Research

Areas of interest

Critical Applied Linguistics
Multilingual Socialization
Academic Discourse Socialization
Language Learner Identity, Agency, and (Dis)Investment
Social Participation
Multimodality
Qualitative Research
Ethnographic Case Study
Multimodal Interaction Analysis
Social Network Analysis

FEATURED Publications

open_access Yamamoto, M. (2024). Multimodal academic discourse socialization: Examining geoscience students’ disciplinary knowledge construction and socialization at a Canadian university. Applied Linguistics, 45(6), 1050–1074. https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amae060

Duff, P. A., & Yamamoto, M. (in press). Language socialization approaches to second language acquisition in changing multilingual contexts. In D., Atkinson & L., Taylor (Eds.), Alternative approaches to second language acquisition (2nd Ed.). Routledge.

Duff, P. A., & Yamamoto, M. (2024). Language socialization, discourse, and second language research. In B. Paltridge & M. T. Prior (Eds.), The Routledge handbook of second language acquisition and discourse (pp. 200–212). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003177579-17

PUBLICATIONS

Journal Articles (refereed)

Kowkabi, N., Yamamoto, M., & Lin, T.-Y. (2025). Harnessing multilingual international students’ english academic socialization through asynchronous interactive online orientation. TESL Canada Journal, 42(2), 65–78. https://doi.org/10.18806/tesl.v42i2/1432

Yamamoto, M. (2024). Multimodal academic discourse socialization: Examining geoscience students’ disciplinary knowledge construction and socialization at a Canadian university. Applied Linguistics, 45(6) 1050–1074. https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amae060

Surtees, V., & Yamamoto, M. (2021). Creating an interactive online orientation to academic practices for international students. BC TEAL Journal, 6(1), 29–41. https://doi.org/10.14288/bctj.v6i1.378

Book Chapters (refereed)

Duff, P. A., & Yamamoto, M. (in press). Theoretical multiplicity and methodological variation in multilingual socialization research. In B., Smith, & E., Berman (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of language socialization. Oxford University Press. [See Duff’s academia.edu for a preprint]

Journal Articles (non-refereed)

Moore, A. R., & Yamamoto, M. (2023). How heteronormative is your language classroom?. English Teachers’ Magazine, 72(9), 58–59. Article published in Japanese: ムーア, アシュリー・ラッセル, & 山本大. (2023). わたしたちの教室はどれほど異性愛規範的か. 英語教育, 72(8), 58–59. [open access]

Yamamoto, M., & Aoyama, R. (2023). Re-examining and re-imagining ELT in Japan from critical applied linguistics perspectives. English Teachers’ Magazine, 72(8), 56–57. Article written in Japanese: 山本大, & 青山良輔. (2023). 批判的応用言語学の視座から英語教育を再検討する. 英語教育, 72(8), 56–57. [open access]

Yamamoto, M. (2021). A (second) language socialization perspective on learning and interaction: A case from a geoscience classroom. The English Teachers’ Magazine, 70(3), 1–4. Article written in Japanese: 山本大 (2021). 学びとやり取りを見つめる(第二)言語社会化理論の視点: 地球科学の教室内事例研究を例として. 英語教育 2021年6月号, 70(3) 1–4.

Motobayashi, K., & Yamamoto, M. (2021). Classroom interaction in the “New Normal”: Focusing on the non-verbal aspects. The English Teachers’ Magazine, 69(13), 70–71. Article originally written in Japanese 本林響子 & 山本大 (2021). 「新しい日常」における教室内インターアクション: 非言語要素に着目して. 英語教育 2021年3月号, 69(13), 70–71.

Book Chapters (non-refereed)

Yamamoto, M. (2022). Technical tips for successful audio- and video-recording of speaking tests: Column 2. In R. Koizumi (Ed.), A practical guide for developing English speaking tests (pp. 76–78). Taishukan Shoten. Book chapter originally written in Japanese 山本大 (2022). スピーキングテストの録音や編集を行うときの注意点: コラム2. In 小泉利恵 (編), 実例でわかる英語スピーキングテスト作成ガイド. 大修館書店

Dissertation/Thesis

Yamamoto, M. (2020). Multimodal academic discourse socialization: An ethnographic multiple-case study of geoscience students’ poster presentations at a Canadian university. Unpublished master’s thesis. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.
Best M.A. Thesis Award (2019–2020; $500) presented by LLED, UBC.

Blog Posts

Yamamoto, M. (2024, March 6). Crafting a conference abstract that resonates. [Invited blog post]. American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Graduate Student Council Blog.

Yamamoto, M. (2022). What does a multimodal approach tell us about classroom interaction?: From a language socialization perspective. JALT Pragmatics SIG Newsletter, 59, 45–46.

PRESENTATIONS

Conference Presentations (refereed)

Yamamoto, M. (accepted, 2026). Relational agency in second language socialization during study abroad: A social network perspective [Paper presentation]. American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Chicago, IL, United States.

Yamamoto, M. (2025, March 22–25). Complicating social-relational intricacies of study-abroad socialization: Networked affordances, relational inseparability, and social stratification [Paper presentation]. American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Denver, CO, United States.

Yamamoto, M. (2024, June 12–14). Evolving networks, shifting affordances: Multiplicity of socializing agents in study-abroad [Paper presentation]. Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics (ACLA), McGill University, Montreal, QB, Canada.

Duff, P. A., Doherty, L., Shen, S., Yamamoto, M. (2024, June 12–14). Language ideologies in Canadian news media on Chinese language learning, [Paper presentation]. Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics (ACLA), Montreal, QB, Canada.

Zappa-Hollman, S., Van Viegen, S., Neumann, H., Yamamoto, M., King, M., Griffiths, E. (2024, March 16–20). Justice-oriented and inclusive approaches to instruction and socialization in EAP: Case study insights [Paper presentation]. American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Houston, TX, United States.

Yamamoto, M. (2023, March 18–21). When materials become social(izing) agents: Examining geoscience students’ disciplinary socialization and multimodal interaction [Paper presentation]. American Association for Applied Linguistics, Portland, OR, United States.

Yamamoto, M. (2022, March 19–22). Materials as socializing agents: Sociomaterial exploration of multimodal academic discourse socialization in a geoscience classroom [Paper presentation]. American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Pittsburgh, PA, United States
AAAL Graduate Student Award 2022

Koizumi, R., Inoue, C., Fukuzawa, M., Yokouchi, Y., & Yamamoto, M. (2022, March 7–11). Developing and evaluating an online resource on classroom speaking assessment for Japanese secondary school teachers of English [Paper presentation]. 43rd Language Testing Research Colloquium, Tokyo, Japan.

Yamamoto, M. (2021, May 20–23). Multimodal academic discourse socialization: An ethnographic case study of geoscience students’ poster presentations [Paper presentation]. American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Virtual.
Shortlisted for the AAAL Graduate Student Award 2021

Yamamoto, M. (2020, June 1–3). Multimodal academic discourse socialization in poster presentations: A case study of undergraduate geoscience students at a Canadian university. In P. A. Duff (Chair), Academic discourse socialization at Canadian universities: Research findings, issues, and opportunities [Colloquium]. Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics (ACLA), Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
[Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic]

Yamamoto, M. (2016, November 25–28). EFL students’ learning through jigsaw reading. [Paper presentation]. Japan Association for Language Teaching, Aichi Industry & Labor Center, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.

Presentations (non-refereed)

Shad, S., Tastanbek, S., Yamamoto, M.,Zhuravleva, A. (2023, April 28–29). Three years of the LLED Antiracist Caucuses: Students’ reflections [1-hour paper presentation]. LLED Graduate Student Conference 2023, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Yamamoto, M. (2021, November 12–15). What does a multimodal lens tell us about classroom interaction?: A language socialization perspective. In B. Suzuki (Chair), Interaction in multiple contexts: What can be learned from research [Forum]. Japan Association for Language Teaching, online, Japan.

Yamamoto, M. (2021). “Think like geoscientists”: Multimodal academic discourse socialization of geoscience students at a Canadian university [Roundtable]. The 20th SLAT Interdisciplinary Roundtable, University of Arizona, Virtual.

Yamamoto, M. (2020, October 3–4). Multimodal academic discourse socialization: An ethnographic multiple-case study of geoscience students’ poster presentations at a Canadian university. Invited presentation as part of the PhD student workshop in the ESRC-JSLARF Symposium.

Invited Presentations

Yamamoto, M. (2025, October 16). Toward a sociorelational understanding of study abroad socialization: Methodological affordances and some caveats. [Invited presentation]. LLED 565A: Language Socialization Across Mono/Bi/Multilingual Contexts (Graduate course, Dr. Sandra Zappa-Hollman), Department of Language and Literacy Education, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Yamamoto, M. (2024, September 18). The social lives of language and language users: (Speech) communities, networks, and study-abroad socialization. [Invited presentation]. LLED 212: Introduction to Language Communities and Variation in Language Practices (Undergraduate course taught by Serikbolsyn Tastanbek), Department of Language and Literacy Education, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Yamamoto, M. (2024, July 11). Research decision-making behind the scenes: A layered perspective. [Invited presentation]. “LLED 565H: Case Study Research Methods” (Graduate Seminar taught by Dr. Patricia Duff), Department of Language and Literacy Education, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Yamamoto, M. (2023, July 1). Multilingual socialization within, across, and beyond social networks: A dissertation proposal. Invited presentation as part of the student presentations at JSLARF 2023 Meeting (Tokyo, Japan).

INVITED WORKSHOPS

Duff, P. A., & Yamamoto, M. (2025, October 9). Multiscalar approaches to ethnographic research in applied linguistics: Focal activities, discourse, and analyses [as part of The Research Engagement and Collaboration Hub (REACH) series]. Department of Language and Literacy Education, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Yamamoto, M. (2025, April 18). For others, with others: Utilizing digital spaces for academic altruism [as part of Beyond the CV: Crafting an E-Portfolio for Academic Impact]. Department of Applied Linguistics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.

Yamamoto, M. (2024, August 17). Questioning assumptions, (re)centring equity, diversity, and inclusion for more socially just Japanese education [a study session accompanying Dr. Patricia Duff’s keynote at the ICJLE 2024 conference “Addressing ‘Diversity’ through Professional Socialization and Curricular Transformation in Language Education”]. International Conference on Japanese Language Education, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison, WI, USA.

Yamamoto, M. (2022, April 5). Crafting a conference abstract that resonates [as part of LLED Apprenticeship Workshop: Writing Effective Conference Abstracts]. Department of Language and Literacy Education, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. https://lled.educ.ubc.ca/apprenticeship-workshop-writing-effective-conference-abstracts/