I am an Associate Professor in Japanese and Linguistics. I teach a range of Japanese language modules at various levels, as well as academic modules in linguistics, including Intercultural Communication and Analysing Media Texts (Critical Discourse Analysis).
My research interests lie in sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, and educational linguistics, with a particular focus on multilingualism, family language planning and maintenance, language policies in education, and language issues related to culture and identity. I am also interested in the practical application of plurilithic concepts of language - such as idiolectal repertoires and translanguaging/languaging - in language education.
I am the founder and convener of the Special Interest Group 日本語教育における「日本語の多様性」勉強会 (‘Diversity of Japanese Language’ in Japanese Language Education SIG) within the British Association for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language (BATJ). I also serve as the editorial chief (coordinator) of the BATJ Journal.
Areas of expertise: multilingualism, family language planning and maintenance, language issues relating to culture and identity, linguistic ethnography, critical discourse analysis, interactional sociolinguistics.
I’m teaching Japanese language modules at various levels, such as:
- BA (level 4): Japanese for Communication
- BA (level 5): Japanese in Use
- BA (level 6): Japanese for Professional Purposes
I also teach linguistics modules, such as:
- BA (level 5): Intercultural Communication
- BA (level 5): Analysing Media Discourse
- BA (level 6): Dissertation
- MA (level 7): Research Methods
Recent publications
- Member of The Centre for Language and Social Justice Research (LSJ), York St John University
- Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK
- Member, British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL)
- Member, British Association for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language (BATJ)
- Special Interest Group [SIG] Founder/Convener, 日本語教育における「日本語の多様性」勉強会 [‘‘Diversity of Japanese Language’ in Japanese language education SIG], British Association for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language (BATJ)
- Chief Editor/Coordinator (editorial board): BATJ Journal
Project leader (research): The Motivations and Outcomes of Study Abroad among UK undergraduates studying Japanese and Korean Languages
