Research theme for competitive and other funds (4):
2022 - 2025 Exploring Task Achievement for improving scoring efficiency in English speaking tests
2019 - 2022 Develpoment of a corpus based on speech responses by Japanese university students to a computer-based English speaking test
2016 - 2019 Formulation of guidelines for building an English speaking test system that can be used for entrance and term-end examinations
2013 - 2016 Working towards the introduction of English speaking tests into university entrance examinations
Papers (17):
Yusuke Tanaka, Ayaka Setoguchi, Taishi Chika, Katsunori Kanzawa. 日本人英語学習者の発話におけるフィラーの生起位置と習熟度の関係性. Proceedings of the JAECS conference 2023. 2024. 73-78
Taishi Chika, Ayaka Setoguchi, Yusuke Tanaka, Katsunori Kanzawa. 英語学習者の発話にみられる非流暢性に関する考察:自己訂正と反復・フィラーの関係性. Proceedings of the Thirtieth Annual Meeting of the Association for Natural Language Processing. 2024. 3166-3170
Katsunori Kanzawa. Current status and future challenges of an ELF speaking test: Development of the KIT Speaking Test. Program and Abstracts, 52nd National Conference, The Japanese Association for Asian English. 2024. 52-54
Katsunori Kanzawa, Haruhiko Mitsunaga, Glen Edmonds, Yumi Hato, Yasushi Tsubota, Masayuki Mori, Yuko Shimizu. Development and administration of a Skype-based English speaking test in a Japanese high school. Bulletin of Kyoto Institute of Technology. 2022. 14. 27-47
Katsunori Kanzawa, Yumi Hato. Behind the Scenes of a Newly-Developed CBT Speaking Test : What Is Difficult and Why Is It Difficult?. JACET Kansai journal. 2021. 23. 96-120
Yusuke Tanaka, Ayaka Setoguchi, Taishi Chika, Katsunori Kanzawa. Analysis of Fillers Used by English Learners Whose Native Language is Japanese: The Relationship with Proficiency and Comparison with Native English Speakers. Proceedings of the JAECS conference 2023. 2023. 13-18
Masayuki Mori, Katsunori Kanzawa, Shungo Suzuki, Haruhiko Mitsunaga. Development of an English Speaking Test Application for its Dissemination. Proceedings of the 48th Annual Conference of Japanese Society for Information and Systems in Education. 2023. 305-306
Katsunori Kanzawa, Masayuki Mori. How does the use of the Internet in a writing test affect candidates’ responses?. Proceedings of the JSET Autumn Conference 2020. 2020. 225-226
Masayuki Mori, Katsunori Kanzawa. Information Infrastructure Aspect of KIT English Speaking Test Project. 研究報告教育学習支援情報システム (CLE). 2020. 1. 1-5
Current status and future challenges of an ELF speaking test: Development of the KIT Speaking Test
(52nd National Conference of the Japanese Association for Asian English 2024)
KIT Speaking Test Corpus (KISTEC)
Katsunori Kanzawa, Yuichiro Kobayashi, Jaeho Lee, Haruhiko Mitsunaga, Masayuki Mori, Yusuke Tanaka 2022 -
Education (3):
2011 - 2014 Kyoto University Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies (Doctoral course) Department of Human Coexistence
2009 - 2011 Kyoto University Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies (Master's Course) Department of Human Coexistence
2005 - 2009 Kobe City University of Foreign Studies Faculty of Foreign Studies Department of English Studies
Professional career (1):
Ph.D. (Human and Environmental Studies) (Kyoto University)
Work history (5):
2023/01 - 現在 Kyoto Institute of Technology Faculty of Arts and Sciences Associate Professor
2022/10 - 2023/03 The University of Melbourne Language Testing Research Centre, School of Languages and Linguistics, Faculty of Arts University Guest (Academic)
2017/02 - 2022/12 Kyoto Institute of Technology Faculty of Arts and Sciences Assistant Professor
2015/07 - 2017/01 Kyoto Institute of Technology Institute for the Promotion of University Strategy Project Assistant Professor
2014/12 - 2015/06 Kyoto Institute of Technology Institute for the Promotion of University Strategy Project Assistant Professor
Awards (1):
2016/12 - 日本テスト学会 日本テスト学会大会発表賞
Association Membership(s) (5):
The Japan Association of College English Teachers
, The Japan Language Testing Association
, The Japanese Cognitive Linguistics Association
, Japan Association for English Corpus Studies
, The Association for Natural Language Processing