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The Representational Parameters of the Native Speaker in Japanese Higher Education

Research Project

Project/Area Number 26770193
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Foreign language education
Research InstitutionFuture University-Hakodate

Principal Investigator

Rivers Damian  公立はこだて未来大学, システム情報科学部, 准教授 (00515455)

Project Period (FY) 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥260,000 (Direct Cost: ¥200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥60,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
KeywordsNative Speaker / Native-Speakerism / Representation / Higher Education / Employment / native speaker / discourse / representation / semiotics / ネイティブスピーカー / 高等教育 / 教員募集 / 言語イデオロギー
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Overall, Japanese higher education shows "an enduring reluctance to tackle issues of 'native-speaker' based employment, conflations with nationality, and the racialized assumptions underpinning both" (Rivers & Ross, 2013: 328). Non-Japanese nationality teachers labelled as "native speaker" are positioned to perform to a fixed burden of representation related to occidental stereotypes further fueled by various native-speaker fallacies. This burden provides the structure to regulate workplace interactions, experiences and expectations in a way which promotes differential treatment and inequity. The consequences of such practices being normative have been shown to include unstable employment, marginalization and exclusion within the workplace, anxiety and poor mental health, unresolved frustration and cynicism, poor or non-existent relationships with colleagues, and difficulties in establishing a professional identity on the basis of earned rather than unearned criteria.

Report

(5 results)
  • 2017 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (33 results)

All 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014

All Journal Article (5 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 5 results,  Peer Reviewed: 5 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 1 results) Presentation (17 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 6 results,  Invited: 2 results) Book (11 results)

  • [Journal Article] L1/L2 Communication Self-Efficacy Beliefs and the Contribution of Personality2018

    • Author(s)
      Rivers, D.J. and Ross, A.S.
    • Journal Title

      Language Learning Journal

      Volume: 1 Issue: 6 Pages: 1-16

    • DOI

      10.1080/09571736.2018.1441895

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] “Froome with his SKY Bodyguards, Layers of Armour": The ‘Sport is War’ Conceptual Metaphor in Grand Tour Cycling Commentary2018

    • Author(s)
      Ross, A.S. and Rivers, D.J.
    • Journal Title

      Communication & Sport

      Volume: 1 Issue: 2 Pages: 1-22

    • DOI

      10.1177/2167479517752431

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Emotions Beyond the Classroom: Interactions with the Social World2018

    • Author(s)
      Ross, A.S. and Rivers, D.J.
    • Journal Title

      Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching

      Volume: 8 Issue: 1 Pages: 103-126

    • DOI

      10.14746/ssllt.2018.8.1.5

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Communicative Interactions in Foreign Language Education: Contact Anxiety, Appraisal and Distance2018

    • Author(s)
      Rivers, D.J. and Ross, A.S.
    • Journal Title

      Learning, Culture and Social Interaction

      Volume: 16 Pages: 20-30

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.lcsi.2017.09.001

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Digital Cultures of Political Participation: Internet Memes and the Discursive Delegitimization of the 2016 U.S. Presidential Candidates2017

    • Author(s)
      Ross, A.S. and Rivers, D.J.
    • Journal Title

      Discourse, Context and Media

      Volume: 16 Pages: 1-11

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.dcm.2017.01.001

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Presentation] Categorizations of Speakerhood: Reconciling the Damage and Searching for Solutions2017

    • Author(s)
      Rivers, D.J.
    • Organizer
      American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2017 Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Portland, OR, USA
    • Year and Date
      2017-03-21
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Privilege and Marginalization in English Language Teaching: Beyond Essentialization and Idealization2017

    • Author(s)
      Yazan, B., Aneja, G., Park, G., Rivers, D.J. and Kubota, R.
    • Organizer
      American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2017 Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Portland, OR, USA
    • Year and Date
      2017-03-21
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] The Sociointeractional Function and Visiolinguistic Form of the Internet Meme: A Case Study in Multimodal Political Participation2017

    • Author(s)
      Rivers, D.J.
    • Organizer
      Australian Linguistics Society Conference
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The Omnipresent Other: National Identity in English Language Learning2016

    • Author(s)
      Rivers, D.J.
    • Organizer
      Seventh Centre for Language Studies International Conference (CLaSIC)
    • Place of Presentation
      Singapore
    • Year and Date
      2016-12-01
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] ntergroup Encounters in English Language Learning: Modeling the Impact of National Identification2016

    • Author(s)
      Rivers, D.J.
    • Organizer
      Psychology of Language Learning 2 (PLL2) International Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Jyvaskyla, Finland
    • Year and Date
      2016-08-12
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Native-Speakerism and the Construction of Ideological Opposition to the Native-Speaker English Teacher2016

    • Author(s)
      Rivers, D.J.
    • Organizer
      wenty-Sixth European Second Language Association (EUROSLA) International Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Jyvaskyla, Finland
    • Year and Date
      2016-08-10
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] White Nationalist Discourse on Hip-Hop: A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Otherness Construction2016

    • Author(s)
      Rivers, D.J.
    • Organizer
      Third ISA Forum on Sociology
    • Place of Presentation
      Vienna, Austria
    • Year and Date
      2016-07-08
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Should we Listen to Students who Demand Native-Speaker Teachers?2015

    • Author(s)
      Rivers, D.J. and Ross, A.S.
    • Organizer
      Applied Linguistics Association of Australia (ALAA) Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      University of South Australia, Australia
    • Year and Date
      2015-11-30
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Shared Territory: Making Room for Emotion and Cognition in Applied Linguistics2015

    • Author(s)
      Ross, A.S. and Rivers, D.J.
    • Organizer
      Applied Linguistics Association of Australia (ALAA) Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      University of South Australia, Australia
    • Year and Date
      2015-11-30
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] The Validity of Victimhood in Native and Non-Native Discourse2015

    • Author(s)
      Rivers, D.J.
    • Organizer
      Sociolinguistics of Globalization: (De)centering and (De)standardization
    • Place of Presentation
      University of Hong Kong, China
    • Year and Date
      2015-06-03
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Australian Hip-Hop: Maintaining Voice and Representing Place2015

    • Author(s)
      Ross, A.S. and Rivers, D.J.
    • Organizer
      Sociolinguistics of Globalization: (De)centering and (De)standardization
    • Place of Presentation
      University of Hong Kong, China
    • Year and Date
      2015-06-03
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Beyond Bifurcation: Language Speakers as Complex Individuals2015

    • Author(s)
      Rivers, D.J., Rajagopalan, K. and Liang, S.
    • Organizer
      Sociolinguistics of Globalization: (De)centering and (De)standardization
    • Place of Presentation
      University of Hong Kong, China
    • Year and Date
      2015-06-03
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Discursive Representations of the Native Speaker as Qualification for Employment2015

    • Author(s)
      Rivers, D.J.
    • Organizer
      American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2015 Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Fairmont Royal York, Toronto, Canada
    • Year and Date
      2015-03-22 – 2015-03-26
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Speakerhood Status, Institutional Discourse and Voices from the Inside: An Exploration of the Native-Speaker Criterion and Native-Speakerism in Japanese Higher Education2015

    • Author(s)
      Rivers, D.J.
    • Organizer
      The Center for English as a Lingua Franca Forum: Language Teaching in the Asian Context
    • Place of Presentation
      Tamagawa University, Tokyo, Japan
    • Year and Date
      2015-03-07
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] The Discourse of Desire and sought after Skills in Language Teacher Recruitment.2014

    • Author(s)
      Rivers, D.J.
    • Organizer
      the Sixth Centre for Language Studies International Conference (CLaSIC)
    • Place of Presentation
      National University of Singapore, Singapore
    • Year and Date
      2014-12-02 – 2014-12-05
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Trainee Teacher Narratives: Native-Speakerism in the Japanese Context2014

    • Author(s)
      Rivers, D.J.
    • Organizer
      Second International Symposium on Native-Speakerism
    • Place of Presentation
      Saga University, Saga, Japan
    • Year and Date
      2014-09-22 – 2014-09-25
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Narrative Explorations of the Burden of Speakerhood2014

    • Author(s)
      Rivers, D.J.
    • Organizer
      AILA World Congress 2014
    • Place of Presentation
      Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, Brisbane, Australia
    • Year and Date
      2014-08-12 – 2014-08-17
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Book] Beyond Native-Speakerism: Current Explorations and Future Visions2018

    • Author(s)
      Houghton, S.A., Rivers, D.J. and Hashimoto, K.
    • Total Pages
      248
    • Publisher
      Routledge
    • ISBN
      9781138186798
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] Speakerhood as Segregation: The Construction and Consequence of Divisive Discourse in TESOL2017

    • Author(s)
      Rivers, D.J.
    • Total Pages
      30
    • Publisher
      Springer
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Book] Hip-Hop as Critical Conscience: Framing Dissatisfaction and Dissent2017

    • Author(s)
      Rivers, D.J. and Ross, A.S.
    • Total Pages
      30
    • Publisher
      Palgrave Macmillan
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Book] Where is the Love? White Nationalist Discourse on Hip-Hop2017

    • Author(s)
      Rivers, D.J.
    • Total Pages
      30
    • Publisher
      Palgrave Macmillan
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Book] Native-Speakerism and the Betrayal of the Native Speaker Teaching Professional2017

    • Author(s)
      Rivers, D.J.
    • Total Pages
      30
    • Publisher
      Mouton De Gruyter
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Book] Bringing the Isms into Focus2017

    • Author(s)
      Zotzmann, K. and Rivers, D.J.
    • Total Pages
      15
    • Publisher
      Mouton De Gruyter
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Book] LETs and NESTs: Voices, Views and Vignettes2016

    • Author(s)
      Rivers, D.J.
    • Total Pages
      21
    • Publisher
      British Council London
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Book] Resistance to the Known: Counter-Conduct in Language Education2015

    • Author(s)
      Rivers, D.J. (Ed.)
    • Total Pages
      245
    • Publisher
      Palgrave Macmillan
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Book] Transcultural Interaction and Linguistic Diversity in Higher Education: The Student Experience2015

    • Author(s)
      Rivers, D.J.
    • Total Pages
      26
    • Publisher
      Palgrave Macmillan
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Book] Cultural Essentialism in Intercultural Relations2015

    • Author(s)
      Rivers, D.J.
    • Total Pages
      26
    • Publisher
      Palgrave Macmillan
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Book] Resistance to the Known: Counter-Conduct in Language Education2015

    • Author(s)
      Rivers, D.J.
    • Total Pages
      258
    • Publisher
      Palgrave Macmillan
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report

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Published: 2014-04-04   Modified: 2019-03-29  

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