Curriculum Vitaes
Profile Information
- Affiliation
- Professor, Faculty of Global Studies Department of Global Communication, Musashino UniversityPart-time Lecturer, Tokyo Gakugei University
- Degree
- M.A. (Hons.)(1978, The University of Edinburgh)M.A. (TESOL)(1993, Columbia University)Ph.D. (Applied Linguistics)(2008, The University of Birmingham (UK))
- J-GLOBAL ID
- 200901049602947154
- researchmap Member ID
- 1000093676
Research Areas
2Research History
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Apr, 1999 - Present
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Apr, 1999 - Present
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Apr, 2005 - Mar, 2021
Education
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- Dec, 2009
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Oct, 1999 - Dec, 2008
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May, 1991 - Oct, 1993
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Oct, 1974 - Jul, 1978
Papers
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The Asian Conference on Education 2023: Official Conference Proceedings, 2099-2110, Jan 28, 2024 Peer-reviewedLead author
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The Asian Conference on Education 2022: Official Conference Proceedings, 423-433, Feb, 2023 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
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PEOPLE: International Journal of Social Sciences, 7(3) 82-103, Dec 23, 2021 Peer-reviewed
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Proceedings of ROCMELIA and APAMALL 2018, 16-24, Oct, 2018 Peer-reviewed
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People: International Journal of Social Sciences, 3(3) 675-692, Dec, 2017 Peer-reviewedInvited
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Collected Articles on the English Language (Ronsetsu Shiryou Hozonkai), 49(6) 596-601, Jun, 2017 Peer-reviewedInvited
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KOTESOL Proceedings 2013, 159-164, Sep, 2014 Peer-reviewedInvitedA report of tentative research to examine the question of how accurate pronunciation may affect lexical access. It considered interaction between the two factors investigated as well as their independent effects. Some evidence was found to suggest that awareness of pronunciation of words may influence reading comprehension, although the nature of that influence was not clear.
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44(1) 617, Oct, 2012 Peer-reviewedInvitedDiscussion of how succesful a training programme narrowly focusing on strategies specifically designed to increase the integration of information from visual images and written text were. Also, addresses the likelihood that these findings could be generalized to a larger population than those under study here.
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Doctoral Thesis Presented to the University of Birmingham (UK), Mar, 2008 Peer-reviewed
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Eigo Gaku Ronsetsu Shiryo Hozonkai, Vol.29-1, Apr, 1997
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Eigo Gaku Ronsetsu Shiryo Hozonkai, Vol.28-5, May, 1996
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Eigo Gaku Ronsetsu Shiryo Hozonkai, Vol.27-1, Jun, 1995
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Musashino Journal of British & American Literature, 25(25) p93-119, 1992 InvitedA detailed account of the language acquisition, in English and Japanese, of the author's son, growing up in Japan. The focus is specifically on the acquisition of grammatical morphemes and the order in which they were acquired, with reference to the earlier work of Brown and de Villiers & de Villiers.
Misc.
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Global Communication Journal, 6, Mar, 2016Discussion (including results of a small pilot survey) regarding student, teacher, and administration perceptions of the need for change in content or orientation of English language teaching at the secondary and tertiary level in Japan. The focus is on whether or not there should be any special emphasis owing to the approaching Tokyo Olympic Games.
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Global Communication Journal, (4), Feb, 2015This paper reported findings from several studies related to the connections made by EFL readers between information in various modes. Discussion then focused narrowly on the need to re-assess the role of skills and strategies training in the light of findings that suggest beneficial interaction with vocabulary development exercises.
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Global Communication, 2 1-9, Feb, 2013A consideration of various tools designed to aid learning and teaching, particularly of languages, from the point of view of how likely they are to increase learning by themselves.<br /> The role of the teacher and the changing nature of this role is discussed.
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Musashino Eibei Bungaku, 44, Feb, 2012A comparison of how various aspects of the (mainly Christian-inspired) Creation myth are illustrated in these two famous works of fantasy and science fiction.
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Musashino Eibei Bungaku, Vol.42, Feb, 2010
Books and Other Publications
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Cambridge Scholars Publishing (UK), Aug, 2012Improving EFL reading through training in integrating text and illustrations.
Presentations
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9th Musashino Speech and Hearing Conference, Mar 16, 2024 Invited
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ACE 2023 (15th Asian Conference on Education), Tokyo, Japan, Nov 23, 2023
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The Asian Conference on Education 2022, Nov 30, 2022
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2020-XVth International Conference on Business, Economics, Law, Language & Psychology (ICBELLP), Sep 2, 2020 Invited
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16th ICTEL 2020 - International Conference on Teaching, Education & Learning, Aug 31, 2020 Invited
Professional Memberships
6Works
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Oct, 2014 Others(Abstract only of the paper presented at the conference, and later published in full elsewhere) A report of findings from studies related to connections made by EFL readers between information presented in different modes. The main point being made was the need to think again about the importance of skills and strategies training in the light of findings that suggestthey interact beneficially with vocabulary development work.
Other
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May, 2019 - May, 20192-Day conference, including workshops Attended as a participant only
教育内容・方法の工夫
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Subject視聴覚教材（ＤＶＤ・ＣＤ）等使用Date(From)2003Date(To)2003Summary学生のヒアリング力向上並びに興味を抱かせる為
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Subjectトークショップ開始の準備Summary（授業外）学生のフリートーキング練習（研究室にて）