FACULTY
Research and Industry-Academia Collaboration
研究?産学連携
NICHOLAS Allan
Senior Associate Professor
- Affiliation
- Center for Language Research
- Title
- Senior Associate Professor
- anich@u-aizu.ac.jp
Education
- Courses - Undergraduate
- Introductory English I; Bridge to Intermediate English I & II; Conversation Analysis & the Pragmatics of Spoken Interaction; Introduction to Cross-cultural Communication
- Courses - Graduate
Research
- Specialization
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Linguistics
Teaching English as a Foreign Language; Second Language Acquisition; Pragmatics; Sociocultural Theory; Dynamic Assessment; Computer-Assisted Language Learning
- Educational Background, Biography
- PhD in Education, University of Exeter, United Kingdom, 2017
- Current Research Theme
- Computerized dynamic assessment of L2 English oral requesting
- Key Topic
- Pragmatics; Sociocultural theory; Dynamic assessment
- Affiliated Academic Society
- Japan Association for Language Teaching; The Japan Association of College English Teachers; International Pragmatics Association
Dissertation and Published Works
Nicholas, A. & Blake, J. (2024). Profiling learner development with a computerized dynamic assessment of a Japanese learner’s L2 email writing. Research Methods in Applied Linguistics 3(3), 100164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmal.2024.100164.
Nicholas, A., Blake, J., Perkins, J., Mozgovoy, M. (2024). Evaluating the effectiveness of a computerized dynamic assessment of L2 English email requests. Computer Assisted Language Learning, 1-33. https://doi.org/10.1080/09588221.2024.2374775.
Nicholas, A., Blake, J., Mozgovoy, M. (2023). Investigating pragmatic failure in L2 English email writing among Japanese university EFL learners: A learner corpus approach. Register Studies 5(1), 23-51. https://doi.org/10.1075/rs.20016.nic.
Nicholas, A. (2020). Dynamic assessment and requesting: Assessing the development of Japanese EFL learners' oral requesting performance interactively. Intercultural Pragmatics 17(5), 545-575. https://doi.org/10.1515/ip-2020-5002.
Nicholas, A. (2016). Developmentally Sensitive Assistance and Development: Collaboration Between Japanese EFL Learners. Pedagogies: An International Journal 11(1): 22-42.
Nicholas, A. (2015). A Concept-based Approach to the Teaching of Pragmatics: Speech Acts in the EFL Classroom. ELT Journal 69(4): 383-394.