Research Presentations
70. "Enhancing Japanese international students’ opportunities for socializing in English during their study abroad." at The 12th JAILA National Conference. Tokyo, Japan, March 2024.
69. Forum: Motivations for STEM students learning EFL: Teacher Research "Ideal classmates priming on motivations and engagement in English classes for STEM majors." at JALT2023, Tsukuba-city, Ibaraki, November 26, 2023.
68. "Int'l Ss' growth through autonomous situated learning in TL socializing." at JALT LD-Sig 30th anniversary Conference. Tokyo, Japan, October 2023.
67. "International students' ecological co-construction of their target language (TL)-mediated socializing opportunities or affinity spaces in dynamically changing study abroad (SA) social environments." at The 21st Asia TEFL International Conference with KICE & Korea TESOL, Daejeon, South Korea, August 2023.
66. “Panel Discussion: The Road to Doctoral Dissertation Completion.” (Kimie Yamamura, Hiroyuki Toda, Satoshi Kurokawa, & Yoshifumi Fukada) at KLA/TALK 21st Joint Session Program, Tokyo, March 2023.
65. "Becoming Ideal Classmates (BIC) Research: 10 years of Becomings." (Yoshifumi Fukada, Tim Murphey, Joseph Falout, and Tetsuya Fukuda) at Tokyo JALT, Tokyo, July 31, 2022.
64. "The TD & CUE SIG Forum on Communities of Practice: Analysis of Japanese EFL/ESL learners’ target language-mediated socializing within the frameworks of CoPs and affinity spaces." (Jon Thomas / James Bury / Barbara Hoskins Sakamoto / Yoshifumi Fukuda / Daniel Hooper) at PanSIG2022, Nagano-city, July 2022.
63. “Increasing teacher efficacy with student agency.” (Joseph Falout, Yoshifumi Fukada, Tetsuya Fukuda, Tim Murphey) at JALT2019, Nagoya, Novemver 2019.
62. “Engaging interactive minds with ideal classmates.” (Joseph Falout, Yoshifumi Fukada, & Tetsuya Fukuda) at Pan-SIG 2019, Hyogo, May 2019.
61. "Plenary opening speech: “International students’ situated target language (TL) learning in affinity space: (Auto)ethnographic case studies.” at the 8thInternational Research and Practical Student Conference, Minsk, Belarus, November 2018.
60. “Classmates Socializing Inclusionary Diversity.” (Yoshifumi Fukada, Joseph Falout, Tim Murphey, Tetsuya Fukuda) at CILC4, Honolulu, Hawaii, August 2018.
59. “Socializing inclusionary diversity with ideal classmates (SIDWIC).” (Yoshifumi Fukada, Tim Murphey, Tetsuya Fukada) at CILC4, Honolulu, Hawaii, August 2018.
58. “Analyzing international students’ TL-mediated socializing in naturalistic contexts of the host country within a framework of social space.” at CILC4, Honolulu, Hawaii, August 2018.
57. “Socio-motivational effects of visualizing ideal L2 classmates: A randomized control study.” (Joseph Falout, Tetsuya Fukuda, Yoshifumi Fukada, Tim Murphey) at PLL 3, Tokyo, June 2018.
56. “Looping student voices, shaping language learning.” (Joseph Falout, Yoshifumi Fukada, Tetsuya Fukuda, Tim Murphey) at JALT 2017, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, November 2017.
55. “International Students’ Situated Target Language (TL) Learning in Peace.” at ISLS 2017, Oahu, Hawaii, June 2017.
54. “Peacefully Acquiring an Outward Mindset with Ideal Classmates.” (Yoshifumi Fukada & Tim Murphey) at ISLS 2017, Oahu, Hawaii, June 2017.
53. “Shifting Imagination: Self to Other L2 Motivation.” (Yoshifumi Fukada, Joseph Falout, Tim Murphey & Tetsuya Fukuda) at Pan-SIG 2017, Akita, May 2017.
52. “International Students’ Situated Target Language (TL) Learning in Affinity Space.” at KLA/TALK FY 2016 Joint Workshop, Shinjuku, Tokyo, January 2017.
51. “Seeding Students’ Social-Transforming Potentials.” (with Joseph Falout, Tetsuya Fukuda, Tim Murphey) at JALT2016, Nagoya-city, Aichi, November 2016.
50. “Ideal classmates as content.” (Yoshifumi Fukada, Tetsuya Fukuda, Joseph Falout, Tim Murphey) at JALT CUE conference 2016, Osaka-city, Osaka, September 2016.
49. “Group Auto-ethnography of International Students’ Target Language Mediated Socialization in Japan." (with Meng Li, Zhenya Li, May Ouma) at SA conference 2016, Tokyo, September 2016.
48. “Ideal Classmates for Task-Based Language Teaching.” (with Tetsuya Fukuda, Joseph Falout, Tim Murphey) at PanSIG2016, Nago-city, Okinawa, May 2016.
47. “Creating ideal classmates and better belonging.” (with Tetsuya Fukuda, Joseph Falout, Tim Murphey) at English Teachers in Japan (ETJ) Expo, Kanda, Tokyo, January 2016.
46. “Focusing on ideal L2 classmates.” (with Joseph Falout, Tim Murphey, Tetsuya Fukuda) at JALT2015, Shizuoka city, Shizuoka, November 2015.
45. “TL-mediated socializing in affinity space.” JALT2015, Shizuoka city, Shizuoka, November 2015.
44. “Trans-bordering Cultural Capital: Critical Ethnography of One Korean International Student’s TL-mediated Socializing in the U.S.” at JACET2015, Kagoshima, August 2015.
43. “Critical collaborative creativity of researching in group.” at EFL Teacher Journeys Conference, Shinagawa, Tokyo, June 2015.
42. “Narrative of an international student’s socializing in the TL.” at Pan-SIG2015, Kobe, Hyogo, May 2015.
41. “Student stories of ideal classmates.” (with Tetsuya Fukada, Joseph Falout, Tim Murphey) at Pan-SIG2015, Kobe, Hyogo, May 2015.
40. “Trans-bordering Cultural Capital: Critical Autoethnography of One ESL Speaker’s TL-mediated Socializing in the Skimboarding Affinity Space.” at AAAL2015, Toronto, Ontario, March 2015.
39. “Trans-bordering cultural capital: Critical ethnography of one Japanese international student’s TL-mediated socializing in the U.S.” at SLRF2014, Columbia, South Carolina, October 2014.
38. “An ESL speaker’s TL-mediated socialization in the Skimboarding affinity space.” at SLAT Roundtable 2014, Tucson, Arizona, February 2014. (Best poster presentation The First Prize)
37. “International students’ agentive TL-mediated socialization in their affinity space.” at SLAT Roundtable 2014, Tucson, Arizona, March 2014.
36. “International students’ trans-bordering cultural capital: A critical ethnography.” at ICLC2013: The fifth International Conference on Language and Communication, Bangkok, Thailand, December 2013.
35. “International students’ dynamic engagement in TL-mediated social interactions in social space: A critical ethnography.” at ACE 2013; Annual National Conference, Osaka, October 2013.
34. “International students’ struggle and success for securing TL-using social networks within the host country.” (Poster presentation) at AAAL 2013; Annual National Conference, Dallas, March 2013.
33. “Holistic and dynamic motivational mind-time frames.” (with Joseph Falout, Tim Murphey, Tetsuya Fukuda) at AAAL 2013; Annual National Conference, Dallas, March 2013.
32. “International students’ agentive TL-mediated socialization with trans-bordering cultural capital.” at Hawai’i TESOL Conference 2013, Hiro, Hawaii, January 2013.
31. “Socio-dynamic motivations with possible L2 selves” (with Tim Murphy, Tetsuya Fukuda, Joseph Falout) at JALT International Conference, Hamamatsu, Japan, October 2012.
30. “Holistic timing, group framing, and critical participatory looping: A study of EFL motivation.” (with Tetsuya Fukuda, Joseph Falout, Tim Murphy) at AAAL 2012; Annual National Conference, Boston, March 2012.
29. “Researching, teaching, and learning with critical participatory looping (CPL) for L2 motivation.” (with Tim Murphy, Tetsuya Fukuda, Joseph Falout,) at AAAL 2012; Annual National Conference, Boston, March 2012.
28. “Generating agentive TL interaction in TBL Projects: A Five-year fieldwork.” at JALT International Conference, Tokyo, Japan, November 2011.
27. “Holistic timing and group framing of motivation” (with Joseph Falout, Tetsuya Fukuda, Tim Murphy) at JALT International Conference, Tokyo, Japan, November 2011.
26. “Motivation affordances of present communities of imagining.” (with Joseph Falout, Tetsuya Fukuda, Tim Murphy) at CUE2011 Conference, Tokyo, Japan, July 2011.
25. “Perceptions of Japanese undergraduates towards English: The impact of English social interactions in the ELF environment.” at ELF4 International Conference, Hong Kong, China, May 2011.
24. “Scaffolding fluent imagining and languaging.” (with Joseph Falout, Tetsuya Fukuda, Tim Murphy) at Pan-SIG2011 conference, Matsumoto, Japan, May 2011.
23. “Sustaining factors of active TL interactions in task-based learning.” at ICAL2010 International Conference, Taiwan, China, November 2010.
22. “World Englishes? “Yes” for others, but “No Thanks” for me!” (with Jun Omi) at JALT International Conference, Nagoya, Japan, November 2010.
21. “Increasing motivation with possible selves.” (with Joseph Falout, Tetsuya Fukuda, Tim Murphy) at JALT International Conference, Nagoya, Japan, November 2010.
20. “Impact of authentic social interactions with speakers of different English varieties on EFL students’ attitudes toward World Englishes: Fieldwork in a task-based project at a Japanese university.” at LIA2010 International Conference, Indonesia, Bali, April 2010.
19. “Increasing Language Learners’ Opportunities of Having “Authentic” Target Language
18. “Interactions through Task-based Learning and Its Outcomes: Results from the Meisei Summer School Project.” at EDULEARN09 International Conference, Barcelona, Spain, July 2009.
17. “Statistical Analyses of Imagined Communities.” at JALT2008 National Conference, Tokyo, Japan, November 2008.
16. “Interaction from Language Learning Perspectives.” at JALT2007 National Conference, Tokyo, Japan, November 2007.
15. “Comprehensive Needs Analysis for NGO Staff.” (with Hiromasa Tanaka) at JALT2006 National Conference, Kitakyushu, Japan, November 2006.
14. “Promoting Students' Social Interaction with TL Speakers through Qualitative Research Activities (QRAs).” at BAAL/IRAAL Joint International Conference, Cork, Ireland, September 2006.
13. “Lecture on the Process of the English Language Acquisition.” at Meisei Summer School Project, August 2006.
12. “Utilizing Qualitative Research Activities (QRAs) for Practicing Social Interactions with Target Language Groups.” at TLEiA Inaugural International Conference, Malaysia, November 2005.
11. “Workshop: Materials Development to Improve English Discussion Skills of Japanese Students in the Beginning Level.” (with Hiromasa Tanaka) at TLEiA Inaugural International Conference, Malaysia, November 2005.
10. “Panel discussion: Application of Steiner’s Educational Method to English Education.” at Meisei Eibeigogaku Bungakukai, November, 2005.
9. “A Case Study of Application of TBLT to Teacher Training.” (with Hiromasa Tanaka) at International Conference on Task-based Language Teaching, Leuven, Belgium, September 2005
8. “Getting at Real Culture Through Qualitative Research.” (with Patricia Pashby) at TESOL2005; Annual National Conference, San Antonio, Texas, April 2004
7. “Application of Team-Teaching Techniques to Teacher Training.” (with Hiromasa Tanaka) at The Fifth Pan-Asian Conference on Language Teaching at FEELTA, Vladivostok, June 2004
6. “Inconsistent Images of a Good English Speaker.” (with Patricia Pashby) at TESOL 2004; Annual National Conference, Long Beach, March 2004.
5. “His English Isn’t That Good.” (with Patricia Pashby) at TESOL 2002; Annual National Conference, Salt Lake City, April 2002
4. “How do Contemporary Japanese High School Students Use the Polite Forms of Japanese?” at Sociolinguistic sciences National Conference, Chiba, March 2002
3. “Report on Contemporary High School Students’ Use of Polite Forms of Japanese.” at Wakamono kotoba no Kai, Takatsuki, December 2001.
2. “Diagnosing Intercultural Misinterpretations Using Videotaped Student Conversations.” (with Patricia Pashby) at TESOL 2001; Annual National Conference, St. Louis, March 2001
1. “Asian International Students’ Performance in American Universities.” at CATESOL 98; 29th Annual State Conference, Los Angeles, April 1998