Tim Greer
Kobe University
My students' research
In the Second Language Education course at Kobe University's Graduate School of Intercultural Studies, my students have investigated a range of topics related to language use in bilingual and second language contexts. If you are interested in conversation analysis or discourse analysis and you want study for a masters or doctorate while living in Japan, take a look at some of the work our students are doing here in the Contents in Second Language Education Course at Kobe University.
Most of my students have gone on to English-teaching positions at secondary schools (such as Kansai University Junior and Secondary School and Kobe College/神戸女学院の中学校・高校) and tertiary institutions (including Osaka University, Hiroshima International University, Fukui Prefectural University, Qatar University and Zhongnan University of Economics and Law).
Masters students
Li Zilong (2026-2028)
Interruption and epistemic stance in the interactional accomplishment of intersubjectivity among Chinese learners of Japanese
Intan Akhirudin (2026-2028)
Code-switching phenomena in natural conversations among Indonesia students in Japan
Li Sifan (2024-2026)
Utilizing collaborative imagination as an interactional resource in TRPG talk
Hiroya Haruyama (2023-2025)
Accommodation and interactional histories in experiential language education
Shiho Ishii (2022-2025)
Identity in L2 Japanese interaction
Zack Nanbu (2017-2019)
Negotiating domains of knowledge in Japanese EFL conversation
Michelle Fang (2017-2019)
On using Japanese in self-repair sequences during an EFL speaking test
Mayuri Sasuga (2010-2013)
Repair in English and Japanese bilingual interaction
Naoco Kaneda (2007-2009)
In-service training for elementary EFL teachers in Korea: Voices from the chalkface
Paul Cibulka (2007-2009)
Interjections in everyday conversation: Some communicative functions of
the Japanese token "eh"
Agnes Mischinger (2006-2008)
Acculturation of foreigners in Japan: Adaptation and peer groups
Hitomi Taniguchi (2005-2007)
Testness in talk: Turn-taking practices among Japanese EFL learners during oral proficiency tests
Doctoral students
Deepti Mishiro (2026-present)
Embodied conduct in L2 repair sequences during a test of oral English proficiency
David Shimamoto (2024-present)
Preparing for second language tasks: A conversation analytic study of pre-task interaction
Hiroko Nakamura (2023-2025)
Effects of personality traits and affective factors on English prosodic features: Acoustic and physiological analyses of English produced by Japanese university student
Zachary Nanbu (2019-2023)
Second language pedagogy and use in and English village: Interactional practices and sequential structure
Amar Cheikhna (2018-2021)
Some interactional practices teachers use to pursue a response from students in EFL classrooms
Aya Watanabe (2015-2018)
Participating in classroom routines: A longitudinal study of young EFL learners in Japan
Yusuke Okada (2009-2012)
Formulation Practices in Interaction: Some procedures and context-bound features
Kana Suzuki (2009-2010)
Other-initiated Repair in Japanese Conversation
Yuan Yuan (2007-2010)
Identity in second language use: Interaction and reflection
Defense committee member
Masao Okamoto (2025)
A longitudinal study of English prosody instruction: An elementary school classroom-based study
(PhD, Kobe University)
Michael Griffith (2024)
Content and language integrated learning in EFL higher education contexts: A case study of Japanese EFL learners' meaning-making choices
(PhD, Kobe University)
Masaki Nishijo (2023)
Coaching discourse and linguistic resources for player-centered training: A case study of three professional coaches
(PhD, Kobe University)
External examiner
Philipp Hänggi (2023)
Multilingual chance encounters between unacquainted people in public space
(PhD, Basel University, Switzerland)
Michael Davey (2022)
Exploring the organisation of second language conversation: The roles of grammar, social identity, knowledge and "conjoined participation" in interactional competence.
(PhD, Melbourne University, Australia)
Makoto Abe (2019)
Interactional competence in L2 task-based text-chat interactions
(PhD, Melbourne University, Australia)
Bricklin Zeff (2017)
Pragmatic teaching and Japanese EFL learners' use of greeting routines
(PhD, Hokkaido University, Japan)
Jeffrie Butterfield (2017)
Second language interaction in a university language lounge: A focus on how repair becomes noticeable and repair sequences as potential sites of learning and teaching
(PhD, Kanagawa University, Japan)
Thi Lam Hoang (2016)
Language alternation practices of EFL teachers in Vietnam
(PhD, Monash University, Australia)
Junichi Hatai (2008)
Can the study of Japanese cultural content in English enhance Japanese students' English speaking skill in a Japanese-Australian exchange programme?
(Masters of Applied Linguistics (Hons), University of Southern Queensland, Australia)