Books and Papers

Many of the papers are downloadable. If not, contact Megumi. 

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PhD DISSERTATION

2012. Megumi OKUGIRI. “The Acquisition of the Discoursal Properties of English Relative Constructions by Japanese Learners” 165 pages. Submitted to The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Arts, Language and Information Sciences.

 

BOOKS

2019. Lala TAKEDA and Megumi OKUGIRI (eds.), A Pragmatic Approach to English Language Teaching and Production (pp.83-108). Tokyo: Kazama Shobō. ISBN: 978-4-7599-2309-4 (also a book chapter in the following section, Award of Excellence in 2022 by the Japan Association of College English Teachers)

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2014. Megumi OKUGIRI. The Acquisition of the Discoursal Properties of English Relative Constructions by Japanese Learners. (204 pages). Tokyo: Kazama Shobō. ISBN: 978-4-7599-2050-5

 

BOOK CHAPTERS CONTRIBUTED TO EDITED VOLUMES

2019. Megumi OKUGIRI. “Overuse of Reason: Effect of L1 Transfer on L2 English and Japanese Writing.” In Lala TAKEDA and Megumi OKUGIRI (eds.), A Pragmatic Approach to English Language Teaching and Production(pp.83-108). Tokyo: Kazama Shobō. ISBN: 978-4-7599-2309-4

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2014. Megumi OKUGIRI. “Information status and English relative constructions: A corpus-based study of Japanese learners in spoken language.” In Susanne Flach and Martin Hilpert (eds.), Yearbook of the German Cognitive Linguistics Association Vol. 2 (pp. 21-37). Berlin: de Gruyter Mouton. ISSN: 2197-2788

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2014. Megumi OKUGIRI. “The acquisition and the animacy status of English relative constructions and the input by English textbooks in Japan.” In Tom Gally, Yoichi Sato, Maiko Nakatake, Yukinobu Satake, and Amy Mills (eds.), Changing Roles of Foreign Language Teaching/Learning in the Context of Globalization in Japan (pp. 79-95). Tokyo: MAYA Consortium.

 

2012. Megumi OKUGIRI. “The animacy status and the acquisition of English relative clauses in written language by Japanese learners.” In the Professor Paul Rossiter Festschrift Editorial Committee (ed.), West to East, East to West: Studies in the Field of English Education (pp. 135-156). Tokyo: Seibidō.

 

2009. Megumi OKUGIRI. “Observations on feedback and revisions in second language learners’ writing.” In Foreign Language Teaching Association of the University of Tokyo (ed.), On the Frontiers of Foreign Language Education: From four skills to intercultural communication. pp. 133-149. Tokyo: Seibidō.

 

RESEARCH PAPERS

2023. Megumi OKUGIRI, Lala Takeda, Shin’ichiro Ishikawa, and Tom Gally. “The Approach to Introductions in English Presentations by Japanese University Students.” Learning and Teaching Interactions in Pragmatic Aspects Vol 1. pp. 53-64. ​

https://lutakeda55.wixsite.com/ltipa-1-proceedings [Refereed]

 

2022. Makiko Hayashi and Megumi OKUGIRI. “Daigakusei-o taishō-toshita chīmuwāku-zissen-ni-okeru rīdāshippu kyōiku-no jiko-henyō-no ichikōsatu [Leadership Education and Self-Transformation: A Case of Teamwork Practicum by College Students].” Transaction of Japan Leadership Association Vol. 5. pp. 14-21. [Refereed] ​

 

​2021. Megumi OKUGIRI. “A Case Study of Leadership at a Women’s College: Teamwork, Diversity, and Confidence Building” The Proceedings of 12th Annual Women’s Leadership and Empowerment Conference. pp. 5-13. [Refereed] ​

 

2021. Megumi OKUGIRI and Makiko Hayashi. “Chīmuwāku-zissen-ni-okeru rīdāshippu kyōiku-no jiko-henyō-no ichikōsatu: Joshi Daigakusei-o jirei-toshite [A Consideration of Self-Transformation in Leadership Education in Teamwork Practice: A Case Study of Female University Students].” The Proceedings of Japan Leadership Association 6th Annual Conference. pp. 9-10. [Refereed]

 

2021. Misa Fujio, Takane Yamaguchi, Takuma Arai, Atushi Iida, Megumi OKUGIRI, Jun Kaneko, Kentaro Suzuki, Ruriko Tsuji, Maiko Nakatake, Akira Hamada, Hirokazu Yokokawa, and Matsuo Kimura. “Kaku jichitai-no Eigo kyōiku-de chikara-o-ireteiru tēma chōsa [Survey on themes emphasized in English education by each local government].” The English Teachers’ Magazine. pp. 76-77. Tokyo: Taishukan Shoten. [Invited]

 

2020. Megumi OKUGIRI. “Joshi-daigaku deno rīdāshippu kyōiku to eigo no Shiyō [English Use and Leadership Education: A Case Study at a Women's University].” Transaction of Japan Leadership Association No.3. pp.8-14. [Refereed] ​

 

​2020. Misa Fujio, Takane Yamaguchi, Shoma Aota, Takuma Arai, Atsushi Iida, Megumi OKUGIRI, Jun Kaneko, Kentaro Suzuki, Go Tada, Ruriko Tsuji, Maiko Nakatake, Akira Hamada, Hirokazu Yokoyama and Matuso Kimura. “Zenkoku todōfuken eigo kyōiku kenkyū tēma-no chōsa kenkyū: zenkokushi reberu-no torikumi [A Comparison of English Education Policy and Vision between Prefectural and Municipal Boards of Education].” Proceedings of the Japan Association for Applied Linguistics in JACET. Vol. 2, pp. 79-86. [Invited] ​

 

2019. Matuso Kimura, Megumi OKUGIRI, Misa Fujio, Takane Yamaguchi, Shoma Aota, Takuma Arai, Atsushi Iida, Jun Kaneko, Kentaro Suzuki, Go Tada, Ruriko Tsuji, Maiko Nakatake, Akira Hamada, Hirokazu Yokoyama. “Eigo kyōiku koa-karikyuramu-wa kyōin-yōsei-katei-de donoyōni torae-rare-te iru-ka [Core-Curriculum in English Education in Japan and Teacher Education].” The English Teachers’ Magazine. pp. 91-97. Tokyo: Taishukan Shoten. [Invited]

 

2019. Megumi OKUGIRI, “Nihon-jin daigakusei-niyoru eigo purezentēshon-to ai-kontakuto [Eye Contact in English Presentations by Japanese College Students].” Seishin Studies, 133(1), pp. 53-70. [Non-refereed] ​

 

2019. Megumi OKUGIRI, “Building Student Confidence in English as a Second Language and Communication in a Womenʼs Leadership Program. Proceedings of 10th Annual Women’s Leadership and Empowerment Conference. pp. 5-13. [Refereed] ​

 

2019. Megumi OKUGIRI, Akira Hamada, Maiko Nakatake, Ruriko Tsuji, Asuka Yoneyama, Misa Fujio, Matsuo Kimura. “Todōfuken seireishi-niokeru eigo kyōiku kenkyu tēma-ni kansuru jittai-chōsa [JACET Kanto Branch Special Research Project A: Survey on the Actual Conditions of Research Themes in English Education in Prefectures and Designated Cities].” Proceedings of the Japan Association for Applied Linguistics in JACET Vol. 1. pp. 38-45. [Invited] ​

 

​2019. Atsushi Iida, Takane Yamaguchi, Megumi OKUGIRI, Shoma Aota, Takuma Arai, Kentaro Suzuki, Go Tada, Ruriko Tsuji, Maiko Nakatake, Akira Hamada, Misa Fujio, Asuka Yoneyama, Matsuo Kimura. “Daigaku-ni-okeru Kyōin-yōsei-katei core-curriculum-no jittai-chōsa: Daigaku-kyōiku-tantōsha-no kenkai-kara [Investigating Teacher Educators’ Perceptions of the Core Curriculum in Teacher Education Programs at Japanese Universities].” JACET-KANTO Journal. Vol. 6. JACET-KANTO Journal, pp. 23-41. [Invited]

 

2019. Matsuo Kimura, Megumi OKUGIRI, Takane Yamaguchi, Shoma Aota, Takuma Arai, Atsushi Iida, Kentaro Suzuki, Go Tada, Ruriko Tsuji, Maiko Nakatake, Akira Hamada, Misa Fujio, and Asuka Yoneyama. “Todōfuken seirei-toshi-ga mezasu eigo-kyōiku gakusyūsha-zō [The Image of English Education and Learners That Prefectures and Core Cities Aim For].” The English Teachers’ Magazine. pp. 33-39. Tokyo: Taishukan Shoten. [Invited]

 

2018. Ikuko Ijuin, Kazuko Komori, and Megumi OKUGIRI. “Daigaku kyōin-ni-yoru raitingu-hyōka-no kanten-o saguru [An analysis of raters’ comments on Japanese opinion essay].” Learner Corpus Studies in Asia and the World 3. pp. 159-176. [Refereed] ​

 

2017. Megumi OKUGIRI, Ikuko Ijuin and Kazuko Komori. “The use of “for example” by Japanese learners of English in opinion essays.” Seishin Studies, 129(1), 3-17. [Non-refereed]

 

2017. Megumi OKUGIRI, Ikuko Ijuin and Kazuko Komori. “The overuse of I think by Japanese learners and to-omou/to-kangaeru by English learners in essay writing.” Proceedings of Pacific Second Language Research Forum 2016, 163-168. [Refereed] ​

 

2015. Megumi OKUGIRI, Ikuko Ijuin and Kazuko Komori. “Nihonjin eigo gakushūsya-niyoru ikenbun-no ronri-tenkai:gengo-keishiki to sono kinō-ni chakumoku shite.” Proceedings of the 17th Conference of the Pragmatics Society of Japan, 243-246. [Refereed] ​

 

2014. Megumi OKUGIRI. “Information status of English relative constructions by Japanese speakers: A comparison between spoken and written language.” Papers from the National Conference of the Japanese Cognitive Linguistics Association Vol. 14. p.225-236. [Refereed] ​

 

2014. Megumi OKUGIRI. “English relative constructions and discourse in spoken and written language.” KLA Journal, 1, 29-40. ISSN 2188-5877 [Refereed] ​

 

2014. Megumi OKUGIRI.“The effect of animacy status on the acquisition of English relative constructions by Japanese learners: A comparison of spoken and written language.” JACET-KANTO Journal, 1, 20-35. [Refereed] ​

 

2014. Megumi OKUGIRI. “The animacy status in the production of English relative constructions by Japanese learners in spoken and written discourse.” Proceedings of the 18th Conference of the Japanese Studies Association of Australia, 1-11. 

ISBN:  978-0-9750321-2-1 [Refereed] ​

 

2013. Megumi OKUGIRI. “The use of English relative constructions by Japanese learners in written language.” The International Journal of Literacies, 19(3), 13-24. [Refereed] ​

 

2012. Megumi OKUGIRI. “The acquisition of English relative constructions by Japanese learners in written language.” The Bulletin of the 22nd Annual Conference of the European Second Language Association. [Presentation abstract]

 

2010. Megumi OKUGIRI. “Prototypical English relative constructions by Japanese speakers.” The Bulletin of the 20th Annual Conference of the European Second Language Association. [Presentation abstract]

 

2010. Megumi OKUGIRI. “The types of noun phrase in English relative clauses by Japanese learners.” Working Papers in Linguistics, 10, 35-51. [Non-refereed]

 

2010. Megumi OKUGIRI. “The frequency of English relative clause sentences by Japanese speakers.” The Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on Education 2010, 3161-3168. [Refereed] ​

 

2006. Megumi OKUGIRI. “The effect of instruction and foreign language sentence processing strategies on the English relative constructions of Japanese learners.” Bulletin of Foreign Language Teaching Association, 10, 51-63. [Refereed] ​

 

2003. Megumi OKUGIRI. “The observation of sentence processing strategies in the English relative constructions.” Working Papers in Linguistics 4, The Formal Linguistics Circle, 1-10. [Non-refereed]

 

2002. Megumi OKUGIRI. “On second language acquisition of back-channel behavior.” FLC Vol. 2, Formal Linguistic Circle, 44-50. [Refereed]

 

2002. Megumi OKUGIRI. “The cognitive approach to the meanings of the English prepositions Over and Above.” Tsuru Studies in English Linguistics and Literature, 30, 1-25. [Non-refereed]

 

2002. Megumi OKUGIRI. “The degree of the conceptual prototypes: The case of the English preposition above” Working Papers on Minimalism Ⅲ: A Basic Scientific Research into Modularity of Language Faculty, Tsuru Bunka University Eibun Gakkai, p.10-26. [Non-refereed]

 

2001. Megumi OKUGIRI. “The conceptual prototypes of two English prepositions: The cases of over and above” Proceedings of the 11th Gengo Jimbun Gakkai Conference, p. 40-52. [Refereed]

 

1999. Megumi OKUGIRI. “Markedness and the second language acquisition of English reflexive pronouns.” Tsuru Studies in English Linguistics and Literature, 27, 28-49. [Non-refereed]

 

1999. Megumi OKUGIRI. “A case of methodological indeterminacy: The second language acquisition of English reflexive pronouns.” Working Papers in Linguistics Vol. 2, The Formal Linguistics Circle, p. 1-14. [Refereed]

 

1998. Megumi OKUGIRI. “A case of methodological indeterminacy: L2 acquisition of relative pronouns.” Proceedings of the 8th Gengo Jimbun Gakkai Conference, pp. 1-4. [Refereed]

 

1998. Megumi OKUGIRI. “Predicting the degree of prototypicality: Case of on and no-ue-ni” Gengo to Ningen Vol. 2, Gengo Jimbun Gakkai, p. 58-73. [Refereed]

 

Textbook

Jan 2014

English Textbook

Active English Skills: Communicative English Though Tezuka Manga

Authors: Megumi Okugiri and Hywel Evans

Macmillan Languagehouse

ISBN978-4-7773-6470-1

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