Institute for Education and Student Support (IESS)
日本語
Update date：2025/01/17
Associate Professor
Tsushima Rika

Research History

  1. 2022/09/01-presentEhime UniversityInstitute for Education and Student SupportAssociate Professor
  2. 2022/08-presentUniversity of AlbertaFaculty of EducationAdjunct Academic Colleague
  3. 2014/11-2022/07University of AlbertaEnglish Language School, Faculty of ExtensionAdjunct Professor (Adjunct Academic Colleague)
  4. 2012/06-2014/05McGill UniversityDepartment of Integrated Studies in EducationAcademic Research Assistant

Education

  1. The University of British Columbia2007/082008/02completed
  2. McGill University2009/012012/02graduated
  3. McGill University2011/092022/05graduated

Degree

  1. M.A. in Second language educationLanguage testing and assessmentMcGill University2012/02
  2. Ph.D. in Educational Studies, Second language educationLanguage testing and assessmentMcGill University2022/05

Licenses and Qualifications

  1. 高等学校教諭一種免許・英語

Research Areas

  1. Second language education
  2. Language assessment, educational measurement

Research Interests

  1. Second language testing and assessment / classroom-based language assessment
  2. English for academic purposes
  3. Metacognition and self-regulated learning
  4. Heritage language education
  5. Research methodologies / mixed methods research
  6. Internationalization of higher education / study abroad programs

Subject of Research

  1. Students' use of assessment in learning-oriented EAP classrooms2011/09-present
  2. Heritage language ideologies, policies and practices in linguistically mixed families2014/01-present
  3. Washback and EFL teacher perspectives on university entrance exams in a Japanese high school context2009/01-2014/01

Research Projects

  1. 科学研究費助成事業若手研究国際結婚家庭内から捉える継承語教育：日本人移民女性の母としての役割とその視点2024/04-2027/03Principal investigator
  2. Ehime UniversitySpecial Seed GrantPerspectives and roles of Japanese mothers in interlingual families: Japanese heritage language maintenance in Canada2023/04-2024/03Other
  3. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)Insight GrantsHeritage Language Ideologies, Policies and Practices: An Examination of Linguistically Mixed Families in Alberta2019/09-2026/08Principal investigator
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Papers

  1. Japanese Heritage Language Education in Disperse Diaspora Communities (in press).2024/06Tsushima, R. & Guardado, M.Dissertations (books)P. Romanowski & M. L. Pérez-Cañado (Eds.), Cambridge handbook of multilingual education.
  2. Multilingualism and literacy development in interlingual families: Perspectives from Japanese mothers2024/03/27Tsushima, R. & Guardado, M.Journal of Multilingual Theories and Practices5/ 1, 47-68Research paper (scientific journal)10.1558/jmtp.25807
  3. Global Jinzai and short-term study abroad: Expectations, readiness and realities2022Guardado, M.,& Tsushima, R.E. James (Eds.), Critical Approaches Toward a Cosmopolitan Education172-188Research paper (scientific journal)Routledge
  4. Becoming active users of assessment in learning-oriented EAP classrooms: A mixed methods exploratory sequential design with wrap-up phase2022/05Rika TsushimaDoctoral Thesis
  5. “Rules … I want someone to make them clear”: Japanese mothers in Montreal talk about multilingual parenting2019Tsushima, R., & Guardado, M.Journal of Language, Identity & Education18/ 5, 311-328Research paper (scientific journal)
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Presentations

  1. Developing Global Competence through a Short-term ESL Program: Japanese Students’ Experiences at a Canadian UniversityAILA 2024 (International Association of Applied Linguistics)2024/08/15Symposium workshop panel(public)URL
  2. Linking translingual family practices to African educational policy: A case study of Ubuntu dissent voicesAmerican Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL)2023/03/21Oral presentation(general)
  3. Sub-Saharan African national languages: Perpetrators of linguistic injustice or keepers of linguistic equilibrium?the International Multidisciplinary Approaches in Language Policy & Planning Conference (LPP)2022/08/28Oral presentation(general)
  4. Active users of assessment: Transformation of CHC students’ learner beliefs through learning-oriented assessment in EAP classroomsthe 43rd Language Testing Research Colloquium (LTRC)2022/03/09Oral presentation(general)
  5. Japanese mothers of multilingual children in Canada: A mixed-method studythe American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL)2018/03/27Oral presentation(general)
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Professional Memberships

  1. 2011/03-presentthe International Language Testing Association (ILTA)
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