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IKUTA, Miki
 
Affiliation
Affiliated organization, Global Education Center
Job title
Assistant Professor(non-tenure-track)

Research Experience

  • 2024.04
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    Now

    Waseda University   Global Education Center

  • 2023.11
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    2024.03

    University of Windsor   Department of Psychology   Postdoctoral Fellow

  • 2023.11
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    2023.12

    日本学術振興会   特別研究員 (PD)

  • 2023.08
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    2023.10

    University of Windsor   Department of Psychology

  • 2021.04
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    2023.10

    日本学術振興会   特別研究員(DC2)

  • 2022.10
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    2023.03

    Aichi Prefectural University

  • 2021.04
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    2023.03

    Ohka Gakuen University   Faculty of Early Cildhood Care and Education

  • 2020.04
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    2023.03

    Nagoya College

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Education Background

  • 2020.04
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    2023.10

    Nagoya University   Graduate School of Humanities  

  • 2018.04
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    2020.03

    Nagoya University   Graduate School of Humanities  

  • 2013.02
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    2014.04

    University of the Sunshine Coast  

  • 2009.04
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    2014.03

    Nagoya University of Foreign Studies   School of Foreign Languages   Department of English Language Teaching  

  • 2010.08
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    2011.05

    Hawai'i Pacific University  

  • 2010.02
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    2010.03

    Australian Catholic University  

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Papers

  • How do Japanese learners of English assess their L2 proficiency?

    Miki Ikuta, Kumi Wakita, Naoya Shibata

    Nagoya JALT Journal   5 ( 1 ) 1 - 20  2024.11  [Refereed]

    Authorship：Lead author

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  • A Semester-Long Study of Second Language Writing Development and the Effects of Topic Familiarity and Difficulty

    Miki Ikuta, Miki Okamoto, Naoya Shibata

    Nagoya JALT Journal   3 ( 1 ) 41 - 57  2022.06  [Refereed]

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    This study explored the development of second language writing as well as the effects of topic familiarity and difficulty with respect to syntactic complexity and lexical diversity. Over the course of one semester, 10 Japanese learners of English watched scenes from the movie “Titanic” (Cameron, 1997) and wrote reports on different topics related to the movie. Overall, 82 reports (token = 9,974) were analyzed via linear mixed-effects models. The results of this study reveal the development of syntactic complexity over the course of 15 weeks, while the effects of topic familiarity and difficulty are not statistically significant. This study elucidates the pattern of second language writing development over the course of a semester and suggests implications for topic-related writing research.本研究は第二言語ライティングの発達およびトピックの親しみやすさと難しさのライティングにおける影響を語彙多様性と統語的複雑性の観点から調査した。調査期間は一学期間で、10名の日本人英語学習者が授業内で映画『タイタニック』(キャメロン 1997) をシーンごとに見て、映画に関する異なるトピックについてレポートを書いた。全体として82のレポート (トークン数=9,974) を線形混合効果モデルで分析したところ、ライティング活動における統語的複雑性の一学期間中(15週)の発達を確認した。トピックの親しみやすさと難しさの影響は統計的には有意ではなかった。本稿は一学期中の第二言語ライティング発達パターンとライティング研究におけるトピックの影響について示唆する。

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  • Structure Mapping in Second-Language Metaphor Processing

    Miki Ikuta, Koji Miwa

    Metaphor and Symbol   36 ( 4 ) 288 - 310  2021.10  [Refereed]

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    Scopus

    6
    Citation
    (Scopus)

  • 学習者および母語話者コーパスを使用した潜在意味解析 ―学習言語における比喩理解への考察―

    外国語教育メディア学会中部支部外国語教育基礎研究部会2018年度報告論集   1   24 - 34  2018

Presentations

  • Aphasia friendly communities

    Borsatto, J., Buchanan, L., Weir, P., Ikuta, M.

    The 62nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Aphasia 

    Presentation date： 2024.10

  • Metaphor processing in a second language

     [Invited]

    The 22nd Conference of the Japanese Society for Cognitive Psychology 

    Presentation date： 2024.06

  • A mouse can tell us how we solve analogical reasoning problems in L1 and L2

    The Words in the World International Conference 2023 

    Presentation date： 2023.12

  • Metaphor interpretation in a second language : Interpretive diversity and figurative conventionality

    The Psychonomic Society’s 2023 Annual Meeting 

    Presentation date： 2023.11

  • Life is long, challenging, and unpredictable like a journey: Processing metaphorical meaning in a second language

    The Japan Association for Language Education and Technology (LET) 62nd Annual Conference 

    Presentation date： 2023.08

  • The effects of creativity and difficulty on analogical reasoning in L1 and L2

    International Conference on the Mental Lexicon 2022 

    Presentation date： 2022.10

  • The career of metaphor and the metaphor processing of language learners

    The 36th Conference of The Japan Association of College English Teachers Chubu 

    Presentation date： 2021.06

  • A pilot study of the relationship between topic familiarity and L2 writing

    The 3rd Conference of Association of Applied Linguistics in The Japan Association of College English Teachers 

    Presentation date： 2020.12

  • Why is metaphor difficult for language learners? Metaphor processing in a second language

    Words in the World International Conference 2020 

    Presentation date： 2020.10

  • The time-course of metaphor comprehension in a second language

    The Association for Researching and Applying Metaphor (RaAM) Virtual Conference 

    Presentation date： 2020.06

  • 外国語で比喩は理解できるのか？－第二言語比喩理解モデルへの心理言語的検討－

    第3回犬山認知行動研究会議 

    Presentation date： 2020.01

  • Building language experiments: An introduction to PsychoPy

     [Invited]

    第1回連続公開講座データサイエンス時代の言語教育 

    Presentation date： 2019.12

  • 第二言語における比喩理解プロセス Self-paced reading による心理言語的検討

    The 2nd Conference of Association of Applied Linguistics in The Japan Association of College English Teachers 

    Presentation date： 2019.11

  • L1・L2 における比喩理解プロセス ―比喩理解モデルの構築―

    第3 回外国語 教育メディア学会 (LET) 中部支部高等教育研究部会 

    Presentation date： 2019.03

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Research Projects

  • Investigation of metaphor processing mechanisms in a second language

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

    Project Year :

    2021.04
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    2023.03
     

Misc

  • Life is long, challenging, and unpredictable like a journey: Processing metaphorical meaning in a second languag

    Ikuta, M, Al-Azary, H, Miwa, K

    The Japan Association for Language Education and Technology (LET) 62nd Annual Conference    2023.08

    Authorship：Lead author

    Research paper, summary (national, other academic conference)  

 

Syllabus

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Teaching Experience

  • International Interaction for Global Leadership

    Waseda University  

    2024.04
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    Now
     

  • Listening and Reading (Academic skills for Intermediate learners)

    Waseda University  

    2024.04
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    Now
     

  • Tutorial English

    Waseda University  

    2024.04
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    Now
     

  • 英語ⅠＡ

    Aichi Prefectural University  

    2022.10
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    2023.03
     

  • 総合英語 II

    Ohka Gakuen University  

    2021.04
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    2023.03
     

  • 総合英語 I

    Ohka Gakuen University  

    2021.04
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    2023.03
     

  • Communication Skills III

    Nagoya College  

    2021.04
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    2023.03
     

  • Communication Skills V

    Nagoya College  

    2021.04
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    2023.03
     

  • Communication Skills IV

    Nagoya College  

    2020.04
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    2023.03
     

  • Communication Skills VI

    Nagoya College  

    2020.04
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    2023.03
     

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