Matsumura Shoichi

マツムラシヨウイチ | Matsumura Shoichi

Affiliation and department：
Job title： Professor
Homepage URL (1)： http://www.ryukoku.ac.jp/

Research field (3)： Primary/secondary education and curricula , Foreign language education , Educational psychology

Research keywords (4)： Applied Linguistics , Language Teacher Education , Language Education Policy , English Education

Research theme for competitive and other funds (7)：

2021 - 2025 Developing a support program for enhancing elementary school English teachers' self-efficacy beliefs
2017 - 2020 An empirical study of elementary school communicative activities that require the interpretation of pragmatic meaning from phonetic information
2012 - 2016 An empirical study of the teaching of foreign language activities in elementary schools: Examining the potential for the complementary functions of oracy and literacy
2008 - 2011 An empirical study of English teachers' instructional skills and practices: Implications from comparisons among Japan, Korea, and Taiwan.
2006 - 2009 Validating the (first-written) employment examinations for Japanese secondary school teachers of English and their washback effects

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Papers (25)：

Nagamine, T., & Matsumura, S. Nurturing literacy development in elementary school English education: Issues and challenges regarding curriculum management. Journal of the Socio-Cultural Research Institute. 2024. 26. 81-90
Matsumura, S. The impact of predeparture instruction on pragmatic development during study abroad: A learning strategies perspective. Study Abroad Research in Second Language Acquisition and International Education. 2022. 7. 1. 152-175
Matsumura, S. Self-efficacy beliefs among non-specialist teachers in primary English education. Language Teaching for Young Learners. 2021. 4. 1. 118-142
Matsumura, S., & Nagamine, T. The impact of teachers' self-efficacy beliefs on instructional strategy choice in teaching English: A study of elementary school teachers in Japan. Journal of the Socio-Cultural Research Institute. 2021. 23. 79-86
Chapple, J, Matsumura, S. The value of “foreign influence” and “experience” in foreign language teaching in Japan: Reassessing requirements of teachers and curriculum. Journal of the Socio-Cultural Research Institute. 2019. 21. 107-116

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MISC (4)：

Matsumura, S. Current issues in studies of interlanguage pragmatics. Invited lecture at Kumamoto University. 2017
Matsumura, S. Opening Panel: Introduction. Proceedings of the 2nd Afrasia International Symposium: Multiculturalism in Asia. 2013. 3-4
Matsumura, S. Current status and challenges in pragmatics acquisition research. Invited lecture at Prefectural University of Kumamoto. 2008
Questionnaire survey methods in English language education research. Invited lecture at Osaka municipal Chuo High School. 2001

Books (1)：

Voices from teachers: A critical look at team teaching in Japan’s elementary school English education.
In Wen-ching Ho (Ed.), Foreign language education at home and abroad: Pedagogy in the contexts of language, literature, and translation 2016

Lectures and oral presentations (62)：

Japan’s multilingual malaise: The need for language before immigration policies.
(Paper presented at the International Conference on Multilingualism and Multilingual Education (ICMME4), University of Malta, Malta. 2023)
Developing a training program to promote non-specialist EFL teachers’ self-efficacy.
(Paper presented at the 56th Annual International IATEFL (International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language) Conference, Harrogate Convention Center, UK. 2023)
The effects of professional development on non-specialist EFL teachers’ self-efficacy
(Paper presented at the International TESOL Conference 2022, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. 2022)
Student perceptions of native vs. non-native English teachers in Japanese classrooms
(Paper presented (online) at the 13th International Conference of English as a Lingua Franca, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan. 2022)
Examining the relationships among teachers’ self-efficacy, English proficiency, and instructional strategies: A study of EFL teachers in Japan
(Paper presented at the Multidisciplinary Approaches in Language Policy and Planning Conference, OISE at the University of Toronto, ON, Canada. 2019)

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Education (1)：

1995 - 2000 University of British Columbia Ph.D. in Language Education (Teaching English as a Second Language)

Professional career (2)：

Ph. D. (Language Education) (The University of British Columbia (Canada))
Master (Education) (Kobe University)

Work history (7)：

2015/04 - 現在 Ryukoku University Department of Global Studies Professor
2011/04 - 2015/03 Ryukoku University Department of Intercultural Communication Professor
2011/09 - 2012/08 University of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Education Visiting Scholar
2003/09 - 2011/03 Ryukoku University Department of Intercultural Communication Associate Professor
2007/04 - 2008/03 University of British Columbia Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education Visiting Associate Professor

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Committee career (4)：

2017/01 - 現在 Reading Research Quarterly, Reviewer
2005/03 - 現在 The Modern Language Journal, Reviewer
2004/06 - 現在 Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, Reviewer
2001/07 - 現在 Language Learning, Reviewer

Awards (2)：

1999 - University of British Columbia Graduate Fellowship
1999 - Government of Canada Award

Association Membership(s) (3)：

International Pragmatics Association (IPrA) , International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL) , The Japanese Association of Educational Psychology

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