Details of a Researcher - HAYASAKI, Aya

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HAYASAKI, Aya

Scopus Paper Info

Paper Count: 1 Citation Count: 1 h-index: 1

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Google Scholar Information (Citations per year)

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Affiliation

Faculty of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Research Institute for Letters, Arts and Sciences

Job title

Research Associate

Degree

MA Teaching English as a Foreign Language ( University of Birmingham )

Research Experience

2022.04

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Now

Gakushuin University Faculty of International Social Sciences Part-time Lecturer
2022.04

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Waseda University Research Institute for Letters, Arts and Sciences Research Associate
2021.04

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2022.03

Tama Art University Faculty of Art and Design Department of Graphic Design
2021.04

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2021.08

Yamanashi Prefectural University Faculty of Global Policy Management and Communications
2019.09

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2022.03

TCK Workshop Co., & Ltd. English Tutor
2018.03

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2018.12

Taktopia Co., & Ltd. English Language Teaching Division Manager
2013.04

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2016.03

Kagoshima Prefectural Senior High School English Language Teacher
2012

　

　

Akita International University Academic Achievement Center Tutor (TOEFL/Academic Writing)

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Education Background

2020.04

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Now

Waseda University Graduate School of Letters, Arts and Sciences

Doctoral Course
2016.09

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2017.12

University of Birmingham School of Education Education / Teaching English as a Foreign Language
2008.04

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2012.08

Akita International University International Liberal Arts Global Studies

Committee Memberships

2021.10

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Now

JALT Learner Development SIG The Learner Development Journal Issue 7 Co-Editor

Professional Memberships

2020.09

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Now

Japanese Association of Qualitative Psychology
2020.06

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Now

The Japan Association For Language Education and Technology
2020

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Now

British Association for Applied Linguistics
2020

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Now

American Association for Applied Linguistics
2018.06

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Now

The Japan Association for Language Teaching
2017.10

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Now

International Association for the Psychology of Language Learning

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Research Areas

Foreign language education Teaching English as a Foreign Language / Education on school subjects and primary/secondary education 英語教育 / Linguistics

Research Interests

Language Learner Psychology
Emotion
English Language Teaching

Awards

PLL3 Legacy Travel Scholarship

2022.02 International Association for the Psychology of Language Learning
Incentive Award of International Frontier

2020.10 Japanese Association of Qualitative Psychology “Exploring the Effects of Foreign Language Enjoyment and Anxiety in Japanese Students at an English-Medium University”

Papers

Beyond the Classroom, Beyond the Track: The Role of English in the Transformation of Career Perspectives in Three Females in Rural Japan

Aya Hayasaki

The Learner Development Journal ( 6 ) 82 - 96 2022 [Refereed]

Authorship：Lead author

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This study explores the process of perspective shifting among female English language learners who participated in an English project-based learning programme in rural Japan. In Japan, academic achievement and career aspirations are determined by socioeconomic status, gender, and region. However, in English language education in Japan, there has not been sufficient research addressing the learning experiences of individuals considering such social contexts beyond the classroom. Therefore, this study investigates the reality and potential of English language learning among women living in rural areas. Three female graduates of a senior high school in Kagoshima Prefecture were purposively selected, and a 90-minute semi- structured interview was conducted with each. Trajectory equifinality modelling (Sato et al., 2009) was used for data analysis. The findings revealed how the three women overcame different constraints, including lack of access to diverse role models and peers, few opportunities to make meaningful connections between English language learning and real life, and parental attitudes towards investment in language education and family financial situation. Given the current state of educational inequality, this study represents a proposal to further the debate on how English language learning can make a meaningful difference to an individual’s overall life and subsequent career choices. 本研究は、日本の地方において、英語でのプロジェクト型学習プログラムに参加した女性英語学習者の意識変容過程を探索する。日本では、学力や進路希望は社会経済的地位、性別、地域によって規定される(松岡、2019)。しかし、英語教育においては、教室を超えたそのような社会的文脈を考慮した個人の学習経験について十分に研究されていない。そこで本研究では、地方出身女性の英語学習の実態と可能性を探った。鹿児島県内の高校を卒業した女性3名を合目的的サンプリングで選定し、それぞれに90分の半構造化面接を実施した。データ分析には、複線径路・等至性モデル (Sato et al., 2009) を使用した。結果として、3名の女性が、多様なロールモデルや仲間との接点の少なさ、英語学習と実生活を有意義に結びつける機会の少なさ、言語教育への投資に対する親の考え方や家庭の経済状況に関する課題など、様々な制約を克服した過程が明らかになった。教育格差の現状を踏まえ、本研究は、英語学習が個人の人生全体やその後のキャリア選択に意味のある変化をもたらすことをめざし、議論を深めることを提案するものである。

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A Different Kind of Tension: Foreign Language Anxiety From a Positive Psychology Perspective

Aya Hayasaki, Stephen Ryan

Chinese Journal of Applied Linguistics 45 ( 1 ) 17 - 31 2022 [Refereed]

Authorship：Lead author

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Abstract

This study investigates anxiety in foreign language learning from a positive psychology perspective, and in doing so, it considers some of the ways in which anxiety can interact with other aspects of language learner psychology to contribute to improved learning outcomes and improved learner well-being. The paper reports on a small-scale mixed-method study of English learners at a university in northern Japan. It shows how for many learners some of the most anxiety-provoking episodes were also the most rewarding and enjoyable, suggesting a need to reconsider simplistic accounts that present anxiety as an impediment to successful language learning. This is done by shifting to a positive psychology perspective. The paper concludes with a tentative model of how anxiety, when reframed as tension, can function as a core component of a more productive language learning experience.

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When Anxiety Becomes an Advantage: Exploring Tension and Its Effects on L2 Learning Experience in Japanese EFL Learners at an English-Medium University

Aya Hayasaki

Master’s Dissertation, University of Birmingham 2017.12

Presentations

Developing mindsets through self-directed learning

James Underwood, Kay Irie, Tran Phuong, Robert B. Gommerman, Aya Hayasaki, Nicholas Delgrego

JALT 49th Annual International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning & Educational Materials Exhibition The Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT)

Presentation date： 2023.11

Event date：
2023.11

　

　
Examining the Role of Researcher Emotion and Reflexivity in Foreign Language Education Research: Using Auto-TEM

Aya Hayasaki

The 20th Conference of the Japanese Association of Qualitative Psychology

Presentation date： 2023.11

Event date：
2023.11

　

　
Reconstructing mother-daughter relationships after my study abroad and revisiting the senses of home: A reflection on two collaborative autoethnography projects

Hayasaki, A

Living on the Edge 2023 (Kyoto, Japan)

Presentation date： 2023.09

Event date：
2023.09

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2023.10

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In this presentation, I will present two projects using collaborative autoethnography. Autoethnography is a form of qualitative research in which personal experiences are used to explore the meanings and understanding of wider cultural, political, and social contexts. The first project revolves around a three-minute story I wrote reflecting on a dialogue with my mother about my study abroad and the impact it had on our relationship. The background of this story highlights the challenges I encountered in convincing my mother to allow me to study abroad due to our major differences in what an ideal woman's happiness should be. Throughout the story, my mother and I delve into our hidden emotions through the most honest dialogue we have ever had in our 33 years together. Next, I will report on a study conducted with four other researchers, in which I brought my findings from this mother-daughter story. We, the five researchers from different universities, explored our respective stories under the common theme of what care means to us. Through the project, we came away with a deeper understanding of different senses of care, home, feeding, and ultimately love. This is a sequel to my "Finding Home” story presented online at LOTE2022, and I hope to give back to the LOTE community by expanding the collaborative dialogue further with participants in person.
Reconsidering the positioning of research participants and researchers in the study of the psychology of foreign language learners in the Social Turn: Issues surrounding the interdisciplinarity of research and the role of researcher reflexivity

Aya Hayasaki [Invited]

Workshop on the sociology of language: Ideologies, practices and institutions of language (University of Tokyo, Komaba Campus)

Presentation date： 2023.09

Event date：
2023.09

　

　
Shocked in a good way? A qualitative study of Japanese EFL learners' attitudes toward English and its ownership in transition

Hayasaki, A

The 21st AsiaTEFL International Conference (Daejeon)

Presentation date： 2023.08

Event date：
2023.08

　

　
Milieu of care: A collaborative autoethnography

Tsuchimoto, T, Fujisaka, N, Hayasaki, A, Okawa, R, Suzuki, C, Koyama, T, Motooka, M, Kannan, M, Katsura, Y

The International Conference of Autoethnography

Presentation date： 2023.07

Event date：
2023.07

　

　
The role of English in the transformation of career perspectives in three females in rural Japan

Aya Hayasaki

AAAL2023 Conference (Portland, Oregon) American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL)

Presentation date： 2023.03

Event date：
2023.03

　

　
Challenges and Possibilities for a CLIL Classroom Switching between Online and Offline: An Art University’s Case

Aya Hayasaki

JALT Hokkaido 2023 Winter Language Teaching Conference, "New Directions and New Techniques: Teaching in the New Normal" (Sapporo, Hokkaido)

Presentation date： 2023.02

Event date：
2023.02

　

　
Novice-level EFL Speaker’s Communication Strategies: Learning from a Japanese Comedian

Aya Hayasaki

The 42nd Thailand TESOL International Conference 2023

Presentation date： 2023.01

Event date：
2023.01

　

　
Using the PERMA Framework to Investigate Meaning-Making of Anxiety-Provoking Episodes and Enjoyable Episodes in Language Learning

Aya Hayasaki

The 4th Psychology of Language Learning Conference

Presentation date： 2022.06

Event date：
2022.06

　

　
The Interplay Between Self-Esteem and Emotion Regulation in L2 Learning: A Longitudinal Case Study

Aya Hayasaki, Ryo Moriya

AAAL2021 Conference The American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL)

Presentation date： 2021.03
Exploring the Roles of Foreign Language Learning in the Well-being of Third-age Females in Japan

Aya Hayasaki

The International Conference on Gender, Language and Education

Presentation date： 2020.12
Transformation Processes of Emotions and Relationships between Daughters Aspiring to Study Abroad and Mothers Opposing Them: An Exploratory Study Using Auto-TEM

Aya Hayasaki

TEAと質的探究学会第2回大会

Presentation date： 2023.06

Event date：
2023.06

　

　
Where’s Home for Rural Japanese Women and Their Language on the Move?

Living on the Edge 2022

Presentation date： 2022.05

Event date：
2022.05

　

　
Exploring the Roles of Negative Emotions and Failure in Language Learning

Aya Hayasaki

Independent Learning Association Conference (ILA): Developing Learner Autonomy in Language Learning

Presentation date： 2021.06
Tension as Learning Facilitator in EAP at Japanese EMI University

Aya Hayasaki

CEAPA - BALEAP 2021 International Conference 暨第七届中国术英语教学研究年会

Presentation date： 2021.05

Event date：
2021.05

　

　
Trajectories of Career Perspectives of High School Students in Southern Kyushu Through Social Issues Research Project in English: A Work-in-Progress

Aya Hayasaki

Presentation date： 2020.11
Perspective Shifts Through a High-School Social Issues Research Project (Waseda University Graduate Student Showcase)

Aya Hayasaki

JALT 2020 46th Annual International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning & Educational Materials Exhibition

Presentation date： 2020.11
Adolescents' Dilemmas and Transformation Through L2 Learning in Rural Japan

Aya Hayasaki

JALT 2020 46th Annual International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning & Educational Materials Exhibition

Presentation date： 2020.11
「見方・考え方」の変容過程と外国語学習--地方出身学生の視点から--

早﨑綾

日本質的心理学会第17回大会

Presentation date： 2020.10
Exploring Effects of Foreign Language Enjoyment and Anxiety in Japanese Students at English-Medium University

Aya Hayasaki

Inaugural Conference on Language Teaching and Learning: Cognition and Identity

Presentation date： 2019.06
Exploring Positive Effects of Language Anxiety in Japanese Students at English-Medium University in Japan

Aya Hayasaki

The 3rd Psychology of Language Learning Conference

Presentation date： 2018.06

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Research Projects

Rethinking the Role of Researcher Emotion and Reflexivity in Foreign Language Education Research: Ethical and Transformative Perspectives

Waseda University Grants for Special Research Projects (Tokutei Kadai - Early Career Researchers)

Project Year :

2023.04

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2024.03
地方高校出身女性のエンパワメントとしての英語学習の可能性：教育格差の観点から

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up

Project Year :

2022.08

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2024.03
A study of retrospective meaning-making of L2 learning experiences among women from high school English courses in Kagoshima Prefecture

Waseda University Grants for Special Research Projects (Tokutei Kadai - Research Base Creation)

Project Year :

2022.05

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2023.03
日本の地方出身者の人生径路における英語教育と社会的要因の探索

国立研究開発法人科学技術振興機構（JST）早稲田オープン・イノベーション・エコシステム挑戦的研究プログラム（W-SPRING）

Project Year :

2021.10

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2023.03
Investigating the Role of English as a Foreign Language in the Life Trajectories of Japanese Adults Through Trajectory Equifinality Approach

JALT Learner Development Special Interest Group Research Grant

Project Year :

2021.04

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2022.03
英語での社会課題研究における地方高校生の「見方・考え方」の変容過程：オンライン・対面融合型研修の事例を通して

外国語教育メディア学会（LET）関東支部 2020年度研究支援プログラム（若手支援の部）

Project Year :

2020.04

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2021.03

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Misc

国際フロンティア奨励賞受賞者および受賞者からの報告

質的心理学フォーラム ( 13 ) 2021.10 [Invited]

Other

Cambridge CELTA (Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages)

2017.11

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Now
高等学校教諭専修免許状（英語）取得

2012.08

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Now

Teaching Experience

Self-Directed Learning II

Gakushuin University
2022.04

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Self-Directed Learning I

Gakushuin University
2022.04

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Now
English in Graphic Design II

Tama Art University
2021.04

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2022.03
English in Graphic Design I

Tama Art University
2021.04

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2022.03
English Grammar II

Yamanashi Prefectural University
2021.04

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2021.08

Social Activities

International Exchange for Elementary School Students Observer and Critique

Children's Zoom Meeting Kushikino-Los Angeles The 13th "Beyond the Waves Project"
2022.04

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高校生キャリア教育ワークショップサポート

国際ソロプチミスト鹿児島『夢を拓く』2021鹿児島ユースフォーラムオンライン
2021.06

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Mentor at a research project camp for senior high school students

Glocal Academy Oxford × Glocal Academy Project Research Camp
2020.07

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2020.08
国際交流イベント、スタディツアー等の日英通訳翻訳・運営サポート

国際交流NGOピースボート第100回ピースボート地球一周の船旅
2018.12

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2019.04
洋上プロジェクト「教育の日」企画・運営・統括責任者

国際交流NGOピースボート第100回ピースボート地球一周の船旅
2019.03

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放課後学校運営サポート・学習支援

認定NPO法人カタリバ被災地の放課後学校コラボ・スクールましき夢創塾
2016.07

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Volunteer Japanese Teacher

The Angkor Tree Project (NGO based in Cambodia)
2016.06

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放課後学校運営サポート・学習支援

認定NPO法人カタリバ被災地の放課後学校コラボ・スクール女川向学館
2014.04

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2014.05

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