Gavin Ken Furukawa (ギャヴィン ケン フルカワ) 准教授
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日本語： リーワード・コミュニティーカレッジ教養学部 文系準学士 ハワイ大学ウエストオアフ校人文学部 文学士課程（文学） ハワイ大学マノア校大学院第二言語研究部 修士課程（言語教育・英語） ハワイ大学マノア校第二言語研究部 博士課程（第二言語使用） 英語： A.A., Liberal Arts, Leeward Community College B.A. Humanities (Literature), University of Hawaiʻi West Oʻahu M.A. Second Language Studies (Language Teaching-English), University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Ph.D. Second Language Studies (Second Language Use) |
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専門分野 Academic interests
- I am mostly interested in how people use language to construct their identities in social interaction. I’m particularly interested in how this construction of identity is accomplished through different forms of media and how this relates to different ideologies of identity, culture and language. Some examples of this might include the perception of people who are good at certain languages like English as being cool or intelligent while speakers of other languages like Hawaiʻi Creole or African American Vernacular English are viewed as being uneducated. I consider myself to be a Sociocultural Linguist (Bucholtz & Hall, 2005) drawing heavily on Interactional Sociolinguistics (Gumperz, 1982) and Membership Categorization Analysis (Hester & Eglin, 1997).
Pedagogically, I’m quite interested in second language writing and speaking. I am especially interested in teaching and analyzing rhetorical structures and patterns as well as issues related to linguistic anxiety.
担当科目 Courses provided at Department of English Studies
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Cultures of the English Speaking World (G and H Class)
In part 1 of my cultures class in Spring semester we first start off with a focus on the US life experience by looking at the life stages and experiences of the average US citizen. This is done though a cultural studies based analysis of movies, TV, social media, and other resources. We examine the myths of English based childhood, the school experience at the elementary and high school levels, teenage rebellion, and finally the college experience. In part 2 we do similar research general topics such as food, music, and television trying to focus on the major differences between cultures.English Composition
The main focus of this class in the first semester will be on learning the processes and genres needed to produce clear and logical paragraphs and essays at the basic college level. Special emphasis will be placed on thesis development, outlining, and peer review. In the second semester we will learn how to write research papers, an extremely important skill for any college student. The second semester has a heavy focus on plagiarism and citation/references.Discourse Analysis Seminar
In this seminar students will learn the fascinating skill of discourse analysis, a method of research used in areas such as history, linguistics, literature, anthropology, sociology, psychology, business, area studies and more. Students will work with the teacher to develop a project idea that shows discourse related knowledge while being relatable to their future career plans.Sociolinguistics
This is an introductory class on Sociolinguistics, one of the major branches of linguistics/applied linguistics research. In this class we will learn how language works in society and how it is used to construct individual and group identities. Areas of focus will include: multilingualism, dialects, stylization, language and gender, language and culture, and politeness. 主な著書、その他 Publications, Others
For a more complete list see:
https://researchmap.jp/7000023339
Furukawa, G., & Sakamoto, M. (2024). ‘Not just English’: Identity and positionality among Japanese bilingual returnees. In T. Mammadova (Ed.), Academic mobility through the lens of language and identity, global pandemics, and distance internationalization: Multidisciplinary perspectives (pp. 83-93). Routledge.
Furukawa, G. (2023). Wearing embarrassment: Television discourse and the ideologies of T-shirt English in Japan. International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 2023(284), 83-105. https://doi.org/10.1515/ijsl-2022-0085
Furukawa, G. (2023). The widening road: Constructions of gay Japanese men on YouTube. In S. Salenius (Ed.) Gender in Japanese Popular Culture: Rethinking Masculinities and Femininities (pp. 151-174). Palgrave MacMillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12942-1_6
Sakamoto, M. & Furukawa, G. (2022). ‘Native speakers aren’t perfect’: Japanese English learners’ identity transformation as English users. System, 110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2022.102921
Sakamoto, M. & Furukawa. G. (2022). (Re)imagining oneself as an English user: Identity formation of Japanese English learners. Asian Englishes. https://doi.org/10.1080/13488678.2021.1989547
Ku, E., Furukawa, G & Hiramoto, M. (2021). “EFL + α”: Attitudes towards English use in Japan around necessity, value, and ability. International Journal of TESOL Studies, 3(3), 153-168. https://doi.org/10.46451/ijts.2021.10.06
Furukawa, G. (2021). Street corners and hugs: Queer Japanese challenges to heteronormativity through social media. In K. Satoh and J. Kroo (Eds.) Linguistic Tactics and Strategies of Marginalization in Japanese (pp. 167-188). Palgrave.
Furukawa, G. (2021). Socialization into integrity: Using plagiarism software to teach L2 writing. Reviews in Higher Education(157), 95-107.
Higgins, C. & Furukawa, G. (2020). Localizing the transnational call center industry: Training creole speakers in Dominica to serve Pidgin speakers in Hawai‘i. Journal of Sociolinguistics, 24, 613-633. DOI:10.1111/josl.12437
Higgins, C. & Furukawa, G. (2018). Contact Englishes. In P. Seargeant, A. Hewings and S. Pihlaja (Eds.) Routledge Handbook of English Language Studies (pp. 107-120). Routledge.
Furukawa, G. (2018). Stylization and language ideologies in Pidgin comedic skits. Discourse, Context and Media, 23, 41-52.
Higgins, C., Furukawa, G., & Lee, H. (2017). Resemiotizing the metapragmatics of Konglish and Pidgin on YouTube. In S. Leppänen, S. Kytölä, H. Jousmäki, S. Peuronen and E.Westinen (Eds.) Discourse and Identification: Diversity and Heterogeneity in Social Media Practices. (pp. 310-334). New York: Routledge.
Furukawa, G. K. (2016). ‘It hurts to hear that’: Representing the feelings of foreigners on Japanese television. In M. Prior & G. Kasper (Eds.) Talking Emotion in Multilingual Settings (pp. 237-265). Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Furukawa, G. (2015). ‘Cool’ English: Stylized native speaker English in Japanese television shows. Multilingua, 34(2), 265-291.
Furukawa, G. (2014). ‘Stupidest of All the Primates’: The Role of English in Japanese Television. Journal of Asia Pacific Communications, 24, 196-220.
Higgins, C. & Furukawa, G. (2012). Styling Hawaiʻi in Haolewood: White protagonists on a voyage of self-discovery. Multilingua, 31(2/3), 177-198.
Higgins, C., Nettell, R., Furukawa, G., & Sakoda, K. (2012). Beyond contrastive analysis and codeswitching: Student documentary filmmaking as a challenge to linguicism in Hawaiʻi. Linguistics and Education, 23(1), 49-61.
Recent Academic Presentations
Degrees of foreign-ness: The construction of foreign and Japanese identity in variety shows. 15th International Pragmatics Conference; Belfast, Ireland; July 17, 2017.
Linguistic Schizophrenia: The formation of conflicting language ideologies in Hawaiʻi Creole comedy. American Association of Applied Linguistics 2017 Conference; Portland, Oregon; March 18, 2017.
Code ambiguity and the commodification of English on Japanese television. Symposium on Commodification and Consumption of Language Education; University of Hong Kong; Hong Kong, China; July 16, 2016.
The Appropriation and Re-commodification of T-Shirt English in Japan. The Sociolinguistics of Globalization Conference.; University of Hong Kong; Hong Kong, China; June 5, 2015.
Critical and inquiry-based approaches to English class activities. Ibaraki Christian University; Omika, Japan; May 9, 2015.
Turning theory into activities: A workshop for EFL teachers. Ibaraki Christian University; Omika, Japan; May 8, 2015.
Learning by Doing: Effective EFL Teaching Practices. Ibaraki Christian University; Omika, Japan; March 13, 2015.
