SMITHERS Ryan

Affiliation and department：
Job title： Associate Professor
Homepage URL (1)： http://ryanwsmithers.com

Research field (2)： Educational psychology , Foreign language education

Research keywords (5)： Teacher Cognition , Practitioner Research , Lifelong Learning , Foreign and Second Language Acquisition , Learner Autonomy

Research theme for competitive and other funds (1)：

2019 - 2022 Towards the Development of a Critical Learning Support System for Primary School Teachers of English

Papers (15)：

R. Smithers. Role of Teacher Cognition in ELT: Results from Practitioner Research. Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University. 2022. 1-171
R. W. Smithers. Cultural Products and Materials Development: Affectively Engaging Learners. JACET Journal. 2022. 66. 29-38
J. W. Gray, R. W. Smithers. Task-Based Language Teaching with a Semantic-centered Pedagogic Grammar. Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics. 2019. 22. 2. 88-108
J. W. Gray, R. W. Smithers. Explaining Grammatical Form as a Sequenced Process: A Semantic-based Pedagogical Grammar. The Journal of Asia TEFL. 2019. 16. 1. 420-428
R. W. Smithers, G. W. Gray. Enhancing the Quality of Life in Lifelong Learners: The Influence of a Meaning-order Approach to Pedagogical Grammar on Motivation and Self-efficacy. Applied Linguistics Review. 2018. 11. 1. 129-149

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Books (11)：

Global Business Case Studies
Seibido 2022
GLOBAL LEADERSHIP : Case Studies of Business Leaders in Japan (2nd Revised Edition)
2022 ISBN:9784764741546
Modern America: Culture, Society and History
Shohakusha 2021
A Systems Approach to Language Pedagogy
Springer 2019 ISBN:9789811362712
A New Approach to English Pedagogical Grammar: The Order of Meanings
Routledge 2018 ISBN:9781138227118

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Lectures and oral presentations (50)：

Government Policy and the Practice of English Education: Stressing the Need for Greater Input from Professionals
(13th International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice (ALAPP) 2023 2023)
Compulsory English Education in Japan: A Discussion on the Struggles between Practitioners, Policy and Practice
(British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL), 56th Annual Conference 2023)
Coping with a Mandate to Teach English in Japanese Primary Schools: Current Training Requirements of In-service Teachers
(20th AsiaTEFL- 68th TEFLIN-5th iNELTAL Hybrid International Conference, Universitas Negeri Malang, Indonesia. 2022)
Rethinking Traditional English Grammar: A Case for Imijun as a Pedagogical Grammar
(Otani University Western Literature Research Association 2021)
Toward Improved English Education: Ideas to Help Students who Struggle with English
(2021 Otani University Teacher's License Renewal Lecture 2021)

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Education (2)：

2015 - 2018 Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies、Kyoto University Department of Human Coexistence Foreign Language Education Theory
2008 - 2011 University of Southern Queensland Faculty of Education Applied Linguistics

Professional career (2)：

MappLing (University of Southern Queensland)
Ph.D. Human and Environmental Studies (Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto Univeristy)

Work history (2)：

2018/04 - 現在 Otani University Faculty of International Studies, Department of Intercultural Studies Associate Professor
2015/04 - 2018/03 Kwansei Gakuin University Educational Affairs Center for Language Education and Research Assistant Professor

Committee career (11)：

2021/04 - 現在 Otani University Admission System Committee Working Team Member
2021/04 - 現在 Otani University Promotion of High School-University Collaboration Committee Member
2021/04 - 現在 Japan Association of College English Teachers (JACET) Research Planning Committee Member, Kansai Chapter
2019/04 - 現在 Otani University Otani Society Committee Member
2018/04 - 現在 Otani University Language Learning Support Team Member

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Awards (2)：

2021/07 - Otani Univeristy Outstanding Teaching Award
2020/08 - The Japan Association of College English Teachers (JACET) 2020 JACET Award Academic Publications Division

Association Membership(s) (3)：

The Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT) , The Japan Association of College English Teachers (JACET) , The Japan Business Communication Association (JBCA)

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