DR Seiko Harumi's Outputs (4)

Multi-contextual perspectives on silence: a narrative case study (2024)
Journal Article
Seiko, H. (2024). Multi-contextual perspectives on silence: a narrative case study. https://doi.org/10.14746/n.2024.63.2.3

This narrative case study explores ways a Japanese learner of English utilised multiple silences as an interactional resource, enhancing collaborative second language (L2) interaction beyond the classroom while studying abroad in the United Kingdom.... Read More about Multi-contextual perspectives on silence: a narrative case study.

Silent Dialogues: The shifting flow of silence and solitude in Tokyo Story and implications for L2 pedagogy (2024)
Journal Article
Harumi, S. (2024). Silent Dialogues: The shifting flow of silence and solitude in Tokyo Story and implications for L2 pedagogy. Journal of Silence Studies in Education, 3(2), 103-124. https://doi.org/10.31763/jsse.v3i2.97

This study aims to illustrate portrayals of silence and solitude in the film Tokyo Story (1953) and to depict the ways human relationships and bonds evolve through characters’ silent dialogues. It also explores ways a study of silence such as this ca... Read More about Silent Dialogues: The shifting flow of silence and solitude in Tokyo Story and implications for L2 pedagogy.

Nexus of L2 classroom interaction and language socialisation: Loneliness to Togetherness (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Harumi, S. (2024, April). Nexus of L2 classroom interaction and language socialisation: Loneliness to Togetherness. Paper presented at The 4th Alone Together Conference, Lincoln, UK

This study explores ways in which two Japanese EFL learners enriched their L2 interactional repertoires through language socialisation beyond the L2 classroom during a year-long overseas study programme in the UK. Drawing on the concept of individual... Read More about Nexus of L2 classroom interaction and language socialisation: Loneliness to Togetherness.

Exploring Japanese L2 learner silence in cross-cultural communication (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Harumi, S. (2024, April). Exploring Japanese L2 learner silence in cross-cultural communication. Presented at Open Lecture, Department of English Studies, University of Warsaw

The use of silence by Japanese second language (L2) learners of English has been explored within a diverse landscape, psychological, interactional, and socio-cultural perspectives, since 1990s. Previous studies have revealed multi-faceted perspective... Read More about Exploring Japanese L2 learner silence in cross-cultural communication.