Takunori TerasawaKwansei Gakuin University · School of Sociology
Takunori Terasawa
PhD
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TERASAWA, Takunori (PhD) (ORCID: 0000-0002-1806-0963), is an associate professor at Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan. He obtained his PhD at the University of Tokyo in 2013. His interest lies in sociology of language, applied linguistics, and language policy and planning research. In particular, he has studied English language education policies in Japan by analysing historical documents as well as statistical data.
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Nonprobability sample surveys are commonly used in applied linguistics research, but their lack of representativeness makes it difficult to generalize their results to the wider population. To address this issue, this study introduces a post hoc statistical correction method that uses an existing probability sample survey as reference data. The pap...
This study investigates the relationship between English language proficiency and socioeconomic status (ELP-SES relationship) through a quantitative cross-national analysis of 30 jurisdictions in Asia. It aims to uncover the degrees and patterns of the ELP-SES relationship by analysing AsiaBarometer surveys conducted in the mid-2000s. Specifically,...
This paper presents the general findings of ‘The Survey of Japanese Workers’ English Use: Second Wave’, conducted by the author in March 2022. The results are as follows: (1) The frequencies of international communication behaviour (English use, Japanese use with foreigners, and use of translation tools) ranged from an average of 0.6 to 16.0 times...
Many applied linguists have attempted to quantify the number of English-speaking populations, both globally and in specific countries. However, thus far, those in East Asia have not been estimated through a robust technique. This paucity of estimation can be partly attributed to the lack of censuses or large-scale sociolinguistic surveys; nonethele...
This paper aims to examine the policy process of implementing English education in primary schools in Japan, focusing on two reforms: (1) the introduction of a mandatory subject in 2011, emphasising cross-cultural experiences (rather than English skill development) and (2) the introduction of English as a formal subject in 2020. The paper investiga...
This study aims to reveal the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the necessity of using English as an international language. For this purpose, this study conducted a web survey of Japanese workers, and statistically examined the extent to which the use of English increased or decreased after the outbreak. The findings are as follows. First, althou...
This study sought to determine the extent to which English has spread in Japanese society. It analyses large-scale web panel-based questionnaire survey data and estimates English use frequency using a bias correction method. The results show that for most types of English use investigated, the average frequencies were less than five times a year, t...
The paper aims to systematically organize the debate surrounding English education in elementary schools (EEES) that has taken place since the late 1990s and to provide implications for future discussions. Through a qualitative content analysis of the literature, the following findings were obtained. (1) Pro-EEES arguments can be classified into si...
The purpose of this paper is to examine how Foreign Language Activities (FLA), a primary English-teaching programme implemented in 2011, was formulated by the Central Council for Education (CCE) under the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). Previous work examined factors that promoted compulsory FLA, employing a m...
This paper conducts a theoretical examination of an evidence-based approach (EBA) to research on language policy and language-in-education policy (LPLEP), as well as a methodological examination of the feasibility of evidence-based LPLEP research based on actual studies. Theoretical scrutiny, based on EBA’s core concepts—evidence hierarchy, interna...
Multiple discourses circulate Japanese society surrounding the relationship between Japanese people and the English language. For example, 'Japanese people are the worst English speakers in Asia', 'Japanese women love the English language' and 'learning English leads to increased income and career opportunities'. From a sociological perspective, th...
This paper aims to establish that globalised social and linguistic changes have a more complicated impact on local behaviours and attitudes than is believed. Based on statistical analysis of nationally representative surveys in Japan, the paper presents evidence against the following two propositions: (1) globalisation increases local demand for En...
As English skills are being increasingly perceived as valuable human capital, an awareness of inequitable access to the acquisition of this ‘profitable’ language has developed. Although this allegedly unequal access, which can be referred to as the ‘English divide’, is a matter of concern to applied linguists, little research has been conducted on...
This study aims at revealing when and how English language teaching in junior high schools in the post-war era shifted from an elective subject to a de facto compulsory one, and examining what factors have caused this. Based on this examination, this study exemplifies how a specific type of curriculum has developed into one component of “national e...