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BARRS, Keith
Hiroshima shudo University The Faculty of Humanities and Human Sciences

Professor

■ Present specialized field

●Specialized field
English Studies
●Keyword
Loanwords in Japanese,English Loanwords in Japanese
●The main research themes
1.	Lexical Similarity between Cognate Vocabulary in Japanese and English
●Capable of joint research and research consultation content

■ Academic background

2006/09～2007/08

University of Portsmouth School of Language and Area Studies Graduated Applied Linguistics and TESOL

■ Research activities

2012/04～

The Japan Association for Language Teaching

■ Business career

1.	2013/04～2019/03	Hiroshima shudo University The Faculty of Humanities and Human Sciences Associate Professor
2.	2019/04～	Hiroshima shudo University The Faculty of Humanities and Human Sciences Professor

■ Book and thesis

1.	Book	Learning from the Linguistic Landscape (Collaboration) 2024/04
2.	Book	Vocabulary Profiling the University Graduation Theses of Japanese Learners of English (Single) 2018/12
3.	Thesis	Learning from the Linguistic Landscape: A Project-Based Learning Approach to Investigating English in Japan (Single) 2020/04
4.	Thesis	Deriving Lists of Collocates from Web Corpora : Issues and Implications of Different Association Measures (Single) 2020/02
5.	Thesis	A Corpus Analysis of the Grammatical Behaviour of English Loanwords in the Japanese Language (Single) 2018/11
6.	Thesis	English in the Japanese Linguistic Landscape : An Awareness-Raising Activity Examining Place, Form, and Reason (Single) 2018/02
7.	Thesis	Expected Bilingualism in Monolingual Japanese Communicative Practices (Single) 2017/02
8.	Thesis	Errors in the use of English in the Japanese linguistic landscape (Single) 2015/11
9.	Thesis	SkELL: A web-based programme for creating word sketches (Single) 2015/03
10.	Thesis	English Loanwords in Japanese : What Loanwords Mean vs How Loanwords are Used (Single) 2014/09
11.	Thesis	Supplementing a Physical Self-Access Learning Center with a Virtual Presence (Collaboration) 2014/03
12.	Thesis	Meeting Student Needs: Steps towards Curriculum Renewal (Collaboration) 2014/02
13.	Thesis	A Preliminary Analysis of Cross-linguistic Lexical Similarities between English and Japanese (Single) 2013/02
14.	Thesis	Working with textbooks: Reconceptualising student and teacher roles in the classroom (Collaboration) 2013/01
15.	Thesis	The Modern Tragedy of English Teaching and Learning in Japan (Single) 2012/12
16.	Thesis	Fostering Computer-Mediated L2 Interaction Beyond the Classroom (Single) 2012/02
17.	Thesis	Unlocking the Encoded English Vocabulary in the Japanese Language (Single) 2011/09
18.	Thesis	Creativity in the Japanese Language (Single) 2011/07
19.	Thesis	Professionally Tweeting (Single) 2010/12
20.	Thesis	Thinking and teaching in circles (Single) 2010/12
21.	Thesis	What Factors Encourage High Levels of Student Participation in a Self-Access Centre? (Single) 2010/06
22.	Other	English in the Japanese Linguistic Landscape (Single) 2018/11
23.	Other	Review: Corpus Linguistics: Method, Analysis and Interpretation (Massive Open Online Course). FutureLearn: Lancaster University (Single) 2015/04
24.	Other	Lexical Semantics of English Loanwords in Japanese (Single) 2015/02
25.	Other	Categorising English loanwords in Japanese (Single) 2013/04
26.	Other	L2 vocabulary in the L1 environment (Single) 2013/02
27.	Other	Photographing, Uploading and Discussing English Words in Japanese Society (Single) 2012/09
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■ Academic conference presentation

1.	2023/07/23	ETJ Hiroshima Teaching Workshop (Generative AI)
2.	2023/07/01	Feeding the Dragon: Is the Rise of Generative AI the Demise of Humanity?
3.	2023/05/13	The Rise of Generative AI: How Can Human Educators Sustain Their Relevance? (JALT PanSIG)
4.	2017/07/18	Examining the Functions of Loanwords: The Case of English Loanwords in Japanese (IPrA 15th International Pragmatics Conference)
5.	2017/06/18	Corpus tools for research projects in the language classroom (JALT CALL 2017)
6.	2016/05/20	Visualising the Grammatical Behaviour of English Loanwords in Japanese (JALT PANSIG International Conference)
7.	2015/06	Comparing Japanese-English Dictionary Entries of English Loanwords with Corpus-Derived Lexical Profiles (ASIALEX 2015)
8.	2014/09	Lexical semantics of English loanwords in Japanese (英国応用言語学会 BAAL 2014)
9.	2014/06	A Comparison of association measures used to rank collocations (全国語学教育学会語彙 SIG JALT Vocab 2014)
10.	2012/06	A Digital Photography Exploration of English Inscriptions in the Japanese Linguistic Landscape (JALT CALL)
11.	2012/06	Pedagogical Implications of Cross-Linguistic Formal Lexical Similarity between English and Japanese (University of Leicester, School of Education Doctoral Summer School 2012)
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■ Lecturer and lecture

2013/11

外国人の見た日本の感性 (広島)

■ Announcement about the education

1.	2024/12 Power Up English 冬の英語Power Up講座 Contribution Type : 単独
2.	2023/07 Feeding the Dragon: Is the Rise of Generative AI the Demise of Humanity? JALT JALT Hiroshima Contribution Type : 単独
3.	2023/07 Feeding the Dragon: Is the Rise of Generative AI the Demise of Humanity? JALT JALT Hiroshima Contribution Type : 単独

■ Developed teaching materials, textbooks, reference books

1.	2020/04 Contribution Type : 単著
2.	2022/01 Graduation Thesis Template/Rubric Contribution Type : 単著
3.	2023/06 Presentation Grading Rubric Presentation Contribution Type : 単著
4.	2024/04 卒業研究ルーブリック卒業研究_7 Contribution Type : 共著