IWASAKI, Noriko
Senior Lecturer, SOAS, University of London
PhD in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching, University of Arizona
Research Topics
I am conducting research to examine how learning a second/foreign language and studying abroad affects one’s linguistic behavior, cultural understanding, and linguistic and cultural identities. I also conduct research related to mimetics. With regards to language teaching, I am currently interested in critical reading.
Education and Academic Employment
| BA English (Doshisha) | |
| MA TESOL (Portland State University) | |
| 2000-2002 | Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst |
| 2002-2003 | Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Language Processing Lab, Psychology, University College London |
| 2003-2008 | Assistant Professor, University of California, Davis |
| 2008-2011 | Lecturer, SOAS, University of London |
| 2012-current | Senior Lecturer, SOAS, University of London |
Research Fields of Interest
- Second Language Acquisition
- Psycholinguistics (sentence production)
- Interlanguage pragmatics
- Intercultural understanding,
- Bilingualism/multilingualism
- Language Pedagogy
Selected Publications
- Iwasaki, N. & Kumagai, Y. (2015). The Routledge Intermediate-Advanced Japanese Reader: A Genre-based Approach to Reading as Social practice (ジャンル別日本語：日本をクリティカルに読む). Routledge.
- Iwasaki, N. (2015). Sentence production models to consider for L2 Japanese sentence production research. In M. Nakayama (Ed.), Handbook of Japanese Psycholinguistics (pp. 545-581), in M. Shibatani & T. Kageyama (Eds), Handbooks of Japanese Language and Linguistics. Mouton de Gruyter.
- Iwasaki, N. (2013) Getting over the hedge: Acquisition of mitigating language in L2 Japanese. In C. Kinginger (Ed.), Social and Cultural Aspects of Language Learning in Study Abroad. Philadelphia/Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, pp. 239-26.
- Iwasaki, N. (2011). Learning L2 Japanese ‘politeness’ and ‘impoliteness’: Young American men’s dilemmas during study abroad. Japanese Language and Literature, 45, 67-106.
- Iwasaki, N. (2010). Style shifts among Japanese learners before and after study abroad in Japan: Becoming active social agents in Japanese. Applied Linguistics, 31(1), 45-71.
Honors
- The Ito-Chaplin Award for Excellence in Japanese Language Teaching
Professional Affiliations
- American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL)
- Association of Japanese Language Teachers in Europe, e.V. (AJE) (currently serving as the deputy chair)
- American Association of Teachers of Japanese (AATJ)
- British Association of Applied Linguistics (BAAL)
- European Association of Japanese Studies (EAJS)
- International Association of Pragmatics (IPrA)
- The Society for Teaching Japanese
Other Interests
- Films
- Foreign language learning (currently studying French and Korean)
