Faculty Information - OHARA Tetsushi

■ Education

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〔Doctorial Course〕, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Completed, PhD

■ Message

Think critically. Be creative. Enjoy your journey at APU.

■ Current research

Learner autonomy in language learning
Designing classroom activities for active learning/learner agency
Roles of self-access learning centers (SALCs)

■ Current specialized field

Japanese Language Education, Foreign Language Education (Key Word：Japanese language education, Sociocultural theory, Learner autonomy, Designing classroom activities, Self-Access Learning Centers, Learner agency, Activity theory)

■ Books and theses

1.	2023/12	Article	Classroom Activities to Foster Learner Agency in Japanese Language Learning: Toward a New Pedagogical Approach to Expansive Learning Journal of Japanese Language Education (186),pp.32-46 (Collaboration)
2.	2023/12	Article	Autonomy and engagement: Toward creating significant learning experiences Japanese Association of Second Language Acquisition The 34th National Conference Proceedings pp.16-21 (Single)
3.	2023/03	Article	Boundary Crossing of Language Learners: How They Crossed Boundaries and What They Learned Association for Language and Cultural Education 2023 Annual Conference Proceedings pp.160-171 (Collaboration)
4.	2020/09	Article	Emergency remote support at the self-access learning center: Successes and limitations Studies in Self-Access Learning Journal 11(3),pp.235-249 (Collaboration)
5.	2020/06	Article	The role of a self-access learning center in Japan: Accommodation of translingual practice amidst international educational reform JASAL Journal 1(1),pp.5-36 (Collaboration)
6.	2019/01	Article	A sociocultural approach to learner autonomy in the language classroom Relay Journal: Research and Practice in Autonomy 2(1) (Single)
7.	2016/09	Article	Gakushūsha ōtonomī o toshite miru kyōshitsu deno gakushū to gakushūsha no nōryoku ni kansuru ichikōsatsu [An analysis of learners’ ability in the classroom through the concept of learner autonomy] The International Conference on Japanese Language Education 2016 Conference Proceedings (Single)
8.	2014/08	Article	Lost in research: An attempt to create a learning community for research students at an Australian university National Symposium: Japanese Language Education 2012 Proceedings pp.129-141 (Collaboration)
9.	2014/05	Article	Internalization in the Classroom as a Place to Use Japanese Language: An analysis of an elementary Japanese language course at an Australian university Studies in Japanese Language and Japanese Language Teaching pp.263-278 (Collaboration)
10.	2014/02	Article	Conceptualisation of learner autonomy: Learner autonomy as the mediated capacity Proceedings of the 18th Conference of The Japanese Studies Association of Australia (Single)
11.	2012/08	Article	Big bento lunch ICJLE 2012 Special Event: Report on a volunteer activity after the Great East Japan Earthquake pp.37-38 (Single)
12.	2012/08	Article	Kyōshitsu nai deno shiyō gengo ni tsuite no ichi kōsatsu: Ōsutoraria no daigaku no gakushūsha no shiten kara [An analysis of the language use in classrooms: Learners' perspectives at an Australian university] Conference Proceedings of The International Conference on Japanese Language Education 2012 pp.321 (Single)
13.	2010/07	Article	Ōsutoraria no daigaku no shokyū nihongo kyōiku ni okeru gakushūsha shutai no jissen: gakushūsha chūshin no kyōshitsu deno intāakushon to gakushūsha shutai ni tsuite no ichikōsatsu [An attempt to enhance learner agency in the beginning-level Japanese language education at an Australian university: An analysis of the relationship between interactions and learner agency in a learner centred classroom] Articles and Proceedings of the International Conference on Japanese Language Education 2010 (Single)
14.	2009/08	Book	雨 (After Rain Studio, 2009 ) (Collaboration)
15.	2008/07	Article	Shokyū nihongo kyōiku ni okeru gakushū kankyō no dezain: Komyunitē to shiteno kyōshitu unei [Design of learning environment for beginning-level Japanese language education: The classroom as a community] Proceedings of the International Conference on Japanese Language Education 2008 pp.139-142 (Single)
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■ Conference presentations

1.	2024/10	Vertical and Horizontal Learning at the Self-Access Center (The Japan Association for Self-Access Learning (JASAL) 2024 National Conference)
2.	2024/08	Case Studies of Japanese University Students with Diverse Learning Backgrounds: Different Appropriation Processes in English-only Learning Environments (AILA 2024 (International Association of Applied Linguistics))
3.	2024/08	Cross-Boundary Learning at the University: What Do Students Learn by Moving Between Classrooms and the Self-Access Learning Center (SALC)? (International Conference on Japanese Language Education 2024 (ICJLE 2024))
4.	2023/12	Autonomy and engagement: Toward creating significant learning experiences (Japanese Association of Second Language Acquisition, The Symposium of The 34th National Conference)
5.	2023/09	Learner Agency and Language Learning in the Self-Access Learning Center (Japanese Studies Association of Australia - International Conference of the Network for Translingual Japanese (JSAA-ICNTJ) 2023)
6.	2023/09	Learner Agency in Educational Activities inside and outside the University (Japanese Studies Association of Australia - International Conference of the Network for Translingual Japanese (JSAA-ICNTJ) 2023)
7.	2023/05	Implementing Classroom Activities that Encourage Horizontal Learning- Questioning Learning in Pursuit of "Correctness" (5th Annual APLJ Symposium)
8.	2023/03	An Analysis of Legitimacy of Language Learning and Language Use through the Perspective of Cross-Boundary between the Classroom and the Self-Access Learning Center (Association for Language and Cultural Education 2023 Annual Conference)
9.	2022/10	Diversity, Ideology, and the Self-Access Center (The Japan Association for Self-Access Learning (JASAL) 2022 National Conference)
10.	2020/12	An Attempt to Create a Virtual Social Space through Zoom (The Japan Association for Self-Access Learning 2020 National Conference)
11.	2020/12	Gakushū to jissen o baikai suru "ekkyō tekina obujekuto" to shite no katsudō no kōsatsu (The Second APLJ Symposium)
12.	2019/11	Articulating the Role of the Self-Access Learning Center in a Translingual Environment (The Japan Association for Self-Access Learning 2019 Annual Conference)
13.	2018/12	Exploring the Roles of the Self-Access Learning Centre in a Multi-language Environment (The Japan Association for Self-Access Learning 2018 Conference (JASAL 2018 x SUTLF 5))
14.	2016/09	An analysis of learners’ ability in the classroom through the concept of learner autonomy (Bali-ICJLE2016)
15.	2013/07	Thinking through the classroom interpersonal relationships: An analysis of dynamic relationships among learners and teachers in Japanese language classrooms (The 18th Biennial Japanese Studies Association of Australia Conference)
16.	2012/11	Learner agency and participation in a Japanese language classroom as a community of practice (Dis/Connections Inaugural Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Postgraduate Conference 2012, UNSW)
17.	2012/11	Lost in research? An attempt to create a learning community for research students at an Australian university (National Symposium 2012: Japanese Language Education 2012)
18.	2012/08	Kyōshitsunai deno shiyō gengo ni tsuite no ichikōsatsu: Ōsutoraria no daigaku no gakushūsha no shiten kara [An analysis on language use in classrooms: Learners’ perspectives at an Australian university] (The International Conference on Japanese Language Education 2012)
19.	2012/04	Changing classroom culture via languages of the learners: A case of an elementary Japanese language course design (School of International Studies 2012 Conference, UNSW)
20.	2011/07	An analysis of a community in language learning (The 17th Biennial Japanese Studies Association of Australia Conference)
21.	2011/02	Learner and teacher autonomy in the Japanese language classroom (Japanese Studies Graduate Summer School and Conference 2011, Australian National University)
22.	2010/07	Ōsutoraria no daigaku no shokyū nihongo kyōiku ni okeru gakushūsha shutai no jissen: gakushūsha chūshin no kyōshitsu deno intāakushon to gakushūsha shutai ni tsuite no ichikōsatsu [An attempt to enhance learner agency in the beginning-level Japanese language education at an Australian university: An analysis of the relationship between interactions and learner agency in a learner centred classroom] (The International Conference on Japanese Language Education 2010)
23.	2009/07	Shokyū nihongo kyōiku ni kansuru gakushû kankyō no dezain: Nihongo o shiyōsuru katsudō no ba to shite no kyōshitsu intāakushon [Design of learning environment for beginning-level Japanese language education: Classroom interactions in the activities to use Japanese as a means of self-expression]
24.	2008/07	Shokyū nihongo kyōiku ni okeru gakushū kankyō no dezain: komyunitē to shite no kyōshitu unei [Design of learning environment for beginning-level Japanese language education: The classroom as a community] (The International Conference on Japanese Language Education 2008)
25.	2008/02	Shakai bunkaron teki jugyō bunseki: Nihongo gakushūsha kara nihongo yūzā e [An analysis of a Japanese language class based on sociocultural theory: From a Japanese language learner to Japanese language user] (The Consortium Workshop 2008 at Nanzan University)
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■ Works

1.	2023/12	Autonomy and Engagement: Language Learning that Constructs Yourself (Symposium)
2.	2014/12	Sociocultural Theory and Japanese Language Education: An Analysis of Japanese Language Courses and Classroom Activities through the Concept of Mediation and Community

■ Research topic, funded research and KAKENHI

1.	2023/04～2025/03	Research on learning through boundary crossing in Japanese language education at the university (Key Word : )
2.	2022/04～2023/03	Research on "horizontal Learning" in Japanese Language Education at the university (Key Word : )
3.	2008	The International Collaborative Research Curriculum, Graduate Program in Linguistic Science, Nanzan University (participated as a researcher/postgraduate student from a consortium institution) (Key Word : )

■ Awards and honors

1.	2024	Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University 2023 Center for Language Education (CLE) Faculty Award: Award in the Field of Research
2.	2023	Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University 2022 Faculty Assessment: Award in the Field of Teaching
3.	2022	Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University 2021 Faculty Assessment: Award in the Field of Research
4.	2020	Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University 2019 Faculty Assessment: Award in the Field of Teaching
5.	2019	Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University 2018 Faculty Assessment: Award in the Field of Teaching
6.	2012	Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, UNSW, Dean's Student Leadership Award (Academic Leadership)
7.	2010	UNSW University International Postgraduate Award
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■ Educational ability

● Practice example of education method
1.	2020/04～	Learning Report & Reflection Sheet
2.	2020/04～	Homework (free selection)
3.	2019/10～	Target Activity
4.	2018/07/20	This Semester's Kanji
5.	2018/04/09～	Self-Analysis Activity
6.	2017/04/10～	Activity to promote awakening to languages
7.	2016/10/04	Speaking exam based on the concept of CEFR
8.	2015/12	An activity to enhance Japanese language learning through a system in which students from an upper level visit a beginning-level class.
9.	2015/04～	Activities to critically think about Japanese society/culture as well as Japanese language learning
10.	2014/10	Utilization of portfolio in a Japanese language course
11.	2014/10	Peer-evaluation of role-play activities in Japanese language classrooms
12.	2014/04～	A learner-centered activity in Japanese language classrooms
● Evaluation such as universities concerning teacher's concerned educational ability
1.	2023	2022 Faculty Assessment: Award in the Field of Teaching
2.	2020	2019 Faculty Assessment: Award in the Field of Teaching
3.	2019	2018 Faculty Assessment: Award in the Field of Teaching
● Announcement concerning education
1.	2018/01	Course Design: Teaching and Learning Activities, the Minnesota Faculty Development Program Workshop
● Matter that should be mentioned specially in others educational activity
1.	2017/04～2018/03	The University of Minnesota - Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University Cooperative Faculty Development Program
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■ Professional contribution to Society

1.	2023/09	JSAA-ICNJT 2023 Postgraduate Workshop Guest Speaker
2.	2023/09	JSAA-ICNJT 2023 Session Chair
3.	2012/07	Session Chair and Conference Support Member, Asian Studies Association of Australia 19th Biennial Conference
4.	2008～2012	Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT): Test Proctor

■ Committee and society

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2009/07

Japanese Studies Association of Australia - International Conference on Japanese Language Education 2009 Conference Committee Volunteer Liaison

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