Hanako Okada

The realities of multilingual identities: The conflicts and possibilities of living in multiple languages.

Public Lecture on Intercultural Understanding and Communication, Hosted by the Faculty of Literature, Tsurumi University, Nov 5, 2025  Invited

Transformative potentials: Political role-play debates to foster critical thinking and student autonomy.

Critical Thinking in the Classroom Conference, Aug, 2024

Researching people with illnesses and disabilities: Ethical dilemmas and imperatives

Qualitative Research Consortium in English Education, Feb, 2020  Invited

Perils of narrative inquiry: When unexpected distressing stories unfold

American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference, Mar, 2019, American Association for Applied Linguistics

The ethical dilemmas in narrative research: Working with participants with illnesses and disabilities

American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference, Mar, 2017, American Association for Applied Linguistics

Environmentally coupled learning structures and opportunities in a sociocognitive approach to SLA

The Interactional Competences and Practices in a Second Language (ICOP-L2) Conference, Jan, 2017  Invited

Trajectories of participation in a sociocognitive approach to SLA

American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference, Apr, 2016, American Association for Applied Linguistics

Narrative construction of identity: A case of a young woman with sensory disabilities

Japan Association for Language Teaching International Conference, Nov, 2015, Japan Association for Language Teaching  Invited

“Shedding light on the invisible”: An insider-researcher co-constructing illness narratives

Joint American Association for Applied Linguistics and Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics Conference, Mar, 2015

“And then there was a battle”: Constructing disability identity through narratives of struggles

American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference, Mar, 2014

Bilingual identity: The dissertation and the path towards it

Invited lecture, Graduate College of Education, Temple University Japan Campus, Mar, 2013  Invited

Somewhere “in between”: The complex languages and identities of Japanese students in international schools in Japan

American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference, Mar, 2012

Studies on bilingual identities

Invited lecture, Second Language Studies/ESL Graduate Program, Purdue University, West-Lafayette, IN., Mar, 2011  Invited

Researching and writing beyond labels that dichotomize

American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference, Mar, 2011

Negotiating the invisible: Two women making sense of chronic ailments through narrative

American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference, Mar, 2010

Symbiotic gesture and the sociocognitive visibility of grammar in second language acquisition.

American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference, Mar, 2010

Japanese international school students’ bilingual identity

Japan Association for Language Teaching International Conference, Nov, 2009

Through the lens of narrative: Languages and identities of Japanese international school students

Invited lecture, Kanagawa University, Nov, 2009  Invited

Exploring identity: Two definitions, bilingual identities, and the value of narratives

Invited lecture, Rikkyo (St. Paul's) University, May, 2009  Invited

Alignment and interaction in a sociocognitive approach to second language acquisition

American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference, Apr, 2007

On a sight-seeing bus: Language and identity of Japanese students in international schools in Japan

Joint American Association for Applied Linguistics and Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics Conference, Jun, 2006

A theoretical approach to vocabulary learning: A sociocognitive and ecological perspective

Temple University Applied Linguistics Colloquium, Feb, 2006

Ultimate phonological attainment by late learners: Possible or not?

Joint American Association for Applied Linguistics and World Congress of Applied Linguistics Conference, Jul, 2005