Yanagisawa Akifumi

Affiliation
Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences
Official title
Assistant Professor
ORCID
0000-0002-7769-5758
URL
Research fields
Foreign language education
Education on school subjects and activities
Research keywords
Second Language Acquisition
Vocabulary Acquisition
TESOL
Applied Linguistics
Research projects
バイリンガル字幕を利用した視聴覚教材の語彙学習への効果2024-04 -- 2027-03Akifumi YanagisawaJSPS/KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists
The effect of awareness on vocabulary learning2023-08 -- 2026-03Akifumi YanagisawaUniversity of Tsukuba/Tsukuba Basic Research Support Program (Type S)2,559,000Yen
Effects of electronic glosses on reading comprehension and vocabulary learning2021-08 -- 2023-03Akifumi YanagisawaJapan Society for the Promotion of Science/Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (a.k.a KAKENHI)2,340,000Yen
Career history
2016-09 -- 2020-12The University of Western OntarioFaculty of Education, Applied LinguisticsResearch Assistant
2017-09 -- 2017-12The University of Western OntarioFaculty of EducationPart-time lecturer
2019-09 -- 2019-12The University of Western OntarioFaculty of EducationPart-time lecturer
2021-04 -- 2022-09Tokyo University of ScienceInstitute of Arts and SciencesFull-time lecturer (tenured)
2022-10 -- (current)University of TsukubaFaculty of Humanities and Social SciencesAssistant Professor
Degree
2021-02Ph.D. (Applied Linguistics)University of Western Ontario
Licenses and qualifications
2016-03teacher’s license (Senior High School)
2016-03teacher’s license (Junior High School)
2013-03-31First-class teacher's licenses for elementary school
Academic societies
2015-07 -- 2019-03The Japan Second Language Association (J-SLA)
2015 -- 2024The Chubu English Language Education Society (CELES)
2015 -- (current)Kantokoshinetsu Association of Teachers of English, KATE
2016 -- (current)Japan Second Language Acquisition Research Forum
Honors & Awards
2015-05Exemption of half of my educational loan by the Japanese Student Services Organization (JASSO) for achieving high academic performance
2019-07SLRF 2019 Student Travel Award
2020-03Graduate Excellence in Teaching Award
Articles
Books
  • Meta-analytic studies of second language incidental vocabulary learning
    Yanagisawa Akifumi
    Routledge’s SLA research series: Moving the Field of Second Language Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition Forward/Routledge, 2024
  • Input processing and intentional vocabulary acquisition
    Yanagisawa Akifumi
    The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Input Processing/Routledge, 2024
  • Measuring Depth of Vocabulary Knowledge
    Yanagisawa Akifumi; Webb Stuart Alexander
    The Routledge Handbook of Vocabulary Studies/New York, NY: Routledge/p.371-386, 2020
Conference, etc.
  • A scoping review on task repetition studies focusing on speaking ability
    Keiko Hanzawa Yuichi Suzuki; Yanagisawa Akifumi; Fukuta...
    American Association for Applied Linguistics/2024-03
  • How intentional is incidental learning, and are they related?
    Yanagisawa Akifumi; Laufer Batia
    Vocab@Vic/2023-12
  • Does textually enhancing difficult words help EFL learners’ dictionary use on reading with a tablet?
    Yanagisawa Akifumi; Hanzawa Keiko
    Hiroshima Lexical Research Forum/2023-09
  • What are the predicted learning gains for different incidental vocabulary learning activities?
    Yanagisawa Akifumi; Webb Stuart
    American Association for Applied Linguistics/2023-03
  • To what extent can we predict vocabulary learning from language activities?
    柳沢 明文
    Language Education & Technology: Methodology SIG/2022-07-09
  • Round Table: Sharing Experience in Writing and Publishing Research Papers
    Yanagisawa Akifumi
    Hiroshima Lexical Research Forum 2021/2021-09-04--2021-09-06
  • Which cues, nouns or adverbs, can provide most assistance for remembering new verbs?
    Kasahara Kiwamu; Yanagisawa Akifumi
    European Second Language Association 30/2021-07
  • Which cues, nouns or adverbs, can provide most assistance for remembering new verbs?
    Kiwamu Kasahara; Akifumi Yanagisawa
    The 30th Conference of the European Second Language Association (EuroSLA30)/2021-06-30--2021-07-03
  • A meta-analytic review of Involvement Load Hypothesis
    Akifumi Yanagisawa; Stuart Webb
    Second Language Research Forum/2019-09-22
  • To what extent does Involvement Load Hypothesis predict L2 vocabulary learning? A meta-analysis
    Akifumi Yanagisawa; Stuart Webb
    EuroSLA29/2019-08-30
  • A meta-analytic review of the effect of glossing on vocabulary learning
    Yanagisawa Akifumi; Webb Stuart; Uchihara Takumi
    Vocab@Leuven/2019-07
  • A meta-analytic review of the relationship between frequency of encounters and incidental vocabulary learning
    Uchihara Takumi; Webb Stuart; Yanagisawa Akifumi
    Vocab@Leuven/2019-07
  • To what extent do glosses contribute to vocabulary learning? A meta-regression analysis.
    Akifumi Yanagisawa; Takumi Uchihara
    American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL)/2019-03-12
  • Frequency of encounters and incidental vocabulary learning: A meta-analysis.
    Takumi Uchihara; Akifumi Yanagisawa
    American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL)/2019-03-09
  • The effectiveness of incidental vocabulary learning: A meta-analysis.
    Takumi Uchihara; Stuart Webb; Akifumi Yanagisawa
    EuroSLA28/2018-09-06
  • The effects of recalling on second language vocabulary learning: Learning pseudo-English words that express unknown meaning.
    柳沢 明文
    the CELES 46th Annual Convention, Suzuka University of Medical Science, Mie, Japan/2016-06-26
  • The effects of word retrieval practice on second language vocabulary learning
    柳沢 明文
    KATE 39th Annual Convention, Teikyo University, Yamanashi, Japan./2015-08-09
Works
  • 「語彙プロファイラー」で学習すべき英単語を見つける方法：Compleat Lexical Tutorの使い方
    中田 達也; 江口 政貴; 柳沢 明文
Teaching
2023-10 -- 2024-02Specialized Field Experiences: English Language Education IIBUniversity of Tsukuba.
2023-10 -- 2024-02Specialized Field Experiences: English Language Education-2IIBUniversity of Tsukuba.
2023-04 -- 2023-08Specialized Field Experiences: English Language Education-2IIAUniversity of Tsukuba.
2023-04 -- 2023-07Research in English Language Education IVAUniversity of Tsukuba.
2023-10 -- 2023-12Research in English Language Education IVBUniversity of Tsukuba.
2023-04 -- 2023-08Field Experiences: English Language Education IIAUniversity of Tsukuba.
2023-10 -- 2024-02Field Experiences: English Language Education IIBUniversity of Tsukuba.
2023-04 -- 2023-08Specialized Field Experiences: English Language Education IIAUniversity of Tsukuba.
2023-04 -- 2023-07Research in English Language Education IIAUniversity of Tsukuba.
2023-10 -- 2023-12Seminar on Thesis Research IIUniversity of Tsukuba.
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University Management
2024-04 -- (current)人文・社会科学系ネットワーク型大学院構築事業「英語教育学イニシアティヴ・プログラム」学内運営委員会副委員長
2023-04 -- (current)Curriculum CommitteeVice Committee Member
2023-04 -- (current)Public Relations CommitteeCommittee member
2023-04 -- (current)現代語・現代文化ネットワーク委員会サブネット管理委員会委員
2023-04 -- (current)スポーツ・デー運営委員会委員

(Last updated: 2024-05-07)