Faculty Information - PATTISON Steven C.

■ Education

1.	1992/09～1995/06	English and Philosophy (Joint Honours), Faculty of Arts and Letters, University College Swansea, University of Wales, Graduated
2.	2007/02	〔Doctorial Course〕 Stylistics focussing on irony with epecially within plays., Graduate School Division of Literature and Linguistics, Lancaster University
3.	1998/09～2000/06	〔Master Course〕, Graduate School Division of Linguistic Sciences, Birkbeck College University of London, Completed,
4.	1995/07 Degree Acquisition	University College Swansea, University of Wales, Bachelor of Arts Joint Honours in English and Philosophy

■ Academic and professional experience

1.	2009/04	* Associate Professor
2.	2007/10～2009/03	* Senior Lecturer
3.	2006/04～2007/09	* Junior Lecturer
4.	2004/10～2006/03	* Part-time English Teacher
5.	2001/08～2004/07	Beppu City Board of Education Assistant Language Teacher

■ Message

Be inquisitive, don’t worry about making mistakes, but learn from them, and make the most of your opportunities and I’m sure you’ll have a rewarding four years at APU. I look forward to meeting you and will be happy to help you in any way I can to make your time here as meaningful as possible

■ Current specialized field

Linguistics, English linguistics, Literature in general (Key Word：Stylistics, context, pragmatics, lexical semantics, rhetoric, literature)

■ Books and theses

1.	2022/11/24	Book	Characterising Irony: A Systematic Approach to Literary and Linguistic Texts 1,pp.1-252 (Single)
2.	2022/03/17	Article	A Systematic Approach to Plotting the Scope and Sequence of Grammar Instruction for Writing in a University English Programme APU Journal of Language Research 7,pp.18-37 (Collaboration)
3.	2020/09/30	Article	Reader-Response and Stylistics Approaches to Literature in the Japanese EFL Classroom Journal of Literature in Language Teaching 9(1),pp.3-13 (Collaboration)
4.	2020/08/01	Article	Incorporating an External Online Test Into a University Language Program JALT2019 • TEACHER EFFICACY, LEARNER AGENCY 2019(1),pp.534-546 (Collaboration)
5.	2020/01	Article	Vague Language, Elasticity Theory and the Use of ‘Some’, Nguyet Nhu Le, Grace Qiao Zhang. Bloomsbury Academic, London (2018), 200 pp. ISBN 978-1-350-02959-0, £95.00 (hardback) Journal of Pragmatics 155(January 2020),pp.355-357 (Single)
6.	2019/12/05	Book	Chapter 3. A Levinsonian account of irony in Jonathan Coe’s The Rotters’ Club Pragmatics and Literature 35,pp.45-71 (Single)
7.	2009/09	Article	Justifications for teaching irony in the language classroom JALT2008 Conference Proceedings. Tokyo: JALT. (Single)
8.	2007/10	Article	Pragmatic Accounts of Referencing in the Written Work of Japanese Students of English Polyglossia 13(October),pp.27 (Single)
9.	2006/03	Article	Developing a Communicative Course with Accelerated Learning Principles Polyglossia 11(March),pp.169 (Single)
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■ Academic or professional association memberships

1.	2016/10	The Japan Association for Language Teaching
2.	2009/11	Pragmatics and Linguistics Association (PALA)
3.	2009/02	Stylistics Association of Japan

■ Conference presentations

1.	2022/11/14	Measuring Students’ Learning in a Literature in CLIL Context (JALT 2022 International Conference)
2.	2022/07/09	When the content doesn't work (a systematic approach to text selection for a literature-based language course) (PanSIG 2022)
3.	2022/02/19	Assurance of Learning in a university EFL Program: Mapping a quality culture (Tokyo JALT Chapter Event)
4.	2021/11/14	It’s All in the Text: Building Receptive Pragmatics Ability Through Reading (JALT 2021 International Conference)
5.	2021/11/13	Tertiary Panel Discussion: Best practices for online teaching from the perspective of teachers of college or university age students (Cambridge Online Experience Asia)
6.	2021/09/21	Building receptive pragmatics awareness through reading (RCAPS Current Research Seminar)
7.	2021/05/12	Developing receptive L2 pragmatics ability through reading (APLJ Symposium)
8.	2019/11/02	Challenge: Incorporating an External Online Test (JALT 2019 (Nagoya))
9.	2019/11/02	Literary Theory and Text Analysis for EFL Students (JALT 2019 (Nagoya))
10.	2019/05/08	Pragmatics, CEFR and the English Programme (APLJ Symposium)
11.	2018/12/05	Making Progress: Helping students to make gains on the Progress test
12.	2018/12/02	Challenging language: Analysis of discrimination, power and defiance through the language of Ginu Kamani's "Just between Indians" (16th Asia Pacific Conference)
13.	2017/11/18	A Stylistics Approach to Literature in the L2 Classroom (2017 JALT International Conference, Tsukuba)
14.	2016/11/26	Motivation Profiles for Guiding Extensive Reading (2016 JALT International Conference, Nagoya)
15.	2013/03/06	Characterising Irony: Processes and Problems (Lancaster University PaSTY presentation)
16.	2010/11/20	Creativity & Collaboration in Curriculum Design (JALT National Conference 2010: Nagoya)
17.	2010/10/28	Understanding Context in Irony: A Common Ground Theory Approach (2010 International Stylistics Conference of China)
18.	2010/04/30	English Language Teaching at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University: Past, Present and Future (LIA International Conference 2010, Bali)
19.	2008/10	Justifications for teaching irony in the language classroom (JALT2008: Shared Identities: Our interweaving threads)
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■ Research topic, funded research and KAKENHI

1.	2022/04～2026/03	Developing a motivating CLIL based approach to teaching literature to promote communicative competence, content competence and a global mindset (Key Word : Literature, Communicative Language Learning, Motivation, CLIL, Global Mindset)
2.	2007	The study of irony and other tropes and how they can be analysed and understood through linguistic theory (Key Word : stylistics, pragmatics, implicature, opposition, lexical semantics, context, common ground theory, point of view)

■ Educational ability

● Practice example of education method
1.	2018/04/30～2019/03/31	FIP for the development of knowledge and improvement of Progress test materials and instructional methods as used in the Elementary and Pre-Intermediate levels of the English Programme.
2.	2017/04/01	Practice Materials for the Progress Test
3.	2017/02/01	Practice Materials for the Progress Test
4.	2017/02～2017/03/31	Redevelopment of Writing Course(Elementary and Pre-Intermediate)
5.	2016/08/01～2017/02/28	Guided Learning Course
6.	2016/06/01	FIP for the development of CBL materials for lower-level students
7.	2015/09/30～2016/01/31	Core Speaking Assessment
8.	2015/04/01	Development of new courses
9.	2015/04/01～2016/03/31	Development of Videos for Norming Speaking Assessment
● Made textbook and teaching material
1.	2010/09/10	Advanced English 1 Course Pack
● Announcement concerning education
1.	2018/12/05	FD Workshop on the Progress Test Making Progress: Helping students to make gains on the Progress test
2.	2016/09/30	FD Workshop on Pair Speaking Assessment
● Matter that should be mentioned specially in others educational activity
1.	2018/04/01	AOL for English Language Education
2.	2015/04/01～2016/03/31	CEFR Scales and Global Scale of English Descriptors
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■ External Researcher ID

orcID

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3475-6987