Richard Hodson

Department of Foreign Language StudiesProfessor

Field of study

  • Humanities & social sciences, Literature - European, European Language Literature
  • Humanities & social sciences, Foreign language education, Foreign Language Education

Committee Memberships

  • Apr. 2017
    監査委員会委員, 全国語学教育学会
  • Oct. 2012 - Nov. 2015
    財政運営委員会長, 全国語学教育学会

Papers

  • “To the Here and Now, but from Another Place”: Reactions to the Science-Fictionality of Kazuo Ishiguro’s Klara and the Sun
    西南学院大学外国語学論集, 3(1), 59-81, Jun. 2022, Reviewed
  • "He, Cromwell...": Pronouns in Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall
    『英文学研究』英文号, 60, 21-42, Mar. 2019, Reviewed
  • To "Wake to Virtue" From "Wanton Slumber": James Shirley's Moral-reformation Bed-tricks
    西南学院大学英語英文学論集, 58(1・2・3), 1-22, Feb. 2018, Reviewed
  • The Ogres and the Critics: Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Buried Giant and the Battle Line of Fantasy
    西南学院大学英語英文学論集, 56(2・3), 45-66, Feb. 2016
  • Teaching "Humour Competence"
    Proceedings of the Sixth CLS International Conference, 149-161, Dec. 2014, Reviewed
  • About a Boy: Ozu and Kitano's Orphan Comedies
    長崎県立大学国際情報学部研究紀要, (14), 41-52, Jan. 2014
  • Rewriting the Cultural Content of English Jokes in the EFL Classroom
    Proceedings of the Fifth CLS International Conference, 170-182, Dec. 2012, Reviewed
  • Koreeda's Nobody Knows: The Structure of a Fictional Documentary
    長崎県立大学国際情報学部研究紀要, (13), 19-27, Dec. 2012
  • Chronicle of Shame: Imamura’s Mizoguchi
    長崎県立大学国際情報学部研究紀要, (12), 73-83, Dec. 2011
  • Student Joke-telling Through Modification of Input Materials
    長崎県立大学国際情報学部研究紀要, (11), 97-107, Dec. 2010
  • Preliminary Results of a Survey of Teacher Attitudes and Experiences Regarding the Teaching of English Humour
    長崎県立大学国際情報学部研究紀要, (10), 41-52, Dec. 2009
  • Challenges for EFL Learners in Understanding English Humour: A Pilot Study
    長崎県立大学国際情報学部研究紀要, (9), 25-36, Dec. 2008
  • Media Humour in the Language Classroom
    Proceedings of the Third CLS International Conference, 669-679, Dec. 2008, Reviewed
  • "Other Habits" and "Other Places": Ninagawa’s Twelfth Night
    長崎外大論叢, (11), 153-165, Dec. 2007
  • Creating a Word List for Junior College Students: Lexical and Pedagogic Implications
    修士論文, Jul. 2007
  • Metaphorical Systems From the Newspaper Page to the EFL Classroom
    長崎外大論叢, (10), 295-305, Dec. 2006
  • Error in the Third Person -s: A Case Study
    長崎外大論叢, (9), 109-119, Dec. 2005
  • Caroline Town Comedy 1628-1642
    博士論文, Jul. 2003
  • Early Stuart Town Comedy 1609-1635
    修士論文, Jul. 1996

Miscellaneous

  • Shakespearean Comedy: Insights From a Survey of Student Knowledge
    西南学院大学英語英文学論集, 58(1・2・3), 49-58, Feb. 2018
  • Defamilarization of Habitualized Texts and Tasks: Applications of Two Russian Formalist Concepts to Language Teaching and Learning
    Annual Review of English Learning and Teaching, (15), 49-55, 30 Nov. 2010, Reviewed
  • My Meishi: Using Business Cards to Review Personal Information
    The Language Teacher, 6(30), Jul. 2007, Reviewed
  • Text Message English
    ETJ Journal, 4(3), 20-21, Dec. 2003

Books and other publications

  • Bridging the Humor Barrier: Humor Competency Training in English Language Teaching
    John Rucynski, Jr. and Caleb Prichard (Eds.), Contributor
    Lexington Books, Mar. 2020
    9781498592000
  • New Ways in Teaching With Humor
    John Rucynski, Jr. (Ed.), Contributor
    TESOL Press, Oct. 2016
    9781942799818
  • Media in Foreign Language Teaching and Learning
    W. M. Chan, K. N. Chin, M. Nagami & T. Suthiwan (Eds.), Contributor
    Walter de Gruyter, Apr. 2011
  • Current Issues in English Language Teaching and Learning. An International Perspective
    M. Cal Varela, F. J. Fernández Polo, L. Gómez García & I. M. Palacios Martínez (Eds.), Contributor
    Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Apr. 2010
  • Express Yourself in English
    K. Yagi, A. Inoue, S. Sainoo-Fuller, Joint work
    英宝社, Apr. 2009

Lectures, oral presentations, etc.

  • Using Literature Effectively for Learner Agency
    M. Hillis J. Joritz-Nakagawa M. Nagado S.L. Sullivan
    JALT 45th Annual International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning, Nagoya, Nov. 2019
  • Diverse Uses of Literature in the Second Language Classroom
    D. Bao V.A. Richings
    JALT 44th Annual International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning, Shizuoka, Nov. 2018
  • "He, Cromwell...": Pronouns in Hilary Mantel's "Wolf Hall"
    The 90th General Meeting of the English Literary Society of Japan, May 2018
  • Clones in the Classroom: Teaching Ishiguro's "Never Let Me Go"
    The Ninth Annual Liberlit Conference, Tokyo, Feb. 2018
  • Key Word Clouds for Literature Learners
    JALT 41st Annual International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning, Shizuoka, Nov. 2015
  • Teaching "Humour Competence"
    Sixth CLS International Conference, Singapore, Dec. 2014
  • Relationships Between Editing Competence and Writing Competence
    J. Hensley
    Sixth CLS International Conference, Singapore, Dec. 2014
  • Borderline Funny: Humor in Language Education
    J. Rucynski S. Gardner A. Namba
    JALT 40th Annual International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning, Tsukuba, Nov. 2014
  • Rewriting the Cultural Content of English Jokes in the EFL Classroom
    Fifth CLS International Conference, Singapore, Dec. 2012
  • Teaching English Humour: Attitudes and Experiences
    JALT 38th Annual International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning, Hamamatsu, Oct. 2012
  • Learner Ratings of English Jokes
    25th JACET Kyushu-Okinawa Chapter Conference, Nagasaki, Jul. 2012
  • Student Joke-rating and Output Peer-rating
    JALT 37th Annual International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning, Tokyo, Nov. 2011
  • Writing Feedback: Does Order Make a Difference?
    J. Hensley
    JALT 37th Annual International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning, Tokyo, Nov. 2011
  • Defamiliarized Writing Tasks and Texts for Language Learning Through Creative Language Play
    Pan-Korea English Teachers Association 2009 International Conference, Busan, Korea, Oct. 2009
  • Using Newspaper Cartoons to Introduce Humorous Language to the EFL Classroom
    23ed JACET Kyushu-Okinawa Chapter Conference, Okinawa, Jun. 2009
  • Media Humour in the Language Classroom
    Third CLS International Conference, Singapore, Dec. 2008
  • Teaching and Learning the Language of Humour
    JALT 34th Annual International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning, Tokyo, Nov. 2008
  • Tools for Analysing Teacher-learner Interaction and Pedagogical Decision-making in the EFL Classroom
    First International Conference on English Language Teaching and Learning, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, Sep. 2008
  • A Phraseological Approach to College English
    A. Inoue
    22nd JACET Kyushu-Okinawa Chapter Conference, Okinawa, Jul. 2008

Academic society affiliations

  • Jan. 2012
    International Society for Humor Studies
  • Apr. 2008
    日本英文学会
  • Apr. 2008
    大学英語教育学会
  • Apr. 2005
    全国語学教育学会