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Mayuko Inagawa

Dr Mayuko Inagawa

Lecturer in Japanese Language

School of Modern Languages

Email
InagawaM@cardiff.ac.uk
Telephone
+44 29206 88207
Campuses
66a Park Place, Room 1.46a, Cathays, Cardiff, CF10 3AS

Overview

I work in the Japanese programme, and I am  involved with teaching Japanese language modules. My research interests include language contact and change and language use in contemporary Japan. My research work spans the fields of Sociolinguistics, Applied Linguistics, Corpus Linguistics and Japanese Studies.

Publication

2021

2019

2017

2016

  • Inagawa, M., Chiba, R. and Matsuura, H. 2016. Japanese English: what makes it un/intelligible?. Presented at: The 49th Annual Meeting of the British Association of Applied Linguistics (BAAL), Anglia Ruskin University, UK, 1-3 September 2016.

2015

2014

2013

2012

2010

2007

Articles

Conferences

Monographs

Thesis

Research

My research areas include:

  • Japanese Sociolinguistics
  • Applied Linguistics
  • Language and society
  • Language contact and change (loanwords/borrowings)
  • Language in media
  • Corpus-based language studies
  • World Englishes and English as a Lingua Franca
  • Writing scripts

Teaching

Teaching Commitments

The modules that I am involved are

  • ML1548 Japanese for Post-A Level Learners
  • ML1549 Elementary Japanese
  • ML5280 Intermediate Japanese (Module co-ordinator)
  • ML5284 Ex-Advanced Language Year 2 Japanese (Module co-ordinator in Spring Semester)
  • ML4008 Study Programme in Japan: Semester - Autumn (Module co-ordinator)
  • ML4009 Study Programme in Japan: Semester - Spring (Module co-ordinator)

Biography

Education and qualifications

  • PhD (Sociolinguistics), University of Queensland, Australia
  • MA (Applied Linguistics), University of Queensland, Australia
  • BA (English Literature), Tsuda Juku, Japan

Career overview

I began teaching Japanese at the University of Queensland (UQ) in 2007 while working on my doctorate degree there. During my time at UQ, I developed a special interest between language and the society in which it is used. Since then my main research interests lie in the area of Sociolinguistics, in particular, language contact and change, language in media and World Englishes, with special reference to Japanese contexts.

Prior to joining Cardiff University in April 2015, I held lectureships at Monash University and the University of the Sunshine Coast, where I was involved in teaching Japanese and socio/linguistic classes.

External activities and roles

  • External reviewer for the Standing Committee on Language Education and Research (SCOLAR) in Hong Kong (2023) 
  • External panel member conducting a quality assurance review of the Asian Languages Programme in the Department of Modern Languages at the University of the West Indies (2023)
  • External examiner for Japanese at the University of Kent (2022 - Present) 
  • External examiner for IWLP Japanese at University of Reading (2017 - 2020)
  • External reviewer for Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (2013, 2015 - Present)
  • External peer reviewer for the International Journal of Applied Linguistics (2014); Asia Pacific Language Variation (2018)

Professional memberships

  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
  • Member of the British Association for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language (BATJ)