Education Background
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2012.07-2019.06
Queen's University Belfast Doctorate - Education
Details of a Researcher
Updated on 2025/07/02
Queen's University Belfast Doctorate - Education
American Association for Applied Linguistics
Japanese Association of Language Teaching
Korea TESOL
English Teachers in Japan: Lifetime Member
Asia TEFL: Lifetime Member
Research synthesis
Second Language Acquisition
Applied Linguistics
Christopher Nicklin, Stuart McLean, Joseph P. Vitta
Language Learning 2025.04 [Refereed]
Authorship:Last author, Corresponding author
Applying lexical sophistication models to wordlist development: A proof-of-concept study
Christopher Nicklin, Daniel Bailey, Stuart McLean, Young Ae Kim, Hyeonah Kang, Joseph P. Vitta
Research Methods in Applied Linguistics 4 ( 1 ) 100175 - 100175 2025.04 [Refereed]
Authorship:Last author
Liang Ye Tan, Stuart McLean, Young Ae Kim, Joseph P. Vitta
Language Testing in Asia 14 ( 1 ) 2024.11 [Refereed]
Authorship:Last author, Corresponding author
Joseph P. Vitta
Vocabulary Learning and Instruction 13 ( 2 ) 1 - 7 2024.11 [Refereed] [Invited]
Authorship:Lead author, Last author, Corresponding author
Relative complexity in a model of word difficulty: The role of loanwords in vocabulary size tests
Derek Canning, Stuart McLean, Joseph P. Vitta
Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching 2024.07 [Refereed]
Authorship:Last author
Paul Leeming, Joseph P. Vitta, Phil Hiver, Dillon Hicks, Stuart McLean, Christopher Nicklin
Language Learning 2024.03 [Refereed]
Authorship:Corresponding author
EXPLORING TEACHER-DERIVED WORD DIFFICULTY JUDGEMENTS WITH A MULTIDIMENSIONAL LEXICAL SOPHISTICATION APPROACH: Towards a New Measurement?
Vitta, J. P, Nicklin, C, Hashimoto, B
AAAL (American Association for Applied Linguistics) 2024 Conference - Paper Presentation 2024.03 [Refereed]
Authorship:Lead author
Joseph P Vitta, Paul Leeming, Stuart McLean, Christopher Nicklin
RELC Journal 2023.09 [Refereed]
Authorship:Lead author, Corresponding author
The contribution of affixes to productive English vocabulary knowledge for Chinese, German and Spanish learners: A comparison
Jeffrey Stewart, Dale Brown, Phil Bennett, Pablo Robles-García, Claudia H. Sánchez-Gutiérrez, Nausica Marcos Miguel, Joseph P. Vitta, Christopher Nicklin, Tim Stoeckel, Stuart McLean
System 115 103035 - 103035 2023.07 [Refereed]
Pablo Robles-García, Jeffrey Stewart, Christopher Nicklin, Joseph P. Vitta, Stuart McLean, Brandon Kramer
Language Teaching Research 2023.06 [Refereed]
Joseph P. Vitta, Christopher Nicklin, Simon W. Albright
The Modern Language Journal 2023.03 [Refereed]
Authorship:Lead author
Research Syntheses in L2 Vocabulary Research: A Scoping Review
Ali H. Al-Hoorie, Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu, Joseph P. Vitta, Christopher Nicklin, Kyushu University, Rikkyo University
Vocabulary Learning and Instruction 11 ( 2 ) 17 - 29 2022.12 [Refereed] [Invited]
Authorship:Corresponding author
Rater Judgments and Word Difficulty: Conceptualizing the Substantive Validity of the VST
Derek N. Canning, Seigakuen University, Stuart McLean, Joseph P. Vitta, Momoyama Gakuin University, Kyushu University
Vocabulary Learning and Instruction 11 ( 2 ) 30 - 37 2022.12 [Refereed] [Invited]
Authorship:Last author
Ali H. Al-Hoorie, W.L. Quint Oga-Baldwin, Phil Hiver, Joseph P. Vitta
Language Teaching Research 136216882211026 - 136216882211026 2022.06 [Refereed]
Authorship:Last author, Corresponding author
Assessing Rasch measurement estimation methods across R packages with yes/no vocabulary test data
Christopher Nicklin, Joseph P. Vitta
Language Testing 39 ( 4 ) 026553222110668 - 026553222110668 2022.02 [Refereed]
Authorship:Last author
The Relationship between Word Difficulty and Frequency: A Response to Hashimoto (2021)
Jeffrey Stewart, Joseph P. Vitta, Christopher Nicklin, Stuart McLean, Geoffrey G. Pinchbeck, Brandon Kramer
Language Assessment Quarterly 19 ( 1 ) 1 - 12 2021.10 [Refereed]
Joseph P. Vitta, Christopher Nicklin, Stuart McLean
Studies in Second Language Acquisition 1 - 25 2021.09 [Refereed]
Authorship:Lead author, Corresponding author
Effect-Driven Sample Sizes in Second Language Instructed Vocabulary Acquisition Research
Nicklin, C., Vitta, J.P.
Modern Language Journal 105 ( 1 ) 218 - 236 2021.03 [Refereed]
Authorship:Last author
Engagement in language learning: A systematic review of 20 years of research methods and definitions
Hiver, P., Al-Hoorie, A.H., Vitta, J.P., Wu, J.
Language Teaching Research 2021 [Refereed]
The flipped classroom in second language learning: A meta-analysis
Vitta, J.P., Al-Hoorie, A.H.
Language Teaching Research 2020 [Refereed]
Authorship:Lead author, Corresponding author
Vitta, J.P., Jost, D., Pusina, A.
RELC Journal 50 ( 1 ) 71 - 85 2019.04 [Refereed]
Authorship:Lead author, Corresponding author
Al-Hoorie, A.H., Vitta, J.P.
Language Teaching Research 23 ( 6 ) 2019 [Refereed]
Authorship:Last author, Corresponding author
Improving Korean university EFL program instruction through language learning strategy research
Vitta, J., Woollock, A.R.
Asian EFL Journal 21 ( 2 ) 2019 [Refereed]
Authorship:Lead author, Corresponding author
Scopus- and SSCI-indexed L2 journals: A list for the Asia TEFL community
Vitta, J.P., Al-Hoorie, A.H.
Journal of Asia TEFL 14 ( 4 ) 784 - 792 2017.12
Authorship:Lead author, Corresponding author
Vitta, J.P.
TESOL Journal 7 ( 4 ) 2016 [Refereed]
Authorship:Lead author, Corresponding author
Assessing the predictors of political engagement among Northern Irish youth
Vitta, J.P.
Journal of Social Research and Policy 7 ( 2 ) 2016 [Refereed]
Authorship:Lead author, Corresponding author
An action research-based report addressing lexical item listing in the sixth grade Korean EFL curriculum
( Part: Sole author)
Asian EFL Journal: Published Theses 2012
JALT Vocabulary SIG: 2025 PANSIG Presentation & Forum
Vitta, Joseph P., Howarth, Mark [Invited]
JALT PANSIG Conference
Presentation date: 2025.05
Self-efficacy, Willingness-to-Communicate, Perceived-Communicative-Competence as Predictors of Spoken Task Production: My PLL Journal as an ISLA Researcher
Joseph P. Vitta [Invited]
TOKYO JALT - Invited Presentation Series
Presentation date: 2024.09
Demystifying the Publishing Process: Tips from Editors
[Invited]
2024 Korea TESOL International Conference
Presentation date: 2024.04
A Discussion of Three Exceptional Vocabulary Studies: A Model for a New Perspective (Discussant)
[Invited]
2023 Japan Association for Language Teaching: Vocabulary Special Interest Group Symposium.
Presentation date: 2023.10
Getting Started in Academic Publishing
[Invited]
Asia University 2021 Faculty Meeting
Presentation date: 2021.05
Recommendations for classroom-based TESOL research: L2 instructed vocabulary acquisition as an exemplar
Nicklin, C, Vitta, J [Invited]
2021 Korea International Conference
Presentation date: 2021.02
Quantitative TESOL classroom research in light of the L2 methods reform: A teacher-friendly quality checklist
Vitta, J, Nicklin, C [Invited]
2021 Korea TESOL International Conference
Presentation date: 2021.02
Doctoral Dissertation Poster Forum (funded by Queen's University Belfast)
Vitta, J. P
the 2019 TESOL Convention
Presentation date: 2019.03
A workable TTT approach for the Asian university EFL setting.
Vitta, J. P [Invited]
ETA- ROC 2013 (Taiwan) – Official Representative of Korea TESOL
Presentation date: 2013.11
Investigating the viability of remote eye tracking for second language acquisition and bilingualism research
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
Project Year :
Teacher Judgments of L2 English Word Difficulty: A New Second Language Data-Driven Lexical Sophistication Measurement
日本学術振興会 科学研究費助成事業
Project Year :
Vitta Joseph・Paul
Motivational Individual Differences and the Communicative English Output of Japanese Learners: A Psychometric and Predictive Study
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
Project Year :
Global Education Center
2025 spring quarter
Academic Writing and Discussion in English Beta (Academic skills for Intermediate learners) IU
Global Education Center
2025 winter quarter
Academic Writing and Discussion in English Beta (Academic skills for Intermediate learners) HA
Global Education Center
2025 summer quarter
Academic Writing and Discussion in English Beta (Academic skills for Intermediate learners) ED
Global Education Center
2025 winter quarter
Academic Writing and Discussion in English Beta (Academic skills for Intermediate learners) DC
Global Education Center
2025 spring quarter
<For retakers only> Academic Writing and Discussion in English Alpha (Essentials for Beginners) RD
Global Education Center
2025 winter quarter
<For retakers only> Academic Writing and Discussion in English Alpha (Essentials for Beginners) RB
Global Education Center
2025 summer quarter
Academic Writing and Discussion in English Alpha (Essentials for Beginners) IU
Global Education Center
2025 fall quarter
Academic Writing and Discussion in English Alpha (Essentials for Beginners) HA
Global Education Center
2025 spring quarter
Academic Writing and Discussion in English Alpha (Essentials for Beginners) ED
Global Education Center
2025 fall quarter
Global Education Center
2025 fall quarter
Academic Writing and Discussion in English Alpha (Essentials for Beginners) AP
Global Education Center
2025 spring quarter
Academic Writing and Discussion in English Alpha (Essentials for Beginners) AF
Global Education Center
2025 spring quarter
Waseda University
Global Education Center
FLC
Kyushu University
Rikkyo University
GTI
Tokyo International University
English Department
Ar Rass German College (KSA)
English
Sookmyung Women's University
Editorial Board Member, Journal of Asia TEFL
Academic society, research group, etc.
The Asian Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language
Editorial Board Member, Language Learning & Technology
Academic society, research group, etc.
University of Hawaii
Editorial Board Member, Studies in Educational Evaluation
Academic society, research group, etc.
Elsevier
Program Chair & Conference Chair for Symposia, Japan Association for Language Teaching: Vocabulary Special Interest Group
Japan Association for Language Teaching: Vocabulary Special Interest Group
Associate Editor, Vocabulary Instruction and Learning
Academic society, research group, etc.
JALT Vocabulary SIG + Castledown Publishing
Associate Editor, International Journal of TESOL Studies
Academic research
TESOL Union & Cranmore Publishing
Program Chair - Korea TESOL National Conference
Korea TESOL
Editorial Board -- Research Synthesis in Applied Linguistics (Journal)
Scientific advice/Review
Taylor & Francis
Publications Chair, Japan Association for Language Teaching: Vocabulary Special Interest Group
Academic society, research group, etc.
Japan Association for Language Teaching
Editorial Board Member, Research Synthesis in Applied Linguistics
Scientific advice/Review
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