Ms Kayoko Enomoto

Qualifications

M.Sc. in Applied Linguistics (University of Edinburgh, UK), Diploma in Applied Linguistics (University of Edinburgh, UK), B.A. in English Language Studies(Kansai University of Foreign Studies, Japan/Gustavus Adolphus College, USA)

Teaching Interests

In the Japanese langauge programme, Kayoko has been engaged in the coordination and teaching of Japanese langauge subjects at all levels, including Honours thesis supervision. In 2009, Kayoko is a discipline advisor/Undergraduate Coordinator in Asian Studies, and she coordinates and teaches Japanese 1A: Beginner I (JAPN1001) and Japanese 1B: Beginner II (JAPN1002). She is a member of the ERGA (Education Research Group of Adelaide) Group and is currently engaged in education research projects to explore approaches to engage and motivate language students from a wide range of disciplines.

Research Interests

Second language acquisition research with primary interests in the roles of Universal Grammar and L1 transfer in the adult L2 acquisition of morpho-syntax and phonology, and the implications of such research for language teaching. Recent research projects include studies on the acquisition of passives, intransitive-transitive alternation, psych-predicates in adnominal clauses, and conflation patterns, by English-speaking learners of Japanese and Japanese-speaking learners of English.

Publications

Recent Publications

2007
'The L2 Acquisition of Case Absorption Effects in Passives by Japanese-Speaking Learners of English'. KASELE Bulletin. 35: 9-18. The Kyusyu Academic Society of English Language Education.

2006
'The L2 Acquisition of Case Absorption Effects in Japanese and English Passives by English and Japanese Speakers'. In Processes and Process-Orientation in Foreign Language Teaching and Learning. W.M. Chan, K.N. Chin, P. Martin-Lau, M. Nagami, T. Suthiwan & M. Suzuki (eds). pp. 233-252. The National University of Singapore.

2004
'L2 Acquisition of Psych-Predicates in Adnominal Clauses by English-Speaking Learners of Japanese'. KASELE Bulletin. 32: 21-30. The Kyusyu Academic Society of English Language Education.

 

Conference Papers

2008

The 3^rd ERGA (Education Research Group of Adelaide) Conference: Motivating and Engaging Students, September, 2008, University of Adelaide. ‘Beyond the Whiteboard: A Scaffolded Learner-Centred Use of Internet Literacy to Engage Language Students from Diverse Disciplines’.

 

2006

The Kyusyu Academic Society of English Language Education, 35^nd Annual Conference, November 2006, Kumamoto University, Japan. ‘The L2 Acquisition of Caes Absorption Effects in Passives by Japanese-Speaking Learners of English’.

 

2006

The 2nd CLS International Conference, CLaSIC 2006, 7–9 December 2006, The National University of Singapore, Singapore. ‘The L2 Acquisition of Case Absorption Effects in Japanese and English Passives by English and Japanese Speakers’.

 

2005

The 5^th Annual Conference of the Japan Second Language Association, 14-15 May 2005, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan. ‘The Acquisition of Conflation Patterns in Japanese by English Speakers’.

 

2004

The 29^th National Congress of the Applied Linguistics Associationof Australia, 15-17 July 2004, University of South Australia. 'Effects of Crosslinguistic Differences in Conflation Patterns on Interlanguage Syntax: Evidence from L2 Japanese’.

 

2003                           

The Kyusyu Academic Society of English Language Education, 32^nd Annual Conference, November 2003, Miyazaki University, Japan. ‘The Effects of Length of Residence and formal Language Instruction in L2 Acquisition of Japanese Psychological Verbs’.

 

2003                           

‘Marking Our Difference’ Conference, Languages in Australian and NewZealand Universities, 1-3 October, 2003, University of Melbourne. ‘The Acquisition of Japanese Intransitive-Transitive Alternation by Engish-Speaking Learners with Different Levels of L2 Learning Experience’.

 

2003                           

The Applied Linguistics Association of Australia, National Congress – Planning for a Multilingual Future. 12-14 July 2003, Griffith University. 'L2 Acquisition of Psych-Predicates in Adnominal Clause by English-Speaking Learners of Japanese'.

Community Engagement

The Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme - http://jetprogramme.org

Entry last updated: Tuesday, 26 May 2009