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SUGIURA KAORI

Department / Course College of Science and Engineering Department of Physical Sciences

Title / Position Professor

Academic background
1.	2004/01 Degree Acquisition	│ New York University Master of Arts in TESOL
2.	2015/07 Degree Acquisition	│ Kwansei Gakuin University Ph.D (Language, Communication, and Culture)
3.		Education │ Literature │ Aoyama Gakuin University │ Graduated
4.		Master Course │ Teaching and Learning, Teaching English to non-English/second language speakers │ The Steinhardt School of Education │ New York University │ Completed
5.		Doctoral Program (2nd Semester) │ Linguistics │ Graduate School of Language, Communication, and Culture │ Kwansei Gakuin University │ Accomplished credits for doctoral program

Business career
1.	2012/04/01 ～ 2013/03/31	Associate Professor │ │ Shizuoka University of Art and Culture
2.	2008/04/01 ～ 2011/03/31	Lecturer │ │ Shizuoka University of Art and Culture
3.	2008/04/01 ～ 2013/03/31	│ │ Shizuoka University of Art and Culture

Research activities
1.	2005/06 ～	The Japan Second Language Association
2.	2006/04 ～	The Japan Association for Language Education and Technology (LET)
3.	2006/04 ～	JAPAN SOCIETY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION (JASELE)
4.	2006/05 ～	Phonetic Society of Japan

Research summary
Acquiring speech sounds of L2 learners My research so far has focused on acquisition of L2 speech sounds and speech using the psycholinguistic techniques. I am also interested in applying the findings of the research to the development of learning materials to improve L2 leaners’ pronunciation, listening and speaking skills as well. My recent research has revealed that the facilitation of speech processing through repetition of spoken words contributes to improvements in pronunciation. Taking this as fact, my current research investigates the factors that affect the extent to which the auditory priming effect influences effective pronunciation teaching. The factors investigated will be: (1) The number of repetitions (2) The methods of processing presented spoken words (3) The characteristics of presented words etc.

Present specialized field
English linguistics, Foreign language education (Keyword：Second Language Acquisition, English Phonetics)

Books
1.	2020/03	"Reading and Listening Skills IL/BA 2020." │ (Co-authored)
2.	2019/03	"Reading and Listening Skills IL/BA 2019." │ (Co-authored)
3.	2018/03	"Reading and Listening Skills IL/BA 2018." │ (Co-authored)
4.	2017/03	"Reading and Listening Skills IL/BA 2017." │ (Co-authored)
5.	2016/03	"Reading and Listening Skills IL/BA 2016." │ (Co-authored)
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Papers
1.	2020/12	"A brief repetitive practice with syllable-enhanced words: Its effect on L2 pronunciation improvement of the English schwa" │ 中部地区英語教育学会紀要 │ (50),pp.169-176 (Sole-authored)
2.	2020/12	"How repeating rhythmic beats enhance L2 prosody" │ 大学英語教育学会 (JACET) 中部支部紀要第18号(2020) │ (18),pp.33-54 (Co-authored)
3.	2019/08	"Effect of repeating rhythmic beats of short sentences on L2 pronunciation of Japanese learners of English." │ Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Melbourne, Australia 2019 (pp. 1347-1351). Canberra, Australia: Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association Inc. │ ,pp.1347-1351 (Co-authored)
4.	2018/12	"The effect of orthography on L2 pronunciation learning through auditory word repetition.” │ JACET Chubu journal. │ (第16),pp.33-56 (Sole-authored)
5.	2016/08	"Using auditory word repetition to improve L2 pronunciation of English schwa by Japanese learners: From the perspective of phonological processing." │ The Journal of Asia TEFL │ 13 (3) (pp. 221-240) (Sole-authored)
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Academic conference presentation
1.	2022/08/26	"Does a brief practice with regular rhythm benefit adult L2 learners’ pronunciation learning in terms of the sounds other than rhythm?" (The 31st Conference of the European Second Language Association)
2.	2019/08/31	Pronunciation training with repeating musical rhythm : Its Effect on Japanese learners of English when learning the segmental and suprasegmental sounds. (New Sounds 2019 The 9th International Symposium on the Acquisition of Second Language Speech.)
3.	2019/08/08	Effect of repeating rhythmic beats of short sentences on L2 pronunciation by Japanese learners of English. (International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS) 2019)
4.	2018/01/27	The effect of rhythmic priming on L2 pronunciation development. (38th Thai TESOL International Conference)
5.	2018/01/18	Implicit learning of L2 pronunciation by auditory repetitions: Pronunciation of weak vowels by Japanese learners of English
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Teaching achievements

●Practical Example of Education Technique

1.	2021/04 ～	、ディスカッションの記録やプレゼン資料

researchmap Researcher code
B000222545