Affiliation

Associate Professor at the Faculty of Science and Engineering, Chuo University

Adjunct Lecturer at Graduate School of Letter and Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Chuo University

By-Fellow, Churchill College, University of Cambridge

Research

The central theme of my research is "consciousness." In the domain of second language acquisition in particular, the role consciousness plays—both in the process of acquiring a language and in the use of that acquired knowledge—forms a pivotal question. Substantial research has explored both conscious and unconscious learning, as well as the types of knowledge these processes yield. My current research probes these essential questions: What is the connection between conscious and unconscious learning and the knowledge each produces? How feasible is unconscious acquisition and processing? How is the content of consciousness that comes to mind related to language? And crucially, how does the influence of consciousness distinguish the acquisition of a first language from that of a second?

Key Publication (up to 2023, Selected)

• Fukuta, J., & Yamashita, J. (2023). The complex relationship between conscious/unconscious learning and conscious/unconscious knowledge: The mediating effects of salience in form–meaning connections. Second Language Research, 39(2), 425–446. doi:10.1177/02676583211044950

• Fukuta, J., Nishimura, Y., & Tamura. Y. (2023). Pitfalls of production data analysis for investigating L2 cognitive mechanism: An ontological realism perspective. Journal of Second Language Studies, 6(1), 95–118. doi:10.1075/jsls.21013.fuk

• Terai,  M., Fukuta, J., & Tamura, Y. (2023). Learnability of L2 collocations and L1 influence on L2 collocational representations of Japanese learners of English. International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching. Advanced Online Publication. doi:https://doi.org/10.1515/iral-2022-0234

• Tamura, Y., Fukuta, J., Nishimura, Y., & Kato, D. (2022). Rule-based or efficiency-driven processing of expletive there in English as a foreign language. International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching. Advanced Online Publication. doi:10.1515/iral-2021-0156

• Fukuta, J., Tamura, Y., & Kawaguchi, Y. (2019). Written languaging with indirect feedback in writing revision: Is feedback always effective? Language Awareness, 28, 1-14. doi:10.1080/09658416.2019.1567742

• Tamura, Y., Fukuta, J., Nishimura, Y., Harada, Y., Hara, K., Kato, D. (2019). Japanese EFL learners’ sentence processing of conceptual plurality: An analysis focusing on reciprocal verbs. Applied Psycholinguistics, 40 (1), 59-91. doi: 10.1017/S0142716418000450

• Fukuta, J., Goto, A., Kawaguchi, Y., Murota, D., Kurita, A. (2017). Syntactically-driven algorithmic processing of PP-attachment ambiguity in a second language. International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 56, 253-278. doi:10.1515/iral-2017-0038

• Fukuta, J.  (2016). Effects of task repetition on learners' attention orientation in L2 oral production. Language Teaching Research, 20 (3), 321-430. doi:10.1177/1362168815570142

• Fukuta, J.  (2016). Potential methodological biases in research on learning without awareness. Applied Linguistics, 31 (1), 121-127. doi:10.1093/applin/amv022

• Fukuta, J., & Yamashita, J. (2015). Effects of task demands on attention orientation in L2 oral production. System, 53, 1-12. doi:10.1016/j.system.2015.06.010

Recent Conference Presentation (2023-2024)

• Minemi, I., Kimura, T., Hirokawa, T., Tamura, Y., Fukuta, J. (2024.11). Immunity to agreement attraction and limitation of cognitive resources in non-native language comprehension. Boston University Conference on Language Development  49 (BUCLD 49). Massachusetts, The United States.

• Murakami, A., Tearai, M. & Tamura, Y., Fukuta, J. (2024. 9). Proficiency-dependent factors influencing L2 dative alternation. Learner Corpus Research 2024, Tartu, Estonia.

• Minemi, I., Kimura, T., Hirokawa, T., Tamura, Y., Fukuta, J. (2024. 8. 11) Immunity to agreement attraction in native and non-native language comprehension. Thought & Language - Mental Architecture of Language Processing (TL-MAPLL) conference. Osaka, Japan.

• Fukuta, J., Kimura, T., Matthews, J., Williams, J., Yuan, B., Xue, Y. & Wakabayashi, S. (2024. 7. 6). Implicit learning with(out) UG: An extraction constraint, case marking, and displacement. The 33rd Conference of the European Second Language Association (EuroSLA33). Montpellier, France.

• Fukuta, J. (2024. 6. 23). Exploring Conscious and Unconscious Knowledge in Second LanguageResearch: Theoretical Insights. In Fukuta, J., Nakata, T., and Kimura, T. with Wakabayashi, S. (Organizer). What is SLA research and how do we conduct it? (Symposium). The 24th International Conference of the Japan Second Language Acquisition. Osaka, Japan.

• Tamura, Y., Fukuta, J. & Kimura, T. (2024. 6. 22). Distributive reading and conceptual plurality in second language
  acquisition. The 24th International Conference of the Japan Second Language Acquisition. Osaka, Japan.

• Fukuta, J., & Wakabayashi, S. (2024. 5. 17). Linguistics-based Artificial Language Acquisition Studies. In Ohba, A., Kimura, T., Fukuta, J., and Wakabayashi, S. with Hirakawa, M. (Organizer). Ln Acquisition Studies Based on Linguistics and their Implications for L3 Research  (Colloquium). L3 Workshop: Multilingual Language Acquisition, Processing and Use, Tokyo, Japan.

• Hanzawa, K.,  Suzuki, Y., Yanagisawa, A., & Fukuta, J. (2024. 3. 16). A scoping review on task repetition studies focusing on speaking ability. American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2024 Conference, Texas, USA.

• Fukuta, J., Kimura, T., Matthews, J., Williams, J., Yuan, B., Xue, Y. & Wakabayashi, S. (2024.3.15). Universality and cross-linguistic influences on the acquisition of unconscious linguistic knowledge. Symposium: Research based on Experiments with Artificial Languages (REAL). Cambridge, UK.

• Fukuta, J., Kimura, T., Matthews, J., Williams, J., Yuan, B., Xue, Y. & Wakabayashi, S. (2023.11.16). Do innate principles of grammar guide learners in acquiring asymmetrical extraction from adjuncts and arguments in semi-artificial languages? The Cambridge Language Sciences Annual Symposium 2023. Cambridge, UK.

• Fukuta, J. Murakami, A., Tearai, M. & Tamura, Y. (2023.9.2). Developmentally Moderated Factors Influencing the L2 Production of English Dative Construction: A Learner Corpus Study. The 32nd Conference of the European Second Language Association (EuroSLA32). Birmingham, UK.

Other Professional Activities

• PI of the joint research project “Universality and cross-linguistic influences on the acquisition of unconscious linguistic knowledge”
• Editor in Chief of Second Language, the Journal of the Japan Second Language Association.