Professor OYABU Kana
Faculty, Affiliation
Institute of Liberal Arts and Science
College and School Educational Field
Laboratory
General Education Hall
Academic Background
【Academic background(Doctoral/Master's Degree)】
University of Exeter Doctor Completed
University of Exeter (U.K.) Master Graduate School, Division of Letters M.A. in Fiction Completed
Tokyo Metropolitan University Doctor Graduate School, Division of Humanities Accomplished credits for doctoral program
【Academic background(Bachelor's Degree)】
Doshisha University
【Degree】
Ph.D. in English
M.A. in Modern Fiction
B.A. in Literature（English language and literature）
Career
British Council Fellow fellow(1987-1995)
Kanazawa University
University of Leeds Visiting academic fellow(1999-2000)
Kanazawa University
Napier University Visiting academic(2005-2006)
University of Zurich Visiting researcher(2018-2019)
Kanazawa University
Year & Month of Birth
Academic Society
The Japan Society for Children's Literature in English
Japan Society for Children's Literature in English
Award
○Fukuhara Award
Specialities
Literature in English、Foreign language education、Literature in general
Speciality Keywords
Children's Literature,Literature in English,English Novels,Religion and Literature
Research Themes
YA Literature （Japanese / English）
British Contemporary Children's Literature
English Language Education
Books
- Kana Oyabu EMI Course Primer (For Starters) 2023/02
- OYABU Kana Momiji-gari (admiring autumn colors) Kanazawa Society for Craft Research 2012/09
- Kashima, M,Kashima, M,Oyabu, K Introduction to International Studies Fuko-sha 2008/02
- Takeda, T(ed,Oyabu, K World Literature: Descendants of John Bull 2000/12
- Kana Oyabu(Trans.) Works of Sara Chiharu: Women 1994/04
- World/Present/Literature Author Files Files 1996/10
Papers
- The Relationship between Students’ Vocabulary Self-study Activity and Vocabulary Test Scores in an EAP Course Dale BROWN,Michiko YAGUCHI,Kimie YAMAMURA,Eisuke KAWADA,Jacob RUNNER,Mami KANNO,Kana OYABU 19 5 2025/03
- On the Curriculum Reform of Year 1 Compulsory English at Kanazawa University —Focusing on EAP Course Curriculum— Kana OYABU,Kanehiro NISHIMURA,Mami KANNO,Jacob RUNNER,Michiko YAGUCHI 18 5 2024/03
- Exploring the Academic English Needs of Students at a Japanese University: 日本の大学における学部生のアカデミック英語ニーズ調査 17 39 2023/03
- Kanazawa University Vocabulary Contest 2022:Report Michiko Yaguchi, Yuichi Nishijima, Mami Kanno, Kana Oyabu Forum of Language Instructors 17 93-108 2023/03/31
- EMI授業履修者の英語習熟度と授業経験の関係について 16 17 2022/03
- Students’ perspectives on the challenges of English Medium Instruct courses: Seeking insights to better focus English for Academic Purposes (EAP) Courses Dale Brown,Kana Oyabu,Michiko Yaguchi,Lewis Murray,Tomoaki Morikawa 15 21 2021/03
- EAP-EMI Liaison at Institutional Level:Analysing Records of Meetings between EAP and EMI Course managers Kana Oyabu BALEAP PIM: Integration (We're all in this together) 28 2020/03/05
- Investigating the demands on students of English Medium Instruction (EMI) courses to better focus English for Academic Purposes (EAP) courses BRWON Dale,YAGUCHI Michiko,MURRAY Lewis,KANNO Mami,OYABU Kana 13 17 2019/03
- Multiple Narratives in Searching for a Cat in Istanbul 23 173 2019/03
- East Meets East? Depiction of Migrant Children in Stories of Etsuko Shindo Kana Oyabu IBBY2018 2018
- A Statistical Analysis of Liberal Arts English Course Grading Practices at a Japanese National University: Towards More Equitable Grading Masashi Hashimoto, Dale Brown, Lewis Murray, Kana Oyabu Forum of Language Instructors 12 15－32 2018/03/30
- Effects of English Medium Instruction on Students’ Learning Outcomes in Science: A Case Study at a College of Technology Nagwa Fekri RASHED, Masashi HASHIMOTO, Kana OYABU Forum of Language Instroctors 12 5-14 2018/03/30
- STEM Education in English: A Case Study of a Japanese Technical College Nagwa Fekri Rashed, Kana Oyabu The Asian Conference on Education 2017:Official Proceedings 2017 1-18 2017/10/11
- Praying for the Culprit:How Amish Children's Literature Prepares Readers to Forgive Evildoers Kana Oyabu Studies of Language and Culture 20 157-178 2016
- Implementation of Government Course of Study in English Classroom at Four Ishikawa Prefectural High Schools 10 57 2016/03
- 「宗教的コミュニティーを描く児童文学－－アーミッシュ児童文学の受容ーー 春季号 49 2015/04
- Active Learning Methods: Classroom Practises in a Japanese
Liberal Education English Course Kana Oyabu Foram of Language Instroctors vol.9 9 51-67 2015
- Michael Mopargo の Homecomingにおける原子力発電所をめぐる言説について OYABU Kana 29 2014/04
- Student Survey on English Language Competence Based on CEFR Can-Do Descriptors 大藪 加奈 外国語教育フォーラム : 金沢大学外国語教育論集 6 63 2012/03
- Teaching College Education in English: An Analysis of Teacher Training Courses on Teaching in English, and Their Effectiveness in Real Classroom Settings 5 62-81 2011/03
- A preliminary study on the themes of Amish children's literature: recurrent themes in children's section stories in Family life 大藪 加奈,塚原 久美,大藪 千穂 Studies of language and culture 15 127 2011/03
- Developing English Language Course to Foster Negotiation Skills Yukiko Kazumi, Kana Oyabu 9 169-185 2011
- The Treatment of Muslim and Other Characters in Muslim Children's Literature in English Studies of Language and Culture 14 121-143 2010/03
- Power Relationship in Contemporary Islamic Children's Literature in English IRSCL（The 18th Biennial Congress） 2008/08
- Teaching English in English--A Preliminary Study into non-Native English-speaking Teachers' Decision in Using English as the Language of Instruction 1 26-36 2007/03
- Process Based Assessment and Achievement Based Assessment 2007
- Contemporary Issues in British Higher Education--Perspectives from 2005 HEA and SRHE conferences Stuies of Language and Culture 10 93-108 2006/03
- Stevens' 'Unhomely Home--Prpfession as Home in Kazuo Ishiguro's The Remain of the Day Studies in Language and Culture 9 27-40 2005/03
- Change of Life, Change of Tone--Kazuo Ishiguro's An Artist of the Floating World OYABU Kana Studies of language and culture 8 73 2004/03
- Intercultural Experience through a joint class of Japanese and International students 7 45-58 2003/03
- The Use of Monkey Motif as a Representation of a Silence Culture in Timothy Mo's The Monkey King Studies of language and culture 5 115-142 2001/03
- A Note on the Treatment of Music in Hanif Kureishi\'s The Black Album Oyabu Kana Studies of language and culture 3 199 1999/03
- A Classroom Practise : English as a Liberal Arts Subject Oyabu Kana Studies of language and culture 1 61 1997/03
- A Far Eastern Dream: On Kazuo Ishiguro's Pale View of Hills 1 187 1997/03
- Literature of Anti-expression: Works of Kazuo Ishiguro 72 2 344 1996
- Cross-cultural Fiction:The Novels of Timothy Mo and Kazuo Ishiguro OYABU Kana 1995/09
- Becoming Conscious Between Physical and Mental Axes:A Reading of D.H.Lawrence's The Rainbow Metropolitan 37 1 1993/03
- Heart of Darkness and Modes of Perception Metropolitan 36 20 1992/03
- Yoking the Worlds: The Novels of Buchi Emecheta Metropolitan 34 66 1990/03
- The Satanic Verses and Migrants' Language Metropolitan 33 11 1989/03
- Irresolvable Texts: A Theoretical Apllication of Derridean Approach in Literary Criticism and its Practice on a Modernist Work, Ford's The Good Soldier OYABU Kana 1986/10
Conference Presentations
- Students’ perceptions of English usage in high school English classes and university EAP courses(conference：2025JACET Chubu Chapter Study Group)(2026/03/07)
- Inclusion of Medical Information in YA Fiction(conference：Crossroads of Literary Creation: Fact, Fiction, and Everything In-between A Transdisciplinary Conference) (UK))(2026/02/11)
- Physical and Ephemeral Time and Space in Traci Chee's A Thousand Steps into Night."(conference：Children's Literature Association 2025 Virtual Conference (USA))(2025/06/12)
- Exploring the academic English needs of students at a Japanese university(2023/03/04)
- Nature description in Traci Chee's One Thousand Steps into Night(conference：26th IRSCL (International Research Society for Children's Literature) (USA))(2023/08/13)
- Lessons from three studies on learners’ challenges in EMI courses at a Japanese University(2023/12/06)
- Representation of Japan in Traci Chee's A Thousand Steps into Night(conference：Annual Congress of The Japan Society for Children’s Literature in English 2022)(2022/11/13)
- Eating Disorder Representations in Wintergirls(conference：Annual Congress of The Japan Society for Children’s Literature in English)(2021/10/16)
- Learning about Eating Disorder in Japanese YA Literature(conference：International Research Society of Children's Literature (IRSCL) 2021 Congress (Chile))(2021/10/27)
- YA Literary space with multiple author types(conference：North London Collegiate School Senior Society Lecture (UK))(2021/11/11)
- Silence of Mix-parentage Child Characters in Japanese Children's Literature(conference：International Society for Research of Children's Literature (IRSCL) 2019 Congress (Sweden))(2019/08/16)
- Similarity in Amish and Japanese Mind and Lifestyle: Zen and Amish(conference：Amish Conference 2019 (USA))(2019/06/07)
- Teaching How to Use Sources in EAP Courses in a Japanese University(conference：EAP Conference 2019 (UK))(2019/03/04)
- East Meets East? Depiction of Migrant Children in Stories of Etsuko Shindodren in Stories of Etsuko Shindo(conference：IBBY 2018 Congress (Greece))(2018/08/30)
- STEM Education in English: A Case Study of a Japanese Technical College(conference：The Asian Conference on Education 2017)(2017/10/21)
- Amish Youths in Media, SNS, and Literary Texts(conference：IRSCL(International Research Society of Children's Literature) 2017 Congress )(2017/08/01)
- Problem-Solving in “Can You Help Me?” in Young Companion(conference：Amish Conference 2016 (USA))(2016/06/10)
- Praying for the Culprit: Forgiveness in Amish-themed children’s literature(conference：The Child and the Book (Portugal))(2015/03/28)
- Nature and Environment in Islamic Children's Literature(2014/11/28)
- Children's Literature about a Religious Community:The Reception of Amish-themed Children's Literature(2014/09/28)
- Michael Mopargo の Homecomingにおける原子力発電所をめぐる言説について(2014/10/25)
- The Analysis of Health Issues in Family Life Magazine(conference：Amish America 2013 (USA))(2013/06/08)
- アーミッシュ児童文学における少女像(conference：「児童文学とジェンダー」金沢大学大学院ジェンダープログラム解説記念シンポジウム)(2012/03/12)
- 英語で書かれたイスラム児童文学(2011/11/20)
- Transgression as a Rumspringa theme in Amish Children's Literature(conference：20th Biannual Congress of International Research Society for Children's Literature (Australia))(2011/07/07)
- Developing English Language Courses to Foster Negotiation Skills(conference：26th Chubu Regional Meeting of JACET)(2011)
- Recurrent Themes in Amish Children's Literature(conference：第62回日本英文学会中部支部大会)(2010/10/16)
- Muslim Children's Literature as an Alternative(conference：World Congress of Middle Eastern Studies (Spain))(2010/07/20)
- Muslim Children's Literature as an Alternative(conference：World Congress of Middle Eastern Studies)(2010/06)
- The Representation of Non-Moslem Worlds in Contemporary Islamic Children's Literature in English(conference：日本英文学会中部支部第61回大会)(2009)
- Power Relationship in Contemporary Islamic Children's Literature in English(conference：The 18th Biennial Congress of (Japan))(2007)
- Music in Contemporary English Language Literature(conference：73rd Annual General Meeting of the English Literary Society of Japan)(2001)
- Literature of Anti-Expression:Theory and Practice in Contemporary Far-Eastern British Novels(conference：６７th Annual General Meeting of The English Literary Society of Japan)(1995/05/21)
Others
Arts and Fieldwork
Patent
Theme to the desired joint research
○Children's Literature
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research
○「YAテキストにおける摂食障害の表象：フィクション・ノンフィクションと読者の関係」(2022-2025)
○「アーミッシュ・コミュニティーを題材とする児童文学の作品分析と受容研究」(2016-2019)
○「アーミッシュとイスラム系児童文学にみる宗教的世界観の構築と受容」(2011-2014)
○「交渉教育理論を適用した英語教育の教材開発」(2006-)
○「現代イスラム系英語児童文学の現状と作品に見るイスラム・非イスラム世界のかかわり」(2007-2009)
○「交渉教育理論を適用した英語教育の教材開発研究」(2009-2011)
○「現代イギリス「英語小説」における音楽－－その意義と扱われ方－－」(2002-2004)
○「現代イギリス演劇（Livewriting）における異文化の表象－現代英小説との比較－」(1997-)
Competitive research funding,Contribution
Collaborative research,Consignment study
Classes (Bachelors)
○English for Academic Purposes IV(2017)
○English III(2017)
○English I(2017)
○English I(2017)
○English I(2017)
○English III(2017)
○English Seminar(2017)
○English for Academic Purposes IV(2017)
○English Seminar(2017)
○English for Academic Purposes IV(2017)
○English for Academic Purposes (Retake)(2017)
○English for Academic Purposes II(2017)
○English for Academic Purposes III(2017)
○English for Academic Purposes II(2017)
○English for Academic Purposes (Retake)(2017)
○English for Academic Purposes I(2017)
○English for Academic Purposes I(2017)
○English for Academic Purposes (Retake)(2017)
○English for Academic Purposes II(2017)
○English for Academic Purposes II(2017)
○English for Academic Purposes IV(2017)
○English for Academic Purposes III(2017)
○English for Academic Purposes III(2017)
○English for Academic Purposes III(2017)
○English for Academic Purposes I(2017)
○English III(2016)
○English I(2016)
○English III(2016)
○English I(2016)
○English for Academic Purposes (Retake)(2016)
○English for Academic Purposes I(2016)
○English for Academic Purposes I(2016)
○English for Academic Purposes (Retake)(2016)
○English for Academic Purposes IV(2016)
○English for Academic Purposes I(2016)
○English for Academic Purposes II(2016)
○English for Academic Purposes I(2016)
○English for Academic Purposes IV(2016)
○English for Academic Purposes IV(2016)
○English for Academic Purposes III(2016)
○English for Academic Purposes II(2016)
○English for Academic Purposes III(2016)
○English for Academic Purposes III(2016)
○English for Academic Purposes II(2016)
○English for Academic Purposes IV(2016)
○English for Academic Purposes II(2016)
○English for Academic Purposes III(2016)
Classes (Graduate Schools)
○Seminar in Children's Literature and Gender 1(2017)
○Lecture on Intercultural Representations and Gender 1(2017)
○Seminar in Intercultural Representations and Gender(2016)