Tsukuba Empirical Linguistics and Language Sciences (TELLS)
The 2nd TELLS Workshop for Undergraduate/Graduate Students
August 31 (Mon) - September 1 (Tue)
@University of Tsukuba
The 2nd TELLS Workshop for Undergraduate/Graduate Students
August 31 (Mon) - September 1 (Tue)
@University of Tsukuba
About the Workshop
This workshop has been established with the aim of fostering international collaboration in empirical linguistic research and supporting the development of early-career researchers and graduate students. The first session will primarily feature presentations by graduate students and early-career scholars.
Please see the details at the link below. If you are interested, we warmly invite you to join us either in person or via Zoom. The workshop will be held over two days, but participants are free to join and leave at any time. To attend, please register using the link above (Zoom details will be provided upon registration).
Organizers:
Kakeru Yazawa (University of Tsukuba, Japan)
James Whang (Seoul National University, Republic of Korea; University of Tsukuba, Japan)
Yuichi Ono (University of Tsukuba, Japan)
With the Support of
Institutes of Humanities and Social Sciences, Center for Education of Global Communication (CEGLOC)
Date: August 31 (Mon) – September 1 (Tue) 2026
Place: Humanities and Social Sciences Building(人文社会系棟), A722
Language: English/Japanese
Admission: Free
Program （As of August 25, 2026）
August 31 (Mon)
9:50 - 10:00 Opening Address
10:00 - 10:30
Changes in Japanese EFL Learners’ Perceptions and Use of Machine Translation
Haruno Koshida (University of Tsukuba, Japan)
10:40 – 11:10
The Acquisition of Noun Countability by Japanese Learners of English: An Investigation of Online Processing
Runo Inagawa (University of Tsukuba, Japan)
11:20 – 12:10 [Special Talk]
A reexamination of CP structure in L2 grammar: Evidence from the that-trace effect and the adverb amelioration effect
Kasumi Takahashi (University of Tsukuba, Japan)
[Lunch]
13:20 – 14:10 [Special Talk]
Exploring the Effects of Bilingual Subtitles on Japanese EFL Learners: Vocabulary Learning, Viewing Comprehension, and Cognitive Load
Takumi Hayabusa (University of Tsukuba, Japan)
14:20 – 14:50
Second language acquisition of English argument structure constructions by Japanese learners of English: A case study of resultative constructions
Hiroto Takamure (University of Tsukuba, Japan)
15:00 – 15:30
Online Processing of the English Have-Construction by Japanese Learners of English: Focusing on the Role of Discourse Context
Shota Kato (University of Tsukuba)
[Break]
15:50 – 16:20
Telicity Computation by Japanese Learners of English: Focusing on VP-level biases in L1
Yuka Fujii (University of Tsukuba, Japan)
16:30 – 16:50
Policy Discourse on the Introduction of the International Baccalaureate into Article 1 Schools in Japan: Focusing on Its Linkage with Global Human Resource Development Policy
Misaki Fujii (University of Tsukuba, Japan)
17:00 – 17:20
Data-Driven Learning and Statistical Preemption: Evidence from the Dative Alternation in Japanese EFL Learners
Ryosuke Nakahara (University of Tsukuba, Japan)
18:00- Reception
September 1 (Tue)
10:00 – 10:30
Effects of Acoustic Feature Variation on Listening in Noisy Environments
Rikutaka Kanayama (Yonago Institute of Technology/University of Tsukuba, Japan)
10:40 – 11:10
Reexamining Speaker Order Effects in Japanese Learners' Perception of English Lexical Stress
Momoko Narita (University of Tsukuba, Japan)
11:20 – 11:50
Acquisition of English Fricatives /s, z, θ, ð, f, v/ by Native Japanese Speakers
Renta Kondo (University of Tsukuba, Japan)
[Lunch Break]
13:30 – 13:50
日本語学習歴のないインドネシア語母語話者による日本語ピッチアクセントの模倣産出
FIRDHANI RESHA (University of Tsukuba, Japan)
14:00 – 14:20
中国人日本語学習者のオノマトペ生成について
Haruna Sato, Kazusa Miura, Yuka Mashiko, Hinata Kawaguchi (University of Tsukuba, Japan)
14:20 – 14:40
Gemini と ChatGPT によるオノマトペ生成
Kaoru Hirano (University of Tsukuba, Japan)
14:40 - 15:00 Closing
Registration (Free of Charge)
https://forms.gle/DutyCurZ3bPzvkQ6A
Zoom link will be replied. In order to collect information from participants for our upcoming event, please kindly fill in the form. Thank you very much for your assistance.
We welcome undergraduate and graduate students, as well as faculty members, who are interested in research on first/second language acquisition!