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COOPER, Christopher
 
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Affiliation*
Center for Foreign Language Education and Research
Title*
Specially Appointed Associate Professor
Degree
PhD in Humanities （ 3 2025   Tokyo University of Foreign Studies ） / MA TESOL with Merit （ 10 2016   Sheffield Hallam University ） / BA (Hons) English （ 6 2005   Nottingham Trent University ）
Research Interests

  • Corpus Linguistics

  • Listening

  • Vocabulary

  • Natural Language Processing

  • Extensive Reading

    • Campus Career*
    • 4 2025 - Present 
      Center for Foreign Language Education and Research   Specially Appointed Associate Professor
    • 4 2020 - 3 2025 
      Center for Foreign Language Education and Research   Adjunct Lecturer
     

    Research History

    • 4 2025 
      Rikkyo University   Center for Foreign Language Education and Research (FLER)   Specially Appointed Associate Professor

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      Country：Japan

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    • 4 2020 - 3 2025 
      Rikkyo University   Center for Foreign Language Education and Research (FLER)   Adjunct Lecturer

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    • 4 2018 - 3 2020 
      Himeji Dokkyo University   College of Humanities and Social Sciences   Lecturer

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    Education

    • 4 2021 - 3 2025 
      Tokyo University of Foreign Studies   Graduate School of Global Studies   PhD in Humanities

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      Country： Japan

      Notes： Corpus Linguistics / English Language Education

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    • 10 2013 - 10 2016 
      Sheffield Hallam University   MA TESOL

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      Country： United Kingdom

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    • 9 2002 - 6 2005 
      Nottingham Trent University   BA (Hons) English

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      Country： United Kingdom

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    Papers

    • The Construction Complexity Calculator (ConPlex): A tool for calculating Nelson’s (2024) construction-based complexity measure Peer-reviewed

      Christopher R. Cooper

      Research in Corpus Linguistics13 ( 2 ) 124 - 143   11 2025

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

      File： RiCL_447_13_02_05.pdf

      DOI： 10.32714/ricl.13.02.05

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    • The identification of YouTube videos that feature the linguistic features of English informal speech Peer-reviewed

      Christopher R. Cooper

      Applied Corpus Linguistics3 ( 3 )   8 2023

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      Language：English   Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)   Publisher：Elsevier BV  

      DOI： 10.1016/j.acorp.2023.100068

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    • The pre-processing of YouTube transcripts for corpus-based spoken language analysis

      Christopher Robert Cooper

      Proceedings of the JAECS Conference 2022   1 - 6   10 2022

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      Authorship：Lead author   Language：English   Publishing type：Research paper (conference, symposium, etc.)  

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    • A corpus of short YouTube news videos to inform course design and materials development in an EFL university setting in Japan Peer-reviewed

      Christopher Robert Cooper

      Proceedings of the XXIst International CALL Research Conference   33 - 46   8 7 2022

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      Publishing type：Part of collection (book)   Publisher：Castledown Publishers  

      The aim of the current study was to inform the course design of an elective English news listening course at a private university in Japan. YouTube channels from twelve countries across Asia, Africa, Europe and North America were manually selected by the researcheras a source of in class materials and for course participants to view outside the classroom. To create materials for language-focused learning and assess the vocabulary demands of the videos, transcripts from the channels were extracted using the YouTubeData API and Python, and a corpus of 8,286 video transcripts uploaded in 2021 was randomly sampled to represent the channels. The transcripts were cleaned, and frequency lists were created for adjectives, nouns, and verbs at CEFR B1 level and above. In addition, proper noun and multi-word unit frequency lists were created. An online concordancer was created using the open-source tool ShinyConc , so the learners couldinvestigate the usage of the words in the frequency lists by themselves. A Python script was written to assess the lexical coverage of the videos using the CEFR-J wordlist, and the results suggested that learners may need to be at the CEFR B2 level or above tocomfortably comprehend short news YouTube videos. Suggestions for future research are made in the paper, and Python code and supplementary data are available at the author’sGitHub page (https://github.com/cooperchris17/yt_short_news ).

      DOI： 10.29140/9781914291050-6

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    • Reflections and Insights From Experiences Doing Quantitative Research Peer-reviewed

      Gregory Scholdt, Ken Schmidt, Asako Takaesu, Roy Connolly, Christopher Cooper

      JALT Postconference Publication2019 ( 1 ) 18 - 24   31 8 2020

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      Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)   Publisher：The Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT)  

      The 2018 Quantitative Research Training Project offered language teachers based in Japan an opportunity to learn about quantitative research methods, get practical experience doing classroom-based research, and collaborate throughout the process with a group of their peers. Four teachers share their insight from their experience doing this research to inform and encourage other language teachers. Schmidt describes how he overcame doubts to team up with a colleague and move forward with a quantitative study. Takaesu emphasizes the importance of monitoring student response rates to questionnaires to avoid shrinking sample sizes. Connolly writes about the effort and dedication required to complete a study. Cooper highlights how meaningful research can still be done with a small class. Teachers interested in building skills in classroom-based research are encouraged to explore opportunities to get more involved with the JALT community.
      2018年の量的研究研修プロジェクトは、日本に拠点を置く語学教師に、量的研究方法について学び、教室での研究を実践する経験を得て、仲間のグループとプロセスを通じて協力する機会を提供した。4人の教師がプロジェクトでの経験から得た洞察を共有し、他の語学教師に情報を提供し、奨励している。Schmidtは、同僚とチームを組み、定量的研究を進めることに対する疑問を克服した。 Takaesuは、サンプルサイズの縮小を避けるために、アンケートに対する学生の回答率を監視することの重要性を強調している。Connollyは、研究を完了するために必要な努力と献身について共有している。Cooperは、少人数のクラスで有意義な研究を行うことができる方法を強調している。教室ベースの研究でスキルを構築することに興味のある教師は、JALTコミュニティにもっと関与する機会を探ることを勧める。

      DOI： 10.37546/jaltpcp2019-03

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    • Reading Circles With Sherlock Holmes Graded Readers Peer-reviewed

      Christopher Cooper

      JALT Postconference Publication2019 ( 1 ) 451 - 460   31 8 2020

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      Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)   Publisher：The Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT)  

      One elective class of 6 students at a small private university in Japan read Sherlock Holmes graded readers for one semester in a reading circle class. Reading circles involve students reading books and having discussions with a specific role, such as the Discussion Leader, Passage Person, Word Master, Summarizer, or Connector. These reading circle roles are explained using examples from students’ written notes, which were made to help them with the discussions. This provides a representation of the kind of oral output instructors may expect if they decide to try reading circles in their classrooms. Comments from the instructor’s reflective log and student surveys are reported to give greater insight into how future reading circle courses could be implemented. It was concluded that this activity may be useful to encourage interest in L2 reading at institutions with no extensive reading program.
      リーディングサークルクラスを選択した日本の大学生６人が、一学期に渡り、英語多読本「シャーロックホームズ」の読書に取り組んだ。リーディングサークルとは、ただ単にグループで本を読むだけでなく、Discussion Leader, Passage Person, Word Master, Summarizer, Connectorなどの役割分担を各メンバーに持たせ、会話や討論を繰り広げることである。これらのリーディングサークルの役割については、学生が書いたメモの例を用いて説明するが、このメモは、討論の際に役立つように、学生に書かせたものである。これは、リーディングサークルを授業で実施する場合に、教師が期待するであろう学生の口頭の発言に相当する。リーディングサークルコースを実施する際に、より深く理解できる様、教師の日誌、学生のアンケートのコメント内容をここに報告する。この活動は、 英語多読コースのない大学で英語読書への関心を高めるのに役立つ可能性があると結論付けられる。

      DOI： 10.37546/jaltpcp2019-52

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    • Engagement with the selection, reading and discussion of online graded readers, a comparison between individual and group selected conditions.

      Christopher Robert Cooper

      The Journal of International Languages and Cultures, Himeji Dokkyo University1   21 - 38   2 2020

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    • Taking Small Steps Into Elementary School Reading. Peer-reviewed

      Christopher Robert Cooper

      JALT Postconference Publication2018 ( 1 ) 115 - 120   8 2019

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    • Introducing online graded readers at the university level with Xreading

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    • Rakudoku: Fostering the beginnings of extensive reading (with 5th and 6th graders) in a public elementary school in Japan. Peer-reviewed

      Christopher Robert Cooper

      Journal of Extensive Reading6   23 - 29   8 2018

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    • Scaffolding during the initial reading of picture books in Japanese elementary school EFL classrooms: a qualitative study investigating how teachers and learners co-construct meaning during whole class picture book reading.

      Christopher Robert Cooper

          9 2016

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    Presentations

    • Predicting the CEFR level of English listening texts with machine learning methods

      Christopher Robert Cooper

      ICAME 45  20 6 2024 

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      Event date： 17 6 2024 - 21 6 2024

      Language：English   Presentation type：Oral presentation (general)  

      File： ICAME_2024_CEFR_level_listening_texts_machine_learning_ResearchGate.pdf

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    • Supporting the L in CLIL with a corpus

      Christopher R. Cooper

      11 10 2023 

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      Event date： 11 10 2023 - 13 10 2023

      Language：English   Presentation type：Oral presentation (general)  

      File： APLX_2023_Slides.pdf

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    • Providing language support for an English through movies course with an IMDb review corpus

      Christopher R. Cooper

      JAECS 49th Conference  10 9 2023 

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      Event date： 9 9 2023 - 10 9 2023

      Language：English   Presentation type：Oral presentation (general)  

      File： JAECS_2023_Slides.pdf

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    • Methodological issues in designing and evaluating a corpus to identify YouTube videos containing informal English speech.

      Christopher R. Cooper

      BAAL Conference 2023  24 8 2023 

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      Language：English   Presentation type：Poster presentation  

      File： COOPER_BAAL_2023_Poster_A0.pdf

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    • The identification of YouTube videos that feature the linguistic features of English informal speech to aid the acquisition of everyday conversation for EFL learners.

      Christopher Robert Cooper

      1st International Forum on Language Data Science and Applications  12 11 2022 

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      Language：English   Presentation type：Oral presentation (general)  

      File： COOPER_Shanghai_Nov_22_Slides.pptx

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    • The effect of CEFR-based vocabulary level and audio and visual elements on the comprehension of movie clips

      Christopher Robert Cooper

      JALT Vocab SIG Symposium on Vocabulary and Learning  29 10 2022 

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      Language：English   Presentation type：Poster presentation  

      File： COOPER_Vocab_SIG_2022_Poster.pdf

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    • The pre-processing of YouTube transcripts for corpus-based spoken language analysis

      Christopher Robert Cooper

      The JAECS 48th Conference  1 10 2022 

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      Language：English   Presentation type：Oral presentation (general)  

      File： JAECS_2022_Presentation_YouTube_Cleaning.pptx

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    • Using English YouTube News Videos from Various Countries with Intermediate Learners

      Christopher Robert Cooper

      Listening SIG Conference 2022  25 9 2022 

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      Language：English   Presentation type：Oral presentation (general)  

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    • A corpus of short YouTube news videos to inform course design and materials development in an EFL university setting in Japan.

      Christopher Robert Cooper

      SMART CALL: The XXIst International CALL Research Conference  9 7 2022 

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      Event date： 8 7 2022 - 10 7 2022

      Language：English   Presentation type：Oral presentation (general)  

      File： Cooper_CALL_2022_Slides_15_mins.pptx

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    • Student engagement with 5-minute free speaking.

      Christopher Robert Cooper

      JALT 2020  11 2020 

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    • Reading circles with graded readers.

      Christopher Robert Cooper

      JALT 2019  11 2019 

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    • Sharing experiences with quantitative research.

      Schmidt, K, Sholdt, G, Cooper, C, Connolly, R, Takaesu, A

      JALT 2019  11 2019 

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      Presentation type：Oral presentation (general)  

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    • Self-selected online video viewing with free sites.

      Christopher Robert Cooper

      JALT PANSIG 2019  5 2019 

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      Presentation type：Poster presentation  

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    • Taking small steps into elementary school reading.

      Christopher Robert Cooper

      JALT 2018  11 2018 

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      Presentation type：Oral presentation (general)  

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    • Starting extensive reading at a public elementary school.

      Kyoto JALT Young Learners Event  7 2018 

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    Professional Memberships

    • 4 2022 - Present 
      Japan Association for English Corpus Studies

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    • 10 2014 - Present 
      The Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT)

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    Research Projects

    • Predicting the CEFR level of learner writing with large language models and machine learning methods

      日本学術振興会  科学研究費助成事業 

      クーパー クリストファー・ロバート

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      4 2025 - 3 2028

      Grant number：25K04353

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

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