Self-Efficacy and Learning Behavior Laboratory
Department of English Language and Culture Education, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University
Welcome to the Kabir Lab!
Our mission is to improve educational outcomes and community outreach for English language and intercultural learning in Japan with research on personality traits, motivational states, and adaptive self-regulation
News and Activities
Co-coordinated teacher training workshop on task-based language teaching with U.S. Department of State English Language Fellow, Ms. Claire Lee
Lab Director and mentee Gahl Liberzon presented student research poster for the APA Division 37 and ABCT Student Symposium 2024 (Virtual)
Lab Director and Dr. Sponseller presented research progress on study abroad motivations with mentees at Osaka JALT Conference 2024
Collaborative research article published in the journal Word with Dr. Toshimune Kambara and the psycholingustics laboratory
Dr. Delakorda Kawashima and the Lab Director served as panelists for the Hiroshima Jogakuin JHS/SHS Peace Studies Course
Lab Director gave an oral presentation with mentee Gahl Liberzon at the ISQOLS 2024 Winter Virtual Conference
New co-authored journal article published in Communications Psychology with international collaborative research team
New co-authored journal article published in Psychological Assessment with international collaborative research team
Lab Director presented an abstract poster for the virtual showcase of the Global Flourishing Conference 2023
Lab Director gave an online lecture on intercultural communication for the All-Japan International Student Committee (AJISC)
Lab Director presented grant work progress at International Network of Educational Institutes (INEI) annual meeting in Seoul, South Korea
New co-authored article published with Dr. Takuya Fujikawa on effortful control traits and interoceptive attention tendencies
Lab Director and Doctoral Student Shizuki Saruta presented posters at IPPA World Congress on Positive Psychology in Vancouver, Canada
Lab Director presented research progress at a seminar organized by Dr. Mayu Koike (Tokyo Institute of Technology) for students at Tokyo Tech
Special event workshop on creative communication developed by our lab coordinated with Western Carolina University faculty
Workshop on improving team teaching led by our lab and Dr. Brett Walter conducted with ALTs and English education majors
New co-authored article published with Dr. Shogo Hihara (Matsuyama Univ.) on trauma exposure, post-traumatic stress, and identity content in Japan
New co-authored journal article published with Dr. Kohei Kambara (Doshisha Univ.) on processing modes and mindfulness in Japan
Lab Director appeared as commentator at Kyoto University Research Administration Center event with Dr. Rafik Hadfi
English education student who rehearsed with lab wins 3rd prize at the Waseda English Speaking Society's Okuma Cup
Kabir Lab produces English educational materials and implementation for Super Science High School's scientific writing workshop
Lab Director featured on nationally televised series, Why Did You Come to Japan? (TV Tokyo)【広島のスピッツ大好きＹＯＵ】
Collaborative research article led by Lab Director on adolescent well-being in Ghana featured in science communication press
Our Vision and Core Values
Self-Efficacy for Global Competency
We design and evaluate learning experiences that contribute to the development of global human resources in Japan via self-efficacy assessment
Creativity and Project Collaboration
Our lab manual emphasizes strong theories of motivation and experiential and reflective learning approaches that foster sandbox creativity and open collaboration
Community and
Cultural Diversity
Cultural Diversity
We are committed to community outreach through events at local schools and workshops for pre-service and in-service international educators
Poster_D37_Liberzon & Kabir_Final.pdfSupplemental Information_Liberzon & Kabir (2024).pdf