KOBAYASHI Yoko

写真a

Affiliation

IWATE University  Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences  Department of Human Sciences and Cultural Studies 

Position

Professor
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Research Interests 【 display / non-display 】

  • Language ideology

  • English study in Inner-circle/outer-circle

  • gender identities

  • language learning attitudes/motivation

  • intercultural communication

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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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Degree 【 display / non-display 】

  • University of Toronto (Canada) -  Ph.D.  2000.11

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Campus Career 【 display / non-display 】

  • 2023.04
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    Now

    IWATE University   Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences   Department of Human Sciences and Cultural Studies   Professor   [Duty]

  • 2016.04
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    2023.03

    IWATE University   Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences   Department of Human Sciences and Cultural Studies   Associate Professor   [Duty]

  • 2005.10
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    2016.03

    IWATE University   Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences   Inter-cultural Studies   Associate Professor   [Duty]

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Research Areas 【 display / non-display 】

  • Humanities & Social Sciences / Foreign language education

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Course Subject 【 display / non-display 】

  • 2017

    Understanding Cultural Diversity

  • 2017

    Comprehensive English Ⅱ（Elementary)

  • 2017

    Comprehensive English Ⅰ（Elementary)

  • 2017

    Training in International Exchange

  • 2017

    Intercultural Communication A

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Published Papers 【 display / non-display 】

  • Japanese female English learners’ two-stage learning from Filipino and Western English teachers to acquire “accent-free” English

    Kobayashi, Yoko

    Language and Communication (published by ELSEVIER)   91 ( 4 ) 46 - 54   2023.07

    Bulletin of University, Institute, etc.  Single Work

  • “Contemporary standard” English policy and pseudo-diversity among Inner and Outer Circle assistant language teachers in Japan

    Kobayashi, Yoko

    International Journal of Applied Linguistics (published by Wiley)   33 ( 2 ) 260 - 274   2023.05  [Refereed]

    Bulletin of University, Institute, etc.  Single Work

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  • Relationships between young/older Japanese women and Filipino/Western English teachers: Age, gender, ethnicity, and English-speaker status (HP先行掲載）

    Kobayashi, Yoko

    RELC Journal (published by SAGE)     2023.03  [Refereed]

    Bulletin of University, Institute, etc.  Single Work

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  • Japanese English Learners’ Perceptions of Filipino Teachers’ Online English Lessons: Implications for Global Englishes Research (HP先行掲載）

    Kobayashi, Yoko

    RELC Journal (published by SAGE)     2021.11  [Refereed]

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  • Japanese university students’ longing for an idealized France and encounters with global English in Europe

    Kobayashi, Yoko

    Higher Education   84 ( 2 ) 451 - 463   2021.11  [Refereed]

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Books 【 display / non-display 】

  • Attitudes to English Study among Japanese, Chinese and Korean Women: Motivations, Expectations and Identity

    Kobayashi, Yoko

    2020.11 ISBN: 0367336987

    Scholarly Book

  • The Evolution of English Language Learners in Japan: Crossing Japan, the West, and South East Asia

    Kobayashi, Yoko

    2018.01

    Scholarly Book

  • 8章 'Women’s Power Goes Up with Language Study': Japanese Women’s Magazine Construction of Ideal Female Adult Learners in Gendered Japan’, In: Shifting Visions: Gender and Discourses (Edited by Allyson Jule)

    Kobayashi, Yoko

    2015.02

    Scholarly Book

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