Presentations and Invited Lectures
December 12th, 2024 – "Using automatic speech recognition to create free fluency and pronunciation tests and practice tools". Applied Linguistics Circle Meetup 2024 (Sophia University). Oral presentation.
November 17th, 2024 – "Retention Training for Learning Idiomatic Expressions". JALT 2024 International Conference and Educational Materials Exhibition (Shizuoka). Oral presentation with Sachiko Nakamura.
November 16th, 2024 – "Introducing AI in a 4-skills Academic English Program". JALT 2024 International Conference and Educational Materials Exhibition (Shizuoka). Oral presentation with Shizuka Sakurai, Sachiko Nakamura, and Jessie Takeda.
November 11th, 2024 – "Teaching speech acts through interactive video speaking activities: Advanced data and focusing on feedback.” 第29回映像メディア英語教育学会（ATEM）全国大会 Oral Presentation with Sachiko Nakamura, Atsuko Otsuki, and Keina Hamagami
November 11th, 2024 – "Introduction of an intelligent tutoring character to enhance online engagement." The 29th ATEM National Convention (Kyoto)
October 5th, 2024 – "Rage Against the Machine: An Argument for Caution When Using ChatGPT in EFL and for Increased Human-AI Integration." 2024 STEM International Conference (Seoul, Korea).
September 29th, 2024 – “Multimodal Online Tools at Tohoku University.” JALT & JACET Joint presentation event. Invited talk with Emily MacFarlane and Jessie Takeda.
September 7th, 2024 – "New and Open Topics in Teaching English through Multimedia". 3rd Tohoku Area Special Study Session of ATEM (Sendai). Oral presentation.
August 28th, 2024 – "How to avoid common mistakes with statistics: Hints and free tools". 63rd JACET International Convention (Nagoya). Workshop.
<Download PowerPoint> <Download Example Data> <Download CSV file> <Link to JASP>August 7th, 2024 – “Changes in EFL learners' comprehension, note-taking ability, and self-perceived difficulty when listening to lectures”. 外国語教育メディア学会 (LET) 第63回 (2024) 年次研究大会（名古屋学院大学）. Oral presentation with Shizuka Sakurai.
June 29th, 2024 – “A free human-AI integrated text-readability tool: Making the best of teacher intuition and corpus research”. LET関東支部第150回（2024年春季）研究大会 (Meiji University Nakano Campus). Oral presentation. <Presentation Slides>
May 26th, 2024 – “Interactive Video-speaking Tests: Possibilities and Challenges”. 映像メディア英語教育学会東日本支部夏季例会（麗澤大学新宿キャンパス）
May 18th, 2024 – “Toward pedagogically-informed automated writing feedback for language learners" JALT CALL 2024 Conference (Nagoy). With Steven Coyne (presenter), Diana Galvan-Sosa, Camélia Guerraoui, Michael Zock, Keisuke Sakaguchi, Kentaro Inui.
May 11th, 2024 – “Using the Event Conflation Finder to Explore the Effects of Register and Time Period on Conflation Patterns” 英語コーパス学会2024年度春季研究会 (Online).
December 10th, 2023 – “Mulimodal online flashcards: Implementation & effects” Tohoku English Language Teaching Expo (Sendai). With Jessie Takeda.
November 25th, 2023 – “Feedback Provision in Academic Writing Classes” JALT 2023 International Conference (Tsukuba University). Oral presentation with Emily MacFarlane.
November 18th, 2023 – “Measuring students’ use of satellite-framing objectively: Usages in rating the persuasive paragraph writing of L1 Japanese EFL learners” LETメソドロジー研究部会2023年度第2回研究会（大分）
November 11th, 2023 – “What REALLY makes learners better writers?" JACET 東北支部例会. Oral presentation.
November 4th, 2023 – “Engaging Students in Speaking Activities with Video Prompts” The 28th ATEM (The Association for Teaching English through Multimedia) International Conference (online). Oral presentation.
October 28th, 2023 – “Expanding the Use of Visual Media for the Future: Our Shared Past and Visually Representing Automated Feedback for Students” 2023 STEM & SETA Conference (Kookmin University). Keynote lecture with Makoto Imura.
September 23rd, 2023 – “Workshop: How to Make Better Videos for Your Classes Part 2: Camera Proximity” 映像メディア英語教育学会（ATEM）東日本支部 第２回 東北特別研究会（仙台）。Workshop with Sachiko Nakamura.
September 9th, 2023 – “The Possibility of Using Satellite-framed Expressions as Measure of Phrasal Complexity in EFL Writing: Preliminary Findings and Considerations” Japan Association for English Corpus Studies, 49th Conference (Kansai University). Oral Presentation
August 29th, 2023 – “Quality over Quantity: Unlocking Key Factors in Improvement at Note-taking While Listening to Academic Lectures at a Japanese University” JACET 62nd International Convention. (Meiji University). Oral presentation with Shizuka Sakurai.
August 8th, 2023 – “Impact of a Login System and Motivational Tools on the Usage of Online EFL Practice Tools” 外国語教育メディア学会（LET）第62回全国研究大会 (The Japan Association for Language Education and Technology 62st Annual National Conference). (Waseda University) Oral presentation with Jessica Takeda.
July 9th, 2023 – “A big-data investigation of Satellite-framing over time: Is English writing becoming more satellite-framed?” The Japanese Society for Language Sciences (JSLS) 24th Annual Conference. Chuo University (Tokyo). Oral presentation with Naoyuki Ono.
July 1st, 2023 – “How to Make Better Videos for Your Classes Part 1: Framing” 映像メディア英語教育学会東日本支部夏季例会（麗澤大学新宿キャンパス）。Workshop with Sachiko Nakamura.
June 10th, 2023 – “Washback Effect of AI-Human Integrated Scoring on an EFL Curriculum over Three Semesters” LET関東支部第149回（2023年春季）研究大会 (Tokyo Global Gateway). Oral presentation.
March 19th, 2023 – “Practically integrating human and AI rating for individual EFL teachers: In the interest of fairness” American Association for Applied Linguistics 2023 Conference. (Marriott Portland Downtown Waterfront Hotel, Portland OR, U.S.A.) Poster Presentation
January 21st, 2023 – “Measuring EFL Production for Education Research Objectively: An Overview of Fluency and Complexity Indices” LETメソドロジー研究部会2022年度第3回研究会（仙台）Invited Lecture
December 17th, 2022 – “Statistics for Linguistics and Language Education Made Easy” The 13th ATEM (The Association for Teaching English through Multimedia) East Japan Branch Chapter Hybrid Conference (Tokyo Institute of Technology). Oral Presentation.
December 10th, 2022 – “Effects of Simple Automated Feedback on Summary Writing” The 148th LET (The Japan Association for Language Education & Technology) Kanto Branch Research Conference (online). Oral Presentation.
December 10th, 2022 – “Effects of Implementing a Multi-Modal Online Tool on an English Curriculum” The 148th LET (The Japan Association for Language Education & Technology) Kanto Branch Research Conference (online). Oral Presentation with Jessica Takeda.
November 18th, 2022 – 「言語研究の実践的応用と新展開の探り方：認知類型論、移動、変化、句動詞とプログラミング！？」第22回名古屋大学人文学研究科言語学分野公開講演会（名古屋大学大学院人文学研究科）
November 6th, 2022 – “A pilot study of an automated interactive speaking game for low-level learners: Student perceptions and teacher observations” The 27th ATEM (The Association for Teaching English through Multimedia) International Conference (online).
November 5th, 2022 – “Development and implementation of English video materials based on movie data” The 27th ATEM (The Association for Teaching English through Multimedia) International Conference (online). Symposium presentation with Atsuko Otsuki, Keina Hamagami, and Sachiko Nakamura.
October 29th, 2022 – “Effects of various interventions on various levels of L1 Japanese EFL learners’ phrasal verb acquisition” JALT Vocab SIG 2022 Symposium on Vocabulary & Learning. Poster Presentation.
September 25th, 2022 – “A pilot study of an integrated AI-human writing-rater system: How I learned to stop worrying and love the machine” The Japanese Society for Language Sciences 24th Annual International Conference (JSLS 2022). (Online) Oral presentation.
August 24th, 2022 – “The impact of a curriculum-based formative assessment on EGAP” The 61st JACET International Convention. (Online) Oral presentation with Shizuka Sakurai.
August 10th, 2022 – “Effects of Automated Feedback on Student Acquisition of Different Types of Vocabulary” 外国語教育メディア学会（LET）第61回全国研究大会 (The Japan Association for Language Education and Technology 61st Annual National Conference). (Online) Oral presentation with Jessica Takeda
August 10th, 2022 – “Argumentative signal words as a potential predictor of human rating” 外国語教育メディア学会（LET）第61回全国研究大会 (The Japan Association for Language Education and Technology 61st Annual National Conference). (Online) Oral presentation
August 5th, 2022 – “Creating Your Own Videos: Innovations and Creating more Possibilities” 映像メディア英語教育研究学会（ATEM）Open Online Presentation Series. Invited Talk with Sachiko Nakamura
June 18th, 2022 – 「外国語教育におけるスピーキング宿題の可能化：Google Scriptsによる自動音声認識ツール」LET関東支部2022年春季研究大会
March 15th, 2022 – “Comparing syntactic complexity measures counted by Tregrex-based tagging and UD-based tagging for evaluating L1 Japanese EFL paragraph writing” The 28th Annual Meeting of the Association for Natural Language Processing (online). Oral presentation, special theme session, with Matthew Wade Johnson.
March 12th, 2022 – “Use of interactive videos in university EFL learning” Oral presentation, with Sachiko Nakamura and Shizuka Sakurai.
December 11th, 2021 – “Using Automatically Calculated Measures of Complexity to Aid in Essay Grading” The 146th LET (The Japan Association for Language Education & Technology) Kanto Branch Research Conference (online).
November 6th, 2021 – “How the English of Movies, TV Dramas, and YouTube Can Contribute to the Development of Practical English Education: Present Perfect” The 26th ATEM (The Association for Teaching English through Multimedia) International Conference (online). Symposium presentation with Atsuko Otsuki, Keina Hamagami, and Sachiko Nakamura.
November 6th, 2021 – “Making English the Lingua Franca in EFL Multimedia: Then and Now” The 26th ATEM (The Association for Teaching English through Multimedia) International Conference (online). Special Joint Symposium with Yun Joon Jason Lee, Yoona Roh, and Naoko Kaneda.
August 28, 2021 – 「he/sheエラーと母語干渉と地域性の訛り」 JACET第60回記念国際大会（オンライン学会）（田淵龍二との共演）
August 28, 2021 – 「The Tohoku method: A new academic English curriculum at Tohoku University and its preliminary evaluation」 JACET 60th Commemorative International Convention (online). （Shizuka SakuraiとShuichi Takebayashiとの共演）
August 22, 2021 – 「オンラインでのスピーキング授業 - ⾚ペン添削と修正⼒」 外国語教育メディア学会（LET）第60回全国研究大会（オンライン学会）（田淵龍二との共演）
March 20th, 2021 – 「Using digital storytelling and project based learning with elementary school EFL learners」映像メディア英語教育学会（ATEM）東日本支部春例会、オンライン（Thiri SOE, Chris AIEZZAとの共演）
March 16th, 2021 – 「スピーキング3秒採点と赤ペン添削システム開発とオンライン授業人手による主観評価から機械（AI）による客観評価へ」言語処理学会第27回年次大会（NLP 2021）（田淵龍二との共演）
March 8th, 2021 – 「スピーキング指導可視化ルーツ開発と指導意思決定支援AI自動赤ペン添削で弱点を図示する学習履歴マイニング」第26回人工知能学会インタラクティブ情報アクセスと可視化マイニング研究会（SIGAM）（田淵龍二との共演）
March 7th, 2021 – 「全自動赤ペン添削をオンライン授業に取り入れた学習―コロナ時代でのスピーキング練習への挑戦―」言語教育エキスポ2021、オンライン（田淵龍二との共演）
December 20th, 2020 – “The effects of student camera usage in synchronous courses: Student views” 映像メディア英語教育研究学会（ATEM）第11回東日本支部大会、オンライン学会
September 13th, 2020 – “Factors affecting improvement in speaking ability through video creation PBLL: A preliminary analysis” 映像メディア英語教育学会（ATEM）東日本支部秋例会、オンライン学会
December 15th, 2019 – 「マルチメディアツールによる客観的な発音評価：実践と実証」映像メディア英語教育研究学会（ATEM）第10回東日本支部大会、早稲田大学（東京）
October 19th, 2019 – “Using student-generated digital media products for foreign language learning: How, why, and the practical benefits” Symposium (leader), with Matthew Love and Yosuke Fukai. 第25回映像メディア英語教育学会全国大会、京都外国語大学
October 19th, 2019 – “How does video-creation PBLL affect the speaking skills of L1 Japanese EFL Learners? Through objective analysis of oral proficiency” 第25回映像メディア英語教育学会全国大会、京都外国語大学
September 29th, 2019 – “How Watching Subtitled YouTube Videos Can Help with Listening and Reading: A Preliminary Analysis” with Sachiko Nakamura. 映像メディア英語教育研究学会（ATEM）東日本支部特別東北研究会、東北大学（仙台）
August 24th, 2019 – “Advances in teaching phrasal verbs through cognitive typology: Theory and practical pedagogical suggestions” 言語学と言語教育学：理論と実践，そして応用へ （ワークショップ）、名古屋大学
July 7th, 2019 – “Manner of motion salience affecting framing and categorization choices cross-linguistically: The case of Japanese and English native speakers.” Oral presentation with Suguru Mikami at The Japanese Society for Language Sciences 21st Annual International Conference (JSLS 2019). Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
June, 16th, 2019 – 「映像メディアを取り入れた句動詞の指導：映像導入の前後データの比較」映像メディア英語教育研究学会（ATEM）東日本支部夏季例会、早稲田大学（東京）
June 15th, 2019 – “Do Japanese students have enough communicative competency to participate in CLIL? Exposing an incorrect assumption and inferiority complex” Poster presentation at 2nd Annual J-CLIL Tohoku Chapter Conference. Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
June 15th, 2019 – “The effect of proper scaffolding on class participation.” 2nd Annual J-CLIL Tohoku Chapter Conference. Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
May 18th, 2019 – “Student perspectives of learning phrasal verbs with animations”. 2019 ET2 Educational Transmedia Teaching ETAK-STEM Joint International Conference. Kongju National University (Kongju, Korea).
March 24th, 2019 – “Developing speaking skills through short film creation: A preliminary analysis”. 映像メディア英語教育研究学会（ATEM）東日本支部春季例会、麗澤大学（東京）
December 16th, 2018 – 「東北大学で短編映画作成を通したプロジェクト型外国語学習：フランス語と英語の習得、関連性をめぐって」with Yosuke Fukai. 映像メディア英語教育研究学会（ATEM）東日本支部大会、麗澤大学（東京）
November 24th, 2018 – “Proposal of a hierarchy for manner salience affecting motion-framing choices in English: At what point did I make this weird?” 36th Annual Conference of the English Linguistic Society of Japan. Yokohama University (Yokohama, Japan)
November 18th, 2018 – “Creating a better list of PV particles”. Poster presentation. 37th Annual TESOL France Colloquium. Telecom ParisTech (Paris, France).
October 27th, 2018 – “Increasing listening and speaking skills through Skype: The results of 3 years of data” 第24回映像メディア英語教育学会全国大会、京都外国語大学
October 27th, 2018 – “Changing from teaching English through movies to teaching through multimedia: Shifting from top down approaches to class design to bottom up approaches” Symposium (leader), with Kaoru Kiyosawa and Masahiro Suzuki. 第24回映像メディア英語教育学会全国大会、京都外国語大学
October 27th, 2018 – “Curation of Online Videos for English Learners” Poster presentation, with Sachiko Nakamura and Harumi Go. 第24回映像メディア英語教育学会全国大会、京都外国語大学
September 16th, 2018 – “Setting Film-Making as the Project in a Project Based Language Learning Class”. 2018 TEEM International Conference. Hankuk University, Seoul, Korea.
August 2nd, 2018 – 「海外で学生の伸びをファシリテート！教員引率型海外研修プログラムの開発と実践」共演：末松和子、高橋美能。東北大学第60回正午PD会
June 16th, 2018 – “Adding CLIL to PBLL: Creation of a CLIL-based textbook for an international project-based course”. 1st Annual J-CLIL Tohoku Chapter Conference. Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
March 25th, 2018 – パネルディスカッションのリーダー「映画英語教育におけるトップダウン・ボトムアップ手法の可能性－４技能の向上からクリティカル・シンキング、専門分野の講義まで－」映画英語教育研究学会（ATEM）東日本支部春季例会、麗澤大学（東京）
December 16th, 2017 – 「ホームページ作成を目標としたプロジェクト型外国語学習－会話能力向上を目指したスカイプ交流－」Japan Association of Second Language Acquisition 28th Annual Conference. Ochanomizu University (With Kato Fumie)
November 18th, 2017 – “Applying Advances in Cognitive Linguistic Typology to Phrasal Verb Instruction”. 35th Annual Conference of the English Linguistic Society of Japan, at Tohoku University (Sendai)
November 11th, 2017 – “Short animations as a tool for teaching phrasal verbs of motion and change from a cognitive linguistic perspective”. 第23回映画英語教育学会全国大会、小樽商科大学（札幌）
September 18th, 2017 – Guest lecture “Using your Japanese degree and the field of linguistics” UNC Charlotte
September 7th, 2017 – 「認知言語学と句動詞の習得－事象合成の観点から－」外国語習得・脳科学融合セミナー、東北大学
August 6th, 2017 – “The Possibilities and Challenges of Incorporating Project Based Language Learning into E-learning to Improve Japanese Language Learning” at the 7th International Conference on Computer Assisted Systems for Teaching & Learning Japanese, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan. With Kato Fumie and Chikako Mori.
July 6th, 2017 – 「認知言語学の英語教育への適応：事象合成から句動詞の教育へ」第6回IEHE教育開発セミナー：言語学研究と外国語教育へ。東北大学
June 25th, 2017 – 「英語コミュニケーション能力向上のためのプロジェクト型外国語学習：短編映画作成の適用と妥当性」映画英語教育研究学会（ATEM）東日本支部夏季例会、麗澤大学（東京）
May 16th, 2017 – Guest lecture “Advice for Graduate Students Seeking Positions in Higher Education” for Tohoku University Innovative Leaders Platform
February 20th, 2017 – 「移動と状態変化表現の第二言語習得：認知言語類型論の観点から」Invited Guest Lecture at Nagoya University.
February 6th, 2017 –「留学する前の英語勉強」東北大学交換留学オリエンテーション
December 18th, 2016 “インターネット経由のプロジェクト型外国語学習” Japan Association of Second Language Acquisition 27th Annual Conference. Kyushu University (With Kato Fumie)
September 23rd, 2016 – Guest lecture “Opportunities for Study Abroad and Continued Education at Tohoku University” at University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
May 9th, 2016 – Guest lecture “How NOT to give a good presentation” for Falling Walls Laboratory, Sendai. Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
February 8th, 2016 –「留学する前の英語勉強」東北大学交換留学オリエンテーション
December 20th, 2015 –「会話能力向上のためのスカイプ利用の有効性」Japan Association of Second Language Acquisition 26th Annual Conference. Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan. (With Kato Fumie, Chikako Mori)
December 18th, 2015 – “東北大学・ノースカロライナ大学間のスカイプ・パートナー・プログラム：その成果と可能性をめぐって”Invited talk at 第24回正午PD会. Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan (with Kato Fumie, Chikako Mori)
October 24th, 2015 – “The effectiveness of using Skype to improve communicative abilities” The Foreign Language Association of North Carolina 49th Fall Conference. Sheraton Imperial Hotel & Convention Center, Durham, NC, USA. (With Kato Fumie, Chikako Mori)
October 23rd, 2014 – “認知言語類型論と第二言語習得：移動・状態変化事象の英語表現の習得をめぐって [Cognitive Typology and Second Language Acquisition: A look at the acquisition of English motion and change of state event expressions]”. Invited talk at 第5回正午PD会. Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
August 20th, 2014 – “What can you do with your Japanese major/minor?” Invited guest talk at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, U.S.A.
April 20th, 2014 – “Talmy’s Typology and Second Language Acquisition” English Linguistic Society of Japan Spring Forum – Doshisha University, Japan
November 23rd, 2013 – “Cognitive Typology and Second Language Acquisition Beyond Motion: The Effects on Change-of-State Framing” 日本言語学会. At Kobe Foreign Language University, Kobe, Japan.
November 2012 – “認知言語類型論と第二言語習得: 中国語母語話者と日本語母語話者の英語習得を対象に” Invited guest talk at中南財経政法大学 (Zhon-Nan University of Economics and Politics), Wuhan, China
June 6th, 2012 – “Satellitization: New Evidence for Cognitive Processes in Motion Event Framing” 1st World Congress of Scholars of English Linguistics – Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea
April 29th, 2011 – “Applied Cognitive Typology: A study of the L2 acquisition of a satellite-framed language by native speakers of Japanese and Chinese” 5th Annual Conference on Language, Discourse and Cognition – National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
January 29th, 2011 – “認知言語類型論における第二言語習得研究：日本語・中国語母語話者の英語フレーム化習得を対象に” 北京大学・東北大学共同教育ワークショップ [Peking University / Tohoku University Cooperative Education Workshop] at Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
December, 2010 – “A look into the acquisition of English motion event conflation by native speakers of Chinese and Japanese”. Poster Presentation at the 24th Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation (PACLIC) – Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
June 17th, 2010 – “英語のフレーム化習得に関する認知言語学的研究：中国語・日本語母語話者を対象に” 対象言語学シンポジウム―日本語とＸ語の対象― at Reitaku University, Tokyo, Japan.