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
The effect of bilingual subtitles on incidental vocabulary learning2024-04 -- 2027-03Akifumi YANAGISAWAJSPS/Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists3,900,000Yen
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.
  • 国際誌出版のコツを学ぼう
    斉藤一弥; 小野雄一; 平井明代; 土方裕子; 末森咲; 柳沢明文; 小泉利恵
    斉藤一弥先生座談会/2024-08-01--2024-08-01
  • 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
  • Things to consider for promoting and accelerating Open Science: A response to Winke
    MIKAMI Yosuke; KOIZUMI Rie; MAIE Ryo; YANAGISAWA Akif...
  • 「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
2024-10 -- 2025-02Specialized Field Experiences: English Language Education IBUniversity of Tsukuba.
2024-04 -- 2024-07Research in English Language Education IIIAUniversity of Tsukuba.
2024-10 -- 2024-12Research in English Language Education IIIBUniversity of Tsukuba.
2024-04 -- 2024-08Field Experiences: English Language Education IAUniversity of Tsukuba.
2024-04 -- 2024-08Specialized Field Experiences: English Language Education-2IAUniversity of Tsukuba.
2024-04 -- 2024-08Specialized Field Experiences: English Language Education IAUniversity of Tsukuba.
2024-10 -- 2025-02Field Experiences: English Language Education IBUniversity of Tsukuba.
2024-10 -- 2025-02Specialized Field Experiences: English Language Education-2IBUniversity of Tsukuba.
2024-10 -- 2024-12Introduction to Linguistic AnalysisUniversity of Tsukuba.
2024-04 -- 2024-07Research in English Language Education IAUniversity 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)全学類・スポーツ・デー運営委員会委員

(Last updated: 2024-09-18)