Researcher Profile and Settings

URL

http://www1.doshisha.ac.jp/~nakamats/index.html

researchmap

https://researchmap.jp/Akamatsu-Doshisha

Research funding number

30281736

Research Interests

• 英語教育
• 読解
• 単語認識
• 語彙
• English education
• reading
• word recognition
• mental lexicon

Research Areas

• Humanities & social sciences / Primary/secondary education and curricula
• Humanities & social sciences / Linguistics
• Humanities & social sciences / Educational psychology

Research Experience

• Doshisha University, Department of English, Professor, 2006/04 - Today
• The University of Toronto, The Ontario Institute of Studies in Education (OISE), Visiting Scholar, 2007/10 - 2008/09
• Doshisha University, Department of English, Associate Professor, 2000/04 - 2006/03
• Joetsu University of Education, Graduate School of English Education, Assistant Professor, 1998/04 - 2000/03
• Kochi University, Department of International Studies, Assistant Professor, 1996/04 - 1998/03

Education

• University of Toronto, 教育学（カリキュラム）研究科, 第二言語・外国語教育専攻, 1991/09 - 1996/01
• The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto, Department of Curriculum, Second/Foreign Language Education, 1991/09 - 1996/01
• ニューヨーク州立大学, 教育学研究科, 外国語教育, 1986/09 - 1987/12
• The State University of New York (Buffalo), Department of Learning and Instruction, Foreign Language Education, 1986/09 - 1987/12
• Doshisha University, Faculty of Economics, 1981/04 - 1985/03

Degree

• Ph.D.(Education), Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto
• M.Ed., The State University of New York

Association Memberships

• THE JAPAN ASSOCIATION OF ENGLISH TEACHING IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
• KANSAI ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION SOCIETY (KELES)
• THE JAPAN SOCIETY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION
• THE JAPAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGE ENGLISH TEACHERS

Committee Memberships

• 紀要編集委員長, 2014 - 2015, 関西英語教育学会, Society
• 理事, 2011 - 2013, 関西英語教育学会, Society
• 評議員, 2009 - 2010, 関西英語教育学会, Society

Published Papers

• The cross-linguistic relationship between English nouns and Japanese translations: Japanese ESL learners’ judgement on noun countability.
  Tsuzuku, A; Akamatsu, N
  HELES Journal (The Hokkaido English Language Education Society Journal), 20 3 - 17, Mar. 2021, Scientific journal
• The Importance of Input in the Acquisition of Polysemous Words: A Corpus Study on the English Preposition AT
  AKAMATSU Nobuhiko
  Doshisha Studies in English, 100 223 - 251, Mar. 2019, Research institution
• Does cognitive linguistic insights help Japanese learners understand the English article system?
  Akamatsu, N
  SELT (Studies in English Language Teaching), 41 1 - 20, 2018, Scientific journal
• 認知言語学的知見の有用性に関する一考察：言語学習における明示性と暗示性の視点から
  Akamatsu, N
  同志社大学英語英文学研究, Alternative:The Literary Association, Doshisha University, 94(94) 67 - 98, 2014, Research institution
  

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• First-language influence on the formation of category prototype in a foreign language.
  Tsunai, Y; Akamatsu, N
  JACET Kansai Journal, 大学英語教育学会関西支部, 15(15) 11 - 24, 2013, Scientific journal
• Does a foreign language affect cognition?: Re-evaluating evidence for L2 effects on bilinguals' object classification.
  Akamatsu, N
  SELT (Studies in English Language Teaching), 34 1 - 10, 2011, Scientific journal
• Language and cognition in research on the bilingual lexicon
  Akamatsu, N
  Shuryu, Alternative:English Literary Society of Doshisha University, 72(72) 1 - 34, 2010, Research institution
  

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• Restructuring foreign language lexical knowledge: Do cognitive linguistic insights contribute to foreign language learning?
  Akamatsu, N
  Doshisha Studies in English, Doshisha University, 86 53 - 82, 2010, Research institution
  

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• Difficulty in restructuring foreign-language vocabulary knowledge: Polysemous verbs.
  Akamatsu, N
  JACET Kansai Journal, 大学英語教育学会関西支部, 12(12) 68 - 79, 2010, Scientific journal
• The effects of training on automatization of word recognition in English as a foreign language
  Nobuhiko Akamatsu
  APPLIED PSYCHOLINGUISTICS, CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, 29(2) 175 - 193, Apr. 2008, Scientific journal
  

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• The use of English articles: An analysis of the knowledge used by Japanese university students.
  Akamatsu, N; Tanaka, T
  ARELE (Annual Review of English Language Education in Japan), The Japan Society of English Language Education, 19 81 - 90, 2008, Scientific journal
  

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• The effects of first language orthographic features on second language reading in text
  N Akamatsu
  LANGUAGE LEARNING, BLACKWELL PUBLISHERS, 53(2) 207 - 231, Jun. 2003, Scientific journal
• A similarity in word-recognition procedures among second language readers with different first language backgrounds
  N Akamatsu
  APPLIED PSYCHOLINGUISTICS, CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, 23(1) 117 - 133, Mar. 2002, Scientific journal
  

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• Absent voices: Appropriated language, hybridized identities, and re-imagined storylines.
  Mei-Yi-Lin, A; Wong, W; Akamatsu, N; Riazi, M
  Journal of Language, Identity and Education, 1(4) 295 - 316, 2002, Scientific journal
• 公立小学校への英語教育導入に関する文献研究の概観
  Hojo, R; Wakayama, M; Akamatsu, N
  上越英語研究, 3 3 - 17, 2002, Scientific journal
• 日本人中学生・高校生の英語語彙学習方略
  Hirano, K; Akamatsu, N; Anezaki, T
  Bulletin of Joetsu University of Education, 20(2) 459 - 472, 2001
• The effects of first language orthographic features on word recognition processing in English as a second language
  N Akamatsu
  READING AND WRITING, KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL, 11(4) 381 - 403, Aug. 1999, Scientific journal
• A way of integrating Phonics and Whole Language
  Akamatsu, N
  JASTEC Journal, 18 23 - 35, 1999, Scientific journal
• 第一言語が第二言語単語認識に与える影響について
  Akamatsu, N
  Bulletin of Joetsu University of Education, Joetsu University of Education, 19(1) 39 - 52, 1999
• The Importance of Word recognition in Second-language Reading
  Akamatsu, N
  Bulletin of Joetsu University of Education, Joetsu University of Education, 18(2) 621 - 634, 1999
• L1 and l2 reading: The orthographic effects of Japanese on reading in English L1 and L2 reading in Japan
  Nobuhiko Akamatsu
  Language, Culture and Curriculum, 11(1) 9 - 27, 1998, Scientific journal
  

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• The relationships between exposure to print and word recognition in English as a second language.
  Akamatsu, N
  高知大学人文科学研究, 5 177 - 194, 1997, Scientific journal
• The effects of first language orthographic characteristics on reading in English as a second language.
  Akamatsu, N
  Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada., 1996, Doctoral thesis
• The use of Kanji in the Japanese writing system: Why do the Japanese cling to Kanji?
  Akamatsu, N
  高知大学人文科学研究, 4 197 - 207, 1996, Scientific journal
• ジョン・ミラーの教育思想と小学校英語教育に関する一考察
  Akamatsu, N; Hara, K
  高知大学学術研究報告人文科学, 46 291 - 304, 1996, Scientific journal
• Teacher-centered versus child-centered approaches in English instruction
  Akamatsu, N
  WATESOL Journal, 3 40 - 47, 1994, Scientific journal

MISC

• L２語彙学習：認知言語学的アプローチ
  赤松 信彦
  英語教育, 61(3) 52 - 53, Mar. 2012, Introduction commerce magazine
• Automaticity in second-language word recognition
  Akamatsu Nobuhiko
  Bulletin of Joetsu University of Education, Joetsu University of Education, 19(2) 785 - 796, 2000
• Writing and Literacy in Chinese, Korean and Japanese: Studies in written language and literacy 3.
  N Akamatsu
  CANADIAN MODERN LANGUAGE REVIEW-REVUE CANADIENNE DES LANGUES VIVANTES, CANADIAN MODERN LANGUAGE REV, 53(4) 755 - 757, Jun. 1997, Book review
• The Effects of First Language Orthographic Features on Word Recognition in English as a Second Language
  赤松 信彦
  JACET全国大会要綱, 大学英語教育学会, 33 205 - 207, 1994

Books etc

• Silence in Japanese classrooms: Activities and factors in capacities to speak English
  Humphries, S; Akamatsu, N; Tanaka, T; Burns, A
  East Asian perspectives on silence in English language education, edited by J. King & S. Harumi (Bristol, UK: Multilingual Matters), 2020, Contributor, pp. 123-142
• The intertwining effects of first language and learning context on the bilingual mental lexicon
  Akamatsu, N
  Writing systems, reading processes, and cross-linguistic influences: Reflections from the Chinese, Japanese and Korean languages, edited by H. Pae (Amsterdam, The Netherlands: John Benjamins), Aug. 2018, Contributor, pp. 245-266
• Vivid English Expression II (New Edition)
  長谷尚弥; 赤松信彦; 飯島柳子; 佐藤臨太郎; 伊達正起; 西 巌弘; 坂東洋子; 平尾一成; 宮迫靖静; 安木真一; Sean White
  第一学習社, 2018, Joint work, Textbook
• Teaching English as a Foreign/Second Langauge: Theory and Practice
  Akamatsu, N
  Eihousha, Jan. 2018, Joint work, 第1章：第二言語習得理論：言語習得と環境、第2章：第二言語習得理論：学習のメカニズム、第4章：外国語教授法の変遷、第5章：文法の指導、第6章：語彙の指導、第9章：リーディングの指導, Scholarly book
• Vivid English Expression I (New Edition)
  長谷尚弥; 赤松信彦; 飯島柳子; 佐藤臨太郎; 伊達正起; 西 巌弘; 坂東洋子; 平尾一成; 宮迫靖静; 安木真一; Sean White
  第一学習社, 2017, Joint work, Textbook
• Vivid English Expression II
  長谷尚弥; 赤松信彦; 飯島柳子; 佐藤臨太郎; 伊達正起; 西 巌弘; 坂東洋子; 平尾一成; 宮迫靖静; 安木真一; Sean White
  第一学習社, 2013, Joint work, Textbook
• Vivid English Expression I
  長谷尚弥; 赤松信彦; 飯島柳子; 佐藤臨太郎; 伊達正起; 西 巌弘; 坂東洋子; 平尾一成; 宮迫靖静; 安木真一; Sean White
  第一学習社, 2012, Joint work, Textbook
• 多読が日本人大学生の英文読解力向上に与える効果に関する研究（平成14年〜17年度科学研究助成金研究（基盤研究 (C)(2)：研究代表者 赤松信彦）研究成果報告書）
  赤松信彦
  2006, Single work, Report
• Literacy acquisition in Japanese-English bilinguals.
  Akamatsu, N
  Handbook of orthography and literacy. edited by R.M. Joshi & P.G. Aaron (Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum), 2006, Contributor, pp.481-496
• Second language reading proficiency and first language orthographic effects on second language word recognition.
  Akamatsu, N
  Second language writing systems, edited by V. Cook & B.Bassetti (Multilingual Matters), 2005, Contributor, pp. 238-259
• International TESOL professionals and teacing English for glocalized communication (TEGCOM)
  Mei-Yi-Lin, A; Wong, W; Akamatsu, N; Riazi, M
  Reclaiming the local in language policy and practice, edited by S. Canagarajah (Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum), 2005, Contributor, pp. 197-222
• ０歳から５歳児までのコミュニケーションスキルの発達と診断（ Ｂ.バックレイ著 丸野俊一監訳）
  赤松信彦
  北大路書房, 2004, Joint translation, 幼児期における複数言語の習得【第５章】
• 現代の英語科教育法
  石黒昭博; 山内信幸; 赤松信彦; 北林利治
  英宝社, 2003, Joint work, 第7章、第9章、第11章、第13章
• 自己表現力と創造的・批判的思考を育むディスカッション教育に関する理論的・実践的研究（平成11年〜13年度科学研究助成金研究（基盤研究 (A)(1)：研究代表者 丸野俊一）研究成果報告書）
  赤松信彦
  2002, Contributor, 英語ライティング授業でのディスカッションの役割, Report
• 公立小学校への英語教育導入に伴う諸問題とその対策（平成11年〜14年度科学研究助成金研究（基盤研究 (B)(2)：研究代表者 齋藤九一）平成11年度研究報告書）
  赤松信彦
  2000, Contributor, 児童英語教育論 − 児童英語教育に関する論文の変遷, Report
• 日本人大学生の読解メカニズム研究（平成9年〜10年度科学研究助成金研究（奨励研究(A)：研究代表者 赤松信彦）研究報告書）
  赤松信彦
  1999, Single work, Report
• The contribution of listening to reading acquisition in English as a second/foreign language
  Akamatsu, N; Wade-Woolley, L
  Pragmatics and Pedagogy : The Proceedings of the Third Pacific Second Language Research Forum, Vol. 2, edited by N. O. Jungheim & P. Robinson (Tokyo, Japan : PacSLRF), 1999, Contributor, pp. 291-296
• 問いを生きる
  武藤整司; 谷川恵一; 赤松信彦; 齋藤昌人; 今野真二; 森 交章; 小澤萬記; 池田和夫; 吉成直樹; 角 忍
  南の風, 1997, Joint work, General book
• The learnability and psychological processing of reading in Chinese and Reading in English
  Mei-Yi-Lin, A; Akamatsu, N
  Cognitive Processing of Chinese and Related Asian Language, edited by Hsuan-Chih Chen (Hong Kong : The Chinese University Press), 1997, Contributor, pp. 369-387

Presentations

• 応用言語学のジレンマ –言語学的知見に基づく教育実践の難しさについて–
  赤松信彦; 富和由有; マイケル・マクガイア; 折田充; 星野由子
  第47回 全国英語教育学会 北海道大会, 06 Aug. 2022, 06 Aug. 2022, 07 Aug. 2022, Oral presentation, 全国英語教育学会, online
• Multicompetence: Bilingual cognition in noun countability
  Akamatsu, N; Tsuzuku, A
  The 58th JACET International Convention, 28 Aug. 2019, Oral presentation, JACET (Japan Association of College English Teachers), Nagoya
• The linguistic and cognitive development of bilingual children: The relationship between the first and the second language
  Akamatsu, N
  関西帰国生親の会 かけはし主催 かけはしセミナー2019, 25 May 2019, Public discourse
• English majors and non-majors’ speaking attitudes.
  Humphries, S; Akamatsu, N
  JALT 2018 (Japan Association of Language Teachers), 24 Nov. 2018, Oral presentation, JALT (Japan Association of Language Teachers), Shizuoka
• 日本人大学生の英語力とモチベーション−習熟度による比較−
  Tanaka, T; Akamatsu, N
  The 44th JASELE Annual Convention (Kyoto), 26 Aug. 2018, Oral presentation, Japan Society of English Language Education (JASELE), Kyoto, Japan
• 多義語学習におけるインプット の重要性について−前置詞AT, IN, ONの場合−
  Akamatsu, N
  The 44th JASELE Annual Convention (Kyoto), 25 Aug. 2018, Oral presentation, Japan Society of English Language Education (JASELE), Kyoto, Japan
• マルチコンピタンスの重要性 −マルチリンガルとモノリンガルの違い−
  Akamatsu, N
  Symposium "Education for Multilinguals at the Global Age", 13 Mar. 2018, Nominated symposium, Doshisha University Center for Japanese Language and Culture, Kyoto, Japan
• Factors affecting speaking in high school
  Humphries, S; Akamatsu, N; Tanaka, T
  JALT (Japan Association of Language Teachers) 2017, 18 Nov. 2017, Oral presentation, JALT (Japan Association of Language Teachers), Ibaraki, Japan
• 内容語と機能語の関係性について −語彙の広さは機能語の正確な理解意図関連しているのか−）
  Akamatsu, N
  The 43rd JASELE Annual Convetion (Ibaraki), 19 Aug. 2017, Oral presentation, Japan Society of English Language Education (JASELE), Shimane, Japan
• Factors influencing high school English speaking
  Humphries, S; Burns, A; Tanaka, T; Akamatsu, N
  JALT 2016, 26 Nov. 2016, Oral presentation, JALT (Japan Association of Language Teachers), Nagoya, Japan
• 日本人大学生の英語リーディング力とモチベーションの関係性
  Tanaka, T; Akamatsu, N
  The 42nd JASELE Annual Convetion (Saitama), 20 Aug. 2016, Oral presentation, Japan Society of English Language Education (JASELE), Saitama, Japan
• 学習環境と母語が第二言語心的辞書に与える影響について
  Akamatsu, N
  The 42nd JASELE Annual Convetion (Saitama), 20 Aug. 2016, Oral presentation, Japan Society of English Language Education (JASELE), Saitama, Japan
• The benefit of a cognitive linguistics approach to learning noun countability
  Akamatsu, N; Tsuzuku, A
  The 6th UK Cognitive Linguistics Conference, 20 Jul. 2016, Oral presentation, UK Cognitive Linguistics, Bangor, UK
• ICT を活用した英語語彙力育成システムの開発
  Aizawa, K; Iso, T; Goda, E; Nagasaki, M; Akamatsu, N; Coulson, D
  Language Education Expo 2016, 06 Mar. 2016, Oral presentation, Language Education Expo, Tokyo, Japan
• 学習環境が心的辞書に与える影響について：前置詞と空間認知
  Akamatsu, N
  the 11th JACET Vocabulary Acquisition Research Group Annual Convention, 05 Mar. 2016, Oral presentation, JACET Vocabulary Acquisition Research Group, Tokyo, Japan
• Classroom factors that influence English speaking
  Humphries, S; Burns, A; Akamatsu, N; Tanaka, T
  JALT 2015, 22 Nov. 2015, Oral presentation, JALT (Japan Association of Language Teachers), Shizuoka, Japan
• The impact of learning contexts on the mental lexicon: The semantic network of function words
  Akamatsu, N
  The 41st JASELE Annual Convention (Kumamoto), 22 Aug. 2015, Oral presentation, Japan Society of English Language Education (JASELE), Kukamoto, Japan
• The impact of learning contexts on mental lexicon: Naturalistic and foreign-language learning contexts.
  Akamatsu, N
  The Annual Convention of the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL 2015), 23 Mar. 2015, Oral presentation, American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Toronto, Canada
• 英語学習者の産出語彙：機能語の意味ネットワーク構造
  Akamatsu, N; Tsunai, Y
  The 40th JASELE Annual Convention (Tokushima), 09 Aug. 2014, Oral presentation, Japan Society of English Language Education (JASELE), Tokushima, Japan
• 英語冠詞学習に関する量的及び質的研究
  Akamatsu, N; Tsunai, Y
  The 39th JASELE Annual Convention (Sapporo), 10 Aug. 2013, Oral presentation, Japan Society of English Language Education (JASELE), Sapporo, Japan
• 認知言語学的手法を英文法教育に用いることの有用性
  Tatsuda, T; Akamatsu, N
  The 17th Kansai, 09 Jun. 2012, Oral presentation, Kansai English Language Education Society (KELES), Kyoto, Japan
• Do EFL learners benefit from a cognitive linguistic approach to learning the English article system?
  Akamatsu, N
  The Annual Convention of the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL 2011), 28 Mar. 2011, Oral presentation, American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Chicago, USA
• 日本人英語学習者の冠詞使用と認知
  Akamatsu, N
  The 36th JASELE Annual Convention, 07 Aug. 2010, Oral presentation, Japan Society of English Language Education, Osaka, Japan
• 英語学習における統語知識の再構築について：その可能性と課題
  Akamatsu, N
  The 2010 Annual Convention of the Aichi Chapter, Chubu English Langauge Education Soceity, 06 Jun. 2010, Chubu English Langauge Education Soceity, Nagoya, Japan
• バイリンガル・レキシコンの探求：L2単語認識研究
  Akamatsu, N
  The 48th JACET Annual Convention, 05 Sep. 2009, Japan Association of College English Teachers (JACET), Sapporo, Japan
• Restructuring foreign language lexical knowledge: Do cognitive linguistic insights contribute to foreign language learning?
  Akamatsu, N
  The Annual Convention of the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL 2009), 22 Mar. 2009, Oral presentation, American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Denver, U.S.A.
• 語彙知識の測定：非単語処理の可能性
  Akamatsu, N
  The Annual Convetion of JACET Reading and Vocabulary Acquisition Research Group, 11 Jan. 2009, JACET Reading and Vocabulary Acquisition Research Group, Nagoya, Japan
• 語彙知識再構築の困難さについて：認知言語学的知見の有効性に対する一考察
  Akamatsu, N
  The 2nd Joint Annual Convention of JACET Vocabulary Acquisition and Lexicography Research Group, 30 Mar. 2008, JACET Vocabulary Acquisition Research Group, Tokyo, Japan
• Restructuring second/foreign language vocabulary knowledge: Cognitive linguistic insights into vocabulary learning
  Akamatsu, N
  Modern Language Centre. Informal Seminar. Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at University of Toronto (OISE/UT) (Nov. 9, Toronto, Canada)., 09 Nov. 2007, Modern Language Centre. Informal Seminar. Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at University of Toronto (OISE/UT), Toronto, Canada
• 日本人大学生の英語冠詞に関する知識
  赤松信彦; 田中貴子
  The 33rd JASELE Annual Convention (Oita), 04 Aug. 2007, Oral presentation, Japan Society of English Language Education (JASELE), Oita, Japan
• 読解における語彙知識の重要性：母語と外国語における類似点と相違点
  Akamatsu, N
  リーディング・語彙研究会 （名古屋）, 15 Jul. 2007, Public discourse, Japan Association of College English Teachers (JACET), Nagoya, Japan
• 英語の語彙知識とリーディング
  Akamatsu, N
  大学英語教育学会（JACET）英語語彙研究会 （東京）, 02 May 2007, Oral presentation, Japan Association of College English Teachers (JACET), Tokyo
• 大学英語教育における多読法の効果
  Akamatsu, N
  第32回全国英語教育学会 （高知）, 05 Aug. 2006, Oral presentation, Japan Society of English Language Education (JASELE), Kochi
• 外国語の学習：ハートで英語は身に付くか？
  Akamatsu, N
  同志社女子大学 英語英文学夏期公開講座 （京都）, 29 Jul. 2006, Public discourse, Doshisha Women's College, Kyoto
• 理論と実践のギャップ：認知言語学的知見は英語学習者に役立つのか
  Akamatsu, N
  第31回全国英語教育学会 （札幌）, 06 Aug. 2005, Oral presentation, Japan Society of English Language Education (JASELE), Sapporo, Japan
• A continuum of automaticity in EFL word recognition: Training and Stroop interference
  Akamatsu, N
  14th World Congress of Applied Linguistics (AILA) (July 25-29, Wisconsin, U.S.A.)., 28 Jul. 2005, Oral presentation, World Congress of Applied Linguistics (AILA), Wisconsin, U.S.A.
• Second language reading proficiency and first language orthographic effects on second language word recognition
  Akamatsu, N
  大学英語教育学会（JACET）関西支部 秋季大会 （京都）, 10 Oct. 2004, Oral presentation, Kansai Chapter, Japan Association of College English Teachers (JACET), Kyoto, Japan
• 多読法が大学生の英文読解力に与える影響について
  Akamatsu, N
  第30回全国英語教育学会 （長野）, 07 Aug. 2004, Oral presentation, Japan Society of English Language Education, Nagano, Japan
• 英語を第二公用語にすることの是非を問う
  Akamatsu, N
  同志社大学・ビクトリア大学学術交流シンポジウム （京都）, 23 May 2004, Doshishia University, Victoria University
• Effects of word-recognition training on automatization in English as a foreign language
  Akamatsu, N
  The Annual Convention of the Society of Scientific Study of Reading (SSSR) (June 29, Chicago, U.S.A.)., 29 Jun. 2002, Oral presentation, the Society of Scientific Study of Reading (SSSR)
• Learning English in Japan: Changing and expanding identities
  Akamatsu, N
  The Second International Knowledge and Discourse Conference. (June, 26, Hong Kong, China)., 26 Jun. 2002, Oral presentation
• 第二言語習得研究と英語（外国語）教育」「Focus on Fluency」
  Akamatsu, N
  関西英語教育学会（KELES）第5回研究大会 （神戸）, 24 Jun. 2001, Invited oral presentation, KELES, Kobe, Japan
• Asian voices: Language learning, identities, and sociocultural positioning
  Akamatsu, N
  The Annual Convention of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) (Mar. 1, St. Louis, U.S.A.)., 01 Mar. 2001, Oral presentation, Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), Louis, U.S.A.
• Effects of training in word recognition on the automatization of EFL readers
  Akamatsu, N
  The Annual Convention of the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) (Feb. 26, St. Louis, U.S.A.)., 26 Feb. 2001, Oral presentation, the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Louis, U.S.A.
• 第二言語におけるリーディング：その発達過程と第一言語の影響について
  Akamatsu, N
  大学英語教育学会（JACET）関西支部リーディング研究会・SLA研究会共催ワークショップ （京都）, 24 Sep. 2000, Oral presentation, Japan Association of College English Teachers (JACET)
• 児童英語教育論：児童英語教育に関する論文の変遷
  Akamatsu, N
  杏林大学・海外学術交流基金共催ワークショップ「早期外国語教育の可能性:第二言語習得と年齢の問題」（東京）, 2000, Oral presentation
• Understanding reading competence in a foreign language
  Wade-Woolley, L; Akamatsu, N
  The International Congress of Psychology (Stockholm, Sweden).（発表者：Lesly Wade-Woolley）, 2000, Oral presentation
• 児童英語教育論 − この２０年間の変遷
  赤松信彦; 北條礼子
  日本児童英語教育学会 関東甲信越支部研究大会 （長野）（発表者：赤松信彦）, 03 Aug. 1999, Oral presentation, 日本児童英語教育学会
• 第二言語学習者の単語認識におけるAutomaticity について
  Akamatsu, N
  上越教育大学英語教育学会 （新潟）, 1998, Oral presentation
• The contribution of listening to reading acquisition in English as a second/foreign language
  Akamatsu, N; Wade-Woolley, L
  The Third Pacific Second Language Research Forum [PacSLRF] (Tokyo).（発表者：Akamatsu, N.）, 1998, Oral presentation, Pacific Second Language Research Forum [PacSLRF]
• Activation of orthographic and phonological knowledge and automaticity in EFL word recognition
  Akamatsu, N; Wade-Woolley, L
  12th World Congress of Applied Linguistics [AILA] (Aug. 1-6, Tokyo, Japan).（発表者：Akamatsu, N.）, 1998, Oral presentation, World Congress of Applied Linguistics [AILA]
• 認知科学的視点に基づく第二言語教育研究の考察
  Akamatsu, N
  第36回大学英語教育学会全国大会 （東京）, 06 Sep. 1997, Oral presentation
• The components of reading ability in English as a second language (ESL)
  Akamatsu, N
  1997 AERA (American Educational Research Association) Annual Meeting (Chicago, USA)., 24 Mar. 1997, Oral presentation
• 第二言語英語読解を構成する要素について
  Akamatsu, N
  第35回大学英語教育学会全国大会 （京都）, 21 Sep. 1996, Oral presentation
• The orthographic influence of mother tongue on second language reading acquisition
  Akamatsu, N
  11th World Congress of Applied Linguistics (Jyvaskyla, Finland)., 08 Aug. 1996, Oral presentation
• The effects of first language orthographic features on word recognition processing in English as a second language
  Akamatsu, N
  1996 AERA (American Educational Research Association) Annual Meeting (Apr. 8-12, New York, USA).（代読者：Lesly Wade-Woollley）, 1996, Oral presentation
• The orthographic influence of mother tongue on second language reading acquisition and reading research in a second language
  Mei-Yi-Lin, A; Akamatsu, N
  Chinese University of Hong Kong Workshop on Language Acquisition 1996 (Hong Kong).（発表者：Angel Mei-Yi-Lin ）, 1996, Oral presentation
• The learnability and psychological processing of reading in Chinese and reading in English: Differences and similarities
  Lin, A. M. Y; Akamatsu, N
  7th International Conference on the Cognitive Processing of Chinese and Other Asian Languages (Dec. 14-16, Hong Kong)., 15 Dec. 1995, Oral presentation
• Do Chinese and Japanese read English words in a different manner from those whose first language is alphabetic?
  Akamatsu, N
  7th International Conference on the Cognitive Processing of Chinese and Other Asian Languages (Dec. 14-16, Hong Kong)., 14 Dec. 1995, Oral presentation
• The effects of first Language orthographic characteristics on word recognition in English as a second Language
  Akamatsu, N
  Second Language Research Forum (SLRF '95) (Oct. 29, New York, USA)., 29 Oct. 1995, Oral presentation
• 英語読解習得過程における母国語の影響について
  Akamatsu, N
  第34回大学英語教育学会全国大会 （東京）, 16 Sep. 1995, Oral presentation
• 母国語の言語特徴が英単語認識メカニズムに与える影響について
  Akamatsu, N
  第33回大学英語教育学会全国大会 （名古屋）, 10 Sep. 1994, Oral presentation
• 読解ストラテジー及び教授法に関する研究成果の有効性について
  Akamatsu, N
  第32回大学英語教育学会全国大会 （仙台）, 08 Sep. 1993, Oral presentation
• A critical analysis of oral proficiency tests in English as a second language
  Akamatsu, N
  Japanese Language Teacher Training Workshop (Aug. 20, Toronto, Canada)., 20 Aug. 1993, Oral presentation

Research Projects

• 概念基盤学習に関する横断的研究：日本人学習者の英語時制と相に関する知識獲得
  赤松 信彦; 折田 充; 星野 由子; 綱井 勇吾
  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), 2020/04 -2025/03, Principal investigator, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Doshisha University
• バイリンガル・レキシコンの発達ー外国語学習における概念形成ー
  Akamatsu, N
  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, 2018/06 -2021/03, Principal investigator, Competitive research funding
• 適切な英語冠詞使用のための学習システムの開発
  Akamatsu, N
  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, 2015/04 -2019/03, Principal investigator, Competitive research funding
• 日本人英語学習者の語彙感覚習得プロセスに関する研究
  Akamatsu, N
  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, 2010/04 -2014/03, Principal investigator, Competitive research funding
• 英文法及び英単語に関する明示的知識が英語運用能力向上に与える効果について
  Akamatsu, N
  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, 2006/04 -2010/03, Principal investigator, Competitive research funding
• 多読法が日本人大学生の英文読解力向上に与える効果に関する研究
  Akamatsu, N
  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, 2002/04 -2006/03, Principal investigator, Competitive research funding
• 日本人大学生の英語読解力向上に影響を及ぼす要因について
  Akamatsu, N
  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, 1999/04 -2001/03, Principal investigator, Competitive research funding
• 日本人学生の英語読解メカニズム研究:英語読解力と語学学習スタイルの関係について
  Akamatsu, N
  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, 1997/04 -1999/03, Principal investigator, Competitive research funding