilogy)
La Sombra del Viento by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Bicycling Science

Recommended
On Intelligence by Jeff Hawkins
Mind Wide Open by Steven Johnson
The Universe in a Single Atom (Dalai Lama)

Recently Watched:
Match Point (3/5)
The Shield Season 4 (4/5)
Chronicles of Narnia (3/5)

Listening to:
Nizlopi
Prince
Neil Young

Thinking about:
Input and language learning
Cognitive Science and Linguistics
Moving Courseware Audio online
Podcasting

Working on:
Best Hits CD for What's Up Setagaya radio show
Multimedia MP3 CD Collection of all What's Up Setagaya programs for first year, with scripts and pictures
Using Moodle to coordinate 400 EFL students
Using new DynEd online licenses most effectively for Showa students

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