広島大学

Basic Information

Major Professional Backgrounds

• 2007/10, 2009/09, National Institute of Technology, Kure College, Department of General Education, Lecturer
• 2009/10, 2016/08, Prefectural University of Hiroshima, Department of Intercultural Studies, Faculty of Human Culture and Science, Associate Professor
• 2016/09/01, 2020/03/31, Horoshima University, Graduate School of Education, Associate Professor

Educational Backgrounds

• Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Education (Master Course), Department of English Language Education, 2003
• Hiroshima University, Graduate School (Doctor Course), 2006
• Lancaster University, Graduate School, Department of Linguistics and English Language, 2007

Academic Degrees

• MASTER OF ARTS IN LANGUAGE STUDIES, Lancaster University
• Hiroshima University

Educational Activity

• [Bachelor Degree Program] School of Education : Language and Culture Education : Secondary School English Language Education
• [Master's Program] Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences : Division of Educational Sciences : Educational Design for Teacher Educators Program
• [Doctoral Program] Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences : Division of Educational Sciences : Educational Design for Teacher Educators Program

In Charge of Primary Major Programs

• Secondary School English Language Education

Research Fields

• Humanities;Linguistics;Foreign language education
• Social sciences;Education;Education on school subjects and activities
• Humanities;Linguistics;English linguistics
• Humanities;Linguistics;Linguistics
• Humanities;Literature;Literature in general

Research Keywords

• ELT using literature, pedagogical stylistics, empirical study of literature, literariness, literary language

Affiliated Academic Societies

• Literature in Language Learning and Teaching (LiLLT)
• Japan Society of English Language Education
• CASELE
• International Society for the Empirical Study of Literature (IGEL)
• Poetics and Linguistics Association (PALA)
• The English Literary Society of Japan
• The Japan Association of International Liberal Arts (JAILA)
• The Japan Association of College English Teachers (JACET)
• The Japan Association for Language Education and Technology (LET)
• Japan Curriculum Research and Development Association
• The Chugoku-Shikoku Society for the Study of Education
• Hiroshima University Academic Society for English Language Education

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

1. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Introduction to English Linguistics I
2. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 2Term, Introduction to English Linguistics (Pragmatics)
3. 2024, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Study on English Language Education I
4. 2024, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Study on English Language Education II
5. 2024, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Graduation Thesis
6. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 4Term, Pedagogical English Phonetics
7. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 2Term, Introduction to Pedagogical English Grammar
8. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 4Term, Pedagogical English Grammar
9. 2024, Undergraduate Education, Intensive, Teaching Practice at Junior and Senior High School I
10. 2024, Undergraduate Education, Intensive, Teaching Practice at Junior and Senior High School II
11. 2024, Undergraduate Education, Intensive, Teaching Practice at High School III
12. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 2Term, Introduction of Teaching Practice for Lower and Upper Secondary Schools
13. 2024, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Practical Seminar for the Teaching Profession
14. 2024, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , 2Term, Research into Curriculum and Instruction Sciences (Specialization in English Language Education)
15. 2024, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , First Semester, Advanced Study in Curriculum and Instruction Sciences (Specialization in English Language Education)
16. 2024, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , 3Term, Research into Curriculum and Instruction Sciences (Specialization in English Language Education)
17. 2024, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Second Semester, Advanced Study in Curriculum and Instruction Sciences (Specialization in English Language Education)
18. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 1Term, Research Methods and Ethics for Educational Sciences(Japanese Class) Students enrolled before AY 2023
19. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 1Term, Research Methods and Ethics for Educational Sciences(Japanese Class)Students enrolling in AY 2024 or later
20. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Educational Sciences and Society(Japanese Class) Students enrolled before AY 2023
21. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Educational Sciences and Society(Japanese Class)Students enrolling in AY 2024 or later
22. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Special Study in English Language Education A
23. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Special Study in English Language Education A
24. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, Advanced Course in Teaching Material Design for Language and Communication Expression (English) b
25. 2024, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , First Semester, Special Study
26. 2024, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Second Semester, Special Study
27. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Lesson Development and Evaluation (Expansion)
28. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Lesson Development and Evaluation (Development)

Research Activities

Academic Papers

1. ★, Japanese University EFL Learners' Responses to Lexically Easy Short English Poems, Reading in a Foreign Language, 36(1), 1-25, 202404
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2. Sources of difficulties in literary narrative reading in English as a foreign language, JAILA Journal, 10, 26-40, 2024
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3. The Innsbruck Model of literary competence: A potent tool for designing classroom-based assessment, JAILA Journal, 9, 17-31, 2023
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4. ★, EFL learners' reading traits for lexically easy short poetry, Cogent Education, 9(1), 1-21, 20221231
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5. Tense shift in Chaucer's narrative text: With special regard to the synchronization of subjectivity and phenomena, Bulletin of the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University: Studies in Education, 3, 120-128, 2022
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6. Pursuit of literary competence: Past, present, and future, JAILA Journal, 8, 77-91, 2022
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7. Grammatical Items Included in Literary Materials in Authorized High School Textbooks for English Communication I, II, and III, JAILA Journal, 7, 91-104, 2021
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8. ★, The Number and Variety of Literary Materials and Their Accompanying Exercises in Authorized High School Textbooks for English Communication I, II and III, LET Kansai Chapter Collected Papers, 18, 19-39, 2020
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9. The Problems Japanese EFL University Learners Face During Literary Reading, JAILA Journal, 6, 26-37, 2020
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10. ★, Literary Expressions in Authorized High School Textbooks for English Communication I, II, and III, The Journal of Education Research, 24, 23-31, 2019
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11. Evaluative comprehension for poetry with parody poems, Bulletin of the Faculty of Human Culture and Science, Prefectural University of Hiroshima, 8, 65-77, 2013
12. Poetry reading and noticing the hole in interlanguage: A proposal for investigating the relation between poetry reading and interlanguage development, JACET Journal, 54, 53-59, 2012
13. A comparative study on dictionary uses in literary and expository reading, Bulletin of the Faculty of Human Culture and Science, Prefectural University of Hiroshima, 7, 141-154, 2012
14. Taking critical attitude towards Critical Approach to Applied Linguistics: Semantic comparison of the term critical between CDA and Applied Linguistics, JABAET Journal, 13, 107-124, 2010
15. A stylistic analysis and evaluation of parody poems which have a strong intertextual relationship with their original poems: From the viewpoint of intertextual parallelism, Graduate School, Lancaster University, 2007
16. On the theoretical bases of the arguments for or against the use of literature in second language teaching: From L2 developmental perspective, JACET Chugoku-Shikoku Chapter Research Bulletin, 3, 35-52, 2006
17. A study on the relation between the development of L2 linguistic knowledge and literary reading, JACET Chugoku-Shikoku Chapter Research Bulletin, 2, 1-20, 2005
18. A study on the relation between the development of L2 linguistic knowledge and the literary reading process, Graduate School, Hiroshima University, 2003

Publications such as books

1. 2022, Pedagogical stylistics in the 21st century, Palgrave Macmillan, 2022, Scholarly Book, Joint work, 英語, 9783030836092, 405, pp. 343-369
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2. 2016, Scientific approaches to literature in learning environments, John Benjamins, 2016, Scholarly Book, Joint work, 英語, 9789027234131, 309, pp. 151-168
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3. 2015, Literature and language learning in the EFL classroom, Palgrave Macmillan, 2015, Scholarly Book, Joint work, 英語, 9781137443656, 329, pp. 115-130
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Invited Lecture, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation

1. The Influence of L1 on L2 Proficiency: Stylistic Analysis of English Writings by Japanese EFL Learners, Azumi Yoshida, Masayuki Teranishi, Takayuki Nishihara, Masako Nasu, PALA (Poetics and Linguistics Association) 2021, 2021/07/08, Without Invitation, English

External Funds

Acceptance Results of Competitive Funds

1. KAKENHI(Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)), 2022, 2024
2. KAKENHI(Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)), 2019, 2021
3. 2015, 2017
4. 2012, 2014
5. 2011, 2013

Social Activities

History as Peer Reviews of Academic Papers

1. 2024, CASELE Journal, Others, Reviewer, 2
2. 2023, JAILA Journal, Others, Reviewer, 1
3. 2023, CASELE Journal, Others, Reviewer, 3
4. 2023, System, Others, Reviewer, 1
5. 2022, The Bulletin of Japanese Curriculum Research and Development, Others, Reviewer, 1
6. 2022, JAILA Journal, Others, Reviewer, 1
7. 2022, The Journal of Educational Research, Others, Reviewer, 5
8. 2021, JAILA Journal, Others, Reviewer, 1
9. 2021, The Journal of Educational Research, Others, Reviewer, 3
10. 2021, The Bulletin of Japanese Curriculum Research and Development, Others, Reviewer, 2
11. 2020, JAILA Journal, Others, Reviewer, 1
12. 2020, The Bulletin of Japanese Curriculum Research and Development, Others, Reviewer, 1
13. 2020, The Journal of Educational Research, Others, Reviewer, 4
14. 2019, The Bulletin of Japanese Curriculum Research and Development, Others, Reviewer, 1
15. 2019, JAILA Journal, Others, Reviewer, 1
16. 2019, The Journal of Educational Research, Others, Reviewer, 1
17. 2018, JAILA Journal, Others, Reviewer, 1
18. 2018, The Bulletin of Japanese Curriculum Research and Development, Others, Reviewer, 3
19. 2017, JAILA Journal, Others, Reviewer, 2
20. 2017, The Journal of Educational Research, Others, Reviewer, 1
21. 2017, Hiroshima Journal of International Studies, Others, Reviewer, 1
22. 2016, The Journal of Educational Research, Others, Reviewer, 1
23. 2015, JAILA Journal, Others, Reviewer, 1