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Researcher Information

last modified：2024/11/22

Professor　OYABU Kana

Faculty, Affiliation

Institute of Liberal Arts and Science
Head Faculty of Foreign Language Studies

College and School Educational Field

Division of Humanities, Graduate School of Human and Socio-Environmental Studies
Course in American-British Studies, School of International Studies, College of Human and Social Sciences

Laboratory

General Education Hall South Wing (Wing No.1) 　FAX:076-264-5993

Academic Background

【Academic background(Doctoral/Master's Degree)】
University of Exeter　Doctor　Completed
University of Exeter (U.K.)　Master　Graduate School, Division of Letters　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

Career

Napier University Visiting Academic(2005/03/01-2006/03/31)
University of Leeds Visiting Academic Fellow(1999/07/01-2000/01/31)
British Council Fellow(1987/10/01-)

Year & Month of Birth

Academic Society




Award

○Fukuhara Award

Specialities

Fiction in English、European literature、Literature in general、Foreign language education

Speciality Keywords

Children's Literature,Literature in English,English Novels,Religion and Literature,British Children's Literature,Fiction in English,British Immigrants

Research Themes

YA Literature （Japanese / English）

British Contemporary Children's Literature

English Language Education

Books

  • 　Kana Oyabu　EMI Course Primer (For Starters)　2023/02
  • 　John Bintliff　Craftwork Noh-Play：　Autumnal Entertainment　2012/09
  • 　Women--The Works of Sara Chiharu　1994/04
  • 　World/Present/Literature File of Authors　226-227　1996

Papers

  • 　English proficiency and student experiences in EMI courses　Dale BROWN, Michiko YAGUCHI, Lewis MURRAY, and Kana OYABU　Forum of Language Instructors　　16　17-35　2022/03/31
  • 　Students’ perspectives on the challenges of English Medium Instruction (EMI) courses: Seeking insights to better focus English for Academic Purposes (EAP) Courses 　Dale Brown, Kana Oyabu, Michiko Yaguchi and Lewis Murray　Forum of Language Instructors　　15　21-44　2021/03/31
  • 　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　
  • 　Multiple Narratives in Searching for a Cat in Istanbul　Kana Oyabu　23　173-189　2019/03/29
  • 　Investigating the demands on students of English Medium Instruction (EMI) courses to better focus English for Academic Purposes (EAP) courses　Dale Brown, Michiko Yaguchi, Mami Kanno, Lewis Murray, Kana Oyabu　Forum of Foreign Language Education　13　17－40　2019/03/29

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  • 　Migrant Children in Etsuko Shindo’s Searning for a Cat in Istanbul　Kana Oyabu　IBBY2018 Proceeding　2018
  • 　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
  • 　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
  • 　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　Kaori Burkart, Kana Oyabu, and Lewis Murray　Foram of Language Instroctors 　10　57-66　2016
  • 　Active Learning Methods: Classroom Practises in a Japanese Liberal Education English Course　Kana Oyabu　Foram of Language Instroctors vol.9　9　51-67　2015　
  • 　Developing English Language Course to Foster Negotiation Skills　Yukiko Kazumi, Kana Oyabu　9　169-185　2011
  • 　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　15　127-138　2011/03
  • 　The Treatment of Muslim and Other Characters in Muslim Children's Literature in English　Studies of Language and Culture　14　121-143　2010/03
  • 　The Representation of Non-Moslem Worlds in Contemporary Islamic Children's Literature in English　2009
  • 　Power Relationship in Contemporary Islamic Children's Literature in English　The 18th Biennial Congress of IRSCL　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
  • 　A Report on Intercultural Communication class at Kanazawa University　8　13-20　2004
  • 　Change of Life, Change of Tone--Kazuo Ishiguro's An Artist of the Floating World　Studies of Language and Culture　8　73-97　2004/03
  • 　Intercultural Experience through a joint class of Japanese and International students　7　 45-58　2003/03
  • 　Music in Contemporary Literature in English　78　2　240　2002/05
  • 　The Use of Monkey Motif as a Representation of a Silence Culture in Timothy Mo's The Monkey King　金沢大学外国語教育研究センター紀要『言語文化論叢』　5　115-142　2001/03
  • 　A Note on the Treatment of Music in Hanif Kureighi's The Black Album　金沢大学外国語教育研究センター紀要『言語文化論叢』　3　199-209　1999/03
  • 　Writing and Identity in Timothy Mo's The Redundancy of Courage　金沢大学外国語教育研究センター紀要『言語文化論叢』　2　131-158　1998/03
  • 　A Far Eastern Dream: On Kazuo Ishiguro's Pale View of Hills　金沢大学外国語教育研究センター紀要『言語文化論叢』　1　187-208　1997/03
  • 　Literature of Anti-Expression:Theory and Practice in Contemporary Far-Eastern British Novels　72　2　 344　1996
  • 　Becoming Conscious Between Physical and Mental Axes:A Reading of D.H.Lawrence's The Rainbow　Metropolitan　37　1-37　1993
  • 　Heart of Darkness and Modes of Perception　Metropolitan　36　20-39　1992
  • 　Yoking the Worlds: The Novel of Buchi Emecheta　Metropolitan　34　66-92　1990
  • 　The Satanic Verses and Migrants' Language　Metropolitan　33　11-34　1989
  • 　Women and Men in John Fowles' Novels　Meropolitan　31　98-129　1987
  • 　On the Curriculum Reform of Kanazawa University EAP Courses　Oyabu, K. , Nishimura, K., Yaguchi, M., Kanno, M., Runner, J.　Forum of Foreign Language Education　18　5-35　2024/03/31
  • 　Representation of Eating Disorder in Wintergirls　Kana Oyabu　2021春季号　12　2022/04
  • 　Exploring the academic English needs of students at a Japanese university. 　Brown, D., Yaguchi, M., Oyabu, K., Murray, L., Kanno, M., Morikawa, T., & Runner, J.　Forum of Language Instructors　　17　39-56　2023/03/31
  • 　Kanazawa University Vocabulary Contest 2022:Report　Michiko Yaguchi, Yuichi Nishijima, Mami Kanno, Kana Oyabu　Forum of Language Instructors　　17　93-108 　2023/03/31

Conference Presentations

  • Learning about Eating Disorder in Japanese YA Literature (conference：International Research Society of Children's Literature (IRSCL) 2021 Congress )(2021/10/27)
  • Eating Disorder Representations in Wintergirls(conference：Annual Congress of The Japan Society for Children’s Literature in English)(2021/10/16)
  • Similarity in Amish and Japanese Mind and Lifestyle: Zen and Amish(conference：Amish Conference 2019)(2019/06/07)
  • Teaching How to Use Sources in EAP Courses in a Japanese University(conference：EAP Conference 2019)(2019/03/04)
  • Silence of mix-parentage child characters in Japanese children's literature(conference：IRSCL 2019)(2019/08/16)

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  • Migrant Children in Stories of Etsuko Shindo(conference：IBBY 2018 Congress)(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 2016)(2016/06/10)
  • Praying for the Culprit: Forgiveness in Amish-themed children’s literature (conference：The Child and the Book 2015 (11th International Conference) )(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)
  • Health Issues in Family Life(conference：Amish America 2013)(2013)
  • Representation of Girls in Amish Children's Literature(conference：Gender and Children's Literature (Symposium))(2013)
  • Moslem-Themed English Language Children's Literature in Britain(conference：2011 Annual General Meeting of Japan Society for Children's Literature in English )(2011/11/19)
  • Developing English Language Courses to Foster Negotiation Skills(conference：26th Chubu Regional Meeting of JACET)(2011)
  • Transgression as Rumspringa theme in Amish Children's Literature(conference：20th Congress of International Research Society of Children's Literature (IRSCL))(2010)
  • Power Relationship in Contemporary Islamic Children's Literature in English(conference：18th Congress of International Research Society for Children's Literature)(2007)
  • Lessons from three studies on learners’ challenges in EMI courses at a Japanese University (conference：EMI Symposium 2023:Fostering Collaboration)(2023/12/06)
  • Nature Representation in Traci Chi's One Thousand Steps into Night(conference：IRSCL2023)(2023/08/13)
  • Liberal Arts English course as University Academic Literacy subject--Going beyond common syllabi--(2023/02/24)
  • Investigating students’academic English needs at a Japanese university(conference：EAP Conference 2023)(2023/03/04)
  • 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)
  • ",Power Relationship in Contemporary Islamic Children',s LIterature in English"(conference：The 18th Biennial Congress of IRSCL(International Research Society for Children',s LIterature))(2008/08)
  • Music in Contemporary English Language Literature(conference：73rd Annual General Meeting of the English Literary Society of Japan)(2001)

Others

Arts and Fieldwork

Patent

Theme to the desired joint research

○Children's Literature

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research

○「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)　
○「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)　
○「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 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 for Academic Purposes IV(2017)
○English III(2017)
○English I(2017)
○English I(2017)
○English for Academic Purposes II(2016)
○English III(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 I(2016)
○English for Academic Purposes III(2016)

Classes (Graduate Schools)

○Lecture on Intercultural Representations and Gender 1(2017)
○Seminar in Children's Literature and Gender 1(2017)
○Seminar in Intercultural Representations and Gender(2016)

International Project

International Students

Lecture themes

Others (Social Activities)

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