J-SLA annual conference Best Oral Presentation Award
List of past awardees
2023
Awardees:
Kasumi Katooka (Atomi University) & Tomohiro Hokari (Atomi University)
Title:
The role of Case in L2 null prepositions
2022
Awardees:
Atsushi Fujimori (University of Shizuoka), Noriko Yoshimura (University of Shizuoka/Kokushikan University) & Mineharu Nakayama (The Ohio State University)
Title:
RM effects can be nullified in L2 acquisition
2021
Awardees:
Chuyu Huang (Nagoya Gakuin University) , Itsuki Minemi (Ritsumeikan University), Kuanlin Chen (Soochow University), & Yuki Hirose (The University of Tokyo)
Title:
Tonal contrast as the secondary cue to perceive the Japanese vowel length
2019
Awardees:
Seth Goss (Emory University) & Seth Wiener (Carnegie Mellon University)
Title：
Informativeness outweighs experience: The cumulative effect of F0 informativeness on second and third language learners’ sensitivity to Japanese lexical pitch
2018
Awardees:
Mari Miyao (Kyoto Women’s University), Amy Schafer (University of Hawai‘i), & Bonnie D. Schwartz (University of Hawai‘i)
Title：
On integrating syntax and discourse in the L2 production of English referential expressions
2017
Awardees:
Haruka Woods (The Australian National University)
Title：
Syntax-discourse interface in L2 acquisition: Case of Japanese wa and ga
2015
Awardees:
Yohei Hirano (Hiroshima University) 平野洋平(広島大学)
Title：
Influential factors on acceptability of English resultative constructions for Japanese learners of English
日本語話者英語学習者による英語結果構文の容認度に影響を及ぼす要因
2014
Awardees:
Chie Nakamura (The University of Tokyo/JSPS), Manabu Arai (The University of Tokyo), Yasunari Harada (Waseda University), & Yuki Hirose (The University of Tokyo)
Title：
L2 learners’ use of verb subcategorization information in processing filler-gap dependencies
Evaluation criteria
J-SLA annual conferences recognize the best oral presentation by giving its presenter(s) the Best Oral Presentation Award. The evaluation criteria are as follows.
1. Delivery of presentation (5 points)
2. Clarity of argument (5 points)
3. Originality (5 points)
4. Overall evaluation (5 points)
The oral presentation which is given the highest total points by the judges will receive the Best Oral Presentation Award.