Researchers Database

Baba Kyoko

    Department of International Cuiture and Communication Professor
    Course of International Culture and Communication Studies Professor
Last Updated :2025/05/30

Researcher Information

Research funding number

  • 30454333

J-Global ID

Research Interests

  • dynamic complex systems theory   

Research Areas

  • Humanities & social sciences / Foreign language education

Academic & Professional Experience

  • 2022/04 - Today  東洋大学文学部国際文化コミュニケーション学科 教授
  • 2020/04 - Today  Kinjo Gakuin UniversityCollege of Humanities Department of Englishprofessor
  • 2013/04 - Today  Kinjo Gakuin UniversityAssociate Professor
  • 2012/04 - 2020/03  Kinjo Gakuin UniversityDepartment of English, College of HumanitiesAssociate Professor (tenured)
  • 2007/04 - 2011/03  Kinjo Gakuin UniversityDepartment of English, College of HumanitiesAssistant Professor (tenured)

Education

  • 1999/04 - 2001/03  The Graduate School of Language and Culture, Nagoya University
  • 1995/04 - 1999/03  Waseda University

Association Memberships

  • THE JAPAN SOCIETY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION   THE JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR LANGUAGE EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY   American Association for Applied Linguistics   

Published Papers

Books etc

  • Fogal, G; Nitta, R; Baba, K (ContributorChapter 7 "A complex dynamic systems account of written corrective feedback and L2 writing development")Cambridge Scholars Publishing 2020 9781527548145 Newcastle upon Tyne
  • G. G. Fogal & M. Verspoor (Eds). Exploring dynamic developmental trajectories of writing fluency: Who benefited from the writing task?
    BABA, Kyoko (ContributorChap.1 Exploring dynamic developmental trajectories of writing fluency: Who benefited from the writing task?)John Benjamins 2020
  • K. Koda, & J. Yamashita (Eds) Reading to learn in a foreign language
    BABA, Kyoko (ContributorChap. 3 Challenges for an EFL teacher and basic writers: Negotiating space for change under a rigid curriculum (pp. 111-133).)Routledge 2019
  • M. Bygate (Ed). Understanding benefits of repetition from a complex dynamic systems perspective: The case of a writing task.
    Nitta, Ryo; BABA, Kyoko (ContributorChapter 11. Understanding benefits of repetition from a complex dynamic systems perspective)2018
  • 『はじめての第二言語習得論講義―英語学習への複眼的アプローチ』
    馬場今日子; 新多了 (Joint work)大修館 2016 9784469246087
  • 中野 弘三, 服部 義弘, 小野 隆啓(編)『最新英語学・言語学用語辞典』
    馬場今日子 (Contributor)開拓社 2015
  • Z. Dörnyei, P. MacIntyre, & A. Henry (Eds). Motivational Dynamics in Language Learning
    Nitta, R; Baba, K (ContributorChap. 21 Self-Regulation in the Evolution of the Ideal L2 Self: A Complex Dynamic Systems Approach to the L2 Motivational Self System)Multilingual Matters 2015
  • H. Byrnes & R. M. Manchón (Eds). Task-based Language Teaching: Insights from and for L2 writing
    Nitta, Ryo; BABA, Kyoko (ContributorChap. 5 Task Repetition and L2 Writing Development: A Longitudinal Study from a Dynamic Systems Perspective)John Benjamins 2014
  • P. M. McCarthy & C. Boonthum (Eds.) Applied Natural Language Processing and content analysis: Identification, Investigation, and Resolution
    BABA, Kyoko; Nitta, Ryo (ContributorChap.23 Dynamic effects of repeating a timed writing task in two EFL university courses: Multi-element text analysis with Coh-Metrix)IGI Global 2011
  • A. Cumming (Ed.) Goals for academic writing: ESL students and their instructors
    Kim, T.-Y; Baba, K; Cumming, A (ContributorChap. 8 Goals, motivations, and identities of three students’ writing in English.)John Benjamins 2006
  • インターネットと英語学習
    馬場今日子 (Contributor英語学習用マルチメディア教材の選び方)開文社 2001

Conference Activities & Talks

  • Researching learner agency from a Complex Dynamic Systems Theory perspective: A multilayered approach  [Not invited]
    Nitta, R; Baba, K
    European Second Language Association 32  2023/08  Oral presentation
  • Understanding L2 writing development from the perspective of learner agency: Biographical retrodiction  [Invited]
    Nitta, R; Baba, K
    the colloquium “L2 writing research: The dynamics and complexity of writing development (Chair: Gary Fogal)” at AILA 2021, Virtual  2021/08  Nominated symposium
  • Exploring dynamic developmental trajectories of writing fluency: Who benefited from the writing task?  [Invited]
    BABA, Kyoko; NITTA, Ryo
    アメリカ応用言語学会(アメリカ、アトランタ)  2019/03  Nominated symposium
  • Phase transitions in dynamic development of writing fluency: a longitudinal study from a complex dynamic systems perspective  [Not invited]
    BABA, Kyoko; NITTA, Ryo
    アメリカ応用言語学会(アメリカ、ダラス)  2013/03  Oral presentation
  • 複雑系理論を用いた第2言語ライティング発達(流暢さ)における相転移の研究  [Invited]
    馬場今日子
    駒場言葉研究会(東京大学)  2013/02  Public discourse
  • The relationship between L2 writing and speaking  [Not invited]
    Takemoto, Y; Yokochi, M; Baba, K
    JALT  2012/10  Oral presentation
  • Dynamic effects of repeating a timed writing task  [Not invited]
    NITTA, Ryo; BABA, Kyoko
    TBLT (Auckland, New Zealand)  2011/11  Oral presentation
  • Effects of reflection on L2 writing development: A longitudinal study of task repetition from a dynamic complex systems perspective  [Not invited]
    BABA, Kyoko; NITTA, Ryo
    Symposium on Second Language Writing (Taipei, Taiwan)  2011/06  Oral presentation
  • Long-term effects of repeating a timed writing task on beginning EFL learners’ development: A dynamic systems approach  [Not invited]
    NITTA, Ryo; BABA, Kyoko
    BAAL (Aberdeen, UK)  2010/08  Oral presentation
  • タスクの繰り返しによるライティング発達への影響:複雑系理論の視点からの長期的研究  [Invited]
    馬場今日子
    名古屋大学国際開発研究科研究会  2010/07  Public discourse
  • 外国語学習者が書いた英作文を分析するプログラム―発達をどの指標で測るとよいか?  [Invited]
    馬場今日子
    名古屋大学国際開発研究科研究会  2010/06  Public discourse
  • Dynamic effects of task type practice on the Japanese EFL university student's writing: Text analysis with Coh-Metrix  [Not invited]
    BABA, Kyoko; NITTA, Ryo
    FLAIRS2010 (Florida, United States)  2010/05  Oral presentation
  • Does task type practice serve the university student’s L2 writing development?: A longitudinal study from a dynamic systems perspective  [Not invited]
    BABA, Kyoko; NITTA, Ryo
    AAAL2010 (Atlanta, United States)  2010/03  Oral presentation
  • Effects of task type practice on the Japanese EFL university student's writing from a dynamic systems perspective: A longitudinal study utilizing multi-level text analysis  [Not invited]
    BABA, Kyoko; NITTA, Ryo
    BAAL2009, Newcastle, Britain  2009/09  Oral presentation
  • Dimensions of lexical proficiency in EFL students’ writing summaries  [Not invited]
    BABA, Kyoko
    AILA (Essen, Germany)  2008/08  Oral presentation
  • Non-native English writers’ voice in political and intercultural weblog discussions  [Not invited]
    IMAI, Yasuhiro; BABA, Kyoko
    Symposium on Second Language Writing, Nagoya, Japan  2007/09
  • Writing and dimensions of lexical proficiency in a second language: Focusing on a summary-writing task  [Not invited]
    BABA, Kyoko
    the joint AAAL and ACLA/CAAL conference (Montreal, Canada)  2006/06  Oral presentation
  • Japanese university students’ lexical proficiency in summary writing in a second language  [Not invited]
    BABA, Kyoko
    the JACET 44th Annual Convention (Tokyo, Japan)  2005/09  Oral presentation
  • The impact of lexical proficiency on summary writing in a second language  [Not invited]
    BABA, Kyoko
    The World Congress of Applied Linguistics (Madison, WI, United States)  2005/07  Oral presentation
  • Knowing and using words in adult EFL students’ summary writing  [Not invited]
    BABA, Kyoko
    the Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics (London, Ontario, Canada)  2005/06  Oral presentation
  • Vocabulary size and lexical communication strategies in L2 language production  [Not invited]
    BABA, Kyoko
    The Japanese Society for Language Sciences (Tokyo, Japan)  2001/06  Oral presentation
  • The roles of learners’ vocabulary in sentence production of L2 composition: A case study  [Not invited]
    BABA, Kyoko
    The Japanese Society for Language Sciences (Kyoto, Japan)  2000/08  Oral presentation

MISC

  • 英語教育時評―生成AIと言葉の達人
    英語教育  73-  (11)  33  2024/12  [Invited]
  • 英語教育時評―トランスランゲージングと学び
    英語教育  73-  (6)  33  2024/08  [Invited]
  • 英語教育時評-風の時代と英語教師の心
    英語教育  73-  (1)  33  2024/04  [Invited]
  • 『第二言語学習の心理-個人差研究からのアプローチ』書評
    英語教育  71-  (11)  74  -74  2023/01  [Invited]
  • 英語教育図書・今年のベスト3-第二言語習得研究(SLA)/応用言語学関連
    馬場今日子  『英語教育』  68-  (8)  68  -69  2019  [Invited]
  • SLA(第二言語習得研究)から見た必要な「練習」とは:くり返しによせて
    新多了; 馬場今日子  『英語教育』  65-  (6)  12  -13  2016  [Invited]
  • 時間が経てば、落ち着くところに落ち着く:自己組織化とアトラクター(連載「〈複雑系〉で英語学習観が変わる―SLAの最新理論から」第4回)
    新多了; 馬場今日子  『英語教育』  63-  (11)  64  -65  2015  [Invited]
  • 複雑系理論の研究手法(連載「〈複雑系〉で英語学習観が変わる―SLAの最新理論から」第5回
    馬場今日子; 新多了  『英語教育』  63-  (12)  52  -53  2015  [Invited]
  • 現場に根ざした理論を目指して(連載「〈複雑系〉で英語学習観が変わる―SLAの最新理論から」第6回)
    新多了; 馬場今日子  『英語教育』  63-  (13)  70  -71  2015  [Invited]
  • 生徒たちのやる気を持続させるには?:複雑系理論からのアプローチ
    新多了; 馬場今日子  『英語教育』  64-  (2)  34  -35  2015  [Invited]
  • 複雑系とは?(連載「〈複雑系〉で英語学習観が変わる―SLAの最新理論から」第1回)
    新多了; 馬場今日子  『英語教育)』  63-  (7)  52  -53  2014  [Invited]
  • わずかな差が、大きな違いに拡大する:バタフライ効果(連載「〈複雑系〉で英語学習観が変わる―SLAの最新理論から」第2回)
    新多了; 馬場今日子  『英語教育』  63-  (9)  52  -53  2014  [Invited]
  • 大事な変化はいつ起こるかわからない—相転移と創発(連載「〈複雑系〉で英語学習観が変わる―SLAの最新理論から」第3回)
    馬場今日子; 新多了  『英語教育』  63-  (10)  52  -53  2014  [Invited]

Research Grants & Projects

  • Japan Society for the Promotion of Science:Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
    Date (from‐to) : 2024/04 -2027/03 
    Author : 馬場 今日子; 新多 了
  • 日本学術振興会:科学研究費助成事業 基盤研究(C)
    Date (from‐to) : 2020/04 -2024/03 
    Author : 馬場 今日子; 新多 了
     
    第二言語習得研究分野では、複雑系理論の登場により、個々の学習者の長期的な発達の仕方(個人内発達)が研究されるようになった。申請者らも複雑系理論を用いたこれまでの研究で、日本人英語学習者が同一のライティングタスクを1年間繰り返した場合、個人のライティング発達に特定のパタンが生まれることを明らかにしてきた。しかし、これまでの研究では少数の個人の発達パタンの比較にとどまっているため、一般化が難しかった。 そこで本研究では500名を超える学習者について、混合軌跡モデリングなどの新たな統計手法を用い、個人内発達パタンを分類・モデル化する。その上で、作文やインタビューを質的に分析することで、それぞれの個人内発達パタンにつながる要因を明らかにする。 具体的には、本研究は以下の3点を明らかにすることを目的とする。(1) ライティング力の個人内発達はどのように分類できるのか。(2) 異なる個人内発達パタンはどの要因によって最も適切にモデル化できるのか。(3) (2)で明らかになった要因はどのような状況や背景から生まれたのか。 2020年度には、概ね研究計画通りに、2つのことを行った。(1)データベース構築、および(2)発達パタンのモデル化である。(1)については、以前の研究でその遅れが問題になっていたので、作業従事者を増やし、順調に進んでいる。(2)については約100名分のデータをもとに論文を執筆し、現在投稿中である。
  • ニュービッグファイブモデルを用いた第二言語学習者パーソナリティの多層的研究(研究分担者)
    日本学術振興会:科学研究費補助金・基盤C
    Date (from‐to) : 2019/04 -2022/03 
    Author : 新多了
  • タスクの繰り返しによるライティング発達パタンの理解: 複雑系理論に基づく長期的研究
    日本学術振興会:科学研究費補助金・基盤C
    Date (from‐to) : 2017/04 -2020/03 
    Author : 馬場今日子
  • 海外留学における第二言語動機づけの変化:複雑系理論を用いたナラティブ・アプローチ(研究分担者)
    日本学術振興会:科学研究費補助金・基盤研究C
    Date (from‐to) : 2016/04 -2019/03 
    Author : 新多了
  • Japan Society for the Promotion of Science:Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
    Date (from‐to) : 2012/04 -2017/03 
    Author : BABA, Kyoko
     
    We investigated, from a complex dynamic systems perspective, how Japanese EFL students changed their L2 writing by repeating a timed-writing task every week for one year. We found that writing fluency can develop following the same pattern, regardless of the learners’ writing proficiency or the content of their essays. We also found that the learners’ self-regulation, motivation, and writing performance interacted with and co-adapted to each other in a complex way.
  • Japan Society for the Promotion of Science:Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
    Date (from‐to) : 2009/04 -2012/03 
    Author : BABA, Kyoko
     
    We investigated from a dynamic systems perspective how Japanese EFL students changed their L2 writing by repeating a timed-writing task every week for one year. We found(1) that grammatical complexity rose to a greater extent than did fluency when a class as a whole was analyzed, (2) that there was long-term effects on grammatical complexity and lexical complexity, but few short-time effects on these aspects of writing, and (3) that if students wrote detailed reflective comments in Japanese after a timed-writing task, their fluency was improved notably.
  • Canadian Modern Language Review Student Presentation Award
    Canadian Modern Language Review:
    Date (from‐to) : 2006/04 
    Author : BABA, Kyoko
  • Government of Canada Award
    Government of Canada:
    Date (from‐to) : 2004 -2006 
    Author : BABA, Kyoko
  • Graduate Assistantship
    Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto:
    Date (from‐to) : 2002 -2006 
    Author : BABA, Kyoko
  • OISE/UT Scholarship
    Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto:
    Date (from‐to) : 2001 -2005 
    Author : BABA, Kyoko
  • Doctoral Thesis Completion Grant
    Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto:
    Date (from‐to) : 2005 
    Author : BABA, Kyoko
  • Academic Excellence Award
    Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto:
    Date (from‐to) : 2005 
    Author : BABA, Kyoko
  • TOEFL Small Grants for Doctoral Research in Second or Foreign Language Assessment
    Educational Testing Service:
    Date (from‐to) : 2004 
    Author : BABA, Kyoko
  • The Rotary Foundation Multi-Year Ambassadorial Scholarship
    The Rotary Foundation:
    Date (from‐to) : 2001 -2003 
    Author : BABA, Kyoko

Social Contribution

  • Member of the editorial board of Journal of Second Language Writing
    Date (from-to) : 2023/01-Today
    Role : Others
    Category : Others
  • Reviewer for Journal of Second Language Writing
    Date (from-to) : 2022
    Role : Others
    Sponser, Organizer, Publisher  : Elsevier
  • Language Teachingの査読委員
    Date (from-to) : 2021
    Role : Others
  • International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching (IRAL)の査読委員
    Date (from-to) : 2021
    Role : Others
  • Studies in Language Sciencesの査読委員
    Date (from-to) : 2020
    Role : Others
  • American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference 2020の査読委員
    Date (from-to) : 2020
    Role : Others
  • the International Review of Applied Linguisticsの査読委員
    Date (from-to) : 2020
    Role : Others
  • Reviewer for American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference 2020
    Date (from-to) : 2019
    Role : Others
    Category : Others
    Sponser, Organizer, Publisher  : アメリカ応用言語学会
  • Reviewer for Journal of English for Academic Purposes
    Date (from-to) : 2019
    Role : Others
    Category : Others
    Sponser, Organizer, Publisher  : Elsevier
  • Reviewer for American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference 2019
    Date (from-to) : 2018
    Role : Others
    Category : Others
  • Reviewer for Journal of Second Language Writing
    Date (from-to) : 2018
    Role : Others
    Category : Others
    Sponser, Organizer, Publisher  : Elsevier
  • Reviewer for Applied Linguistics
    Date (from-to) : 2017
    Role : Others
    Category : Others
    Sponser, Organizer, Publisher  : Oxford Academic
  • Reviewer for American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference 2018
    Date (from-to) : 2017
    Role : Others
    Category : Others
    Sponser, Organizer, Publisher  : アメリカ応用言語学会
  • Reviewer for American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference 2017
    Date (from-to) : 2016
    Role : Others
    Category : Others
    Sponser, Organizer, Publisher  : アメリカ応用言語学会
  • Reviewer for The Modern Language Journal
    Date (from-to) : 2016
    Role : Others
    Category : Others
    Sponser, Organizer, Publisher  : Wiley
  • Reviewer for Journal of Second Language Writing
    Date (from-to) : 2016
    Role : Others
    Category : Others
    Sponser, Organizer, Publisher  : Elsevier
  • Reviewer for Applied Linguistics
    Date (from-to) : 2016
    Role : Others
    Category : Others
    Sponser, Organizer, Publisher  : Oxford Academic
  • Reviewer for Journal of Second Language Writing
    Date (from-to) : 2015
    Role : Others
    Category : Others
    Sponser, Organizer, Publisher  : Elsevier
  • Reviewer for American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference 2016
    Date (from-to) : 2015
    Role : Others
    Category : Others
  • Reviewer for Applied Linguistics
    Date (from-to) : 2015
    Role : Others
    Category : Others
    Sponser, Organizer, Publisher  : Oxford Academic
  • Reviewer for The Modern Language Journal
    Date (from-to) : 2015
    Role : Others
    Category : Others
    Sponser, Organizer, Publisher  : Wiley
  • Local Associate for Symposium on Second Language Writing 2007
    Date (from-to) : 2007
    Role : Organizing member
    Category : Others

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