Yumi Matsumoto, Ph.D.
松本 由美
Major Research Projects
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Project | 04 "The power of self-directed journals: Being a temporary ‘other’ for learning to teach"
This project analyzes an experienced L2 teacher's self reflective writing/narratives and traces his professional development from a sociocultural perspective by employing grounded analytic methodology.
Matsumoto, Y. (forthcoming). The power of self-directed journals: Being a temporary ‘other’ for learning to teach. Journal of Teacher Development, 20(3) appear in August, 2016.
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Project | 05 "Multilingual unique voice construction in writing."
My research interests also include multilingual writer unique and creative construction of voice in written communication. In the project that I worked with Dr. Canagarajah, I analyzed a Japanese graduate student's voice construction/negotiation in her literacy autobiography from my cultural "insider" perspective.
Canagarajah, S. & Matsumoto, Y. (forthcoming). Voice in translingual literacies: Practicing critical writing in the academic contact zone. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural development. Special issue.
Projects | 06 "Functions of laughter and third-party participant helps in ELF academic discourse"
My latest research projects include the analysis of ELF academic ELF discourse, highlighting the functions of laughter and third-party participant helps.
Matsumoto, Y. (in preparation). The functions of laughter in multilingual classrooms: Toward an understanding of
non-verbal interactional resources in English as a lingua franca. Preparing for submission to Journal of Pragmatics.
Matsumoto, Y. (in preparation). “That is why we need negotiation”: The third-party participant helps in English
as a lingua franca academic discourse. Preparing for submission to TESOL Quarterly.
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