| SAKAMOTO Nami |  |
| Faculty of Global and Regional Studies Department of Global and Regional Studies | |
| Associate Professor |
Last Updated :2025/05/13
Researcher Profile and Settings
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Research funding number
40804810Research Interests
- Language teacher development, Narrative Inquiry, Lesson study, Human Studies in Education, Foreign Language Education
Research Areas
- Humanities & social sciences / Foreign language education / Narrative research, foreign language teacher education, classroom research, foreign language pedagogy, Assistant Language Teacher
Degree
Committee Memberships
- JAILA Journal editorial vice-chair, 2023/04 - Today, The Japan Association of International Liberal Arts (JAILA), Society
- Research and Planning Committee Member, 2023/04 - Today, The Japan Association of College English Teachers (JACET)
- Director, 2013 - Today, The Japan Association of International Liberal Arts, Society
- AILA Journal editorial committee member, 2021/04 - 2023/03, The Japan Association of International Liberal Arts, Society
- Director, 2016/04 - 2018/03, Kansai English Language Education Society, Society
Awards
- The best presentation award
Mar. 2018, The Japan Association of International Liberal Arts, Narrative research on the collegiality of ALTs at Japanese public junior high schools. - The best poster presentation award
Mar. 2015, The Japan Association of International Liberal Arts, Teacher-identity transformation through the narratives of Assistant Language Teachers
Published Papers
- The Effectiveness of Rhythm-making in Music and English CLIL Lessons: A Case Study in a Mongolian Primary School
MIho Imoto; Nami Sakamoto
Bulletin International Institute for Education, (53) 1 - 13, Mar. 2025 - Teacher Identity and Transformations: Transition from an Assistant Language Teacher to a Regular English Teacher
Nami Sakamoto
JAILA Journal, 11 17 - 34, Mar. 2025, Scientific journal - Thematic analysis of assistant language teachers’ experiences in the preparation stage of the JET Programme: Mindsets arising from self-awareness and cognitive dissonance
Hiroshi Hasegawa; Nami Sakamoto
Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Education and Psychology (ICEAP), 154 - 165, Jul. 2024 - CLIL Lesson Practice on Ions Using ICT in Mongolia
TAKAHARA Shuichi; SAKAMOTO Nami
JSSE Research Report, Japan Society for Science Education, 38(6) 23 - 26, 22 Jun. 2024 - Classroom Dynamics: Concentration, Engagement, and Student Ownership in a Japanese and Music CLIL Lesson in Mongolia
Nami Sakamoto; Miho Imoto
JAILA Journal, (10) 66 - 80, Mar. 2024, Scientific journal - CLIL lessons and science events in Mongolia
Shuichi Takahara; Nami Sakamoto; Junko Saito; Miho Imoto; Shogo Harada
International Institute for Education, 99 2 - 7, Dec. 2023 - Transformation of Self-Formation in the Life Stories of Assistant Language Teachers
Nami Sakamoto
The 95th conference of the English Literary Society of Japan Proceedings, Jul. 2023 - Narrative research on the internal cognition of Assistant Language Teachers at the preparation stage of the Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme
Hiroshi HASEGAWA; Nami SAKAMOTO
JAILA Journal, 9 32 - 43, Mar. 2023 - English teachers' shared values process explored in collaborative narratives: Through team-teaching classes at a junior high school
PERSICA
PERSICA, 50 25 - 39, Mar. 2023 - International educational volunteer activities by university students in collaboration with Mongolian educational institutions
Shuichi Takahara; Nami Sakamoto; Junko Saito; Miho Imoto; Shogo Harada
Okayama University of science educational practice research, 5(5) 127 - 137, Mar. 2022, Research institution - Lesson study for teachers on CLIL classes in Mongolia
Nami Sakamoto
International Education and Research Forum, 90 2 - 7, Aug. 2021 - A practical study of how to foster teachers' English skills in the elementary school English class: With Japanese and English comparable material in a teacher education course
Nami SAKAMOTO; Azumi YOSHIDA
Okayama University of science educational practice research, 4 29 - 38, Mar. 2021 - A survey of attitudes toward the use of ICT to improve teaching English in elementary schools: From the perspectives of undergraduates intending to be elementary school teachers
Nami Sakamoto
Bulletin of Okayama University of Science, 56 65 - 73, Mar. 2021 - Noticing by undergraduates intending to be elementary school teachers: Through practical application of teaching materials for cultural comparison between Japanese and English
Nami Sakamoto; Azumi Yoshida
JAILA Journal, 7 14 - 25, Mar. 2021, Scientific journal - CLIL lesson practice of ion and electromagnetic wave in Mongolia
TAKAHARA Shuichi; SAKAMOTO Nami
JSSE Research Report, Japan Society for Science Education, 35(7) 31 - 34, 2021 - A study on identity transformation through narratives of native Assistant Language Teachers in Japanese public secondary schools
Nami Sakamoto
Dissertation, 1 - 187, Mar. 2020, Doctoral thesis - Practitioner narratives in English education: Seeking an insight into teaching and learning
Nami Sakamoto, Hiroyuki Imai, Koya Maeda, Kanae Iwamoto
JAILA Journal, 6 99 - 110, Mar. 2020 - A case study of ALT identity construction through narrative inquiry: sociocultural and stylistic perspectives
Nami Sakamoto; Masayuki Teranishi
Poetics and Linguistics Association 2019 Proceedings online, 1 - 12, Dec. 2019, International conference proceedings - Inquiry into content and Language Integrated Learning in Mongolia: A Japanese and science integrated lesson at a school in Ulaanbaatar
Nami Sakamoto; Shuichi Takahara; Ganbaatar Tumurbaatar
Bulletin of Okayama University of Science, 55 43 - 51, Nov. 2019 - A sociocultural study on the transformation of Assistant Language Teachers' identities: Narratives of ALTs in public schools
Nami Sakamoto
The 91tst conference of the English Literary Society of Japan Proceedings, 107 - 108, Jul. 2019, Research society - Narrative inquiry into collegiality in the team-taught classes conducted by an ALT and JTEs in a Japanese junior high school
坂本南美
JAILA Journal, 5 15 - 26, 2019, Scientific journal - A case study on identity construction of an Assistant Language Teacher in a Japanese senior high school
Nami Sakamoto
Bulletin of Okayama University of Science, 54 89 - 96, 2018, Research institution - Collaborative learning through reading activities in English language lessons in a junior high school
Nami Sakamoto
Bulletin of Okayama University of Science, 53 109 - 117, 2017, Research institution - Fostering reflective practice in English teachers: A case study of incorporating reflective lesson design into teacher training at university
坂本 南美
Okayama University of Science Educational Practice Research, 1 19 - 32, 2017, Scientific journal - Creative writing activity using four-frame photographs in pairs
坂本 南美
KELES Journal, 関西英語教育学会, 2 11 - 20, 2017 - Narrative of identity transformation: A case study on a native Assistant Language Teacher in a Japanese junior high school
Nami Sakamoto
JAILA Journal, 2 3 - 14, Mar. 2016, Scientific journal - Inquiry into Self-directed Language Teacher Development
坂本 南美; 棟安 都代子; 神原 克典; 安川 佳子; 吉田 達弘
Studies in linguistic expression, 兵庫教育大学言語表現学会, 31 13 - 25, Feb. 2015 - The Process and Effects of Writing on English Teachers' Practice for Publication
KASHIBA Mitsuko; OTSUKA Kenji; SAKAMOTO Nami; YANASE Yosuke
CASELE Research Bulletin, The Chugoku Academic Society of English Language Education, 44 97 - 106, 2014 - Professional development through kizuki - cognitive, emotional, and collegial awareness
Nami Sakamoto
Teacher Development, 15(2) 187 - 203, May 2011, Scientific journal - A qualitative inquiry into teachers' professional growth in project-based English language lessons
Nami Sakamoro
master's thesis, 1 - 84, Dec. 2007, Master thesis
MISC
- Tips for New Lesson Design from the Perspective of Elementary and Junior High School Collaborative Connections
Nami SAKAMOTO
Teaching English Now (TEN), 48 8 - 9, Apr. 2022 - Science education volunteer project in Mongolia by students at Okayama University of Science
Shuichi Takahara; Nami Sakamoto
Kake Education, 33 16 - 18, Nov. 2019 - Grand Teaching Design: Annual Teaching Plan and Practical Examples for 1st Grade
Nami Sakamoto
Teaching English Now (TEN), 39 4 - 5, Apr. 2018 - A study of pair work in English classes : the process of students' enhancement and teachers' support
Nami Sakamoto; Yoko Hirohata; Keiko Yasukawa; Katsunori Kambara; Tatsuhiro Yoshida
School education community : a collection of joint research papers between Hyogo University of Teacher Education and the Graduate School Alumni Association, 兵庫教育大学都道府県連携推進本部, 7 31 - 36, Sep. 2017, Introduction research institution - Cultivating students in the context of teacher collegiality (Special feature: Enhancing teacher collegiality)
Nami Sakamoto
The English teachers' magazine, 大修館書店, 59(10) 21 - 23, Dec. 2010 - What can we learn in graduate school?: Exploring the voices of experiences
Tatsuhiro Yoshida; Katsunori Kambara; Nami Sakamoto; Toyoko Muneyasu
The English teachers' magazine, 57(13) 24 - 26, Mar. 2009, Introduction commerce magazine - Open the door for activities – “Mobile English Classrooms” in large schools (Special Feature: Learning English beyond the homeroom! --Recommendations for “English Classrooms”).
Nami Sakamoto
The English Teachers’ Magazine, 大修館書店, 57(10) 16 - 18, Dec. 2008 - Developing communication skills in classrooms: in the context of the project learning practice
Nami Sakamoto
Seminar on training courses at the Hyogo Prefectural Institute of Education and Training, 26 - 31, Sep. 2008 - Cooperation between primary and secondary schools through English Education
Nami Sakamoto
Elementary Schools Attached to Kobe University Summer Training Course, Aug. 2008
Books etc
- Collaborative Professional Development in Language Teaching: Narratives from Assistant Language Teachers and Japanese Teachers of English
Nami Sakamoto
Hiratsuka, T. (Ed), Team Teachers in Japan: Beliefs, Identities, and Emotions. Routledge., Jul. 2023, Contributor, 136-146 - Tracing teacher narratives: Assistant Language Teachers' stories
那須, 雅子; 坂本, 南美; 寺西, 雅之; 和田, あずさ; 飯塚, 晃三; 秋山, 容洋; 長谷川, 裕; 久世, 恭子; 大西, 好宣; 劔持, 淑; 保坂, 裕子; 小比賀, 美香子
Bookway, 28 Feb. 2022, Joint work, Practical applications of narrative studies : How narratives contribute to a deeper understanding of modern society - Teacher awareness as professional development : Assistant Language Teachers in a cross-cultural context
Nami Sakamoto
Palgrave Macmillan, Jan. 2022 - Creativity building Obi-activity workbook: Let’s start the English class! (Elementary School Edition)
Nami Sakamoto; Michelle Amy Milburn
学術研究出版, 08 May 2021, Joint work - Creativity building Obi-activity workbook: Let’s start the English class! (Junior High School Edition)
Nami Sakamoto,Michelle Amy Milburn
Bookway, 08 May 2021, Joint work - Teaching and assessment in secondary schools
Hideki Sakai; Tomohito Hiromori; Tatsuhiro Yoshida
Taishukanshoten, Dec. 2018, Contributor, Practical English language teaching methods for 'learning, teaching and thinking'. - The joy of collaborating with other subject teachers as an English teacher
Yosuke Yanase; Koichiro Kumita; Kei Okuzumi
Hitsujishobo, 2014, Contributor, Teaching English is fun: teacher narratives for those of you who are beginning to feel confused - Teacher-researcher: living in its hyphen
Tatsuhiro Yoshida; Ken Tamai; Shinichiro Yokomizo; Hiroyuki Imai; Yosuke Yanase
Hitsujishobo, Oct. 2009, Contributor, For reflective English language teaching: classroom research explored with teacher narratives.
Presentations
- Driving Learning through Purpose and Meaning: Design and Practice in English Language Teaching
Nami Sakamoto
The 1st Nagi Education Seminar in 2025, 03 Apr. 2025 - How Teachers’ Beliefs Shape Support and Practice: Flexible Approaches to Students from Multicultural Backgrounds
Nami Sakamoto
The 13th Annual Conference of the Japan Association for International Liberal Arts, 15 Mar. 2025, Oral presentation - Telling Experiences, Weaving Education: New Horizons in Narrative Research
Nami Sakamoto; Astuko Watanabe; Mika Ishino; Kyoko Kuze; Masayuki Teranishi; Masako Nasu; Karen E. Johnson
The 13th Annual Conference of the Japan Association for International Liberal Arts, 15 Mar. 2025, Public symposium - Relationship and role of teachers in the classroom: Aiming for spiral improvement in elementary and junior high school English classes
Nami Sakamoto
2024 Tanto Junior High School District Joint Seminar for Elementary and Junior High School Teachers, 29 Nov. 2024 - Creating Effective Team-Teaching Lesson Design: The Role of Teachers and Collaboration in the Classroom Space
Nami Sakamoto
The 4th Nagi Education Seminar in 2024, 08 Nov. 2024 - Teachers' roles and collaboration in a team-teaching English language classroom
Nami Sakamoto
The 3rd Nagi Education Seminar in 2024, 11 Oct. 2024 - Effective collaboration between ALTs and JTEsin light of cooperation between elementary and junior high schools
Nami Sakamoto
2024 Tanto Junior High School District Joint Seminar for Elementary and Junior High School Teachers, 23 Aug. 2024 - Exploring Identity Transformation and Teacher Perspectives through Narrative Analysis: Assistant Language Teacher to Regular English Teacher
Nami Sakamoto
AILA 60th Anniversary World Congress Kuala Lumpur 2024, 15 Aug. 2024, 11 Aug. 2024, 16 Aug. 2024 - Thematic Analysis of Assistant Language Teachers’ Experiences in the Preparation Stage of the JET Programme: Mindsets Arising from Self-Awareness and Cognitive Dissonance
Hiroshi Hasegawa; Nami Sakamoto
2024 ICEAP: 8th International Conference on Education and Psychology, 18 Jul. 2024, 18 Jul. 2024, 20 Jul. 2024, Oral presentation - Integrating Immigrant Students in Japanese Classrooms: Reflective Insights from Teacher Narratives
Nami Sakamoto
25th Biennial Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) 2024 Conference, 04 Jul. 2024, 01 Jul. 2024, 04 Jul. 2024, Oral presentation - Language activities in elementary school classes with objectives, situations, and settings
Nami Sakamoto
The 2nd Nagi Education Seminar in 2024, 07 Jun. 2024 - Creating language classes designed to spiral up - from the collaboration between JTE and ALTs
Nami Sakamoto
The 1st Nagi Education Seminar in 2024, 05 Apr. 2024 - Exploring Teacher’s Beliefs: Integrating SDGs in English Lessons at a Junior High School
Nami Sakamoto
2024 the American Association for Applied Linguistic Conference, 18 Mar. 2024, 16 Mar. 2024, 19 Mar. 2024 - Let's communicate more and more in English!: From impromptu interactions to making friends!
Nami Sakamoto
Sanseido English education seminar for language teachers, 03 Mar. 2024 - Toward the Cornerstone of Spiral English Language Teaching - in the Communities Together in the Elementary and Middle Schools
Nami Sakamoto
Tsuyama City Foreign Language Teaching Skills Improvement Workshop for English teachers, 19 Jan. 2024 - The importance of identifying learner's concentration and relaxation: Insights from the implementation of CLIL lessons in Japanese and music in Mongolia.
Nami Sakamoto; Miho Imoto
The 75th Coneference of Chugoku-Shikoku Society of Education e, 26 Nov. 2023, 25 Nov. 2023, 26 Nov. 2023, Oral presentation - Collaborative team-teaching English lessons: From teachers' narratives
Nami Sakamoto
ALT Agora November event, 08 Nov. 2023, Public discourse - A stylistics approach to written narratives by language learners: Incorporating sustainability in education to cultivate environmental perspectives
Nami Sakamoto
Poetics And Linguistics Association (PALA) 2023 International conference, 15 Jul. 2023, 11 Jul. 2023, 15 Jul. 2023, Oral presentation - Rethinking team teaching with ALTs - Dynamic engagement and collaboration
Nami Sakamoto
Tsuyama City Foreign Language Teaching Skills Improvement Workshop for English teachers, 16 Jun. 2023 - Transformation of self-construction portrayed in the life stories of Assistant Language Teachers
Nami Sakamoto
The 95th National Conference of the English Literary Society of Japan, Symposium, Section 12, 21 May 2023, 20 May 2023, 21 May 2023, Nominated symposium - Cooperation between primary and junior high schools: the English language classes of the times to come
Tsuyama City Foreign Language Teaching Skills Improvement Workshop for English teachers, Tsuyama board of education, Hyogo, Japan., 19 Jan. 2023 - Collaborative team-teaching practice: Classroom design to stimulate students’ creativity
坂本南美
2022 ALT Skill Development Conference in Nara prefecture, 17 Nov. 2022 - For Language Activities to Promote Self-Directed, Interactive, and Deep Learning
Nami Sakamoto
English Teachers Skill Development Summer Seminar in Sanda City, 24 Aug. 2022 - Constructing Interactive Learning in a Team-Teaching English Classroom Viewed from Cooperative Narratives
Nami Sakamoto
The 47th Conference of Japan Society of English Language Education, 07 Aug. 2022, 06 Aug. 2022, 07 Aug. 2022, Oral presentation - Teachers' narrative inquiry on team-teaching English Lessons
Nami Sakamoto
the Conference of Kansai English Language Education Society 2022, 12 Jun. 2022, 11 Jun. 2022, 12 Jun. 2022 - Collaboration between Elementary and Middle Schools: From Building Bridges to Creating Communities
Nami Sakamoto
Tsuyama City Foreign Language Teaching Skills Improvement Workshop for English teachers, 10 Jun. 2022 - Narrative inquiry: the interview as a social activity
Nami Sakamoto
Presentation of Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research results: Practical Applications of Narrative Studies, 20 Mar. 2022, 20 Mar. 2022, 20 Mar. 2022 - English lessons for the coming times: rethinking teaching and assessment.
Nami Sakamoto
Tsuyama City Foreign Language Teaching Skills Improvement Workshop, 11 Nov. 2021 - Variety of obi activities: Toward enhancing knowledge, skills, and the ability to think, judge, and express
Nami Sakamoto
Tsuyama City Foreign Language Teaching Skills Improvement Workshop for English teachers, 26 Oct. 2021 - Teacher training on CLIL Classes in Mongolia
Nami Sakamoto
The 2nd conference of International Institute for Education 2021, 23 Oct. 2021, 23 Oct. 2021, 23 Oct. 2021 - Relationship between effective obi activities and perspectives of assessment
Nami Sakamoto
Tsuyama City Foreign Language Teaching Skills Improvement Workshop for English teachers, 14 Oct. 2021 - Designing language activities to Enhance thinking, judgment, and expression
Nami Sakamoto
Tsuyama City Foreign Language Teaching Skills Improvement Workshop for English teachers, 28 Sep. 2021 - Reconsideration to the development of English teaching plans
Nami Sakamoto
Tsuyama City Foreign Language Teaching Skills Improvement Workshop for English teachers, 17 Sep. 2021 - Inquiry into professional teacher development of Assistant Language Teachers in Japan and Australia
Nami Sakamoto
World Congress of the International Association of Applied Linguistics (AILA) 2021, 20 Aug. 2021, 15 Aug. 2021, 21 Aug. 2021, Poster presentation - The relationship between an interviewer and an interviewee in ALT narratives
Nami Sakamoto
The 46th Conference of Japan Society of English Language Education, 07 Aug. 2021, 07 Aug. 2021, 08 Aug. 2021, Oral presentation - Assessment of the ability of thinking, judgment, and expression
Nami Sakamoto
Tajima Junior High School Education Study Group, English Section, 24 Jun. 2021 - Growth model based on Assistant Language Teachers' awareness through narratives
Nami Sakamoto
the 27th Conference of Kansai English Language Education Society, 12 Jun. 2021, Oral presentation - English Lessons of the times to come
Nami Sakamoto
Tsuyama City Foreign Language Teaching Skills Improvement Workshop for English teachers, 08 Jun. 2021 - Assessment design for performance tests
Nami Sakamoto
Tajima Junior High School Education Study Group, English Section, 25 May 2021 - Autonomous Learning of ALTs in Japanese Language Education in Australia
Nami SAKAMOTO
The 9th Conference of the Japan Association of International Liberal Arts, 13 Mar. 2021 - Teaching and evaluation in the new Courses of Study
Nami Sakamoto
Tajima Junior High School Education Study Group, English Section, 27 Oct. 2020 - Team-teaching lesson design with ALTs
Nami Sakamoto
Tajima Junior High School Education Study Group, English Section, 13 Oct. 2020 - Towards the development of the ability to move towards learning: Lesson design integrating the five areas of learning
Nami Sakamoto
Tajima Junior High School Education Study Group, English Section, 09 Jun. 2020 - An invitation to interaction in English: Language lesson design for junior high schools
Nami Sakamoto
Sanseido English education seminars for language teachers (Okayama and Himeji), Feb. 2020 - Pair/group learning to enhance English language skills: through interaction
Nami Sakamoto
Special classes: For students in Ehime, Tokushima, Kagawa High Schools, 26 Dec. 2019 - Assessment of foreign languages in primary schools based on the new Courses of Study
Nami Sakamoto
Tatsuno Municipal Murotsu Primary School lesson study semiar, 05 Dec. 2019 - Autonomy of teacher learning among Assistant Language Teachers in Japanese language education in Australia
Nami Sakamoto
The Applied Linguistics Association of Australia Conference 2019, 27 Nov. 2019, Oral presentation - New Courses of Study and the Use of Textbooks
Nami Sakamoto
Lessons Study of the Iryu District Primary School Foreign Language, 20 Nov. 2019 - Foreign language classes from 2020: lesson design for 5th and 6th graders using textbooks
Nami Sakamoto
Tatsuno Municipal Murotsu Primary School lesson study group, 07 Nov. 2019 - Connecting foreign language activities in primary school with foreign language studies in junior high school
Nami Sakamoto
Tatsuno Municipal Murotsu Primary School lesson study seminar, 24 Oct. 2019 - A case study of ALT identity construction through narrative inquiry: sociocultural and stylistic perspectives
Nami Sakamoto, Masayuki Teranishi
Poetics And Linguistics Association (PALA) the 39th International conference, 11 Jul. 2019, Oral presentation - Classroom design for foreign language activities and foreign language studies based on the new Courses of Study
Nami Sakamoto
Education Reform Initiative 'Basic Plan for the Promotion of Education in Himeji' Specialist Dispatching Programme, Jul. 2019 - Creating foreign language classes that make the most of the characteristics of small schools
Nami Sakamoto
Tatsuno Municipal Murotsu Primary School lesson study semiar, 27 Jun. 2019 - Sociocultural inquiry on identity transformation in Assistant Language Teachers: Insights from narratives of ALTs working in public schools
坂本南美
The 91st National Conference of the English Literary Society of Japan, 25 May 2019, Oral presentation - Inquiry into content and language integrated learning in Mongolia: a Japanese-medium science lesson in a private school
Nami Sakamoto, Shuichi Takahara, Tumubaatar Ganbaatar
Efficiency and Effectiveness of Educational Service International Conference, 26 Apr. 2019, Oral presentation - Theory and practice of CLIL lessons
Nami SAKAMOTO; Shuichi TAKAHARA
Lesson Study at Mongolian State Pedagogical University, Faculty of Science and Education, Apr. 2019 - Workshop of content and language integrated learning lesson
Nami SAKAMOTO; Shuichi TAKAHARA
Ulaanbaatar Nalan School Teacher Seminar, Apr. 2019 - Possibilities of content and language integrated learning lessons
Nami SAKAMOTO; Shuichi TAKAHARA
Teacher seminar at the Attached School of the Mongolian National University of Education, Apr. 2019 - English and science integrated learning: Ions and foods
Nami Sakamoto; Shuichi Takahara
Special classes at the attached school of the Mongolian National University of Education, Apr. 2019 - An invitation to rich speaking activity
Nami Sakamoto
Special classes: Ehime Prefectural Kawanoe High School and Tokushima Prefectural Ikeda High School, 27 Mar. 2019 - The possibilities of English language education and learning through the narratives of the participants
Nami Sakamoto; Hiroyuki Imai; Koya Maeda; Kanae Iwamoto
The 8th Conference of the Japan Association of International Liberal Arts, 16 Mar. 2019, Nominated symposium - Student learning in CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) classes of Japanese and science in Mongolia
Nami Sakamoto; Shuichi Takahara; Tumubaatar Ganbaatar
The 8th Conference of the Japan Association of International Liberal Arts, 16 Mar. 2019, Oral presentation - Teaching methods for realising 'learner-centered learning' in English language classes
Nami Sakamoto
Fukuyama 100NEN Education Promotion Council 6th Fukuyama Northern Block Training Middle School Foreign Language Section, Feb. 2019 - Class design focusing on 'writing' in 5th grade foreign language activities
Nami Sakamoto
Tatsuno Municipal Murotsu Primary School lesson study seminar, Jan. 2019 - Class design focusing on 'listening' and 'speaking' foreign language activities for 3rd grade students
Nami Sakamoto
Tatsuno Municipal Murotsu Primary School lesson study semiar, Dec. 2018 - Primary Schools English Classes Using English Songs
Nami Sakamoto
Lesson Study at Tatsuno Municipal Horibe Elementary School, 06 Nov. 2018 - Lesson design utilising the five areas in foreign language activities and foreign language classes
Nami Sakamoto
Tatsuno Municipal Murotsu Primary School lesson study semiar, Nov. 2018 - Developing teaching methods for realising 'learner-centered learning' in English language classes
Nami Sakamoto
Fukuyama 100NEN Education Promotion Council 1st Fukuyama Northern Block Training Junior High School Foreign Language Seminar, Aug. 2018 - Active learning to activate the classroom: using Obi activities
English education expert seminar in Himeji, Aug. 2018 - Creating classes for proactive, interactive and deep learning: Building on spiral learning
Nami Sakamoto
Sanda City Junior High School English Teachers Summer Workshop, Aug. 2018 - Active learning to activate the classroom: tips for English lessons that move the mind, body and creativity
Nami Sakamoto
Aki County Junior High School Education Research Association, English Section Workshop, Aug. 2018 - A narrative study of Assistant Language Teachers in public high schools
坂本南美
The 44th Conference of Japan Society of English Language Education, Aug. 2018, Oral presentation - Teacher development through sharing teachers’ perception of team-taught language lessons
Nami Sakamoto
Seminar for language teachers: Becoming a mindful L2 teacher/researcher using an SCT framework, Aug. 2018, Oral presentation - Five tips for creating language activities focusing on 'interaction' in English - aiming at the connection between elementary, junior high, high school and university
坂本南美
the 23th Conference of Kansai English Language Education Society, Jun. 2018, Nominated symposium - Instructional methods to facilitate student-centered teaching
Nami Sakamoto
Fukuyama City Junior High School Subject-Specific Seminars (English subject), May 2018 - Designing classes for foreign language activities and foreign language lessons in primary schools
Nami Sakamoto
Tatsuno Municipal Murotsu Primary School lesson study semiar, Mar. 2018 - Narrative research on the collegiality of ALTs in Japanese public junior high schools
坂本南美
The 7th Conference of Japan Association of International Liberal Arts, Mar. 2018, Oral presentation - From English education reform to the connection between elementary, middle and high schools
坂本南美
The forum of Okayama University of Science, Nov. 2017 - English language education to cultivate students for the future society
Nami Sakamoto
Iryu Region Primary School Foreign Language Activities Seminar for Lesson Study, Sep. 2017 - Reflecting on literature as a teaching resource now - a message drawn from classroom practice
Testuko Nakamura; Nami Sakamoto; Takayuki Nishihara; Masaru Yasuda
The 89th National Conference of the English Literary Society of Japan, Symposium, Section 12, May 2017, Public symposium - Team teaching with ALTs to brighten students' eyes: from Obi to Task activities for four-skills development
Nami SAKAMOTO; Michelle Milburn
English Teaching Expert Seminar in Himeji, Jun. 2016 - ALTs' Identity Transformation - Analysis of narratives of a Canadian Assistant Language Teacher
坂本南美
Chugoku/Shikoku Regional Study Conference of Japan Society for Multicultural Relations, Jun. 2016, Oral presentation - Pair Activities in English classrooms: What's going on between the learners?
Tatsuhiro Yoshida; Nami Sakamoto; Yoko Hirohata; Naoko Ueyama
The Forum of Kansai English Language Education Society, Jun. 2016, Nominated symposium - Narratives of Teacher Identity Transformation -Assistant Language Teachers' Narratives
坂本南美
The 4th Conference of Japan Association of International Liberal Arts, Mar. 2015, Poster presentation - Using Obi activities to develop autonomous learners
Nami Sakamoto
Hyogo High School English Teaching Research Group, Oct. 2014 - The things we can see in a mentor-mentee relationship
Yosuke Yanase, Nami Sakamoto, Mari Yamamoto
Symposium of KCUFS Reflective Practice Conference, Aug. 2014, Nominated symposium - Identity transformation through narratives of native Assistant Language Teachers in Japanese public schools
Nami Sakamoto
17th World Congress of the International Association of Applied Linguistics (AILA), Aug. 2014, Oral presentation - Suggestions for practical English classes using Obi activities
Nami Sakamoto
English Teaching Expertise Seminar in Himeji, Jun. 2014 - Suggestions for practical English classes using Obi activities
Nami Sakamoto
English Teaching Expertise Seminar in Sumai, Dec. 2013 - 10 tips to improve learners' communication skils
Nami Sakamoto
Workshop on Global Human Resource Development co-organized by JAILA and Okayama University Language Education Center, Nov. 2013, Nominated symposium - Classroom practice to cultivate the ability of students to express themselves in English: Through activities to develop communicative competence
Nami Sakamoto
Teacher Training Seminar at Hyogo Prefectural Institute for Educational Research and In-Service Training, Oct. 2013 - Classroom practice to cultivate the ability of expression in English: Through activities to develop communication skills
Nami Sakamoto
Hyogo Prefectural Institute for Educational Research and In-Service Training, Oct. 2013, Public discourse - Publication of the practices of junior high and high school English teachers: From Japanese and English case studies
柳瀬陽介,樫葉みつ子,大塚謙二,坂本南美
The 39th Conference of Japan Society of English Language Education, Aug. 2013, Public symposium - A study on the nature of training sessions to cultivate 'self-trained teachers': exploring sustainable development
Nami Sakamoto, N; Toyoko Muneyasu; Katsunori, Kambara; Keiko Yasukawa; Tatsuhiro Yoshida
The 39th Conference of Japan Society of English Language Education, Aug. 2013, Oral presentation - An analysis of cross-curricular project-based lessons in junior high school English classes: transformations in learner agency from a sociocultural theory perspective
Nami Sakamoto
The 38th Conference of Japan Society of English Language Education, Aug. 2012, Oral presentation - The development of application-based learning activities and classroom learning in junior high school English classes
Nami Sakamoto
The 1st conference of Japan Association of Internationak Liberal Arts, Mar. 2012, Oral presentation - Presentation activities for second year junior high school students using the present perfect tense
Nami Sakamoto
The Kinki Council for English Language Education in Junior High Schools, High Schools and Universities, Nov. 2011 - EFL teachers’ conceptual development and the transformation of teaching through narratives in the e-portfolio
Tatsuhiro Yoshida, Hiroyuki Imai, Yosuke Yanase, Nami Sakamoto
16th World Congress of the International Association of Applied Linguistics (AILA), Aug. 2011, Poster presentation - A study on teacher narratives and the analysis of teachers' narratives via electronic portfolios
吉田達弘,坂本南美
The 36th Conference of Japan Society of English Language Education, Aug. 2010, Poster presentation - Debate practice using microdebate methods
Nami Sakamoto
Okayama Joto High School International Studies Workshop, Jul. 2010 - How narrative inquiry affects teacher learning and language classroom practice?
Nami Sakamoto
The 17th seminar of Kansai English Language Education Society, Oct. 2009, Poster presentation - A study on teachers' growth through narratives: The practice of project-based lessons
坂本南美
The 33rd Conference of Japan Society of English Language Education, Aug. 2007, Oral presentation - An inquiry into EFL teachers’ professional growth in a junior high school
Nami Sakamoto
The Oxford-Kobe English Education Seminar, Mar. 2007, Poster presentation
Research Projects
- エコ・コミュニケーションの言語学的分析:環境文体論の手法確立と学術的発展に向けて
寺西雅之; 奥聡一郎; 那須雅子; 坂本南美; 吉田安曇
日本学術振興会 科学研究費助成事業 基盤研究(C), 2025/04 -2028/03 - Exploring Growth and Expertise in Professional Development of Foreign Language Teachers: A Multifaceted Analysis of Teacher Narratives
Nami Sakamoto; Masayuki Teranishi; Mika Ishino; Takayuki teranishi; Noriko Okitsu
日本学術振興会, 科学研究費助成事業, 2024/04 -2027/03, Principal investigator, 基盤研究(C), Doshisha University - Effectiveness of Japanese CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) in Mongolia
Shuichi Takahara; Nami Sakamoto; Imoto Miho; Junko Saito; Shogo Harada
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), 2022/04 -2025/03, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Okayama University of Science - A scheme for improvement in team-teaching lessons: Through the analysis of English teachers' narratives
Nami SAKAMOTO; Masayuki TERANISHI; Hiroyuki IMAI
本研究は，日本の英語教育におけるティーム・ティーチングに着目し，教師たちのナラティブの分析をもとに，より協働的な授業実践に向けた授業研究の構築を目的とする。ALT, JTE, 研究者の三者が授業実践を振り返りながら語り合うインタビューをもとに，内省的に授業を語り合う場において，英語教師が授業理論を構築していく手法について，社会文化的・文体論的視点から分析を行う。また，三者のディスコースの分析から，教師としての理論や成長を考察し，ティーム・ティーチングを通して言語教師の専門的な力量を高める授業研究のあり方を示唆することを目指す。, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), 2021/04 -2024/03, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Doshisha University - A Study on the Narratives of Assistant Language Teachers and the Transformation in Their Identities: Socio-Cultural and Linguistic Perspectives
Sakamoto Nami; Masayuki Teranishi; Yasushi Okuda
The overall aim of this research was to clarify the identity transformation of Assistant Language Teachers (ALTs) on the basis of narrative research. In English education in Japan, ALTs have realized communicative classroom development. However, while some ALTs have adapted to their schools and have been teaching for a substantial period, others have decided to retire in the middle of their careers. To explore their inner selves, this study (1) analyzed ALT interviews to discover how they have positioned themselves in the new environment of English education in Japan and how they have been transformed. (2) a new approach to narrative research was attempted with ALTs who are uniquely positioned as language teachers. By integrating sociocultural, stylistic, and narrative analyses of their narratives, we were able to examine their identity transformation and growth to gain a deeper understanding of ALTs and help improve the quality of their English classes., Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, 2018/04 -2022/03, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Okayama University of Science - Establishment of an educational volunteer program in Mongolia and practice of students' volunteer activities
Shuichi Takahara; Nami Sakamoto
Okayama University of Science, Okayama University of Science Project for the Promotion of Education Reform, 2019/04 -2020/03, Others, Okayama University of Science - Analysis of ethnic history and natural environmental restitution in Mongolia
Atsushi Nakamoto; Takuji Hoshino; Hiroo Nasu; Shinji Miyamoto; Koichi Yano; Keiko Shimizu; Shuji Kobayashi; Shuichi Takahara; Nami Sakamoto
Okayama University of Science, Okayama University of Science Project for Promotion Research, 2018/04 -2019/03, Okayama University of Science - Development of an educational method for improving English transmission skills: collaboration between multiple subjects and introduction of a facilitator
Takaomi Konoki; Akiyuki Jimura; Nami Sakamoto
Okayama University of Science, Okayama University of Science Project for the Promotion of Education Reform, 2017/04 -2018/03, Okayama University of Science - Research on pair work in English classes: the process of students' mutual enhancement and the teacher's support
Nami Sakamoto; Yoko Hirohata; Keiko Yasukawa; Katsunori Kambara; Tatsuhiro Yoshida
Hyogo University of Teacher Education, Joint research between the Hyogo University of Education Alumni Association and university teachers, 2015/04 -2016/03, Hyogo University of Teacher Education Alumni Association - A study of identity transformation through the narratives of Assistant Language Teachers in Japanese junior high schools
坂本 南美
The Japan Exchange and Teaching Programによって, 多くの英語母語話者がAssistant Language Teacher (ALT)として日本に招致され, 公立学校では, ALTとJTE (日本人英語教師)によるティームティーチングの授業が可能となった。彼らの年齢や経験は多様であり, 来日後、深く学校教育に関わる者がいる一方で、周囲との関係構築が難しく短期間で帰国する者など様々である。日本での彼らのアイデンティティ構築には何が関わっているのか。本研究は, ALTの語りの分析を通し, アイデンティティ変容の様子を探求することを目的とする。 研究方法として, 公立中学校に勤めるALTにセミフォーマルなインタビュー及び記述インタビューを1年の間隔をあけて行い, データをテキスト化し, 社会文化的視点から質的に分析を行った。また, 生徒への記述インタビューも行った。 分析の結果, 来日後の早い時期, 新しい文脈への彼女の関わり方が関係していることが明らかになった。Norton(2000)は, 第二言語学習者のアイデンティティについて, 苦難や不安を抱えながらも新しい文化や言語を学ぼうとする姿を「investment (投資)」という概念で論じた。このALTは, 日本語を学ぶことで英語と日本語による生徒との意思疎通を図り始め, 授業外の学習にも寄り添い, その距離を縮めていった。それは生徒にも伝わり, 教室でのメンバーシップ獲得へと繋がった。また, 学校生活の中で, ALTへのJTEの関わり方も大きく作用することが明らかになった。教室内の参加者の関係が徐々に変化し, 彼女の立ち位置を再構築する契機となり, 不安や迷いから解放されていった。 日本の英語授業において, ALTたちの持つ可能性を最大限に発揮するためにも, 本研究が, ALTが日本の英語教育により深く関わっていく一つの足掛かりになることを望む。, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Encouragement of Scientists, 2014/04 -2015/03, Grant-in-Aid for Encouragement of Scientists, The Junior High School of University of Hyogo - A study on the nature of sessions to foster "self-directed teachers"
Nami Sakamoto; Katsunori Kambara; Toyoko Muneyasu; Tatsuhiro Yoshida
Hyogo University of Teacher Education, Joint Research between the Hyogo University of Education Alumni Association and University Teachers, 2012/04 -2013/03, Principal investigator, Hyogo University of Teacher Education Alumni Association - English Language Teacher's Development Through the Use of E-portolio : Facilitating Their Narrative Inquiry in the Classroom
YOSHIDA Tatsuhiro; IMAI Hiroyuki; YANASE Yosuke; TAMAI Ken; KARENE. Johnson; SAKAMOTO Nami; KAMBARA Katsunori; DOMOTO Yoshiki; ZENG Gang
The present study aimed to analyze English language teachers' narratives and to trace the process of their professional development. Teachers' experiences in the classroom, including "critical events", were articulated as a written narrative form and archived and shared in their e-portfolios. The narrative data were then qualitatively analyzed based on Sociocultural Theory. The result revealed the ways in which the teachers interpreted their experiences. It was also suggested that the dialogic process among the participants including teachers and teacher educators had made a significant contribution to teacher's professional development., Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, 2009 -2011, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Hyogo University of Teacher Education
Social Contribution
- Judge for the 10th Sanda City Junior High School English Recitation Contest, Sanda Board of Education, 2024/11/04
- Various types of language activities to Improve English Skills: Invitation for meaningful output, Ikeda Senior High School, 2024/08/05
- Judge for the 10th Sanda City Junior High School English Recitation Contest, Sanda City Board of Education, 2022/11/05
- Judge for the 9th Sanda City Junior High School English Recitation Contest, Sanda City Board of Education, 2021/11/06
- Judge for the 61st Reischauer Cup Junior High School English Speech Contest, Okayama Japan-America Cultural Association, 2021/10/03
- Judge for the 8th Sanda City Junior High School English Recitation Contest, Sanda City Board of Education, 2020/11/07
- Judge for the 7th Sanda City Junior High School English Recitation Contest, Sanda City Board of Education, 2019/11/09
- Member of the judging committee for the 5th Hyogo Prefecture High School Debate Tournament, Hyogo Prefecture High School Education Research Association, English Section, 2011/01
- Member of the judging committee for the 4th Hyogo Prefecture High School Debate Tournament, Hyogo Prefecture High School Education Research Association, English Section, 2010/01