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MCILROY, Tara
 
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Affiliation*
Center for Foreign Language Education and Research
Title*
Associate Professor
Degree
PhD English Language and Applied Linguistics ( 2020   University of Birmingham, UK ) / Master of Applied Linguistics (Awarded with Merit) ( 2009   Victoria University, Wellington, NZ ) / Post Graduate Certificate in Education (English) ( 2004   Bristol University, UK ) / Master of Arts (undergraduate) ( 2000   University of Aberdeen, UK )
Campus Career*
  • 4 2020 - Present 
    Center for Foreign Language Education and Research   Associate Professor
 

Research Areas

  • Humanities & Social Sciences / Foreign language education

  • Humanities & Social Sciences / Literature in general

Research History

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

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    Country:Japan

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  • 4 2016 - 3 2020 
    Meiji University   School of Global Japanese Studies   Associate Professor   Associate Professor

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    Country:Japan

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  • 4 2009 - 3 2016 
    Kanda University of International Studies   English Language Institute   Lecturer

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Committee Memberships

  • 4 2023 - Present 
    Rikkyo University   St. Paul’s Institute of English Language Education

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    Committee type:Other

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Papers

  • Decolonising a Literature CLIL Course in Japan: CEFR Integration and Course Design Recommendations Peer-reviewed

    Tara McIlroy

      13 ( 1 ) 4 - 19   9 2024

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

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  • Readings From Students, Demos From Teachers: LiLT SIG Forum Peer-reviewed

    Tara McIlroy, Jennifer Igawa, Bethany Lacy, John Maune

    JALT Postconference Publication - Issue 2022.1; August 20232022 ( 1 ) 236 - 236   1 8 2023

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    Authorship:Lead author   Language:English   Publishing type:Research paper (international conference proceedings)   Publisher:The Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT)  

    This paper reports on the Literature in Language Teaching SIG forum at the JALT 2022 International Conference held in Fukuoka. At the forum, four presenters shared various approaches to using literature for language learning and discussed insights from literature-based language courses. The presenters also focused on practical suggestions with an emphasis on course planning. The conference and forum themes as they related to literature were discussed in the question and answer session. The authors individually outline the approaches used and the reactions of students to the course. The paper also illustrates recent trends from theoretical methods to language learning using literature. The report concludes with some reflections on using literature in different contexts with varieties of language learners.本稿では、福岡で開催されたJALT2022年次国際大会におけるLiterature in Language Teaching SIGのフォーラムについて報告する。当該フォーラムでは、4人の発表者が文学を言語学習に活用するための各種のアプローチを紹介し、文学を利用した言語コースからの洞察について議論した。また、コースプランニングに重点を置いた実践的な提案も行われた。質疑応答では、文学に関連する会議とフォーラムのテーマについて話し合われた。本稿の各セクションには、各プレゼンテーションの短い要約、使用されたアプローチ、コースに対する学生の反応などが含まれる。また、文学を用いた言語学習に対する理論的なアプローチから最近の傾向を説明する。最後に、様々な言語学習者と多様な文脈で文学を使用することについての考察を述べる。

    DOI: 10.37546/jaltpcp2022-27

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  • Looking Back, Thinking Forward: Literature in Language Teaching Forum Peer-reviewed

    McIlroy, T, Decker, A, Kubokawa, J. M, Maloney, I, Tu, L, Villanueva, C

    JALT Post conference publication   143 - 151   8 2022

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  • An attempt to teach presentation online using student-centered activities Peer-reviewed

    Tara McIlroy, Junko Takefuta

    Journal of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Chiba University   145 - 170   3 2022

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    Authorship:Lead author   Publishing type:Research paper (other academic)  

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  • Review of Literature for Young Adults: Books (and More) for Contemporary Readers

    Tara McIlroy

    Read-Voc Newsletter (TESOL International Vocabulary and Reading SIG)   8 2021

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  • Creative Writing in Language Teaching Contexts Peer-reviewed

    Luke Draper, Mary Hillis, Tara McIlroy

    The Journal of Literature in Language Teaching   8 2021

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    Authorship:Last author   Language:English  

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  • Innovation in Language Teaching and Learning: The Case of Japan

    Tara McIlroy

    Journal of Foreign Language Education and Research1 ( 1 ) 125 - 128   20 12 2020

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

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  • Creativity and Innovations in ELT Materials Development: Looking Beyond the Current Design Peer-reviewed

    Tara McIlroy

    JALT Journal42 ( 2 ) 185 - 189   1 11 2020

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  • Opportunities for professional development with English conferences and online events Peer-reviewed

    Tara McIlroy

    The Journal of Literature in Language Teaching   9 2020

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  • Reading Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go with Trainee Teachers in Japan

    Tara McIlroy

    Mapping the Imaginative: Teaching Fantasy and Science Fiction in the EFL Literature Classroom (Volume 2)   2020

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  • EFL Learners Reading and Discussing Poems in English

    Tara McIlroy

    In C. Jones (Ed.), Literature, Spoken Language and Speaking Skills in Second Language Learning   2019

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  • MOOCs in Language Education and Professional Teacher Development: Possibilities and Potential Peer-reviewed

    Tara McIlroy

    Studies in Self-Access Learning Journal   294 - 308   1 9 2014

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Books and Other Publications

  • Fanfiction Experiences of Japanese Students: Connecting Wild Reading and L2 Learning

    ( Role: Sole author ,  Chapter in edited collection: Born-Digital Texts in the English Language Classroom Edited by Saskia Kersten, Christian Ludwig)

    Multilingual Matters  6 2024  ( ISBN:9781800414792

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  • Reading Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go with Trainee Teachers in Japan. In C. Ludwig & E. Shipley (Eds.), Mapping the Imaginative: Teaching Fantasy and Science Fiction in the EFL Literature Classroom (Volume 2) (pp.203-222). Winter.

    ( Role: Sole author)

    Winter  2020 

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  • EFL Learners Reading and Discussing Poems in English

    Tara McIlroy( Role: Sole author ,  Chapter in edited collection: C. Jones (Ed.), Literature, Spoken Language and Speaking Skills in Second Language Learning)

    Cambridge  12 2019 

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Presentations

  • Policy, AI and curriculum planning for teaching language and literature

    Tara McIlroy

    LiberLit Conference, Seikei University, Tokyo  15 6 2024 

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    Language:English   Presentation type:Oral presentation (general)  

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  • Narratives and metaphors of childhood reading: CEFR and literary competences International conference

    Tara McIlroy

    Reading for In-depth English Learning (RidEL) in and Beyond the Classroom 

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    Event date: 6 5 2024 - 8 5 2024

    Language:English   Presentation type:Oral presentation (general)  

    Venue:Nord University, Bodo  

    The theme of this conference is in-depth learning through deep reading of texts for the English-language primary and secondary classroom, as well as teacher education. By in-depth learning we mean an approach that aims to reconnect school learning with the world beyond, helping students to invest in their learning as they understand its relevance for their lives outside of school. In-depth learning involves the students as motivated participants, preparing for and confronting the challenges of today and of times ahead. The conference will discuss diversity and critical literacy with children’s literature, and interculturality as an active process. Deep reading of literary texts means transacting with and participating actively in the text, experiencing empathy and perspective-taking, while generating, for example, creative, multilingual, or artistic response. Deep reading encompasses cognitively demanding contemplative processes, such as inferencing, and negotiation of insights by talking around texts. Deep reading also entails reading critically, and potentially against the text.

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  • Literary competences in a tertiary setting: Reflecting on a CLIL and CEFR-based literature course

    Tara McIlroy

    Thailand TESOL International Conference 2024  27 1 2024 

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    Language:English   Presentation type:Oral presentation (general)  

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  • Creating discipline-specific word lists for an EMI literature course

    Tara McIlroy

    Vocab@VIC 2024  13 12 2023 

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    Language:English  

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  • Digital short fiction and language learning: Insights from a CLIL course in Japan

    Tara McIlroy

    Diversity of Voices: A Global Storytelling History Conference, Singapore  23 6 2023 

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  • English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) and Literature Curriculum Design

    Tara McIlroy

    JALT International Conference  12 11 2022 

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    Language:English   Presentation type:Oral presentation (general)  

    File: jalt2022-pcp-027.pdf

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  • Literature as content: Insights from a university curriculum development project

    Tara McIlroy

    World CLIL, Hague. Netherlands  7 7 2022 

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Teaching Experience

  • 4 2022 - Present 
    The Psychology of Literature (2) ( Rikkyo University )

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    Level:Undergraduate (liberal arts)  Country:Japan

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  • 4 2022 - Present 
    The Psychology of Literature (1) ( Rikkyo University )

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    Level:Undergraduate (liberal arts)  Country:Japan

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  • 9 2021 - Present 
    CLIL Seminars (Literature) ( Rikkyo University )

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  • 9 2020 - Present 
    Debate ( Rikkyo University )

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  • 4 2020 - Present 
    English Discussion ( Rikkyo University )

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  • 4 2020 - Present 
    Reading and Writing (1) ( Rikkyo University )

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  • 4 2016 - 3 2020 
    Advanced Reading and Writing ( Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan )

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Professional Memberships

  • 1 2015 - Present 
    Poetics and Linguistics Association (PALA) (U.K.)

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  • 4 2010 - Present 
    THE JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR LANGUAGE TEACHING

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Research Projects

  • Developing foreign language literature education with CLIL pedagogy and CEFR

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

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    4 2021 - 3 2025

    Authorship:Principal investigator 

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Academic Activities

  • Reading for In-depth English Learning (RidEL Conference): Conference reviewing

    Planning/Implementing academic research

    https://site.nord.no/ridel/partners/  2023 - 8 5 2024

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