Researcher Profile and Settings

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Research Interests

• Teacher Education
• Second/Foreign Language Education
• Second language learning motivation

Research Areas

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

Research Experience

• Doshisha University, Faculty of Letters, Department of English, 2006 - 2011
• Osaka Jogakuin 2-year College, Department of English, 2000 - 2002
• Osaka Jogakuin 2-year College, Department of English, 1999 - 2000

Education

• The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto, 言語教育研究科, PhD program in Second language education, - 2012
• ロンドン大学教育研究所, 教育における言語, 第二言語としての英語教育, - 1999
• Institute of Education,University of London, Department of Languages in Education, - 1999
• Tokyo Woman's Christian University, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of English, - 1990

Degree

• Master of Arts(University of London)
• All But Dissertation (ABD) status; formal withdrawal, The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto Department of Curriculum Second/Foreign Language Education, Dec. 2012

Association Memberships

• 社会言語科学会, 2019, 9999
• 関西英語教育学会
• 日本教育心理学会
• 小学校英語教育学会

Published Papers

• Silence in Japanese classrooms: Activities and factors in capacities to speak English
  HUMPHRIES, Simon; AKAMATSU, Nobuhiko; TANAKA, Takako; BURNS, Anne
  J. King & S.Harumi (Eds.), East Asian Perspectives on Silence in English Language Education Bristol: Multilingual Matters., 123 - 142, May 2020
• “My head became blank and I couldn’t speak”: Classroom factors that influence English speaking
  Simon Humphries; Anne Burns; Takako Tanaka
  The Asian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2(2) 164 - 175, Dec. 2015
• 質的研究手法による日本人大学生の英語冠詞使用の考察
  田中貴子
  主流, 73 29 - 55, 2012
• Communicative language teaching and its cultural appropriateness in Japan.
  同志社大学英語英文学研究, 84 107 - 123, 2009
• Diary studies: Their potential to explore learner perspectives on second language learning.
  同志社大学英語英文学研究, 85 57 - 70, 2009
• The use of English articles: An analysis of the knowledge used by Japanese university students
  Nobuhiko Akamatsu; Takako Tanaka
  ARELE (Annual Review of English Language Education in Japan), 19 81 - 90, 2008
• Teacher influence on learners’ motivation
  Takako Tanaka
  大阪女学院短期大学紀要, 35 49 - 58, Mar. 2006
• L2 motivation: An activity theoretic perspective.
  Tanaka, T
  Proceedings of the KATE (Korea Association of Teachers of English) Annual International Conference, 533 - 537, 2004

Books etc

• 英語指導法 理論と実践 ー21世紀型英語教育の探究ー
  英宝社, Jan. 2018, Joint work, 第3章 学習者の特性 第7章 リスニングの指導

Presentations

• Exploring L2 learners’ co-construction of their knowledge and motivation in pair work: A microgenetic approach
  Takako Tanaka
  British Association of Applied Linguistics Conference 2019, Sep. 2019, Poster presentation
• Relationship between L1 and L2 reading motivation and proficiency: cases of EFL university students in Japan
  Takako Tanaka; Nobuhiko Akamatsu
  The annual conference of the Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics, May 2017, Oral presentation
• Factors Influencing High School English Speaking
  Simon Humphries; Nobuhiko Akamatsu; Takako Tanaka
  The JALT 2016 Annual Conference, Nov. 2016, Oral presentation
• Relationship between L2 motivation and L2 reading ability: cases of Japanese university students
  Takako Tanaka; Nobuhiko Akamatsu
  第４2回全国英語教育学会 埼玉研究大会, Aug. 2016
• Classroom Factors That Influence English Speaking
  Simon Humphries; Anne Burns; Takako Tanaka; Nobuhiko Akamatsu
  The JALT 2015 Annual Conference, Nov. 2015, Oral presentation
• The Role of the Teacher in Cultivating Learner Motivation: A Case Study
  Takako Tanaka
  46th Annual Meeting of the British Association for Applied Linguistics: Opening New Lines of Communication in Applied Linguistics, Sep. 2013
• Listening to Less-motivated learners: A qualitative study
  Takako Tanaka
  BAAL Language Learning and Teaching Special Interest Group – 9th Annual Conference "Linking teaching to learning in language education", Jul. 2013
• Teacher influences on learner motivation from a Vygotskian sociocultural theoretic perspective.
  the American Association for Applied Linguistics 2011 Conference in Chicago, Illinois, USA., Mar. 2011
• L2 motivation within an SCT framework: From learners’ perspective
  20th Annual Conference of the European Second Language Association. Universit di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy., Sep. 2010, Poster presentation
• 日本人大学生の英語冠詞に関する知識：質的研究手法による考察
  第36回 全国英語教育学会 大阪研究大会 於関西大学, 2010
• 冠詞学習における協同学習の効果：ケーススタディによる一考察
  第36回 全国英語教育学会 大阪研究大会 於関西大学, 2010
• 日本人大学生の英語冠詞に関する知識
  第33回全国英語教育学会 大分研究大会 於大分大学, 2007
• Understanding second/foreign language motivation: A sociocultural theoretic perspective.
  大学英語教育学会 於玉川大学, 2005
• Exploring L2 motivation and teacher influence: An activity theory perspective.
  The 2005 Second Language Research Forum (SLRF), Columbia University, NY, USA., 2005, Poster presentation
• A new paradigm for second language motivation research
  The 4th Annual OISE/UT Student Research Conference, OISE/University of Toronto., 2004, Poster presentation
• L2 motivation: An activity theoretic perspective.
  The Korea Association of Teachers of English Annual International Conference, Seoul University., 2004, Poster presentation

Research Projects

• ペアワークにおける学習とL2モチベーション：社会文化理論からの考察
  田中 貴子
  学習者の学びを促進する有効な方法としてペアおよびグループワークは、教育実践において広く活用されている。また、第二言語・外国語教育研究においても、コミュニカティブな言語教授アプローチ (Communicative language teaching)やタスクを中心とした教授法(Task-based language teaching)が主流となって以来、注目されている活動形態のひとつである。しかしながら、その導入がそのまま有益な学びにつながるわけではない。そのため、有益な経験となる協働学習に関する理解を深めるためにはさらなる研究が必要である。
  本研究は、ロシアの発達心理学者ヴィゴツキーの社会文化理論 (Vygotskian Sociocultural theory, 以降SCT)を理論的枠組みとするものである。ペア活動におけるプロセスとプロダクト、そしてモチベーションの発達に焦点をあてる。具体的には、学習者たちがペア活動を通して、学習内容の理解とモチベーションをどのように構築していくのかをミクロジェネティックアプローチを用いて考察する。
  平成30年度は5か年の事業期間の2年目にあたる。春学期には予備調査を実施した。予備調査の経験をもとにL2 Motivationの測定方法やタスクに使用するマテリアルの選定、そしてペアリングの在り方など本調査へ向けて研究計画を検討した。秋学期には協力者を募集し、本調査を実施した。具体的には、英語力とペアワークで用いるタスクの課題内容であるバイリンガリズムに関する興味を軸にペアリングをした。ペア活動の録画、その録画動画を見ながらモチベーションについての振り返りやインタビューなどのデータを収集を行った。, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), 2017/04 -2022/03, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Doshisha University
• Some suggestion for a better remedial English classes: L2 reading proficiency and motivation
  TANAKA Takako; AKAMATSU Nobuhiko
  This research project aimed to offer suggestions as to how remedial education programs in English might be made more beneficial for Japanese university students with low L2 (English) reading proficiency and relatively poor motivation. My research 1) explored the relationship between English reading proficiency and the motivation to learn and read English quantitatively, and 2) investigated motivational patterns of low L2 reading proficiency qualitatively. I found that considerable importance attaches to: a) a learner's having garnered positive experience in his or her studies; b) a feeling of personal efficacy; c) support and guidance of students as they reflect on their own learning; and d) assistance given to students such that they develop a more robust concept of self., Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), 2011/04 -2015/03, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Doshisha University