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Publications

BOOKS

Ishihara, N. (with Cohen, A. D.) (2022). Teaching and learning pragmatics: Where language and culture meet (2nd ed.). Routledge. Order through Routledge with a discount code 

Ishihara, N. (author/translator) & Cohen, A. (author, March). (2015). 多文化理解の語学教育 語用論的指導への招待 [Language teaching for multicultural understanding: An invitation to pragmatics instruction] (abridged translation and revision of Teaching and learning pragmatics: Where language and culture meet) Tokyo: Kenkyusha.

 

Ishihara, N. & Cohen, A. D. (2014, May). Teaching and learning pragmatics: Where language and culture meet. Abingdon, England: Routledge. (First published 2010 by Pearson Education.)

 

Ishihara, N. & Maeda, M. (2010, January). Advanced Japanese: Communication in context『ことばと文化の交差点: 文化で読み解く日本語 』[Kotobato Bunkano Kousaten: Bunkade Yomitoku Nippongo]. London: Routledge.

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Ishihara, N. (under review). Fostering a translingual framework in teacher education focused on pragmatics: A multilingual turn in learning and teaching pragmatics. System, special issue on L2 Pragmatics in Language Teacher Education.

Estival, D., Prado, M., & Ishihara, N. (2023). Not using standard phraseology: misunderstandings and delays. Applied Linguistics Papers, 27(2), 4-28.

 

Ishihara, N., & Lee, H. E. (2021). Face and (im)politeness in aviation English: The pragmatics of radiotelephony communications. Journal of Pragmatics, 180, 102-113. doi:10.1016/j.pragma.2021.04.030

 

Ishihara, N., & Prado, M. C. A. (2021). The negotiation of meaning in aviation English as a lingua franca: A corpus-informed discursive approach. To appear in Modern Language Journal 105 (3), 639-654.

Ishihara, N., Carroll, S., Mahler, D., & Russo, A. (2018). Finding a niche in teaching English in Japan: Translingual agency and identity negotiation. System, 79, 81-90. doi:10.1016/j.system.2018.06.006

Taguchi, N., & Ishihara, N. (2018). The pragmatics of English as a lingua franca: Research and pedagogy in the era of globalization. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 38, 80-101. doi:10.1017/S0267190518000028

Ishihara, N., & Menard-Warwick, J. (2018). In “sociocultural in-betweenness”: Exploring teachers’ translingual identity development through narratives. Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication (MULTI), 37(3), 255-274. doi:10.1515/multi-2016-0086

 

Ishihara, N. (2017). Teaching pragmatics in support of learner subjectivity and global communicative needs: A peace linguistics perspective. Idee in Form@zione [Idea in formation: Journal of Teacher Education, Professionalism and educational effectiveness. Official Journal of the National Association of Teacher Trainers and Supervisors, Italy], 6(5), 17-32.

 

Ishihara, N., & Richieri, C. (2016). A teacher development program for primary English teachers in Italy: A blended approach to learning English and language teaching methodology. In S. Sasajima, Y. Ehara, & A. Shimura (Eds.), 言語教師認知研究 研究収録 2016 [Language Teacher Cognition Research Bulletin 2016] (pp. 109-126). Tokyo: JACET 言語教師認知研究会 [Japan Association of College English Teaching Special Interest Group on Language Teacher Cognition] Accessible from: https://app.box.com/s/p5ri9f7gvmqbjfe75sru5a6268gzciz2

 

Ishihara, N., & Chiba, A. (2014). Teacher-based or interactional?: Exploring assessments for children's pragmatic development. Iranian Journal of Language Testing, 4(1), 84-112.

 

Ishihara, N. (2013). Is it rude language?: Children learning pragmatics through visual narratives. TESL Canada Journal, 30(3), 135-149. Accessible from: http://www.teslcanadajournal.ca/index.php/tesl/article/viewFile/1157/976 

Ishihara, N. (2012). Critical narratives for teaching pragmatics: Application to teacher education. The European Journal of Applied Linguistics and TEFL, 1(2), 5-17.

Ishihara, N. (2012). Incorporating a critical approach to teaching pragmatics: A story-based approach. International Journal of Innovation in English Language Teaching & Research (IJIELTR), 1(1), 29-36.

Ishihara, N., & Cohen, A. (2012). Teaching and learning pragmatics: Response to Peter Grundy ELT Journal, 66(2), 377-379.

 

Ishihara, N. (2011). Co-constructing pragmatic awareness: Instructional pragmatics in EFL teacher development in Japan. TESL-EJ, 15(2). Accessible at: http://www.tesl-ej.org/wordpress/issues/volume15/ej58/ej58a2/.

Ishihara, N. (2010). Instructional pragmatics: Bridging teaching, research, and teacher education. Language and Linguistics Compass, 4(10), 938-953.

Ishihara, N. (2009). Teacher-based assessment for foreign language pragmatics. TESOL Quarterly, 43(3), 445-470.

Ishihara, N. (2007). Web-based curriculum for pragmatics instruction in Japanese as a foreign language: An explicit awareness-raising approach. Language Awareness, 16(1), 21-40.

Lazaraton, A. & Ishihara, N. (2005). Understanding second language teacher practice using microanalysis and self-reflection: A collaborative case study. Modern Language Journal, 89 (4), 529-542.

Ishihara, N. (2004). Exploring the immediate and delayed effects of formal instruction: Teaching giving and responding to compliments. MinneWI TESOL Journal (Minnesota and Wisconsin Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Journal), 21, 37-70.

Ishihara, N. (2003). Curriculum components of the practicum in ESL. MinneWI TESOL Journal (Minnesota and Wisconsin Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Journal), 20, 1-20.

Ishihara, N. (2003). "I wish I would have known!": The usage of would have in past counterfactual if- and wish-clauses. Issues in Applied Linguistics, 14(1), 21-48.

 

BOOK CHAPTERS

 

Prado, M. C. d. A., & Ishihara, N. (in press). Pragmatic strategies in the aeronautical community of practice. In E. Friginal, J. Roberts, & M. C. d. A. Prado (Eds.), Aviation English worldwide: Current research and innovations: Bloomsbury.

Ishihara, N. (in press). Introducing intercultural citizenship in a classroom in Japan: Telecollaboration and an arts-based approach to understanding social activism. In T. McConachy (Ed.), International perspectives on intercultural understanding in ELT. Palgrave Macmillan.

Ishihara, N. (2023). Identity in second language pragmatics research. In C. A. Chapelle (Ed.), The encyclopedia of applied linguistics (pp. 1-5; online https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781405198431.wbeal9781405120058): Wiley.

Ishihara, N., Porcellato, A. M., & Prado, M. C. d. A. (2023). Teachers' identity and agency in L2 pragmatics: Supporting teachers' translingual identity as pedagogy through narratives. In A. Martínez-Flor, A. Sánchez-Hernández, & J. Barón (Eds.), L2 Pragmatics in Action: Teachers, learners and the teaching-learning interaction process (pp. 89-111). John Benjamins.

Ishihara, N., & Porcellato, A. M. (2022). Co-constructing non-essentialist pedagogy: Supporting teachers to support learners’ translingual agency through L2 pragmatics instruction. In T. McConachy & A. J. Liddicoat (Eds.), Teaching and learning L2 pragmatics for intercultural understanding (pp. 151-172). Routledge.

石原& 関本 (2022). 多文化コミュニケーションの実践で培われる自己相対化能力:日米大学のCOIL共修活動から. 村田晶子(編著)『オンライン国際交流と協働学習』[Intercultural virtual exchange and collaborative learning] (pp. 177-194). くろしお出版

Ishihara, N. (2021). From a native-nonnative speaker dichotomy to a translingual framework. In J. C. Félix-Brasdefer, R. L. Shively, & J. M. Sykes (Eds.), New directions in researching, teaching, and assessing L2 pragmatics (pp. 300-313). Berlin: De Gruyter. De Gruyter.

 

Ishihara, N. (2021). Teaching the pragmatics of English as an international language: Practitioners' perspectives informing language teacher development. In Z. Tajeddin & M. Alemi (Eds.), Pragmatics pedagogy in English as an international language (pp. 155-171). London: Routledge.

 

Ishihara, N. (2020). The language of respect and dignity for intercultural understanding and conflict resolution: Application to diplomacy and education. In C. Chowdhury, M. Britton, & L. Hartling (Eds.), Human Dignity: Practices, Discourses, and Transformations (pp. 97-111). Lake Oswego, OR: Dignity Press.

Ishihara, N. (2019). Understanding English language learners' pragmatic resistance and subjectivity. In A. Gao, C. Davison, & C. Leung (Eds.), International handbook of English language teaching (2nd ed.) (pp. 1-21). Boston: Springer.

Ishihara, N. (2019). Identity and agency in L2 pragmatics. In N. Taguchi (Ed.), Routledge handbook of SLA and pragmatics (pp. 161-175). New York: Routledge.

Ishihara, N., Orihashi, T., & Clark, Z. (2019). Innovations in elementary classrooms: Integrating the teaching of English, history, and peace linguistics. In H. Reinders, S. Ryan, & S. Nakao (Eds.), Innovations in Language Learning and Teaching: The Case of Japan (pp. 47-69). Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan.

Ishihara, N. (2018). Intercultural pragmatic failure. In J. Liontas et al. (Eds.), The TESOL Encyclopedia of English Language Teaching. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.

 

Ishihara, N. (2016). Softening or intensifying your language in oppositional talk: Disagreeing agreeably or defiantly. In P. Friedrich (Ed.), English for Diplomatic Purposes (pp. 20-41). Bristol: Multilingual Matters.

Ishihara, N., & Paller, D. L. (2016). Research-informed materials for teaching pragmatics: The case of agreement and disagreement in English. In B. Tomlinson (Ed.), SLA research and materials development for language learning (pp. 87-102). London: Routledge.

 

Ishihara, N. (2016). Thanks from the bottom of my heart: Teaching elaborate thanks in written English. In D. Tatsuki & D. Fujimoto (Eds.), Back to basics: Filling the gaps in pragmatics teaching materials (pp. 108-122). Tokyo: The Japan Association for Language Teaching Pragmatics Special Interest Group.

Yamashita, S., & Ishihara, N. (2016). An integrated grammar-pragmatics approach: Teaching style shifting in Japanese. In A. Benati & S. Yamashita (Eds.), Theory, research, and pedagogy in learning and teaching Japanese grammar (pp. 187-218): Palgrave Macmillan.

Ishihara, N. (2015). Identity and pragmatics: Implications for second language acquisition and instruction. In M. R. Moradian (Ed.), New trends & criticisms in English language teaching & literature. The proceedings of the 13th International TELLSI Conference (pp. 466-473). Khorramabad, Iran: Lorestan State University.

 

Ishihara, N., & Takamiya, Y. (2014). Pragmatic development through blogs: A longitudinal study of telecollaboration and language socialization. In S. Li & P. Swanson (Eds.), Engaging language learners through technology integration: Theory, applications, and outcomes (pp. 137-161). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

Ishihara, N. (2013). Teacher-based assessment of L2 Japanese pragmatics: Classroom applications. In S. Ross & G. Kasper (Eds.), Assessing second language pragmatics (pp. 124-148). Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.

石原. (2013). 語用論的能力の発達 [Pragmatic development]. In 『第二言語習得と英語科教育法』 [Research in second language acquisition and English teaching methodology] JACET SLA研究会 (pp. 92-104). 東京 Tokyo: 開拓社.

 

Cohen, A., & Ishihara, N. (2013). Pragmatics. In B. Tomlinson (Ed.), Applied linguistics and materials development (pp. 113-126). London: Bloomsbury.

 

Ishihara, N. (2013). Andrew D. Cohen. In C. A. Chapelle (Ed.), The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics (pp. 1-3). Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.

 

Takamiya, Y., & Ishihara, N. (2013). Blogging: Cross-cultural interaction for pragmatic development. In N. Taguchi & J. Sykes (Eds.), Technology in interlanguage pragmatics research and teaching (pp. 185-214). Philadelphia, PA: John Benjamins.

 

Ishihara, N. (2012). Stories for children: My dog never says "please". In J. Ronald, C. Rinnert, K. Fordyce & T. Knight (Eds.), Pragtivities: Bringing pragmatics to second language classrooms (pp. 189-192). Tokyo: The Japan Association for Language Teaching Pragmatics Special Interest Group.

 

Ishihara, N. (2012). Stories for children: The talking dog. In J. Ronald, C. Rinnert, K. Fordyce & T. Knight (Eds.), Pragtivities: Bringing pragmatics to second language classrooms (pp. 193-196). Tokyo: The Japan Association for Language Teaching Pragmatics Special Interest Group.

 

Ishihara, N. (2012). Moving from North America to overseas. In R. Kubota & Y. Sun (Eds.), Demystifying career after graduate school: A guide for second language professionals in higher education (pp. 77-87). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.

Ishihara, N. (2010). Assessing learners’ pragmatic ability in the classroom. In D. Tatsuki & N. Houck (Eds.), Pragmatics: Teaching speech acts (pp. 209-227). Alexandria, VA: Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages.

 

Akikawa, K., & Ishihara, N. (2010). “Please write a recommendation letter”: Teaching to write e-mail requests to faculty. In D. Tatsuki & N. Houck (Eds.), Pragmatics: Teaching speech acts (pp. 47-66). Alexandria, VA: Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages.

 

Ishihara, N. (2010). Maintaining an optimal distance: Nonnative speakers’ pragmatic choice. In A. Mahboob (Ed.), The NNEST Lens: Nonnative English Speakers in TESOL (Vol. 1, pp. 35-53). Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Press.
 

Ishihara, N. (2010). Compliments and responses to compliments: Learning communication in context. In A. Martínez-Flor & E. Usó-Juan (Eds.), Speech act performance: Theoretical, empirical and methodological issues (pp. 179-198). Amsterdam, the Netherlands: John Benjamins.

Ishihara, N. & Tarone, E. (2009). Subjectivity and pragmatic choice in L2 Japanese: Emulating and resisting pragmatic norms. In N. Taguchi (Ed.), Pragmatic competence: Mouton series in pragmatics 5 (pp. 101-128). Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.

Ishihara, N. (2009). Transforming community norms: Potentials of L2 speakers’ pragmatic resistance. In M. Hood (Ed.), Proceedings of the 2008 Temple University Japan colloquium on language learning (pp. 1-10). Tokyo: Temple University Japan.

Ishihara, N. (2005). Intercultural challenges and cultural scaffolding: The experience of a nonnative English-speaking student teacher in a US practicum in second language teaching. In M. Bigelow & C. Walker (Eds.), Creating teacher community: Selected papers from the Third International Conference on Language Teacher Education (pp. 153-173). Minneapolis, MN: Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition.

Ishihara, N. (2003). Giving and responding to compliments. In K. Bardovi-Harlig & R. Mahan-Taylor (Eds.), Teaching pragmatics. Washington DC: Office of English Programs, U.S. Department of State. Available at: http://exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/pragmatics/ishihara.htm.

OTHERS

Ishihara, N. (2022). Enhancing interactive engagement online: Linking speakership and listenership for (online) communication. In D. Tatsuki (Ed.), Innovations in the teaching of pragmatics (pp. 115-120). Tokyo: JALT Pragmatics SIG.

Ishihara, N. (2020). Going beyond the icing on the gingerbread: Teaching pragmatics more regularly, systematically, and communicatively. In J. Tarandis, J. Ronald, D. Fujimoto, & N. Ishihara (Eds.), Pragmatics undercover: The search for natural talk in EFL textbooks (pp. 21-28). Tokyo: The Japan Association for Language Teaching Pragmatics Special Interest Group.

Ishihara, N. (2019). An invitation to "Invitations and Greetings:" New resource pages on the CARLA database. Pragmatic Matters: JALT Pragmatics SIG Newsletter, 54, 3-5.

Ishihara, N. (2016). Thanks from the bottom of my heart: Teaching elaborate thanks in written English. In D. Tatsuki & D. Fujimoto (Eds.), Back to basics: Filling the gaps in pragmatics teaching materials (pp. 108-122). Tokyo: The Japan Association for Language Teaching Pragmatics Special Interest Group.

Ishihara, N. (5/11/2015). L2 pragmatics and subjectivity. A newsletter article in InterCom, Center for Applied Second Language Studies (CASLS), University of Oregon.

Ishihara, N., Asaba, M., Burke, M., Chiba, A., & Mboutsiadis, B. (2012). Visual narratives for L2 pragmatic learning: Sociocultural literacy development. Pragmatic Matters: JALT Pragmatics SIG Newsletter, 39(2), 10-13.

Ishihara, N. (2011). Teaching to develop learners' sociocultural competence. Soleado (a publication of dual language education of New Mexico), Spring 2011, 6-7.

 

Ishihara, N., & Cohen, A. D. (2011). Why worry at all about pragmatics in language learning? Voices: The Longman Linguistics and Applied Linguistics Magazine, April 2011(1), 9.

 

Cohen, A., & Ishihara, N. (2010). Interview with Andrew Cohen (April 9¸ 2010) about the Ishihara & Cohen volume¸ Teaching and Learning Pragmatics¸ with a comment by Noriko Ishihara. Pearson Longman English Newsletter.
 

Ishihara, N. (2009). Critical pragmatics and intercultural communication (IC): Learner subjectivity in pragmatics and IC. ICIS Newsletter (The Newsletter of TESOL's Intercultural Communication Interest Section). Available at: http://www.tesol.org:80//s_tesol/article.asp?vid=184&DID=12605&sid=1&cid=751&iid=12601&nid=3244.

Ishihara, N. (2009). Conference Report: The 11th International Pragmatics Conference (translation by Ishihara). Pragmatic Matters: JALT Pragmatics SIG Newsletter, 10 (2), 3-6 (Japanese version).
 

Ishihara, N. (2009). Dissertation awardee spotlight: Letter from Noriko Ishihara. American Educational Research Association Second Language Research Special Interest Group Newsletter, 7, 5.

Ishihara, N. (2008). Web watch: Dancing with Words: Strategies for Learning Pragmatics in Spanish. Pragmatic Matters: JALT Pragmatics SIG Newsletter, 9(1), 3 (English), 3 (Japanese, translated by Ishihara).

Ishihara, N. & Maeda, M. (2005). Multiple identities emerge through collaboration. Essential Teacher Compleatlinks 2005, 2(4). Available at: http://www.tesol.org/s_tesol/secetdoc.asp?CID=1162&DID=5079.

Ishihara, N., & Maeda, M. (2005). Collegial in-service teacher collaboration as professional development: Transcending traditional dichotomies. Teacher Education Interest Section Newsletter 20(2). Available at: http://www.tesol.org//s_tesol/article.asp?vid=167&DID=4138&sid= 1&cid= 738&iid=4131&nid=3091.

Cohen, A. D., & Ishihara, N. (2005). A Web-based approach to strategic learning of speech acts. Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition Report. Available from the link at: http://www.carla.umn.edu/speechacts/research.html.

 

Ishihara, N., & Chi, J. (2004). Authentic video in the beginning ESOL classroom: Using a full-length feature film for listening and speaking strategy practice. English Teaching Forum, 42(1), 30-35. Available from the link at: http://eca.state.gov/forum/vols/vol42/no1/p30.htm

Ishihara, N. (2003). Formal instruction on the speech act of giving and responding to compliments. Proceedings of the 7th Conference of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics 62-78.

 

Cohen, A. D., & Ishihara, N. (2003). Interview with Andrew Cohen and Noriko Ishihara. Pragmatic Matters: JALT Pragmatics SIG Newsletter, 4(3), 3-5 (English), 3-5 (Japanese, translated by Ishihara).

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