Research keywords (4):
Foreign language education
, English education
, Language testing
, Applied linguistics
Research theme for competitive and other funds (2):
2022 - 2026 日本人英語学習者を対象にした英語要約分析的評価尺度の開発
2019 - 2024 Field-based Cognitive Neuroscientific Study of Word Order in Language and Order of Thinking from the OS Language Perspective
Papers (9):
Makiko Kato. Scoring Difficulty in Summary Writing Assessment: Toward the Reconstruction of Analytic Rubric. Journal of Education and Learning. 2025. 14. 2. 74-88
Makiko Kato. Developing an Analytic Rubric for Japanese EFL Learners’ Summary Writing. English Language Teaching. 2024. 17. 12. 1-12
Makiko Kato. Examining the Dependability and Practicality of Analytic Rubric of Summary Writing Using Multivariate Generalizability Theory: Focusing on Japanese University Students with Lower-Intermediate Proficiency in English. English Language Teaching. 2022. 15. 9. 82-94
Makiko Kato. Summarization in English as a Foreign Language: A Study Comparing Summary Performances to Summarizers’ Vocabulary Size. English Language Teaching. 2021. 14. 5. 77-88
Makiko Kato. Examining the Effects of Explicit and Implicit Instructions on Summary Writing for Japanese University Students Learning English as a Foreign Language with Low English Language Proficiency. Sophia University Doctoral dissertation. 2021
Exploring an Assessment of Japanese EFL Learner’s Summary Writing
(10th Annual Spring Research Conference 2024 Advances in Multilingual Learning and Teaching (Barcelona. UIC Barcelona Campus) 2025)
Reconstructing Descriptors in Analytic Scales of Summary Writing
(The 9th IAFOR International Conference on Education(Hawaii) 2024)
Influence of Cognitive Load on Raters' Decision Making in Scoring English Summaries: Toward an Examining Psychometric Evidence Using Eye Tracker
(The 37th Annual Meeting of Sophia University Linguistic Society 2023)
Investigation of Diverse Raters' Awareness and Strategy Use in Assessing Summary.
(2023 Korea TESOL International Conference 2023)
A Survey of Japanese Learners of English with Diverse Proficiencies: What Makes Summary Assessment Difficult?
(The 3rd Southeast Asian Conference on Education 2023)
2022/04 - 現在 Waseda University Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences
2021/10 - 現在 Tohoku University Graduate School of Arts and Letters Assistant Professor
2019/10 - 現在 Chiba University Institute for Excellence in Educational Innovation Part-time Lecturer
2017/04 - 2022/03 Sophia School of Social Welfare
2017/04 - 2021/03 Sophia Linguistic Institute for International Communication Research Assistant
2017/04 - 2020/03 Meisei University Part-time Lecturer (English)
2016/04 - 2019/03 Sophia University Faculty of Foreign Studies Teaching Assistant
2015/09 - 2016/03 聖ウルスラ学院英智高等学校 非常勤講師
2009/04 - 2012/03 愛知県県立高等学校 講師
2003/05 - 2009/03 愛知県 公立中学校 講師
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Committee career (3):
2024/04 - 現在 Japan Language Testing Association 研究会運営委員
2023/04 - 2023/09 Japan Language Testing Association (JLTA) the 26th Annual Conference of the Japan Language Testing Association, Committee Chair
2021/03 - 2022/03 Language Testing Research Colloquium (LTRC) 2022 Committee Member
Awards (2):
2017/12 - 上智大学若手研究者育成奨学金
2016/12 - 上智大学若手研究者育成奨学金
Association Membership(s) (6):
外国語教育メディア学会
, 日本テスト学会
, 東北大学言語学研究会
, International Language Testing Association
, Japan Language Testing Association
, Sophia University Linguistic Society