Faculty Information - CROWLEY Kevin

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CROWLEY Kevin
Department Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University Center for Language Education

Position Lecturer

■ Education

1.	2013/08～2015/05	〔Master Course〕 Cognitive Semioitcs, Department of Communication and Culture, Aarhus University, Completed, Master of Arts in Cognitive Semiotics
2.	2006/08～2008/12	Religious Studies, Department of Philosophy and Religion, Christopher Newport University, Graduated, Bachelor of Arts

■ Message

Get used to English! Don't learn it! And have fun with the process!

■ Current specialized field

English as a Foreign Language (EFL) (Key Word：Humor in the EFL Classroom, Spiral (Cyclical) Syllabus, Applied Schema Theory, Vocabulary Acquisition)

■ Books and theses

1.	2025/06/01	Article	Enhancing EFL Engagement and Vocabulary Acquisition: An Evaluation of Padlet in Pre- Intermediate University English Classrooms (The Association for Teaching English through Multimedia : ATEM) ATEM pp.103-113 (Single)
2.	2024/03/30	Article	University Language Exchange Classes: Analyzing Student and Instructor Feedback for Improvement pp.9-14 (Single)
3.	2023/03/17	Article	An Examination of Correlations between Multiword Expression Interpretability and General Proficiency Test Scores APU Journal of Language Research 8,pp.47-61 (Collaboration)
4.	2023/05	Article	University Students' Impressions about the Use of Jokes in the EFL Classroom PanSIG2022 (Collaboration)
5.	2022/07	Article	Schema Theory and Language Acquisition: Justification for the Implementation of a Spiral Syllabus The English Teacher 51(1),pp.1-14 (Single)
6.	2018/07	Article	Memorability in Narration: An Overview of Mnemonic Features in Oral and Written Tradition Studies About Languages (Single)
7.	2015/08	Article	Extended Mind, Shrinking Memory Semikolon (Single)
8.	2015/08	Article	THE EFFECT OF KEYWORD MNEMONICS COMPARED TO ROTE REHEARSAL IN SECOND-LANGUAGE LEARNING (Single)
9.	2014/12	Article	Second Language Learning Strategies Using First Language Acquisition Methods Studies About Languages (Single)
10.	2014/08	Article	Cultivating Conflict Semikolon (Single)
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■ Conference presentations

1.	2024/06	Padlet Will Level Up Your English Class ((APU) Spring 2024 Faculty Development Session)
2.	2024/05	From Inspiration to Impact: Beginner’s Guide to Language Research Design, Execution, and Publication (6th Annual APLJ Symposium)
3.	2023/01	Testing What We Teach- Implementing the Lexical Approach in Tests (CLE Review)
4.	2022/11	How Can We Improve Exchange Classes? (CLE Faculty Development)
5.	2022/11	Exchange Class Results (JALT Oita Symposium)
6.	2022/07	Student Impressions about the Use of Jokes in the EFL Classroom (JALT PanSIG Conference)
7.	2022/05	The Only Three Things a Language Course Needs (CLE Review)
8.	2021/10	Pedagogical Implications and Applications of Jokes in the EFL Classroom (JALT Oita Symposium)
9.	2020/10	Schematic Memory of Second Language Acquisition (JALT Oita Symposium)
10.	2012/10	Games for Eikaiwas (Tohoku JALT English Teacher's Expo)
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■ Qualification and licenses

2023/08/23

JLPT N2 - Passed

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■ External Researcher ID

orcID

000-0002-2362-0267