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COOMBER MATTHEW

Department / Course College of Business Administration Department of International Business Administration

Title / Position Professor

Other Affiliations
1.	College of Business Administration Department of Business Administration

Academic background
1.	2012 Degree Acquisition	│ University of Leicester │ Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics and TESOL
2.	1994 Degree Acquisition	│ University of St Andrews │ Master of Letters in International Security Studies
3.	1992 Degree Acquisition	│ University of Exeter │ Bachelor of Arts in Geography
4.	～1992/07	Faculty of Social Studies │ Department of Geography │ University of Exeter │ Graduated
5.	～2012/07	Master Course │ Applied Linguistics and TESOL │ University of Leicester │ Completed
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Business career
1.	2014/10 ～ 2015/03	│ │ Kyoto University,
2.	2012/04 ～ 2015/03	│ │ Kyoto Sangyo University ,
3.	2011/04 ～ 2014/04	│ │ Konan University ,
4.	2008/04 ～ 2012/03	│ │ Ritsumeikan University,
5.	2006/09 ～ 2008/03	│ │ Ritsumeikan University,

Research activities
1.		Asia TEFL
2.		Japan Association for Language Teaching
3.		Korea TESOL

Present specialized field
Foreign language education (Keyword：English language education)

Books
1.	2021	Active English through Movies │ (Co-authored)

Papers
1.	2023	A corpus-based study of Japanese students’ use of modal verbs in English academic writing │ The Ritsumeikan Business Review │ 51 (5),pp.41--58 (Sole-authored)
2.	2021	Investigating elements of motivation in a business-focused project-based English language class │ The Ritsumeikan Business Review │ 59 (5),pp.111-136 (Sole-authored)
3.	2020	A comparison of teacher-directed and author-directed peer review in a Japanese university EFL class. │ Asian TEFL │ 5 (1),pp.71-86 (Sole-authored)
4.	2019	Self-directed revision in L2 writing classes at a Japanese university: A study of students’ views. │ TESL Reporter │ 52 (2),pp.42-72 (Sole-authored)
5.	2019	A Comparison of Self-Directed Revision Strategies in EFL Writing │ The Asian EFL Journal Quarterly │ 23 (4.1),pp.76-105 (Sole-authored)
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Academic conference presentation
1.	2024	Hedging in academic writing: An investigation of Japanese university students’ use of modal verbs (58th RELC International Conference)
2.	2024	Building connections through Project-based Learning (28th NELTA International Conference)
3.	2024	The effect of goal structure on learner motivation in a project-based language class (43rd ThaiTESOL International Conference)
4.	2023	Collaboration within and beyond the classroom in a Project Based Learning course (Thai TESOL International Conference)
5.	2022	Uncovering the multiple goals of advertising through a multi-modal discourse analysis (British Association of Applied Linguistics)
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