AKIKO NAKAYAMA

Last Updated :2025/06/04

Affiliations, Positions
Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Associate Professor
E-mail
anakayamhiroshima-u.ac.jp
Self-introduction
My research has started to answer the question "what kind of experiences do Japanese language learners have in Japan." which grabbed me as a Japanese language teacher and as a foreign language learner. In the process of tackling the question, I was aware of the fallacy and the limit I was captured. I am also interested in qualitative research methods and teacher education.

Basic Information

Academic Degrees

  • Osaka University
  • Osaka University

In Charge of Primary Major Programs

  • Teaching Japanese as a Second Language

Research Fields

  • Humanities;Linguistics;Japanese language education
  • Social sciences;Education;Sociology of education

Research Keywords

  • Life stories
  • Cross-Cultural education
  • Sociology of education
  • Teaching Japanese as a Second/ Foreign Language

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

  1. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 1Term, Research Tutorial II
  2. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 1Term, Fundamentals of Teaching Japanese as a Second Language
  3. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 2Term, Introduction to Intercultural Interaction
  4. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Transcultural Education (Sem.)
  5. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Teaching Practicum in Japanese as a Foreign Language
  6. 2025, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Specific Study of Japanese as a Second Language I
  7. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Specific Study of Japanese as a Second Language II
  8. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Graduation Thesis
  9. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Educational Sciences and Society
  10. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Educational Sciences and Society
  11. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Research Methods in Teaching Japanese as a Second Language
  12. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Research Project on Teaching Japanese as a Second Language
  13. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Advanced Studies in Intercultural Education
  14. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 4Term, Seminar on Intercultural Education
  15. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Practicum in Teaching Japanese as a Second Language
  16. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Practicum in Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language
  17. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Tutorial Seminar in Special Topics
  18. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Tutorial Seminar in Special Topics
  19. 2025, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , First Semester, Research in Special Topics
  20. 2025, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Second Semester, Research in Special Topics

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. Collegially exploring engaged meaningful learning: Stories, perspectives, dialogue, and issues., The Learner Development Journal, 7, 128-156, 2023
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  2. Making a Learning Environment Beyond the Language Classroom: A Language Learning History of a Japanese Pop Culture Fan, 3, 79-95, 20220715
  3. What Deaf or Hard of Hearing Workers Want in the Workplace: Analysis comments for a questionnaire survey of Deaf or Hard of Hearing employees at Company Z, 24-31, 20220325
  4. Communication in the Workplace for Workers with Deaf or Hard of Hearing: Focusing on interpersonal relationships, 2, 242-249, 20220325
  5. Reconciling with English: An Autobiography to Ruminate Over the Different Meanings That English Has for Us, The Learner Development Journal Issue 5: Engaging with the Multilingual Turn for Learner Development: Practices, 5, 25-39, 2021
  6. Notes for Life Story as a Qualitative Research Method in Language Education., 6, 63-69, 2018
  7. What comes after the linguistic instrumentalism: Some cases in the US and Korea, The Proceedings of the Symposium on Commodification and Consumption of Language Education, 20161007
  8. I don’t need Japanese anymore if I can speak English perfectly: Japanese versus English in a study-abroad program in Japan, Literacies, 22(2), 82-98

Invited Lecture, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation

  1. Exploring the interplay of gender and language learning: An autoethnographic journey, The first International Research Conference on Gender Studies-2023, 2310/12, With Invitation, English, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Sri Jayawardenepura, University of Sri Jayawardenepura, Gangodawita, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka