Sato Takanori

Name	Sato Takanori
Affiliation	Sophia University
Section	Center for Language Education and Research
Job title	Associate Professor
Degree	BA(Akita University), MA in Education(Akita University), MA in Linguistics(Sophia University), PhD in Linguistics(The University of Melbourne)
Research funding number	60758506
J-Global ID	201501041756341280

Research Interests

English as a lingua franca ,language testing ,Foreign language education ,Applied linguistics

Research Areas

Humanities & social sciences / Foreign language education /

Education

Oct 2010

Dec 2014

School of Language and Linguistics Graduate School, Division of Linguistic Sciences

Apr 2008

Mar 2010

Sophia University Graduate School, Division of Foreign Language

Apr 2004

Mar 2006

Akita University Graduate School, Division of Education

Apr 1999

Mar 2004

Akita University

Awards

2012

TOEFL Small Grants for Doctoral Research in Second or Foreign Language Assessment

2010

Japan Language Testing Association Best Paper Award

Papers

12 3 >

Assessing the content quality of essays in content and language integrated learning: Exploring the construct from subject specialists’ perspectives

Takanori Sato

Language Testing 41(2) 316-337 Apr 2024 [Refereed]

Assessing the content of learners’ compositions is a common practice in second language (L2) writing assessment. However, the construct definition of content in L2 writing assessment potentially underrepresents the target competence in content and...

Development of second language productive skills through CLIL in a Japanese university: A pre-experimental longitudinal study

Takanori Sato Chantal Hemmi

Language Learning in Higher Education 12(1) 309-326 Jun 2022 [Refereed]

Abstract

The benefit of Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) for second language (L2) development has been addressed by second language acquisition theory and investigated by empirical studies. However, previous studies have not demon...

Assessing critical thinking through L2 argumentative essays: An investigation of relevant and salient criteria from raters’ perspectives

Takanori Sato

Language Testing in Asia 12(1) 1-19 Apr 2022 [Refereed]

Abstract

Although some second language (L2) pedagogical approaches recognize critical thinking (CT) as an important skill, its assessment is challenging because it is not a well-defined construct with varying definitions. This study aimed to iden...

What counts in second language oral communication ability? The perspective of linguistic laypersons

Takanori Sato Tim McNamara

Applied Linguistics 40(6) 894-916 2019 [Refereed]

An investigation of factors involved in Japanese students’ English learning behavior during test preparation

Takanori Sato

Papers in Language Testing and Assessment 8(1) 69-95 2019 [Refereed]