SIMON ALASDAIR FRASER
Last Updated :2024/05/07
- Affiliations, Positions
- Institute for Foreign Language Research and Education, Professor
- E-mail
- fraserhiroshima-u.ac.jp
- Self-introduction
- My research interests include English for Specific Purposes (ESP), corpus analysis, and L2 vocabulary development. I am currently working on the compilation and analysis of medical English corpora and the development of medical English materials and wordlists. My interest in vocabulary extends to textbook writing, and I have co-authored several lexically-based course books for Japanese EFL learners.
Basic Information
Academic Degrees
- Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Linguistics, Swansea University
- Master of Science in Applied Linguistics, University of Edinburgh
Research Fields
- Humanities;Linguistics;Foreign language education
Educational Activity
Course in Charge
- 2024, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 1Term, CommunicationIA
- 2024, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 2Term, CommunicationIA
- 2024, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 1Term, CommunicationIA
- 2024, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 2Term, CommunicationIA
- 2024, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 3Term, Communication IIA
- 2024, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 3Term, Communication IIA
- 2024, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 4Term, Communication IIA
- 2024, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 4Term, Communication IIA
- 2024, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 1Term, Introduction to British and American Culture I
- 2024, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 3Term, Introduction to British and American Culture II
- 2024, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 2Term, Introduction to British and American Culture III
- 2024, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 4Term, Introduction to British and American Culture IV
- 2024, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Advanced Speaking in English BI
- 2024, Undergraduate Education, 4Term, Advanced Speaking in English BII
- 2024, Undergraduate Education, Year, Medical English
Research Activities
Academic Papers
- ★, Medical English Curriculum Development: The SiReN Approach, STEM English in Japan, 20221201
- A Review of McLean's Evidence for the Adoption of the Flemma as an Appropriate Word Counting Unit, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 26, 79-92, 20230301
- Investigating the English Language Needs of Hospital Medical Teams, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 26, 17-30, 20230301
- Researching and teaching word parts in a medical English curriculum, Journal of Medical English Education, 21(3), 155-158, 20221001
- Developing English-language video materials at a university hospital, Journal of Medical English Education, 21(3), 147-151, 20221001
- Evaluating Jarvis and Hashimoto's Operationalizations of Word Types and Their Influence on Lexical Diversity Measures, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 20220301
- Using Online Flipped Learning for Teaching English Language Speaking Skills at a Japanese University, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 25, 29-44, 20220301
- Expanding a Third-Year Medical English Curriculum at a Japanese National University, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 25, 1-13, 20220301
- ★, Exploring the importance of vocabulary for English as an additional language learners' reading comprehension, Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 11(3), 351-376, 20210914
- Using a Learning Management System for English Productive-skills Courses, Language Education under the Coronavirus Pandemic, 174-199, 20210325
- Integration of the TOEIC Speaking and Writing Tests into English Language Courses for Liberal Arts Education, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 24, 1-14, 20210301
- The Lexical and Textual Characteristics of Medical Case Reports: A Preliminary Investigation, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 24, 29-50, 20210301
- Investigating the extent to which vocabulary knowledge and skills can predict aspects of fluency for a small group of pre-intermediate Japanese L1 users of English (L2), Vocabulary and the Four Skills, 126-145, 20200601
- Incorporating the TOEIC Speaking and Writing Test into Regular First-year Writing Classes, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 23, 27-36, 20200301
- Coordinated Development of Course, Materials, and a Word List for Undergraduate Medical English Education, Journal of Medical English Education, 19(1), 27-36, 20200201
- Terminological Analysis in the Construction of a Body-systems-based Medical English Glossary, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 22, 77-90, 20190301
- An Experimental Term-based Flipped Learning Course on Medical English for Second-year Students, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 22, 59-75, 20190301
- Evaluating the Second Year of a Program that Integrates TOEIC® Speaking and Writing with Small Group Classes, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 22, 45-57, 20190301
- Developing vocabulary-rich undergraduate textbook materials to create an embedded medical lEnglish word list, Journal of Medical English Education, 17(3), 121-124, 20181001
- Evaluating a flipped learning course for third-year medical students, Journal of Medical English Education, 17(3), 125-129, 20181001
- Testing and evaluating a medical English flipped learning course, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 21, 13-32, 20180301
- Integrating the TOEIC writing test with small group classes, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 21, 1-12, 20180301
- Planning a full neurosurgery component for an undergraduate medical English word list and pedagogical materials, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education,, 21, 33-52, 20180301
- Integrating the TOEIC writing test with small group classes, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 21, 1-12, 20180301
- The planning and reality of constructing online medical English materials for second-year students., Journal of Medical English Education, 16(3), 62-67, 20171001
- Using ICT to create a medical English flipped learning course, Journal of Medical English Education, 16(3), 62-67, 20171001
- An asymmetrical network model of the Japanese EFL Learner’s Mental Lexicon, Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 20(2), 95-108, 20170601
- Creating online materials for medical English students, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 20, 49-64, 20170301
- Planning online medical English materials, Journal of Medical English Education, 16(1), 24-30, 20170301
- Speech acts, social reality and the cooperative principle in Joseph Conrad’s Lord Jim, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 20, 115-134, 20170301
- Integrating the TOEIC speaking test with small group classes., Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 20, 1-16, 20170301
- Using corpus analysis to create word lists and edit teaching materials, Journal of Medical English Education, 15(2), 24-24, 20160601
- Applying internal medicine corpus analysis findings to the development of pedagogical materials, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 19, 109-128, 20160301
- Analysing medical English development at a university using a communicative competence model, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education,, 19, 93-108, 20160301
- Creating a corpus-informed EMP course for medical undergraduates, Professional and Academic English Journal, 20150401
- Capturing and representing asymmetries in Japanese EFL learners’ mental lexicon: A preliminary report, Hiroshima University Academic Society for English Language Education, 20150301
- Medical Word List Development through Corpus and Course Construction, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 20150301
- A Background Study for the Development of Medical English Corpora, Word Lists and University Course Materials in Japan, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 17, 179-193, 20140301
- A Corpus Analysis of an Anatomy Textbook: Preliminary Findings and Implications for Medical English Materials Development, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 17, 119-140, 20140301
- Creating pedagogical word lists for ESAP learners, IATEFL 2012 Glasgow Conference Selections, 193-194, 20130301
- Building Corpora and Compiling Pedagogical Lists for Medical Students, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 16, 65-88, 20130301
- English for Medical Purposes: Teaching an Intensive English Course to Third-Year Medical Students, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 16, 65-88, 20130301
- Factors Affecting the Learnability of Technical Vocabulary: Findings from a Specialized Corpus, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 12, 151-167, 20120301
- Technical vocabulary and collocational behaviour in a specialised corpus, Proceedings of the 2009 BAAL Annual Conference Language, Learning, and Context, 20100701
- Effects of different types of out-of-class learning on TOEIC score gains, TOEIC Research Report No.5, 20100301
- Syntactic categorization of ditransitive and dative verbs by Japanese EFL learners, Proceedings of the 14th Conference of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 251-254, 20090701
- Methodological Considerations of Mental Lexicon Research : Focusing on Representational Links among Lexical Entries, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 133-151, 20090301
- Breaking Down the Divisions between General, Academic, and Technical
Vocabulary: The Establishment of a Single, Discipline-based Word List for ESP Learners, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 12, 151-167, 20090301
- Providing ESP Learners with the Vocabulary They Need: Corpora and the Creation of Specialized Word Lists, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 10, 127-143, 20070301
- The Nature and Role of Specialized Vocabulary: What do ESP Teachers and Learners Need to Know?, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 9, 63-75, 20060301
- The Construction of a Database of University English Entrance Examinations in Japan, Testing International, the Official Publication of the International Test Commission, 8-11, 20031201
- A Statistical Analysis of the Vocabulary of Medical Research Articles (3): Technical and Subtechnical Vocabulary, Integrated Studies in Nursing Science, Kure University, 4(2), 27-45, 20030301
- A Statistical Analysis of the Vocabulary of Medical Research Articles (2): Differences across the ‘IMRAD’ Structure, Integrated Studies in Nursing Science, Kure University, 4(1), 27-34, 20020901
- A Statistical Analysis of the Vocabulary of Medical Research Articles (1): Comparison with the COBUILD Frequency Count, Integrated Studies in Nursing Science, Kure University, 3(1), 38-58, 20010901
- The Effect of Speaking Rate and Accent on Listening Comprehension, Collection of AILA Distinguished Speeches and Papers, AILA 1999 Proceedings on CD ROM, 20000301
- Language and Social Class in Britain, Social Information Science, 4, 19981101
- British and American English: What are the Differences?, Social Information Science, 2, 87-105, 19981101
- Communication in the English Language Classroom: the Current Status of Communicative Language Teaching in Japan, Social Information Science, 1, 45-55, 19951201
- The Organisation of the Mental Lexicon: What are the Implications for Vocabulary Teaching?, Studies in English Language Education: a Bulletin for Teachers of English as a Foreign Language, 37/38, 27-45, 19951101
- Developing corpus-informed medical English materials for third-year students, Journal of Medical English Education, 15(3), 108-113, 2016
- The Lexical Characteristics of Specialized Texts, JALT2004 Conference Proceedings, 318-327, 2005
- What is ‘Scots’? A Look at the Language of Scotland, Eigo Kyoikugaku Kenkyu, Studies in English Language Education: A Collection of Essays Published in Commemoration of Professor Mikio Matsumura’s Retirement from Office
Publications such as books
- 2019, The Wisdom English-Japanese Dictionary (Fourth Edition), Dictionary, SANSEIDO Co., Ltd. Publishers, 2019, January, Dictionary/Encyclopedia, Cocompilation, English/Japanese, Multiple, ISBN 978-4-385-10592-5, 2336
- 2018, Power-up Practice for the TOEIC L&R Test, 2018, Textbook, Joint work, English, Kazumichi Enokida, Satoshi Hiramoto, Simon Fraser, ISBN978-4-269-66052-6, 122
- 2017/04/01, HiroTan, Institute for Foreign Language Research and Education, Hiroshima University, 2017, April, Dictionary/Encyclopedia, Joint work, English/Japanese, Multiple, 1299, 261
- 2016, English for World Travel: Improving Speaking and Listening Skills, EIHOSHA Co., Ltd, 2016, Textbook, Joint work, English, Koji Uenishi, Walter Davies, Simon Fraser, 978-4-269-66038-0, 92
- 2016/01, A Four-Skills Approach to the TOEIC Test: Gateway to Global Communication, EIHOSHA Co., Ltd, 2016, January, Textbook, Joint work, English/Japanese, Kazumichi Enokida, Satoshi Hiramoto, Simon Fraser, 978-4-269-66037-3, 121
- 2014, The Hirodai Standard 6000 Vocabulary List (Book 2)
- 2014/10/01, Hirodai Standard 6000 Vocabulary List Book 2, 2014, October, Dictionary/Encyclopedia, Joint work, English/Japanese, Multiple, 0212990504707, 219
- 2013/01/10, Wisdom Dictionary, 3rd Edition
- 2008/01/15, Power-up Practice for the TOEIC Test (Revised Edition), EIHOSHA, Ltd., 2008, January
- 2008, Power-Up Practice for the TOEIC Test (Revised Edition)
- 2007, Power-Up Practice for the TOEIC Test
Invited Lecture, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation
- What Words Do EAL Learners Need to Know to be Successful: The Importance of Domain Specific Word Lists, BAAL 2022, 2022/07, Without Invitation, Japanese, British Association of Applied Linguistics, Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Why Do EAL Learners Struggle with Reading Comprehension?: A Corpus-Based Analysis, 2022, Without Invitation, Japanese, British Association of Applied Linguistics, Belfast, Northern Ireland
- What Words do EAL Learners Need in the Classroom: Identifying Important Academic Vocabulary and Multiword Expressions for the EAL Context, ALANZ 2022, Without Invitation, English
- Sensitizing students to word parts on a medical English course, 25th JASMEE Academic Meeting, 2022/07/16, Without Invitation, English
- Making Instructional Videos for a University Hospital, 25th JASMEE Academic Meeting, 2022/07/16, Without Invitation, English, JASMEE, Japan Education Center
- A corpus analysis of medical case reports with pedagogical implications, BAAL Annual Conference, 2021/09/10, Without Invitation, English, Northumbria University, Newcastle
- The lexical and textual characteristics of medical case reports, 24th JASMEE Academic Meeting, 2021/07/17, Without Invitation, English
- English for Specific Purposes: Emerging Challenges and Possibilities in Higher Education, English for Medical Purposes (EMP): Materials Design, Development, and Delivery: FLaRE 29th Annual Research Meeting, Hiroshima University, 2021/03/06, With Invitation, English
- Can productive vocabulary knowledge measures predict IELTS writing proficiency?, L2 Writing Seminar, 2021/05/14, Without Invitation, English
- Academic vocabulary and formulaic language in the EAL context: Creating a discipline-specific EAL word list, EuroSLA, 2021/06/30, Without Invitation, English
- Investigating the extent to which vocabulary knowledge measures predict IELTS writing task scores, EuroSLA, 2021/06/30, Without Invitation, English
- Academic Vocabulary and its Significance for English as an Additional Language Learners, Gavin Brooks, Jon Clenton, Simon Fraser, 3rd International Conference on Sociolinguistics, 2020/08/26, Without Invitation, English
- Creating an EAL Word List: Bridging the Gaps in EAL Learners' Vocabulary Knowledge, Équipe d'Accueil Sociétés Traditionnelles et Contemporaines en Océanie (EASTCO EA 4241), French Polynesia, 2020/04/15, With Invitation, English
- Collaboration in Materials Writing, JALT 2019, 2019/11/03, With Invitation, English, Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT), WINC Aichi, Nagoya
- Integrating Materials and a Word List for an EMP Course, JALT CUE & BizCom ESP Symposium, 2019/09/21, With Invitation, English, JALT, Osaka
- A Medical English Glossary for Undergraduates at Japanese Schools of Medicine, BAAL Annual Conference, 2019/09/29, Without Invitation, English, British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL), Manchester, UK
- A Body-Systems-based Medical English Glossary for Undergraduates, JASMEE Conference, 2019/07, Without Invitation, English
- Trialling a Third-year Medical Course with Second-year Students, JASMEE Conference, 2019/07, Without Invitation, English
- The neurosurgery/neurology component of a general medical word list, JASMEE Conference,Tokyo, 2018/07, Without Invitation, English
- Evaluating Measures of Oral Proficiency and
Vocabulary with Monologic, Quasi-dialogic and Dialogic Speaking Tasks, American Association of Applied Linguistics International Conference (AAAL). Chicago, USA., 2018/04/01, Without Invitation, English
- Lexical Frequency Profiles of Vocabulary and Speaking Tasks, EuroSLA Annual Conference, 2018/09, Without Invitation, English
- Investigating lexical frequency profiles from vocabulary
and speaking tasks., European Second Language Association International Conference, Munster, Germany, 2018/08, Without Invitation, English
- A Medical English Glossary for Undergraduates at Japanese Schools of Medicine, BAAL Annual Conference, 2019/08, Without Invitation, English
- Developing a Corpus-informed ESP Course for Medical Undergraduates, CAES International Conference, 2015, Without Invitation, English
- Adapting a Communicative Competence Model for a University ESP Course, 2015, Without Invitation, English
- Representation of asymmetries in word association responses by Japanese EFL learners, 2015, Without Invitation, English
- An asymmetrical network model of synonymic adjectives in the Japanese EFL learner's mental lexicon, 2014, Without Invitation, English
- Using Gephi network analysis Software to visualize the organization of words in the mental lexicon, 2014, Without Invitation, English
- An Asymmetrical Network Model of the Japanese EFL Learner's Mental Lexicon, 2014, Without Invitation, English
- A corpus analysis of an anatomy textbook: Findings and implications for medical English materials development, 2014, Without Invitation, English
- Corpus-informed medical English materials development at a Japanese university, 2014, Without Invitation, English
- Capturing and representing asymmetries in Japanese EFL learners' mental lexicon, 2013, Without Invitation, English
- Developing a lexically-based medical English course for a university faculty in Japan, 2013, Without Invitation, English
- Building corpora and compiling word lists for university medical students, 2013, Without Invitation, English
- Frequency of collocations – comparing NNS intuition with NS judgment, 2013, Without Invitation, English
- Visualization of the network structure of a Japanese EFL learner's mental lexicon: Focusing on the asymmetric relations between vocabulary items, 2013, Without Invitation, English
- Comparing non-native speaker intuition with native speaker judgment of the frequency of collocations, 2013, Without Invitation, English
- Difficulties facing learners of medical vocabulary: Findings from a pharmacology corpus, 2012, Without Invitation, English
- Beyond the AWL: Addressing the need for discipline-specific word lists., 2012, Without Invitation, English
- Creating pedagogical word lists for ESAP learners, 2012, Without Invitation, English
- Corpora, word lists, and the acquisition of specialized vocabulary, 2011, Without Invitation, English
- It's all Greek to me: Difficulties faced by learners in the acquisition of pharmacology words, 2011, Without Invitation, English
- An introduction to corpus-based approaches for language teachers, 2011, Without Invitation, Japanese
- Corpling and Specialized Vocabulary, 2010, Without Invitation, English
- Individual differences in representations of English verb subclasses: Focusing on the unaccusatives and the unergatives, 2010, Without Invitation, English
- Technical vocabulary and collocational behaviour in a specialised corpus, 2009, Without Invitation, English
- Meeting ESP Learners' Vocabulary Needs, 2008, Without Invitation, English
- Beyond the AWL (2): Providing ESP Learners with the Words They Really Need, 2008, Without Invitation, English
- Methodological Considerations of Mental Lexicon Research: Focusing on Representational Links among Lexical Entries, 2007, Without Invitation, English
- Beyond the Academic Word List, 2007, Without Invitation, English
- The Nature and Role of Specialized Vocabulary, 2006, Without Invitation, English
- Technical Vocabulary in Medical and Applied Linguistics Texts, 2004, Without Invitation, English
- Using the Daigaku Nyushi Center Test to Investigate the Change in the English Competence of Learners since 1990, 2004, Without Invitation, English
- Towards the Construction of a Database of University Entrance Exams, 2003, Without Invitation, Japanese
- Evaluating an English Reading Test: An Analysis of the DNC English Entrance Exam Q6, 2003, Without Invitation, Japanese
- Communication in English, 2003, With Invitation, English
- Bringing Team Teaching into the 21st Century, 2002, With Invitation, English
- Effect of Speaking Rate and Accent on Listening Comprehension, 1999, Without Invitation, Japanese
- CLT in Japan: How Do We Develop Learners’ Communicative Competence?, 1995, Without Invitation, Japanese
- Current Trends in Communicative Language Teaching, 1995, With Invitation, English
- Current Trends in Communicative Language Teaching, 1994, Without Invitation, English
- The Organisation of the Mental Lexicon: What are the Implications for Vocabulary Teaching, 1993, With Invitation, English
- Abstract Writing Workshop, 2015, Without Invitation, Japanese
- Abstract Writing Workshop, 2014, Without Invitation, Japanese
- Abstract Writing Workshop, 2013, Without Invitation, Japanese
- Corpus design and the creation of medical English word lists, 2013, Without Invitation, English