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LUCAS,Matt
 
Organization
Faculty of Foreign Language Studies Associate Professor
Title
Associate Professor
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Degree

  • Ph.D. in Foreign Language Education and Research ( Kansai University )

Research Interests

  • Grammatical Accuracy

  • Cross-linguistic Influence

  • Explicit Instruction

  • Second Language Acquisition

  • Applied Linguistics

Research Areas

  • Humanities & Social Sciences / Linguistics

  • Humanities & Social Sciences / Foreign language education

Research History

  • Kansai University: Faculty of Foreign Language Studies, Associate Professor

    2020.4

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  • Kansai University: Faculty of Foreign Language Studies, Specially Appointed Lecturer in Foreign Language Education

    2019.4 - 2020.3

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  • Ritsumeikan University: College of Information Science, Contract Lecturer

    2016.4 - 2019.3

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  • Kansai University: Faculty of Foreign Language Studies, Specially Appointed Lecturer in Foreign Language Education

    2013.4 - 2016.3

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Professional Memberships

  • TESOL International Association

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  • American Association for Applied Linguistics

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  • The European Second Language Association

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  • The Japan Association for Language Teaching

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Papers

  • Exploring web-based contrastive instruction to enhance deictic referencing accuracy in L2 spoken performance Reviewed

    Matt Lucas

    The Journal of Asia TEFL   19(3), 937-961   2022.9

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    Learners whose first language lacks a system for acknowledging countability and associated plural forms may experience problems in English when surrounding sentences are deictically referenced (e.g., that/those; it is/they are). Moreover, noun phrases may be omitted or repeated, resulting in further inaccuracies. This exploratory study (N = 81) sought to establish whether a synthesis of input-based and output-based contrastive instruction delivered through an online medium would improve deictic referencing accuracy in a controlled speaking task among Japanese university EFL learners. The findings revealed that for deictic plural forms, no significant differences were observed between the experimental and control groups. However, for noun phrase omissions and repetitions, the experimental group displayed significant within-group improvements, suggesting partial effectiveness of the treatment. The study reiterates the resistant nature of linguistic features influenced by the underlying concept of countability, yet highlights the rich potential that web-based contrastive instruction may provide in enhancing grammatical accuracy.

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  • Agglutination, loanwords, and Japanese morpholexical categoryhood: Cross-linguistic factors in the grammatical handling of verbs and adjectives in written English Reviewed

    Matt Lucas

    The Linguistics Journal   14 ( 1 )   7 - 43   2020.8

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  • Cross-linguistic influence and plural marking: enhancing error recognition and written accuracy among Japanese EFL learners through web-based awareness-raising Reviewed

    Matt Lucas

    Language Awareness   29 ( 2 )   155 - 177   2020.3

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    Publishing type:Research paper (scientific journal)   Publisher:Informa UK Limited  

    DOI: 10.1080/09658416.2020.1737096

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  • Harnessing web-based contrastive instruction to address English relative clause accuracy and subject-object asymmetry Reviewed

    Matt Lucas, Osamu Takeuchi

    System   85   102 - 112   2019.10

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    Publishing type:Research paper (scientific journal)   Publisher:Elsevier BV  

    DOI: 10.1016/j.system.2019.102112

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  • Not all nouns are created equal: Japanese EFL learners, written English, and plural marking of loanwords and non-loanwords Reviewed

    Matt Lucas

    The Asian EFL Journal Quarterly   20 ( 6 )   114 - 144   2018.6

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  • Research-based vocabulary instruction strategies Reviewed

    Lucas, M., Grogan, M., Takeuchi, O.

    The TESOL Encyclopedia of English Language Teaching (Wiley-Blackwell)   10.1002/9781118784235.eelt0728b   2018.2

  • Encouraging and motivating vocabulary development. Reviewed

    Grogan, M., Lucas, M., Takeuchi, O.

    In M. DelliCaprini (Ed.), TESOL encyclopedia of English language teaching (Wiley-Blackwell)   10.1002/9781118784235.eelt0728   2018.2

  • Cross-linguistic awareness-raising practices can enhance written performance in EFL classes in Japanese universities Reviewed

    Matthew Wycliffe Lucas, Androula Yiakoumetti

    International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism   22 ( 8 )   958 - 973   2017.5

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    Publishing type:Research paper (scientific journal)   Publisher:Informa UK Limited  

    DOI: 10.1080/13670050.2017.1325833

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Books

  • Book review: Crosslinguistic influence and second language learning (Kevin McManus, Routledge) Reviewed

    Matt Lucas( Role: Sole author)

    TESOL Journal  2023.1 

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  • Research-based vocabulary instruction strategies

    Lucas, Matt, Grogan, Myles, Takeuchi, Osamu( Role: Joint authorIn J. I. Liontas (Ed.), The TESOL encyclopedia of English language teaching (Winner of the Association of American Publishers 2019 PROSE Award))

    Wiley-Blackwell: USA  2018.2 

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  • Encouraging and motivating vocabulary development

    Grogan, Myles, Lucas, Matt, Takeuchi, Osamu( Role: Joint authorIn J. I. Liontas (Ed.), The TESOL encyclopedia of English language teaching (Winner of the Association of American Publishers 2019 PROSE Award))

    Wiley-Blackwell: USA  2018.2 

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MISC

  • Book review: Crosslinguistic influence and second language learning (Kevin McManus, Routledge) Reviewed

    Matt Lucas

    TESOL Journal   2023.1

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    Language:English   Publishing type:Book review, literature introduction, etc.  

    DOI: 10.1002/tesj.699

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Presentations

  • Accuracy Matters: Factors Affecting Web-Based Explicit Instruction of Plural Marking

    TESOL 2022 International Convention & English Language Expo (Online)  2022.3 

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    Event date: 2022.3

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  • When cross-linguistic influence intersects with deixis: Can web-based contrastive instruction improve L2 spoken accuracy?

    Matt Lucas

    EuroSLA 32, Birmingham, UK  2023.9 

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    Language:English   Presentation type:Oral presentation (general)  

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  • Ascertaining instructional variables that affect the acquisition of plural marking through web-based awareness-raising

    Matt Lucas

    American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Portland, OR, United States  2023.3 

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  • Cross-linguistic influence in deictic referencing among Japanese EFL learners

    The 14th Annual CamTESOL Conference on English Language Teaching: Regional ELT Research Symposium, Phnom Penh, Cambodia  2018.2 

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  • Ameliorating relative clause accuracy issues among Japanese learners with online instruction

    The 38th Thailand TESOL International Conference, Chiang Mai, Thailand  2018.1 

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  • The potential influence of Japanese agglutinative forms on English accuracy

    TESOL International Convention and English Language Expo: Doctoral Research Forum, Seattle, WA, United States  2017.3 

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  • Defossilizing pluralization errors with cross-linguistic web-based instruction

    The 37th Thailand TESOL International Conference, Bangkok, Thailand  2017.1 

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  • Cross-linguistic influence from English loanwords

    Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT), Nagoya, Japan  2016.11 

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