Michael Hofmeyr
Michael Hofmeyr is a Specially Appointed Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Humanities at Osaka University. He holds an MA degree in European Humanities from the University of St Andrews and an MSc degree in Modern Japanese Studies from the University of Oxford. He first came to Japan as JET Programme participant and has been working in the field of language education ever since, while also teaching courses in general linguistics and conducting research on topics related to language and language education in Japan. Currently, he is working on completing his doctoral studies at Kyoto University in the field of computer-assisted language learning. List of recent publications:
- Hofmeyr, M. (in press). Direct qualitative assessment of language learning outcomes in digital game-based interaction: An exploratory case study. In M. Peterson, & N. Jabbari (Eds.), Digital games in language learning: Case studies and applications. Routledge.
- Hofmeyr, M. (2022). Linguistic diversity in the United Kingdom and Japan. In Y. Hada (Ed.), Cross-cultural studies: Newest developments in Japan and the UK (pp. 263–288). World Scientific. https://doi.org/10.1142/12487
- Hofmeyr, M. (2021). Lighting the fuse for interaction and negotiation: The potential of information-gap digital puzzle games for language learning. Technology in Language Teaching & Learning, 3(1), 1–20. https://doi.org/10.29140/tltl.v3n1.450
- Hofmeyr, M. (2020). Exploring the L2 learning benefits of digital game-based spoken interaction among Japanese learners of English. In K.-M. Frederiksen, S. Larsen, L. Bradley, & S. Thouësny (Eds.), CALL for widening participation: Short papers from EUROCALL 2020 (pp. 102–106). Research-publishing.net. ISBN: 978-2-490057-81-8. https://doi.org/10.14705/rpnet.2020.48.1172
- Hofmeyr, M. F. (2019). Cross-examining the news: Building linguistic competence and critical thinking skills in a Japanese EFL context through class debate on controversial issues. Frontier of Foreign Language Education, 2(1), 201–211. https://doi.org/10.18910/71892
- Hofmeyr, M. (2018). Literature as a catalyst for critical thinking in the foreign language classroom. Education in times of change: Proceedings of The Asian Conference on Language Learning 2018 (pp. 227–237). Nagoya: The International Academic Forum. ISSN: 2186-4691.
- Hofmeyr, M. F. (2018). Literary debates: Introducing a literature-based approach to teaching critical argumentative skills in a tertiary-level EFL context. Frontier of Foreign Language Education, 1(1), 293–300. https://doi.org/10.18910/69801