INVITED LECTURES

Dec. 2023. Megumi OKUGIRI. “Application and potential of pragmatics in English education: Suggestions for teaching and learning English production skills.” JACET Kanto Chapter, Online. 

 

Aug. 2023. Megumi OKUGIRI. “The use and function of “I think” by Japanese speakers: A discourse marker denoting the main message.” Asia Institute of the University of Melbourne.

 

Sep. 2018. Megumi OKUGIRI. “Keys to Data Collection and Analysis in Academic English Writing and Presentation.” JACET Kanto Chapter, Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo.

 

Jan. 2016. Megumi OKUGIRI. “SLA and corpus linguistics: A new linguistic corpus with comparable L1 & L2 data The Corpus of Multilingual Opinion Essays by College Students.” Komaba Language Association/Tanabe Applied Linguistics Kenkyukai, Waseda University, Tokyo.

 

Nov. 2013. Megumi OKUGIRI. “Our Roles in Foreign Language Teaching in the Context of Globalization in Japan.”Komaba Language Association, the University of Tokyo.

 

Dec. 2013. Megumi OKUGIRI. “Does Discourse Matter in the Acquisition of English Relative Constructions by Japanese Learners in the Spoken and Written Language?” Komaba Language Association, the University of Tokyo.

 

Mar. 2013. Megumi OKUGIRI. “Discourse and the Acquisition of English Relative Clause Constructions by Japanese Learners.” Nagoya Interlanguge Corpus of English Symposium 2013, Nagoya University.

 

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

2024. Megumi OKUGIRI. “Enhancing Leadership and Teambuilding Skills: A Case Study of Social and Emotional Learning in Japanese Female College Students” The 15th Annual Women’s Leadership and Empowerment Conference. Online. Mar 1, 2024. [Refereed]

 

2023. Megumi OKUGIRI. “Joshi-daigakusei-no chīmu-wāku-jissen-niokeru rīdāshippu-to Social Emotional Learning [Leadership and Social and Emotional Learning in the Practical Application of Teamwork by Female University Students].” The 8th Conference of Japan Leadership Association. Online. Sep. 2, 2023. [Refereed] ​

 

2022. Megumi OKUGIRI. “Leadership Education and English Use: Building College Student Confidence in English.” The 61st JACET International Convention. Online. Aug. 24, 2022. [Refereed] ​

 

2022. Megumi OKUGIRI. “Leadership, diversity education, and Lumina Spark at the University of the Sacred Heart Tokyo.” Lumina Leaning Connect Conference 2022. Twickenham, London. Jun 22, 2022. [Refereed, Lumina Learning Awards 2022 Valuing Diversity]

 

2022. Megumi OKUGIRI. “Women’s leadership and teamwork in Japan: Leadership style and culture.” The 13th Annual Women’s Leadership and Empowerment Conference. Online. Mar 1, 2022. [Refereed] ​

 

2021. Megumi OKUGIRI and Makiko Hayashi. “Chīmuwāku-zissen-ni-okeru rīdāshippu kyōiku-no jiko henyō-no ichikōsatu: Jyosi-daigakusei-wo jirei-to site [A consideration of transformations in leadership education through teamwork practice: A case study of female university students].” Online. The 6th Conference of Japan Leadership Association. Aug. 28, 2021. [Refereed]

 

2021. Megumi OKUGIRI, Lala Takeda, Shin’ichiro Ishikawa, and Tom Gally. “The approach to introductions in English presentations by Japanese university students.” Applied Linguistics Association of Australia World Congress 2021. Online. Aug 18, 2021. [Refereed]

 

​2021. Lala Takeda, Megumi OKUGIRI, Naoko Osuka, Pino Cutrone, Keisuke Imamura, Misa Fujio, Ivan Brown, Ayaka Takeuchi, and John Campbell-Larsen. “Foreign Language or Lingua Franca: Examination of the Application of Research Outcomes to Language Education Through Pragmatics.” JACET Kanto 14th Annual Convention. Online.Jul 11, 2021. [Refereed]

 

2021. Megumi OKUGIRI. “A Case Study of Leadership at a Women’s College: Teamwork, Diversity, and Confidence Building.” The 12th Annual Women’s Leadership and Empowerment Conference. Online. Mar 3, 2021. [Refereed]

 

​2020. Megumi OKUGIRI. “The Effect and Potentials of Online English Presentation Education.” Japan Association of College English Teachers 2020. Online. Nov 14, 2020. [Refereed]

 

2019. Matsuo KIMURA, Misa FUJIO, Takane YAMAGUCHI, Megumi OKUGIRI, Shōma AOTA, Takuma ARAI, Atsushi IIDA, Jun KANEKO, Kentarō SUZUKI, Gō TADA, Ruriko TSUJI, Maiko NAKATAKE, Akira HAMADA and Hirokazu YOKOKAWA. “Zenkoku todōfuken eigo kyōiku kenkyū tēma no chōsa kenkyū: zenkokushi reberu no torikumi [A holistic research on English education in all prefectures in Japan].” The Japan Association for Applied Linguistics in Japan Association of College English Teachers

2019. Takachiho University. Nov 30, 2019. [Refereed] 

 

​2019. Megumi OKUGIRI. “Joshi-daigaku deno rīdāshippu kyōiku to eigo no Shiyō [A case study of leadership education and English use at the University of the Sacred Heart].” Japan Leadership Association the 4th Conference. Kogakuin University. Aug 31, 2019. [Refereed]

 

2019. Megumi OKUGIRI. “Building student confidence in English as a second language and communication in a womenʼs leadership program.” The 10th Annual Women’s Leadership and Empowerment Conference. Bangkok, Thailand. Mar 3, 2019. [Refereed]

 

2018. Megumi OKUGIRI, Akira HAMADA, Maiko NAKATAKE, Ruriko TSUJI, Asuka YONEYAMA, Misa FUJIO, and Matsuo KIMURA. “Kantō Shibu Tokubetsu kenkyū purojekuto (A): Todōfuken Seireitoshi ni okeru eigo kyōiku kenkyū tēma ni kansuru jittai chōsa [Japan Association of College English Teachers Kanto Chapter Special Project A: A nation-wide survey on English education policies in Japan].” The Japan Association for Applied Linguistics in Japan Association of College English Teachers 2018. Dec 1, 2018. [Refereed]

 

​2018. Megumi OKUGIRI. “Purezentēshon-to-iu danwa-to kyōiku [Discourse and Education with English presentation].” Danwa Kenkyūkai Happyōkai of the University of Tokyo. Takachiho University. Jun 2018. [Non-refereed]

 

​2017. Megumi OKUGIRI. “The effect of L1 Japanese transfer on L2 English and its implication to teaching.” Japan Association of College English Teachers 56th International Convention. Aoyama Gakuin University. Aug 31, 2017. [Refereed]

 

2017. Ikuko Ijuin and Megumi OKUGIRI. “An Analysis of Raters’ Comments on Japanese Opinion Essay.” Learner Corpus Studies in Asia and the World 2017. Kobe University. Aug 4, 2017. [Refereed]

 

2017. Megumi OKUGIRI. “Japanese learner use of “reason” and the effect of L1 Japanese on English essay writing.” The Japan Second Language Association the 17th Annual Conference. Shizuoka University. Jun 4, 2017. [Refereed]

 

2016. Hiroyuki Noguchi, Jaeho Lee, Kazuko Komori, Ikuko Ijuin, and Megumi OKUGIRI. “Sakubun-hyōka-syuhō-o toitadasu: IRT-o mochiita shakudochiseki [Assessment of Academic Writing by University Japanese Language and Humanities/Social Science Teachers: towards the Development and Verification of Assessment Standards].” The 27th Conference Japan Association of Second Language Acquisition. Kyusyu University. Dec 18, 2016.[Refereed]

 

2016. Ikuko Ijuin, Kazuko Komori, Jaeho Lee, Hiroyuki Noguchi, and Megumi OKUGIRI. “Ikenbun-no hyōka-p sayū-suru yōin-wa nani-ka: KH Coder-o mochiita hyōka-komento-no bunseki-o tōshite [What are the factors influencing the evaluation of opinion essays? Through the analysis of evaluation comments using KH Coder].” Association for Japanese Language Education Fall Conference in 2016. Ehime. Oct 17, 2016. [Refereed]

 

2016. Megumi OKUGIRI. “I think as an opinion marker by Japanese learners of English.” Japan Association of College English Teachers 55th International Convention. Sep 2, 2016. Hokusei Gakuin University. [Refereed]

 

2016. Megumi OKUGIRI, Ikuko IJUIN, and Kazuko KOMORI. “The overuse of I think by Japanese learners in English academic writing.” Pacific Second Language Research Forum 2016. Chuo University. Sep 11, 2016. [Refereed]

 

​2016. Megumi OKUGIRI, Ikuko IJUIN, and Kazuko KOMORI. “The function of “I think” by Japanese learners of English and first language transfer.” European Second Language Association the 26th International Conference. University of Jyväskylä, Finland. Aug 25, 2016. [Refereed]

 

2016. Megumi OKUGIRI. “What is the Reason for Your Reason? Japanese Learners’ Metalinguistic Use of Reason”JACET Kanto 10th Anniversary Convention. Waseda University. Jul 3rd. 2016. [Refereed]

 

2015. Megumi OKUGIRI. “The use of “I” by native English speakers and Japanese English learners in academic writing.” Japan Association of College English Teachers Kansai Chapter 2015. Kobe Gakuin University. Nov 28, 2015. [Refereed]

 

2014. Megumi OKUGIRI, Ikuko Ijuin, and Kazuko Komori. “Nihonjin-eigo-gakushūsha-niyoru iken-bun-no ronri-tenkai: Gengo-keishiki-to sono-kinō-ni chakumoku-shite [The rhetoric of English essays by Japanese speakers: Focusing on the forms and functions].” The Pragmatics Society of Japan. Kyoto Notre Dame University. Nov 30, 2014. [Refereed]

 

2014. Megumi OKUGIRI. “Preferred argument structure and the English relative constructions by Japanese learners in spoken language.” Applied Linguistics Association of Australia World Congress 2014. Brisbane, Australia. Aug14, 2014. [Refereed]

 

2013. Megumi OKUGIRI. “The Information Status of English Relative Constructions by Japanese Speakers: A Comparison Between Spoken and Written Languages.” The Japanese Cognitive Linguistics Association the 14th annual meeting. Kyoto University of Foreign Studies. Sep 22, 2013. [Refereed] 

 

2013. Megumi OKUGIRI. “SLA and Discourse Analysis: What can Discourse Properties Tell Us About the Acquisition of English Relative Clauses by Japanese Learners and About Teaching?” Japan Association of College English Teachers the 52nd International Convention. Kyoto University. Sep 1, 2013. [Refereed]

 

2013. Megumi OKUGIRI. “The Animacy Status in the Production of English Relative Constructions by Japanese Learners in Spoken and Written Discourse.” Japanese Studies Association of Australia 2013 Conference. Australian National University, Australia. Jul 10, 2013. [Refereed]

 

2013. Megumi OKUGIRI. “The Information Status of English Relative Constructions by Japanese Learners in Spoken and Written Language.” The 13th Annual Conference of the Japan Second Language Association. Chuo University. Jun 1, 2013. [Refereed]

 

2012. Megumi OKUGIRI. “The Acquisition of English Relative Constructions by Japanese Learners in Written Language.” The 22nd Annual Conference of the European Second Language Association. Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland. Sep 6, 2012. [Refereed]

 

2012. Megumi OKUGIRI. “The Use of English Relative Constructions by Japanese Learners in Written Language.” The 19th Annual Conference on Learning. University of London, England. Aug 15, 2012. [Refereed]

 

2010. Megumi OKUGIRI. “Prototypical English Relative Constructions by Japanese Speakers.” The 20th Annual Conference of the European Second Language Association. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy. Sep 1, 2010. [Refereed]

 

2010. Megumi OKUGIRI. “The Frequency of English Relative Clause Sentences by Japanese Speakers.” The 11th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education. Hawaii, USA. Jan 9, 2010. [Refereed]

 

2005. Megumi OKUGIRI. “The Acquisition of English Relative Constructions by Japanese Learners: Observations of Sentence Processing Strategies.” The 2005 Asia TEFL International Conference. Beijing, China. Nov 4, 2005. [Refereed]

 

2004. Megumi OKUGIRI. “The Effect of Instruction on English Relative Constructions: Observations of Sentence Processing Strategies.” The Linguistic Society of Japan. University of Toyama, Nov 2004. [Refereed]

 

2004. Megumi OKUGIRI. “The Effectiveness of the Instruction and Sentence Processing Strategies in the Second Language Acquisition of the English Relative Constructions.” Japan Association of College English Teachers the 43rd International Convention. Chukyo University, Oct 2004. [Refereed]

 

2004. Megumi OKUGIRI. “L2 Learners’ Sentence Processing Strategies in the English Relative Constructions and the Effectiveness of Instruction.” Gengo Jimbun Gakkai the 14th Annual Meeting. Iwate University, Sep 2004. [Refereed]

 

2004. Megumi OKUGIRI. “Kurasurūmu bamen deno daini gengo shūtoku ni okeru fōkasu on fōmu to korekutibu fīdo-bakku [Focus on form and corrective feedback in a second language classroom in Japan].” Danwa Kenkyūkai Happyōkai of the University of Tokyo. Feb 2004.   

 

2003. Megumi OKUGIRI. “Does Corrective Feedback make a difference on the Second Language Acquisition of English Relative Constructions?” Gengo Jimbun Gakkai the 13th Annual Conference. Iwate University, Sep 2003. [Refereed]

 

2003. Megumi OKUGIRI. “Metafā-to Metonimī-no daiichi-gengo-syūtoku [First Language Acquisition of Metaphor and Metonymy].” Gengo Jimbun Gakkai the 4th Electronic Conference. online, Apr 2003. 

 

2002. Megumi OKUGIRI. “On second language acquisition of back-channel behavior.” Gengo Jimbun Gakkai the 3rd Electronic Conference. Online, Jul 2002.

 

2002. Megumi OKUGIRI. “The degree of the conceptual prototypes: The case of above.” Gengo Jimbun Gakkai the 2nd Electronic Conference. Online, Jan 2002.

 

2001. Megumi OKUGIRI. “The conceptual core and peripheries of two English prepositions: The cases of over and above.” Gengo Jimbun Gakkai the 1st Electronic Conference. Online, Jul 2001.

 

1998. Megumi OKUGIRI. “A Case of Methodological Indeterminacy: L2 Acquisition of English Reflexive Pronouns.”Gengo Jimbun Gakkai the 8th Annual Conference. Iwate, Nov 1998. [Refereed]