Shusaku Nakayama

Meiji Gakuin University

About

Shusaku Nakayama is currently a PhD student at Meiji Gakuin University in Tokyo, Japan. He has been working at a senior high school and university as an English teacher. His research interests include corpus linguistics, textbook analysis, and teaching English as a foreign language.

Sessions

Teacher and Professional Development A Close Examination of Vocabulary in Japanese EFL Textbooks more

Sat, Nov 13, 13:25-13:50 Asia/Tokyo

This corpus-based research investigates vocabulary taught in Japanese EFL senior high school textbooks. Results show that most vocabulary words appearing in textbooks are what native speakers often use, indicating that Japanese EFL learners can be exposed to high-frequency words in the real world by using textbooks. However, textbooks cannot suffice in order for learners to read English texts intended for native speakers.

Shusaku Nakayama