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HIGGINBOTHAM Georgeシ医ヲ繧ョ繝ウ繝懊し繝縲繧ク繝ァ繝シ繧クシ

蜃謨呎肢
PhD Applied Linguistics
遐皮ゥカ螳、シ317 蜿キ螳、
E-mailシgeorge@eikei.ac.jp
遐皮ゥカ蜀螳ケシGeorge Higginbotham - My portal - researchmap

繝励Ο繝輔ぅ繝シ繝ォ

He has taught English (and researched vocabulary) at universities in Hiroshima for many years.

諡蠖灘驥

Applied linguistics 窶 vocabulary acquisition

諡蠖楢ャ帷セゥ

Listening Englishシ上Μ繧ケ繝九Φ繧ー繧、繝ウ繧ー繝ェ繝繧キ繝・

Writing Englishシ上Λ繧、繝繧」繝ウ繧ー繧、繝ウ繧ー繝ェ繝繧キ繝・

Reading English シ上Μ繝シ繝繧」繝ウ繧ー繧、繝ウ繧ー繝ェ繝繧キ繝・

Current Englishシ上き繝ャ繝ウ繝医う繝ウ繧ー繝ェ繝繧キ繝・

繝。繝繧サ繝シ繧ク

The Intensive English Program (IEP) will push your language skills in various ways so that after six months you will be confident to take all your Social System Design courses through English. In the reading classes, for example, you will read a lot of easy books (extensive reading) to build up your reading speed and then, in addition, read the kind of academic material (intensive reading) that you will be expected to cope with later in your studiesシ拶s well as improving reading skills, you will learn to write academically and present your ideas in a clear and logical way.

遐皮ゥカ縺ォ髢「縺吶k閾ェ蟾アシーシイ

I have been involved in a variety of projects exploring aspects of productive vocabulary: word association, lexical sophistication, and lexical diversity. As a language teacher, I am also interested in the practical application of this research, which has led to other projects in extensive reading and developing pedagogic wordlists.

遐皮ゥカ繝繝シ繝

  • Productive vocabulary measures 窶 lexical sophistication; lexical diversity
  • Extensive Reading

遐皮ゥカ縺ョ迚ケ蠕エ繝サ蜀螳ケ

Following a PhD in Vocabulary Acquisition (Swansea University) I undertook a series of studies to help refine the methodology used in word association research 窶 a method of measuring productive vocabulary. This then led to explorations of other ways to measure productive vocabulary, such as validating Laufer`s lexical frequency profile and (more recently) looking at fundamental aspects involved in measuring lexical diversity (such as how best to count words). This is part of a larger research project conducted in collaboration with Hiroshima University and Queen Mary University of London.

As a TEFL/EAP teacher, I have also run experiments to gauge the effect of Extensive Reading programs on vocabulary acquisition, attempting to answer questions such as: how much should EFL students read to make discernable gains in their knowledge of L2 vocabulary?  

隲匁枚繝ェ繧ケ繝

  • Myint Maw, T. M, Clenton, J., & Higginbotham, G. (2022). Investigating whether a Flemma Count is a More Distinctive Measurement of Lexical Diversity. Assessing Writing, 53, 100640.
  • Higginbotham, G. (2022) Vocabulary Gains in a Japanese University Extensive Reading Program. In P. Ferguson & R. Derrah (Eds.), Reflections and new perspectives. JALT.
  • Suzuki-Parker, J. & Higginbotham G. (2019) Does Method of Administration Influence Word Association Test Responses? Vocabulary Education & Research Bulletin, 8/1, 11-16.
  • Higginbotham, G. & Reid, J. (2019) The lexical sophistication of second language learners窶 academic essays. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 37, 127-140.
  • Higginbotham, G., Munby, I. & Racine, J. (2015) A Japanese Word Association Database of English. Vocabulary Learning and Instruction 4/2, 1-20.

闡玲嶌

  • Higginbotham, G (2012) Chapters 3, 4 & 59. In Ronald J, Rinnert C, Fordyce K & Knight, T (Eds.) Pragtivities: Bringing Pragmatics to Second Language Classrooms. Tokyo. 
  • Higginbotham, G & Tennant, J. (2012) Another Talk in the Park. Hiroshima Kokusai Gakuin University. 
  • Higginbotham, G & Tennant, J. (2011) A Talk in the Park. Hiroshima Kokusai Gakuin University.

蟆る摩雉譬シ

  • Ph.D. (Applied Linguistics)
  • M.A. (TEFL)
  • Post Graduate Certificate in Education

繧ュ繝シ繝ッ繝シ繝

vocabulary acquisition, applied linguistics, word association, lexical sophistication, lexical diversity, extensive reading

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