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Aya Watanabe
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Profile
| Affiliation | Center for International Learning |
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| Title | Associate Professor |
| Room | (Extension) |
| ayawatan ( at = @ ) | |
| Website | https://researchmap.jp/7000006842?lang=en |
| Education | Kobe University, School of Languages and Communication |
| Degree | Ph.D. |
| Academic Societies | American Association for Applied Linguistics The Japan Association for Language Teaching The Japan Society for Medical English Education The Japan Society for Nursing English Teaching The Japan Ethnomethodology/Conversation Analysis International Pragmatics Association |
| Career | April 2024 - Present Associate Professor, Research Institute for Regional Economics, Fukui Prefectural University April 2024 - Present Part-time Instructor, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui October 2023 - March 2024 Senior Assistant Professor, Faculty of Basic and Generic Researches Language Center, University of Fukui April 2013 - September 2023 Assistant Professor, Language Center, University of Fukui September 2010 - March 2013 Research Associate, Department of International Medical Communications, Tokyo Medical University |
Research Interest
| Research Field | Applied Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition, English Education, Medical English Education |
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| Research Summary | ・Analyzing EFL Classroom Interaction I am engaged in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classroom interaction research in Japan. Based on video recordings of language lessons, I analyze verbal and multimodal interactions produced by teachers and young learners through applying conversation analysis. I am especially interested in how gestures and pedagogical activities are routinely organized and utilized as resources by participants. |
| Keywords | Applied Linguistics, Foreign language education, English for Medical Purposes (EMP) |
Selected Publications
Ishino, M. and Watanabe, A. (2025). Quick Body Torque toward Blackboard at Third Position: Teachers’ Material Practice in Classroom Interaction, Journal of Pragmatics, 238, 19-36.
Watanabe, A. (2024). Managing Turn-taking and Student Response Through a Microphone Gesture in an EFL Classroom. JALT Journal, 46(2), 137-166.
Watanabe, A. (2024). “Born to be a teacher”: An interview of a Japanese English teacher. International Education and Exchange Research, 8, 15-33.
Watanabe, A. (2022). The collaborative emergence of storytelling in an after-school foreign language primary classroom. In Filipi, A, Thanh Ta, B., Theobald, M (Eds.). Storytelling practices in home and educational contexts: Perspectives from conversation analysis (pp. 149-173). Springer.
Capper, S., Porter, M., Willey, I., Okumura, H., & Watanabe, A. (2021). Assessing the English needs of Japanese nurses through focus group interviews. Journal of Medical English Education, 20(3), 25-32.
Watanabe, A. (2017). Developing L2 interactional competence: Increasing participation through self-selection in post-expansion sequences, Classroom Discourse 8(3), 271-293.
Watanabe, A. and Sakka, L. (2017). Listening to Foreign Patient Voices: A Narrative Approach, Journal of Interdisciplinary Research, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, 17, 1-11.
Watanabe, A. (2016). Engaging in an Interactional Routine in EFL classroom: The Development of L2 Interactional Competence Over Time, Novitas ROYAL (Research on Youth and Language), 10(1), 48-70.
Komada, Y., Breugelmans, R., Fulda, S., Nakano, S., Watanabe, A., Noda, C., Nishida, S., and Inoue, Y. (2015). Japanese version of the Munich Parasomnia Screening (MUPS): Translation and linguistic validation of a screening instrument for parasomnias and nocturnal behaviors. Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment 11: 2953-2958.
Noda, C. and Watanabe, A. (2014). Future Directions for Curriculum Development in English for Medical Purposes: A Closer Look at Student Needs. Journal of Medical English Education, 13(3): 65-74.
Community Engagement
Fukui Prefecture High School English Speech Contest Judge (October 20121 - present)
Fukui Prefecture Katsuyama City Hawaii Study abroad Program Workshop (2014 - 2019）
Educational Activities
| Classes | English I, English II |
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| Office Hour | |
| Available Topics | English Education, English for Medical Purposes (EMP) Education |