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SELECTED PRESENTATIONS

Ishihara, N. (2023, May14). Global Issues in Language Education (GILE): How do they come together with pragmatics? Paper presented in the SIG Forum, Where pragmatics meets World Englishes, Business Communication, Learner Development, & Global Issues in Language Education at the PanSIG conference of the Japan Association for Language Teaching, Kyoto Sangyo University, Kyoto.

 

Ishihara, N. (2022, November 13). An arts-based approach to understanding social activism. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT), Fukuoka.

 

Estival, D., Prado, M., & Ishihara, N. (2022, October 18). Pilot not using standard phraseology: misunderstandings and delays. Paper presented at the 9th GEIA seminar, GEIA (Grupo Estudos em Ingles Aeronautico [Aeronautical English Research Group]), San Paulo, Brazil and online.

 

Ishihara, N. (2022, September 13). Identity in teaching and learning pragmatics: Learners' translingual agency and teachers' translingual pedagogy. Paper presented at the Plenary speech presented at 2022 Pragmatics and Language Learning (PLL) Conference, online.

 

Ishihara, N. (2022, May 12). Enhancing teacher education through incorporating pragmatics and intercultural awareness. Teacher and teacher educator training presented for Cambridge CELTA/Trinity College London Cert, online.

 

Ishihara, N. (2022, January 11). Teaching L2 pragmatics explicitly: Considering implications of English as an international language. Invited workshop presented for Messaoud Zeghar Teacher Education College of Setif, Algeria online.

 

Ishihara, N. (2021, Novemer 26). Teaching pragmatics to support learners' identities and cultures: Understanding translingual pragmatics. Paper presented at the International Association for Teaching Pragmatics (ITAP) Fall Seminar 2021: Teachers' perspectives on pragmatic competence: their needs, beliefs and daily practices, online.

 

Ishihara, N. (2021, November 12). Face and politeness in aeronautical English: How can pragmatics affect radiotelephony communications? Keynote speech presented at the GEIA seminar, GEIA (Grupo Estudos em Ingles Aeronautico [Aeronautical English Research Group]), Brazil, online.

 

Ishihara, N. (2021, August 8). Enhancing learners' intercultural awareness and linguistic politeness: Rethinking instruction for pragmatic translanguaging. Invited paper presented at the JALT West Tokyo Online Event, online (Zoom).

Ishihara, N. (2021, July 2). Impoliteness in aviation English: Aggression in intercultural radiotelephony communications. Paper presented in the panel organized by Vahid Parvaresh & Dániel Z. Kádár Impoliteness in Intercultural Encounters at the International Pragmatics Association (IPrA) Conference, online.

 

Wistner, B., Ishihara, N., & Murata, A. (2021, May 15). The emergence of second language learners' intercultural competence through a COIL exchange. Paper presented at the Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT) Pan-SIG Conference, online.

 

Prado, M., & Ishihara, N. (2021, March 20-23). ELF communication strategies in aviation English. Paper presented at the Virtual Conference of the American Association for Applied Linguistics.

 

Ishihara, N. (2021, February 25). 語用論的能力の評価ツール:教室内指導・評価を中心に Assessing pragmatic competence: Instruments for (classroom-based) assessment. Invited talk presented at Hiroshima Shudo University. 広島修道大学人文科学研究科での招待講演

 

Ishihara, N. (2020, December 14). Teaching linguistic politeness and intercultural understanding: Globalization and multilingual pragmatics. An invited talk given for Kinjyo Gakuin University, online.

 

Ishihara, N., & Lee, H. E. (2020, December 5). Aviation English: A pragmatics perspective for research-informed pedagogy. Paper presented at the 59th Japan Association of College English Teachers (JACET) International Convention, online.

 

Ishihara, N., & Lee, H. E. (2020, November 21). Negotiation of face/politeness in Aviation English Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT), online.

 

Ishihara, N. (2019, September 16). A Narrative Approach to Teaching Pragmatics and Intercultural Awareness: Learner and teacher development. Paper presented at the JALT Kochi, Kochi Prefectural University.

Ishihara, N. (2019, June 13). (Im)politeness negotiations in Aviation English as a lingua franca. Paper presented at the Paper presented at the panel organized by Çiftçi, H. & Bayyurt, Y., Understanding Non-native Speaker Communication: Pragmatics of English as a Lingua Franca discourse at the16th International Pragmatics Conference of International Pragmatics Association, Hong Kong Polytech University, Hong Kong.

Ishihara, N. (2018, March 24). Linking principles and pedagogy in teaching the pragmatics of English as a lingua franca. Paper presented at the Colloquium on Teaching the Pragmatics of a Lingua Franca at the Annual Conference of American Association for Applied Linguistics, Sheraton Hotel, Chicago Sheraton Grand Chicago Hotel, Chicago.

Ishihara, N. (2017, December 19). Translingual practice in the JET Program: A narrative approach. Paper presented at the The 3rd Language Education in Global and Multilingual Context (LEGMC) Colloquium, Rikkyo University, Tokyo.

 

Ishihara, N. (2017, July 20). Negotiating agency in educational sites: A narrative study of multilingual socialization of a language teacher. Paper presented at the International Pragmatics Association (IPrA) Conference, Belfast.

Ishihara, N. (2017, March 24). Teaching the pragmatics of English as an international language (EIL): Some ideas and examples. Paper presented in the colloquium, Engaging, Enriching, and Empowering Learners through Pragmatic Instruction (with David Olsher, Kathleen Bardovi-Harlig, and Nancy Bell) at the 51st Annual TESOL Convention, Seattle, WA.

 

Ishihara, N. (2017, February 22). Agency in language teaching: Translingual practice and identity negotiation. Invited lecture at the Cluster for Language Research, University of California Davis, Davis, CA.

 

Ishihara, N., & Menard-Warwick, J. (2017, February 3). Translating intercultural experience into classroom practice. Paper presented at the Tenth International Conference on Language Teacher Education, Los Angeles, CA.

 

Vellenga, H., & Ishihara, N. (2016, November 5). Teacher development for teaching pragmatics: Sprinkled throughout? Paper presented at the 3rd International Conference of the American Pragmatics Association (AMPRA), Bloomington, IN, USA.

 

Ishihara, N. (2016, November 4). Applying pragmatics theory and pedagogy to professional development for diplomats: A Peace linguistics approach. Paper presented at the 3rd International Conference of the American Pragmatics Association (AMPRA), Bloomington, IN, USA.

 

Ishihara, N. (2016, April 6). Researching teacher development in pragmatics. A paper presented at the Applied Linguistics Interest Section Colloquium, Beyond Functions: Current Perspectives on Teaching and Learning Pragmatics (with David Olsher, Zohreh Eslami, Kathleen Bardovi-Harlig, Houck, Noël, and Donna Tatsuki) at the 50th Annual TESOL Convention. Baltimore, MD.

 

Ishihara, N. (2015, November 19). Identity and pragmatics: Implications for second language acquisition and instruction. Paper presented at the Keynote speech presented at the13th International TELLSI Conference, Lorestan State University, Khorramabad, Iran.

 

Eslami, Z. R., & Ishihara, N. (2015, November 17). Instructional Pragmatics: Teaching students to use language appropriately. Workshop co-presented at the 13th International TELLSI Conference, Lorestan State University, Khorramabad, Iran.

 

Ishihara, N., & Chiba, A. (2015, March 22). Teacher-based or interactional?: Exploring the assessment instruments for children's L2 pragmatic development. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of American Association for Applied Linguistics, Fairmont Royal York Hotel, Toronto, Canada.

 

Ishihara, N. (2015, March 15). Assessing materials to teach pragmatics: Resources to teach how to be culturally appropriate. Paper presented at the Public Lecture at Kanda University of International Studies, Kanda University of International Studies, Tokyo (Chiyoda-ku).

 

Ishihara, N. (2014, November 21). A marriage of peace linguistics and pragmatics. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT), Tsukuba (Tsukuba International Congress Center), Ibaraki.

 

Ishihara, N., & Takamiya, Y. (2014, March). Learning pragmatics through blogging: An ethnographic study of telecollaboration. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of American Association for Applied Linguistics, Portland, OR.

Ishihara, N. (2013, October). Applying politeness theory in the classroom. Joint panel with Jack Barrow and Kimiko Kosei presented at the Annual Conference of Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT), Kobe (Kobe Convention Center, Port Island), Hyogo.

 

Ishihara, N. (2013, March). Learning and teaching the pragmatics of English and other languages: Towards enhanced intercultural understanding. Invited lecture at La Sapienza (the University of Rome), Rome, Italy.

 

Ishihara, N. (2012, October). Teacher-based assessment of young learners' pragmatic competence. Poster presented at the Second Language Research Forum (SLRF), Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.

 

Ishihara, N. (2012, October). How do children learn pragmatics? Poster presented at the Annual Conference of Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT), Hamamatsu (Act City), Shizuoka.

 

Ishihara, N. (2012, July). Enhancing Learners' Cross-Cultural Communication Skills: L2 Pragmatics for All Ages 異文化間コミュニケーション能力・語用論的能力の向上:様々な年齢に適切な指導に向けて. Paper presented at the Hokkaido JALT, Hokkai Gakuen University, Sapporo.

 

Ishihara, N., Asaba, M., Burke, M., Chiba, A., & Mboutsiadis, B. (2012, June). Visual narratives for L2 pragmatic learning: Sociocultural literacy development. A panel presented at the JALT Pan SIG Conference, Hiroshima University.

 

Ishihara, N. (2012, June). "Teacher, you should get married this year": Addressing pragmatics in the language classroom. Keynote speech presented at the Practical Ideas for English Teaching (PIE) Conference at Kanto International High School.

 

Ishihara, N. (2012, January). Helping learners to use English appropriately: Teaching and learning L2 pragmatics. Keynote speech presented at the 2011-2012 Chiba Prefectural ALT Skill Development Conference, sponsored by the Chiba Board of Education.

 

Ishihara, N. (2011, December). Teaching L2 pragmatics: Enhancing learners' sociocultural competence. Paper presented at the Invited lecture, Kanda University of International Studies.

 

Ishihara, N. (2011, November). Teaching kids pragmatics with kamishibai stories. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT), Tokyo, Japan.

 

Ishihara, N. (2011, May). Helping students to use language effectively: Teaching pragmatics and discourse. Keynote speech presented at the ELT Career and Professional Development Conference (ECAP), Tokyo.

 

Ishihara, N., & Knight, T. (2011, March). Professional development through teaching, research, and teacher education on instructional pragmatics. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of American Association for Applied Linguistics, Chicago, IL.

 

Ishihara, N. (2010 December). Teaching English at the intersection of language and culture: Addressing pragmatics in your language instruction. Invited talk at Vietnam National University.

 

Ishihara, N. (2010, November). Teacher cognition in learning to teach pragmatics. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT), Nagoya, Japan.

 

Ishihara, N. (2010 July). Where does instructional pragmatics fit and to what extent?: Teacher development and L2 pragmatics. Paper presented as part of a colloquium entitled “Incorporating instructional pragmatics into L2 teacher education: Challenges and celebrations” (with  Zoreh Eslami, Camilla Vásquez, Heidi Vellenga, & Dina Yoshimi) at the Pragmatics and Language Learning Conference, Kobe, Japan.

 

Ishihara, N. (2010, May). Creating Opportunities for Learning Language and Culture 文化的・社会的状況にふさわしい言語を教えるために:プラグマティッス指導を考える. Paper presented at the ELT Career and Professional Development Conference (ECAP), Tokyo.

 

Ishihara, N. (2010, March). Instructional pragmatics in language teacher education: How do teachers understand, envision, and implement pragmatics instruction? Paper presented at the Annual Conference of American Association for Applied Linguistics, Atlanta, GA.

 

Ishihara, N. (2009, December). Addressing pragmatics in language learning: 状況に適切な言語表現の指導を考える. Paper presented at the JACET関東支部月例研究会, Waseda University, Japan.

 

Ishihara, N. (2009, November). Enhancing learners' sociolinguistic skills. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT), Shizuoka, Japan.

Ishihara, N. (2009, March). Critical pragmatics and intercultural communication: Subjectivity in pragmatics and intercultural communication. Paper presented at an invited Intercultural Communication Academic Session (with Noël Houck, Donna Tatsuki, Andrew D. Cohen & Donna Fujimoto) at the 43rd Annual TESOL Convention, Denver, CO.

Ishihara, N. (2009, March). Use of narratives in pragmatics-focused teacher education. A paper presented as part of a colloquium entitled “Finding New Stories in TESOL Teacher Education” (with Suhanthie Motha, Carroll Sherrie, Gloria Park, & Kara Blank Gonzalez) at the 43rd Annual TESOL Convention, Denver, CO.

 

Cohen, A. D., & Ishihara, N. (2009, March). New insights into teaching pragmatics in the ESL/EFL classroom. Paper presented at the 43rd Annual TESOL Convention, Denver, CO.

Ishihara, N. (2009, March). Assessment of EFL learners’ pragmatic development by the teacher, for the teacher. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of American Association for Applied Linguistics, Denver, CO.

Ishihara, N. (2008, October). The pragmatics of identity negotiation: What is the relevance of native-speaker norms for L2 use? Paper presented as part of an invited colloquium entitled, “Language in and out of classrooms: Connecting contexts of language use with learning and teaching practices” organized by Christina Higgins (with John Hellermann, Sandra McKay & Ryuko Kubota, Julia Menard-Warwick, and Jane Zuengler) at the annual conference of the Second Language Research Forum, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, HI.

 

Ishihara, N. (2008, April). Incorporating instructional pragmatics into teacher education. Paper presented at the 42nd Annual TESOL Convention, New York.

Ishihara, N., Aoshima, S., & Akikawa, K. (2008, April). Assessing pragmatic competence: A study of authentic assessment for foreign language pragmatics. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of American Association for Applied Linguistics, Washington DC.

Aoshima, S., Ishihara, N., & Akikawa, K. (2008, April). Pragmatics-focused instruction and assessment 語用論的意識と運用能力を高める授業活動とその評価. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of Association of Japanese Teachers, Atlanta, GA.

Ishihara, N. (2008, February). Transforming community norms: Potentials of L2 speakers’ pragmatic choice. Paper presented at the Temple University Japan Applied Linguistics Colloquium, Tokyo.

 

Cohen, A. D., & Ishihara, N. (2007, November). Teaching and learning pragmatics: Where language and culture meet. Presented at the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Annual Convention and World Languages Expo, San Antonio, TX.

 

Ishihara, N. (2007, June). Teachers' professional development in L2 pragmatic instruction: A case study. Paper presented at the Fifth International Conference on Language Teacher Education, Minneapolis, MN.

 

Ishihara, N. (2007, April). Tracing the development of teacher’s knowledge and beliefs about the instruction of L2 pragmatics: The effects of a summer institute. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of American Association for Applied Linguistics, Costa Mesa, CA.

 

Ishihara, N. (2007, April). Subjectivity, second/foreign language pragmatic use, and instruction: Evidence of accommodation and resistance. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

Ishihara, N. (2006, June). Enhancing pragmatic awareness among learners of Japanese: The effects of a web-based pragmatics curriculum. Paper presented at the Pragmatics in the Chinese/Japanese/Korean Classroom Conference, Honolulu, HI.

Ishihara, N. (2005, June). Incorporating pragmatics into L2 teaching and teacher education. Paper presented at the Fourth International Conference on Language Teacher Education, Minneapolis, MN.

Ishihara, N. (2005, April). Exercising agency: L2 speakers’ resistance to L2 pragmatic norms in authentic L2 use. Paper presented at 16th International Conference on Pragmatics and Language Learning, Bloomington, IN.

Ishihara, N., & Cohen, A. D. (2005, April). Incorporating pragmatics on-line into the L2 curriculum. Paper presented at the16th International Conference on Pragmatics and Language Learning, Bloomington, IN.

Ishihara, N., & Maeda, M. (2005, March). NS-NNS experienced teacher collaboration for professional development. Paper presented at the 39th Annual TESOL Convention, San Antonio, TX.

Cohen, A. D., Ishihara, N., & Olshtain, E. (2004, May). A web-based approach to strategic learning of speech acts. Paper presented at the American Association for Applied Linguistics Annual Conference, Portland, OR.

Maeda, M., & Ishihara, N. (2004, March). A unique model of collaboration: Drawing on our multiple perspectives beyond the NS-NNS status. Paper presented at the 38th Annual TESOL Convention, Long Beach, CA.

Ishihara, N. (2003, May). Cultural scaffolding for an international student in the TESOL practicum. Paper presented at the Third International Conference on Language Teacher Education, Minneapolis, MN.

Lazaraton, A., & Ishihara, N. (2003, May). Understanding L2 teacher practice through microanalysis, reflection, and collaboration. Paper presented at the Third International Conference on Language Teacher Education, Minneapolis, MN.

Ishihara, N. (2003, March). Identity and pragmatic performance of second language learners. Paper presented at the American Association for Applied Linguistics Annual Conference, Arlington, VA.

Ishihara, N. (2003, March). The role of culture in practicum in teaching ESL. Paper presented at the Nonnative English Speakers in TESOL Caucus Colloquium, 37th Annual TESOL Convention, Baltimore, MD.

Lazaraton, A., & Ishihara, N. (2002, December). Second language classroom practice: Reconciling insights from self-reflection and conversation analysis. Paper presented at the 13th World Congress of International Association of Applied Linguistics (AILA), Singapore.

Ishihara, N. (2002, December). Exploring immediate and delayed effects of formal instruction on giving and responding to compliments. Paper presented at the 7th Conference of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, Singapore.

Ishihara, N., & Chi, J. (2002, April). What about "What about Bob?" for beginners?"?: Use of a full-length feature film in a beginning ESL classroom. Demonstration given at the 36th Annual TESOL Convention, Salt Lake City, UT.

Ishihara, N. (2001, February). Genre analysis of Japanese and American business letter and e-mail message. Paper presented at the MA Student Colloquium, 35th Annual TESOL Convention, St. Louis, MO.

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