Dr Noriko Iwasaki
PhD (Arizona)
Overview
Department of Linguistics
Senior Lecturer in Language Pedagogy
Centre for Language Pedagogy
Centre Chair (On sabbatical 2012/13)
- Name:
- Dr Noriko Iwasaki
- Email address:
- ni3@soas.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- 020 7898 4394
- Address:
- SOAS, University of London
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG - Building:
- Russell Square: College Buildings
- Office No:
- 401
- Office Hours:
- Mondays 11:00- 13:00/Thursdays 15:00 - 17:00
- On Sabbatical:
- 2012-13
Teaching
Programmes Convened
Courses Taught
- Dissertation in Applied Linguistics and Language Pedagogy
- Language Pedagogy
- Psychology of Language
- Psychology of Language (Masters)
- Second Language Acquisition and Bilingualism
PhD Students supervised
In 2008/9 I am teaching two courses in the Department of Linguistics, namely Language Pedagogy (Terms 1 and 2) and the Psychology of Language (Term 2).
Publications
Book Chapters
Iwasaki, Noriko (2012) 'L2 Vocabulary Teaching: Debunking Pervasive Myths.' In: Sanz, Montserrat and Igoa, José Manuel, (eds.), Applying Language Science to Language Pedagogy. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 201-220.
Iwasaki, Noriko (2011) 'Incremental Sentence Production: Observations from Elicited Speech Errors in Japanese.' In: Yamashita, Hiroko and Hirose, Yuki and Packard, Jerry, (eds.), Processing and Producing Head-Final Structures. Springer Science, pp. 131-151. (Studies in Theoretical Psycholinguistics, Vol. 38)
Watanabe, Suwako and Iwasaki, Noriko (2009) 'The acquisition of Japanese modality during the study abroad.' In: Pizziconi, Barbara and Kizu, Mika, (eds.), Japanese Modality: Exploring its scope and interpretation. Palgrave, pp. 231-258.
Iwasaki, Noriko and Vinson, David P. and Vigliocco, Gabriella (2007) 'How does it hurt, kiri-kiri or siku-siku? Japanese mimetic words of pain perceived by Japanese speakers and English speakers.' In: Minami, Masahiko, (ed.), Applying theory and research to learning Japanese as a foreign language. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 2-19.
Iwasaki, Noriko (2007) 'Case Particle Errors in Japanese: Is the Nominative ga a Default Case Marker in Sentence Production?' In: Schütze, Carson T. and Ferreira, Victor S., (eds.), The State of the Art in Speech Error Research: Proceedings of the LSA Institute Workshop. Cambridge, MA: MIT, pp. 205-219. (MIT working papers in linguistics; v. 53)
Iwasaki, Noriko (2007) 'Japanese Children’s Acquisition of the Accusative Case: Evidence for an Interim Stage Preceding Morphological Case Acquisition.' In: Shirai, Hidetoshi and Kagakukai, Gengo, (eds.), Studies in language sciences; 6. Tokyo: Kuroshio Shuppan, pp. 77-94.
Iwasaki, Noriko (2006) 'Processes in L2 Japanese Sentence Production.' In: Nakayama, M. and Mazuka, R. and Shirai, Y., (eds.), The Handbook of East Asian Psycholinguistics. Volume II: Japanese. Cambridge University Press, pp. 158-164.
Iwasaki, Noriko and Sadler, Misumi (2005) 'Iconicity and viewpoint in determining Word order in Japanese dative construction.' In: Ettlinger, Marc and Fleisher, Nicholas and Park-Doob, Mischa, (eds.), Conceptural structure and cognition in grammatical theory. Berkeley Linguistics Society, pp. 468-480. (BLS (Berkeley Linguistic Society) Proceedings)
Iwasaki, Noriko (2003) 'L2 Acquisition of Japanese: Knowledge and Use of Case Particles in SOV and OSV Sentences.' In: Karimi, S., (ed.), Word Order and Scrambling. Blackwell, pp. 273-300.
Iwasaki, Noriko and McKee, C. (2001) 'Lemma Structure in Language Learning. Comments on Representation and Realization.' In: Weissenborn, J. and Hoehle, B., (eds.), Approaches to Bootstrapping. Phonological, Lexical, Syntactic and Neurophysiological Aspects of Early Language Acquisition. Volume 1. John Benjamins, pp. 125-144.
Iwasaki, Noriko and Vigliocco, Gabriella and Garrett, Merrill (1998) 'Adjectives and adjectival nouns in Japanese: Psychological processes in sentence production.' In: Japanese/Korean Linguistics, Volume 8. CSLI (Center for the Study of Language and Information), pp. 93-106.
Articles
Kizu, Mika and Pizziconi, Barbara and Iwasaki, Noriko (2013) 'Modal Markers in Japanese: a study of learners' use before and after study abroad.' Japanese Language and Literature, 47 (1). (In Press)
Iwasaki, Noriko (2011) 'Filling social space with fillers: gains in social dimension after studying abroad.' Japanese Language and Literature, 45 . pp. 169-193.
Iwasaki, Noriko (2011) 'Learning L2 Japanese ‘politeness’ and ‘impoliteness’: Young American men’s dilemmas during study abroad.' Japanese Language and Literature, 45 . pp. 67-106.
Kumagai, Yuri and Iwasaki, Noriko (2011) 'What it means to read "critically" in a Japanese language classroom: Students' perspectives.' Critical Inquiries in Language Studies, 8 (2). pp. 125-152.
Iwasaki, Noriko (2010) 'Style shifts among Japanese learners before and after study abroad in Japan: Becoming active social agents in Japanese.' Applied Linguistics, 31 (1). pp. 47-71.
Iwasaki, Noriko and Vinson, David P. and Vigliocco, Gabriella (2010) 'Does the grammatical count/mass distinction affect semantic representations? Evidence from experiments in English and Japanese.' Language and Cognitive Processes, 25 (2). pp. 189-223.
Iwasaki, Noriko (2010) '「話す力」再考: 何を指導し、どう評価するのか [Rethinking oral proficiency in Japanese].' BATJ Journal, 11 . pp. 45-51.
Iwasaki, Noriko (2009) 'Stating and Supporting Opinions in an Interview: L1 and L2 Japanese Speakers.' Foreign Language Annals, 43 (3). pp. 541-556.
Iwasaki, Noriko (2009) 'An advanced reading course as a "community of inquiry" into Japanese studies.' Occasional Papers: Bridging Japanese Language and Japanese Studies in HIgher Education (9). pp. 16-17.
Iwasaki, Noriko and Vinson, David P. and Vigliocco, Gabriella and Watanabe, Masumi and Arciuli, Joanne (2008) 'Naming action in Japanese: Effects of semantic similarity and grammatical class.' Language and Cognitive Processes, 23 (6). pp. 889-930.
Iwasaki, Noriko and Kumagai, Yuri (2008) 'Promoting critical reading in an advanced-level Japanese course: Theory and practice through reflection and dialogues.' Japanese Language and Literature, 42 (1). pp. 123-156.
Iwasaki, Noriko (2008) 'L2 Japanese Acquisition of the Pragmatics of Requests during a Short-term Study Abroad.' Japanese Language Education in Europe, 12 . pp. 51-58.
Iwasaki, Noriko and Vinson, David P. and Vigliocco, Gabriella (2007) 'What do English speakers know about gera-gera and yota-yota?: A cross-linguistic investigation of mimetic words for laughing and walking.' Japanese-Language Education around the Globe, 17 . pp. 53-78.
Iwasaki, Noriko (2007) 'Assessing Progress towards Advanced Level Japanese after a Year Abroad: Focus on Individual Learners.' Japanese Language and Literature, 41 (2). pp. 271-296.
Iwasaki, Noriko (2006) 'Transitivity in Japanese Sentence Production: Speech Errors of the Dative NI and the Accusative O.' Journal of Japanese Lingusitics, 22 (2006). pp. 43-57.
Iwasaki, Noriko and Sadler, Misumi (2006) 'Focus on functions in Japanese language classrooms: An output-based approach to teaching appropriate particle use for the purpose of speaking.' BATJ Journal, 7 . pp. 17-31.
Iwasaki, Noriko (2005) 'A year abroad in Japan: Participants' perspectives.' Association of Teachers of Japanese Occasional Papers (7). pp. 12-24.
Iwasaki, Noriko (2002) '日本語能力簡易試験(SPOT)の得点とACTFL口頭能力測定(OPI)のレベルの関係について[Simple Performance-Oriented Test (SPOT) vs. Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI)].' 日本語教育 [Journal of Japanese Language Teaching], 114 . pp. 100-105.
Conference or Workshop Items
Iwasaki, Noriko (2009) 「タマネギ1個とセロリ1本」“One onion and one celery” ? ―食べ物名詞の捉え方の日英比較と英語・日本語教育への示唆―. In: Developing International Communication in Japanese Cultural Studies, Ochanomizu University.
Book Reviews
Iwasaki, Noriko (2012) 'Review of Patrick Heinrich and Christian Galan (eds.), 'Language Life in Japan: Transformations and Prospects'.' Pacific Affairs, 85 (2). pp. 416-418.
