Faculty of Foreign Studies, Department of English Studies
Job title
Professor
Degree
B.A.(Oxford University), 学士（文学）(ｵｯｸｽﾌｫｰﾄﾞ大学), Master of Arts(Chiba University), Doctor of Philosophy(Chiba University)
Research funding number
10365687
J-Global ID
200901055217116187
Profile
My main research interests are: Language Management in Intercultural Contact Situations Discourse Analysis Sociolinguistics Applied Linguistics Second Language Education English Language Education Intercultural Interaction(Subject of research) The management of language and power in intercultural contact situations in Japan Factors governing the noting of deviations in contact situations The acutal use of English in English as a Lingua Franca situations Conflict in contact situations Interaction management during study abroad
Research Interests
contact situations
,実際使用場面
,noting
,English as a lingua franca
,conflict
,discourse analysis
,interactions during study abroad
,contact situations
,communication situations
,norms
,power
,interaction management
,language management
,plurilingual speakers in the workplace
Research Areas
Humanities & social sciences / Japanese linguistics /
Humanities & social sciences / English linguistics /
Humanities & social sciences / Foreign language education /
The Japanese Journal of Language in Society 18(1) 162-175 Sep 2015 [Refereed]
Despite the large number of foreign companies operating in Japan, which employ speakers of many different languages, very little research has been conducted on the actual language practices in multilingual workplaces in Japan. Based on semi-struct...
International Journal of the Sociology of Language 2015(232) 59-78 Mar 2015 [Refereed][Invited]
This article examines how participants in intercultural contact situations in Japan manage deviations relating to language and power in their daily life interactions. Based on the management summaries of eight plurilingual residents of Japan, this...
Language use and language attititude in contact situations. Language management in contact situations Vol.11 11 117-129 Feb 2014
Although the stage of evaluation is the central component of language management theory, determining whether a deviation will become a problem or not and hence whether an adjustment should be made or not, it has been given relatively little attent...
Marek Nekula, Tamah Sherman, Halina Zawiszova(Part:Joint author, Interests and power in English education policy in Japan: A focus on the high school 'Teaching/Learning English in English' policy, pp.237-265)
Stephanie Ann Houghton, Jeremie Bouchard(Part:Joint author, Native-Speakerism and Nihonjinron in Japanese Higher Education Policy and Related Hiring Practices: A Focus on the Japanese ‘Top Global Universities’ Project, pp. 47-68)
This graduate course encourages students to apply discourse analysis and sociolinguistics findings into English education course design. By examining examples of real communication between native and non-native speakers we try to pinpoint the causes of sociolinguistic and intercultural interaction problems and think of ways to address these problems through language education.
In this seminar students are expected to conduct actual sociolinguistic research. After studying methodological issues, students conduct their own research projects in areas as diverse as discourse analysis, language learning and intercultural interaction. Students collect their own data via video and audio recordings, partipant observation or interview and analyse their results in accordance with the theories that we have studied in class.
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