Koji Suda
Department of Languages and Cultures, School of International Relations,
Yada 52-1, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka, Japan 422-8526
suda@u-shizuoka-ken.ac.jp

Education
Bachelor of Arts in Literature, Chuo University, Tokyo, Japan, 1996.
Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching English as a Foreign Language, University ofEssex, Colchester, UK, 1997.
Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics, University of Essex, Colchester, UK, 1999.
Master of Arts in Literature, Gunma Prefectural Women’s University, Gunma, Japan, 2001.
Doctor of Philosophy in Literature, Tohoku University, Miyagi, Japan, 2014.
Employment
Sendai National College of Technology, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Lecture, 2004.4.-2009.9.
Toyama Prefectural University Junior College, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences,Associate Professor, 2009.10.-2010.3.
Toyama Prefectural University, Department of Technology, Faculty of Liberal Arts andSciences, Associate Professor, 2010.4.-2015.3.
University of Shizuoka, School of International Relations, Department of International
Languages and Cultures, Associate Professor, 2015.4.-2020.9.
University of Shizuoka, Graduate School of International Relations, AssociateProfessor, 2015.4.- 2020.9.
University of Shizuoka, School of International Relations, Department of International
Languages and Cultures, Professor, 2020.10.-present.
University of Shizuoka, Graduate School of International Relations, Professor,
2020.10.-present.
Books[1] Human Capabilities (Second Language Acquisition Research 3), Tokyo: Kuroshio, 2023.
(with Ayano Otaki, Hideki Yokota and Yuya Nakagawa).
[2] Language of Instruction (Second Language Acquisition Research 2), Tokyo: Kuroshio,
2023. (with Ayano Otaki, Hideki Yokota and Shigenori Wakabayashi).
[3] The Spillover Effect on the Second Language Acquisition Research: From Core
Grammar to Production, Tokyo: Kuroshio, 2020. (with Tomohiko Shirahata).
[4] The Application Possibility of Language Acquisition Research: From Theory toNeuroscience, Tokyo: Kuroshio, 2019. (with Tomohiko Shirahata).
[5] The New Perspectives of the Acquisition of Words and Morphemes, Tokyo: Kuroshio,2018 (with Tomohiko Shirahata).
[6] The Acquisition of Nouns and Phonemes, Tokyo: Kuroshio, 2017. (with TomohikoShirahata).
[7] True or False in the Acquisition of English, Tokyo: Taishukan, 2004. (withTomohiko Shirahata and Shigenori Wakabayashi).

Book Chapters[1] The acquisition of the third person singular present tense -s: The influence of personand number features, Language Acquisition (Second Language Acquisition Research 1),
Tokyo: Kuroshio, pp.65-84, 2023.
[2] The investigation of the overpassivization phenomenon on unaccusative verbs byJapanese learners of English, The Spillover Effect on the Second Language Acquisition
Research: From Core Grammar to Production, Tokyo: Kuroshio, pp.31-55, 2020. (withTomohiko Shirahata, Takako Kondo, Mutsumi Ogawa, and Hideki Yokota)[3] The acquisition of the short distance wh-probe by Japanese learners of English, TheApplication Possibility of Language Acquisition Research: From Theory toNeuroscience, Tokyo: Kuroshio, pp.69-104, 2019. (with Takako Kondo, TomohikoShirahata, Mutsumi Ogawa, and Hideki Yokota)[4] The influence of linguistic information on language processing by Japanese learners ofEnglish at the elementary and intermediate levels, The Acquisition of Nouns andPhonemes, Tokyo: Kuroshio, pp.63-96, 2017.
[5] The acquisition of the nominative and accusative cases in English by Japanese learners
at an early stage, Generative Approaches to the Acquisition of English by Native
Speakers of Japanese, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, pp.81-107, 2003. (with Shigenori
Wakabayashi).
Refereed Journal Articles[1] Effects of explicit instruction on intransitive and transitive verbs in second language
English: With a special focus on non-instructed verbs, ARELE 31. pp.81-96, 2020.
(with Tomohiko Shirahata, Takako Kondo, Mutsumi Ogawa, and Hideki Yokota).
[2] The acquisition of wh-questions by Japanese learners of English: Focusing on subject
wh-questions, 2018 International Conference on Bilingual Learning and Teaching eproceedings. pp.153-157. Hong Kong: The Open University of Hong Kong. 2019.
(with Takako Kondo, Tomohiko Shirahata, Mutsumi Ogawa, and Hideki Yokota).
[3] The learning and teaching inanimate subjects: The case of Japanese learners ofEnglish, ARELE 30. pp.1-16, 2019 (with Tomohiko Shirahata, Takako Kondo, Ayano
Otaki, Mutsumi Ogawa, and Hideki Yokota).
[4] The investigation of the feature inheritance hypothesis in second languageacquisition. In Guijarro-Fuentes, P. & C. Suárez-Gómez (eds.), Proceedings ofGALA 2017: Language Acquisition and Development. Newcastle upon Tyne:Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp.65-82. 2019. (with Hideki Yokota, Takako
Kondo, Mutsumi Ogawa, Chika Yoshida, and Tomohiko Shirahata).
[5] The effect of explicit instruction and error correction on learners’ grammaticalaccuracy: In the case of Japanese learners of English as a second language." CAUCE.
Revista Internacional de Filología, Comunicación y sus Didácticas, núm. 40º. pp.5965. 2017. (with Tomohiko Shirahata, Takako Kondo, and Hideki Yokota).
[6] The acquisition of English aspects in achievement verbs by Japanese learners ofEnglish, Bulletin of the Center for Educational Research and Teacher Development
Shizuoka University Vol.26, pp.201-210, 2017 (with Takako Kondo, Ayano Otaki,and Tomohiko Shirahata).

[7] Occurrences of unaccusative verbs in English textbooks and their acquisition, The
45th CELES Conference in Wakayama, pp.35-60, 2016 (with Takako Kondo, AyanoOtaki, and Tomohiko Shirahata).
[8] The influences of proficiency levels and working memory capacity on sentencecomprehension by Japanese learners of English, Eurosla Yearbook 15, pp.143-163,
2015.
[9] Sentence processing strategies by Japanese learners of English at early stages, GengoKenkyu 139, pp.133-144, 2011.
[10] The acquisition of pronominal case-marking by Japanese learners of English, Second
Language Research 23, pp.179-214, 2007 (with Shigenori Wakabayashi).
[11] Pronominal case-marking by Japanese learners of English, Studies in Language
Sciences 2, pp.227-242, 2002 (with Shigenori Wakabayashi).
Journal Articles[1] Effects of instruction on English spelling in Japanese high school students. Journal ofInternational Relations and Comparative Culture 22(1), pp.1-24, 2023.
[2] Features of TOEIC IP online Test. Journal of International Relations and ComparativeCulture 21(1), pp.27-44, 2022.
[3] Impact of introducing the English listening exam on the National Center Test for
University Admissions. Journal of International Relations and Comparative Culture20(1), pp.19-36, 2021.
[4] Intransitivisation of transitive verbs by Japanese learners of English. Journal ofInternational Relations and Comparative Culture 20(1), pp.1-18, 2021. (with ShinyaOhata).
[5] The acquisition of wh-questions by Japanese learners of English based on a
cartographic approach: The grammaticality judgment data. Journal of International
Relations and Comparative Culture 18(2), pp.1-21, 2020. (with Hiromu Okamura).
[6] The influence of English education in high school on the acquisition of prepositions
by Japanese learners of English. Journal of International Relations and ComparativeCulture 17(2), pp.1-11, 2019. (with Hiromu Okamura).
[7] Students’ English proficiency and a proposal on effective instruction. Journal ofInternational Relations and Comparative Culture 16(1), pp.19-29, 2017.
[8] The interaction of animacy with the wh-extraction by Japanese learners of English.
Proceedings of PacSLRF2016. pp.181-186, 2017 (with Takako Kondo, Ayano Otaki, andTomohiko Shirahata).
[9] The effect of noun animacy and topicality on L2 sentence processing. Proceedings ofPacSLRF2016. pp.193-196, 2017.
[10] The grammatical and thematic roles in second language sentence processing,Language and Culture 19, pp.39-52, 2016.
[11] The influence of syntactic structure in L2 sentence processing, Bulletin of Toyama
Prefectural University 24, pp.66-73, 2014.
[12] The role of thematic information in L2 sentence processing, Bulletin of Toyama
Prefectural University 21, pp.36- 43, 2011.
[13] Towards a new English curriculum: English proficiency test and questionnaireresults, Bulletin of Toyama Prefectural University 21, pp.26-35, 2011 (with KunikoKakita, Dominic Berducci, and Takashi Nakajima).
[14] Sentence processing strategies by beginners and intermediate learners of English,
Bulletin of Toyama Prefectural University 20, pp.34-41, 2010.
[15] The English language ability of new students, Research Reports of Sendai National
College of Technology 37, pp.40-45, 2007.
[16] Considerations of students’ vocabulary level: Comparison of vocabulary level withGunma National College of Technology and problems, Research Reports of Sendai
National College of Technology 36, pp.59-62, 2006.
[17] L2 grammar at the initial stage: The acquisition of pronominal case system byJapanese learners of English, Studies in English Language and Literature 3, pp.4766, 2001 (with Shigenori Wakabayashi).
[18] Word orders of Japanese pidgin English speakers and Japanese learners of English,
Studies in English Language and Literature 2, pp.39-52, 2000.
[19] The consideration and criticism for three second language acquisition models based on
the generative grammar: Problems and prospects, Studies in English Language andLiterature 1, pp.47-64, 1999.