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APPLE MATTHEW THOMAS

Department / Course College of Letters International Studies and English Communication Program

Title / Position Professor

Other Affiliations
1.	College of Letters International Studies and English Communication Program

Business career
1.	2008/04/01 ～ 2013/03/31	Department of Liberal Studies Assistant Professor, │ │ Nara National College of Technology
2.	2005/04/01 ～ 2008/03/31	Lecture, │ Institute of Language and Culture │ Doshisha University,
3.	2003/04/01 ～ 2005/03/31	Full-time Lecturer, │ Department of Foreign Languages Contract │ Himeji Dokkyo University,

Research activities
1.	2019/05 ～	Canadian Association for Irish Studies
2.	2013/12 ～ 2018/11	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Professional Communications Society (IEEE PCS)
3.	2004/04 ～	Japan Association of College English Teachers (JACET)
4.	2014/10 ～ 2021/09	The Society of Writers, Editors, and Translators (SWET)
5.	2003/04 ～	Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT)
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Subject of research
1.	My current SLA motivational research aims to examine the extent to which students in Japan have a sense of a “second language self” and ways in which this self-concept can be encouraged and enhanced.

Research summary
The impact of study abroad programs on international communicative competence Although short-term study abroad has increased in popularity among Japanese students of English, little is known about the benefits and drawbacks of such programs. My current research group aims to investigate the linguistic and psychological impact on Japanese English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students of three kinds of study abroad programs: short-term study abroad in Asian contexts, short-term study abroad in native-speaking contexts, and long-term study abroad native-speaking contexts. This study takes place over four years (2015 to 2019) and includes quantitative measures, qualitative interviews, and classroom observations.

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Present specialized field
Foreign Language Education (Keyword：Second Language Acquisition, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, Individual Differences in SLA)

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research -KAKENHI-
1.	2023/04/01 ～	Positive Psychology in foreign language education: The impact of study abroad on Japanese learners │ 基盤研究(C) (Keyword：positive psychology, study abroad, positive emotions, EFL,)

Achievements of joint.Funded research
1.	2012/04 ～ 2015/03	The L2 motivational selves of Japanese university science and engineering students │ Funded undertaking

Subject
1.	Academic Presentation 1
2.	Academic Presentation 2
3.	Academic Reading & Discussion 1
4.	Academic Reading & Discussion 2
5.	Academic Writing Ⅰ
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External Researcher ID
ORCID ID
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7541-1352
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