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Kimi Nakatsukasa
Kimi has received her BA in English language and studies from Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan and MS in Linguistics from Georgetown University (Applied linguistic concentration). Her research interests are mainly of interaction in L2/FL classroom. The research interests include corrective feedback analysis in L2/FL classroom, analysis of non-verbal aspects in L2/FL classroom, focus on form, and the analysis on learner-learner interaction and teacher-learner insteraction on the use of CMC. Currently she is teaching at ELC.
Publications
Nakatsukasa, K. (2010). Review of McCafferty, S., Stam, G. (Eds). (2008). Gesture. New York/Longon: Routledge: Studies in Second Language Acquisition.
Nakatsukasa, K. (2009). The Efficacy and Students’ Perceptions of Collaborative Blogging in an ESL Classroom. Proceedings of the 6th Annual Conference on Technology for Second Language Learning.
Loewen, S., Li, S., Fei, F., Thompson, A., Nakatsukasa, K., Ahn, S., Chen, X. (2009). L2 learners’ beliefs about grammar instruction and error correction. Modern Language Journal.
Mackey, A., Al-Khalil, M., Atanassova, G., Hama, M., Logan-Terry., & Nakatsukasa, K. (2007). Teachers’ intentions and learners’ perceptions about corrective feedback in the L2 classroom. Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching.
Presentations
July 2010 Nakatsukasa, K. How instructor uses gesture when providing feedback in a JFL classroom, Panel “Function and Form in Bilingual Gesture” at 4th Conference of the International Society for Gesture Studies, Frankfurt, Germany.
04/16/2010 Nakatsukasa, K. How instructor uses gesture when providing feedback in a JFL classroom, Invited panel at “Function and Form in Bilignal Gesture” at SLA Graduate Student Symposium 2008, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin.
03/09/2010 Nakatsukasa, K., Loewen, S., Kamiya, N., Shea, M., Lee, Y., (2010). Teacher’s Use of Gesture in an EFL Classroom Interaction: How Teachers Use Gestures When Asking Questions, American Association of Applied Linguistics 2010, Atlanta, Georgia.
02/26/2010 Nakatsukasa, K., Loewen, S., Kamiya, N., Shea, M., Lee, Y., (2010). ESL Teachers’ Use of Gestures, EDGES, 2010, Michigan State University, Michigan.
11/07/2009 Nakatsukasa, K. (2008). Impact of Proficiency Differences on Noticing during L2 Conversation, Second Language Research Forum, 2009, Michigan State University, Michigan.
04/05/2009 Nakatsukasa, K. (2008). Impact of Proficiency Differences on Noticing during L2 Conversation, The Second Annual Second Language Studies Spring Symposium, Michigan State University, Michigan.
10/18/2008 Nakatsukasa, K. (2008). Impact of instructor's gesture on the analysis on learner uptake in a JFL classroom, Second Language Research Forum 2008, University of Hawaii, Hawaii.
09/26/2008 Nakatsukasa, K. (2008). The Efficacy and Students’ Perceptions of Collaborative Blogging in an ESL Classroom, The 6th annual conference on Technology for Second Language Learning, Iowa State University, Iowa.
06/01/2008 Nakatsukasa, K. (2008). Impact of instructor's gesture on the analysis of feedback in a JFL classroom, The 8th annual conference of the Japan Second Language Association, Kyoto University of Foreign Studies, Kyoto, Japan.
05/22/2008 Nakatsukasa, K. (2008). Analysis of instructor's gesture in the foreign language classroom interaction, The Center for Language 2008, Interaction, and Culture Conference, University of California Los Angels, California.
04/11/2008 Nakatsukasa, K. (2008). Impact of instructor’s gesture on the analysis of corrective feedback, SLA Graduate Student Symposium 2008, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin.
10/13/2007 Nakatsukasa, K., & Thompson, A. (2007). Attitudes towards grammar instruction: A comparison of students across languages, Second Language Research Forum 2007, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois.
09/03/2007 Thompson, A., & Nakatsukasa, K. (2007). Students’ motivation for language learning and attitudes toward grammar instruction: A comparison of L2 and L3 learners, Fifth International Conference on Third Language Acquisition and Multilingualism, University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland, UK.
09/07/2006 Al-Khalil, M., Atanassova, G., Hama, M., Logan-Terry., & Nakatsukasa, K., & Mackey, A. (2007). Accurate Perceptions and Active Participation: A study of Corrective Feedback in L2 Classrooms, BAAL –IRAAL Conference 2006, University College Cork, Ireland, UK.
07/06/2006 Al-Khalil, M., Atanassova, G., Hama, M., Logan-Terry., & Nakatsukasa, K., & Mackey, A. (2007). Teachers’ and Learners’ Perceptions about Corrective Feedback in L2 Classroom, Pacific Second Language Research Forum 2006, University of Queensland, Australia.