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Koyama Dennis

 
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NameKoyama Dennis
AffiliationSophia University
SectionFaculty of Liberal Arts, Department of Liberal Arts
Job titleAssociate Professor
DegreeM.A.(The University of Hawai'i), Ph.D.(Purdue University)
Research funding number60817980
J-Global ID201901018265597582

Profile

Courses taught:Overview of Data ScienceThinking Processes (critical thinking)Academic English SkillsEnglish Composition 1 English Composition 2Public Speaking
(Subject of research) Validity of TOEFL iBT Speaking Section for Japanese University Students in English-Medium Courses Teaching and Assessing Critical Thinking in English-Medium Courses International Perspectives on Professional Development for Language Instructors

Research Interests

 
Transfer ,Rhetoric and Composition ,Collaborative Learning ,Critical Thinking ,Educational Assessment

Research Areas

 
  • Humanities & social sciences / Educational technology / 
  • Humanities & social sciences / Educational psychology / 
  • Humanities & social sciences / Foreign language education / 
  • Informatics / Learning support systems / 
  • Humanities & social sciences / Cognitive sciences / 

Awards

 
Apr 2019
KAKENHI (C), MEXT (Ministry of Education) \2,470,000
Dennis Koyama 
 
2011
Educational Testing Service, Educational Testing Service, Committee of Examiners, TOEFL Research Grant (USD$61,000),USA
 
2009
Kanda University of International Studies, Research Institute of Language Studies and Language Education, Research Institute of Language Studies and Language Education, Research Grant (\530,000),Japan
 
2008
Kanda University of International Studies, Research Institute of Language Studies and Language Education, Research Institute of Language Studies and Language Education, Research Grant (\550,000),Japan
 
2007
University of Hawaii, Student Equity, Excellence, and Diversity Fund, University of Hawaii, Student Equity, Excellence, and Diversity Fund (USD$500),USA
 

Papers

 
 
Dennis Koyama   Takehiro Watanabe   
Teaching in Higher Education   28(5) 1108-1117   Jul 2023   [Refereed]
 
Dennis Koyama   Ghada Gherwash   
Go Online! Reconfiguring Writing Courses for the New, Virtual World   171-188   Oct 2022   [Refereed]
COVID-19’s impacts revealed that teaching writing online was no longer merely an issue of convenience or economic necessity—it was critical to public health and equity concerns as well. Now higher education faces one of its greatest historical cha...
 
Chris Harwood   Dennis Koyama   
Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching   16(2) 191-203   Mar 2022   [Refereed]
 
Gary G. Fogal   Dennis Koyama   
Journal of Second Language Writing   55 100873-100873   2022   [Refereed]
 
Dennis Koyama   
Development of Innovative Pedagogical Practices for a Modern Learning Experience      Dec 2021   [Invited]
In the current volume, the selected studies have been grouped into three thematic sections, presenting readers with a set of distinct but related research on meaningful issues for a modern learning experience. The first three chapters present prof...

Books and Other Publications

 
 
Dennis Koyama(Part:Edit, Editor)
CSMFL Publications   Dec 2021   (ISBN:9788194848363)

Presentations

 
 
Dennis Koyama   Jeremie Bouchard   Peter Ferguson   Paul Lyddon   Irina Kuznetcova   Theron Muller   
2023 JALT National Conference, Tsukuba   25 Nov 2023   
 
Dennis Koyama   
2023 JALT National Conference, Tsukuba   25 Nov 2023   
 
Dennis Koyama   
Okinawa JALT Summer Symposium   12 Aug 2023   
 
Dennis Koyama   
JALT Gunma Chapter   16 Jul 2023   [Invited]
 
Dennis Koyama   
Critical Thinking in the Classroom   1 Jul 2023   

Professional Memberships

 
 
   
 
The International Association for Language Learning Technology (IALTT)
 
   
 
Institute of Comparative Culture (ICC)
 
   
 
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
 
   
 
American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL)
 
   
 
Japan Association of Language Teachers (JALT)

Research Projects

 
 
Teaching and Assessing Critical Thinking in English-Medium Courses
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI) Program: 
Project Year: Apr 2020 - Mar 2024
 
Project Year: Apr 2011 - Mar 2013