Aoyama, T. (2023, November). Motivational and psychological aspects of classroom English language teaching and learning. Plenary Talk at Nagano Prefectural Board of Education Skills Development Conference 2023, Shiojiri, Japan.
Aoyama, T. (2019, September). Introduction to motivation in language learning: From theory to practice. Seminar talk at Shizuoka University, Japan. 24/09/2019.
Aoyama, T. (2017, November). A retrospective-longitudinal review of L2 motivation research: Research trends in the Japanese EFL context. Invited talk at Osaka University, Osaka, Japan. 04/11/2017.
[Forthcoming]
[2025]
Aoyama, T., Tanaka, M., Miyazaki, R., Ichimura, K., & Uemura, T. (2025, July). Analysis of Japanese high school English textbooks: From the perspective of learner engagement. Paper presentation at AsiaTEFL 2025 Conference, Hong Kong. 07/2025.
Kawamura, T., Aoyama, T., & Kikuhara, K. (2025, July). English teacher/teacher educators’ blended identity emerged through practicum supervision in Japan. Paper presentation at AsiaTEFL 2025 Conference, Hong Kong. 07/2025.
Tanaka, M., Uemura, T., Ichimura, K., Aoyama, T., & Miyazaki, R. (2025, July). Enhancing learner engagement and cognitive development through CLIL: Insights from Japanese higher education. Paper presentation at AsiaTEFL 2025 Conference, Hong Kong. 07/2025.
Yamazaki, J. S., & Aoyama, T. (2025, June). Ecologically valid motivational interventions in L2 learning research: Promises and challenges. J-SLARF Kansai 2025, Kansai University, Osaka. 06/2025.
[2024]
Yamazaki, J. S., & Aoyama, T. (2024, August). Affective and cognitive variables in language learning in Japan: Is motivation out of trend? Symposium at AILA 2024 Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 08/2024 (Presenters: Yoshifumi Fukada, Tetsuya Fukuda, Quint Oga-Baldwin, Emiko Hirosawa, Adrian Leis, Akiko Fukuda, Adam Littleton, Sachiko Nakamura, Minako Antoku; Discussant: Masatoshi Sato, Koh Murayama)
Aoyama, T. (2024, August). Revisiting second language learning motivation theory in Japanese EFL research context. Symposium presentation at AILA 2024 Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 08/2024
Aoyama, T. (2024, May). Effectiveness of vision intervention for Japanese EFL learners: A mixed-methods investigation. Paper presentation at PLL5 Conference, Madrid, Spain. 05/2024
Nakamura, S., Aoyama, T., & Leis, A. (2024, May). Japanese university students’ language learning mindset profiles and their associations with L2 classroom emotions. Paper presentation at PLL5 Conference, Madrid, Spain. 05/2024
Aoyama, T., Yamazaki, J. S., Nakamura, S., & Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2024, March). Conceptualization and operationalization in L2 task engagement research: Taking stock and moving forward. Colloquium at AAAL 2024 Conference, Houston, US. 03/2024
Aoyama, T. (2024, March). Revisiting the concept of L2 task engagement: Towards greater ecological validity. Colloquium presentation at AAAL 2024 Conference. Houston, US. 03/2024
[2023]
Aoyama, T. (2023, August). Teachers’ well-being and motivation to learn English in Japanese educational settings. Paper presentation at the 21st AsiaTEFL International Conference (AsiaTEFL 2023). DCC, Daejeon, South Korea. 08/2023.
Aoyama, T. (2023, May-b). A qualitative analysis of Japanese EFL learners’ learning trajectories. Paper Presentation at the 34th International Conference on Foreign/Second Language Acquisition. University of Silesia, Poland. 05/2023
Aoyama, T. (2023, May-a). A review of L2 motivation research published in Japanese domestic journals. Paper Presentation at Second Language Learning and Teaching: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead (SSLLT2023). Kalisz, Poland. 05/2023
[2022]
Aoyama, T. (2022, June). Exploring Japanese EFL learners’ motivational profiles: Latent profile analysis of a large-scale survey. Paper presentation at PLL4 Conference. Sydney, Canada. 06/2022.
[2021]
Aoyama, T. (2021, December). The role of motivational characteristics in the development of willingness to communicate. Paper presentation at AsiaTEFL 19 Conference. New Delhi, India (Online). 12/2021.
Aoyama, T., & Kikuhara, K. (2021, July). Re-evaluation of Taguchi et al.’s (2009) L2 motivational self system scale: A synthesis of Cronbach’s alpha reliability coefficients. Poster presentation at EuroSLA 2020, Barcelona, Spain. 07/2021. [Poster LINK]
[2020]
Aoyama, T., Sakai, H., Kikuhara, K., & Ouchi, R. (2020, March). Three-year longitudinal investigation of WTC and international posture: A cross-lagged panel analysis. Paper presentation at AAAL2020 Conference. Denver. 03/2020. *CANCELLED*
[2019]
Aoyama, T. (2019, August). Longitudinal dynamics of willingness to communicate and international posture in the Japanese EFL context. FOLLM Go Global Sydney 2019. University of Technology Sydney, Sydney. 12/08/2019.
Aoyama, T. (2019, June). Exploring Japanese returnees' psychological adaptation process and language learning experience: Qualitative trajectory modeling approach. Inaugural Conference on Language Teaching and Learning: Cognition and Identity 2019. Hong Kong. 29/06/2019.
[2018]
Suzuki, Y., & Aoyama, T. (2018, June). Exploring teachers’ impact on student demotivation in the Japanese EFL context. Paper presented at AsiaTEFL2018 International Conference Macau. 28/06/2018.
Aoyama, T. (2018, June-b). Revisiting the L2 motivational self system: Focusing on self-discrepancy. Paper presented at AsiaTEFL2018 International Conference. Macau. 28/06/2018.
Aoyama, T. (2018, June-a). Self-discrepancies, beliefs, and self-authenticity: A replication of Henry & Cliffordson (2017). Paper presented at PLL3 Conference. Tokyo. 10/06/2018.
[2017]
Yamamoto, T., & Aoyama, T. (2017, December). Learners’ perspectives on learning engineering vocabularies in KOSEN: Exploring their changes by quantitative content analysis. Paper presented at the International Conference on ESP: New technologies and digital learning. Hong Kong. 7–9/12/2017.
Aoyama, T. (2017, August). Language learning motivation research in Japan: A systematic review. Paper presented at the 27th Annual Conference of the European Second Language Association (EUROSLA), Reading, England. 31/08/2017.
Aoyama, T. (2017, July). L2 Motivation Research in Japan: A Systematic Review of Articles Published in Domestic Journals.Paper presented at the 15th AsiaTEFL Conference, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. 13–15/07/2017.
[2016]
Aoyama, T. (2016, September). Synthesising research on L2 motivation: A call for meta-analysis. Paper presented at Second Language Researfh Forum 2016 (SLRF). Teachers College, Columbia University, NY. 22–25/09/2016.
Aoyama, T. (2016, June). Meta-analysis in L2 motivation: Potentials of quantitative research synthesis. Paper presented at the 19th Warwick International Postgraduate Conference in Applied Linguistics. University of Warwick, Coventry, England. 28–30/06/2016.
[2015]
Aoyama, T. (2015, November). Age related differences in L2 motivation among Japanese EFL learners: Multi-group structural equation modeling. Paper presented at the 13th Asia TEFL International Conference, Nanjing, China.
Aoyama, T. (2015, August). L2 selves, attitude and intercultural contact among learners of English and Swedish in Finland. Paper presented at the 25th Annual Conference of the European Second Language Association (EuroSLA), Aix-en-Provence, France.