広島大学

Basic Information

Educational Backgrounds

• BA, Politics, Philosophy, and Economics, University of Oxford, U.K., 1986/09, 1989/07

Academic Degrees

• Doctor of Education, Teaching English as a Foreign Language, University of Exeter
• MA,Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, University of London

Research Fields

• Humanities;Linguistics;Linguistics

Research Keywords

• English for Medical Purposes; Pragmatics; Materials Design and Development; Linguistic Philosophy

Affiliated Academic Societies

• Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, 2016/05
• Member of the Japan Society for Medical English Education, 2015/07
• Member of the British Association for Applied Linguistics

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

1. 2026, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 1Term, CommunicationIＡ
2. 2026, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 1Term, CommunicationIＡ
3. 2026, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 1Term, CommunicationIＡ
4. 2026, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 2Term, CommunicationIＡ
5. 2026, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 2Term, CommunicationIＡ
6. 2026, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 2Term, CommunicationIＡ
7. 2026, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 3Term, Communication IIＡ
8. 2026, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 3Term, Communication IIＡ
9. 2026, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 3Term, Communication IIＡ
10. 2026, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 4Term, Communication IIＡ
11. 2026, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 4Term, Communication IIＡ
12. 2026, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 4Term, Communication IIＡ
13. 2026, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 1Term, Communication Seminar I
14. 2026, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, English Passage Expression Skill Up CI
15. 2026, Undergraduate Education, 4Term, English Passage Expression Skill Up CII
16. 2026, Undergraduate Education, Year, Medical English

Research Activities

Academic Papers

1. Presenting Processes and Ideas from J. L. Austin's How to Do Things with Words, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Learning, 29, 49-63, 20260301
2. Delivering an ESP Pedagogic Word List: Integrating Corpus Analysis, Materials Design, and Software Development, LANGUAGES, 10(3), 20250228
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3. ★, 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
4. ★, Reflections on an EMP (English for Medical Purposes) Project, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 20200301
5. ★, Coherence, Cohesion, and Social Reality in Joseph Conrad's Chance, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 25, 91-107, 20220301
6. ★, Expanding a Third-Year Medical English Curriculum at a Japanese National University, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 25, 1-13, 20220301
7. Matching theory to context: Building a teacher training course for secondary school teachers of English in Japan., Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 20100331
8. Effects of different types of out-of-class learning on TOEIC score gains., TOEIC Research Report No.5, 20100301
9. ★, Analysing medical English development at a university using a communicative competence model., Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 19, 93-108, 2016
10. ★, Applying internal medicine corpus analysis findings to the development of pedagogical materials, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 19, 109-127, 2016
11. ★, The reciprocal effects of teaching evening classes at a non-university hospital and developing a university medical English course, The Journal of Medical English Education, 14(3), 122-126, 2015
12. ★, Creating a corpus-informed EMP course for medical undergraduates, IATEFL Professional and Academic English Journal, 45, 16-21, 2015
13. Medical word list development through corpus and course construction. Fraser, S., Davies, W., & Tatsukawa, K. (2015). Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 18, 179-193., 2015
14. ★, A corpus analysis of an anatomy textbook: Preliminary findings and implications for Medical English Materials Development a Specialized Corpus. Fraser, S., Davies, W., & Tatsukawa, K. (2014). Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 17, 119-140.
15. A background study for the development of medical English corpora, word lists and university course materials in Japan. Davies, W., Fraser, S., & Tatsukawa, K. (2014). Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 17, 105-117.
16. Testing and evaluating a medical English flipped learning course20180301, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 21, 13-32, 2018
17. Planning a full neurosurgery component for an undergraduate medical English word list and pedagogical materials, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education
18. ★, Planning a full neurosurgery component for an undergraduate medical English word list and pedagogical materials, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education
19. Integrating the TOEIC writing test with small group classes, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 21, 1-12, 20180301
20. The planning and reality of constructing online medical English materials for second-year students, Journal of Medical English Education, 16(2), 42-42, 20170601
21. Creating online materials for medical English students, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 20, 49-64, 20170301
22. 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
23. Planning online medical English materials, Journal of Medical English Education, 16(1), 24-30, 20170201
24. ★, Using ICT to create a medical English flipped learning course, Journal of Medical English Education, 16(3), 62-67, 20171001
25. 9. Using corpus analysis to create word lists and edit teaching materials, Journal of Medical English Education, 15(2), 24-24, 20160601
26. Creating a corpus-informed EMP course for medical undergraduates, Professional and Academic English Journal, 20150401

Publications such as books

1. 2024/01/15, English for Exploring the World, Textbook, Joint work, English, Koji Uenishi, Walter Davies, Simon Fraser, Julia Tanabe, Daniel Hougham, 978-4-269-66059-5, 97
2. 2022, STEM English in Japan, Medical English Curriculum Development: The SiReN Approach, 2022, Scholarly Book, Contributor, English, Simon Fraser and Walter Davies, 978-3-031-11116-7
3. 2021/03/25, Using a Learning Management System for English Productive-skills Courses (Chapter 8) in Language Education under the Coronavirus Pandemic., Scholarly Book, Joint work, Walter Davies Simon Fraser Julia Tanabe
4. 2020/10/01, Effective Writing for Global Communication, I, Textbook, Joint work, Kazumichi Enokida Walter Davies Fuyuko Takita, 9784269320123, 89
5. 2014/02, Global Issues Towards Peace, 2014, 02, Textbook, Compilation, 9784523177418, 112
6. 2016/15/01, English for World Travel, travel conversations, Report, Joint work, Koji Uenishi, Walter Davies, Simon Fraser, 978-4-269-66038-0

Invited Lecture, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation

1. Consolidating medical English corpora, course materials and word lists through field knowledge, Davies, W., Fraser, S. & Tatsukawa, K., BAAL Annual Conference, 2015, Without Invitation, Japanese
2. Creating a medical word list for Japanese undergraduates., Fraser S., Davies, W., & Tatsukawa, K., BAAL Annual Conference, 2015, Without Invitation, Japanese
3. Developing a corpus-informed ESP course for medical undergraduates, Fraser, S. & Davies W., CAES International Conference, Hong Kong, 2015, Without Invitation, Japanese
4. Adapting a communicative competence model for a university ESP course, Davies, W & Fraser, S., CAES International Conference, Hong Kong, 2015, Without Invitation, Japanese
5. The development of medical English corpora, word lists, and university course materials, Fraser, S. & Davies W., FLaRE Annual Symposium, Hiroshima University, 2015, Without Invitation, Japanese