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IWATE University Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Department of Human Sciences and Cultural Studies |
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KOBAYASHI Yoko
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Research Interests 【 display / non-display 】
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Language ideology
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English study in Inner-circle/outer-circle
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gender identities
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language learning attitudes/motivation
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intercultural communication
Graduate School 【 display / non-display 】
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-2000.11
Others Department of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning Second Language Education Ph.D. Program Doctor's Course Completed
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University of Toronto (Canada) - Ph.D. 2000.11
Research Areas 【 display / non-display 】
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Humanities & Social Sciences / Foreign language education
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2017
Understanding Cultural Diversity
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2017
Comprehensive English Ⅱ（Elementary)
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2017
Comprehensive English Ⅰ（Elementary)
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2017
Training in International Exchange
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2017
Intercultural Communication A
Published Papers 【 display / non-display 】
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(Mis)representation of Hong Kong as an English-speaking city: An analysis of study abroad agency websites for Japanese students
Kobayashi, Yoko
Journal of Asian Pacific Communication (Published online in advance by John Benjamins Publishing Company) 2026.01 [Refereed]
Bulletin of University, Institute, etc. Single Work
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“All Native Speakers” at Singapore's ESL Schools: Implications for TESOL Communities in the Pursuit of Diversity‐Based Professionalism
Kobayashi, Yoko
TESOL Quarterly (Published online in advance by Wiley) 2026.01 [Refereed]
Bulletin of University, Institute, etc. Single Work
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Japanese women's attitudes toward learning languages other than English in the era of global English
Kobayashi, Yoko
International Journal of Applied Linguistics (Published by Wiley) 2025.12 [Refereed]
Bulletin of University, Institute, etc. Single Work
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Online Filipino English teachers and the platformization of Japan’s English education
Kobayashi, Yoko
Applied Linguistics Review (Published by De Gruyter Brill) 2025.09 [Refereed]
Bulletin of University, Institute, etc. Single Work
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Grassroots quest for upward mobility: Non-elite young Japanese women’s beliefs in global and localized English ideology
Kobayashi, Yoko
English Today (Published by Cambridge University Press) 2025.07 [Refereed]
Bulletin of University, Institute, etc. Single Work
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Representation of non-Japaneseness in Japan’s English education policy: Cases of immigrant students, ethnic minority teachers, and foreign ALTs in times of rising nationalism (in: Critical Perspectives on Diversity in English Language Education, edited by Vander Tavares and published by Palgrave Macmillan)
Kobayashi, Yoko
2026.01
Scholarly Book
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Kobayashi, Yoko
2025.11
Scholarly Book
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Attitudes to English Study among Japanese, Chinese and Korean Women: Motivations, Expectations and Identity
Kobayashi, Yoko
2020.11 ISBN: 0367336987
Scholarly Book
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The Evolution of English Language Learners in Japan: Crossing Japan, the West, and South East Asia
Kobayashi, Yoko
2018.01
Scholarly Book