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MIURA Aika
 
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Affiliation*
Center for Foreign Language Education and Research
Title*
Professor
Degree
PhD （ 2 2019   Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Japan ） / MA in Language Studies （ 9 1999   Lancaster University, UK ） / BA (Honours) in Linguistic Science （ 7 1998   University of Reading, UK ）
Research Interests

  • Intercultural Pragmatics

  • Second Language Pragmatics

  • Discourse Analysis

  • Pragmatics

  • ESP

  • Corpus Linguistics

  • Language Teaching

  • Second Language Aquisition

    • Campus Career*
    • 4 2023 - Present 
      Center for Foreign Language Education and Research   Professor
    • 4 2020 - 3 2023 
      Center for Foreign Language Education and Research   Associate Professor
    • 4 2019 - 3 2020 
      Center for Foreign Language Education and Research, Preparatory Office   Associate Professor
     

    Research Areas

    • Humanities & Social Sciences / English linguistics

    • Humanities & Social Sciences / Linguistics

    • Humanities & Social Sciences / Foreign language education

    Research History

    • 4 2023 - Present 
      Rikkyo University   Center for Foreign Language Education and Research   Professor

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    • 4 2025 - 3 2026 
      The University of Warwick   Department of Applied Linguistics   Visiting Scholar

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      Country：United Kingdom

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    • 4 2020 - 3 2023 
      Rikkyo University   Center for Foreign Language Education and Research   Associate Professor

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    • 4 2019 - 3 2020 
      Rikkyo University   Associate Professor

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    • 4 2015 - 3 2019 
      Tokyo University of Agriculture   Faculty of Agriculture   Associate Professor

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    Education

    • 4 2012 - 3 2015 
      Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

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    • 10 1998 - 9 1999 
      Lancaster University, UK

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    • 10 1995 - 7 1998 
      The University of Reading, UK

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    Awards

    • 11 2017  
      外国語教育メディア学会（LET）関東支部  2017年度外国語教育メディア学会（LET）関東支部奨励賞  学習者コーパスに見られる語用論的能力の横断的検証：要求の発話行為におけるポライトネスの習得
       
      三浦愛香

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    Papers

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    Books and Other Publications

    • 外国語教育用語事典

      佐野富士子, 笠原究, 髙木亜希子, 和泉伸一, 江下陣, 大髙博美, 小張敬之, 佐竹由帆, 佐藤臨太郎, 下山幸成, 松本佳穂子, 三浦愛香, 吉冨朝子

      三省堂書店/創英社  9 3 2025  （ ISBN:4879232505 ）

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      Total pages：646  

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    • The Green Fuse and the Green Garden: Festschrift in Honour of Hiroto Iwanaga Peer-reviewed

      Aika Miura（ Role： Contributor ,  Identifying the types of repair produced by Japanese learners of English in a spoken corpus (pp.21-32)）

      Otowashobo-Tsurumishoten  3 2021 

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      Total pages：429   Responsible for pages：12   Language：English Book type：Scholarly book

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    • Prepare Your Speech and Presentation プレゼンテーションで学ぶ英語４技能

      （ Role： Contributor）

      9 2018  （ ISBN:9784327421991 ）

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      Total pages：124   Language：English Book type：Textbook, survey, introduction

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    • プログレッシブ英和中辞典〔第5版〕

      瀬戸 賢一, 投野 由紀夫（ Role： Contributor）

      小学館  2 2012  （ ISBN:4095102055 ）

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      Total pages：2293  

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    • グランドセンチュリー和英辞典 第3版

      小西 友七, 岸野 英治（ Role： Contributor）

      三省堂  10 2010  （ ISBN:4385107394 ）

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      Total pages：1760  

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    Presentations

    • Exploring the Effectiveness of DDL in Mandatory Undergraduate English Education in Japan International conference

      Aika Miura

      Corpus Linguistics 2015  1 7 2025  Aston University, Brimingham City University, University of Birmingham

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      Event date： 30 6 2025 - 3 7 2025

      Language：English   Presentation type：Poster presentation  

      Venue：Aston University  

      This poster presentation explores the implementation and the effectiveness of Data-Driven Learning (DDL) in a mandatory Reading & Writing course for 23 first-year undergraduates at a Japanese private university during the 2024 academic year. Targeting students with CEFR A2-B1 proficiency, the course focused on developing academic reading and writing skills through strategies such as skimming, annotating, drafting, and revising, and vocabulary building. Despite pedagogical and time constraints such as a unified syllabus and an assigned textbook, which are commonly encountered in English Language Teaching (ELT) in tertiary education in Japan, the students expressed high satisfaction with DDL. However, an analysis of their completed paragraph submitted by the students indicated that its impact on practical writing skills was limited, as previously observed by Miura and Satake (2024). This preliminary study underscores the potential of DDL in fostering lexical awareness while highlighting the need for further refinement to enhance its application in academic writing for lower-level English learners in Japan.

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    • Linking EFL Learners and Pre-Service Teachers in Japan: Raising Cultural Awareness of Politeness in First-Meeting Small Talk International conference

      Aika miura

      ITAP Annual Conference 2025  27 6 2025  ITAP (International Association for Teaching Pragmatics)

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      Event date： 26 6 2025 - 27 6 2025

      Language：English   Presentation type：Oral presentation (general)  

      Venue：Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife  

      This study aims to illustrate potential cultural issues Japanese learners of English may encounter when reading materials from globally published English Language Teaching (ELT) coursebooks, particularly focusing on interactional tips for encouraging small talk in first-time meetings. The author examines two educational contexts in Japan: (i) a mandatory ELT course for reading and writing skills for approximately 20 undergraduates at CEFR levels A2–B1, and (ii) a postgraduate course on intercultural communication in language teaching attended by six students from Japan, the U.S., and China, most of whom were pre-service language educators. This paper highlights the need for explicit, intentional instruction to enhance learners’ pragmatic awareness of both L1 and L2, which is generally overlooked in Japan’s ELT practices.

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    • Graduate Students’ Learner/Teacher Agency in Intercultural Communication: Focusing on Interactional Competence in ELT in Japan International conference

      Aika Miura

      SSLLT 2025 (Second Language Learning and Teaching: Facing new challenges)  4 6 2025  Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland

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      Event date： 2 6 2025 - 4 6 2025

      Language：English   Presentation type：Oral presentation (general)  

      Venue：Kalisz  

      This study examines how graduate students develop their learner/teacher agency within a course on intercultural communication in language teaching, with a particular focus on English Language Teaching (ELT) in Japan. The presentation aims to report how enrolled students cultivated their teacher/learner agency, which involves the ability to recognize and address potential challenges in intercultural communication and language teaching (c.f., Ishihara, 2019; Ishihara & Porcellato, 2022; Liddicoat, 2023; McConachy & Liddicoat, 2022; Liddicoat & McConachy, 2019). The presentation will describe how students contextualized their metapragmatic awareness in their analyses and projects, incorporated intercultural perspectives, and provided educational insights.

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    • 日本人英語学習者の語用論的能力および相互行為能力の一端と教育的示唆：依頼と対話の流れに着目して～課題の共有と意見交換～ Invited

      三浦愛香, 並木一美

      JACET中部支部 日英インタラクション研究会 2024年度第2回研究会  15 2 2025 

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      Language：Japanese   Presentation type：Oral presentation (invited, special)  

      Venue：オンライン  

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    • 統一シラバスによる必修科目におけるDDLの導入

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      2024年度英語コーパス学会DDL SIGオンラインシンポジウム  8 12 2024  英語コーパス学会DDL SIG

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      Event date： 8 12 2024 - 8 12 2024

      Language：Japanese   Presentation type：Oral presentation (general)  

      Venue：オンライン  

      本発表では、2024年度春学期に、大学１年生の必修科目Reading & Writingの授業で実施したDDLの取り組みを報告する。本授業では、SKELLを使った自宅学習とSketch Engineを用いた授業内活動を組み合わせたDDLを実施した。学期を通したDDLの段階的な導入、教科書と連携したタスクの作成、目的に応じたコーパスの選択、履修者によるフィードバックを総括することで、教科書を指定した統一シラバスに則った授業環境の下、到達目標を損なわないDDLの可能性を共有する。

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    Professional Memberships

    • 1 2025 - Present 
      The British Association for Applied Linguistics

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    • 4 2024 - Present 
      The Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT)

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    • 4 2024 
      Intercultural Education Society of Japan

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      Iwasaki Linguistic Circle

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      PRAGMATICS SOCIETY OF JAPAN

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    Research Projects

    • Building a Curriculum for Pragmatic Instruction: Toward the Development of Intercultural Communicative Competence

      Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research 

      Naoko Osuka, Yuko Iwata, Aika Miura

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      4 2025 - 3 2028

      Grant number：25K04352

      Authorship：Coinvestigator(s) 

      Grant amount：\4420000 （ Direct Cost: \3400000 、 Indirect Cost：\1020000 ）

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    • Development and validation of data-driven learning materials for English language teaching

      Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research 

      Yoshiho Satake, Chikako Nishigaki, Toshiaki Nishihara, Tatsuya Ishii

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      4 2023 - 3 2026

      Grant number：23K00530

      Authorship：Coinvestigator(s) 

      Grant amount：\4680000 （ Direct Cost: \3600000 、 Indirect Cost：\1080000 ）

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    • Investigating sociopragmatic competence in spoken corpora of Japanese learners of English

      Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research 

      Aika Miura

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      4 2019 - 3 2025

      Grant number：19K00891

      Authorship：Principal investigator  Grant type：Competitive

      Grant amount：\4160000 （ Direct Cost: \3200000 、 Indirect Cost：\960000 ）

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    • Extracting and Analyzing Criterial Pragmatic Features in a Spoken Corpus of Japanese Learners of English

      Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research 

      MIURA Aika

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      4 2016 - 3 2019

      Grant number：16K02937

      Authorship：Principal investigator  Grant type：Competitive

      Grant amount：\3250000 （ Direct Cost: \2500000 、 Indirect Cost：\750000 ）

      The current study aimed to extract criterial features of pragmatic competence of Japanese learners of English at different proficiency levels (i.e., the CEFR A1, A2 and B1 levels), investigating the NICT JLE Corpus. The author constructed annotation schemes to extract and analyze linguistic features of requestive speech acts and the utterance functions in shopping role plays. The study confirmed the results derived from the past studies which adopted the predominant approaches to investigating requests using the elicitation tasks: the use of conventionally indirect features (e.g., ability modals "can") tended to increase and that of direct features (e.g., ellipses and desire verbs "want") decrease with increasing proficiency, but B1 group showed some pragmatically deviant performance. The use of the NICT JLE Corpus allowed the author not only to profile what learners can actually do pragmatically at each level, but also supplement the non-corpus-based past studies with corpus evidence.

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    • 学習者コーパスに見られる語用論的能力の横断的検証：要求の発話行為におけるポライトネスの習得

      外国語教育メディア学会（LET）関東支部  外国語教育メディア学会（LET）関東支部公募プロジェクト ２０１５年度研究支援プログラム（若手支援の部） 

      三浦愛香

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      4 2015 - 3 2016

      Authorship：Principal investigator  Grant type：Competitive

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