AKIKO NAKAYAMA

Last Updated :2023/09/06

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. 2023, Undergraduate Education, 1Term, Research Tutorial IIB
  2. 2023, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 1Term, Introductory Seminar for First-Year Students
  3. 2023, Undergraduate Education, 1Term, Fundamentals of Teaching Japanese as a Second Language
  4. 2023, Undergraduate Education, 2Term, Comparative Study of Japanese Culture (Lec.)
  5. 2023, Undergraduate Education, 1Term, Introduction to Intercultural Interaction
  6. 2023, Undergraduate Education, 2Term, Project Workshop in Transcultural Education
  7. 2023, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Transcultural Education (Sem.)
  8. 2023, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Teaching Practicum in Japanese as a Foreign Language
  9. 2023, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Specific Study of Japanese as a Second Language I
  10. 2023, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Specific Study of Japanese as a Second Language II
  11. 2023, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Graduation Thesis
  12. 2023, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , First Semester, Research into Teaching Japanese as a Second Language
  13. 2023, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Second Semester, Research into Teaching Japanese as a Second Language
  14. 2023, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Educational Sciences and Society
  15. 2023, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Research Methods in Teaching Japanese as a Second Language
  16. 2023, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Research Project on Teaching Japanese as a Second Language
  17. 2023, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 1Term, Advanced Studies in Intercultural Education
  18. 2023, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Seminar on Intercultural Education
  19. 2023, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Practicum in Teaching Japanese as a Second Language
  20. 2023, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Practicum in Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language
  21. 2023, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Tutorial Seminar in Special Topics
  22. 2023, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Tutorial Seminar in Special Topics
  23. 2023, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , First Semester, Research in Special Topics
  24. 2023, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Second Semester, Research in Special Topics

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. Making a Learning Environment Beyond the Language Classroom: A Language Learning History of a Japanese Pop Culture Fan, 3, 79-95, 20220715
  2. 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
  3. Communication in the Workplace for Workers with Deaf or Hard of Hearing: Focusing on interpersonal relationships, 2, 242-249, 20220325
  4. 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
  5. Notes for Life Story as a Qualitative Research Method in Language Education., 6, 63-69, 2018
  6. 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
  7. 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