Masaru Yamamoto

Ph.D. Candidate, University of British Columbia

Project

MY RESEARCH PROJECT

PHD RESEARCH

This project explores how a cohort of undergraduate Japanese study-abroad students experience multilingual socialization in their own sociorelational context.

In Progress

MA RESEARCH

This project investigated how undergraduate geoscience students are socialized into disciplinary practices of geoscience through multimodal practices and resources, including gestures, visuals, and spatial arrangements.

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Research project involved

Dr. Patsy Duff’s Projects

I have collaborated on various occasions with Dr. Patsy Duff, including book chapters, an SSRCH-funded Chinese language project, and other service work.

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MUSE

The MUSE (Multilingual University Student Experience) Project is a multi-site research study designed to better understand multilingual students’ experience and social adaptation in three Canadian universities. I served as a Graduate Research Assistant for Research Assistant for Drs. Sandra Zappa-Hollman (UBC), Heike Neumann (Concordia U.), and Saskia Van Viegen (York U.)

Website

Accessible Knowledge mobilization

LLED Instagram Shorts

I collaborated with LLED to produce a short video series highlighting/spotlighting the scholarly identities and work, as well as lived experiences of LLED faculty, students, and alumni and other present or former community members. The series aims to illuminate their research, represent the vitality of the community, and share who we are with broader audiences. My responsibilities span the full production pipeline—from content generation, recording, and video editing to dissemination and marketing strategy.

Instagram

LLED Scholarship Stories 2025

I collaborated with LLED, UBC to disseminate the interdisciplinary scholarships and professional commitments of LLED faculty and doctoral students. I am basically doing all the work related to the material production and video editing (those with the UBC-logo’ed thumbnail with natural backgrounds)

YouTube

Critical Applied Linguistics Series

This is a six-part series “Toward more diverse and inclusive ELT in Japan: From critical applied linguistics perspectives” targeted for pre- and in-service language educators in Japan, exploring tenets of critical applied linguistics, native-speakerism, queer-inclusion, antiracism, posthumanism, decolonial perspectives, and their educational applications in Japanese educational contexts.

Articles

ESRC-JSLARF Applied Linguistics

I collaborated with Dr. Kazuya Saito (University College London) and his research collaborators to disseminate their interdisciplinary scholarships and research talks to colleagues and general public all over the world through YouTube. I was a video-editor for the two YouTube channels.

ESRC-JSLARF

L2 Assessment Portal

This project developed a series of multimedia resources for developing assessment literacy designed specifically for English teachers in Japan I edited all the videos available on the website. I served as a Research Assistant for Dr. Rie Koizumi.

Portal

Multimedia production

LLED Shorts Series

  • LLED Spotlight: Becoming ecological: Drs. Kedrick James and Derek Gladwin [Link]
  • LLED Alumni Spotlight: Dr. Ashley Moore Part 2. [Link]
  • LLED Alumni Spotlight: Dr. Ashley Moore Part 1. [Link]
  • LLED Alumni Spotlight: Dr. Fubiao Zhen. [Link]
  • LLED Spotlight #AAAL2026: Dr. Kathryn Accurso Part 3 [Link]
  • LLED Spotlight #AAAL2026: Dr. Anwar Ahmed. [Link]
  • LLED Spotlight #AAAL2026: Dr. Julia Donnelly Spiegelman Part 2. [Link]
  • LLED Spotlight #AAAL2026: Rosa Dene David. [Link]
  • LLED Spotlight #AAAL2026: Dr. Kathryn Accurso Part 2. [Link]
  • LLED Spotlight #AAAL2026: Dr. Julia Donnelly Spiegelman Part 1. [Link]
  • LLED Spotlight #AAAL2026: Raymond Pai. [Link]
  • LLED Spotlight #AAAL2026: Dr. Kathryn Accurso Part 1. [Link]
  • LLED Highlight #AAAL2026: Drs. Ryuko Kubota & Melanie Wong. [Link]
  • LLED Spotlight #AAAL2026: Dr. Marika Kunnas Part 2. [Link]
  • LLED Spotlight #AAAL2026: Dr. Marika Kunnas Part 1. [Link]

LLED Scholarship Stories 2025

  • Dr. Sandra Zappa-Hollman [Link]
  • Dr. Meike Wernicke [Link]
  • Dr. Kristiina Kumplainen [Link]
  • Dr. Marika Kunnas [Link]
  • Dr. Anwar Ahmed [Link]
  • Dr. George Whitehead [Link]

Kazuya L2 Lab & ESRC-JSLARF Applied Linguistics

  • Professor Pauline Foster: L1 literacy and L2 oracy: A partial replication of Foster & Skehan (1996) [Link]
  • Dr. Viktoria Magne: What phonetic features predict attitudes to L2 speech? [Link]
  • Dr. Eloi Puig-Mayenco: Assessing the validity of the LexTALE [Link]
  • Drs. Yuichi Suzuki & Hyenjeong Jeong: Neural foundations of explicit and implicit knowledge [Link]
  • Dr. Miyuki Sasaki: Investigating L2 writing development: What lies ahead and beyond [Link]
  • Dr. Shuhei Kadota: Exploring the input effect of shadowing training in L2 acquisition [Link]
  • Dr. Andrea Rèvész: The role of working memory in second language writing [Link]
  • Dr. Adam Tierney: The role of auditory processing in second language learning [Link]
  • Dr. Robert DeKeyser: Research on aptitude for L2: Can neuroscientists help us make progress? [Link]
  • Dr. Christos Pliatsikas: Understanding structural plasticity in the multilingual brain [Link]
  • Dr. Andrea Rèvész: The neural correlates of mid- and end-clause silent pauses in L2 speech [Link]
  • Dr. Parvaneh Tavakoli: What constitutes task complexity? A pre-service teacher perspective [Link]
  • Dr. Ana Pellicer Sanchez: Revisiting the role of lexical coverage in reading [Link]
  • Dr. Jean-Marc Dewaele: Is flow possible in the Emergency Remote Teaching foreign language classroom? [Link]
  • Dr. Kazuya Saito: Introducing offline auditory processing test as L2 research and teaching tool [Link]
  • Dr. Natsuko Shintani – Comparing TBLT and traditional instruction: Findings & methodological issues [Link]
  • Drs. Kazuya Saito & Adam Tierney – Having a good ear as a foundation of second language acquisition [Link]
  • Dr. Wataru Suzuki – Languaging: Theory, research, and pedagogy [Link]
  • Dr. Yuko Goto Butler – Digital gaming and young L2 learning. [Link]
  • Dr. Nobuhiro Kamiya – What do mismatching gestures teach us? [Link]
  • Epilogue: Closing discussions @ESRC-JSLARF Symposium #1 (Tohoku University, 2019) [Link]
  • Dr. Motoaki Sugiura – How to use fMRI in the research on language learning [Link]
  • Dr. Adam Tierney – Comparing sources of individual differences in child L1 and adult L2 acquisition [Link]
  • Dr. Yuichi Suzuki – Cognitive aptitudes for L2 grammar acquisition: The theory-driven approach [Link]
  • Dr. Kazuya Saito – What characterises “talent” for second language speech learning? [Link]
  • Dr. Andrea Rèvész – Applied linguistics perspectives on successful instructed L2 learning [Link]
  • Special Interview with Professor Stuart Webb (Western University) [Link]
  • Language learning through watching television – Professor Stuart Webb (Western University) [Link]
  • Special interview with Professor Luke Plonsky (Northern Arizona University) [Link]
  • What has meta-analysis taught us about instructed SLA? – Professor Luke Plonsky [Link]
  • Special interview with Professor Andrea Révész (UCL) [Link]
  • Second Language Writing Processes & Behaviours – Professor Andrea Révész (UCL) [Link]
  • Special interview with Professor Pauline Foster [Link]
  • Age, Implicit Learning, & Second Language Acquisition – Professor Pauline Foster [Link]