Research output per year
Research output per year
Accepting PhD Students
PhD projects
(1) Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language, (2) Translation and Language Learning, (3) Language, Society and Culture
Dr Yoko Matsumoto-Sturt took up a position as lecturer in Japanese Studies in 2004. She is an exective committee member of the cross-sector ‘Japanese Language Group’ since 2015, and she was the Chair of British Association for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language (BATJ) for three years (2013-2016).
After her first degree in Phonetics and Linguistics at University College London, she studied at the University of Edinburgh, where she took her MSc and PhD degrees in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics.
During her postgraduate degrees, Dr Matsumoto-Sturt engaged in research and teaching in Japanese Studies at the University of Edinburgh, and also had various professional experiences in the translation industry as an in-house interpreter/translator for the BBC (broadcasting translation) and the automobile industry (technical translation).
After her PhD, she was engaged in various funded research projects including a residence at Rikkyo University and Waseda University, Tokyo, as a Japan Foundation Japanese-Language Education fellow (2006). She was invited to Gakushuin univerisy as a visiting professor in 2013.
She is currently working on topics related to Applied Japanese linguistics, Japanese pedagogy including early language learning and second language translation.
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Edinburgh
Award Date: 1 Jan 2004
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Yoko Sturt (Assessor)
Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Yoko Matsumoto-Sturt (Speaker)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Yoko Matsumoto-Sturt (Organiser)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Yoko Matsumoto-Sturt (Participant)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Professional Development and Training
Yoko Matsumoto-Sturt (Trainer)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Professional Development and Training
Sturt, Y. & Robertson, A.
1/11/16 → 30/11/17
Project: Research Collaboration with external organisation
1/03/06 → 30/04/06
Project: Research Collaboration with external organisation
1/03/06 → 30/04/06
Project: Research Collaboration with external organisation