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  Gavin BROOKS
   Department   Kyoto University of Foreign Studies  Department of British and American Studies, Faculty of Foreign Studies
   Position   Associate Professor
■ Academic conference presentation
1. 2025/11/01 Speed reading for the digital age: Theory and practice (51st Annual JALT International Conference)
2. 2025/11/01 Vocabulary usage across L2 spoken and written production (51st Annual JALT International Conference)
3. 2025/09/04 Identifying lexical indicators of writing proficiency: A data-driven approach to supporting L2 writers in local classrooms (British Association of Applied Linguistics (BAAL) 2025 Conference)
4. 2025/09/04 Lexical diversity, sophistication, and collocations: Predicting proficiency in IELTS writing (British Association of Applied Linguistics (BAAL) 2025 Conference)
5. 2025/09/04 Using Automated Speech Recognition to facilitate corpus development in a changing world: Steps toward automated transcription of learner corpora (British Association of Applied Linguistics (BAAL) 2025 Conference)
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■ Books and academic papers
1. Book Vocabulary studies in L1 and L2 development    2025/08 Link
2. Book EAL research for the classroom: Practical and pedagogical implications  pp.2-58 (Collaboration) 2023/06 Link
3. Book International perspectives on teaching the four skills: Listening, speaking, reading, writing  pp.51-64 (Collaboration) 2018/02
4. Article Using Learner Corpora to Inform Material Development and Classroom Practices Babylonia Journal of Language Education 3,pp.88-97 (Collaboration) 2026/01 Link
5. Article Vocabulary studies in L1 and L2 development: The interface between theory and practice Languages 10(4),pp.1-4 (Collaboration) 2025/04
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■ Academic background
1. 2017/04～2023/03 〔Doctorial Course〕 Linguistics, Graduate School, Division of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Hiroshima University, Completed, Doctor of Philosophy
2. 2003/10～2005/10 〔Master Course〕 Applied Linguistics, School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, University of New England, Completed, Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics
■ Business career
1. 2026/04～ Kyoto University of Foreign Studies Faculty of Foreign Studies Department of British and American Studies Associate Professor
2. 2023/04～ Kyoto Sangyo University Faculty of Foreign Studies Lecturer
3. 2022/04～2023/03 名古屋商科大学 国際学部 専任講師
4. 2019/09～2022/03 関西学院大学 総合政策学部 任期付講師
5. 2017/04～2019/03 京都大学 国際高等教育院 非常勤講師
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■ Subject
1. Academic Writing I
2. Oral Communication I
3. Academic Writing II
4. Oral Communication II
5. Advanced English I
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■ Research topic, funded research, and department laboratory expense
1. 2024/04～  Investigating IELTS Writing Task Score Influences: An Exploration of the Relationships Between Vocabulary, Multiword Expressions, and Writing Proficiency  (Key Word : IELTS, vocabulary, writing, multiword expressions, word lists) Link
2. 2023/04～  Improving Measures of Lexical Diversity and Multi-word Expressions for Japanese EFL Learners  (Key Word : Lexical diversity, Multi-word expressions, NLP, Learner corpora, Lexical Diversity, Multi-word Expressions, Corpus Linguistics) Link
3. 2021/04～  Investigating the Impact of Learner Proficiency on Their Usage of Vocabulary and Multi-word Expressions: A Longitudinal Multi-modal Corpus  (Key Word : multi-word expressions, vocabulary, corpus, English education) Link
4. 2021/04～2024/03  Spoken and Written Vocabulary in High-stakes Assessments: The Impact of Lexical Choices at Different IELTS Proficiency Levels  (Key Word : ) Link
5. 2020/04～2025/03  Acquisition and decay: The long-term impact of study abroad on receptive vocabulary knowledge and lexical diversity  (Key Word : Receptive vocabulary, Lexical diversity, Study abroad, Applied Linguistics, Study Abroad, Vocabulary / Lexical Diversity) Link
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■ External Researcher ID
orcID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9839-1593
Researcher ID 201501001122083279