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（Last updated : 2023-09-19 15:25:26）　

WHITE JEREMY STEWART

Department / Course College of Information Science and Engineering Department of Information Science and Engineering

Title / Position Professor

Other Affiliations
1.	Kinugasa Research Organization Ritsumeikan Center for Game Studies

Academic background
1.	2015/12 Degree Acquisition	│ Griffith University │ Master of Education
2.	2006/10 Degree Acquisition	│ Griffith University │ Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics (TESOL)
3.	2003/04 Degree Acquisition	│ Canterbury University │ Bachelor of Commerce
4.	～2003/04	Business Management │ Business Management │ Canterbury University │ Graduated
5.	～2015/12	Doctoral Program (2nd Semester) │ Computer Assisted Language Learning │ School of Education │ Griffith University │ Accomplished credits for doctoral program
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Business career
1.	2013/04/01	Associate Professor │ College of Information Science and Technology │ Ritsumeikan University
2.	2009/04/01 ～ 2013/03/31	Full time lecturer. │ Language Education Center │ Ritsumeikan University
3.	2007/04/01 ～ 2009/03/31	Full time lecturer │ │ Kobe Shukugawa Gakuen University
4.	2006/07/20 ～ 2007/02/02	ESL Instructor │ Shafston College, │ University of New England
5.	2003/08/01 ～ 2006/07/15	Assistant LanguageTeacher │ │ Koryo Town Board of Education

Committee and society
1.	2014/11	Asia CALL Asia CALL Online events coordinator
2.	2012/10 ～ 2013/10	JALT Co-Program Chair
3.	2011/11 ～ 2013/06	JALT National Learner Development Special Interest Group, Membership Committee
4.	2010/11 ～ 2011/11	JALT Organizing Committee, Osaka Chapter

Research activities
1.		Japan Association for Language Teacher (JALT) College and University Educators Special Interest Group (CUE)
2.		Japan Association for Language Teacher (JALT), President, Kyoto Chapter
3.		The Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT)
4.		The Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT) Computer Assisted Language Learning Special Interest Group (CALL)
5.		The Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT) JALT Learner Development Special Interest Group

Qualification and license
1.	2006	Master of Arts, Applied Linguistics (TESOL)

Subject of research
1.	Computer Assisted Language Learning
2.	Games in the classroom
3.	Mobile learning

Research summary
The use of game-based learning in English language education in Japan. I have been studying the use of game-based learning with Japanese students. To date my research has focused on both Japanese elementary school students and Japanese university students. The elementary student research came about due to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT) implementing changes to make English a compulsory subject from the 5th grade of elementary school. This has been done in an attempt to move Japan into the inward circle of English influence, and create a society with English capabilities. My research thus far has shown that teachers are unprepared for this change, and feel anxiety when teaching English, while students are often not engaged during lessons. It is obvious that the current method of instruction alone is not enough to meet the goals of MEXT. The theory of my research suggests the use of gaming consoles and off-the-shelf gaming software, which may be able to engage students and achieve transfer of the commentary language of the game just by playing and interacting with others. With University students, my research has focused on the use of MMORPG for English vocabulary acquisition. My theory in this research is that students, when provided with a game specific vocabulary corpus, will be able to improve their vocabulary just by playing the game. Students in my research are put into groups and given tasks to complete within the game. By having tasks, the students are required to interact together and practice using the target language vocabulary. In many of the game-based learning studies to date, little attention has been paid to the long-term retention of vocabulary. It is in this area that I will focus my research.

Present specialized field
Education, Sociology of education, Education on school subjects and activities, Game-based Learning (Keyword：Computer Assisted Language Learning, Mobile Assisted Language Learning, Mobile Learning, Digital Literacy, Game-based Learning, Academic Writing, Peer Review)

Books
1.	2020	A Review of Research on the Application of Digital Games in Foreign Language Education │ ,pp.69-92
2.	2019/12	Digital stories: improving the process using smartphone technology │ ,pp.402-406
3.	2016	The Perceptions and Opinions of Parents of Japanese Elementary School Students Regarding the Concept of BYOT and BYOD in Perspectives on English Language Education in Japan (Vol 1) │ ,pp.235 - 266
4.	2015/01	Target on Business and the TOEIC Test Vocabuary

Papers
1.	2011/06	A structured English email program for low-level Japanese university students │ The Asian Conference on Technology in the Classroom │ ,pp.69-79
2.	2011/11	Call and the problems faced at Japanese university level │ CALL: What's Your Motivation? Collected Papers on the Cutting Edge of Language Learning Practice │ ,pp.139-148
3.	2011/11	A case study of unique input to produce spoken English │ The Asian EFL Journal Professional Teaching Articles │ 56,pp.30-42
4.	2012/03	The global reach of social networking sites for both teachers and students │ 立命館言語文化研究 │ 23 (3),pp.185-196
5.	2012/08	Get smart!: Smartphones in the Japanese classroom │ JALT National Conference Proceedings │ ,pp.328-337
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Academic conference presentation
1.	2010/02/19	Using social networking sites as a means of creating collaborative lesson plans and for collaboration with curriculum development
2.	2010/05/22	The ability of a deaf Japanese university student to learn English through lip reading
3.	2010/05/29	CALL and the challenges faced at Japanese university level
4.	2010/07/16	Using students L1 to reduce L2 misunderstandings
5.	2010/08/12	The global reach of social networking sites for students and teachers
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Message
1.	Game-Based Learning: Moving Towards a New Teaching Methodology Game-based learning is a research field that is gaining in popularity throughout the world as the potential benefits become more well known. I am always looking at ways I can keep my students motivated to learn, and I believe game-based learning when implemented correctly does just this. I am interested to collaborate with researchers both in Japan and other countries on this topic. Please feel free to contact me.