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Profile Information

Affiliation: Assistant Professor, International Center, Keio University
: Adjunct, The University of Tokyo

Degree: Ph.D., M.A (Linguistics)(University of Tsukuba)
B.A.(University of California, Berkeley)

J-GLOBAL ID: 201501073415578248
researchmap Member ID: B000244839

Research Interests

Research Areas

Humanities & social sciences / Japanese language education / Discourse Analysis

Research History

Apr, 2017 - Present

Assistant Professor, International Center, Keio University
2012 - Present

Part-time Lecturer, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo
Apr, 2015 - Mar, 2017

Assistant Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
2012 - 2015

Research Fellow, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Tsukuba
2008 - 2014

Part-time Lecturer, Temple University, Japan Campus
2010 - 2012

Instructor, Center for Japanese Language, Waseda University
2005 - 2011

Japanese Language Instructor, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

Committee Memberships

2021 - Present

Editorial Committee, Japanese Language Teaching Association in honor of Professor Fumiko Koide

Books and Other Publications

Tense Variation in Japanese and English Discourse

Hitsuzi Publishing, Mar, 2021
Corpus Linguistics and Japanese Language Education, Possibilities for the Analysis of Synonymous Expressions

Ikuko OKUGAWA, with, Mina Kobayashi, Madoka Konishi, Yuriko Sunakawa, Yukiko Shimizu (Role: Joint author)

Asakura Publishing, Mar, 2016

Papers

Atomic Bomb Survivor Testimonies as Sociolinguistic Data: An Approach from Discourse Analysis

Ikuko Okugawa

Interfaculty, 11 99-134, 2021 Peer-reviewed
Grammar and Structure in Narrataive Discourse

PhD Dissertation (Linguistiics), University of Tsukuba, Mar, 2015
Viewpoint in Japanese Narratives Written by Japanese Native Speakers and English Native Speakers Learning Japanese

Ikuko OKUGAWA

Linguistic Research, (16) 57-67, 2014 Peer-reviewed
Internationalization of Higher Education in Japan: The Aim and Challenge at the University of Tsukuba

Ikuko OKUGAWA

Interfaculty, 5 119-133, 2014 Peer-reviewed
Relative Clauses in Narrative Discourse: The Comparison of Written Text by Japanese Native Speakers and Chinese Native Speakers Learning Japanese

Ikuko OKUGAWA

Journal of Japanese Language Education Association, (55) 129-142, 2011 Peer-reviewed
Studies on Synonyms Using Corpus Linguistics: A Descriptive Study of Sorenanoni, Sonokuse, Soredeite

Ikuko OKUGAWA, with, Yuriko Sunakawa, Yukiko Shimizu

Journal of Japanese and Chinese Linguistics and Japanese Language Teaching, (2) 21-33, 2009 Peer-reviewed
The Relationship Between Self-Evaluation and Motivations for Learning English among Japanese High School Students

Ikuko OKUGAWA

Tsukuba Journal of Applied Linguistics, (15) 31-44, 2008 Peer-reviewed
Viewpoint and Situational Construal in Narrative Discouse

Ikuko OKUGAWA

Tsukuba Journal of Applied Linguistics, (14) 31-44, 2007 Peer-reviewed
Use of Particles and Referential Expressions between Language Learners and Native Japanese Speakers: Analysis of Writings based on Animated Stories

MA Thesis (Linguistics), University of Tsukuba, Mar, 2006
Discourse Development among Native Japanese Speakers and Language Learners

JSPS Gran, KAKENHI Repor

101-110, 2006

Misc.

Function Words Database collected from the Balanced Corpus of Contemporary Written Japanese (BCCWJ) (Ver. 0.9.1b)

Ikuko OKUGAWA, with, Yuriko Sunakawa, Yukiko Shimizu, Shoju Chiba

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2011
Studies on Synonyms Using Corpus Linguistics: A Descriptive Study of Sorenanoni, Sonokuse, Soredeite

Ikuko OKUGAWA, with, Yuriko Sunakawa, Yukiko Shimizu

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2010
Graduate Student Instructor (GSI) System at the University of California, Berkeley

Ikuko OKUGAWA

Report on Teaching Assistant Training at UC Berkeley, 4-7, 2009
Japanese Language Education III

Ikuko OKUGAWA

Educational Excellence Program in the Utilizing TA, University of Tsukuba, 50-56, 2009
Japanese Language Teaching Practice at The University of Ljubljana

Ikuko OKUGAWA

Reports of Japanese Language Teaching Practice, University of Tsukuba, (11) 1-34, 2008

Presentations

Use of Benefactive Expressions by Japanese Natives and Learners in Storytelling Tasks

16th EAJS International Conference (24th EAJS Internatnional Symposium), Aug, 2021
子どもが「なんか＋知覚表現」と発すること

竹園日本語教育研究会, Apr 17, 2021
Viewpoint Expressions in Discourse

Japanese Language Teaching Association in honor of Professor Fumiko Koide, Jun, 2020
Japanese language learning and willingness to communicate

AATJ 2020, Mar, 2020
Analysis of storytelling by native Japanese speakers and Japanese learners

No. 91 CCI Data Session, Nov, 2019
Narrative structure and narrators' viewpoint

Ikuko OKUGAWA

International Symposium on Chinese-Japanese Comparative Linguistics, Aug, 2018
Discourse analysis of the testimonies of atomic bomb survivors

Ikuko OKUGAWA

Seminar of Memory Inheritance and Language, Aug, 2017
Workshop - Intercultural Communication

Ikuko OKUGAWA

GRIPS CPC Japanese Language Learning Section, Aug, 2016
How do speakers of different languages grasp the same situation?: Vewpoint and construal in narrative discourse.

Ikuko OKUGAWA

GRIPS Seminar. National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies., Jan, 2016
“Communication across Culture”, Cross-Cultural Communication Workshop

Ikuko OKUGAWA

GRIPS CPC Japanese Language Learning Section, Oct, 2015
Discourse Development and Viewpoint in Narrative

Ikuko OKUGAWA

The Fourteenth International Workshop on Linguistics of BA, Waseda University, Apr, 2015
Speakers’ Construal in Japanese and Chinese: Comparative Study on Viewpoint

Ikuko OKUGAWA

The 64th Chinese Linguistics Conference, The Chinese Linguistics Society of Japan, Nov, 2014
Discourse Development in Narrative: Focus on the Usage of Relative Clauses and Viewpoint in Written Narratives of Japanese and English Native Speakers and Japanese Language Learners

Ikuko OKUGAWA

International Symposium on Viewpoint in Multiple Languages, Peking University, Oct, 2013
The Type and Function of Relative Clauses in Japanese and English Narrative Discourse

Ikuko OKUGAWA

Fifth Discourse Analysis Colloquium, Dec, 2012
The Usage of Relative Clauses of English Native Speakers Learning Japanese

Ikuko OKUGAWA

International Conference on Japanese Language Education (ICJLE), Nagoya University, Aug, 2012
Tense Choice in Japanese and English Narrative Writing

Ikuko OKUGAWA

Panel, Analysis of Expressions in Japanese Narrative Writing, American Association of Teachers of Japanese 2011 Conference, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Apr, 2011
BCCWJ Demonstration

Ikuko OKUGAWA, with, Yuriko Sunakawa, Yukiko Shimizu

Planned Panel, the Balanced Corpus of Contemporary Written Japanese (BCCWJ) and Japanese Language Education, Spring Conference 2011, The Society for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language, Waseda University, Mar, 2011
Comparative Study of Japanese and English: Analysis of Tense in Narrative Discourse

Ikuko OKUGAWA

Fourth Discourse Analysis Colloquium, Dec, 2010
Research of Intermediate and Advanced Level Grammar utilizing Corpus

Ikuko OKUGAWA, with, Yuriko Sunakawa, Yukiko Shimizu

International Conference on Japanese Language Education 2010, Taipei, Taiwan, Jul, 2010
Viewpoint and Construal of Japanese Native Speakers and English Native Speakers Learning Japanese

Ikuko OKUGAWA

International Symposium on Japanese Language and Japanese Language Education: Leading from Cognitive Linguistics, Peking University, Oct, 2009

Awards

2009

Research Grant for Language and Education, Viewpoint in Japanese Narratives Written by Japanese Native Speakers and Japanese Learners, Hakuhodo Foundation

Teaching Experience

Professional Memberships

Research Projects

Narrative Analysis of Native Japanese Speakers and Language Learners and its Application to Japanese Language Education

JSPS Grant KAKENHI, Apr, 2023 - Mar, 2028

Ikuko Okugawa
Multilingual practice of HIBAKUSHA testimonies and learning model construction

Kyoto University of Foreign Studies, Apr, 2016 - Mar, 2020

Akira IKEDA
Fundamental research to clarify the mechanism of memory verbalization of Hibakusha testimonies

University of Tsukuba, Apr, 2017 - Mar, 2018

Yoshiko NUMATA
An Analysis of Japanese and English Narratives: Focus on Viewpoint and Discourse Development

Leader, Research Project, Policy Research Center, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Apr, 2015 - Mar, 2016

Ikuko OKUGAWA
The Meaning for Globalization of the Multilingual Translation of Atomic Bomb Survivor Testimonies

Partner, International Research Institute for Studies in Language and Peace, Kyoto University of Foreign Studies, Apr, 2014 - Mar, 2016

Kunihiko Nagatani
Research for the formulation of basic grounds for the construction of a general database for the development of Japanese language learners’ dictionaries

Research Collaborator, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI) A, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2011 - Mar, 2015

Yuriko Sunakawa
Discourse Development in Narrative Discourse

Leader, University of Tsukuba Basic Research Support Program, Type A, Apr, 2013 - Mar, 2014

Ikuko OKUGAWA
Compilation of a balanced corpus of written Japanese: Infrastructure for the coming Japanese linguistics

Research Collaborator, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI) on Priority Areas, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2009 - Mar, 2011

Kikuo Maekawa, Yuriko Sunakawa
What is ‘Natural’ Japanese Narrative?: A Comparative Study of Narrative Discourse among Native Speakers and Learners of Japanese

Leader, Hakuhō Research Grant for Language and Education (Grant No: 09-B-053), Apr, 2009 - Mar, 2010

Ikuko OKUGAWA

Social Activities

Japanese Language Teaching Association in honor of Professor Fumiko Koide, Editorial Comittee

Edit, Consultant

2021 - Present
Japanese Language Education in Europe

Consultant

Association of Japanese Language Teachers in Europe
The Japanese Journal of Language in Society (The Japanese Association of Sociolinguistic Sciences) Peer Reviewer

Consultant
Pragmatics (International Pragmatics Association) Peer Reviewer

Consultant
JOURNAL CAJLE (Canadian Association for Japanese Language Education) Referee

Consultant

Other

“Seventh Forum for the Euro-Japan Academic Networking for Humanities Project: Fragmentation and Divergence — Towards the Management of Social Transformation,” Organized by University of Tsukuba and École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris

Mar, 2015 - Mar, 2015

Conferences Organized
“Fourth Forum for the Euro-Japan Academic Networking for Humanities Project: From Inter-disciplinary to Trans-disciplinary Studies,” Organized by University of Tsukuba, Paris, France.

Mar, 2013 - Mar, 2013

Conferences Organized
“Tsukuba English Model United Nations,” Assistant Organizer, University of Tsukuba.

Feb, 2013 - Feb, 2013

Conferences Organized
“Third Forum for the Euro-Japan Academic Networking for Humanities Project: Culture & Identity, Peace & Human Security,” Organized by University of Tsukuba, Kyoto, Japan.

Feb, 2013 - Feb, 2013

Conferences Organized
“Second Forum for the Euro-Japan Academic Networking for Humanities Project: Human Studies in the Twenty-first Century,” Organized by University of Tsukuba, Venice, Italy.

Oct, 2012 - Oct, 2012

Conferences Organized
Euro-East Asia Academic Forum on Japanese Studies, Organized by University of Tsukuba and Department of Asian and North African Studies, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice.

Oct, 2012 - Oct, 2012

Conferences Organized