English Language Education
Why Choose Us?
The Subprogram in English Language Education focuses on bridging the gulf between the practice and theory of English teaching. In our global world, there is a need for higher levels of English proficiency, and yet many people still struggle to use English in academic, pedagogical, or vocational environments. Our subprogram aims at developing effective, advanced teaching methods as well as formulating universal language theories by providing deeper insight into the mechanism of foreign language learning. Through such research, our subprogram aims to help students acquire the knowledge and competences they will need to tackle the problems they will face in a career in language teaching.
Faculty (Supervision & Lectures)
- HIRAI Akiyo
Second Language Acquisition, Assessment - IWASAKI Hirosada
Vocabulary Research, Lexicography, CLIL - ONO Yuichi
CALL Educational Technology, Computer-Assisted Language Learning（Master’s Program） - USHIRO Yuji
EFL Reading Comprehension, Teaching Methodology, SLA - HIJIKATA Yuko
L2 Reading, English Language Teaching
Affiliated Faculty (Lectures)
- KAGA Nobuhiro
Generative Syntax, English Grammar - MIYAKOSHI Koichi
Theoretical Linguistics - NAKADA Motoko
19th-Century English Literature and Culture - SHIMIZU Tomoko
Comparative Literature, Media and Cultural Theory - TAKETANI Etsuko
American Literature and Culture - YAMAMURA Shuto
Generative Grammar, Syntax, Minimalist Program - YANAGIDA Yuko
Syntax, Language Typology, Japanese Linguistics - MAGOME Kiyoko
Musico-Literary Studies, American Literature - YAMAGUCHI Eriko
Anthropology of Art, British Art
Selected PhD Dissertations
(*The list includes those submitted to the previous program before reorganization.)
- Effects of Providing Known Associates on Intentional Vocabulary Learning: Comparing Synonyms, Co-hyponyms, and Lexical Collocations
- The Flexible Lexical Inferencing Processes of Japanese EFL Learners: A Think-Aloud Study
- Processing and Interpreting Unknown Words With Morphological and Contextual Information Among Japanese EFL Learners: Focusing on the Semantic Transparency of Morphemes and Learner Proficiency
- Effects of Task Conditions on Spoken Performance in Retelling
- Generation of Knowledge-based Inferences in Japanese EFL Learners’ Reading Comprehension
- Understanding Causal Relations and Learning From Text in Japanese EFL Readers
- Constructing Mental Representations of Textual Topic Structure Among Japanese EFL Readers