Akiko OtsuLecturer

■Researcher basic information

Organization

  • Student Success Center
  • Center for Global Engagement
  • Faculty of Education

Research Areas

  • Humanities & social sciences, Sociology of education
  • Humanities & social sciences, Foreign language education

Research Keyword

  • CLIL
  • Quantitative Research
  • Student Satisfaction

Degree

  • 2008年05月 博士(教育学)(クレアモント大学院大学)

Educational Background

  • Aug. 2001 - May 2008, Claremont Graduate University, Ph.D. (Education)
  • Sep. 1999 - Mar. 2001, カリフォルニア大学リバーサイド校, 教育学部 修士課程単位取得退学
  • Apr. 1992 - Mar. 1997, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, スペイン語学科

Career

  • Apr. 2018 - Mar. 2026, Ibaraki National College of Technology, 一般教養部, 准教授
  • Oct. 2017 - Mar. 2018, 友部小学校, 学力向上支援員
  • Apr. 2017 - Mar. 2018, Ibaraki University, 非常勤講師(英語)
  • Apr. 2014 - Oct. 2016, 智学館中等教育学校, 常勤講師(英語)
  • Jan. 2013 - Mar. 2014, Toyo Gakuen University, 国際交流センター課長補佐
  • Mar. 2011 - Aug. 2012, 在トンガ日本国大使館, 外務省派遣員
  • Sep. 2009 - Mar. 2011, Tokiwa University, 常勤講師(英語)
  • Mar. 2002 - Aug. 2008, The Institute at Indian Hill, Senior Research Associate
  • Sep. 2002 - Dec. 2002, University of California, Riverside, Japanese lecturer

■Research activity information

Award

  • Jan. 2002, American Association of Japanese University Women (AAJUW) Scholarship
  • Jul. 1990, Youth for Understanding Scholarship

Paper

  • International Students' Satisfaction on Campus               
    Akiko Otsu
    Claremont Graduate University, May 2008, [Reviewed]

MISC

  • 海外の学校見学:連絡手段3例の比較分析               
    茨城工業高等専門学校研究彙報, May 2024, [Reviewed]

Lectures, oral presentations, etc.

  • Learning Beyond the Classroom? Technical English Testing and Student Motivation in a Japanese Technical Institute (Kosen)               
    Akiko Otsu
    JSES International Online Conference 2026, 30 Jul. 2026
  • 英語を学ぶことの意義と目的別学習法               
    茨城大学英語学習モチベーションセミナー, 12 Nov. 2025
  • どうして学生は授業に行かなかったのか ―シラバスと授業実態の乖離が与えた影響を探る―               
    日本教育社会学会第77回大会, 08 Nov. 2025
    20251107, 20251109
  • How can we serve our international students better? -Results from preliminary data collection               
    Akiko Otsu, Ph.D; Satoko Hamamoto, Ph; D
    The International Symposium on Advances in Technology Education, 24 Sep. 2024
    20240924, 20240927
  • 技術英検団体受験を通してみる学生の意識調査               
    全国高専フォーラム, 05 Sep. 2022
  • From General to Engineer's English: Introducing English Technical Writing Test               
    Akiko Otsu
    ISATE2021, 20 Aug. 2021
    20210817, 20210820
  • コロナ禍における高専生のレジリエンス               
    全国高専フォーラム, 03 Mar. 2021
  • Students' sense of global Kosen               
    大津 麻紀子; 二田 亜弥
    The Japan Society of Educational Sociology, 12 Sep. 2019
  • 飽きさせない英語の授業               
    全国高専フォーラム, 22 Aug. 2019
  • Predicting Significant Indicators of International Students’ Satisfaction on Campus               
    Minority Mentor Program, Annual Student Research Conference at Claremont Graduate University, Mar. 2008
  • How are the International Students Doing on Campus? (An International Student Survey)               
    Minority Mentor Program, Annual Student Research Conference at Claremont Graduate University, Apr. 2004
  • International Students in the U.S. – Another Hidden Group on Campus               
    Minority Mentor Program, Annual Student Research Conference at Claremont Graduate University, Apr. 2003

Affiliated academic society

  • Jul. 2026 - Present, The Japan Association for Language Teaching
  • Oct. 2009 - Present, The Japan Society of Educational Sociology