I'm an applied linguist and associate professor in the Faculty of Engineering, Information and Systems at the University of Tsukuba. I teach courses in technical / academic English in the Graduate School of Systems and Information Engineering. Since 1997 I have taught at schools and universities in Japan, New Zealand and the UK.
My research focuses on the language of biomedicine and health research and the practical application of corpus linguistic methodologies, in particular in relation to language education / learning. I have published on a range of topics including:
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