Researcher Information

• Center for English as a Lingua Franca/-/Associate Professor

Academic Background

• The University of Southern Queensland/Applied Linguistics/2011/04/Completion/Master of Applied Linguistics
• Griffith University/Bachelor of Business Management/Marketing/2001/04/Graduation/Bachelor of Business Management
• Griffith University/Bachelor of Arts/Leisure Management/1998/02/Graduation/Bachelor of Arts

Career

• 2013/04/～ Present/Tamagawa University/Associate Professor
• 2012/09/～ Present/Keio University/Lecturer
• 2012/04/～/2013/03/Kyoritsu Women's University/Lecturer
• 2011/10/～/2013/03/Ferris University/Lecturer
• 2011/09/～/2013/03/Tokai University/Lecturer

Field of Research

Research Keyword

License

• Certificate II in Public Safety and Aquatic Rescue (Bronze Medallion–Surf Life Saving Australia)/2026/03/12
• International Yoga Alliance. Accredited Yoga Teacher/2006/03/10
• 第一種中型自動車免許(8限定）/2004/04/20

Academic Thesis

• Challenging lexical coverage conventions: Evaluating the vocabulary demands of family-genre film and television/Research Methods in Applied Linguistics–RMAL/Brett Milliner, Geoffrey Pinchbeck/2025/06/25
• Examining EFL learners’ comprehension of derivational forms: The role of overlap with base word knowledge, word frequency, and contextual support/Language Teaching Research/Milliner, B., Lange, K., Matthews, J., & Umeki, R./2024/01/20
• Can learners understand words with derivational affixes and does the presence of context make a difference?/RELC Journal/Matthews, J., Milliner, B., & McLean/2023/12/25
• Evaluating the lexical difficulty of teaching materials with NWLC/The Center for ELF Forum/Milliner, B./2022/04/01
• Create your own vocabulary levels test with VocabLevelTest.org/The Language Teacher/Milliner, B./2022/03/30

MISC

• Digital literacies in the Japanese university context: preparing for a study abroad program/Travis Cote and Brett Milliner/CALL in Context Proceedings/The University of Antwerp/183/～/190/2017/07
• Using online extensive listening to promote language input in an EFL context/Brett Milliner/CALL in Context Proceedings/he University of Antwerp/575/～/581/2017/07
• M-reader in the Center for English as a Lingua Franca/Kensaku Ishimaki、 Brett Milliner/The Center for ELF Journal/Tamagawa University/3/1/87/～/92/2017/04/01
• A report on faculty development and research at the Center for English as a Lingua Franca/Brett Milliner & Blagoja Dimoski/The Center for ELF Journal/Tamagawa University/3/1/98/～/115/2017/04
• Academia profile/Brett Milliner/academia.edu/academia.edu/2017/04

Bibliography

• Englishes in Practice/Brett Milliner/De Gruyter/2020/04/01/Editor
• Accents Asia/2017/12/08/Coeditor
• The Center for ELF Journal/2017/04/01/Coeditor
• The Center For English as a Lingua Franca Journal/Tamagawa University/2016/03/31/Editor
• The Center For English as a Lingua Franca Journal/Brett Milliner & Travis Cote/Tamagawa University/2016/03/31/Coeditor

Conference

• Reading fluency training for lower-proficiency EFL learners: Timed Reading, repeated oral reading, and extensive reading/Asia TEFL 2020/2020/11/29
• Reading fluency training for EFL learners/JALT 2020 International Conference/2020/11/23
• Computer-assisted language tests in the remote learning context/2020 CELF ELTama Forum for English Language Teaching/2020/08/22
• The efficacy of explicit listening strategy training/JALT 2019 International Conference/2019/11/03
• Listening strategy training for ELF Learners/The CELF ELTama Forum/2019/08/23

Works

• Google Educators Group- Tokyo/2014

Competitive research funds

• CALL/Individual
• -/Individual
• Corpus linguistics/International Collaboration
• Extensive Reading & Extensive Listening/Individual
• -/Collaboration in Organization

Patents

Academic Society and Social Activity

• International Journal of Applied Linguistics/Reviewer　Other/2023/～ Present
• Research Methods in Applied Linguistics (RMAL)/Reviewer　Other/2023/～ Present
• Language Awareness/Reviewer　Other/2022/～ Present
• Englishes in Practice/Editor in Chief　Other/2020/～ Present
• Reading in a Foreign Language (Journal)/Reviewer　Other/2020/～ Present

Committee Career

• 大学FD委員会/2017
• The Center for ELF Journal　査読者・編集者/2017
• The Center for ELF Journal　査読者・編集者/2016
• English Yoga Classes/2015/04/～ Present
• The Center for ELF Journal　査読者・編集者/2015

Reward

• Volunteer Yoga Teacher/2011/09

Social Contribution

• Volunteer surf lifesaving & Surf sports coach (Yugawara LSC)/2024/04/01
• One year of extensive reading on smartphones: A report/2016/04/01
• How to design vocabulary and reading exercises using Quizlet®/2014/04/01
• Incorporation of smartphones into the ESP Classroom/2014/04/01
• Australia is a great country, but I can’t move back/2014/04/01

Media Coverage

Academic contribution

• JALT Conference Publication - Reviewer/2014

Other

• Overseas research　Copy editor/2019/08
• Overseas research　Presentation & participation at GLoCALL 2018/2018/08
• Overseas research　Presentation & Participation/2017/07
• Overseas research　Presentation & participation/2016/08
• Overseas research　GLOCALL 2015/2015/11

Example of Education Method

• 2013/04/教育内容・方法の工夫/CUIP Workshop "Small Talk"
• 2013/04/教育内容・方法の工夫/青山学院大学工学部ESP単語コースデザイナー Assistant in the creation of an online vocabulary training component for the Aoyama University School of Engineering's ESP curriculum.

Created Textbooks

Other

• 2016/課外活動等の指導　JALT CALL Conference 2016　Site Chair
• 2013/課外活動等の指導　JALT (日本語学教育学会）　Journal Reviewer
• 2013/課外活動等の指導　電気通信大学のESP単語プローグラムアドバイザー　顧問

Teaching　Experiences

Course taught (Course for regular students)

• 2025/Spring semester/ELF 301/US
• 2025/Spring semester/ELF 301/US
• 2025/Spring semester/ELF 302/US
• 2025/Spring semester/ELF 302/US
• 2025/Spring semester/ELF Academic Literacy 中級/US

Course taught (Course for correspondence students)

Other subjects

• 2017/継続学習センター等の担当科目/Yoga in English (英語でヨガ）
• 2016/特別講義/Blackboard® adoption and application in the ELF program/Explain & report on Blackboard use by ELF teachers
• 2016/継続学習センター等の担当科目/Yoga in English (英語でヨガ）
• 2015/継続学習センター等の担当科目/Yoga Classes/Teach yoga to Tamagawa University staff and local residents
• 2015/継続学習センター等の担当科目/Yoga in English/Yoga

Practical experience at school sites

Special Instructions About Experienced Worker