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FUKUNAGA Sunao
 
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Affiliation
Institute of Liberal Arts Department of Foreign Languages
Job
Professor
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Research Interests

  • 英語教育

  • 言語とアイデンティティ

  • 言語政策

Research Areas

  • Humanities & Social Sciences / Foreign language education  / Language Policy, English Education Policy

Post Graduate Education

  • 2016.03   University of Washington, Seattle   English   Language and Rhetoric   Doctoral Program   Completed   United States

  • 2007.06   University of Washington, Seattle   English   Master of Arts for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages   Master's Course   Completed   United States

Degree

  • University of Washington, Seattle  -  Ph.D.   2016.03

  • University of Washington, Seattle  -  Master of Arts for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages   2007.06

Biography in Kyutech

  • 2022.10
     

    Kyushu Institute of Technology   Institute of Liberal Arts   Department of Foreign Languages   Professor  

  • 2018.04
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    2022.09
     

    Kyushu Institute of Technology   Institute of Liberal Arts   Department of Foreign Languages   Associate Professor  

  • 2016.04
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    2018.03
     

    Kyushu Institute of Technology   Education Advancement Promotion Committee   Learning & Teaching Center  

Academic Society Memberships

  • 2008.03   American Association for Applied Linguistics   United States

  • 2017.06   Japan Association for Language Policy   Japan

  • 2017.06   The Japan Association of College English Teachers   Japan

  • 2020.10   全国英語教育学会   Japan

  • 2023.09   The Applied Linguistics Association of Australia   Australia

  • 2021.09   The Japan Association for Language Teaching   Japan

  • 2020.04   TESOL International Association   United States

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Papers

  • A study of the development of the Language Planning and Policy (LPP) Field and English Education Policy in Japan Reviewed

    Sunao Fukunaga

    5 ( 1 )   2017.09

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    Authorship:Lead author   Language:English   Publishing type:Research paper (scientific journal)

  • Collaborative Deconstruction of Native-Speakerism Reviewed

    Language teaching in a global age: Shaping the classroom, shaping the world   33 - 42   2018.08

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    Authorship:Corresponding author   Language:English   Publishing type:Research paper (scientific journal)

  • English writing eportfolio for university STEM majors Reviewed International journal

    Fukunaga S.

    Procedia Computer Science   126   1571 - 1577   2018.01

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    Authorship:Lead author   Language:English   Publishing type:Research paper (international conference proceedings)

    DOI: 10.1016/j.procS.2018.08.130

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  • Considering English Education Policy Research -through the Insight of Educational Sociology-

    Sunao Fukunaga

    BULLETIN OF KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Institute of Liberal Arts) ( Kyushu Institute of Technology )   ( 6 )   133 - 146   2022.03

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    Authorship:Lead author, Corresponding author   Language:Japanese   Publishing type:Research paper (bulletin of university, research institution)

Publications (Books)

  • アイデンティティと言語学習ージェンダー・エスニシティ・教育をめぐって広がる地平ー

    中山亜紀子、福永淳、米本和弘(Translator/Editor)

    明石書店  2023.04  ( ISBN:978-4750354439

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    Total pages:312   Language:Japanese

  • ESP Development of Engineering English Studies -Theory, Practice, and Application

    Sunao Fukunaga, Chak-Lam Colum Yip(Contributor ,  Use of Machine Translation among EFL Japanese Graduate Students in STEM Disciplines ̶Perceptions and Beliefs̶)

    2023.03  ( ISBN:978-4764712249

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    Total pages:238   Responsible for pages:147-169   Language:English

  • ジャンルとしての工学英語ー理論と実践ー

    福永淳(Contributor ,  メタ認知的アプローチによる自律型リスニングタスクを実践する ―教師のリフレクションを通して―)

    大学教育出版  2021.07  ( ISBN:978-4866921419

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    Total pages:233   Responsible for pages:172-192   Language:Japanese

Conference Prsentations (Oral, Poster)

  • Unintended ramifications of policy-driven communicative language teaching (CLT) in Japanese English education

    Sunao Fukunaga

    2024 American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference in Houston, Texas  2024.03  American Association for Applied Linguistics

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    Event date: 2024.03.16 - 2024.03.19   Language:English   Country:United States  

  • Unintended Consequences: Unraveling the Impact of Government Advisory Discussions on English Education Policy in Japan

    Sunao Fukunaga

    ALAA Conference 2023  2023.11  Applied Linguistics Association of Australia

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    Event date: 2023.11.19 - 2023.11.21   Language:English   Country:Australia  

  • Writing Instruction and Generative AI Tools: How to Use Them Ethically and Effectively Invited

    Symposium: New Perspectives on the Instruction and Assessment of Writing in the AI Age

    The 33rd Annual Conference of JACET Kyushu-Okinawa Chapter  2023.10  JACET Kyushu-Okinawa Chapter

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    Event date: 2023.10.14   Language:Japanese   Country:Japan  

  • Ethical and Practical Use of AI-generative Tools in the Classroom

    Sunao Fukunaga

    JALT PanSIG 2023 in Kyoto  2023.05  The Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT)

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    Event date: 2023.05.13 - 2023.05.14   Language:English   Country:Japan  

  • Examining the effects of guided instruction of machine translation: An analysis of use, attitudes, and perceptions of machine translation among Japanese STEM graduate students

    Sunao Fukunaga

    The 26th Research Seminar of the Research Station for Innovative & Global Tertiary English Education (IGTEE), UEC Tokyo  2023.03  Co-organized by the English Department, Technical English Section & International Education Center of UEC

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    Event date: 2023.03.17   Language:English   Country:Japan  

  • Use of Machine Translation among EFL Japanese Graduate Students in STEM Disciplines ―Perceptions and Beliefs ―

    Sunao Fukunaga, Chak-Lam Colum Yip

    Development of Engineering English Studies -Theory, Practice, and Application  2023.02 

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    Event date: 2023.02.04   Language:English   Country:Japan  

  • University Entrance Examinations Stratify High School English Education

    Sunao Fukunaga

    JALT2022: 48th Annual International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning & Educational Materials Exhibition  2023.11  The Japan Association for Language Teaching

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    Event date: 2022.11.11 - 2022.11.14   Language:English   Country:Japan  

  • Writing instruction and machine translation

    Sunao Fukunaga

    2022.09 

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    Event date: 2022.09.17   Language:English   Country:Japan  

  • The roles of the board of education and the school district as meso-level actors: A critical juncture of Japan’s English education policy regarding university entrance examination reforms

    Sunao Fukunaga

    3rd International Conference on Sociolinguistics: Diversities, New Media and Language Management  2022.08  Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague, and the Czech Language Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences

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    Event date: 2022.08.24 - 2022.08.26   Language:English   Country:Czech Republic  

  • English education policy research: Voices from high school

    Sunao Fukunaga

    2022.07 

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    Event date: 2022.07.23   Language:Japanese   Country:Japan  

  • Struggle and Hesitation: Identity Dilemmas of Japanese HS English teachers

    Sunao Fukunaga

    JALT PanSIG 2022 in Nagano  2022.07  The Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT)

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    Event date: 2022.07.08 - 2022.07.10   Language:English   Country:Japan  

  • Current Status of University Entrance Examination Reform and High School English Education

    Sunao Fukunaga

    2021.05 

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    Event date: 2021.05.15   Language:English   Country:Japan  

  • 日本の英語教育と大学入試改革

    福永淳

    第205回東アジア英語教育研究会  東アジア英語教育研究会

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    Event date: 2020.02.15   Language:English  

  • アカデミックライティング授業における学生主体のタスク活動とその意義

    福永淳

    第194回東アジア英語教育研究会  東アジア英語教育研究会

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    Event date: 2019.02.16   Language:Japanese  

  • English writing eportfolio for university STEM majors at the invited session of Smart Education: Active Learning using ICT and e-Learning. Invited

    Sunao Fukunaga

    22nd International Conference on Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information & Engineering Systems 

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    Event date: 2018.09.05   Language:English  

  • English Medium Instruction in STEM courses in the Japanese Higher Education

    福永淳

    第183回東アジア英語教育研究会  西南学院大学、福岡市

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    Event date: 2018.02.17   Language:Japanese  

  • Collaborative Deconstruction of Native-speakerism. Panel Coordinator

    Sunao Fukunaga

    JALT 2017 International Conference  The Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT)

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    Event date: 2017.11   Language:English  

  • Competing Subjectivities, Intersubjectivity, and English Education Policy in Japan

    Sunao Fukunaga

    大学英語教育学会第56回(2017年度)国際大会  社団法人大学英語教育学会

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    Event date: 2017.08   Language:English  

  • Teachers’ Collaboration and Situated Meanings of English Education Policy in the Japanese High School Context

    Sunao Fukunaga

    大学英語教育学会九州・沖縄支部29回支部研究大会  大学英語教育学会九州・沖縄支部

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    Event date: 2017.07   Language:English  

  • Social justice and ELT in Japan: How can you contribute when your job may be at risk? at the panel of Colonialism of the Mind: Challenges and Opportunities for Justice

    Sunao Fukunaga

    The 2017 TESOL International Convention and English Language Expo.  TESOL International Association

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    Event date: 2017.03.21 - 2017.03.24   Language:English  

  • Ethnographic Inquiry: SHS English Education Policy

    Sunao Fukunaga

    JALT's International Conference 2016  The Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT)

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    Event date: 2016.11   Language:English  

  • Conflicting Subjectivities and Meaning Making in the Nexus of Neoliberalism, Nationalism, and English Education in Japan

    Kyoko Motobayashi (Chair), Atsuko Oyama (Chair), Inchull Jang, Sunao Fukunaga, Neriko M Doerr, Laura Miller (Discussant)

    114th Annual Meeting: American Anthropological Association  American Anthropological Association

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    Event date: 2015.11.17 - 2015.11.22   Language:English  

    SUBJECTIVITIES AND SEMIOTIC IN/STABILITIES IN THE IMAGERY OF GLOBALISM: FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF LANGUAGE

  • Coming to Terms with the New Policy: A Case Study of Japan's English Education

    Sunao Fukunaga

    Interdisciplinary Approaches in Language Policy and Planning Conference  Thomas Ricento, University of Calgary

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    Event date: 2015.09.03 - 2015.09.05   Language:English  

  • The Relationship between Local Habitus, Local Practice, and Situated Meanings of English Education Policy in the Japanese High School Context

    Sunao Fukunaga

    The Joint AAAL and Association Canadienne de Linguistique Appliquée 2015 Conference  American Association for Applied Linguistics

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    Event date: 2015.03.21 - 2015.03.24   Language:English  

  • The Intersection of Neoliberalism, Nationalism, and English Education Policy in the Japanese High School Context

    Sunao Fukunaga

    American Association for Applied Linguistics Annual Conference 2014 

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    Event date: 2014.03.22 - 2014.03.25   Language:English  

    Drawing on an ethnographic case study on Japanese high school English education policy, this paper examines institutional practice and discourse to address factors intervening in its implementation. The analysis reveals how the conflation of neoliberalism and nationalism connoted in the policy has emerged in language teaching practice in a suburban school.

  • Confronting Native-Speakerism Across Borders

    Sunao Fukunaga, Laura Kusaka

    TESOL International Convention & English Language Expo  TESOL International Association

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    Event date: 2013.03.20 - 2013.03.23   Language:English  

  • Transnational Practice of Teaching, Studying, and Researching Issues and Concerns in Conducting an Ethnographic Research Project as a Home Game

    Sunao Fukunaga

    TESOL International Convention & English Language Expo, Ph.D. student forum  TESOL International Association

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    Event date: 2013.03.20 - 2013.03.23   Language:English  

  • Teachers as Agents under Japan’s English Education Policy Change

    Sunao Fukunaga

    American Association for Applied LInguistics, The Annual Conference 2013   American Association for Applied LInguistics

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    Event date: 2013.03.16 - 2013.03.19   Language:English  

  • How Can English Language Clubs Effectively Empower Learners?

    Sunao Fukunaga

    TESOL International Convention & English Language Expo 2012  TESOL International Association

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    Event date: 2012.03.18 - 2012.03.21   Language:English  

  • Leadership, Language and Culture in EFL clubs

    Sunao Fukunaga

    2011 Tri-TESOL Conference English without Borders (WASOL/BC TEAL//ORTESOL)  WASOL

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    Event date: 2011.10   Language:English  

  • Asian University EFL Student Attitudes Toward Non-native English-Speaking Teachers

    Sunao Fukunaga

    TESOL International Convention & English Language Expo, 2010  TESOL International Association

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    Event date: 2010.03.24 - 2010.03.27   Language:English  

  • Japanese EFL Teacher Identity

    Sunao Fukunaga

    JALT2009 35th Annual International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning; Educational Materials Expo  The Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT)

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    Event date: 2009.11.20 - 2009.11.23   Language:English  

  • Professional identity, self-perception and practice of Japanese high school English teachers

    Sunao Fukunaga

    American Association for Applied Linguistics, The 2008 Annual Conference  American Association for Applied Linguistics

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    Event date: 2008.03.29 - 2008.04.01   Language:English  

    This study investigates the relationship between experienced Japanese English teachers' professional identity and its influence on teaching practice. The result indicates that the teachers share a belief: Teaching practice should not be merely teaching the subject matter, but rather bedrock of a student's growing processes as a whole person.

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Lectures

  • 生成AIの活用と英語プロセス・ライティング指導の統合

    第 51 回 (2024 年度) 外国語教育メディア学会 (LET) 九州・沖縄支部研究大会  2024.06 

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    Event date: 2024.06.08   Language:Japanese   Presentation type:Panel discussion   Venue:熊本市   Country:Japan  

  • University Entrance Examinations Stratify High School English Education

    Fukuoka JALT 2023 March 25 event  2023.03  Fukuoa JALT

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    Event date: 2023.03.25   Language:English   Presentation type:Others   Venue:Fukuoka   Country:Japan  

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

  • 間主観性と英語教育政策ーマクロ・メゾ・ミクロレベルの政策実践分析を通して

    Grant number:19K13264  2019.04 - 2024.03   若手研究

  • 工学系日本人大学院生の博士論文英語化推進ツールEJETの開発

    Grant number:19H01281  2019.04 - 2023.03   基盤研究(B)

Other External Funds

  • More than an English teacher: Japanese high school English teachers’ professional identity as agency for or against English education policy implementation

    2012.06 - 2012.09

    The Chester A. Fritz Fellowship for International Research  

  • More than an English teacher: Japanese High School English Teachers' Professional Identity as Agency for or against English Education Policy Implementation

    2011.10 - 2012.09

Other Research Activities

  • Book review: "Exploring Language Teacher Efficacy in Japan." by Gene Thompson, Channel View Publications

    2024.01

  • 『アイデンティティと言語学習』翻訳出版記念読書会

    2023.07
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    2023.08

Charge of off-campus class subject

  • Institution:University of Washington, Seattle

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  • Balancing graduate school demands

    Institution:University of Washington, Seattle

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  • Including All Students: Teaching in the Diverse Classroom

    Institution:University of Washington, Seattle

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  • Teaching English Language Learner (ELL) Students

    Institution:University of Washington, Seattle

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Award for Educational Activities

  • Distinguished Teaching Assistant Award

    Department of Asian Languages and Literature, University of Washington, Seattle   2014.06.13

Activities of Academic societies and Committees

  • 大学英語教育学会   九州・沖縄支部事務局幹事  

    2021.04 - 2022.03

  • 日本言語政策学会   査読者  

    2020.04 - 2021.03

  • 日本言語政策学会   運営委員・会計  

    2019.04 - 2020.03

  • The European Educational Researcher   Editorial Board Members- International  

    2019.04

  • 大学英語教育学会   九州・沖縄支部研究企画委員  

    2019.04

  • The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher   Reviewer  

    2016.04

  • L2 Journal (University of California, Berkley)   Reviewer  

    2014.01 - 2014.12

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Social activity outside the university

  • 嘉穂高校フィールドトリップ

    Role(s):Planner, Organizing member

    九州工業大学飯塚キャンパス  2019.12.14

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    Audience: High school students

    Type:Seminar, workshop

  • 嘉穂高校フィールドトリップ

    Role(s):Planner, Organizing member

    九州工業大学飯塚キャンパス  2019.06.15

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    Audience: High school students

    Type:Seminar, workshop

  • 教員免許状更新講習

    Role(s):Lecturer

    2018.08

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    Audience: Teachers

    Type:Certification seminar