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• 漢字力向上のための五つの評価方法:文字変換以外にできること [Five Methods for Assessing Kanji Knowledge Beyond Character Conversion], 38th Annual Southeastern Association of Teachers of Japanese Conference 2023-05-01
• Using HVPT in foreign language instruction: Evidence from L2 French, Spanish, and Japanese., New Sounds: 10th International Symposium on the Acquisition of Second Language Speech 2022-04-01
• High variability phonetic training in the classroom: Student and teacher perceptions and lessons learned., American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL 2022) 2022-03-01
• 日本語教育のカリキュラムにおける High Variability Phonetic Training (HVPT) の実践報告 [Reporting the results of implementing High Variability Phonetic Training (HVPT) in Japanese classrooms and curricula]., American Association of Teachers of Japanese (AATJ) Annual Conference. 2022-03-01
• High variability phonetic training in two Spanish pronunciation courses: Data and lessons learned., Current Approaches to Spanish and Portuguese Second Language Phonology (CASPSLaP 2022) 2022-02-01
• Using Item Response Theory (IRT) for Second Language Acquisition (SLA): Challenges and insights from bringing together clashing assumptions., Invited Training talk at University of Iowa Language Assessment Consortium. 2021-10-01
• Using negative exemplars in kanji homework and assessments to deepen orthographic awareness: Effects and reflections., American Association of Teachers of Japanese (AATJ) 2021-03-01
• How to predict discriminability of phonemic length contrasts: Categorization and perceptual similarity of Finnish length by Japanese and American English listeners., 9th International Symposium on the Acquisition of Second Language Speech (New Sounds) 2019-08-01
• Non-native discrimination of vowels, consonants, and phonemic length is better predicted by perceptual similarity than by perceptual assimilation category types., 9th International Symposium on the Acquisition of Second Language Speech (New Sounds) 2019-08-01
• Examining the effects of foreign-accented lectures on an academic listening test at the item level using differential item functioning analysis., Language Testing Research Consortium (LTRC) 2019-03-01
• Calculating and interpreting signal detection theory (SDT) measures for psycholinguistics research., Invited Training talk at Indiana University Second Language Psycholinguistics Lab, Bloomington, IN. 2019-02-01
• Tasks and ideas for teaching stress., Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (INTESOL) 2018-12-01
• Multidimensional scaling (MDS) for analyzing perception data., Pronunciation in Second Language Learning & Teaching (PSLLT) Conference 2018-09-01
• The effects of different English varieties on listening comprehension test., American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2018-03-01
• New methods for predicting perceptual discriminability of non-native contrasts., 9th Conference on Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching (PSLLT) 2017-08-01
• The effect of experience with linguistics and other languages on non-native perception., 8th International Conference on Second Language Speech (New Sounds) 2016-06-01
• Evaluating the accuracy of learning-oriented assessments: The case for using signal detection theory., Annual 2016 Georgetown University Roundtable (GURT) 2016-03-01
• Developing item specifications for an integrated writing achievement test: Examining prompt-response relationships over time., 17th Annual meeting of the Midwest Association of Language Testers (MwALT) 2015-10-01
• Developing and validating achievement-based assessments of student learning outcomes in an Intensive English Program., 37th Annual Language Testing Research Colloquium (LTRC) 2015-03-01
• Developing, using, and learning from an assessment of student learning outcomes: A how-to on achievement-oriented testing., English USA Professional Development Conference 2015-01-01
• Integrating grammar in reading and listening assessments: Examples and lessons learned., Indiana Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (INTESOL) Conference 2014-11-01
• Consequences of violating the monotonicity assumption in dichotomous IRT models: Accounting for U-shaped growth (a simulation study). (Poster), 16th Annual meeting of the Midwest Association of Language Testers (MwALT) 2014-10-01
• Evaluating criterion-referenced performance assessments: Insight from signal detection theory., 33rd Annual meeting of the Second Language Research Forum (SLRF) 2014-10-01
• Effects of internal modification on perceptions of second language e-mail requests: A conceptual replication of Hendriks (2010). (Poster), 19th International Conference on Pragmatics and Language Learning 2014-04-01
• The influence of the learners’ L2 proficiency pairing on dictogloss test outcomes., American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2013-03-01
• Dictogloss as dynamic assessment?. (Poster), 31st Annual Second Language Research Forum (SLRF) 2012-10-01
• Putting function before grammar: Context-based curriculum development for beginning ESL., TESOL International Convention & English Language Expo 2012-03-01
• Ura and omote in test constructs: Understanding the Japanese public high school entrance exam of English., 30th Annual Second Language Research Forum (SLRF) 2011-10-01
• Bringing pronunciation instruction back into the classroom: An ESL teacher’s pronunciation "toolbox"., 2nd Annual Pronunciation in Second Language Learning & Teaching (PSLLT) Conference 2011-09-01