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Toru Yamagami

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ESRC funded PhD student at the University of Warwick Department of Applied Linguistics πŸ–₯️: toruyamagami.com

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Exploring how dual subtitle translation tool shapes high school students’ engagement and basic psychological needs in self-determination theory This study explores important issues related to basic psychological needs (BPNs) and engagement in English-only classrooms at a Japanese high school. In particular, the aim is to clarify the impact...

I am happy to share my new article in Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching! I would like to thank my amazing supervisor, Professor Ema Ushioda for her valuable advice☺️
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

15.09.2025 20:43 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Exploring how dual subtitle translation tool shapes high school students’ engagement and basic psychological needs in self-determination theory This study explores important issues related to basic psychological needs (BPNs) and engagement in English-only classrooms at a Japanese high school. In particular, the aim is to clarify the impact...

I am happy to share my new article in Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching! I would like to thank my amazing supervisor, Professor Ema Ushioda for her valuable advice☺️
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

15.09.2025 20:43 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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My first time at BAAL and it was such a wonderful experience! Grateful for the chance to meet amazing new colleagues - truly a treasure! Huge thanks to @baal2025.bsky.social 😊

06.09.2025 15:38 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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On Day 2 of BAAL, I met another great senpai!! I didn’t expect that I would end up dancing at dinner :)

06.09.2025 15:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The first day of the @baal2025.bsky.social conference was brilliant! More importantly, meeting in person two great β€˜Senpai’ was special to meπŸ˜ƒit’s a small worldπŸ₯Ή

06.09.2025 15:29 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I am very much looking forward to presenting my research at the PLL6 in ChinaπŸ˜„

11.07.2025 09:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Γ‡ok gΓΌzel!!!!!

07.07.2025 15:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I have been secured funding from ESRC to undertake my Overseas Fieldwork in Japan! I am truly grateful for all the generous support. I’m very much looking forward to coming back to Japan for the data collectionπŸ’ͺ

27.06.2025 10:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I’ve successfully passed my upgrade panel yesterday!
Since arriving in the UK, everything has been new and uncertain, but getting through this first milestone has given me a β€˜little bit’ more confidence! Especially, huge thanks to my amazing supervisor, Ema😭

11.06.2025 22:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I went to Gloucester for the first time and saw the world-famous dangerous festival called cheese rolling - It was absolutely crazyβ€¦πŸ˜…

27.05.2025 14:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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My first visit to the University of Birmingham was truly wonderful and it was particularly valuable to have the opportunity to talk with someone who has different research interests!!

21.05.2025 21:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m looking forward to presenting my research in progress from my PhD thesis at ICPLTL! I’m especially excited to attend the keynote speeches by the outstanding speakersπŸ˜ƒ

10.05.2025 20:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Looking forward to seeing you all in Glasgow🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿#BAAL2025

03.05.2025 14:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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TGIFπŸ‡―πŸ‡΅

02.05.2025 21:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Everything is very smoothly so far, except for the moment when two guys attacked me to steal my watch and iPhone as soon as they realise I was Japanese…

06.04.2025 20:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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My Interview on Classroom Engagement | Toru Yamagami's Website I was interviewed about strategies to enhance engagement in English the classroom. Here is the English translation of the interview I did in Japanese (https://kknavi.jp/class/12518/). I appreciate the...

I’m happy to share that an article from an interview I gave has been published! You can read the original version in Japanese here (kknavi.jp/class/12518/ οΌ‰and the English translation is available on my website. Check it out below!
toruyamagami.com/my-interview...

25.03.2025 07:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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That’s the end of Term 2πŸ˜„

14.03.2025 21:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We will miss you, Zi😭

11.03.2025 14:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Research Methodology SIG is excited to welcome Adrian Lundberg and Nicola Fraschini, who will introduce Q methodology as a powerful tool to investigate language teachers' and learners’ psychology. Save the date!

10.03.2025 09:31 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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This is the best way to spend a sunny weekend in the UKπŸ™ƒ

08.03.2025 14:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m more productive on sunny daysβ˜€οΈ

06.03.2025 18:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0